An elephant named Bharat spent two days refusing to leave the spot in Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, where his companion died of electrocution, forcing the state’s Forest Department to bring in four tuskers from two tiger reserves before he could be safely captured.
Golaghat
A wild elephant is moving through the Marangi-Bakiyal forest block near Numaligarh, in Assam’s Golaghat district, with an old tyre wedged tightly around its neck.