The week in 32 photos: Karnataka assembly elections, May Day and more

Here are some breathtaking, whacky and newsmaking photographs from the week gone past.
A tourist poses for a photo as three monkeys climb on her during a hot summer day at Galta temple in Jaipur on May 3 (PTI Photo)
A tourist poses for a photo as three monkeys climb on her during a hot summer day at Galta temple in Jaipur on May 3 (PTI Photo)
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Tamil Nadu NEET aspirant Kasthuri Mahalingam mourning his father's loss. Krishnaswamy Srinivasan collapsed and died outside a NEET centre in Kochi on May 6 after suffering a heart attack. (Express Photo by A Sanesh)
Tamil Nadu NEET aspirant Kasthuri Mahalingam mourning his father's loss. Krishnaswamy Srinivasan collapsed and died outside a NEET centre in Kochi on May 6 after suffering a heart attack. (Express Photo by A Sanesh)
Three-year-old Princess Charlotte kisses her sleeping brother Prince Louis Louis Arthur Charles, fifth in line to the British throne. The newborn is William and Kate's third child and a sixth great-grandchild for Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip. (Photo | Twitter/Kensington Palace)
Three-year-old Princess Charlotte kisses her sleeping brother Prince Louis Louis Arthur Charles, fifth in line to the British throne. The newborn is William and Kate's third child and a sixth great-grandchild for Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip. (Photo | Twitter/Kensington Palace)
A soldier marches with a painting depicting the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the traditional May Day parade at Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba on May 1. (AP Photo)
A soldier marches with a painting depicting the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the traditional May Day parade at Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba on May 1. (AP Photo)
Members of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Sangha participate in a silent rally to pay homage to the 16 monks and a nun who died in the 'Bijon Setu massacre' on April 30 1982 in Kolkata on Monday, April 30. (PTI Photo)
Members of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Sangha participate in a silent rally to pay homage to the 16 monks and a nun who died in the 'Bijon Setu massacre' on April 30 1982 in Kolkata on Monday, April 30. (PTI Photo)
BJP supporters at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public rally ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections in Bengaluru on May 3 (PTI Photo)
BJP supporters at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public rally ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections in Bengaluru on May 3 (PTI Photo)
A Rajasthan police personnel performs stunts during a passing out parade in Bikaner on May 4. (PTI Photo)
A Rajasthan police personnel performs stunts during a passing out parade in Bikaner on May 4. (PTI Photo)
Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra with Justice Indu Malhotra and other Supreme court judges arrive for Justice RK Agarwal's farewell at the Supreme Court in New Delhi on May 4.(Express photo by Shekhar Yadav)
Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra with Justice Indu Malhotra and other Supreme court judges arrive for Justice RK Agarwal's farewell at the Supreme Court in New Delhi on May 4.(Express photo by Shekhar Yadav)
Malayalam actor Fahad Fazil (with actress and wife Nazriya Nazim), who won the Best Supporting Actor Male for 'Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum', leaves after deciding to skip the 65th National Film Awards ceremony in New Delhi on May 3. (Express Photo by Parveen Negi)
Malayalam actor Fahad Fazil (with actress and wife Nazriya Nazim), who won the Best Supporting Actor Male for 'Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum', leaves after deciding to skip the 65th National Film Awards ceremony in New Delhi on May 3. (Express Photo by Parveen Negi)
Folk artists perform during the famous five-day Malwa Utsav 2018 in Indore on late Saturday, May 5. (PTI Photo)
Folk artists perform during the famous five-day Malwa Utsav 2018 in Indore on late Saturday, May 5. (PTI Photo)
A barricade set up by protesters burns as riot police use a water canon to disperse protesters after the annual May Day march turned violent, in Santiago, Chile on May 1. Workers and activists mark May Day with rallies to demand their government address labor issues. (AP Photo)
A barricade set up by protesters burns as riot police use a water canon to disperse protesters after the annual May Day march turned violent, in Santiago, Chile on May 1. Workers and activists mark May Day with rallies to demand their government address labor issues. (AP Photo)
