This photograph taken on January 24, 2025 shows the driver of a Hindustan Ambassador yellow taxi riding past a heritage building in Kolkata. Kolkata cherishes its past, which is why the one-time Indian capital is mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





This photograph taken on January 30, 2025 shows a labourer looking into a Hindustan Ambassador yellow taxi, transporting fish at a wholesale market in Kolkata. Kolkata cherishes its past, which is why the one-time Indian capital is mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Government officials shower flower petals from a helicopter on to pilgrims gathered at the Sangam, the confluence of three rivers, the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on Maghi Purnima or the full-moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India Wednesday, February 12, 2025. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Indian workers dry rice at a rice processing unit in the municipality of Habra, in the Indian state of West Bengal, India, 12 February 2025. West Bengal, known as the 'Rice Bowl of India', is the largest rice-producing state in India contributing over 15 percent to the country's total rice production, according to India's Ministry of Education. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





A flower vendor holds a bunch of roses at a wholesale flower market on the eve of the Valentine's Day, in New Delhi on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A couple takes a selfie during Valentine's Day at Paradox Museum in Mumbai, India, Friday, February 14, 2025. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Heart shaped cushions and deorcations are on sale on Valentine's Day at a flower market in Kolkata, India, 14 February 2025. People all over the world celebrate Valentine's Day annually on 14 February by giving flowers, chocolates, or cards to loved ones. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





A boy sells stuffed toys on Valentine's Day in Kolkata, India, on February 14, 2025. (Photo by Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters)





Commuters wait in a traffic jam along a road leading to the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on February 14, 2025. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/AFP Photo)





Devotees enact scenes from Hindu epics at the Lingamanthula Swamy temple during a Hindu pilgrimage called the Peddagattu Jatara, in Suryapet, Telangana state, India, Sunday, February 16, 2025. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A Kashmiri woman steers a boat across Dal Lake in Srinagar on February 17, 2025. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





An Indian policeman guards outside his post near a book shop at a market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, February 17, 2025. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Indian National Congress (INC) party activists burn the effigies of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (L) and Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw during a protest calling for their resignations over the recent deadly stampedes, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 17 February 2025. Weeks after dozens were killed in a stampede at Kumbh Mela religious festival, another stampede occurred at New Delhi Railway Station on 15 February. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





Pilgrims board a train after visiting the Kashi Vishwanath temple, at a railway station in Varanasi on February 17, 2025, following their trip from the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





Members of visiting Qatar's delegation watch as the motorcade of their Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrives escorted by horse mounted Indian presidential guards during a ceremonial reception of at the Indian presidential palace in New Delhi,India, Tuesday, February 18, 2025. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Street vendors take shelter under plastic sheets during a heavy rain shower in Kolkata on February 20, 2025. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Thousands of dancers perform 'jhumur', an Indian folk dance, as they rehearse for the upcoming Jhumur Festival at the Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati on February 21, 2025. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





Participants drive a 1947 Buick vintage car around India Gate during the “21 Gun Salute Concours d'Elegance” in New Delhi on February 21, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Dancers perform “Jhumur”, an Indian folk dance, as they take part in a full-dress rehearsal for the upcoming Jhumur festival at the Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati on February 23, 2025. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





Enthusiasts ride a specially decorated tram to celebrate the 152nd anniversary of the first tram rolled out by the Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC) in Kolkata on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)