November 8: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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File photo dated Nov. 15, 2016, people waiting in long queues to exchange their old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes outside Reserve Bank of India, in New Delhi. On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to the nation that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes would cease to be a legal tender. 
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Senior BJP leader LK Advani being greeted by Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP Working President JP Nadda during his 92nd birthday celebrations at his residence, in New Delhi. Also seen are Advani’s daughter Pratibha, son Jayant and daughter-in-law Geetika. 

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PTI Photo
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot interacts with villagers during a public hearing, at Circuit House in Jodhpur
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PTI Photo
Police personnel conduct searches near the site of disputed Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid site, as the verdict date nears, in Ayodhya

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Eminent litterateur and academician Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s daughters writer Antara and actress Nandana stand next to their mother’s mortal remains, in Kolkata. Sen died in her South Kolkata residence on Thursday evening after a protracted illness. She was 81.
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A person walks on a road connected to the Jammu & Kashmir highway after fresh snowfall, in Patnitop

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PTI Photo
Sri Lankan devotees offer special prayers at Maha Bodhi Temple, in Bodh Gaya
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PTI Photo
Fishermen pull their boats away from the sea following Cyclone Bulbul warning, in Puri

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A car lays smashed by debris from an earthquake in Varankesh village in Eastern Azerbaijan province, some 250 miles (400 kilometers) northwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. The temblor struck Tark county in Iran’s Eastern Azerbaijan province early Friday. 
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Maryam Nawaz, daughter of arrested former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, arrives at an accountability court in Lahore, Pakistan. The court summoned her for using a bogus trust deed in the Avenfield properties case. 

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Wearing Moroccan caftans, Ivanka Trump, the daughter and senior adviser to President Donald Trump, and Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco, right, walk to greet guests before a dinner at the Royal Guest House in Rabat, Morocco. At left of Trump is Sean Cairncross, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. 
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The U.S. Coast Guard, their crews and other local agencies respond to an oil discharge from vessel Kamokuiki at Pier 19 in Honolulu. Two response vessels arrived on scene and deployed 1,600 feet of hard boom surrounding the 25 bales of absorbent material. 

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A man wades through a flooded street after gathering items from his car, left, in Sheffield, England, after torrential rain in the area. 
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Police dismantle a burning barricade during a protest against the reelection of President Evo Morales, in La Paz, Bolivia. The United Nations on Thursday urged Bolivia’s government and opposition to restore “dialogue and peace” after a third person was killed in street clashes that erupted after a disputed presidential election on Oct. 20. 

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New Zealand’s Tim Southee, right, tries to run out England’s Jonny Bairstow during the T20 cricket match between England and New Zealand in Napier, New Zealand
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Photo by Pramod pushkarna
North East festival at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi

Photo by Pramod pushkarna
Photo by Pramod pushkarna
Stuffed potatoes at the North East Festival at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi.

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