An Indian woman armed only with farm tools is stable in hospital after killing a leopard that attacked her.
Kamla Devi, 56, sustained multiple bites, cuts and fractures during the half-hour battle.
She had been fetching water in northern Uttarakhand state when the leopard pounced on her from nearby bushes - she fought back with a sickle and spade.
"I thought I was dead but I did not lose patience and courage," she told reporters after her lucky escape.
Smashed teeth
Ms Devi was carrying water from a canal to her field near the village of Sem Nauti in Rudraprayag district when she was attacked on Sunday.
She said she managed to smash some of the animal's teeth during the struggle.
"I fought head on with it for almost half an hour. Then I came to know it was dead," she told reporters from hospital in the nearby town of Srinagar Garhwal.
Doctors were surprised she had survived.
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