From fiery summers to feisty elections: The week in pics

A woman participates in a candlelight vigil for those killed in the mass shooting in New Zealand, in Hyderabad on March 16, 2019. (Photo| Vinay Madapu, EPS)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah arrive for the party's Central Election Committee meeting at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on March 16, 2019. (Photo| Shekhar Yadav, EPS)

Sasi Varma sculpting a 15-foot sand sculpture on the Cauvery riverbed in Tiruchy for spreading awareness among the people about the importance of voting. (Photo| MK Ashok Kumar, EPS)

A man paints a median barricade in front of Vidhana Soudha, in sweltering heat, in Bengaluru. (Photo| Pushkar V, EPS)

Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, a trader arranges the election merchandise at his outlet in Nampally, Hyderabad. (Photo| S Senbagapandian, EPS)

Owing to sweltering heat, motorists are facing a tough time while riding on a road near Tirunelveli. (Photo| V Karthikalagu, EPS)

A tourist from Bangalore surfing in the waves of Kovalam beach in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo| Vincent Pulickal, EPS)

Pushpan, an artist who has been into wall graffiti writing for political parties for the past three decades, is busy painting BJP's lotus symbol on a wall in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo| Vincent Pulickal, EPS)