In Pics: India This Week

A Kashmiri school boy, on a picnic to Mughal garden, looks skywards as it rains in Srinagar, Tuesday, 30 April 2019. 

(Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 27 April to 3 May 2019.

Trees surrounding an abandoned house sway as gusty winds hit ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Fani on the outskirts of Puri, Odisha, on Friday, 3 May 2019. 

Villagers stand near the body of a wild elephant who, according to forest officials, was electrocuted in a paddy field at Harmati village in Nagaon on Thursday, 2 May 2019. 

Devotees dance in celebration during Rath Yatra organised by ISKCON temple, in Jammu, Thursday, 2 May 2019. 

Daughter of a Jet Airways employee holds a placard at a silent protest organised by employees at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai, India, Wednesday, 1 May 2019. 

A Kashmiri school boy, on a picnic to Mughal garden, looks skywards as it rains in Srinagar, Tuesday, 30 April 2019. 

An Indian man works in a small aluminum factory in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, 30 April 2019. International Labor Day also known as May Day is marked across the world on 1 May.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters wear masks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during an election rally in Prayagraj, India, Monday, 29 April 2019. 

Supporters of Kolkata Knight Riders cheer for their team during the VIVO IPL cricket T20 match against Mumbai Indians in Kolkata, on Sunday, 28 April 2019.

A Bakarwal nomad girl plays with her siblings at their temporary camp on the outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday, 2 May, 2019. Bakarwals are nomadic herders of Jammu and Kashmir who wander in search of good pastures for their cattle. 

A herd of Neelgai raids a field at a village in Aligarh district, Tuesday, 30 April 2019. 

Indians make an outline of Sri Lankan map with lighted candles after a peace march to express solidarity with people of Sri Lankan, in Ahmadabad on Sunday, 28 April 2019. 

An elderly citizen gets ink mark on his finger prior to voting at a polling center during the fourth phase of general elections in Mumbai, on Monday, 29 April 2019. The voting over seven phases ends on 19 May, with counting scheduled for 23 May.