2014-02-10 Photo gallery

Russian soldiers stand during the welcome ceremony for the Philippine Olympic team in the Athletes Village at Olympic Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. The games run from Feb. 7-23. (AP Photo)

A man watches a wild elephant who entered Kalagatagi village, some 40 km from Hubli in Karnataka on Sunday. PTI Photo

People rush victims of drowned boat to a hospital in Sambalpur district of Odisha on Sunday. Few people are feared dead and many went missing after a boat carrying 90 people capsized on the Hirakud reservoir in Odisha. PTI Photo

Bollywood actors Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan during the shoot of movie' Bang Bang' in Shimla on Monday. PTI Photo

Security personnel at Parliament house during a cloudy day in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo 

A camel herder woman looks out from her veil as she returns home after attending the annual Nagaur Cattle Fair in Nagaur, