A group of eunuchs or Kinnar participate participate in a “Maha Shiavratri” procession in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Prades Saturday, February 18, 2023. Hindus across the world are celebrating Shivratri, or the night of Shiva, observed on a moonless night annually and believed to be the day when Shiva got married. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Kashmiri Muslim women pray as the head priest displays a relic at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark the ascension of Prophet Muhammad to heaven, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, February 19, 2023. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims gathered at the Hazratbal shrine, which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Ragpickers scout for re-usable materials at Pirana landfill on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





An exile Tibetan artisan waits to perform a traditional dance after an early morning prayer session to usher in the Year of the Water Hare in Dharamshala, India, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Laborers share a light moment as they carry bricks to be transported in a boat, in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





People walk along a road near India Gate amid heavy smog in New Delhi on February 22, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Phoot)





Muslims devotees react as a priest displays a holy relic, believed to be a hair from the Prophet Muhammad's beard, during the last Friday of Miraj-Ul-Alam (ascension to heaven) celebrations at Kashmir's main Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar on February 24, 2023. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Indian presidential palace to receive German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, for latter's ceremonial reception, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, February 25, 2023. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, right, is silhouetted against a wooden mesh partition as he talks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the arrival of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at the presidential palace for ceremonial reception, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, February 25, 2023. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





In this photograph taken on February 27, 2023, devotees smear with colours as they celebrate Hindu spring festival of Holi at Shreeji temple in Barsana, Mathura district. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A veiled woman villager carries harvest on a bullock cart on the outskirts of Ajmer in India's desert state of Rajasthan on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)





Workers are silhouetted against the setting sun at a construction site of a new Telangana State Secretariat building in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, February 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A veiled woman farmer harvests a wheat crop on the outskirts of Ajmer on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)





A multimedia light and sound show is displayed on the facade of the Gateway of India to commemorate 75 years of departure of last British troops from India, in Mumbai on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





An activist of the Tibetan Youth Congress gets detained by security personnel outside the Chinese embassy during a protest against the visit of China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Qin Gang to attend the G20 foreign ministers' meeting, in New Delhi on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees take part in the religious festival of Holi inside a temple in Nandgaon village, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Shashi Shekhar Kashyap/Reuters)





In this photograph taken on March 1, 2023, Hindu devotees celebrate Holi, the spring festival of colours, during a traditional gathering at a temple in Nandgaon village of India's Uttar Pradesh state. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A member of opposition Congress party shouts slogans as police detains dozens who were demanding an investigation into allegations of fraud and stock manipulation by India's Adani Group during a protest outside National Stock Exchange in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The Adani Group suffered a massive sell-off of its shares after a U.S.-based short-selling firm, Hindenburg Research, accused it of various fraudulent practices. The Adani Group has denied any wrongdoing. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





India's Virat Kohli, left, dives to stop a ball during the third day of third cricket test match between India and Australia in Indore, India, Friday, March 3, 2023. (Photo by Surjeet Yadav/AP Photo)





Men from Barsana village smeared with colors play Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Women from Nandgaon, the birthplace of Hindu God Krishna, beat the men from Barsana, the legendary birthplace of Radha, the consort of Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their efforts to put color on them. The same act is then replicated in Barsana between the women of that village and the men of Nandgaon as they observe the Lathmar Holi festival, a celebration of love and friendship. (Photo by Deepanshu Aggarwal/AP Photo)