Photos of the week: From Ganesh Chaturthi to Paralympics to India’s satellite launch

An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha floats after it was immersed in an artificial pond during Ganesh Visarjan at Sion in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. (Satish bate/HT photo)

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An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha floats after it was immersed in an artificial pond during Ganesh Visarjan at Sion in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. (Satish bate/HT photo)

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Indian army cadets celebrate after their graduation ceremony at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai on September 10, 2016. A total of 249 cadets, including 32 women, graduated from the academy and will be posted as lieutenants in the Indian Army. (AFP)

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India's Mariyappan Thangavelu jumps in the men's final high jump - T42 during the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on September 9, 2016. (AFP)

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A horse stands tethered inside a stable, surrounded by smoke rising from fumigation being done to prevent mosquito-borne diseases in Allahabad, India, Friday, September 9, 2016. (AP)

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All Women Police Control Room launch in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, September 9, 2016. (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO)

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Bystanders look on as Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) satellite INSAT-3DR, on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F05), launches from Sriharikota on September 8, 2016. (AFP)

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Indian activists wave the Karnataka flag as they block traffic on a major connecting road during a statewide strike in Bengaluru on September 9, 2016. Agitation in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has been increasing since the recent Supreme Court order to the state to release 15,000 cusecs of water from the River Cauvery each day to the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. (AFP)

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A trader selects a goat for his customer at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Mumbai, India, on September 10, 2016. Eid al-Adha is celebrated on the third day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is going to fall on September 13 this year, subject to moon sighting. (REUTERS)

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An Indian Catholic nun holds a crucifix to the forehead of a child to bless him during the annual feast of the birth of Virgin Mary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Health on September 8 in Hyderabad, India. (AP)

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An Indian villager offers prayers over the bodies of two female elephants after they were electrocuted next to an electricity pole at Kiranchandra Tea Garden, on the outskirts of Siliguri, on September 10, 2016. (AFP)