From India’s new president to Doda cloud burst: India this week in photos

Suraj Govind, 9, son of a farmer who committed suicide in Maharashtra poses for a picture wearing a cap that reads ‘My father committed suicide’ during a protest organized by farmers’ organizations demanding complete debt waiver and better rates for their crops, in New Delhi, India. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)

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Suraj Govind, 9, son of a farmer who committed suicide in Maharashtra poses for a picture wearing a cap that reads ‘My father committed suicide’ during a protest organized by farmers’ organizations demanding complete debt waiver and better rates for their crops, in New Delhi, India. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with her Australian counterpart Julie Bishop during the signing of an international solar alliance framework agreement in New Delhi. (Kamal Singh / PTI)

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Karwariyas make their pilgrimage carrying the kawar (containers of holy water balanced on the sides of a pole) on their shoulders during the month of Sawan in Jabalpur. (PTI)

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India's Shikha Pandey celebrates the wicket of Australia's Beth Mooney. (Action Images via Reuters)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers sweets to Ram Nath Kovind, congratulating him on winning the election to the post of the 14th President of India. (PTI)

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A lightning strike is observed during a storm above the city’s skyline in Jabalpur. (PTI)

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A man offers prayers as a priest walks past at a ghat of the polluted Yamuna river. (PTI)

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Ships during the sea phase of tri-Nation Malabar 2017 Exercise comprising India, Japan and US navies, in Bay of Bengal off the coast of Chennai. (PTI)

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People feed elephants at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in celebration of the commencement of the Malayalam month of Karkkidakam. (PTI)

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A sand artist creates 'Shivlings', idols symbolic of Lord Shiva in Pushkar, Rajasthan. (PTI)

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A girl holds on to the back of an auto-rickshaw as she plays in a flooded street with other children after a heavy monsoon rain in Ahmadabad, Gujarat. (Ajit Solanki / AP)

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Kanwariyas walk down the steps of the ghats of the Ganga to take a dip in, and collect its water as part of their Yatra in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI)

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Police vehicles were set ablaze by an angry mob following the death of a person accused in the rape and murder of a teenage girl, while in police custody, at Kotkhai, Shimla. (HT Photo)

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Sadat Hasan Manto's tales on Partition being dramatised in New Delhi. (PTI)

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Tamil farmers resumed their protest for loan waiver and drought-relief packages, joining forces with farmers from other states in a united agitation at Jantar Mantar. (Ravi Choudhary / HT Photo)

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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visits his grandmother Indira Gandhi's cousin brother Mr and Mrs. Katju (seen at the door) at their residence, in Jaipur, Rajasthan. (Himanshu Vyas / HT Photo)

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Woman labourers plant paddy saplings in a field during monsoon season in Balurghat in South Dinajpur, West Bengal. (PTI)

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A municipal worker fumigates a slum area to prevent the spread of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases in Mumbai. (Shailesh Andrade / REUTERS)

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Commuters wade through logged water after heavy rain on NH 24, in East Delhi. (Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)

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A fire broke out at Aspirations, an office building on 12 Pretoria Street in Kolkata. There were no reports of any casualties. Ten fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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Hema Malini arrives during the Vote for the 14th President of India at Parliament house in New Delhi, India. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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A little boy gazes towards the sky during a heavy shower in the capital New Delhi. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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BSP chief Mayawati emerges from Parliament house after casting her vote for the 14th President of India election in New Delhi, India. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Indian rescue workers and policemen look for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed house after flash floods in Thatri village of Doda district in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. (AFP)

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A man transports empty container drums on a cart pulled by a horse in Amritsar, Punjab. (Narinder Nanu / AFP)

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Traditional horse cart racing, known locally as Gehre Bazi during the Hindu holy month of Sawan, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. (Sheeraz Rizvi / HT Photo)

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India's Harmanpreet Kaur celebrates after scoring 150 runs during the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 semi-final match between Australia and India at County Ground in Derby, England. (Rui Vieira / AP)