From this week, our National Photo Editor Neeraj Priyadarshi will pick the best photos of the past seven days. Here is the first of the series.
A boy is seen with painted blue face and dressed as Shri Krishna at Dahi Handi Celebrations at Dadar, Mumbai. (Source: Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Jamaica's Usain Bolt bows to spectators as he celebrates after anchoring the Jamaican team to the gold medal in the Men's 4x100m relay at Hampden Park Stadium during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland on August 2, 2014. (Source: AP)
Students cross the swelled up Airan River in Narmada on a metal pot with the help of a swimmer. (Source: Express photo By Bhupendra Rana)
A toy is placed at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine on July 21, 2014. (Source:AP)
Soon after her release from the prison, Irom Sharmila resumed her fast at the complex of the government hospital at Porompat. (Source: Express photo by Deepak Shijagurumayum)
A navy officer is seen getting off from the INS Kolkata. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen addressing the nation on India’s 68th Independence Day at The Red Fort on August 15. Incidentally, Modi is the first Prime Minister to have been born after Independence. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Natwar Singh, former Congress leader, reading his autobiography ‘ONE LIFE IS NOT ENOUGH’. (Source: Express photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)
Mass cremations were performed by relatives who reached Malin village in Pune district, Maharashtra. (Source: Express photo by Pradip Das)
People of Mumbai celebrate Dahi Handi near Santacruz airport as a plane can be seen taking off. (Source: Express photo by Prashant Nadkar)
A night after a SUV drove over killing one and injuring 16 on the footpath at this same spot near Kashmere gate, the homeless labourers were back to retire for the night on the same footpaths by the road in New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)