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Activists protest near the White House in Washington. | Photo: AP/Jose Luis Magana
2/20
Polling officials check election materials on the eve of voting in the Kerala Assembly elections, at Ernakulam in Kochi. | Photo: PTi
3/20
In this image posted on April 8, 2026, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur constituency, Mamata Banerjee, files her nomination in the state Assembly elections, in Kolkata. | Photo: @AITCofficial/X via PTI
4/20
People wait to submit their petitions before the Special Tribunal after their names were deleted from the Special Intensive Revision final voter list ahead of West Bengal Assembly Election, at Ranaghat, in Nadia district. | Photo: PTI
5/20
Polling officials carry Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and other election material as they depart for their respective polling booths on the eve of Assam Assembly Election, at a distribution centre, Tezpur, in Sonitpur. | Photo: PTI
6/20
A woman walks past a mural in Tehran, Iran. | Photo: AP/Francisco Seco
7/20
North Tripura: Polling officials carrying election materials depart from a distribution centre, to polling booths on the eve of Bye-election for the 56-AC Dharmanagar assembly seat, in North Tripura district. | Photo: PTI
8/20
Indian Youth Congress members stage a protest against the use of "derogatory language" against party chief Mallikarjun Kharge by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
9/20
People raise slogans and hold portraits of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in view of the two-week ceasefire agreement between Iran, the United States and Israel, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
10/20
Security beefed up in the aftermath of violence that broke out following a bomb attack in Bishnupur on Tuesday, leaving two children dead, in Imphal, Manipur. | Photo: PTI
11/20
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK candidate from Kolathur constituency, MK Stalin, interacts with a vegetable vendor during a voter outreach ahead of the state Assembly elections, in Tiruvannamalai. | Photo: PTI
12/20
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait speaks to PTI, during a visit, in Prayagraj. | Photo: PTI
13/20
Workers make sashes depicting Bharatiya Janata Party’s logo, in Surat. | Photo: PTI
14/20
A worker arranges LPG cylinders at a gas agency amid the ongoing supply crunch, in Malda district, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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In this image posted on April 8, 2026, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar with Election Commissioners S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi during a meeting with Trinamool Congress delegation members. | Photo: @ECISVEEP/X via PTI
16/20
Police stop Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members as they stage a protest demanding the removal of liquor shops located near educational institutions, in Bhopal. | Photo: PTI
17/20
Congress candidate from Berhampore constituency, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, campaigns ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Election, in Murshidabad district. | Photo: PTI
18/20
Pakistanis read morning newspapers, covering headlines news regarding United States Israel Iran war, at a stall in Islamabad, Pakistan. | Photo: AP/Anjum Naveed
19/20
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister and DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, right, waves the party flag during an election campaign in support of party candidate for Tiruvallur constituency, VG Raajendran ahead of the state assembly elections, in Tiruvallur district. | Photo: PTI
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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and candidate from the Tiruchirappalli East constituency, Vijay, during a public meeting ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, in Tirunelveli. | Photo: PTI
