In Pics: India This Week

Members of Akash Ganga sky diving team of the Indian Air Force display their skill during the Air Force Day parade at the Hindon air base on the outskirts of New Delhi on Tuesday, 8 October.

(Photo: AP/Manish Swarup)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week from 7 October to 11 October 2019.

A Hindu woman performs rituals on an idol of Goddess Durga during the last day of Durga Puja festival in Hyderabad on Tuesday. 

School children wear face masks of Chinese President Xi Jinping to welcome him on the eve of his visit in Chennai on Thursday.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh sits in the cockpit during a test flight in a Rafale jet fighter at the Dassault Aviation plant in Merignac, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, on Tuesday.

A man prepares to take a bath beside the remains of idols thrown into the River Hooghly by Hindu devotees on Tuesday during immersion of Durga idols, in Kolkata, on Tuesday.

A man displays his skills balancing a pot of incense on his mouth as devotees dance during a procession for immersion of Durga idols marking the end of Durga Puja festivities in Gauhati, on Tuesday.

Indian tourists enjoy boat rides at the Dal Lake in Srinagar on Wednesday.

A worker sets earthern lamps under the sun to dry, ahead of Diwali festival, in Ahmedabad on Friday.

An Indian Air Force fighter plane Su- 30MKI releases flares as it flies past during Air Force Day parade at the Hindon air base, on Tuesday.

A worker cleans monuments at the world famous Mamallapuram heritage site ahead  of the Indo-China summit. 

An effigy of mythological demon king Ravana goes up in flames marking the end of Dussehra festival in New Delhi on Tuesday.