Offbeat pictures of the week (Dec 19 to 25)

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

With a week to go for Christmas, shops in the Chennai city are attracting people with ornaments and colourful decorations. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS) 

A herd of deer spending their leisure time at Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in Tirupati. (Photo | Madhav K, EPS)

Students of St Francis Xavier Girl’s High School, Bengaluru perform a play as part of the Christmas celebrations. (Photo | Vinod Kumar T, EPS)

Hampi elephant ‘Lakshmi’ exits after attending a private programme at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bengaluru. (Photo | Nagaraja Gadekal, EPS)

Fans celebrating Argentina’s victory over France in the FIFA World Cup final in the early hours in Kochi. (Photo | A Sanesh, EPS)

Fans of Argentina celebrating victory against France in FIFA World Cup in Kochi. (Photo | A Sanesh, EPS)

A youngster takes a video of her friends dancing in front of a Santa Claus effigies in front of a shop at Kaloor in Kochi. (Photo | T P Sooraj, EPS)

A man pulls an e-autorickshaw after it ran out of battery charge near Lakdikapul in Hyderabad. (Photo | RVK Rao, EPS)

Two workers carrying a huge football for installation at Kanakakunnu palace in Thiruvanathapuram, the venue of Nagaravasantham flower show. (Photo | Vincent Pulickal, EPS)

A farmer sowing paddy for cultivation near Amoondi in Vellore. (Photo | S Dinesh, EPS)