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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
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The moon partially covers the sun during solar eclipse near the Molecule Man sculpture in Berlin, Germany. | Photo: AP/Markus Schreiber
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The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Palencia, Spain. | Photo: AP/Emilio Morenatti
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A meteor streaks above a destroyed aircraft used for training purposes in the Negev Desert, Israel. | Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg
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Para-cricketer Aamir Hussain shows the invitation to the President's 'At Home' reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. | Photo: PTI
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National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadates take part in a 'Har Ghar Tiranga' rally, in Mumbai, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Shashank Parade
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Students from the Muslim community take part in a ‘tiranga’ rally, in Jammu. | Photo: PTI
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People take part in 'Tiranga Yatra' rally under the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign ahead of the Independence Day celebration, in Guwahati, Assam. | Photo: PTI
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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
10/19
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
11/19
Security beefed up near the Bakshi Stadium ahead of the 80th Independence Day, in Srinagar. | Photo: PTI/S Irfan
12/19
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
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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
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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
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Dharamshala: NCC cadets take part in full dress rehearse ahead of Independence Day, at the Police Ground in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo: PTI
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Army officials during the full-dress rehearsal for the 80th Independence Day, near Red Fort in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan
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School students perform during full dress rehearsal ahead of Independence Day celebrations, at Red Road in Kolkata, West Bengal. | Photo: PTI
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A student performs during the full-dress rehearsal for the 80th Independence Day, at Guru Nanak Stadium in Amritsar. | Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma
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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
