A woman wearing a protective face mask walks along a road in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 15, 2025. A mysterious disease spreads in the remote Badhaal village of the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, 14 people, including 11 children from three families, die from the disease, and the cause of these deaths has not been identified. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto)

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