A visitor clicks a photograph of his friend in front of a mural depicting Mahatma Gandhi and fellow freedom fighters at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Dwayne Johnson arrives at the 8th Annual American Black Film Festival Honors in Los Angeles on Monday. Artists perform during the ‘Fag Mahotsav’, a week-long cultural festival held annually, at Govind Dev Ji Temple in Jaipur on Tuesday. People from Chinese community take part in Lunar New Year celebrations in Kolkata

Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu during promotions for her upcoming film 'Assi' in Patna on Monday. A monk walks across burning embers during the Kendotsava rituals in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, on Monday. Delhi Police band members during the 79th Raising Day celebrations of the Delhi Police at the New Police Lines, Kingsway Camp, New Delhi, on Monday. Folk artists perform during the 'Brahma Rathotsava' religious procession near Kadu Malleshwara Swamy Temple, Malleshwaram, Benga

An aerial view of 'shikaras', traditional houseboats, in the Dal Lake on a sunny winter afternoon in Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Security personnel stand guard at the snow-laden Kedarnath Temple complex in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand on Sunday. Artistes perform with fire during an event on the occasion of 'Maha Shivratri' festival in Dehradun in Uttarakhand on Sunday. A man dressed as Lord Shiva performs during Maha Shivratri celebrations, holding a cerem

A man performs with fire during a religious procession ahead of the 'Maha Shivratri' festival in Ajmer in Rajasthan on Friday. Legendary flautist and Padma Vibhushan awardee Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia performs during the 44th Foundation Day celebration event of Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal on Friday. A candidate gets his chest measured during a physical examination for recruitment in the Indian Armed Forces under 'Agnipath' scheme in Lucknow on Saturday. Langurs play in Nadia in

A volunteer from 'Mercy For Animals India' dressed as a chicken distributes roses during an awareness campaign in front of the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata on Friday. Michelle Yeoh poses for photographers holding the Honorary Golden Bear during the International Film Festival in Berlinale in Berlin on Friday. Attendees march during the annual Knights of Chaos parade during the Mardi Gras season on Thursday in New Orleans. Humanoid robots perform in front of a festive backdrop

A woman performs a ritual of locking a padlock to make a wish at the 'Nageshwar Nath Mahadev' temple ahead of the 'Mahashivratri' festival in Prayagraj on Thursday. A chestnut-tailed starling perches on an Indian coral tree, also called the Modar tree in Morigaon in Assam on Thursday. Revellers celebrate the start of the street carnival at the Alter Markt (Old Marketplace) in Cologne in Germany on Thursday. African artists perform during the '39th Surajkund Crafts Mela' in Fa

People participate in the 'Snow Festival' at Aru Valley in Anantnag Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. A bride arrives at her in-laws' home riding a mare during the Pushkarna Olympic Marriage ceremony in Bikaner in Rajasthan on Tuesday. People gather to watch the Buddhist monks as they walk outside of the Washington National Cathedral after an event during the Walk For Peace on Tuesday. Women perform rituals at the Sangam ahead of the 'Mahashivratri' festival in Prayagraj in Utt

Children run through a mustard field while holding balloons in Nadia, West Bengal, on Tuesday. A vendor displays ceremonial objects in a shop ahead of the ‘Mahashivratri’ festival in Guwahati, Assam, on Tuesday. Chinese folk performance known as da shuhua or molten iron fireworks ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, on Monday. A snake charmer plays a flute during the ‘Surajkund International Crafts Mela’ in Faridabad on Tuesday. Women pose for photographs a

The 'Badrinath Dham' is seen against snow-capped mountains after fresh snowfall in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, on Monday. Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty during the opening ceremony of Season 2 of the All Stars Tennis Ball Cricket League (ASTCL) in Mumbai on Monday. Workers set out to sea in a boat for fishing at Lighthouse Beach in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. Pink tulips bloom at the Parliament premises in New Delhi on Monday. NCC cadets pose for photographs with their me

A reveler performs during the Ceu na Terra or Heaven on Earth pre-Carnival street party in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. A woman with a dog during the 'All Breeds Open Dog Show' in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Fashion designer Archana Kochhar with actor Esha Deol and others, during the 'Pillars of Humanity' fashion show in Mumbai on Saturday. A participant guides his buffaloes on a slushy track during a buffalo race, on the outskirts of Mangaluru in Karnataka on Saturday. Memb

