Photo of elephant and calf fleeing fire-throwing mob wins top prize
by Michael Safi in Delhi from on (#379KV)
Photograph taken in eastern India, titled 'Hell is here', shows crowd hurling flaming tar balls at animals
An arresting image showing an adult elephant and its calf fleeing a mob attack has won a top Asian wildlife photography prize.
It shows the two animals running among a crowd that has hurled flaming tar balls and crackers at them, reportedly to ward the elephants away from human settlements.