An Indian Sadhu (Hindu holy man) looks on after bathing in the River Ganges and smearing his body with ash, during the Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on January 22, 2017. The Magh Mela is held every year on the banks of Triveni Sangam – the confluence of the three great rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati – in Prayag near Allahabad during the Hindu month of Magh which corresponds to mid January-mid February. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A bride gets ready before a mass marriage ceremony, in which, according to its organizers, 75 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Mumbai, India, January 22, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Men and women sit in separate enclosures during a mass marriage ceremony, in which, according to its organizers, 75 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Mumbai, India, January 22, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A groom arrives for a mass marriage ceremony, in which, according to its organizers, 75 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Mumbai, India, January 22, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





People attend a mass marriage ceremony, in which, according to its organizers, 75 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Mumbai, India, January 22, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A bride drinks refreshment during a mass marriage ceremony, in which, according to its organizers, 75 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Mumbai, India, January 22, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Police remove a demonstrator from Marina beach during a protest demanding a permanent solution to ensure the unhindered conduct of Jallikattu, a traditional bull-taming contest, in Chennai, India, January 23, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A mentally disabled girl named America Patni, 18, is tied to a plastic crate full of stones at her makeshift shelter on a roadside in Ahmedabad, India, January 23, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man carries “paani puri”, a traditional Indian snack, on his head on a railway track in Mumbai, India January 23, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Soldiers take part in a full-dress rehearsal for India's Republic Day parade in Bengaluru, India January 24, 2017. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





Policewomen take part in a full-dress rehearsal for India's Republic Day parade in Guwahati, India, January 24, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A soldier on camel back takes part in a rehearsal ahead of the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India January 24, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





Soldiers take part in a rehearsal ahead of the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India January 24, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





Soldiers take part in a rehearsal ahead of the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India January 24, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A soldier on camel back takes part in a rehearsal ahead of the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India January 24, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





Soldiers on camel back take part in a rehearsal ahead of the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India January 24, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A man rows his boat in the waters of Dal Lake during a snowfall in Srinagar January 25, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A bride waits to take her wedding vow during a mass marriage ceremony in which, according to its organisers, 111 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Ahmedabad, India January 26, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Indian soldiers march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India January 26, 2017. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A woman uses an umbrella to take cover from rain as she walks past a model of elephant which will be used to decorate a pandal, or a temporary platform, during the Hindu festival of Saraswati Puja, the goddess of education, in Kolkata, India, January 27, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A boy arrives with his camels at the Nagaur cattle fair, where animals like camels, cows, horses and bulls are brought to be sold or traded, in Nagaur district in the desert state of Rajasthan, India January 28, 2017. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)





A Kashmir man smokes cigarette as he stands near the window of his house in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, January 25, 2017. The Kashmir region has been experiencing snow for several consecutive days resulting in the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu highway and suspension of air traffic. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Indian Hindu devotees arrive to take a holy dip in the Sangam on the eve of “Mauni Amavasya” during the annual Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on January 26, 2017. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Kashmiri women wait for public transport as it snows in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, January 28, 2017. Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have issued avalanche warnings for many parts of the region, as the heavy snowfall has cut off roads, disrupted power and communication lines, and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Indian school students wearing facepaint depicting the national flag take part in an event to mark Republic Day in Chennai on January 25, 2017. The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be the chief guest of honour at India's forthcoming 68th Republic Day celebrations on January 26. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A buffalo owner Khirod Pator, 13, awaits the turn for his buffalo to participate in a traditional buffalo fight held as part of festivities to mark Magh Bihu at Ahotguri, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of in Gauhati, India, Friday, January 27, 2017. Magh Bihu is the harvest festival of north eastern Assam state and is observed in the Assamese month of Magh, that coincides with January. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





An elderly Kashmiri villager walks through snow in Gund, some 70km northeast from Srinagar, on January 25, 2017. Avalanches killed five people in Indian-administered Kashmir on January 25 – four members of a family whose home was buried under snow and a soldier stationed at a military base. The four family members died when an avalanche ripped through the small village of Badugam in the Gurez area, close to the unofficial border with Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, while they were asleep in their home. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)