2013-02-21 Photo gallery

Farookh Engineer chats with MS Dhoni during the inaugural Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture delivered by cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar in Chennai. PTI Photo

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant point to the Buss family suite during a memorial for late owner Jerry Buss before an NBA basketball game between the Lakers and the Boston Celtics, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in Los Angeles. Buss died Monday after a bat...

An Oscar statue is covered with plastic during preparations for the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 20, 2013. REUTERS

This picture taken on February 20, 2013 shows an ivory Buddha carving on display at an ivory shop in Beijing. The number of African elephants killed by poachers in 2012 will most likely be higher than the 25,000 illegally killed the previous year, th...

AC Milan's french defender Philippe Mexes (R) challanges for the ball with Barcelona's defender Gerard Pique during the Champions League football match between AC Milan and FC Barcelona on February 20, 2013 at San Siro Stadium in Milan. AFP PHOTO

Sunrise on Mt Shivaling, at Gangotri National Park, Urttrakhand

Gomukh, the birth of river Bhagirathi, at Gangotri National Park, Urttrakhand

View of the beautiful Pindari Valley and the Pindari river, at Kumoan Himayals, Uttrakhand

Volunteers perform a skit as women's groups gather near Indian parliament to protest a new sexual violence law as the parliament convenes in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Activists said the law is inadequate and it only partially follow...

Indian yoga participants perform exercises during the inaugural session of World Yoga Conference in Jammu on February 21, 2013. The three-day World Yoga Conference on the theme ‘Global Peace and Harmony through Holistic Approach of Yoga and Meditat...

The children who work in India's rat-hole coal mines by Ammu Kannampilly Indian coal miner, Surya Limu (inside hole), squats with other miners by a fire to keep warm hours before dawn, inside the face of a 50 meter deep shaft in Rymbai village in the...

Indian Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, prepare a meal for distribution among devotees at the Sangam, the confluence of Hindu holy rivers of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, at the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013....

Guwahati: A combo picture shows - A leopard cub before and after being rescued by forest department personnel from a pond at Madhubpu, in Guwahati on Thursday. PTI Photo

New Delhi: Indian and Oman players vie for the ball during the FIH Hockey World League Round2-Men, at National Stadium in New Delhi Wednesday. PTI Photo by Shahbaz Khan (PTI)

Ambala: Policemen move suatting protestors during first day of two-day nationwide strike in Ambala on Wednesday. PTI Photo

A child plays with the stick of a security personnal as they stand guard during second day of strike call given by sepratist groups demanding Afzal Guru's body who was hanged in Tihar Jail, in Srinagar on Thursday. PTI Photo

Artists perform during a cultural programme ''Chalo Mann Ganga Jamuna Teer'' at the Maha Kumbh Mela, in Allahabad on Thursday. PTI Photo

In this photograph taken on January 31, 2013, a young worker carries a stack of baskets used to load coal into trucks at a road side coal depot in Mulang village in the Indian northeastern state of Meghalaya. Child labour is officially illegal in Ind...

A young Hindu devotee combs his hair after a dip at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been atten...

A Hindu holy man pauses as he returns after taking part in a community feast at the Ashram of Swami Ramanand Das at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. M...

A boy plays with his pet on a beach as the sun sets in Colombo, February 21, 2013. REUTERS

A woman smokes a cigarette outside her house at Khokana in Lalitpur, February 21, 2013. REUTERS