Cyclone Fani hits Odisha and Srinagar-Leh road reopens: India this week

From India's strongest summertime cyclone in last 43 years to the reopening of the Srinagar - Leh road and CBSE 12th results to Lok Sabha polls; a roundup of top photos from across the country.

Updated on: May 05, 2019 6:17 PM IST

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Fishermen seen during high tide owing to cyclone Fani, at Puri beach, in Odisha. Fani is India’s strongest summertime cyclone in the last 43 years.The government has evacuated more than a million people from districts likely to be affected by it. (Arabinda Mahapatra / HT Photo)

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An army vehicle seen passing through snow covered Zojila pass, 108 kilometers east of Srinagar.The Srinagar-Leh road link was thrown open for vehicular traffic after around five months. India's Border Roads Organisation (BRO) which maintains the road opened it after clearing the snow. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Children during sudden heavy dust storm at FNG road, in Noida. (Virendra Singh Gosain / HT Photo)

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A tranquilized wild Indian elephant is lifted up with a crane as it is transported to the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary after it wandered into a residential area in Sonapur, Assam. (AFP)

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A woman is comforted after her shack was destroyed in a fire at a slum in New Delhi. (Anushree Fadnavis / REUTERS)

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Fire fighters douse fire in a chemical factory at Naraina Industrial area, near Payal Cinema, in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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Air coolers and water sprinklers are been set up for caged Tigers and Leopards to keep the animals cool in scorching heat at Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, Katraj in Pune, Maharashtra. (Rahul Raut / HT Photo)

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, at Sonia Vihar, in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Heavy clouds hover in the sky while visitors at India Gate near Vijay Chowk enjoy a moment of relief in the hot summer month of April in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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A voter shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote for the fourth phase of India's general elections in the outskirts of Ajmer, in Rajasthan.Voting began for the fourth phase of India's general parliamentary elections as Indians exercise their franchise in the country's marathon election which started on April 11 and runs through to May 19 with the results to be declared on May 23. (Himanshu Sharma / AFP)

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AAP East Delhi Candidate Atishi Marlena during her election campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha general elections at East Delhi’s Shahdara. (ANI)

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Students celebrate after the announcement of class 12th Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) results, at St. Thomas’ School, in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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An Indian cyclist rides along dry bed of Sabarmati river near the Sant Sarovar, a reservoir situated in Gujarat's capital Gandhinagar. Gujarat is currently facing acute water crisis and government is making all efforts to reduce the scarcity of drinking water for people. But for farming, cattle remains a challenging task. (Sam Panthaky / AFP)

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Andre Russell jumps as he celebrates after taking the wicket of Mumbai Indian’s Evin Lewis during the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty 20 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Dinyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

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A wall graffiti seen in Mumbai depicting Indian National Congress (INC) party leader Rahul Gandhi (L) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a tug of war over India. (Indranil Mukherjee/ AFP)