Author and poet Ruskin Bond cuts a cake on the eve of his 92nd birthday during a launch of his new book 'All-Time Favourite Friendship Stories' in Dehradun. Bollywood actors Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna during the song launch of the upcoming film Cocktail 2 in Mumbai on Sunday night. Fire personnel perform a water show during the flagging-off ceremony of 80 different types of firefighting vehicles and an AI-based modern firefighting control room at Gandhi Maidan in Patna

A taxi driver splashes water on himself amid heat during a summer day at the New Market area in Kolkata, West Bengal, on Sunday. Devotees perform rituals as part of the ‘Panchkoshi Yatra’ in Varanasi on Sunday. Punjab Kings' Yuzvendra Chahal, Vishal Nishad, and others, during a warm-up session before an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, on Sunday. A man silhouetted against the sunset walks on the Ganga riverbed in Prayagraj,

People perform a ritual on 'Shani Jayanti' in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday. Participants taking part in the Coaching Marathon make their way up the Long Walk during the Royal Windsor Horse Show in Windsor, England, on Friday. A bird-shaped sculpture made of discarded plastic water bottles installed by the corporation as part of a waste management and environmental awareness initiative at Shanghumugham Beach. A woman covers herself and a child on a hot summer day in Pra

A ship of the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard transits across Saint Anna Bay next to the historical center in Willemstad, Curacao, on Thursday. People at a stall during the third annual exhibition-cum-sale of Ratnagiri Alphonso mangoes in Bhopal on Friday. Horses workout at sunrise ahead of the 102nd running of the Black-Eyed Susan horse race at Laurel Park in Laurel on Friday. Bollywood actors Ayushmann Khurrana, Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh and Wamiqa Gabbi during a promoti

Students pose for a photograph as they celebrate after the declaration of Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE) Class 10th results at Jiwan Jyoti Senior Secondary Public School in Gur. Millie Bobby Brown attends the Netflix upfront at Sunset Pier 94 Studios in New York on Wednesday. Commuters move on a cycle van during a hot summer day in Kolkata on Thursday. Couples during a mass marriage ceremony organised under the 'Kanya Vivah Sahayata Yojana' in Kanpur on Thursday.. P

Students celebrate after the declaration of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12th results at St. Thomas' Girls Senior Secondary School in New Delhi on Wednesday. Actor and fitness enthusiast Milind Soman at an event in New Delhi on Wednesday. Jury member Demi Moore poses for photographers at the opening ceremony and premiere of the film 'The Electric Kiss' during 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on Tu. A visitor at Faces and Facets

2026, Indian Air Force's (IAF) Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) performs manoeuvres during the Somnath Amrut Mahotsav in Veraval, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat. A participant in the World Hat Walk, an event which, according to organisers, takes place in up to 60 cities across the world promoting headwear, stands by a fountain in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday. A washerman spreads dyed sarees on the ground to dry on a hot summer day in Nadia, West Bengal, on Monday. Monk Nawan

Russian-born yogini Annapurna Nath performs 'Nine-Dhuni' fire penance in Pushkar, Ajmer district, on Sunday. A mother feeds her child on the occasion of Mother’s Day in Jammu on Sunday. Workers remove weeds from the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday. A sand sculpture of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay at Puri beach in Odisha. People of Marwari community apply soil from the banks of the Ganga during a ritual at Kangan Ghat in Patna, Bihar, on Sunda

Tiger cubs cool themselves off in a pond to get relief from the scorching summer heat at Nahargarh Biological Park in Jaipur on Saturday. A woman and a child cover themselves on a hot summer day in Prayagraj on Saturday. An artiste performs during a procession ahead of 'BSY Abhimanotsava' to celebrate BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's five-decade-long political journey in Chitradurga, Karnataka, on Friday. Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a

People throng the Kedarnath Temple premises as fresh snowfall blankets the surrounding mountains in Rudraprayag on Friday. A woman and a child at Dussehra Ghat after rainfall near Taj Mahal on Friday. A fisherman casts a net into the River Ganga in Prayagraj on Friday. Students create a floor art at Jorasanko Thakurbari museum on the eve of Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary in Kolkata on Friday. A vendor displays jackfruit during the Mango and Jackfruit Mela organised

