Look: Delhi burns as Indian PM Modi hosts Donald Trump and family

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THEY HUGGED AGAIN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs US President Donald Trump during the joint press statement, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday. People at Modi's welcome to Trump in Gujarat the other day also saw the unmissable bear hug which had become the Indian PM’s trademark behaviour when he meets foreign state heads of the male variety. Image Credit: ANI

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OTHER SIDE OF FRIENDSHIP: As Modi and ruling front get ready to welcome the visiting US president and family, the violence following the attack on CAA protesters continued unabated on the second day. A mob is seen throwing stones at police as smoke rises from buildings set on fire following violence between two groups in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. At least ten people, including a police officer, were killed and scores injured in the clashes, police said Tuesday. Image Credit: AP

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PAYING OBEISANCE: US President Donald Trump, and first lady Melania Trump, throw rose petals during a ceremony at the Raj Ghat Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Tuesday, February 25, 2020, in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: AP

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SNUBBING AAP, TAKING CREDIT: US first lady Melania Trump interacts with children at the Sarvodaya Co-Education Senior Secondary School in Moti Bagh, in New Delhi, during the visit by US President Donald Trump in India, February 25, 2020. The visit drew criticism as names of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejariwal and Deputy CM were dropped from the list of attendees and the US Embassy had to issue clarification that they had no objection in Kejariwal and Manish Sisodia attending the event. Image Credit: REUTERS

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VIOLENCE THAT CAN’T BE HIDDEN: People watch a car burn during clashes between hun-dreds of supporters and opponents of a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India. In an un-precedented flare up of violence in the country’s capital in decades, at least ten people, including a police officer, were killed and scores were injured in the clashes against the law that provides fast-track naturalization for some foreign-born religious minorities but not Muslims. Image Credit: AP

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ALL POMP AND POISE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hand with US President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, second left, Indian President Ram Nath Kovind, right, and his wife Savita Kovind, extreme left, standing with them during a ceremonial welcome for Trump at the Indian Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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BURNING ISSUE: Batteries, Keyboards, and other materials are seen burring a day after a violent protest against the CAA and NRC and counter attacks at Khajuri Khaas in New Delhi on Tuesday. Parts of Delhi erupted in violence with police seen as mere spectators on the eve of Trump’s visit to the capital. Image Credit: ANI

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STANDING TALL: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waits for the arrival of US President Donald Trump prior to a meeting, at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Image Credit: PTI

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POSTURE PERFECT: US First Lady Melania Trump watches as students perform yoga during her visit to a government school in New Delhi, Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Image Credit: PTI

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VIOLENT SIGHT: A man, who was injured by a police fire, is rushed to a hospital on a scooter after fresh clashes erupted between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, February 25, 2020. Violence continued unabated for the second day even as the capital was placed under security stranglehold due to the India visit of US president. Image Credit: REUTERS

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CANDID MOMENT: Indian President Ram Nath Kovind, centre, holds the arms of US Presi-dent Donald Trump, as first lady Melania Trump walks behind them for a photo op during a ceremonial welcome for Trump at the Indian Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Tues-day, February 25, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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SMOKE SIGNALS: Paramilitary personnel stand guard at the riot-affected area after a clash broke out between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship amendment act in New Delhi on Tuesday. Image Credit: ANI

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A TREE FOR PEACE: US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plant a Magnolia tree at Raj Ghat in New Delhi, India, February 25, 2020. Violence in the capital has claimed at least 13 lives in the last two days as Modi government goes on with the much touted visit of the US present to the country. Image Credit: REUTERS

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RIOT-READY: Paramilitary troops patrol in a riot-affected area after clashes erupted between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Image Credit: ANI

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TRUMP GO BACK: Communist Party of India (Marxist) activists shout slogans as the take part in a protest against US President Donald Trump visit to India, in Mumbai on February 25, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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FAMILY SHOW: US President Donal Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump along with husband Jared Kushner during the joint press statement, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday. Ivanka was seen in a white sherwani and pants by de-signer Anita Dongre which featured a Nehru Collar and enamel coat buttons. Image Credit: ANI

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'HAPPINESS CLASS' DURING DEADLY UNREST: Melania Trump walks with two children at Sarvodaya Co-Educational Senior Secondary School in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. The First Lady was wel-comed with a garland and 'tilak' on her forehead by a young girls, dressed in colorful traditional attire for the event. Image Credit: AP

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SHOW OF STRENGTH: Security personnel conduct a flag march at Shaheen Bagh, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Shaheen Bagh has been the centre of protests against ‘no-Muslim’ citizenship amendment act for the last two months. Image Credit: ANI

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GRIM REMAINS: Paramilitary troops patrol after a violent protest over the CAA and NRC at Khajuri Khaas in New Delhi on Tuesday. Image Credit: ANI

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VIOLENCE CONTINUES: Police personnel stand guard at Jafrabad-Maujpur road after a clash and stone-pelting between two groups, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Image Credit: ANI

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A CM WITHOUT POLICE: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Siso-dia during a prayer meeting at Rajghat, in New Delhi on Tuesday, following violent clashes between pro and anti CAA activists left 13 people dead in the capital. Reports said during most incidents Delhi Police, which comes under the jurisdiction of Union Home Ministry, were seen standing as mere spectators. Image Credit: ANI

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SHOW OF STRENGTH: Heavy security deployed following clashes over the new citizenship law at Maujpur area of East Delhi, Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Image Credit: PTI

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THE DAY AFTER: Paramilitary personnel looking at the burning materials after a violent protest against the CAA and NRC at Khajuri Khaas in New Delhi. Angry groups of Hindus carrying pickaxes and iron rods hurled rocks at Muslims in new violence in the Indian capital over a new citizenship law on Tuesday, with at least 10 people killed in two days of clashes that cast a shadow over US President Donald Trump's visit to the country. Image Credit: ANI

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CEREMONIAL DINNER: Ivanka Trump, the daughter and assistant to President Donald Trump, is greeted by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind during a state banquet with first lady Melania Trump at right, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: AP

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LEAVING DELHI: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump board Air Force One at Palam Air Force Airport in New Delhi, after concluding his India visit, on February 25, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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LEAVING HOMES: Residents of North-East Delhi leave for safety after a clash erupted between people demonstrating for and against the new Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi on Tuesday. Image Credit: ANI

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