HOLY CONFLUENCE: Devotees at the 62nd Nirankari Sant Samagam at Burari in New Delhi. Photo: S Subramanium
CHARMINAR CHOKED: Hyderabad's best known landmark lies neglected even with two major international events - the World Snooker Championship and the 16th International Children’s Film Festival - on in the city. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
JUMBO EVENT: Caprisoned elephants lined up with the Thayambaka drums sounding, for a ceremony at Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple in Kochi. Photo: PTI
PROMISE OF A HARVEST: Rain clouds hover over paddy fields at Veerapandi near Theni. The North-East monsoon has been bountiful and more rains are expected. Good news for the Rabi season. Photo: G. Karthikeyan
TO PURSUE OTHER AIMS: Graduates of All India Institute of Medical Sciences celebrate after the 37th Annual Convocation. Photo: V.V. Krishnan
IN YOUR HANDS: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper presents the relay torch for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic and Paralympic games to Bollywood star Akshay Kumar. Harper is on his first state visit, part of an effort to boost trade and tourism between the two countries. Photo: AP
SHELL-SHOCKED: An injured BSF jawan being rushed to the Government Medical College after a blast at Ramnagar sector in Samba border area in Jammu. Photo: PTI
SUICIDE ATTACK: Local residents remove a badly injured horse from the site of a car bombing on a police station in Badh Ber, a town near Peshawar. Photo: AP
FOR OUR DAILY BREAD: Pope Benedict XVI, at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO to take part in a World Summit on Food Security. Photo: AP
TOAST TO DEMOCRACY: Kosovo's Prime Minister and leader of Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, Hashim Thaci, toasts his supporters as he claims victory in local elections, in the capital Pristina. Photo: AP
DISCOVERING NEW WORLDS: Space shuttle Atlantis on launch pad 39-A, in Cape Canaveral ahead of its 11-day mission to the international space station. Photo: AP
NOT MY BALL-GAME: David Beckham watches the Los Angeles Lakers against the Houston Rockets in an NBA basketball game. Photo: AP
GUESS WHO'S BACK: Rahul Dravid celebrating after scoring century during the first day of the first test match at Motera stadium in Ahmedabad. Photo: K.R. Deepak
HE'S THE MAN: Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, holds the championship belt at the finish of his WBO welterweight boxing title fight. Pacquiao did what no fighter has done before--win a belt in seven weight classes. Photo: AP