The chief minister of Tamil Nadu,

MK Stalin, along with International chess federation president Arkady Dvorkovich applaud the women’s winning team from Ukraine (centre) flanked by the Indian (right) and Georgia teams during the closing ceremony of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai on Tuesday (9)

In this picture taken last Thursday (4), Nouman Hassan, a wild animal lover, plays with his Bengal tiger at his farm house in Lahore. See related story on page 24

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Commuters make their way past geese wading across a waterlogged street after monsoon rains in Amritsar last Friday (5)

© Glyn Kirk/AFP via Getty Images Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwott (right) crosses the finish line in first place followed by India’s Avinash Mukund Sable during the Commonwealth Games men’s 3000m steeplechase final athletics event at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham, last Saturday (6)

Sri Lanka’s Anna-Marie Ondaatje competes with the hoop in the individual qualification and team final rhythmic gymnastics event at the Arena Birmingham, during the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last Thursday (4). See more CWG coverage on pages 39 and 40

Shiite Muslims take part in a procession on the 10th day of Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussein, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (9)

A man surfs during the annual Covelong Point Classic Surf festival in Kovalam on the outskirts of Chennai last Saturday (6)

Tamil Hindu devotees take part in the Vel festival in Colombo last Saturday (6)