New Delhi: From Rahul Gandhi staging a sit-in outside Parliament Street police station, the latest anti-reservation protests at Jantar Mantar to monkey whisperers employed at the Badminton World Cup in the national capital—a week in pictures by ThePrint’s photojournalists and reporters.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other senior leaders during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the party office in New Delhi on 19 August, 2026. | Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintUnion Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw briefing media persons about cabinet decisions in New Delhi on 19 August, 2026. | Praveen Jain/ThePrintCongress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other senior leaders pay tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 82nd birth anniversary at Vir Bhumi. | Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintJapanese Defence Minister inspecting the ceremonial Guard of Honour in the presence of Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on 20 August, 2026.| Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintDelhi LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs ML Khattar, and Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, along with ministers and senior officials, released the Delhi Master Plan 2047 at National Media Centre, New Delhi on 20 August, 2026.| Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintA crowd gathered at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar protesting against reservation bill on 21 August, 2026 | Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrintFor Ram Kali, the years since her son’s death have blurred into grief. Safai Karamchari Andolan estimates that more than 1,726 workers have died cleaning sewers and septic tanks since the anti-manual scavenging law came into force in 2013. | Vitasta Kaul/ThePrintMonkey whisperers are in high demand whenever Delhi hosts major events. They do not carry a lathi or any other armour. Their voices are their biggest weapon. | Manisha Mondal/ThePrint
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