In pictures: Varanasi blasts

A number of people have been killed after twin bomb blasts in the northern Indian pilgrimage city of Varanasi.

Thousands of worshippers are thought to have been in the Sankot Mochan temple at the time of the first explosion.

Minutes later, there was another explosion at the city's main railway station.

Dozens of people were hurt in the explosions, which happened just after 1800 (1230 GMT).

There has been no claim of responsibility for the blasts.

Police later searched for more devices as security was stepped up.

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