A freak ‘dust storm’ to National Film Awards 2018: India this week

From a deadly dust storm killing more than 100 people in north and northwest India to the 65th National Film Awards in New Delhi where over 50 of the 137 awardees skipped the event; a roundup of top photos from across the country.

Updated on: May 06, 2018 4:25 PM IST

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A bolt of lightning captured over the Delhi sky during a thunderstorm on May 02, 2018. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Boney, Janhvi and Khushi Kapoor on behalf of Sridevi accept the Best Actress Award for her role in Hindi film Mom from President Ram Nath Kovind during the 65th National Film Awards at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on May 03, 2018. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Crows fly as dark streaks of rain fall over Kangra Valley in Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh on May 3, 2018. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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Labourers rest after unloading mangoes at the Gaddiannaram fruit market on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Telangana on April 30, 2018. (Noah Seelam / AFP)

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A supporter of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dressed as the god Hanuman attends an election campaign rally addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangalore, Karnataka on May 3, 2018. (Aijaz Rahi / AP)

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A fruit vendor stands covered in plastic to protect himself from rain in Guwahati, Assam on May 2, 2018. (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Fish are hung from bamboo poles for drying at a fishing village in Mumbai, Maharashtra on April 30, 2018. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)

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Workers paint statues at the Samyukta Maharashtra Smruti Dalan on the eve of Maharashtra Day in Mumbai on April 30, 2018. (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)

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Transgender devotees dress up in white saris after a ritual signifying their marriage to the Hindu warrior god Aravan at the Koothandavar temple in Tamil Nadu’s Koovagam village on May 2, 2018. (Arun Sankar / AFP)

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A child lies on a bed sheet as the family eats food at a railway station in New Delhi on May 1, 2018. (Saumya Khandelwal / REUTERS)

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Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli falls after an unsuccessful fielding attempt to catch of Kolkata Knight Riders’ Sunil Narine during the VIVO IPL Twenty20 cricket match in Bangalore, Karnataka on April 29, 2018. (Aijaz Rahi / AP)

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A monkey with its infant swims in the Yamuna river during a hot summer day in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on April 29, 2018. (Dominique Faget / AFP)

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Five people were feared killed in Bihar’s Motihari district near Chetwa village on May 02, 2018 as a Delhi-bound bus they were travelling in caught fire after it fell into a ditch along a highway. (HT Photo)

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A Rhinoceros tries to cool down on a hot day at Delhi Zoological Park on April 29, 2018. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Children search for coins under a railway bridge, offered by Hindu devotees while travelling in trains on the Yamuna river in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on April 30, 2018. (Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)

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Farming labourer Ambalal Ranchodbhai Thakor seen on May 01, 2018, whose skin has been damaged from working around polluted water in agricultural fields that uses water tainted with chemical run-off from nearby industrial chemical plants in Istolabad village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. (Sam Panthaky / AFP)

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Children work at a brick factory on the outskirts of Jammu city in Jammu and Kashmir on May 1, 2018. International Labour Day also known as May Day was marked across the world on May 1. (Channi Anand / AP)

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A devotee walks inside the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Nizamuddin in New Delhi on May 1, 2018. (Chandan Khanna / AFP)

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Grandmother (C) of Haseeb Ahmad Khan, one among three civilians killed, wails during his funeral in Kashmir’s Baramulla on May 1, 2018. (Dar Yasin / AP)

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A Muslim woman offers prayers at a grave of a relative on Shab-e-Barat in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on May 1, 2018. (Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)

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An egret perches on the branch of a tree on the banks of the Brahmaputra River in Pan Bazar area of Guwahati, Assam on May 3, 2018. Each year at a similar time, thousands of egrets build their nests among trees in populated areas of the city centre. (Biju Boro / AFP)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets BJP supporters after landing in an Indian Air Force helicopter at an election campaign rally in Bangalore, Karnataka on May 3, 2018. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

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Filmmaker Farah Khan and actors Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor on the sets of a dance reality show 'Dance India Dance - Little Masters', in Mumbai, Maharashtra on April 30, 2018. (IANS)

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A woman walks while carrying a calf on her shoulder on a hot summer day in the outskirts of Ajmer, Rajasthan on May 3, 2018. (Shaukat Ahmed / AFP)