Photos of the Week: Uttarakhand’s man-animal conflict, Army chief’s annual briefing, Netflix India @ 10

New Delhi: A young Adivasi footballer from Jharkhand, scientists explaining how Antarctic ice preserves climate history, Army chief’s annual briefing, classroom realities under Delhi’s EWS quota, Netflix’s decade in India and the female victims of animal attacks in Uttarakhand—the striking images captured by ThePrint’s photojournalists and reporters over the past week.

Football shoes Anushka Kumari now owns—after starting out barefoot and borrowing boots from seniors during early matches. The 14-year-old footballer from a village near Ranchi began playing on local grounds despite resistance at home and is now among the youngest goal-scorers in Indian women’s football, having risen from village matches to the national U-17 side | Almina Khatoon | ThePrint

“Ice is the best archive, because it doesn’t just freeze water but also air bubbles containing gases, trace particles of dust and metals, and isotopes of oxygen of previous years,” Prashant Redkar, an engineer who works at the Antarctic Cryospheric Studies Division. The remark was made in the context of India’s Antarctic ice-core research, where scientists drill and analyse ice cores to reconstruct past climate conditions | Akanksha Mishra | ThePrint

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi addresses Annual Press Conference at Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on Tuesday. During the briefing, he spoke about issues including India-China military disengagement efforts, force preparedness and future restructuring priorities.| Suraj Singh Bisht/ThePrint

Teacher Neha, once an EWS student in a private school herself, watches over students as they complete a test. The ground report examines Delhi’s EWS quota in private schools, highlighting gaps in implementation and the role teachers and NGOs play in supporting students from economically weaker sections. | Sakshi Mehra | ThePrint

Netflix’s 10-year celebration at South Mumbai restaurant Soraia. The platform changed viewing habits, popularised binge-watching and expanded audiences for global and Indian original content. | Triya Gulati | ThePrint