Portraits of Dec. 2018

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to media in New Delhi, India, Dec. 11, 2018. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted his Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) defeat in the just-concluded assembly elections in five states, particularly in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan which have been won by the main opposition party the Indian National Congress (INC). (Xinhua/Partha Sarkar)