Indian Express photographs of the day - Explained

Teachers play football in a field on the occasion of Teacher's Day in Patiala. (PTI)

Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie puts his arms around the Iron Pillar in Qutub Minar in New Delhi. (AP)

Policemen stand guard after buses carrying Sri Lankan pilgrims, were attacked by locals in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu state, India. Around 184 Sri Lankan pilgrims were mobbed and had to seek refuge in the church they were visiting. (AP)

Students make a floral image of former President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on his birth anniversary, celebrated as Teachers day, in Bhubaneswar. (PTI)

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj with Telangana party leaders at a dharna over Telangana issue at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (PTI)

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam and author Sudheendra Kulkarni at the launch of the latter's book 'Music of the Spinning Wheel' in New Delhi. (PTI)

China's Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie talks with PM Manmohan Singh during their meeting in New Delhi. (Reuters)

School children shield themselves from rain on their way to school in Kolkata. (PTI)

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on the first day of the session at Delhi Secretariat as BJP MLAs walk out from the assembly, in the Capital. (IE Photo: Praveen Khanna)

BJP student wing ABVP activists hold a 'Chakka Jaam' protest against coal scam in New Delhi. (IE Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

CBI officials outside one of the offices of Abhijeet Group in Defence Colony where it conducted a raid as part of an investigation against five companies, several individuals and officials allegedly involved in the coal scam. (IE Photo: Oinam Anand)

Two ladies Reshma Khan and Lalita Paswan from Malvani, Malad were arrested when they were trying to sell the 45-days-old child, Amruta Zhuber for Rs 1,20,000 at Hotel Lalit, Charkop, Kandevali. (IE Photo: Kevin D'Souza)