KATHMANDU, JULY

Members of Photojournalist Club, Nepal, organised a candlelight vigil in memory of Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan on July 16.

The memorial event was held at Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu on July 20, 2021.

Siddiqui, from India, had been embedded as a journalist with Afghan special forces based in the southern province of Kandhar. He was reporting on fighting between Afghan commandos and Taliban fighters.

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He had received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography as a part of the team that documented the Rohingya refugee crisis.

Images captured by Skanda Gautam for The Himalayan Times.