The photograph clicked by K.R. Deepak, Chief News Photographer, The Hindu, won the first prize in a contest organised by A.P. Photo Journalists Association on August 17, 2023, as part of the World Photography Day celebrations in Vijayawada.

Cadets march as rose pedals are showered around them by a helicopter during the Passing Out Parade and Pipping ceremony at Officer Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai, on August 24, 2023.

Ripon Building, home of the Greater Chennai Corporation, was lit up for the seventh Asian Hockey Championship on August 9.

In this picture, a Theyyam artist named Galinchan trudges along the lanes of Madikai village calling on the households under its divine jurisdiction.

After a scorching afternoon, a sudden shower surprises residents of Madurai on July 9.

The photograph clicked by V. Raju, Special News Photographer, The Hindu, won a consolation prize in a contest organised by A.P. Photo Journalists Association as part of the World Photography Day celebrations in Vijayawada on August 17.

Flood-affected people wait for food as they are shifted under a flyover from the banks of the Yamuna river at Mayur Vihar area, in New Delhi.,

Marine police rescue ten Sri Lankan Tamils, including children, who landed at the first islet off Danushkodi seeking livelihood in Tamil Nadu, on May 6.

A flock of black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) at Krishnampathy tank that is filled with plastic waste, in Coimbatore.

Muslims gather at the Edigha Chilkalguda to offer prayers on the occasion of Id-Ul-Adha in Secunderabad on June 29.

The photograph won the second prize in the National Photo Contest-2023 organised by The Photography Academy of India on August 17, in collaboration with India International Photographic Council as a part of the World Photography Day celebrations in Vijayawada.

Osman Nagar, Habeeb Colony and Saif Colony-2 in Jalpally municipality on the outskirts of Hyderabad are completely under water on July 27, following night-long heavy rains.

An ambulance lies overturned by the side of NICE road in Bengaluru after it lost control, on July 28.

Residents of Pamula Lanka, an island village, commute using a boat on July 29 as the road leading to their village is submerged following release of flood water into Krishna river.

Preparations for Ganesh Chathurthi festivities begin a month in advance, as huge Plaster of Paris idols are given finishing touches at Mangalghat in Hyderabad on August 5.

A group of boys take a minute to drink in the pristine air above the paddy fields on the outskirts of Imphal, Manipur, on July 30.

The hillock at Kokapet SEZ, where HMDA earned more than ₹100 crore per acre, is being pounded to dust to give rise to multi-storeyed structures on the outer periphery of Hyderabad’s capital region on August 9.

Artists from Rajasthan perform the ‘Kalbelia’ dance during the National Folk and Tribal Art Festival ‘Utkarsh’ at Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal.

A view of the historical Jamia Masjid and Hari Parbat fort in Srinagar.

The picture clicked by Kommuri Srinivas, Photographer, The Hindu, won a consolation prize in ‘Photojournalism’ category of a contest organised by A.P. Photo Journalists Association as a part of the World Photography Day celebrations in Vijayawada.