Close up: Photographer Saurabh Das

Photographer Saurabh Das was born in Durgapur, West Bengal, India, and got his Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Calcutta. Das is currently based in New Delhi, India. He began his photojournalism career in New Delhi, first for the daily Asian Age, then for the AP. He then spent four years in Nigeria, working as a photographer for the AP in West Africa, before returning to New Delhi in 2005, where he is currently based. He has worked in Asia, Africa and the Middle East covering elections, wars, conflicts, volcanic eruptions, floods, earthquakes, plane and train crashes and heads of state and other important public figures, as well as the story of the common man.

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The moon passes between the sun and the earth during a total solar eclipse in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia from India to China into near darkness Wednesday as millions gathered to watch the phenomenon. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A kite bird drinks water from a puddle in a public lawn in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 1, 2012. The weather in northern India has been extremely hot in recent days with temperatures reaching as high as 45 degrees Celsius, or 113 degrees Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Female voters wait for their identities to be verified before being allowed to vote in Ujina, in the Indian state of Haryana, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Indians voted in the crucial third phase of national elections Thursday, with millions going to the polls in the heartland states that are essential to the main opposition Hindu nationalist party's bid to end the 10-year rule of Congress party. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A woman leaves after casting her vote during the pariament elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A young Rohingya Muslim boy sits at the entrance to his home at an unauthorized camp that houses Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled Myanmar during an ethnic strife in 1992, in Kutupalong, Bangladesh on World Refugee Day, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. World Refugee Day, a day initiated by the United Nations to raise awareness on the plight of refugees worldwide, is observed on June 20 every year. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

A small girl drinks water from a steel glass as her parents construct a pavement in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. The capital is reeling under a heat wave with temperatures touching 40.8 degrees Celsius (105 degrees Fahrenheit) Tuesday, two degrees above normal for this time of the year. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

An Indian man sits with a statue of elephant headed Hindu God Ganesha before its immersion into the River Yamuna in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The immersion marks the end of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival that celebrates the birth of the Hindu God of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Indian policemen detain a Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) supporter as he protests outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. TYC supporters shouted anti-Chinese government slogans outside the embassy to show support to Tibetans inside China who have set themselves on fire and protested against the Chinese government. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, a blind athlete, left, is connected to her guide as she gets ready to run during the 18th National Sports Meet for the Blind in New Delhi, India. The four day event ends Friday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A newly initiated Hindu monk of the Shri Panchayati Naya Udasin "akhara" or sect, puts on a turban during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. During the festival pilgrims bathe in the holy Ganges River in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A rickshaw puller covers his face with a newspaper as he takes a nap in a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 2, 2014. Daytime temperatures touched 42 degrees Celsius (108 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

An artist from the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh wears a traditional costume during a press preview of tableaux displaying a glimpse of culture from different parts of India, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The tableaux will be part of the Indian Republic Day parade on Jan. 26. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A comb and a bowl of vermillion powder lie on a shelf as a Hindu holy man is reflected in a mirror kept for the use of devotees after bathing, near Sangam, confluence of Hindu holy rivers of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, at the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. During the festival pilgrims bathe in the holy Ganges River in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

Hindu holy men get their beards and heads shaved before being initiated as Naga sadhus or naked Hindu holy men at the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. The significance of nakedness is that one will not have any worldly ties to material belongings, even something as simple as clothes. Rituals that transform selected holy men to Naga can only be done at the Kumbh festival. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

A laborer looks out of a workshop that prepares idols of goddess Durga in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Durga Puja, the festival dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga begins on Oct. 20 and will continue until Oct. 24. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

An internally displaced man carries water to his hut as a small boy looks on at a camp for the internally displaced in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

A homeless man and his wife, white scarf covering her head, share a rented bed as balloons inflated in the shape of hearts adorn their cot at a poor neighborhood in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. Beds on a cot with blankets cost approximately $.50 while a bed on the ground with blankets cost $.15 per day. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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