In Pics: India This Week

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

Girls enjoy on a swing on the 1st day of Raja festival celebrating womanhood in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Thursday, 13 June.

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A wave crashes as people stand on boats on the Arabian Sea coast in Veraval, Gujarat, India, on Wednesday, 12 June.

An Indian worker splashes water on his face to cool himself on a hot summer afternoon in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, 13 June.

Indian paramilitary soldiers salute near the coffins of their colleagues who were killed by rebels, during a wreath-laying ceremony at their base camp on the outskirts of Srinagar, on Thursday, 13 June.

A supporter of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wearing a headgear with party symbol sits with others during a protest rally allegedly against atrocities of police and Trinamool Congress party on BJP supporters in West Bengal state in Kolkata, India, on Wednesday, 12 June. 

A cowherd from Rajasthan leads his cattle towards grazing areas on a hot summer day, near a village in Najafgarh, New Delhi on Thursday, 13 June.

Girls enjoy on a swing on the 1st day of Raja festival celebrating womanhood in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Thursday, 13 June.

A view of fresh snowfall in Sonmarg of Ganderbal district on Wednesday, 12 June.

Bolts of lightning flash across the sky during thunderstorm and rain over the suburbs, in Mumbai, late Monday, 10 June. 

Kashmiri Pandits offer prayers during the yearly celebrations of Mela Kheer Bhawani at Kheer Bhawani Temple, Tullamulla, in Ganderbal District on Monday, 10 June. 

In this Monday, 10 June photo, an Indian Rabha tribal Hindu priest pours traditional rice beer to a Rabha girl to perform rituals during Baikho festival at Pantan village, west of Gauhati, India. Every year, the community in Assam celebrates the festival, to please a deity of wealth and ask for good rains and a good harvest.

A fan of India arrives before the Cricket World Cup group stage match between India and New Zealand at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England on Thursday, 13 June.

Junior doctors hold placards during a demonstration after an intern doctor was attacked and seriously injured over the death of a 75-year-old patient, at Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata on Thursday, 13 June.

Members of a rescue team prepare to camp overnight, due to difficult terrain and weather, and move to the AN-32 crash site the next day, near North Lipo on Wednesday, 12 June.

A view of the Parliament House during a dust storm in New Delhi on Wednesday, 12 June.

Firefighters douse flames at a timber godown, in Toph Sherkhanian area of Jammu on Tuesday, 11 June.