Chennai’s water crisis and encephalitis toll hits 145: India this week

From water crisis in Chennai to fish vendors in Mumbai; a roundup of top photos from across the country.

Updated on: Jun 23, 2019 1:25 PM IST

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Workers carry the last bit of water from a small pond in the dried-out Puzhal reservoir on the outskirts of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The hunt for water in south India’s main city has become an increasingly desperate obsession for its 10 million residents after months with virtually no rain. With temperatures regularly hitting 40 degrees Celsius, reservoirs have run dry and water sources are dwindling. (Arun Sankar / AFP)

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A boy drying fish on sea side at Versova in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Photo)

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A worker drys "fryums", a finger shaped food made from seasoned dough, on the outskirts of Agartala, Tripura. (STR / AFP)

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A rescue personnel from Karnataka Fire Services comes out of the rubble after an under construction water tank collapsed in Bangalore, Karnataka. Three workers were killed and over 20 injured when the water tank of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) collapsed. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

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Women seen at work prior to the Yoga Day celebrations, in front of Rashtrapati Bhavan, Rajpath, in New Delhi. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

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A man carries a dismantled car on a cycle rickshaw to a scrapyard in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Amit Dave / REUTERS)

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A Congress party supporter holds up a rose as she waits for Indian National Congress President Rahul Gandhi's arrival during his 49th birthday celebrations, at party headquarters, in New Delhi. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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A view of the overcrowded Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) where children suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) are being treated, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. According to reports, the total number of AES cases registered across the state since June 1 was 626, and the total number of deaths has mounted to 145. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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Indian Navy personnel participate in a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day on the Indian aircraft carrier INS Viraat, in Mumbai. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Photo)

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A view of a building that collapsed in early morning, at BR Niranjan Dass Ligga Press Wali Gali, Sadar Bazaar, in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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A woman puts clothes to dry overlooking central Mumbai's financial district skyline in Maharashtra. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)

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Family members of the children who were feared drowned in Indira Canal seen grieving, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The bodies of seven children were found after 24-hour search operation by police along with personnel of relief forces here. The kids drowned when a pick-up truck carrying 29 people fell into the canal. (Deepak Gupta / HT Photo)

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The President's bodyguards present a salute to President Ram Nath Kovind as he leaves Parliament House after addressing the joint session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Children seen in muddy water as they beat the heat during a hot day, on a roadside, in Patna, Bihar. More than 100 people died in different parts of Bihar due to the blistering heatwave conditions in the state. (Parwaz Khan / HT Photo)

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A man walks by as clouds hover over Raisina Hills, in New Delhi. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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A group of married women performing rituals around a Banyan tree on the occasion of Vat Savitri festival are seen through the wind screen of a parked auto rickshaw in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Vat Savitri is celebrated on a full moon day where women pray for the longevity of their husbands. (Rafiq Maqbool / AP)

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A water melon vendor sits with his face covered during a dust storm in Jammu city, Jammu and Kashmir. (Channi Anand / AP)

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A doctor wearing a helmet examines a patient inside a ward during a nationwide doctors strike demanding security after the recent assaults on them by the patients’ relatives, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (P. Ravikumar / REUTERS)

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International karate champion, Syeda Falak (C-L), shows self-defence techniques to students at the Telangana Minorities Residential Girls School in Hyderabad, Telangana. (Noah Seelam / AFP)

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Police officer Arshad Khan's son Abuhan Khan pays tribute to his father during a wreath-laying ceremony at District Police Lines, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Khan, who was SHO of police station Sadar in Anantnag, was injured in a suicide attack by militants on June 12 and succumbed to injuries at AIIMS Delhi. (S Irfan / PTI)