A Kashmiri woman rows a boat loaded with weeds collected from the Dal Lake in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
Hindu women collect water from the Pushkar lake to pour on idols of Lord Shiva, on THE occasion of the Mahashivratri festival in Pushkar. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
A blind man walks past graffiti of an Indian cricketer, on the wall of a stadium where the ICC World Twenty20 tournament will be held, in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo
A Hindu devotee of the deity Shiva holds a human skull during a religious procession to mark the Hindu festival of Maha Shivratri in Allahabad. Saniay Kanojia / AFP
A fisherman prays to a partial solar eclipse seen in the sky over the Bay of Bengal in Konark. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo
A Hindu holy man walks past a vehicle bearing images of Indian Hindu deities in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
A woman carries a sack of used plastic bottles to be sold at a recycled plant on the International Woman’s Day in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar. Biswaranjan Rout / AP Photo
Kashmiri Muslim villagers carry the body of Dawood Ahmad Sheikh, a suspected rebel of Hizbul Mujahedeen, during his funeral procession in Kaimuh. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo
A girl walks with a bag used to collect recyclables in Hyderabad. Mahesh Kumar A. / AP Photo
Policemen detain a Tibetan exile shouting anti China slogans outside the Chinese embassy to mark the 57th anniversary of the March 10, 1959, Tibetan Uprising Day, in New Delhi. Saurabh Das / AP Photo
A Hindu devotee of the deity Shiva holds a human bone in his mouth during a religious procession to mark the Hindu festival of Maha Shivratri in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP
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