British Prime Minister David Cameron plays cricket during a visit to Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. British Olympian Kelly Holmes is also seen. He described the refurbished stadium as "world class" and also wished the Commonwealth Games "every success".
WE WANT OUR RIGHTS
Activists march towards Parliament demanding passage of Women's Reservation Bill during its ongoing monsoon, at Parliament Street in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI )
Unforeseen Accident
Four ill-fated trucks fell into a rivulet due to sudden collapse of a bridge at Basantpur-Kingal road in the outskirts of Shimla on Thursday. Two persons killed and two sustained injuries in the accident.
Burnt & Charred
The charred trucks of Essar Steel Company that were torched by Naxalites at Kirandul in Chattisgarh on Thursday.
Taking Charge
Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi assumes charge at his office in New Delhi on Friday.
Go Diego!
Uruguay Football player Diego Forlan displays a jersey as he arrives at NSCBI Airport in Kolkata on Friday.
The Greener Side
Women plant paddy saplings in a field at Bolla Village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal.
The Master Run
Athletes compete during a Men's 5000m heat during the European Athletics Championships, in Barcelona on Thursday.
Go Biking
Models posing with the new Honda VFR1200F motorcycle during its launch in New Delhi on Friday.
Off We Go...
Navy officials flag off bikers' Himalayan Exploration Odyssey from India Gate in New Delhi on Friday.
Blast Victims
An injured jawan being treated at a hospital in Guwahati after suspected ULFA members carried out an IED blast under a bus carrying a CRPF party in Goalpara district of Assam on Friday.
A City Divided
Kashmiri Muslim protesters throw rocks and bricks at Indian police under tear gas smoke during a protest in Srinagar on Friday. Massive clashes erupted in Kashmir's main city after two men were wounded as paramilitary soldiers fired on a group of anti-India protesters, police and locals said.
Just Like That
A member of the Engineering Regiment of the People's Liberation Army makes his rescue dog jump across a platform during a demonstration for journalists at a military base in the outskirts of Beijing on Friday. China's military criticized remarks by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Washington had a strong interest in seeing territorial disputes in the South China Sea resolved peacefully.
Of Floods & Troubles
Pakistani villagers move to a safer place from a flood hit village near Nowshera on Thursday. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages.
Oil Spill
This July 28, 2010 photo provided by the State of Michigan shows what Michigan officials say is a sheen of oil on Morrow Lake in Kalamazoo County. The lake is a key point where officials had hoped to stop oil from a spill into the Kalamazoo River that has coated wildlife with oil.
A Chinese Marvel
In this photo taken on Wednesday Nancy Berliner curator of Chinese art and culture at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem and Henry Ng, executive vice president of the World Monuments Fund stand on a pavillion as they tour a rock garden outside the courtyard complex, where Chinese emperor Qianlong used for his retirement located inside Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
In need of Relief
Local residents look at a heavy smog from a peat fire in a forest near the town of Shatura, some 130 km southeast of Moscow on Thursday. Peat swamps started burning in central Russia following an unprecedented heat wave.
Land Ahoy!
An aerial view of the Duluth Harbour on Thursday, as the parade eight Tall Ships enter the port for a weekend of festivities. In the foreground is US Brig Niagara, of Erie, a reconstruction of the brig that Oliver Hazard Perry led the battle of Lake Erie in 1813, just behind the Niagara is The Roseway, a Grand Banks Fishing Schooner, and coming under the bridge is Bark Europa from Amsterdam. The ships were greeted by scores of small boats, and large crowds of spectators.
Claws & Jaws
An alligator swims in a canal in Coopertown, the Everglades on Thursday.
Dogs Day Out
A dog strays on the tracks of the Jawarlal Nehru Stadium, a main venue for the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2010, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Cloudy Skies
Clouds build behind a barn and silo along Douglas County Road 1045 as the sun sets on Thursday near Lawrence in Kansas.
Toy Story
Students and visitors watch a remote controlled toy helicopter fly during an aero-modelling show organised on the 106th birth anniversary function of Bharat Ratna and JRD Tata, in Jamshedpur on Thursday.
