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Photos of the week: From anti-Bangladesh protest over Hindu man’s lynching, to a smoggy Delhi

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

Held in robbery bid, she was found to be trafficked, raped, pregnant at 16. At 19, she’ll be a paralegal

She was trafficked from Siliguri aged 11-12 yrs & forced into sex work. Trafficking or rape survivors often bury their worst memories & can feel favourably inclined to a kinder abuser.

At CWC, Rahul says caste count 1st step towards social justice, but timing of govt announcement suspect

CWC also adopted resolution on the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack, emphasising the need to 'teach Pakistan a lesson' and curb terrorism decisively.

How Kerala athlete’s courage laid bare cycle of sexual abuse involving neighbours, classmates

As many as 29 cases are registered across four districts of Kerala in connection with sexual abuse that continued for past five years. Over 40 arrests have been made, so far.

BJP targets Congress over posters showing ‘distorted’ map of J&K at CWC meet in Belagavi

BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi alleges ‘PoK and Aksai Chin were missing from map of India in posters put up by Congress’ at venue of CWC meet in Karnataka’s Belagavi.

How Tripura deluge has exposed chinks in India’s flood prevention mechanism

Flagging 'missed warnings, delayed release of dam water', experts say India needs impact-based forecasting systems, emphasise accurate predictions require more than just rainfall data.

CWC passes resolution urging Rahul Gandhi to take charge as Leader of Opposition in 18th Lok Sabha

Congress top decision-making body will form panel to analyse what went wrong in states where party’s performance in Lok Sabha polls was not as was expected.

Days after UP child welfare body ‘rescued’ 95 kids en route to madrasas, parents say they gave consent

Children don't want to go to madrasas, claims UP SCPCR. Parents say they can't afford to send them to better schools, Child Welfare Commission not allowing them to see their kids.

CWC meeting, manifesto committee, rejig—what’s behind last week’s activities in Congress

If the Congress' allies sought to undermine the Gandhis by proposing Kharge as the PM candidate, the Gandhis have reacted loudly and clearly—not in words but in action.

Israel-Palestine conflict: ‘An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.