Protest in Ahmedabad and Vandalism at Vidyasagar college: India This Week

From protest against water shortage in Ahmedabad and vandals bringing down Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar's statue in Kolkata; a roundup of top photos from across the country.

Updated on: May 19, 2019 2:24 PM IST

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Women throw earthen pitchers onto the ground in protest against shortage of drinking water outside the municipal corporation office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Amit Dave / REUTERS)

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A Tibetan Buddhist monk prays during a ceremony for the longevity of their spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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An election staff member carries Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) after collecting them from a distribution centre at an indoor stadium ahead of the seventh and last phase of general election, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Rupak De Chowdhuri / REUTERS)

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A view of the vandalised statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar after a clash between supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) during BJP President Amit Shah's road show at Vidyasagar College, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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A Fire Fighter seen at a scrap godown in Thane Daighar, Maharashtra. (Rishikesh Choudhary / HT Photo)

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Visually challenged students in a computer lab at Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Pune, Maharashtra. (Sanket Wankhade / HT Photo)

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A woman walks with an umbrella in an open field during sudden rain in New Delhi. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

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People visit Bhau Daji Lad Museum ahead of World Museum Day at Byculla in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

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400 boys attempt the largest laundry lesson for Guinness World Records at St. Stanislaus Ground in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Photo)

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Amit Shah, president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) speaks as Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) watches him during a news conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi. (T. Narayan / Bloomberg)

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Old buildings demolished to build the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, a building project to connect the main temple to the ghats, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. (Prakash Singh / AFP)

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Former Spanish ITF tennis world champion, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario plays a shot during "Serve & Volley with Arantxa", a programme for young tennis enthusiasts, in Bangalore, Karnataka. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

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A supporter of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stands with his body painted as he attends an election rally. (Bikas Das / AP)