In Pictures: India This Week (11th February 2017-17th Feb 2017)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week.

People queue to cast their vote during the state assembly election, in the village of Kairana, in the state of Uttar Pradesh on 11 February 2017. (Photo Courtesy: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton)

The Quint brings you a snapshot of the moments and people behind the headlines and news in India this week.

Indigenously manufactured Indian Air Force Dhruv helicopters perform aerobatic manoeuvres on the fourth day of Aero India 2017 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore on 17 February 2017. (Photo Courtesy: AP/Aijaz Rahi)

A policeman uses a baton to disperse the crowd as V K Sasikala (not pictured), general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and confidante of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, arrives to surrender, outside the Central Jail in Bengaluru on 15 February 2017. (Photo Courtesy: Reuters/Abhishek N. Chinnappa)

A voter waits to get his voting slip from an officer at a polling station during the state assembly election in Hapur in Uttar Pradesh on 11 February 2017. (Photo Courtesy: Reuters/Adnan Abidi)

Indian Hindu devotee yawns during a chariot procession of Lord Jagannath in Jammu on 17 February 2017. (Photo Courtesy: AP/Channi Anand)

Demonstrators hug a tree during a protest against what they say is the government’s plan to chop down trees to widen roads in Bengaluru on 11 February 2017. (Photo Courtesy: Reuters/Abhishek N. Chinnappa)

A man rides a horse along the shores of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai on 16 February 2017. (Photo Courtesy: Reuters/Shailesh Andrade)

A worker welds iron rods inside a workshop in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam on 16 February 2017. (Photo Courtesy: Reuters/Anuwar Hazarika)

A man prepares food at a roadside shop in Kolkata on 17 February 2017. (Photo Courtesy: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri)

Check out all the photo essays in the ‘India This Week’ series.