Security guards listening to Prime minister Narendra Modi's radio show in New Delhi. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS) 
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The week in pics: Exams, elections and more

Here is a selection of some of the best pictures clicked by New Indian Express photographers.

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Delhi Police's newly launched mobile control room bus is seen here with integrated communication systems stationed near India Gate in New Delhi on 20 March 2019. (Photo| Naveen Kumar, EPS)
A labourer leans on a wall displaying grafitti in Thiruvananthapuram. The BJP's lotus symbol is seen. (Photo | BP Deepu, EPS)
The national flag was flown half-mast at Sanjeevaiah Park, as a sign of mourning after the demise of Goa CM Manohar Parrikar on 18 March 2019. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)
On World Forest Day, a visitor looks at a painting at Venkatappa Art Gallery in Bengaluru. (Photo | Shriram BN, EPS)
Migrant workers gearing up to cast their votes in the upcoming elections, in Anchuthengu in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo | BP Deepu, EPS)
PETA activists dressed as animals urge passersby to go vegan, at Brigade Road in Bengaluru. (Photo| Nagaraja Gadekal, EPS)
Cunard's Flagship Queen Mary 2, the world's largest ocean cruise liner, arrived in Kochi on 20 March 2019. (Photo | A Sanesh, EPS)
SSLC students write their first examination at an exam center in Malleshwaram in Bengaluru on 21 March 2019. (Photo | Pushkar V, EPS)

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