In Photos: India This Week

Beyond the headlines, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 2 February to 8 February 2019.

A Sikh youth performs during Gatka competition in Amritsar on 2 February. 

(Photo: PTI)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 2 February to 8 February 2019.

Snow-covered houses seen on the bank of the River Jehlum in Srinagar.(Photo: AP/Dar Yasin)

Bharatiya Janata Party workers and leaders stage a protest during Jail Bharo movement near Civil Lines railway crossing in Jaipur on 8 February.(Photo: PTI)

Students from various student organisations participate in a protest rally in New Delhi on 7 February. The march called the ‘Young India Adhikaar March,’ or Young India Rights March, was held to demand that the government address the problem of unemployment. (Photo: AP/ Altaf Qadri)

Rescue and relief works in progress after the nine coaches of Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express derailed at Sahadai Buzurg station in Hajipur on 3 February.(Photo: PTI)

A view of a street after hailstorm struck various parts of Noida on 7 February.(Photo: PTI)

Sadhus take a dip in the on the auspicious Mauni Amavasya during the Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj on 4 February.(Photo: PTI)

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leaves after visiting her office for the first time following her appointment to the party post, at AICC headquarters in New Delhi on 6 February.(Photo: PTI/ Vijay Verma)

A man sits with a street dog near a bonfire on a cold winter morning at Chandni Chowk in old Delhi on 6 February.(Photo: PTI/ Arun Sharma)

A view of Sangam in the early hours on the auspicious Mauni Amavasya during the Kumbh Mela 2019, in Prayagraj on 4 February.(Photo: PTI)

Members of the LGBTQ community participate in a pride parade in Mumbai on 2 February.(Photo: PTI)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during her sit-in protest against the Centre over CBI’s attempt to question the Kolkata Police commissioner in connection with chit fund scams on 5 February.(Photo: PTI)

A Motor cross athlete performs bike stunts at Gateway of India during the Red Bull FMX JAM event in Mumbai on 2 February (Photo: PTI/ Mitesh Bhuvad)