2012-08-20 Photo gallery

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh scatters rose petals at the memorial of the former India's Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of Gandhi's 68th birth anniversary in New Delhi August 20, 2012. REUTERS

Muslims embrace after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers near the Jama Masjid Mosque in the old quarters of New Delhi on August 20, 2012. Millions of Muslims across Asia began celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday on August 19, with a month of fasting giving...

Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano spews large clouds of gas and ash near Banos, about 178 km (110 miles) south of Quito August 19, 2012. The authorities are encouraging residents living near the volcano to evacuate due to increased activity of the volcano...

Mathura : Muslims offer Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in a street in Mathura on Monday. PTI Photo 

Muslims at Id-Ul-Fitr prayer on the occasion of ‘Ramzan’ festival, at Chamrajpet Eidgha maidan in Bangalore on Monday. DH Photo

An Indian police officer is seen through a burning police vehicle that was set on fire by youths in Srinagar August 20, 2012. Hundreds of youths set the vehicle ablaze and injured three police officers in a protest after Eid-al-Fitr prayers on Monday...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during Eid celebrations in Patna on Monday. PTI

Madonna's impersonator Melissa Totten from Washington DC, performs in Gurgaon on Sunday night. PTI

Bollywood Actor Saif Ali Khan and former cricketer Anil Kumle during 32nd India Day Parade in New York on Sunday. PTI

Congress workers pay tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his birth anniversary in Sadaqat Ashram in Patna on Monday. PTI

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar gets treatment from a physiotherapist during a training session at the Rajiv Gandhi International cricket stadium in Hyderabad on August 20, 2012. New Zealand will play two Test matches and two Twenty20 matches a...

Indian villagers perform a religious ritual over a dead wild elephant at Kiranchandra Tea garden some 30 kms from Siliguri on August 20, 2012. Indian forest officials had previously treated this injured wild elephant in the India-Nepal border are...

Vehicles move through a water logged street during heavy rains in Bhopal on Monday. PTI

Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Piyush Chawla and R Ashwin playing football during a practice session in Hyderabad on Monday ahead of the first cricket test match against New Zealand. PTI

Students from Northeast with Muslim women during Eid celebrations in Bengaluru on Monday. PTI

Indian Bollywood film actress Sonal Chauhan showcases jewellery designer Dipti Amisha’s designs during the second day of India International Jewellery Week 2012 (IIJW) in Mumbai on August 20, 2012. AFP

Bollywood actor Salman Khan waves to his fans from his house on Eid festival in Bandra, Mumbai on Monday. PTI