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Chennai’s water shortage and World Menstrual Hygiene Day: India this week
From one of the worst water shortages in Chennai in nearly 70 years to celebrations the second swearing-in of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minster of India; a roundup of top photos from across the country.
Updated on: Jun 02, 2019 12:14 PM IST
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Buckets are lowered down into a well in the outskirts of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Water levels in the four main reservoirs at Chennai have fallen to one of their lowest levels in 70 years. (Arun Sankar / AFP)
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A boy dives into a stream on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)
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An Afternoon cricket match at a park with the Taj Mahal in the backdrop in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. (Pawan Sharma / AFP)
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A worker spreads strands of vermicelli kept to dry at a factory in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Vermicelli is a specialty eaten during the holy month of Ramzan. (P. Ravikumar / REUTERS)
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A forest personnel uses leafy branches to remove dried pine needles from the forest floor to contain a fire near Totarani village in the foothills of the Himalaya in Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)
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A view of the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term in office, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. (Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)
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A man takes a nap inside the shrine of Sufi saint Shiekh Abdul Qadir Jeelani during the holy fasting month of Ramzan in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (Yasin Dar / AP)
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A pet dog rides pillion on a two-wheeler at Bandra in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)
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A man looks at a mural on Menstrual Hygiene Day made by Bidisha Saikia, at Parijat Academy, in Guwahati, Assam. Menstrual Hygiene Day, marked on May 28, raises awareness about the importance of managing good menstrual hygiene for every woman. (David Talukdar / AFP)
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Bina Diggar, 55, holds a photograph of her husband Matal Diggar who was allegedly killed in political violence in West Bengal as she arrives to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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Airplanes fly-by during the Graduation Parade for the 136th batch of the National Defence Academy at Khetarpal Parade ground of the NDA Khadakwasla campus in Pune, Maharashtra. (Sanket Wankhade / HT Photo)
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Admiral Karambir Singh (R) shakes hands with outgoing Naval chief Sunil Lanba before assuming charge as the new Chief of Naval Staff at South block in New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)
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A man drinks water form a watering pipe on a hot afternoon, near Akbar Road, in New Delhi. (Amal KS / HT Photo)
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A Replica of Rafale fighter jet was erected outside Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa’s residence, opposite All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters, Akbar Road, in New Delhi. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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