A man removes stalks from red chilli peppers at a farm in Shertha village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad February 5, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Indian flower vendors arrange roses as they wait for customers at a wholesale flower market in Kolkata on February 7, 2018. The roses are high in demand as seven days of festivity of the Valentine Week starts from February 7 with Rose Day. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A camel with his owner is seen dancing during the last day of Kila Raipur Games, known as the rural Olympics, at Kila Raipur on the outskirts of Ludhiana on February 4, 2018. (Photo by Shammi Mehra/AFP Photo)





A Jain nun offers prayers at vindyagiri hills by touching the feet of Lord Bhaubali statue on the occasion of the 88th 'Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsav' ceremony in Shravanabelagola, India, 07 February 2018. The town of Shravanabelagola will attract millions of people from across the country for the head anointing ceremony of the 17-meter-tall statue of Lord Bahubali. The Jain ritual will run from 07 to 26 February and is only held once every 12 years. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





A mahout bathes his elephant in the polluted water of river Yamuna in New Delhi, India February 6, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A fisherman brushes his teeth as he stands outside a temporary shelter on the bank of Periyar River, on the outskirts of Kochi, February 9, 2018. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A man carries a puppy tied to his shoulder bag along a road in New Delhi, India, February 5, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A model poses with TVS NTorq 125 scooter at the India Auto Show 2018 in Greater Noida, India February 8, 2018. (Photo by Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters)





A man speaks on his mobile phone while sitting inside a ferry under the advertisement boards of State Bank of India (SBI), on the bank of the river Ganges in Kolkata, India, February 9, 2018. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Brides display their hands decorated with henna around a bride as she poses for her own photographer during a mass marriage ceremony in which, according to its organizers, 70 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Ahmedabad, India, February 11, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Brides wait to take their vows at a mass wedding ceremony organised on the occasion of Valentine's Day, in Kolkata, India February 14, 2018. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A bride reads a pamphlet before taking her wedding vow during a mass marriage ceremony in which, according to its organisers, 70 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Ahmedabad, India, February 11, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Forest officials prepare to lift a wounded female elephant who, according to forest officials, was hit by a train near Habaipur railway station in Hojai district, Assam, February 11, 2018. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A woman wraps herself in a shawl holds her son as she sits on a pavement on a cold winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi, India February 12, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A man speaks on his mobile phone as he walks during a snowfall in Srinagar February 12, 2018. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A Mayilattam artist dressed as the Hindu God Subramanya waits backstage to perform during a tourism exposition in Bengaluru, India February 13, 2018. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





A newly-married couple and other Hindu devotees pour holy water over a Shivling (a symbol of Lord Shiva) as they pray inside a temple during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kolkata, February 13, 2018. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Devotees offer prayers and perform rituals in front of a statue of Lord Shiva inside a temple during the Maha Shivratri festival in Bengaluru, India, February 13, 2018. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





A labourer talks on his mobile phone as he sits on sacks of onions at a wholesale market in Mumbai, India February 15, 2018. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A Hindu woman touches the wall of a temple as other devotees offer prayers during the Maha Shivratri festival in Kolkata, India February 14, 2018. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Indian army soldiers carry a box containing bulletproof shields near the site of a gunbattle with suspected militants in Srinagar February 12, 2018. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee prays at a temple during the Maha Shivratri festival in Kolkata, India, February 13, 2018. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A person dressed as Hindu goddess Kali performs a dance during a religious procession during the Maha Shivratri festival in Allahabad, India, February 13, 2018. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





A Hindu woman whispers her wishes in the ear of Nandi (mount of Lord Shiva) inside a temple during the Maha Shivratri festival in Chandigarh, India, February 13, 2018. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Devotees pour turmeric paste on the monolithic statue of Jain god Gomateshwara as they celebrate the Mahamastakabhisheka, or head anointing ceremony of the statue, in Shravanabelagola, India February 17, 2018. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





Devotees sit at the feet of the monolithic statue of Jain god Gomateshwara as they celebrate the Mahamastakabhisheka, or head anointing ceremony of the statue, in Shravanabelagola, India February 17, 2018. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





Indian laborers standing on a scaffolding shift steel rods from the ground to the top of an under construction building in Greater Noida, India, Monday, February 12, 2018. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





Priests from Nepal carry holy water from the River Ganges as they return after taking a Holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati in Allahabad on February 7, 2018. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





An Indian man dressed as Hindu goddess Kali performs a fire act during a procession to mark Mahashivratri festival in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, February 13, 2018. Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)