A monkey crossing a river with his child held to the bosom at Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki, Kerala (Express Photo | Vincent Pulickal)
A monkey crossing a river with his child held to the bosom at Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki, Kerala (Express Photo | Vincent Pulickal)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in a helicopter as BJP supporters cheer during a public rally ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections in Bengaluru on May 3 (PTI Photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in a helicopter as BJP supporters cheer during a public rally ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections in Bengaluru on May 3 (PTI Photo)
A child wearing a mask walks past audio speakers in the shape of dogs displayed at a shopping district in Beijing, China. (AP Photo)
A child wearing a mask walks past audio speakers in the shape of dogs displayed at a shopping district in Beijing, China. (AP Photo)
A man takes a dip in the Ganga river on a hot sunny day to cool himself from the scorching heat in Allahabad on May 6. (PTI Photo)
A man takes a dip in the Ganga river on a hot sunny day to cool himself from the scorching heat in Allahabad on May 6. (PTI Photo)
Tourists use umbrellas to shield themselves against the sun on a hot summer day in Agra on May 2 (PTI Photo)
Tourists use umbrellas to shield themselves against the sun on a hot summer day in Agra on May 2 (PTI Photo)
Shuttler Saina Nehwa PV Sindhu and Pullela Gopichand during an interactive session organised by FICCI Ladies organisation FLO in New Delhi on May 5.(Express Photo by Shekhar Yadav)
Shuttler Saina Nehwa PV Sindhu and Pullela Gopichand during an interactive session organised by FICCI Ladies organisation FLO in New Delhi on May 5.(Express Photo by Shekhar Yadav)
Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Aamir Khan being accorded welcome by a villager for the third edition of Water Cup in Latur on May 1. The Water Cup was started by Aamir Khan and his team in 2016 and it's a competition between more than 4,000 villages to see who can do the maximum work for watershed management and water conservation in the stipulated time. (PTI Photo)
Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Aamir Khan being accorded welcome by a villager for the third edition of Water Cup in Latur on May 1. The Water Cup was started by Aamir Khan and his team in 2016 and it's a competition between more than 4,000 villages to see who can do the maximum work for watershed management and water conservation in the stipulated time. (PTI Photo)
Protesters burn an effigy depicting US President Donald Trump during a demonstration marking May Day to honor workers, in Bogota, Colombia on May 1. (AP Photo)
Protesters burn an effigy depicting US President Donald Trump during a demonstration marking May Day to honor workers, in Bogota, Colombia on May 1. (AP Photo)
A boy takes a bath on hot summer day at the railway station in Allahabad on Saturday. (PTI Photo)
A boy takes a bath on hot summer day at the railway station in Allahabad on Saturday. (PTI Photo)
Tribal farmers kneel down as they wait for the temple priest blessings at a Shiva temple on a hot and dry summer noon in Ranchi on April 30. The devotees believe performing this ritual brings rain during the hot summer month apart from fulfilling their wishes. (PTI Photo)
Tribal farmers kneel down as they wait for the temple priest blessings at a Shiva temple on a hot and dry summer noon in Ranchi on April 30. The devotees believe performing this ritual brings rain during the hot summer month apart from fulfilling their wishes. (PTI Photo)
A girl who traveled with the annual caravan of Central American migrants awakens where the group set up camp to wait for access to request asylum in the U.S., outside the El Chaparral port of entry building at the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico on May 1 (AP Photo)
A girl who traveled with the annual caravan of Central American migrants awakens where the group set up camp to wait for access to request asylum in the U.S., outside the El Chaparral port of entry building at the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico on May 1 (AP Photo)
A peacock is seen at Vaniyankudi agricultural land in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district. (Express Photo | S Bala)
A peacock is seen at Vaniyankudi agricultural land in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district. (Express Photo | S Bala)
