New Delhi: From constables on night patrol in Kaziranga and the park’s decades-long recovery in rhino population, to PM Modi’s meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Delhi, ThePrint’s photojournalist and reporters capture the week’s most telling moments.
Constables Manisha Das and Karishma Gogoi on night patrol along NH-715 in Kaziranga. They are part of the park’s all-women ‘Van Durgas’ unit, a patrol group formed to strengthen anti-poaching operations in the park | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintFrom barely a dozen in 1908, Kaziranga now counts over 2,600 one-horned rhinos, a recovery credited to decades of tighter protection and conservation measures | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintPrime Minister Narendra Modi meets Finland President Alexander Stubb at Hyderabad House in New Delhi Thursday, where the two leaders discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation | Praveen Jain | ThePrintBadminton is Bengaluru’s primary source of feel-good endorphins. In the city that produced Prakash Padukone & Ashwini Ponnappa, techies are now carrying the torch. A couple’s match in progress at a badminton arena in Bengaluru. Coaches estimate there are around 10,000 courts across the city, including those in residential complexes | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintInside India’s Gherkin empire: Farm workers harvest gherkins for export markets in south India, where each cucumber must be picked at just the right size, often no bigger than a finger | Manisha Mondal | ThePrintA Jagrukata Rath (awareness vehicle) travels across the district as part of a campaign against child marriage. Enforcement, however, is often hindered by ingrained social norms | Photo: Vanita Bhatnagar | ThePrint
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