October 3: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and news makers

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Photo: IANS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives ‘United Nations Champions of the Earth’ award from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in New Delhi. 
IANS
IANS
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington DC, the United States.

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AP/PTI
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves as he arrives to address officials of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), in Ankara, Turkey. 
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AP/PTI
This illustration from NASA shows the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launched in August 2018, the spacecraft will get a gravity assist Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, as it passes within 1,500 miles of Venus. The flyby is the first of seven that will draw Parker ever closer to the sun.

PTI
PTI
Fire fighters douse a fire which broke out in a pharmacy building of state-run Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata.
PTI
PTI
Patients being evacuated after a fire broke out in a pharmacy building of state-run Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata.

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AP/PTI
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, center, leaves the parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Iraq’s new president has tasked veteran Shiite politician Abdul-Mahdi with forming a new government nearly five months after national elections were held, state TV reported. 
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AP/PTI
Attorney Jeff Anderson, center, holds photographs of clergy accused of sexual abuse, next to abuse survivor Tom Emens, second from left, in Los Angeles. Survivors of clergy sexual assault announced the filing of a nuisance lawsuit against California Roman Catholic bishops for covering up abuse.

PTI
PTI
Bihar Unani Chhatra Sangh members raise slogan as they demand their BUMS exams results 2017 to be declared, in Patna, 
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IANS
A Palestinian couple take part in a mass wedding in Gaza city, A total of 360 brides and grooms were overwhelmed with joy during a mass wedding ceremony, sponsored by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

PTI
PTI
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) activists raise slogans in protest against the Central government for hike in fuel prices, in Guwahati. 
PTI
PTI
In this Feb 14, 2017 file picture a Rafale fighter aircraft flies past at the 11th edition of Aero India 2017, in Bengaluru. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa defended the Rafale purchase as “a game changer” at the annual Air Force press conference in New Delhi. 

PTI
PTI
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa addresses the media, ahead of Air Force Day, in New Delhi.
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PTI
An artisan decorates earthern pitchers used during Gujarati folk dance ‘Garba’, ahead of Navratri festival, in Ahmedabad.

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