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Parliament house building illuminated as part of Independence Day celebrations, in New Delhi. (PTI)

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Illuminated building of Reserve bank of India as part of Independence Day celebrations, in New Delhi. (PTI)

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Students of a private college paint themselves with national colours to celebrate the 72nd Independence Day, in Chennai. (PTI)

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A roadside vendor sells tricolour flags and pins on the eve of 72nd Independence day celebration, in Bengaluru. (PTI)

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A creation by sand sculpting artist Sudarshan Pattanaik on the eve of Independence Day at a beach, in Puri. (PTI)

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Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, and Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar during the launch of road safety awareness videos, in New Delhi. (PTI)

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Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra (C) with Supreme Court Judges Justice Ranjan Gogoi (L) and Justice Indu Malhotra (R) arrive for a felicitation function organised for the new judges of the court by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) at Supreme Court, in New Delhi. (PTI)

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President Donald Trump signs the $716 billion defense policy bill named for Sen. John McCain at Fort Drum, NY. (AP/PTI)

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People walk along the beach as a surfer holding his board looks at the waves on Merewether Beach in Newcastle, located north of Sydney, Australia. (Reuters)

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The sun sets under a cloud of smoke caused by a wildfire fanned by strong winds on the island of Evia, in Athens, Greece. (Reuters)

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