In Pics: India This Week

A devotee smeared in turmeric prays during the celebration of the Bhandara Festival at the Jejuri temple in Pune. 

(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 1 to 7 June 2019.

A labourer balances his basket on his head at a flower market in Kolkata.

Devotees smeared in turmeric join a procession during the celebration of the Bhandara Festival at the Jejuri temple in Pune. 

A Muslim child peeps through a window of a mosque to watch elders offer prayers during Eid al-Fitr in Jammu. 

Pedestrians run for cover during a sudden rain on a hot day in Hyderabad. 

A ragpicker carries recyclable materials in sacks at a garbage dumping site on the World Environment Day in Gauhati. 

Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Vasi Ullah Mosque in Prayagraj. 

A silhouette of painted stork is seen as it arrives at its nest during sunset, at a lake near Chennai.

A woman with a ceremonial ribbon on her forehead listens to her spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, during a religious talk by him for Tibetan students at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala.

Women carry vessels to collect drinking water on a hot summer day in Beawar, Rajasthan.

People gather near the illuminated India Gate in New Delhi.

People walk at Howrah Bridge during heavy rains in Howrah.

Young boys greet each other after offering namaz at Jama Masjid on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, in New Delhi. 

Volunteers clean the debris of plastic from the shore of Mithi river at Mahim Causeway in Mumbai.

Young boys take bath from a tubewell on a hot, summer day as temperature soars in the capital, in New Delhi.