In Pics: India This Week

A Kashmiri woman comforts a wailing relative after his house was destroyed in a gunbattle in Tral village, south of Srinagar, on Tuesday, 5 March. 

(Photo: AP)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 2 to 8 March 2019.

Seven-year-old Farmaan looks out from his home, set up on a wooden fruit vendor’s cart, as it drizzles in New Delhi on 24 January.(Photo: AP/Altaf Qadri)

Kashmiri men dismantle a portion of a house destroyed in a gunbattle in Tral village, south of Srinagar on 4 March.(Photo: AP/Dar Yasin)

IAF personnel perform a drill during a ceremony for the presentation of Presidents Colours to Air Force Station, Hakimpet and 5 Base Repair Depot at AF Station, Sulur in Tamil Nadu, on Monday, 4 March. (Photo: PTI)

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard outside a closed market during a strike in protest against the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami in Srinagar on Tuesday, 5 March.  (Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan)

An Indian paramilitary officer shouts slogans during a wreath-laying ceremony for fallen colleagues at a base camp on the outskirts of Srinagar on 2 March. (Photo: AP/ Dar Yasin)

A devotee performs fire-breathing stunts during a procession to mark Mahashivratri festival in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday, 4 March.  (Photo: AP/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Devotees take part in a Shiv Baraat procession on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri festival in Haridwar, on Monday, 4 March.(Photo: PTI)

A Sadhu sits on plastic waste at the bank of river Ganga during Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj, on Sunday, 3 March. (Photo: PTI)

People look at their charred articles after a massive fire broke out at Nathupur in Gurugram, on Monday, 4 March. (Photo: PTI)

Farmers prepare to move back to their native villages from the Delhi-Amritsar railway tracks after calling off their strike in Amritsar, on Wednesday, 6 March.(Photo: PTI)

Youth Congress activists stage a protest against the PMO and Ministry of Defence over the governments disclosure that Rafale deal files were missing in New Delhi, on Thursday, 7 March. (Photo: PTI)

People participate in a rally for peace under the banner “Artists Unite,” in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, 2 March. (Photo: AP/Rajanish Kakade)

Indian women sing and dance during a march to celebrate International Women’s Day in New Delhi on Friday, 8 March. (Photo: AP/Manish Swarup)

Woman coolie Sandhya Marawi at work on International Womens Day, in Jabalpur, on Friday, 8 March. (Photo: PTI)

People wear masks of Congress President Rahul Gandhi as they campaign ahead of Lok Sabha elections, in Guwahati, on Sunday, 3 March. (Photo: PTI)

Heavy traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway in Gurugram, on Tuesday, 5 March. (Photo: PTI)