On the evening of 4 September 2016, Zuhaib Maqbool, a freelance photo-journalist based in Srinagar, got a call from a fellow photo-journalist informing him about stone-pelting in the Rainawari neighbourhood of downtown Srinagar.

Over the previous two months—as violent protests broke out in the Kashmir Valley after the killing of the popular militant commander, Burhan Wani, by security forces—this had almost become routine. He would get a call, pick up his camera, start his bike, and ride to the spot of the incident.

To click pictures. “To show the world the truth,” he says.

That evening was “quite routine”, Zuhaib later said. “A group of young boys on one side were throwing stones, and the police on the other side were firing tear gas and pellet guns.”