June 7: Delhi and beyond, in  pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi with Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, MoS Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, during a meeting at the former’s residence, in New Delhi.
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PTI Photo
Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel (C) with Lt.-Gov of Delhi Anil Baijal (L) and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the oath taking ceremony of Justice Patel as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, at Raj Niwas, New Delhi.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur arrives at sessions court for the hearing of Malegaon blast case in Mumbai. Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon on September 29, 2008. According to police, the motorbike was registered in Thakur’s name and that led to her arrest in 2008. 
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
BJP activists stage a demonstration against the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government over water crisis in Sangam Vihar, outside the Delhi Secretariat.

Photo by Vipin
Photo by Vipin
Sikhs offer glasses of sweet water to every passerby at Bangla Sahib gurudwara in New Delhi
Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Every passerby is being distributed  sweet water at Connaught Place in New Delhi. A woman worker is carrying a trolley for the disposable glasses to maintain cleanliness

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AP/PTI
Thousands of teachers, on strike since the beginning of the week, take part in a march against the government of President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago, Chile. The teachers are demanding better working conditions. 
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Priests perform rituals during a ‘pooja’ performed for early monsoon rains at Someshwara temple in Halasuru, Bengaluru.

PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Members of Students’ Federation of India (SFI) stage a protest to seek scrapping of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in Tamil Nadu following the alleged suicide of three students who failed in the test recently, in Chennai.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
Firefighters douse a blaze which broke out in an old building, in Lakkar Market, Shimla.

Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
Camels take refuge from the scorching sun under the shade of a tree on a hot summer day, in Bikaner.
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
From the right, U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Britain’s Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt and Dutch Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld attend an international ceremony on Juno Beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, marking the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. 

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during the ceremony of presenting Xi Jinping degree from St. Petersburg State University at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Los Angeles County sheriff’s SWAT members get in to position to surround a home where an armed man is barricaded at a property in San Gabriel, Calif. The gunman held police at bay for hours on Thursday, set fire to several homes and launched fireworks at surrounding SWAT team members.

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Police and criminal suspects sit on a plane at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. A group of 94 Taiwanese accused of telephone and online fraud arrived at Beijing airport Friday after being extradited from Spain, Chinese authorities said. 
Photo: IANS
Photo: IANS
A farmer busy sowing paddy seeds at his field at Howraghat in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.

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