From Bogibeel Bridge inauguration to Kumbh Mela 2018: India this week
From the inauguration of the Bhogibeel, the longest rail-cum-road bridge on Brahmaputra river to Kumbh Mela 2019; a roundup of top photos from across the country.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi strolls on the Bogibeel Bridge, the longest rail-cum-road bridge on Brahmaputra river, after it was inaugurated in Dibrugarh, Assam. (PIB Twitter / PTI)
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Men paddle their handmade boats across the Yamuna river on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)
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Flamingos are seen at the Ghataprabha backwaters in Bagalkot district of Karnataka. (Shailendra Bhojak / PTI)
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A man performs ‘Malkham’ or traditional gymnastics during a college festival in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)
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A worshipper prayers at the holy family Catholic Church on the occasion of Christmas in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)
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Hindu activists participate in a candle-light vigil outside Kerala State house, as they protest against Kerala government supporting women devotees entering Kerala’s Sabarimala Ayyapa temple, in New Delhi. (Chandan Khanna / AFP)
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Ellammal, 59, who lost her husband and two sons in the 2004 tsunami, cries as she offers prayers during a remembrance ceremony at Pattinapakkam Beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (Arun Sankar / AFP)
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A seer huddles under warm layers to protect himself from cold weather at Janpath in New Delhi. (Amal KS / HT Photo)
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A Hindu devotee carries a bucket of water from Narmada river in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. (AFP)
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Children enjoy a ride at a fair in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)
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Sadhus of Panch Dashnam Juna Akhara take part in the Peshvai, a religious ceremony, ahead of the Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)
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A girl worships Aiyappa Swami as she performs a Mandala Pooja during the Mandalam Makar Vilakku festival at Aiyappa Temple in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. (Gagan Nayar / AFP)
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A flock of migratory gulls gather at Kalyan Creek, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (PTI)
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A man reads the Bhagavad Gita, one of the major scriptures of Hinduism, while sitting in the water at Sangam during Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)
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Workers load sugarcane on a tractor to be transported to a sugar mill near the Ghataprabha backwaters in Bagalkot district, Karnataka. (Shailendra Bhojak / PTI)
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A worker on a construction site at Mahim in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)
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A Muslim woman covers her face with hand as she walks through a busy market in Ahmadabad, Gujarat. The Lower House of Parliament on Thursday approved a bill to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling that found the Muslim practice of instant divorce was unconstitutional. (Ajit Solanki / AP)
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A man rides a rickshaw on a smoggy morning in New Delhi. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)
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TDP MP Naramalli Sivaprasad dresses up as Ravana to demand special status for Andhra Pradesh during the winter session in Parliament, in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)
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Girls carry a child dressed as Santa Claus outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral on the eve of Christmas Day in New Delhi. (Manvender Vashist / PTI)
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Artists perform ‘Gedi’ dance during 2nd International Brahmaputra Art Festival, in Guwahati, Assam. (PTI)
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Women participate in a Yoga session marking the Mahila Yoga Shakti Divas at Nikol, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Sam Panthaky / AFP)
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An army crane being used to weed out Dal Lake on a cold, winter morning, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Army has extended help to the efforts to save the Dal Lake which has allegedly shrunk to less than half its original size due to pollution and human interference. (PTI)
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An Indian Air Force soldier stands guard next to rifles during a break at the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)
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BJP supporters at a rally near Khurda, Odisha. The rally was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)
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People walk in a park on a cold winter morning, in New Delhi. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
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A boatman makes his way through partially frozen waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)
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President Ram Nath Kovind pays homage to Bharat Ratna awardee and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the occasion of his 94th birth anniversary, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, near Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, in New Delhi. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)
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Ajinkya Rahane walks up the players race at the start of play during play on day three of the third cricket test between India and Australia in Melbourne, Australia. (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake / AP)
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