Jagadgurukulam students during their Upanayana ceremony at Shri Vidya Math in Varanasi on Saturday. Women participate in the Sahasra Sumangali Puja and Koti Lalitarchane, traditional Hindu rituals organized by the Malleshwaram Brahmana Sabha in Bengaluru on Saturday. Tourists take a shikara ride on the Dal Lake on a cold and cloudy winter day in Srinagar on Saturday. A participant during the Hubballi International Kite Festival 2026 and Dharwad Sansad Krida Mahotsav in Hubbal

Visitors at the opening of the 17th India Art Fair, at NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, in New Delhi on Thursday. Finished Actor statuettes are displayed during the 32nd Actor Awards statuette pouring event presented by SAG-AFTRA in California on Thursday. Individual Neutral Athlete Daria Olesik starts for a women's Luge training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy on Thursday. Artists perform during 'Uttarayani Kauthik' festival in Dehradun on T

Students of Cotton University take part in a rally during the 'Varsity Week 2026' in Guwahati on Thursday. Women take part in a procession for the 'Uttarayan Kautik festival' in Dehradun in Uttarakhand on Thursday. A child slides downhill on a sledge after snowfall at Gawran village in Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. An artist creates a tribal painting on a wall at the 'Janjatiya Gaurav Vatika' ahead of its inauguration in Jagdalpur in Bastar district on T

A pair of parrots perch on a tree on a winter morning in New Delhi on Wednesday. People watch a bioscope show on the closing day of the 49th International Kolkata Book Fair in Kolkata on Tuesday. School students ride on the Kolkata Heritage Tram Tour on 'World Cancer Day' in Kolkata on Wednesday. An artist dressed as Lord Hanuman performs during a religious procession at the ongoing Magh Mela 2026, at Sangam in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. People take photos with th

School students travel by boat across the Chinai River on their way to appear for the secondary examinations in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Monday. Bollywood actor Aamir Khan flies a kite from the rooftop during his visit to the home of singer Arijit Singh in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Monday. Students observe the skeleton of a blue whale on display during an exhibition on marine life at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute in Kochi on

Lady Gaga performs Abracadabra during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor and Tripti Dimri attend an event to promote their upcoming film in Mumbai on Monday. An elderly woman covers her face as she sits near a makeshift stove on a foggy morning in New Delhi on Monday. A person dressed as Hindu deity Kali during a religious procession on the occasion of Thaipusam festival in Bhopal on Sunday. The ‘Badrinath Temple’ is seen ag

President Droupadi Murmu graces the opening of the Amrit Udyan Winter Annuals Edition 2026 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Actor-model Milind Soman during the flagging off event of the AU Jaipur Marathon on Sunday. Devotees of Lord Murugan play traditional instruments during a Kavadi Aattam procession in Mumbai on Sunday. An artist performs the 'Kalkuda Kola' ritual at Thottama in Udupi on Sunday. Members of the LGBTQIA+ community take part in the Lucknow Queer Pride Marc

A mahout with an elephant makes his way through traffic in Guwahati on Saturday. Flowers bloom during the press preview of Amrit Udyan ahead of its opening at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. People from the LGBTQ+ community take part in a Pride walk in Dehradun on Saturday. A vendor displays gold jewellery for sale at a store in Nadia, West Bengal, on Saturday. Tokito Oda of Japan celebrates after defeating Martin De La Puente of Spain in the men's wheelchair fin

A close-up of the giant portrait of Hind Rajab, laid out on a Barcelona beach during a protest calling for urgent action to protect children in Gaza, in Barcelona, Spain. Indian Air Force's Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team performs manoeuvres during the Wings India 2026 in Hyderabad on Friday. A man carries his child, wrapped in woollen clothes, during a cold winter morning at Sangam in Prayagraj on Friday. Students paint in a Kinnala (Kinhal) art painting camp in Chikkamagaluru

A visitor at an exhibition running parallel to the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Fort Kochi, Kerala. Bollywood actor Sara Ali Khan during an event in Gurugram on Thursday. Brides during a mass marriage ceremony in Kolkata on Wednesday. A woman sprays pesticide in a field as the snowcapped Dhauladhar range is seen in the background in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, on Thursday. Canoeists make a practice run on the Yamuna River in Prayagraj on Thursday.