A woman reacts as she watches a devotee's mouth being pierced with a metal skewer, during a procession for the religious festival of Panguni Uthiram, celebrated in honour of Hindu God Murugan, in New Delhi, India, on April 11, 2025. (Photo by Priyanshu Singh/Reuters)





Professional carpet cleaners Waseem Ahmed Mir, left, and Abid Ahmed wash Kashmiri hand-knotted carpets at a workshop in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on April 12, 2025. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A worker winnows the wheat crop at a wholesale grain market in Jalandhar on April 14, 2025. (Photo by Shammi Mehra/AFP Photo)





Indian folk artists attend the celebrations for the 134th birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar in front of Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the Karnataka Legislature Assembly, in Bangalore, India, 14 April 2025. India's first Law Minister, social reformer, and chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, B. R. Ambedkar, drafted the nation's constitution and campaigned against discrimination of Dalits, caste discrimination, and “untouchability”. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





Sikh pilgrims arrive to pay their respects at the Gurdwara Panja Sahib during “Baisakhi”, the annual spring harvest festival, in Hasan Abdal on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





Police detain Shama Mohamed, a member of India's main opposition Congress party as she and others protest outside the party headquarters after the party's senior leader, Rahul Gandhi, and his mother Sonia Gandhi were accused in a money laundering case by the country’s financial crime agency, in New Delhi, India on April 16, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A Nihang or Sikh warrior performs “Gatka”, an ancient form of Sikh martial arts, during a religious procession on the eve of the birth anniversary of the ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A nomadic shepherd leads a herd of pashmina goats for grazing during snowfall at the snow-capped Changthang plateau in eastern Ladakh on April 19, 2025. (Photo by Mohd Arhaan Archer/AFP Photo)





An Assamese girl salutes to an elephant during the Suori tribal festival in Boko, west of Guwahati, India, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Assamese girls in traditional attire dance during the Gohain Uliuwa Mela festival in Mayong village on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Villagers wait to welcome a village king during the Gohain Uliuwa Mela festival in Mayong village on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A boy rides on an elephant during the Suori tribal festival in Boko, west of Guwahati, India, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Assamese women in traditional dress take part in tug of war during the Suori festival in Boko, west of Guwahati, India, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Emergency personnel use a crane to remove a slab at the site of a collapsed building in New Delhi, India, on April 19, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Dancers wearing traditional attire stand in front of a poster depicting US Vice President JD Vance upon his arrival on April 21, 2025 in New Delhi, India. Vance will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India attempts to boosts ties with the Trump administration and avoid steep U.S. tariffs. (Photo by Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)





Locals commute in cycle rickshaws as they wade through a flooded street after heavy rains in Guwahati on April 22, 2024. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





Second Lady Usha Vance, wife of U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and their daughter Mirabel watch a cultural performance at Amber Fort, a historical site in Jaipur, India on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Kenny Holston/Reuters)





U.S. Vice President JD Vance, center, and his children stand next to an elephant during their visit to Amer Fort in Jaipur, India, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by AP Photo)





Indian security forces personnel escort an ambulance carrying the bodies of tourists who were killed in a suspected militant attack near Pahalgam, outside the police control room in Srinagar on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A relative wails during the funeral procession of Adil Hussain Shah, a daily-wage worker, who died when militants indiscriminately opened fire on a crowd of mainly tourists on Tuesday, at his village Hapatnar, about 20 km (13 miles) from Pahalgam where the incident took place, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)