Dark clouds over Rajpath, as New Delhi is witnessing good monsoon since last evening. Photo: Meeta Ahlawat
Ukrainian coal miners prepare to search the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine. Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners were combing a sprawling area in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border where the Malaysian plane ended up in burning pieces, killing all 298 aboard. Photo: AP
A Palestinian medic carries a wounded girl at the emergency room of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip. The heavy thud of tank shells, often just seconds apart, echoed across the Gaza Strip early as thousands of Israeli soldiers launched a ground invasion, escalating a 10-day campaign of heavy air bombardments to try to destroy Hamas' rocket-firing abilities and the tunnels militants use to infiltrate Israel. Photo: AP
Anti-Israel protesters stage a protest rally outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Israel launched an offensive after becoming increasingly exasperated with unrelenting rocket fire from Gaza on its cities, especially following Hamas' rejection of an Egyptian cease-fire plan earlier in the week. Photo: AP
Langer being served after the Delhi Akali Unit workers and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee protest outside Congress President Sonia Gandhi's residence against Haryana Government's decision to form a separate Gurdwara committee for the state, in New Delhi. Photo: Sandeep Saxena
Police officials escort Sampath Vidanapathirana, a ruling party politician, convicted in a murder and rape case at the High Court complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A Sri Lankan court sentenced Vidanapathirana to 20 years in prison for killing a British tourist Khuram Sheikh and raping his Russian girlfriend more than two years ago. Photo: AP
Kanwariyas carrying holy water from the river Ganges in Hardwar, this here is the scene at Ridge Road in New Delhi. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar