In Pictures: India This Week (13 Aug to 19 Aug 2016)

On World Photography Day, we get you some of the best works of photojournalism from across India, this week.

A priest, face smeared with colour and sacrificial blood, carries a goat over his shoulder for sacrifice during the Deodhani festival at the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati. (Photo: AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)

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

Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar (left), shoos away a squirrel seconds before the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi motorcade as others watch at the Red Fort on Monday 15 August, 2016. (Photo: AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indian elephant, which was swept away over 1700 kms into Bangladesh, being attended to by officials. The elephant named Banganahadur later died in Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

A paramilitary soldier is reflected in a pool of water on a road strewn with stones thrown during earlier protests as curfew continues in Srinagar. (Photo: AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

A woman rides a bicycle across a road during rains in Allahabad. (Photo: Reuters/Jitendra Prakash)

A Parsi family takes a selfie at a fire temple, on occasion of Parsi New Year, in Mumbai. (Photo: AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A cyclist rides past the illuminated Raisina Hill ahead of Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi. (Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi)

People look at balloons released during a march to celebrate Independence Day in Ahmedabad. (Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave)

A eunuch performs during Raksha Bandhan festival celebrations in a red light area in Mumbai. (Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)

Brahmins or upper-caste Hindus wearing the “janeu” (sacred thread), also called “yagnopavit”, perform prayers in a temple on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival in Ahmedabad. (Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave)

A man sits on the outer wall of his flooded house as a boat arrives to evacuate him at a residential area in Allahabad. (Photo: Reuters/Jitendra Prakash)

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