Father of Asif Ahmad Sheikh, one among three civilians killed, kisses the face of his son during his funeral in Baramulla, 60 kilometers west of Srinagar, Kashmir on May 1. Suspected militants shot and killed three men in Kashmir, police said. (AP Photo)
Father of Asif Ahmad Sheikh, one among three civilians killed, kisses the face of his son during his funeral in Baramulla, 60 kilometers west of Srinagar, Kashmir on May 1. Suspected militants shot and killed three men in Kashmir, police said. (AP Photo)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths play with fire during the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer in Bnei Brak, Israel on May 2. The holiday marks the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews during the Roman times. (AP Photo)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths play with fire during the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer in Bnei Brak, Israel on May 2. The holiday marks the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews during the Roman times. (AP Photo)
A Nepalese vendor carries lit butter lamp to replace it with a new one to sale it to the devotees during Buddha Jayanti or Buddha purnima in Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30. The festival marks the triple events of Gautam Buddha's life: his birth, his enlightenment and his attaining a state of Nirvana that frees believers from the circle of death and rebirth. (AP Photo)
A Nepalese vendor carries lit butter lamp to replace it with a new one to sale it to the devotees during Buddha Jayanti or Buddha purnima in Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal on April 30. The festival marks the triple events of Gautam Buddha's life: his birth, his enlightenment and his attaining a state of Nirvana that frees believers from the circle of death and rebirth. (AP Photo)
An egret feeds its chicks in their nest on top of a tree in the banks of Brahmaputra River in Guwahati on May 3 (PTI Photo)
An egret feeds its chicks in their nest on top of a tree in the banks of Brahmaputra River in Guwahati on May 3 (PTI Photo)
A veterinary doctor doing a retina examination of a dog using a Pan Optic Ophthalmoscope during the Multi Speciality treatment camp at the district Veterinary Hospital in Kozhikode jointly organised by Animal Husbandry Department and Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University Pookkodu, Kerala. (Express Photo by Manu R Mavelil)
A veterinary doctor doing a retina examination of a dog using a Pan Optic Ophthalmoscope during the Multi Speciality treatment camp at the district Veterinary Hospital in Kozhikode jointly organised by Animal Husbandry Department and Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University Pookkodu, Kerala. (Express Photo by Manu R Mavelil)
Watermelons have arrived at the markets of Madurai and are up for sale at Gomathipuram (Express Photo by KK Sundar)
Watermelons have arrived at the markets of Madurai and are up for sale at Gomathipuram (Express Photo by KK Sundar)
In this photo taken with a drone, people gather during a rally at Republic Square in Yerevan on April 30. Armenia's parliament plans to choose a replacement on Tuesday for Serzh Sargsyan, who resigned last week amid the street demonstrations over his selection as prime minister. Pashinian, who led the protests, hopes to be the next premier. (Rafael Afrikyan via AP)
In this photo taken with a drone, people gather during a rally at Republic Square in Yerevan on April 30. Armenia's parliament plans to choose a replacement on Tuesday for Serzh Sargsyan, who resigned last week amid the street demonstrations over his selection as prime minister. Pashinian, who led the protests, hopes to be the next premier. (Rafael Afrikyan via AP)
Model Helena Christensen is photographed by competition winners at a Huawei P20 Pro photography masterclass, at OXO Tower Brasserie in London, on May 2. (Jeff Spicer/PA via AP)
Model Helena Christensen is photographed by competition winners at a Huawei P20 Pro photography masterclass, at OXO Tower Brasserie in London, on May 2. (Jeff Spicer/PA via AP)
A trade union demonstrator wraps her hand with a red ribbon during a May Day rally in Pamplona, northern Spain on May 1. More than 70 cities across Spain are holding May Day marches calling for equal gender rights, higher salaries and pensions now that the country’s economy is back in the path for growth. (AP Photo)
A trade union demonstrator wraps her hand with a red ribbon during a May Day rally in Pamplona, northern Spain on May 1. More than 70 cities across Spain are holding May Day marches calling for equal gender rights, higher salaries and pensions now that the country’s economy is back in the path for growth. (AP Photo)

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