It was the best of times and the worst of times, this last week in India. Floods in the northeast and a cyclone on the east coast dampened a week when a football pageant was launched to inspire Indians to take to the beautiful game. It was also a week of ironies when at a time both Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged serious firepower at the LOC, two extraordinary citizens from both countries won the Nobel peace prize. Here's all the news in pictures

Sikh school children dressed as Punj Pyara participate in a procession from the Sri Akal Takhat at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the eve of the birth anniversary of the fourth Sikh Guru Ramdass.

Amitabh Bachchan celebrates his 72nd birthday with the media at his office in Mumbai.