In Pics: India This Week

Rain Lily flowers in bloom at the Humayun Tomb during monsoon season in New Delhi.

(Photo: PTI)

From Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations amid the fear of COVID-19 to incessant rains in various parts of the country, here’s a glimpse of all that happened in India this week.

Commuters struggle to cross a flooded road following rains, at Ramnagar in Moradabad, Monday, 24 August 2020. 

Municipal workers and family members wearing protective suits cremate the body of a COVID-19 patient, at a crematorium in Karad, Monday, 24 August.

Devotees carry out immersion of Lord Ganesha idol on the 5th day of Ganesh Visarjan, at Juhu Chowpatty, in Mumbai.

Policemen detain students of Allahabad Central University staging a protest demanding to promote all students to the higher classes without the need of appearing in the annual examination, in Prayagraj.

A man along with his goats sit under an umbrella during rain, on the outskirts of Chennai.

Former Chief Minister and CPI(M) Politburo member Manik Sarkar addresses a Left organisations protest against Union and State governments over various issues and policies, in Agartala.

A view of the holy Lake of Pushkar as monsoon clouds hover in the sky, in Ajmer district, Tuesday morning.

Elephant Suvarna’s new born calf at Bannerghatta Biological Park in Bengaluru. The calf has been named Sudha after Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murthy to acknowledge her contribution towards the cause of wildlife conservation.

Policemen detain Shiite mourners trying to take out a Muharram procession during restrictions under section 144 at Abi Guzar, in Srinagar.

Rain Lily flowers in bloom at the Humayun Tomb during monsoon season in New Delhi.

Indian Air Force helicopter came to rescue a civilian left stranded on a marooned island during rainfall, in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.