• A balloonist carries out last minute checks before taking off in her hot air balloon during the Lucknow balloon festival. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    A balloonist carries out last minute checks before taking off in her hot air balloon during the Lucknow balloon festival. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • A boy looks through a display of plants at an annual flower show in Siliguri. Diptendu Dutta / AFP
    A boy looks through a display of plants at an annual flower show in Siliguri. Diptendu Dutta / AFP
  • A Hindu devotee dries her clothes after taking a dip in the River Ganges on occasion of "Basant Panchmi" in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    A Hindu devotee dries her clothes after taking a dip in the River Ganges on occasion of "Basant Panchmi" in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • A girl sits among Yoga enthusiasts relaxing, after taking part in a 'Yogathon' performing surya namaskar or sun salutation, on the occasion of 'Ratha Saptami', which is dedicated to Lord Surya, in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
    A girl sits among Yoga enthusiasts relaxing, after taking part in a 'Yogathon' performing surya namaskar or sun salutation, on the occasion of 'Ratha Saptami', which is dedicated to Lord Surya, in Bangalore. Jagadeesh NV / EPA
  • Hindu priests hold traditional incense lamps as they perform a ritual known as"Aarti" on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, during the annual religious festival of Magh Mela in Allahabad. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
    Hindu priests hold traditional incense lamps as they perform a ritual known as"Aarti" on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, during the annual religious festival of Magh Mela in Allahabad. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
  • Migratory birds fly above wetlands in Hokersar, north of Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
    Migratory birds fly above wetlands in Hokersar, north of Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
  • A Kashmiri boy looks from a window of his house during a curfew in Srinagar. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo
    A Kashmiri boy looks from a window of his house during a curfew in Srinagar. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo
  • Indian students shout slogans during a protest at the Jawaharlal Nehru University against the arrest of a student union leader in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo
    Indian students shout slogans during a protest at the Jawaharlal Nehru University against the arrest of a student union leader in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo
  • A Kashmiri protester throws stones at Indian paramilitary soldiers during a clash in Kashmir. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo
    A Kashmiri protester throws stones at Indian paramilitary soldiers during a clash in Kashmir. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo

Inside India: February 18, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

February 18, 2016

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