May 19: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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IANS
IANS
Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa signs his resignation in the Karnataka assembly.
PTI
PTI
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa at oath-taking ceremony of newly elected members of Assembly house, at Vidhana Soudha, in Bengaluru.

Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses the media at AICC headquarters in New Delhi.
IANS
IANS
Congress leaders Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Kapil Sibal address a press conference, at the party office in New Delhi.

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IANS/Twitter
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils the plaque to inaugurate the Zojila tunnel project, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Leh. Also seen Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. 
PTI
PTI
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman, Hurriyat Conference defies his house detention and leads a rally to protest against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Srinagar.

AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Rescue teams search through the wreckage site of a Boeing 737 that plummeted into a cassava field with more than 100 passengers on board, in Havana, Cuba. The Cuban airliner crashed just after takeoff from Havana’s international airport in Havana, Cuba.
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AP/PTI
Palestinian women attend a protest at the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel.

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AP/PTI
Muslim countries’ leaders and observers gather for a group photo before an extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Istanbul, Turkey on Friday. Turkey has called on Muslim nations to stand with Palestinians and to work to stop countries joining the United States in relocating their Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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AP/PTI
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stand, prior to the start of their wedding ceremony, at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London, England.

PTI
PTI
Police detain Youth Congress activists during their agitation to protest against BJP’s alleged unconstitutional behaviour in Karnataka infront of Governor house, in Kolkata.
AP/PTI
AP/PTI
Participants of the so called ‘Victorian Picnic’ walk in fancy costumes during the Wave Gothic Festival (WGT) in Leipzig, Germany. Approximately 20,000 goths and other dark subculture fans attend the world’s largest gothic and ‘dark’ culture festival until May.

Pramod Pushakrna
Pramod Pushakrna
Congress supporter showing the posters of coalitaion better than corrupt government outside at AICC headquarter in New Delhi 

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