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Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Image of Sherawali Mata (tiger Goddess mother) painted on a rock in the Aravali mountains, near Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
Sunrise over the Aravali Range and the Thar Desert from the Pachmantha Mataji temple, Majhewla Village, Rajasthan, India
Boys herding goats make chai tea by filling a plastic water bottle with water from a creek, milk from their goat, and tea from their pocket, then boling it over a fire. Bedhnath temple area, Rajasthan, India.
Pipe plant and ancient fig tree at the 7th century Ajaypal Shiva Temple, near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Boy from a low income family in a remote part of the Pushkar desert, Kishanpura Goyla village, Rajasthan, India
Early morning sun on native trees high in the Aravali mountains near Majhewla village, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Revered cow with painted horns and a cattle egret, in the mountains above the Bedhnath temple area, Rajasthan, India
Stump of a desert tree cut for some local use, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Such logging is almost completey unregulated.
Wild langur monkey mothers and babies in desert woodlands, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Sunrise over the Aravali Range and the Thar Desert from the Pachmantha Mataji temple, Majhewla Village, Rajasthan, India
Enormous fig tree at Ajaypal, Rajasthan, India. This is the single largest tree within 20 kilometers of Pushkar, with a crown diameter of 150 feet. It's home to langur monkeys. Fig trees are sacred to Hindus and are commonly found at temples. This temple site dates to the 7th century.
Plastic chai tea cups burn in a fire to keep people warm on a cold winter morning in the desert, Majhewla village, Rajasthan, India. Such fires, numbering in the millions every day across India, contribute to the country's terrible air pollution.
A man feeds langur monkeys on Tuesday, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Tuesday and Saturday are considered days for charity by Hindus, and many people feed monkeys on these days. It causes countless monkeys to become killed or injured by traffic.
300 year old hilltop temple set amongst wheat and mutter (pea) farms, near Bhagwanpura village, Rajasthan, India
Night sky and rocky desert hills at Ajaypal, near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Single exposure with the foreground illuminated by a flashlight.
Beautiful Bhagwanpura village, Rajasthan, India, set amongst flower and vegetable farms in the Thar Desert
Hazy winter morning over farmland and rural village of Hokaran, from the Bedhnath temple area, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A cabbage farmer tends a field on a misty winter morning at sunrise, Banseli village, Rajasthan, India
A man and boy sit with three street dog puppies next to a fire on a cold winter morning, Chachiyawas village, Rajasthan, India
Sunrise over the Aravali Range and the Thar Desert from the Pachmantha Mataji temple, Majhewla Village, Rajasthan, India
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Sheep herders graze their animals in the desert near a massive ancient fig near Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India
Women sweep up and burn garbage on a dusty desert road after the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Air pollution is an epidemic health crisis across India. India has the worst air pollution in the world, worse even than China, with Delhi the #1 worst city in the world.
Sunrise over the Aravali Range and the Thar Desert from the Pachmantha Mataji temple, Majhewla Village, Rajasthan, India
An elderly woman rests outside on a bed in bright midday desert sun, Badi Basti, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Pariah street dog in the wilderness near the 7th century Ajaypal Shiva Temple, near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Beautiful native forest in the Aravali Range at the highest point in the entire Pushkar/Ajmer region, Leela Seori, Rajasthan, India
Remote Pachmantha Mataji mountaintop temple near the village of Majhewla, seen from Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
A handsome family of Nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) in a remote stretch of desert near Kishanpura Goyla, Rajasthan, India. Nilgai are the largest antelope in Asia and require sizeable areas of undisturbed habitat to flourish. These were in an area several kilometers from any farms or villages.
Tractor next to an excavation show the very deepy sandy soil of the Thar Desert, near Amba village, Rajasthan, India
300 year old hilltop temple set amongst wheat and mutter (pea) farms, near Bhagwanpura village, Rajasthan, India
