Photos | From Gauri Lankesh to Ganesh Visarjan: India this week in pictures

From the tragic Gauri Lankesh killing, where she was shot dead outside her house in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening to Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in India; a roundup of top photos from across the country.

Updated on: Sep 09, 2017 4:56 PM IST

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Slain activist and journalist Gauri Lankesh’s mother and siblings pay their last respect a morning after she was killed by assailants at Kalashetra in Bengaluru. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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On the first day of Nirmala Sitharaman, the first full-time woman defence minister with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi. (Arun Sharma / HT PHOTO)

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Former Governor of the Reserve Bank Of India (RBI), Raghuram Rajan reacts during the release of his book, “I Do what I do” in New Delhi. (Mohd Zakir / HT PHOTO)

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Indian Hindu devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha for immersion in a temporary pond near Sangam in Allahabad on Monday. The Ganesh Chaturthi festival is a popular 11-day religious festival which is annually celebrated across India. (SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP PHOTO )

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Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey prays to his chair before taking charge at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi on Monday. (Arvind Yadav / HT PHOTO)

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During Onam festival Indian performers painted as tigers take part in the ‘Pulikali’, or Tiger dance, in Thrissur on Thursday. (AFP)

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Indian cricketers after their victory in the Twenty20 international cricket match between Sri Lanka and India at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 6. (Arun Sankar / PTI)

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School children and Nicktoon Shiva come together to clean the Juhu Beach in Mumbai after the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi 2017 ended. (Shashi S Kashyap / HT PHOTO)

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An Indian court on September 9, sentenced Abu Salem (red shirt) to life imprisonment over bomb blasts in Mumbai. (Manpreet Romana / AFP File Photo)

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An Indian artist dressed as Hindu god for his performance in the ‘Kummati Kali’ as part of the annual Onam festival celebrations in Thrissur district of Kerala. (ARUN SANKAR / AFP)

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SOPU supporters celebrating their victory near DAV college in Chandigarh on Thursday. (Karun Sharma / HT PHOTO)

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On the 20th death anniversary of Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic nuns of the Missionaries of Charity with others pray at her tomb at the Missionaries of Charity house in Kolkata. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

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Members of AAMAD dance centre artists showcase their skills on the occasion of ‘World Spinal Cord Injury Day' organised by Indian spinal injuries centre at Talkatora stadium in New Delhi. (Arvind Yadav / HT PHOTO)

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An Indian ‘Theyyam’ artist performing during the ‘Kummati Kali’ as part of the annual Onam festival celebrations in Thrissur district of Kerala. The Theyyam worship rituals are part of several thousand year-old traditions and customs of Kerala. (Arun Sankar / AFP)

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Supporters shout slogans during JNU Student Union election Voting Day at the campus in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar /HT PHOTO)

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In a bid to reduce the environmental footprint left upon water bodies, residents in South Delhi chose to bury an idol of Ganesha instead of immersing it on the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi. (Arun Sharma / HT PHOTO)