In Pics: India This Week

Indian policemen pay homage during a parade on Police Commemoration Day in Hyderabad, India, Monday, 21 Oct 2019.

(Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week from 21 October to 25 October 2019.

An Indian potter arranges earthen lamps to dry for the upcoming Diwali festival in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, 22 Oct 2019. (Photo: AP/Mahesh Kumar A)

A symbol of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lies on a bed of flower petals at the BJP office in Mumbai, India, Thursday, 24 Oct 2019.(Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

An Indian worker prepares account books for the upcoming Hindu festival Diwali in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, 21 Oct 2019.(Photo: AP/Ajit Solanki)

In this Monday, 21 Oct 2019, file photo, a fisherman sits on a rock to catch fish in the river Brahmaputra in Kasoshila village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. (Photo: AP/Anupam Nath, File)

School children ride on a boat with their bicycles to cross the river Brahmaputra in Kasoshila village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Monday, 21 Oct 2019.(Photo: AP/Anupam Nath)

India’s Umesh Yadav leaps in the air to celebrate the dismissal of South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, right, during the third day of third and last cricket test match between India and South Africa in Ranchi, India, Monday, 21 Oct 2019.(Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi)

Indians stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station in Mohammadpur in Indian state of Haryana, Monday, 21 Oct 2019. (Photo: AP/Rishabh R Jain)

Chinese people of Indian origin have their breakfast at a market in Kolkata, India, Sunday, 20 Oct 2019. (Photo: AP/Bikas Das)

A voter walks to a polling enclosure to cast his ballot in a bypoll for an assembly seat in Dharmsala, India, Monday, 21 Oct 2019.(Photo: AP/Ashwini Bhatia)

A vendor arranges flower at his roadside temporary shop in Gauhati, India.(Photo: AP/Anupam Nath)

Police detain Congress workers who were staging a protest against BJPs Central and State governments over delay in the sanction of funds for North Karnataka, in Bengaluru, Wednesday, 23 Oct 2019. (Photo: PTI)

Water gushes out of the Prakasam Barrage after its gates were opened to release excess water following heavy rainfall, in Vijayawada, Thursday, 24 Oct 2019.(Photo: PTI)