Chembur's 11-year-old annual pet parade returned on Saturday, March 21, with a mythology theme as hundreds of dressed-up dogs, a fashionably attired iguana, and their proud owners walked Central Avenue Road. Organised by Chembur Citizens Welfare, the free event aims to change negative perceptions about street dogs and promote responsible pet ownership. PICS/ASHISH RAJE

Dog lovers, experts, and activists gathered for a demonstration at New Swami Samarth Nagar in Andheri, Mumbai, over the Supreme Court's recent order to remove street dogs from public spaces, demanding an evidence-based, lawful, and humane policy on stray dogs. Ahead of the apex court's next hearing on the matter on January 7, the protesters, gathered under the banner 'Do or Die', called for an immediate stay on the mass removal and confinement orders of community dogs (PICS/SATEJ SHINDE, TEXT/PTI)