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Flash floods in the north to Ganesha immersion: India this week
From flash floods across north India causing destruction and stranding locals and tourists to the immersion of idols of the Hindu god Ganesha on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival; a roundup of top photos from across the country.
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A head-load worker rests on his basket beside a pile of marigold flowers at a wholesale market in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Bikas Das / AP)
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A collapsed road due to heavy rain is seen in Amritsar, Punjab. (Narinder Nanu / AFP)
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Aspirants undergo a physical test during an army recruitment rally at Danapur near Patna, Bihar. (PTI)
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Indian army soldiers of Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment stand on the deck of Indian Naval Ship Kochi during their affiliation ceremony on the shore of the Arabian sea in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Rafiq Maqbool / AP)
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Women walk up stairs while visiting Mehran Fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. (Noemi Cassanelli / AFP)
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President Ram Nath Kovind in a group photograph with the awardees at the National Sports and Adventure Award 2018 function at Rashtrapti Bhawan in New Delhi. (PIB / PTI)
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People attend Paryatan Parv, a twenty-day programme organised with the aim of drawing attention to the benefits of tourism in New Delhi, India. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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Devotees carry a statue of Ganesha for immersion in the Arabian sea in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Punit Paranjpe / AFP)
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Foam that has gathered in the polluted Yamuna river flies about in the wind in New Delhi, India. (Dominique Faget / AFP)
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The French fisheries patrol vessel, the FPV Osiris, successfully located and rescued injured Indian sailor Abhilash Tomy in the Indian Ocean. (Australian Maritime Safety Authority / AFP)
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Shikhar Dhawan celebrates after scoring a century during the ODI Asia Cup cricket match between Pakistan and India at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
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A passenger plane passes the moon as it comes in to land at the international airport in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (P. Ravikumar / REUTERS)
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A Sikh sewadar walks near the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab. (Narinder Nanu / AFP)
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An artist gives the final touches to a statue of the goddess Durga ahead the forthcoming Dushhera-Vijaya Dashami festival at a workshop in Hyderabad, Telangana. (Noah Seelam / AFP)
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Hindu pilgrims from Kolkata perform ‘pind-daan’ rituals for the salvation of their ancestors on the second day of Pitru Paksha in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. (Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)
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A wife of a sanitation worker who died while cleaning a sewer, cries as she attends a protest against the rising deaths of people cleaning sewers, in New Delhi. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)
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Very thin traffic at Ultadanga flyover during the ‘Bangla Bandh’ strike, called by BJP against the state government, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (PTI)
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A woman takes a dip in the muddy water of the river Ganga, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)
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Indian players line up for the national anthem before the start of the ODI Asia Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and India at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
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All India Fair Price Shop Dealers’ Federation members protest for completion of various demands, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India. (Arun Sharma / PTI)
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A farmer separates grain from chaff on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)
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An Indian Air Force helicopter flies towards Lahaul from Kullu to rescue stranded people in the region of Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh. (PTI)
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Dancers, dressed in traditional attire, take part in the rehearsals for the ‘Garba’ dance, ahead of the nine-day Navratri festival in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Santosh Hirlekar / PTI)
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Damaged Pathankot-Chamba highway is seen as heavy gush of flood water flows into Ravi river during incessant rainfall, in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. (PTI)
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