Tourists visit Marhi Snow Point after fresh snowfall near Rohtang in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, on Thursday. Students hold placards during a programme marking the first anniversary of 'Operation Sindoor' in Jammu on Thursday. An elderly farmer shows a basket of harvested strawberries at an orchard in Srinagar on Wednesday. Tourists visit the Taj Mahal on a cloudy day in Agra on Thursday. Men ride camels on a road amid rising temperatures on a hot summer day in New Delh

Farmers work in a field with the Taj Mahal in the backdrop in Agra on Wednesday. A participant takes part in a re-enactment of the Mexican military‚'s victory over French forces in the 1862 Battle of Puebla during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Mexico City on Tuesday. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo perform on stage during a dress rehearsal ahead of their performance at Sadler's Wells theatre in London on Tuesday. A school student paints a poster depicting 'Operation Si

People cover themselves during heavy snowfall at Kedarnath Temple on Tuesday. Bollywood filmmaker and producer Karan Johar during the 2026 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday. People offers prayers at Bade Hanuman Temple on the first Tuesday (Bada Mangal) of 'Jyeshtha' month in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday. A school student displays a painting depicting 'Operation Sindoor' ahead of its anniversary in Jammu on Tuesday. Priests perform

Macaques swim in a pond at Galta Ji temple during the summer season in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Sunday. MGNREGA workers at a work site amid the rollout of e-KYC-based digital attendance and payment system in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on Monday. A blue adjutant dragonfly perches on a lotus flower at a lake in Vastare near Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, on Monday. Participants sing and dance during the 11th Annual D.C. Holi Festival of Colors celebration at the Bull Run Regional Park in

A handler with a pair of bullocks during the traditional bullock cart race in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, on Sunday. Artists paint a bridge at Badhkal Chowk on the Delhi-Agra National Highway in Faridabad, Haryana, on Sunday. A pair of butterffies visits a lower bud in Guwahati on Sunday. People take part during a procession as part of the 'Manda Puja' festival celebration in Ranchi on Saturday. Folk artists during a 'Nasha Mukt Abhiyan' campaign to raise awareness about the

An adult rose-ringed parakeet attends to a juvenile in Nadia, West Bengal, on Saturday. A man covers himself and a kid on a hot summer day in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday. Students hold earthen bird water feeders as they take part in 'Save Birds, Save Water Day' campaign organised by the Dogra Sadar Sabha (DSS) in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday. The full moon rises behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday. People wave as th

People offer prayers as they take a dip in the Ganga river on 'Buddha Purnima' at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday. A barbet collects a fruit on a tree in Nagaon district, Assam, on Friday. People carry an idol of Lord ‘Kallazhagar’ (Vishnu) during the ‘Chithirai’ festival in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, on Friday. A view of sunrise at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, on Friday. Buddhist monks blow ceremonial conch shells during a special prayer ceremony

A farmer harvests rabi crop (Boro paddy) on the eve of Labour Day, also known as May Day at Mayong village in Morigaon district, Assam, on Thursday. Students celebrate after the declaration of Class 10 (ICSE) and Class 12 (ISC) board examinations at a school in Lucknow on Thursday. Children holding National Flags as preparations underway ahead of the flagging off ceremony of the extended Srinagar-Katra Vande Bharat Express by Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Young gi

A pair of pigeons perch on a balcony grill in New Delhi on Wednesday. A pedestrian walks on a rainy day, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, on Wednesday. People take part in 'Therottam' or car festival during the annual Transgender festival at Koovagam in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday. Bharatanatyam artists perform on the eve of International Dance Day, at Ekant Park, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday. Ved Vidyarthi gather at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, in Varan

Artists perform during the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various projects as part of the closing ceremony of Sikkim's 50 years of statehood celebrations in Gangtok. Mahouts bathe Soman, an 85-year-old elephant from the Kottoor Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in the Neyyar Reservoir on a hot summer day in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. A Jaipur Smart City Limited sprinkler truck sprays water on a hot summer day near Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Tu