Villagers on a tractor watch a buffalo fight held as part of the Magh Bihu harvest festival at Ahotguri village, east of Guwahati, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, January 16, 2024. Traditional bird and buffalo fights resumed in India’s remote northeast after the supreme court ended a nine-year ban, despite opposition from wildlife activists. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A worker cleans a manhole on a street in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, January 21, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Women lit earthen lamps during a ritual to celebrate of the grand opening of a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Ram at Ayodhya, on the banks of the river Sabarmati, in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, January 22, 2024. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Students from the Swaminarayan Gurukul school take part in a “Magh Snan” or holy bath in Ahmedabad on January 24, 2024. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





Children play at a dry reservoir for paddy fields due to drought in Kuta Cot Glie, Aceh province on January 24, 2024. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)





Workers pictured cleaning the seats at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on January 24, 2024 ahead of the first test match against England in Hyderabad, India. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)





A member of the Army Service Corps “Tornadoes” of the Indian Army participates in a full dress rehearsal to celebrate India's Republic Day on January 24, 2024 in Bengaluru, India. India celebrates its Republic Day on January 26. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)





School girls perform Punjabi folk dance “Giddha” during a full-dress rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day at the Guru Nanak Stadium, in Amritsar on January 24, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A tribal artist form India's Karnataka state prepares to take part in a full dress rehearsal for the upcoming Republic Day parade, in Chennai on January 24, 2024. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Folk dancers from Sahariya tribe pose for a photograph before a road show by French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Thursday, January 25, 2024. Macron will be the chief guest at India's annual republic day parade in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo by Deepak Sharma/AP Photo)





A youth looks through an army anti-tank rocket launcher during the 'Know Your Army' exhibition in Prayagraj on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A construction worker takes a break inside a tunnel at the site of a coastal road building project in Mumbai, India, Thursday, January 25, 2024. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A paramilitary soldier keeps guard at the venue where a public gathering is planned to celebrate the Republic Day on Friday, in Jammu, India, Thursday, January 25, 2024. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A monkey nibbles on a snack in Rajasthan, India on January 25, 2024. (Photo by ABACA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Indian defense forces march on the ceremonial street Kartavyapath boulevard during India's Republic Day parade celebrations in New Delhi, India, Friday, January 26, 2024. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A school student helps another to hold a musical instrument before participate in the Republic Day parade in Guwahati, India, Friday, January 26, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Indian soldiers march at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2024. President Emmanuel Macron was guest of honour for India's pomp-filled annual military parade, in a state visit aimed at shoring up France's strategic ties with the world's fifth-largest economy. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP Photo)





Indian army personnel of Madras Engineering Group (MEG) show their martial arst skills during the 75th Republic Day parade in Bangalore, India, 26 January 2024. The Republic Day of India' marks the date on which the Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950 and the country began its transition from a British Dominion into a republic. The celebrations of Republic Day usually include various parades with shows of military equipment and cultural displays. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers offer sweets to each other as part of the celebrations to mark country's Republic Day at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post, about 35km from Amritsar on January 26, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Members of the Indian military band perform during the “Beating the Retreat” ceremony in New Delhi, India on January 29, 2024. (Photo by Altaf Hussain/Reuters)