This combination of photos shows a black-headed gull hunting for fish in a shallow pool at the Pong wetland, which hosts thousands of migratory birds in winter months, in Nagrota Suriyan, Himachal Pradesh state, India, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. - AP
NAGROTA SURIYAN, India (AP): Before the day breaks on a winter morning at the Pong Lake wetland in northern India, muffled honks of geese are heard in the distance.
A lone fisherman wrapped in a blanket rides his bicycle in the darkness, relying on his familiarity with the landscape. The air is heavy with water vapor and headlights of motorbikes zigzag across the swampy plain as more fishermen arrive, two on each vehicle. Before the sun rises, the fishermen's creaky wooden boats are specks in the distance.
