2013-02-28 Photo gallery

Photo of a busy market area of Kolkata by Sunita Aich

Photo of a busy lanes of College Street,Kolkata by Sunita Aich

An Indian transgender participant waits to perform during the 'Miss Melukolupu 2013' or 'Miss Awareness' festival in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The event was part of an awareness program organized by the Suraksha Society, an organ...

India's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram (C) poses as he leaves his office to present the 2013/14 federal budget in New Delhi February 28, 2013. REUTERS

Bollywood actors Chitrangada Singh, John Abraham and Prachi Desai during a press conference of their film 'I Me aur Main' in Mumbai on Wednesday. PTI Photo

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and France's President Francois Hollande meet at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 28, 2013. AFP PHOTO

Space suits are seen laid out before U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Pavel Vinogradov take part in a training exercise on a simulator at the cosmonaut training centre in Star City outside Moscow Feb...

A weaver works on a silk saree using a power loom in a small scale weaving unit in Bangalore on February 28, 2013. Finance minister, P. Chidambaram presented the union budget for the financial year 2013-14 in the parliament today. He presented his bu...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama holds an umbrella and attends the convocation ceremony of Central University of Himachal Pradesh near Dharmsala, India, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Chinese police arrested five Tibetans, mostly Buddhist monks, ...

This picture shows Pope Benedict XVI waving while wearing his 'Fisherman's Ring', as he arrives on St Peter's square for his last weekly audience on February 27, 2013 at the Vatican. Benedict was the first pope since the 19th century to commission...

Forward Bloc supporters celebrating the party candidate's victory in the Assembly by-elections of Nalhati in Birbhum on Thursday. PTI Photo

Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds a turtle during his visit to the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project at Burj Al Arab, ahead of the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, February 22, 2013. Picture taken February 22, 2013. REUTERS

A Kashmiri boy holds a hen as his mother buies grocery from a roadside vendor in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. AP Photo

MS Dhoni inspecting the pitch during a practice session in Hyderabad on Thursday ahead of the second cricket test match against Australia. PTI Photo

A villager goes through the process of eye scanning for Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan February 21, 2013.In a more ambitious version of programmes that h...

Indian Bollywood actress Madhu Shah attends an exhibition by the Save The Children Foundation in Mumbai on February 28, 2013. AFP PHOTO

Congress candidates Ronnie V Lyngdoh (Mylliem), HDR Lyngdoh (Sohiong), Prestone Tynsong (Pynursla), Ampareen Lyngdoh (Laitumkhrah) and Kenedy Khyriem (Mawphlang) victory sign after winning the Meghalaya assembly election in Shillong on Thursday. P...

Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty (R) poses for a photo with his wife Mana Shetty (L), who organised an exhibition by the Save The Children Foundation in Mumbai on February 28, 2013. AFP PHOTO

Indian Bollywood actress Kajol Devgan (R) attends a charity exhibition by the Save The Children Foundation organised by Mana Shetty (L) in Mumbai on February 28, 2013. AFP PHOTO/

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram addressing a post-Budget press conference in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo

Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal during inspection of modern coach 'Anubhuti' at a railway coach care centre, in New Delhi on Thursday. The coach, to be introduced soon, will provide higher travel comforts to passengers. PTI Photo

MDMK Chief Vaiko paying flower tribute to portrait of LTTE leader Prabhakaran's son Balakumaran at a function in Chennai on Thursday. PTI Photo

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar addressing a press conference at party headquarter in Agartala on Thursday. The Left Front led by the CPI(M) came to power for a record fifth straight term defeating the Opposition Congress by a huge margin. PTI Ph...

People stand near sand artist Arif, 23, as he applies the final touches to a sand sculpture at Karachi's Clifton beach February 28, 2013. REUTERS