In Pics: India This Week

Mourners gather in Tudihar village, some 56 kilometers east of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, 16 February, 2019, for the funeral procession of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier Mahesh Yadav who was killed in the Pulwama attack.

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Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 16 February to 22 February 2019.

Wife Nitika Kaul and other family members of Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, who lost his life in Pulwama encounter with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists, pay their last respects to him ahead of his funeral, in Dehradun, on Tuesday, 19 February, 2019.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman interacts with Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and President Ram Nath Kovind during a ceremonial welcome in New Delhi on Wednesday, 20 February, 2019

Protesters in Mumbai burn posters of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (centre) and Jaish-e-Mohammed leader Masood Azhar, after an attack on a paramilitary convoy in Kashmir that killed at least 40 CRPG jawans.

A young boy stands by the body of his father, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier Mahesh Yadav, who was killed in bombing in Kashmir’s Pulwama, in Tudihar village, some 56 kilometers east of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on 16 February 2019.

Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat waves as he prepares to fly in a Tejas, an Indian Air Force light combat aircraft, on the second day of Aero India 2019 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore on Thursday, 21 February, 2019.

Pakistan’s attorney general Anwar Mansoor Khan (right) greets Deepak Mittal, the joint secretary of India’s Foreign Ministry, as he presents oral arguments at the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, at The Hague, Netherlands on Monday, 18 February 2019.

An Indian Air Force officer watches the Yakovlevs, a UK based aerobatic team flying Russian designed Yakovlev aircrafts and performing aerobatic maneuvers on the inaugural day of Aero India 2019 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru on Wednesday, 20 February 2019.

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers pay tribute to Maneswar Basumatary, who was killed in the Pulwama terror attack, at the air force station in Guwahati on 16 February.

An Indian presidential body guard officer salutes Argentine President Mauricio Macri, (centre) and his wife Juliana Awada, as they arrive for their ceremonial reception at the presidential palace in New Delhi on Monday, 18 February 2019.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama touches to his forehead a book of Buddhist text offered to him at Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala on Tuesday, 19 February 2019.

India’s Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the first one-day cricket match against England in Mumbai on Friday, 22 February 2019.

A farmer eats lunch while taking a break from a protest march to Mumbai in Ambewada,15 kms from Nashik in Maharashtra on Thursday, 21 February.

The 185-carat Jacob diamond, one of the worlds largest by size, on display at an exhibition of the Nizam’s jewels at the National Museum in New Delhi on Monday, 18 February, 2019.

Screengrab from the video that shows Chethan Kumar holding Wing Commander Vijay Shelke’s hand after the plane crash a day before the Aero India show in Bengaluru.