Indian performers painted as tigers take part in the “Pulikali”, or Tiger Dance, in Thrissur on September 17, 2016. The folk-art event is held every year in the town during the “Onam” festival. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)
This photo take on December 16, 2016 shows macaques monkeys playing on a motorbike in the grounds of a temple in Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. (Photo by Dominique Faget/AFP Photo)
An Indian women offers early-morning prayers or a “puja” at a ghat early in the morning on the banks of the Betawa River in Orchha in the state of Madhya Pradesh on July 5, 2015. (Photo by Rebecca Conway/AFP Photo)
A model presents a creation by Indian designer Amit Aggarwal during the grand finale of the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Summer/Resort 2020 in Mumbai, India, 16 February 2020. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)
School girls hold hands while looking out at the Indian Ocean at Galle Face beach in Colombo on December 9, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP Photo)
People stand in front of an murals at Lodhi Art District in New Delhi on March 24, 2019. Visitors throng Lodhi colony which has murals by dozens of Indian and international artists. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)