In Pics: India This Week

A civic worker clears the plastic waste and garbage thrown out of the sea during a high tide at Marine Drive promenade in Mumbai, on Sunday, 7 July.

(Photo: PTI)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 6 July to 12 July 2019.

Civic body workers clear the debris of plastic waste and garbage thrown out from the sea during a high tide at Marine Drive promenade, in Mumbai on Sunday, 7 July.

A part of the 71-year-old Nusser building behind the Royal Opera House which collapsed following incessant monsoon rains, in Mumbai.

ISRO’s GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle rests at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The GSLV Mk III will carry Chandrayaan 2, India’s second moon mission.

A sadhu smokes marijuana after the Amarnath Yatra was suspended due to the third death anniversary of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, at Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu.

Skipper Virat Kohli tosses his bat in the air after being dismissed during their semifinal against New Zealand at the ICC World Cup 2019.

Sadhus wait in a queue to get themselves registered for the Amarnath Yatra 2019, at a base camp in Jammu.

A Delhi police officer stands in front of police barricades ahead of protest by Congress party supporters near the parliament on Tuesday, 9 July, 2019. The Congress party protesters accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership of trying to pull down its coalition government in Karnataka.

Congress leader DK Shivakumar being detained by the Mumbai police for camping outside the Renaissance hotel, where the rebel MLAs were staying after submitting their resignation.

A child rides a scooter with a plastic covering her head to brave the Hyderabad rains.

In this photo, a sadhvi sits with her hands tattooed with images of Hindu god Shiva during Ambubachi festival at the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appears at Civil Court in in connection with a defamation case filed against him by senior state BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi.

(With inputs from AP and PTI)