The past week in pictures

A glance back to the week that went past with some splendid pictures taken by photographers in India and around the world.

An exile Tibetan Buddhist monk listens to his spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's religious talk at the Tsuglagkhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Each year the Tibetan leader talks to young Tibetans on Buddhist philosophy and religion.  

Bolivarian National Guards shield themselves from a jar thrown at them by anti-government protesters in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. (Associated Press)

Two anti-Brexit activists pose with their hand-puppets depicting British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party Theresa May, left, and Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, in front of the the Houses of Parliament on election day in London, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Associated Press)

A man hands a child to a security guard after an assault on the parliament building in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (Associated Press)

Tamil Nadu Farmers stage a protest at Chepauk in Chennai on Friday. (Ashwin Prasath | Express Photo Service)

Torched buses by the agitating farmers at Bhopal-Indore highway in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh, India on Wednesday. (PTI)

An Indian cricket fan wears contact lenses the colors of the Indian national flag during the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Sunday, June 4, 2017. (Associated Press)

A Kashmiri protester throws back a detonated tear gas shell at Indian police during a protest in Srinagar, Kashmir, on Friday, June 9, 2017. (Associated Press)

Shiite Muslims burn an effigy of the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a protest in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 9, 2017. (Associated Press)

Indian policemen detain Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik during a protest in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, Friday, June 9, 2017. (Associated Press)

An Indian asthma patient reacts as he is administered 'fish medicine' in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Every year thousands of asthma patients arrive here to receive from Hyderabad's Bathini Goud family the fish therapy which is a secret formula of herbs, handed down by generations only to family members. The herbs are inserted in the mouth of a live sardine, or murrel fish, and slipped into the patient's throat. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

From left, front, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary General Rashid Alimov, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, from left, middle row, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, other persons unidentified, pose for a photo at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana, Kazakstan, Friday, June 9, 2017. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Indian Hindu married women tie cotton threads around a banyan tree as they perform rituals on the occasion of Vat Savitri festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Vat Savitri is celebrated on a full moon day where women pray for the longevity of their husbands.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indian Muslims perform ablution before prayers on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 2, 2017. Islam's holiest month is a period of intense prayer, self-discipline, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

People watch as Indian Space Research Organization’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III rocket lifts off from the space launch center in Sriharikota, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. India’s space agency on Monday successfully launched its heaviest rocket carrying a communication satellite from the launch pad off the country’s southeastern coast. (AP Photo)

On World Environment Day, Monday, June 5, 2017, An Indian ragpicker boy searches for recyclable material as Greater Adjutant stork birds sit at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India. (Associated Press)

Chief Minister of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath performs Yoga in Lucknow, India, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The yoga training camp was organized for the upcoming International Yoga Day, which is celebrated annually on June 21. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi, center, walks to meet relatives of farmers killed at a rally in Madhya Pradesh state Tuesday after he arrived at Nimbahera village, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan state, India, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo)

Pakistan's Shadab Khan stands by the boundary as Indian cricket fans cheer for their team during the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England, Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Tenzin Paldon, 21, reacts after winning the 2017 Miss Tibet beauty pageant at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, June 4, 2017. Paldon, who lives in the Indian state of Karnataka, was declared winner among nine contestants. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Fires smolder in Knysna, South Africa, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fatal fires fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands. (Associated Press/Halden Krog)

Indian cricket fans perform a ritual as they pray for Indian team's victory over Pakistan in Sunday's ICC Champions Trophy cricket match, in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A South Sudanese refugee boy looks through a rip in the tent that serves food, in the morning at the Imvepi reception center, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in northern Uganda Friday, June 9, 2017. (Associated Press)

Kashmiri villagers attend the funeral of civilian Adil Magray during his funeral at Shopian, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Srinagar, Kashmir, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (Associated Press)