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May 29: Delhi and beyond, in pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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President Ram Nath Kovind, Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani with the family members of cadaver organ donors during a felicitation programme, in Surat.
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PTI
Students celebrate at a school after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) results were announced for class 10th, in Ranchi.

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PTI
A keeper sprinkles water on an elephant on a hot summer afternoon, at the New Delhi Zoo.
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Vipin
Plumbers fixing an underground pipeline in Old Delhi.

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PTI
An aerial view of Delhi’s iconic Signature Bridge. The completion of the much-delayed bridge, which was announced in 2004, was initially expected before the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The bridge had obtained environmental clearance in 2011 and was set to be completed by December 2013. The date of completing the project was pushed to June 2016 and then to July 2017, which was further pushed to December 2017. Now, it is expected to be complete by 2018.
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PTI
Queen Maxima of Netherlands, who is on a visit to India, arrives in Meerut.

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DMK working president MK Stalin and party workers stage a demonstration, wearing black clothes, against the death of 13 people who lost their lives in police firing during anti-Sterlite protests, at the state assembly in Chennai. The Tamil Nadu government on Monday issued orders closing the copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi owned by the Vedanta Group, a week after 13 people were killed in police firing during protests against the continued functioning of the unit.
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Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy listens to the grievances of people during ‘Janatha Darshana’, in Bengaluru.

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PTI
A view of a fair venue, which was damaged during a heavy storm and rain in Ranchi.
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Men carry the coffin of a relative who died during Afghan forces’ raid on a house in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan forces mistakenly killed nine people, most of them civilians, during the raid on a house which has been a base for the Islamic State group and other militants, officials said Tuesday. 

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RSS’ volunteers participating in Officers Training Camp during a route march in Nagpur.
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President Donald Trump, left, Maj. Gen. Michael L. Howard, commanding general of Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and the Military District of Washington, center, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis pray during a Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Josh Holt, left, is draped in an America flag by his grandmother, Linda Holt, upon returning to Salt Lake City, as he was freed this weekend after being held in a Venezuelan jail for nearly two years. He returned home to Salt Lake City on Monday night after getting medical care and visiting President Donald Trump in Washington. 
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This image made from video provided by DroneBase shows vehicles swept by floodwater near the intersection of Ellicott Mills Drive and Main Street in Ellicott City, Md.. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman said Monday morning that his priorities are finding a missing man and assessing the condition of buildings that house shops, restaurants and families. 

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Soldiers stand guard at a fuel distribution facility during a strike by truckers who are protesting the cost of fuel, in Duque Duque Caxias, Brazil. The strike by Brazilian truckers has caused shortages at gas stations and supermarkets across Latin America’s biggest country. 

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