In Pics: India This Week

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India between 15-21 June.

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

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Sadhus perform yoga at Kamakhya Temple to mark the 5th International Day of Yoga, in Guwahati, Friday, 21 June, 2019.

Workers carry cherries in a basket after plucking them from an orchard, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Thursday, 20 June 2019. Unexpected torrential rains and hailstorms for the last 15 days have damaged the fruit crops in the valley.

A family member breaks into tears near the body of Major Ketan Sharma after it was brought to his home in Meerut, Tuesday, 18 June 2019. Major Sharma was killed in an encounter with the militants in J&K’s Anantnag on Monday.

Firefighters try to douse a massive fire at abandoned railway coaches near Howrah station in Howrah, Monday, 17 June 2019. 

A doctor wears a bandage on his head as he participates in a rally to show solidarity with protests against an attack on a junior doctor in West Bengal, at Bikaner, Sunday, 16 June 2019.

Devotees perform Qawwali, a Sufi Islamic devotional music at Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Dargah in Ajmer, Saturday, 15 June 2019. 

An Indian Air Force (IAF) cadet marches past a poster of an aircraft display during their graduation parade at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal, outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Saturday, 15 June 2019. 

In this Wednesday, 19 June 2019, photo, people stand in queues to fill vessels filled with drinking water from a water tanker in Chennai. Millions of people are turning to water tank trucks in the state as house and hotel taps run dry in an acute water shortage caused by drying lakes and depleted groundwater.

Fans cheer as they watch on television Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan, at a residential building in Mumbai on Sunday, 16 June, 2019. 

Fresh snow is seen on the Dhauladhar range of the Himalaya after rain and hail lashed the lower reaches in Dharmsala, India, Monday, 17 June 2019. 

Children play in the River Ganges on a hot day in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, 16 June, 2019. Many parts of India are experiencing extreme heat conditions. 

In this Tuesday, 18 June 2019 photo, civic workers remove dead fish floating at a partially dried up lake in Ambattur, Chennai, India. Many water bodies in the city are running dry in record heat.

Dirt accumulated next to the beds of patients in Muzaffarpur’s Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, where children with encephalitis have been admitted. 

Jawans of the Indian Army participate in Yoga Day 2019 celebrations on Himalayas.