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A photograph of a steep, terraced hillside village in the Himalayan foothills, with stone-walled houses, a corrugated and tarpaulin-covered roadside stall and a tree-covered slope rising behind. A small yellow and red printed sign is mounted on a grey stone wall at right. In the foreground a few people sit at plastic chairs beside a tarp-covered tea stall, and a man in a red sweatshirt stands at lower left. No one resembling a person is visible.

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A misty Himalayan hillside in Uttarakhand with dense green forest rising behind a rocky cliff. In the foreground, low stone-walled buildings with black plastic tarpaulin roofs sit against the cliff face, with a pink-and-red two-storey building at left bearing Hindi signage. Strings of prayer flags hang at left, and a small cluster of figures appears faintly in the distance on the slope. No identifiable person is clearly in the foreground.2008-06-30 +1 copiesA stone-paved mountain village lane lined with open-fronted roadside shops under black tarpaulin roofs. Bunches of bananas hang from the stalls on the right, and bottles and packaged goods are displayed on tables. Several people walk along the lane, including a woman in a white top and dark trousers and a figure in an orange jacket. Steep green forested hillsides rise behind the village, with a thin waterfall visible on the slope and overhead power lines strung across the scene.A photograph of a narrow mountain path lined with makeshift roadside stalls under blue and black tarpaulins, beside a steep rock face. Plastic chairs in red, blue and turquoise stand around small tables under a blue awning on the left. To the right, sacks and piled dry branches sit on a black-tarped shelter, and a small whitewashed building with a green roof stands above. A garland of colourful fabric hangs from a stall, and a yellow barrel marked with the number 11 sits near the left edge. A few distant figures are visible, including a person in orange clothing on the path.2008-06-30 +1 copiesJune 30 20082008-06-30 +2 copiesA photograph of a narrow paved mountain path in a Himalayan valley with steep green cliffs and misty peaks behind. Along the left side are a corrugated tin roof and a stone wall, with bundles of cloth and flowers hung on bamboo poles. On the right, small roadside stalls with blue and black tarpaulin roofs, wooden posts, plastic chairs and tables stand beside shelves of bottles and packets. A group of about fifteen people walks along the path; several wear saffron-orange robes and one wears a red jacket, while others wear grey and dark jackets. A man in a white shirt walks near a pony or mule in the centre of the group, and a figure in a dark jacket leads the way. A thin rope is strung across the scene above the stalls.2008-06-30 +1 copiesA rough mountain village market street paved with flat stones, shaded by a sagging black tarpaulin roof. Small stone-and-tarp shelters line the path; a sign in Devanagari script reads 'पुलिस' (Police) on a whitewashed wall at left. A young boy in a dark jacket stands on a rocky bank, while two men sit on a stone ledge beside a blue tarp and another man in a dark shirt walks along the path. Bags of snacks hang from poles and crates of bottled soft drinks are stacked at right, with more market stalls and people visible in the distance under forested hillsides.June 30 20082008-06-30 +1 copiesPhotograph taken through a vehicle window of a hillside village in the Himalayan foothills under overcast skies. A white two-storey house with brown wooden shutters stands above a small roadside shack with a corrugated metal roof, black tarpaulin, and a red metal ladder leaning against it. Plastic jerrycans and sacks sit at the roadside, and a yellow house with blue shutters sits higher on a stone-walled slope covered in green shrubs. A dirt path winds up beside the shack. No people are visible.2008-07-08 +1 copiesJune 30 20082008-06-30 +2 copiesJune 30 20082008-06-30 +1 copiesA photograph of a steep, cobbled mountain path lined with makeshift roadside shops under tarpaulin and corrugated roofs, with green forested slopes rising behind. Several riders sit on mules and ponies moving up the lane; one rider in white clothes and a white head covering is near the centre, while others wear orange and red garments. A man in a dark jacket and an orange-clad man with a shoulder bag walk alongside the animals, and a few onlookers stand near the stalls. Plastic chairs sit outside a shop on the right, and a few hanging garments display bright patterns on the left.2008-06-30 +1 copiesA hillside Himalayan town at a steep mountain gorge, with pale blue and white multi-storey buildings, red and corrugated metal roofs, and a small white temple tower with a red flag amid the houses. Crowds of pilgrims, visible as small figures, gather along a stone-paved path between the buildings and a rocky cliff covered with pine and deciduous trees. A wooden footbridge and a cable line cross the scene. Stone retaining walls and terraces line the slope on the right.2006-05-24