In Pictures: India This Week (4 February 2017 to 10 Feb 2017)

A performer dressed in a chimpanzee costume walks past brides as they arrive at a mass marriage ceremony in which, according to its organisers, 109 tribal, Muslim and Hindu couples from various villages across the state took their wedding vows, at Bahirkhand village, north of Kolkata. (Photo: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri)

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

Security personnel take out a procession to promote awareness to cast their votes during elections in Allahabad. Elections in northern Uttar Pradesh begin on 11 February, but due to the state’s size, voting is divided into seven phases. Results will be declared on 11 March. (Photo: AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A supporter applauds as he listens to Samajwadi Party candidate Sunil Choudhary during an election campaign in Bahlolpur village in Noida. (Photo: AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

Participants try to control a bull during the traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. (Photo: AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A forest official takes position as a wild elephant prepares to chase away villagers at Misamari village on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam. Catch the entire sequence of events captured in some incredible shots here. (Photo: AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

A Kashmiri villager walks his horse through a snow covered field, as it rains after fresh snowfall, on the outskirts of Srinagar. (Photo: AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A supporter covers himself from the rising dust caused by the helicopter of Keshav Prasad Maurya, the Uttar Pradesh state’s president for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), during an election campaign rally in Bah, UP. (Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi)

Women cook meal besides a passing passenger train at a slum area in Kolkata. (Photo: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri)

A worker uses a gas cutter at a metal workshop in an industrial area in Mumbai. (Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui)

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