August 21: Delhi and beyond, in  pictures

The day’s developments, events and news makers

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PTI Photo
Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi meets with the office bearers of All India Mahila Congress at 10 Janpath, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo
PTI Photo
President Ram Nath Kovind, Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.

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PTI Photo
UP Governor Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi Adityanath in a group photo with the newly inducted ministers after their swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhawan in Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Wednesday expanded his cabinet to include 23 new ministers.
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PTI Photo
Artists paint idols of Lord Ganesha ahead of Ganesha Chaturthi festival, on the outskirts of Jammu.

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PTI Photo
Students from the Seva Mandal Education society celebrate the upcoming Janmashtami festival, in Mumbai.
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AP/PTI
Rescuers search for victims of a landslide triggered by Typhoon Lekima in Yongjia county in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Several hundred people have been killed and dozens are missing following flooding across China in July and August, according to government rescue services.

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PTI Photo
A herd of cattle seen stranded on a partially submerged road along the banks of a river, in Prayagraj (Allahabad).
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PTI Photo
Students look at the busts of Veer Savarkar, Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh installed outside the Arts Faculty of Delhi University, in New Delhi. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad-led Delhi University Students’ Union had installed the busts on Tuesday outside the Arts Faculty without permission, leading to a controversy. 

Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Low-lying areas along the Yamuna were on Wednesday flooded as water level in the river inches closer to breaking the 207.49 meter mark.
Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Water-level in Yamuna river rises after water is released from Hathni Kund Barrage in Yamuna Nagar.  

Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Water-level of Yamuna river from the old Yamuna bridge in Delhi after water is released from Hathni Kund Barrage in Yamuna Nagar.  
Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
Water-level in Yamuna river rises after water is released from Hathni Kund Barrage seen from old Yamuna bridge.  

Pramod Pushkarna
Pramod Pushkarna
People offering prayer (Lalahi Chhath) at Yamuna Ghat in Delhi in spite of rising water level of Yamuna level. But that doesn’t stop people from performing rituals.

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