Gone Too Soon: Danish Siddiqui's work unveils the world's dark truth

In shock and grief, India mourned the death of photojournalist Danish Siddiqui in Afghanistan, during clashes between the Afghan forces and Taliban. Siddiqui's untimely demise triggered an outpouring on social media that highlighted his vast body of work that ranges from the Afghanistan war to Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, from India's Covid-19 crisis to Myanmar, where his photographs on the plight of Rohingya refugees were marked with a Pultizer Prize. Here are Siddiqui's photographs that reveal the unseen:

An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)

A Rohingya refugee man pulls a child as they walk to the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)

A man is pulled across to safety on a rope, as damaged buildings and the Alaknanda river are seen in the background, during a rescue operation in Govindghat in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand June 23, 2013. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)

An Afghan boy works at a construction site as a US Army soldier of 3/1 AD Task Force Bulldog takes position during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army (ANA) in a village in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, on May 23, 2012. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)

A Hindu devotee wraps his cloth after a ritual dip in the polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi on March 21, 2010. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)

People wait to cremate victims who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at a crematorium ground in New Delhi on April 23, 2021. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)

The grounds are prepared for mass cremation of Covid-19 victims in New Delhi on April 28, 2021. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)

A Rohingya refugee boy sits inside his temporary shelter near Balukhali in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)

A member of the Afghan Special Forces drives a humvee during a combat mission against Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on July 11, 2021. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask waves a flag during a Human Rights Day march, organised by the Civil Human Right Front, in Hong Kong. (Credit: Reuters Photos/Danish Siddiqui)