2013-01-29 Photo gallery

Two women wearing face masks walk together during heavily polluted weather in Beijing on January 29, 2013. Pollution levels in Beijing rose above index limits on January 29, the US embassy said, as a dense cloud of haze shrouded large swathes of nort...

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) talks with South Korean president-elect Park Geun-Hye (R) during their meeting in Seoul on January 29, 2013. Suu Kyi arrived in South Korea on January 28 for a four-day visit including meetings with poli...

A view of illuminated India Gate and Raisina Hill on the occasion of Republic Day, in New Delhi on Monday. PTI

Burglar Devinder Singh alias 'Bunty chor' being brougt to Thiruvananthapuram by police on Monday. PTI

Police detain a pro-Telangana supporter during a protest in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad January 28, 2013. The demonstrators were demanding a separate Telangana state carved out of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, supporters said...

Policemen try to stop TRS party activists and supporters demanding a separate Telangana state in Hyderabad on Monday. PTI

Young Hindu monks smoke marijuana at Sri Panchayati Bada Udasin 'akhara' or sect of Hindu holy men, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh festival, ...

Models applaud Ritu Kumar, second right on ramp, as they present her creations at the finale of Bangalore Fashion Week in Bangalore, India, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. AP

A model presents a creation by Ritu Kumar at the finale of Bangalore Fashion Week in Bangalore, India, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. AP

Flamingos at the SanDiego zoo

Bramhini Kite

Morning at deep creek lake, USA

Indian Sadhus sit outside their camp during the Maha Kumbh festival at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati in Allahabad on January 29, 2013. The Kumbh Mela in the Indian town of Allahabad will see up to 100 ...

Newly initiated 'Naga Sadhus' sit after performing evening rituals at the Akhara camp during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad on January 29, 2013. During every Kumbh Mela, the diksha - ritual of initiation by a guru - program for new members...

People admire illuminated President House after the Beating Retreat ceremony in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Combo photo of Small Blue Kingfisher seen with feed at Naguvanahalli in the out-skirts of Mysore on Tuesday.

A Pakistan army soldier (L) stands guard while election commission workers verify a voter in a residential area of Karachi January 29, 2013. Staff members of the election commission have been traveling all over Karachi to verify voters in preparat...

BJP Rebal MLAs M Chandrappa, C M Udasi, Haratala Halappa, Nehru Olekar, B P Harish and others arrives to submit their resignation letters to Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah at Vidhan Soudha in Bangalore on Tuesday. DH photo

BJP Rebal MLA Shobha Karandhlaje arrives to submit their resignation letters to Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah at Vidhan Soudha in Bangalore on Tuesday.DH photo