A woman with her pet monkey asks for alms from a couple sitting on the seafront in Mumbai. Punit Paranjpe / AFP
Thousands of Hindu devotees gather to perform rituals at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, on new moon day, in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
A villager rides a bicycle on a cold and foggy afternoon in a village near Amritsar. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
Members of a wedding band warm themselves around a fire on a cold and rain day in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP
Farmers burn off their rice paddy fields to prepare for the next cycle of crops in Disangmukh, Sivasagar. AFP
A policeman directs traffic in front of the Central Secretariat and Parliament buildings in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
State government workers clean a huge statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ahead on his 119th birthday celebrations in the eastern city of Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
Hindu devotees walk across a pontoon bridge to arrive at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, on new moon day, in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
A migrant laborer sleeps on a pavement next his handcart in Mumbai. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
Soldiers practice a march ahead of Republic Day in New Delhi. Saurabh Das / AP Photo
A Kashmmiri Muslim woman watches from the window of her house as Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik leads a rally in Maisuma area of Srinagar. Farooq Khan / EPA