Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for August 13, 2026
Ruling NDA MPs and opposition MPs stage separate protests during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi. While the NDA MPs protest against the alleged ‘brutal’ police action on job aspirants in Jharkhand and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for allegedly avoiding a debate on student protests in different parts of the country, opposition MPs seek a response from the government on police action against student demonstrators and alleged theft of Ayodhya’s Ram temple donations. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Lachhiya Devi sits with her 5-year-old granddaughter, Sonam Mukhiya, in her home in Gaur, Nepal. Sonam's mother, Kabita Mukhiya, died in December while 28-weeks pregnant amid disruptions to nutrition programs and reproductive outreach services following last year's foreign aid cuts by the United States. | Photo: AP/Bram Janssen
The moon partially covers the sun during solar eclipse near the Molecule Man sculpture in Berlin, Germany. | Photo: AP/Markus Schreiber
The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Palencia, Spain. | Photo: AP/Emilio Morenatti
A meteor streaks above a destroyed aircraft used for training purposes in the Negev Desert, Israel. | Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg
Para-cricketer Aamir Hussain shows the invitation to the President's 'At Home' reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadates take part in a 'Har Ghar Tiranga' rally, in Mumbai, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shashank Parade
Students from the Muslim community take part in a ‘tiranga’ rally, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
People take part in 'Tiranga Yatra' rally under the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign ahead of the Independence Day celebration, in Guwahati, Assam. | Photo: PTI
People stand outside a building as rainwater inundates the Nuasahi area following heavy rainfall, in Baleswar, Odisha. The IMD has issued a 'red warning' of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall across Odisha. | Photo: PTI
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi meets a delegation protesting against the Ken-Betwa Link Project, in New Delhi. | Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI
Security beefed up near the Bakshi Stadium ahead of the 80th Independence Day, in Srinagar. | Photo: PTI/S Irfan
Samajwadi Party MPs Dharmendra Yadav, Anand Bhadauria, Dimple Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav, Ramashankar Rajbhar, Ruchi Vira, Iqra Hasan, Jaya Bachchan and other opposition MPs stage a protest seeking a response from the government on police action on student demonstrators and alleged theft of Ayodhya’s Ram temple donations during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Akali Dal chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal is seen walking inside a building with a cloth wrapped around his right hand after he was attacked near a gurudwara, in Nanded district, Maharashtra. | Photo: PTI
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju addresses a press conference after both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die as the Monsoon session concludes, in New Delhi. MoS for Parliamentary Affairs L Murugan, right, is also present. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Dharamshala: NCC cadets take part in full dress rehearse ahead of Independence Day, at the Police Ground in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
Army officials during the full-dress rehearsal for the 80th Independence Day, near Red Fort in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
School students perform during full dress rehearsal ahead of Independence Day celebrations, at Red Road in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
A student performs during the full-dress rehearsal for the 80th Independence Day, at Guru Nanak Stadium in Amritsar. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
Union Home Minister Amit Shah hoists the national flag at his residence under the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign ahead of Independence Day, in New Delhi. | Photo: @AmitShah/X via PTI