2013-03-28 Photo gallery

Forest officials atop an elephant look for rhinos after crossing a stream during a rhino census at the Kaziranga national park in Assam state, India. The two-day census that ended Monday found that there was an addition of 39 one-horned great Indian ...

A reveller looks on during Holi festival celebrations in Allahabad on March 27, 2013. 'Holi', the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India and Nepal at the end of winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar m...

A woman pours a bucket of colored water on others during Holi celebrations in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country Wednesday. AP P...

Cricketer Yusuf Pathan offering prayer on his wedding in Mumbai on Wednesday PTI photo

Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets his followers at the Buddhist cultural school in Salugara on the outskirts of Siliguri on March 27, 2013. The Dalai Lama expressed his sorrow for the self immolation protests going on in Tibet while speaking to ...

A vendor preparing snacks on the street for sale during the Hindu festival of colors, in Allahabad, India , Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country ...

A devotee rests his forehead in an act of respect on the wall of the Banke Bihari temple during Holi celebrations in Vrindavan, India, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also marks the advent of spring, is being cel...

 Devotees smeared with colors sing at the Nandagram temple, famous for Lord Krishna and his brother Balram, during Lathmar holy festival, in Nandgaon, India , Friday, March 22, 2013. During Lathmar Holi the women of Nandgaon, the hometown of Kris...

Photo by Shashank Gaurav

Photo of a peacock by Shashank Gaurav

Photo by Shashank Gaurav

A boy quenching thirst of an elephant with a water pipe at a roadside in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor receives a painting during a charity football match in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor shakes hands with his fans during a charity football match in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo

Italian-Ukrainian Model Nataliya Kozhenova meets actor Arjun Rampal in Mumbai on Wednesday. PTI Photo

A nun of Missionaries of Charity offers prayer at Mother Teresa's tomb on the eve of 'Good Friday' in Kolkata on Thursday. PTI Photo

Cricketer Gautam Gambhir at the launch of a cricket portal introducing National School League (NSL) in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo

A representative of the Czech Guinness Book of Records measures a giant bottle of wine in Cejkovice, southern Czech Repubic on March 28, 2013. The bottle, which is over two meters in height and contains 200 liters of wine, has being registered as ...

A file photo taken on May 15, 2009 shows jury member of the 'Un Certain Regard' selection, French actress Julie Gayet posing during a photocall at the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Gayet has filed a complaint against person un...

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Primate Team Leader Ron Evans works with 2 month-old 'Gladys', a Western Lowland Gorilla, as he acts as a surrogate mother, on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 in Cincinnati. Evans says“Gladys” is in good health, de...

Men and women take part in 'Huranga' at Dauji temple, near the northern Indian city of Mathura March 28, 2013. 'Huranga' is a game played between men and women a day after Holi, the festival of colours, during which men drench women with liquid co...

Indian farmers work in a field of wheat at Palaj village, some 40 kms from Ahmedabad on March 28, 2013. India faces a challenge to ensure food security for its fast-growing population of over one billion people. AFP PHOTO

Ernakulam: Cardinal Mar George Alancherry, Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, kisses the feet of a faithful as part of the Maundy Thursday observance at the St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica in Ernakulam. PTI Photo