• A participant from Indonesia waits to perform a dance during the last day of World Culture Festival on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi. Adnan Abidi / Reuters
    A participant from Indonesia waits to perform a dance during the last day of World Culture Festival on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi. Adnan Abidi / Reuters
  • A man carries buckets filled with water on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
    A man carries buckets filled with water on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
  • Villagers are covered in coloured powder during the Lathmar Holi festival at the Radha Rani temple in Barsana. François Xavier Marit / AFP
    Villagers are covered in coloured powder during the Lathmar Holi festival at the Radha Rani temple in Barsana. François Xavier Marit / AFP
  • A blanket of smog extends over a densely populated neighborhood adjacent to the main airport in New Delhi. Roberto Schmidt / AFP
    A blanket of smog extends over a densely populated neighborhood adjacent to the main airport in New Delhi. Roberto Schmidt / AFP
  • Hindu devotees take part in the religious festival of Holi, also known as the festival of colours, in the town of Barsana in the Uttar Pradesh region. Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
    Hindu devotees take part in the religious festival of Holi, also known as the festival of colours, in the town of Barsana in the Uttar Pradesh region. Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
  • A boy makes his way into his house in the town of Barsana in the Uttar Pradesh region of India. Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
    A boy makes his way into his house in the town of Barsana in the Uttar Pradesh region of India. Cathal McNaughton / Reuters
  • A barber shaves a man as a girl watches alongside a road in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
    A barber shaves a man as a girl watches alongside a road in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee / Reuters
  • Models present creations by Indian fashion designer Gaurav Jai Gupta during the Amazon India Fashion Week Autumn Winter 2016 in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
    Models present creations by Indian fashion designer Gaurav Jai Gupta during the Amazon India Fashion Week Autumn Winter 2016 in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
  • Students of the Rabindrabharati University apply colored powder on each other as they celebrate the Holi festival at Tagore House in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
    Students of the Rabindrabharati University apply colored powder on each other as they celebrate the Holi festival at Tagore House in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
  • A farmer gets down from a makeshift house in a paddy field at sunset on the outskirts of Gauhati, north eastern Assam state. Anupam Nath / AP Photo
    A farmer gets down from a makeshift house in a paddy field at sunset on the outskirts of Gauhati, north eastern Assam state. Anupam Nath / AP Photo
  • Streaks of lightning lighting up the sky during rainy weather in Bhopal. Sanjeev Gupta / EPA
    Streaks of lightning lighting up the sky during rainy weather in Bhopal. Sanjeev Gupta / EPA

Inside India: March 17, 2016


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