Top news photos: Sheikh Hasina meets PM Modi, roads blocked near Aarey colony, and more

Here are some of the top news images of the day

October 05, 2019 09:43 am | Updated 12:37 pm IST

12:30 p.m. | Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina following their meeting at Hyderabad House. Bangladesh hopes to try and highlight the economic opportunities in relation with India, according to Ms. Hasina.

11:30 a.m. | Married Hindu women perform rituals with a banana plant on the first day of Durga Puja festival on the banks of the Hooghly River, Kolkata on October 5, 2019. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of demon king, Mahishasura by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil.

10:00 a.m. | Japan's Toshikazu Yamanishi celebrates after winning the Men's 20km Race Walk at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships in Doha on October 5, 2019.

9:00 a.m. | Road leading to metro car shed site at Aarey colony blocked by Mumbai police on October 5, 2019. The Bombay High Court on Friday paved the way for the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited to construct a car shed for Mumbai Metro 3 by upholding the approval given by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Tree Authority to cut 2,646 trees at the Aarey Milk Colony, despite widespread protests.

8:00 a.m. | A protestor drops to the ground as he pleads with police after they fired tear gas to prevent protestors from marching toward the United Nations headquarters, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. Thousands of protesters marched through the Haitian capital to the U.N. headquarters Friday in one of the largest demonstrations in a weekslong push to oust the embattled President Jovenel Moise.

12:30 p.m. | Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina following their meeting at Hyderabad House. Bangladesh hopes to try and highlight the economic opportunities in relation with India, according to Ms. Hasina.
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