April 26: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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Photo: IANS
CPI’s Lok Sabha candidate from Begusarai, Kanhaiya Kumar during a public rally, in Bihar’s Begusarai.
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PTI Photo
Congress candidate from Bhopal constituency, Digvijaya Singh, during an election campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, in Bhopal.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a group photograph with BJP National President Amit Shah, Shiromani Akali Dal President Parkash Singh Badal, Bihar CM and JDU President Nitish Kumar, Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray, BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh and other NDA leaders, after filing his nomination papers from Varanasi Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency at collector’s office, ahead of the 2019 general elections in Varanasi.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
BJP National President Amit Shah, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari and Shiromani Akali Dal President Parkash Singh Badal during NDA meeting, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, in Varanasi.

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PTI Photo
Bengali actor and Trinamool Congress candidate from Jadavpur Parliamentary constituency Mimi Chakraborty files her nomination papers for Lok Sabha elections, as her mother Tapashi Chakraborty (R) looks on, in Kolkata.
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Samajwadi Party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Lucknow, Poonam Sinha waves at supporters during a roadshow ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, in Lucknow.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Samagra Vikas Party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Patna Sahib, Shankar Charan Tripathi during a roadshow ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, in Patna.
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Photo: IANS
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar holds a meeting with religious leaders to brief them about the heightened safety measures that are in place as a precautionary measure, after the Sri Lankan suicide bombings on Easter Sunday that killed nearly 300 people and left 500 injured in Bengaluru.

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Photo: IANS
People queue up during the auditions for ‘KGF Chapter 2’ - a sequel of the Kannada action film “KGF”, in Bengaluru.
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Photo: IANS
Tibetans in exile embark on a rally from Dharamshala to Chandigarh on the occasion of the 30th birth anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama.

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during the inauguration of the country’s new parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Ashraf Ghani has inaugurated the country’s new parliament after almost six months since elections were held and following long delays, claims of voter fraud, unresolved disputes and political bickering. 
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Photo: IANS
Calcutta High Court wears a deserted look as lawyers go on a strike after a scuffle broke out between the employees of Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) and lawyers of Howrah District Court, in Kolkata. 

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AP/PTI
Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priests Father Anthony Nishan participates in a funeral service of a victim of Easter Sunday’s church explosion of Katuwapitiya in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
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AP/PTI
A Ukrainian lights candles to commemorate those who died after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, during a ceremony at the memorial to Chernobyl firefighters in the town of Slavutych, Ukraine, early. 

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AP/PTI
Protestors of the group Extinction Rebellion walk to Hyde Park in London. The protest group Extinction Rebellion will voluntarily end the Marble Arch and Parliament Square blockades today with a closing ceremony in Hyde Park. 
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, toasts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. 

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School child plucking blackberries (jamun) from a tree at Ashoka road in New Delhi.
Photo by Vipin
Photo by Vipin
School children jump in water in their school uniform with the school bags on their back to deal with the scorching sun in New Delhi

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