December 6: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on the occasion of ‘Mahaparinirvan Diwas’, to pay tribute to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, at Parliament House Lawns in New Delhi.
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People light candles on the eve of ‘Mahaparinirvan Diwas’, to commemorate the death anniversary of Bhim Rao Ambedkar, in Thane.

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MP Savitribai Phule addresses a press conference after resigning from the BJP, in Lucknow.
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Polling officials wait in multiple queues to collect Electronic Voting Machines from a distribution center before leaving for their respective polling stations, on the eve of Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Jaipur.

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Labourers work for the construction of a pontoon bridge, ahead of Kumbh Mela 2019 on river Ganga, in Allahabad.
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A security personnel stands guard near Shahi Idgah and Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple on the 26th anniversary of Babri mosque demolition, in Mathura. 

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Members of wildlife wing of the forest department rescue a deer trapped inside the toilet of a school, in Shimla.
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Workers adjust dolls to decorate a huge Christmas tree in Seoul, South Korea. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays celebrated in South Korea with one third of the population being Christians. 

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Women march from 9 de Julio Avenue towards the government house to protest gender violence in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentine feminist groups and labor unions are protesting a court ruling that acquitted two men accused of sexually abusing and killing a 16-year-old girl. 
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Jennifer Christensen sorts through items found in a safe at the remains of her home in Paradise, California. Christensen and her 2-year-old son, Avery, moved to Paradise about a year ago. Upon returning to what was once home, she found a safe with melted jewelry in it. Christensen is not sure of her future plans but feels so much loyalty to her town that she recently had a tattoo done on her upper arm that reads, “Love is thicker than smoke,” and below that, “Paradise Strong.” 

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The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a military honor guard past former President George W. Bush, President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the end of a State Funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington. 
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Former President George W. Bush becomes emotional as he speaks at the State Funeral for his father, former President George H.W. Bush, at the National Cathedral, in Washington. 

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The wreckage of a car is seen after a suicide car bombing at the gate of a police headquarters in the southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar. Rahmdel Bameri, a provincial official, told state TV that a suicide attacker driving a vehicle loaded with explosives drove up to the police headquarters. He said police officers blocked the vehicle and started firing at the driver, who then detonated the explosives. 
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Japan’s Coast Guard ship is seen at sea during a search operation for U.S. Marine refueling plane and fighter jet off Muroto, Kochi prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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