India’s Assam and Kerala states hold legislative assembly elections
Voting also held in the federal territory of Puducherry, while West Bengal and Tamil Nadu will vote later this month.
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Fishing boats remain anchored at Sassoon Dock beside a cooperative diesel pump that is shut due to rising bulk fuel prices in Mumbai, India. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
A deckhand arranges empty fuel cans on his handcart at Sassoon Dock beside a cooperative diesel pump that is shut due to rising bulk fuel prices in Mumbai. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
Fishermen rest on a fishing boat anchored and idle due to high fuel prices at Sassoon Dock. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
Empty fishing baskets are seen hanging on the wall outside a fish market at Sassoon Dock In Mumbai. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
A fisherman prepares tea on a stove in a boat anchored due to the high price of fuel in Mumbai. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
A fisherwoman haggles with a customer over the price of fish at a fishmarket at Bhaucha Dhakka in Mumbai. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
Fishermen sort fish on a boat at Sassoon Dock In Mumbai. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
A woman carrying her child checks out fresh fish at Bhaucha Dhakka in Mumbai. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
A fisherman carries a stove as he walks towards his boat at Sassoon Dock In Mumbai. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
A fisherman pushes his cart filled with his day's catch as he passes a mural of the fisher community at Sassoon Dock In Mumbai, India. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]
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