Find today's news in pics from India and around the world for May 18, 2022
Updated: 18 May 2022 4:59 pm
128Protest over killing of Ranjeet Singh
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Family members and other villagers during a protest against the killing of Ranjeet Singh in a terror attack, in Baramulla district. Ranjit Singh (52) from Rajouri, was killed after terrorists lobbed a hand grenade inside a newly opened wine shop in the Dewan Bagh area of Baramulla district on Tuesday.
228Assam-Tripura road blockade: Queues at fuel station
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Motorcyclists wait for refilling at a fuel station in Agartala. Long queues were witnessed outside fuel stations due to Assam-Tripura road blockade.
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328Panchayat polls in Ranchi
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Polling officers carry ballot boxes and other election material as they leave for poll duty on the eve of the second phase of Panchayat Election-2022, in Ranchi.
428Fire at Traffic Police Headquarters
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Fire and Emergency Services men at work after a massive fire broke out in the top floor of the Traffic Police Headquarters building, at MA Road in Srinagar.
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528Mayawati addresses a press conference
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BSP President Mayawati addresses a press conference in Lucknow
628Deepika Padukone,Vincent Lindon
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Jury member Deepika Padukone, left, and jury president Vincent Lindon appear at the press conference for the jury at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France.
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728Deepika Padukone
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Jury member Deepika Padukone appears during the opening ceremony of the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France
828COVID-19
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Employees of Songyo Knitwear Factory wearing face masks work to produce knitted goods in Songyo district in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea said Wednesday more than a million people have already recovered from suspected COVID-19 just a week after disclosing an outbreak it appears to be trying to manage in isolation as global experts express deep concern about the public health threat.
928Lhakpa Sherpa
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Nepalese climber Lhakpa Sherpa gestures as she arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Nepali Sherpa broke her own record reaching the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit for a 10th times, the most times any woman has climbed Mount Everest. Sherpa, 48, said she is next planning to scale the world's second-highest peak, K2 in Pakistan.
1028Antonina Samoilova
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Ukrainian mountaineer Antonina Samoilova arrives at the airport after climbing Mount Everest, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Hundreds of climbers who scaled Mount Everest over the last few days taking advantage of favorable weather conditions have begun to return safely down the mountain. Samoilova said she hoped her achievement would call more attention to the war in her country.
1128Amber Heard
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Actor Amber Heard appears in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse."
1228Dima Hasao
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Train coaches are seen toppled over following mudslides triggered by heavy rains at New Haflong railway station on the Lumding-Silchar route at Dima Hasao district, in northeastern Assam.
1328Priyanka Gandhi in a meeting
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AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi during a meeting with party leaders.
1428Ketki Chitale produced to court
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Marathi actress Ketki Chitale (foreground L) being produced before a court for sharing an 'objectionable' post on Facebook about NCP President Sharad Pawar, in Thane. Court sent Chitale to 14-day judicial custody.
1528A.G. Perarivalan released by Supreme Court
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A.G. Perarivalan, convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, with his mother Arputham Ammal after Supreme Court released him using special powers, at his house in Jolarpet, Tirupattur district.
1628Anti-encroachment drive in Delhi
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A bulldozer demolishes illegal structures during an anti-encroachment drive by the DDA at Khichdipur village, in New Delhi.
1728Anti-encroachment drive in Delhi
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Bulldozers demolish illegal structures during an anti-encroachment drive by the DDA at Khichdipur village, in New Delhi.
1828Farmers protest in Mohali
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Farmers of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha protest near Chandigarh-Mohali border after being stopped from heading towards Chandigarh, in Mohali.
1928Congress meeting in Delhi
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AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal after attending a meeting of the party's General Secretaries and State Incharges , at party headquarters in New Delhi.
2028Water crisis in Delhi
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Residents collect drinking water from a tanker at Laxmi Bai Nagar in New Delhi.
2128Scaffolding collapsed at Nirman Bhawan
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Scaffolding at Nirman Bhawan after it collapsed, in New Delhi. At least two labourers suffered injuries in the incident, according to officials.
2228International Museum Day
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Children visit the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum on International Museum Day, in Mumbai.
2328Dancer Ganesh Acharya
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Dancer Ganesh Acharya and child actor Saksham Sharma dance during a promotional event for their upcoming film 'Dehati Disco', in New Delhi.
2428COVID testing in Jammu
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A healthcare worker collects a swab sample of an NCC cadet for Covid-19 test, on the first day of a 10-day NCC camp at Nagrota, on the outskirts of Jammu.
2528Cannes Film Festival 2022
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Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur meets Shivani Pandya, MD of Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes.
2628Flood in Assam
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Army personnel shift flood-affected villagers to safe place, in Hojai district of Assam.
2728Vasudevanand Saraswati meets Nrityagopal Das
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Shankaracharya Vasudevanand Saraswati meets Ram Janmabhoomi Tirth Chetra President Nrityagopal Das, in Ayodhya
2828ABVP Protest march to Bikash Bhawan in Kolkata
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Police use water cannon to disperse Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists during their protest march towards Bikash Bhavan demanding corruption-free education and safety of women, in Kolkata.