Activists of the Assam Tea Tribes Student Association (ATTSA) block the NH-52 road with burning tyres during a protest against the attacks on villagers by militants from the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in four locations, at Baghmari in the Sonitpur district of northeastern Assam state on December 24, 2014. At least 56 people including children died in a series of militant attacks in Assam, Indian police said December 24, as the rebels dramatically intensified a long-running separatist campaign in the tea-growing state. AFP PHOTO