August 29: Delhi and beyond, in  pictures

The day’s developments, events and newsmakers

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A woman works on an eagle sculpture made of pumpkins at a farm in Mechernich, Germany.
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Participants perform ‘Mallakhamba’ during an event to launch the Fit India Movement on National Sports Day, at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.

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Students pose for photos with their gold medals by Jharkhand Governor Druapadi Murmu during the 10th Convocation Ceremony of St. Xavier’s College, in Ranchi.
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Students of Physical Education Department, Visva-Bharati University hold placards with social messages during a rally on the occasion of ‘National Sports Day’ at Santiniketan, in Birbhum district of West Bengal.

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Veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar interacts with elderly residents playing carrom at St Anthony’s Old Age Home for Women, in Mumbai. This visit is part of the ongoing National Sports Day where Tendulkar encouraged everyone to take up a sport and remain fit and healthy.
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An artist gives finishing touch to clay sculptures of Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at a workshop, at Krishnanagar in Nadia district of West Bengal.

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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets family members of Ram Avtar, Dalit man who allegedly died in police custody, in Bhikharipur village, Amethi.
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Newly-elected President of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) Rameshwar Oraon along with four working presidents elected Indian National Congress (INC) are welcomed at Birsa Munda International Airport, in Ranchi.

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Former Congress President  Rahul Gandhi meets the school kids in flood affected area at Wayanad in Kerala .
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A deserted government high school building in Srinagar. as parents did not send children to schools due to the prevailing situation after scrapping of Article 370.

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Jammu Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) activists stage a protest against the government demanding the release of all the political leaders detained in the state following the abrogation of special status under Article 370, in Jammu.
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhakhar meets former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya at his residence, in Kolkata.

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A view of the erosion caused by high tide in Ganjam district of Odisha.
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A fire broke out in two coaches of the Hyderabad-New Delhi Telangana Express at Asaoti station in Palwal district of Haryana.

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Actor Rajinikanth visits his brother Sathyanarayana Rao Gaikwad, who underwent a bilateral knee replacement surgery, at a hospital in Bengaluru.
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People gather at a candlelight prayer vigil for Parmjit Singh in Gretchen Talley Park, in Tracy, Calif. Singh, was wearing his traditional turban when he was fatally stabbed Sunday night in the park in Tracy, in the Central Valley east of San Francisco. The killing came a month after another Sikh man was attacked in a neighboring community. 

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London metropolitan police search and arrest an anti-Brexit supporter in front of the Houses of Parliament in central London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson maneuvered on Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II’s approval to suspend Parliament. 
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, center, pays homage to victims of the Easter Sunday attacks, kneeling at the spot where the suicide bomber detonated explosives at St. Sebastian’s church in Katuwapitiya village, Negombo , Sri Lanka. 

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