Congress leaders Debabrata Saikia and Rupjyoti Kurmi along with party supporters taking part in a bike rally at Mariani, on Thursday. – UB Photos

Union Home Minister Amit Shah being felicitated by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a public rally at Batadrava in Nagaon on Thursday. – AT photo

Olivier Giroud of Chelsea scores their first goal during the UEFA Champions League match against Atletico Madrid at the National Arena in Bucharest, Romania.

Axar Patel celebrates with his team-mates after picking up a wicket during day one of the 3rd Test against England in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

People fix a street destroyed during clashes against the Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Qaraqosh, Iraq on Tuesday. Iraq’s Christians are hoping that a historic visit by Pope Francis in March will help boost their community’s struggle to survive. The country’s Christian population has been dwindling ever since the turmoil that followed the 2003 US-led invasion. And it was dealt a near-death blow in 2014, when the ISIS group militants overran northern Iraq, site of Iraq’s historical Christian heartland. – AP/PTI

Journalists and scientists take images as an Andean condor is released into the wild by Bolivian veterinarians on the outskirts of Choquekhota, Bolivia on Tuesday. Two endangered Bolivian condors were released after recovering from a fall in February, as part of a project run by a state conservation programme for the Andean condor. – AP/PTI

AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal waves at his supporters and party workers during a roadshow for the upcoming municipal corporation by-elections, at Shalimar Bagh village, in New Delhi on Wednesday. – PTI

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Sadananda Gowda presenting the 10th National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals & Downstream Plastics Processing Industry (2019-20), in New Delhi on Tuesday. Secretary, C&PC, Yogendra Tripathi and other dignitaries are also seen. – PIB

A section of the crowd at the rally organised by Tipra Motha at Khumulwng in West Tripura district on Wednesday. – Photo: Correspondent

Plastic Phagun: A vendor carries artificial flowers for sale in North Lakhimpur on Wednesday. – Photo: Farhana Ahmed

A farmer ploughs a paddy field at Amanipam in Dighalipam village near Dergaon on Wednesday morning. – Photo: Sanjoy Kr Hazarika