Photos: From the oldest voter in Himachal Pradesh to Delhi smog; India this week

From India’s first voter casting his vote during the Himachal Pradesh elections to a thick belt of smog covering the nation’s capital resulting in serious health issues; a roundup of top photos from India.

Updated on: Nov 11, 2017 9:41 AM IST

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Independent India’s first voter Shyam Saran Negi (C), arrives to cast his ballot in the Himachal Pradesh state elections in Kalpa, on November 9, 2017. 100-year-old Shyam Saran Negi walked the red carpet to a polling booth in a remote Himalayan village to retain his record of voting in every Indian election since independence in 1947. (STR / AFP)

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Devotees offer prayers at the Golden Temple on a foggy morning in Amritsar on Tuesday. (Sameer Sehgal / HT Photo)

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By the banks of the Yamuna in Delhi, visibility remained low as a choking blanket of smog enveloped the national capital this week, prompting authorities to announce closure of schools till Sunday and a four-fold hike in parking fees among other measures. (Arun Sharma / HT PHOTO)

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Prince Charles and his wife Camilla pay homage at Amar Jawan Jyoti, India Gate in New Delhi on Thursday. (Mohd Zakir / HT PHOTO)

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An artisan dries stoles after dyeing them at workshop in Amritsar, Punjab on November 5, 2017. (Narinder Nanu / AFP)

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A girl studies between demolished shanties at Garib Nagar in Mumbai on Tuesday. (Shashi S Kashyap / HT Photo)

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A recluse, Awadh ‘Prince’ Ali Raza, died a pauper in an abandoned 14-century building, ‘Malcha Mahal.’ The royal family’s possessions, including expensive crockery and old photographs were found along with Raza’s body on the floor near his wooden bed. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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A worker repairs tangled power lines on a electric pole in Kochi. (Sivaram V / REUTERS)

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After a long day, a man sleeps on rubble under a flyover in Mumbai on November 7, 2017. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)

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Belgium's King Philippe looks on as Queen Mathilde hits a ball as they play cricket with children in Mumbai on November 10, 2017. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)

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A boy looks on while standing on a school gate at Bandra, Mumbai. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Photo)

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A rainbow forms as police use water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest, organised by Congress party, to mark a year since demonetisation was implemented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Chandigarh on November 8, 2017. (Ajay Verma / REUTERS)

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A mannequin stands on a makeshift stall put up by a vendor selling hair decorating items for women at the Shangumugham beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Thiruvananthapuram on November 8, 2017. (Aijaz Rahi / AP)

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Firefighters try to douse a fire that broke out in a commercial building at a market in Kolkata on November 9, 2017. (Rupak De Chowdhuri / REUTERS)