Here is a compilation of photographs from across the country shot by our lensmen this week.. A farmer seen cutting paddy crops on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, Odisha. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick, EPS) 
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Offbeat photos of the week: Dec 12 to 18

Here is a compilation of photographs from across the country shot by our lensmen this week.

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Azeez, a fisherman from Kozhikode, feeds dogs and birds on Kozhikode beach. He has been feeding hundreds of birds and dogs for more than three decades. (Photo | E Gokul, EPS)
A shop owner decorates his store to attract Christmas shoppers during the holiday season in Kochi. (Photo | A Sanesh, EPS)
A large consignment of concrete mixers, meant to be transported via rail, at Walajabad railway station near Chennai. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS)
A bird out in search of a choice morsel in the Cauvery at Kambarasampettai in Tiruchy. (Photo | M K Ashok Kumar, EPS)
Kanaka Durga temple atop Indrakeeladri has been decked up for the five-day Bhavani Deeksha relinquishment in Vijayawada. (Photo | Prasant Madugula, EPS)
Argentina fans celebrating their semi-final victory against Croatia in Kochi. (Photo | A Sanesh, EPS)
The recent rains have left many roads in Chennai city damaged. A scene from Mount Road near Omandurar Multi Specality Hospital, in Chennai. (Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)
A corporation worker struggles to unclog a drain as the Vellayambalam-Museum Road got flooded following the sudden downpour. (Photo | B P Deepu, EPS)
Fruits and vegetables were dumped at the Koyambedu market, which got damaged during the recent rains in Chennai. (Photo | Martin Louis, EPS)

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