A man powering colour onto a woman during the Lathmar Holi Festival of Barsana in Mathura on March 23, 2021. The myth behind this festival is related to Hindu God Lord Krishna who as per local belief came from his hometown Nandgaon to Barsana to tease Radha (a Hindu goddess and a consort of the god Krishna) and her friends. For more than 100 years, women of Barsana still maintaining the ritual. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A boy stands next to Hindu idols on the polluted banks of the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati, India on March 20, 2021. (Photo by ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News)





Labourers work on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits used as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a workshop in Ahmedabad on March 24, 2021. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





A man casts a fishing net into the polluted waters of the river Yamuna on World Water Day in New Delhi, India, March 22, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A man reacts as a healthcare worker collects a swab sample from him for a rapid antigen test during a testing campaign for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a kiosk in Ahmedabad, India, March 22, 2021. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Indian women from Barsana village beat a villager from Nandgoan with wooden sticks as he teases them during Lathmar holi festival celebrations at the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu god Krishna, in Barsana, India, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. During Lathmar Holi the women of Barsana beat men from Nandgaon, the hometown of Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their teasing as they depart the town. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Men daubed in colors take part in Lathmar Holi celebrations in the town of Nandgaon, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 24, 2021. (Photo by K.K. Arora/Reuters)





People watch Lathmar Holi celebrations in the town of Nandgaon in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 24, 2021. (Photo by K.K. Arora/Reuters)





A woman holds a bamboo stick during Lathmar Holi celebrations in the town of Barsana, northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 23, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





People dance as colored powder is thrown during Lathmar Holi celebrations in the town of Barsana, northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 23, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A woman holds a bamboo stick during Lathmar Holi celebrations in the town of Barsana, northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 23, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Police officers and locals try to control the crowd during Lathmar Holi celebrations in the town of Barsana, northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 23, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Farmers play cricket on a deserted highway road during a 12-hour strike, as part of protests against farm laws, at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghaziabad, India, March 26, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Smoke rises from a fire that broke out at a Covid-19 hospital inside a mall in Mumbai, India, 26 March 2021. At least 10 people were killed and several others were evacuated after a fire broke out overnight at the Dreams Mall Sunrise Hospital. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





Firefighters work to control a fire at a Sunrise Hospital, a private hospital treating coronavirus patients, in India's financial capital of Mumbai, Friday, March 26, 2021. The fire killed at least 10 people and more than 70 patients were evacuated to other hospitals in the city. Firefighting crews were still working to control the blaze, which broke out early Friday, with 20 fire engines and ambulances at the scene, said an official at the fire services control room. (Photo by Emmanual Yogini/AP Photo)





Carelessly discarded plastic water bottles pollute a canal in Kuttanadu, Kerala state, India, Saturday, March 20, 2021. Kuttanadu, known for its vast paddy fields in one of the very few regions where farming is carried on below sea level. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





A farmer examines his wheat crop that was damaged after the field was flooded following heavy rains on the outskirts of Amritsar on March 23, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A woman reacts as a health worker waits to take her nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 at a bus terminal in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Hindu priests perform “Narmada Aarti” or the worshipping of Narmada river which is considered sacred, at Jabalpur, some 300km from the state capital Bhopal, India, 18 March 2021. Everyday, thousands of devotees attend the Narmada Aarti at the banks of river Narmada as a ritual. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA/EFE)





Indian girls apply colored powder on each other as they wear protective masks as a precautionary measure against coronavirus, during Holi festival celebrations in Bhopal, India, 26 March 2021. Holi marks the beginning of the spring season. Holi will be celebrated as the Hindu spring festival of colors across the country on 29 March. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA/EFE)