In Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents are voting in elections that some hope will lead to restoration of the territory's statehood, which ended when it became a federally governed territory in 2019.

The cinemas, shut down after threats from separatist militants, reopened last month. Moviegoers pass through an Indian police checkpoint and are frisked at the theater entrance for bombs and weapons.

We asked refugees around the world to tell us of a memento they brought to connect them to their old life even as they embarked on a new and uncertain future.

As India marks 75 years of independence this month, many in Jammu and Kashmir may feel there's little to celebrate. Kashmir, claimed by India and Pakistan, has seen decades of separatist violence.

Fifteen people were also injured in the surge at the shrine on New Year's Day, officials said. Initial reports suggested an altercation between a group of devotees led to the crush.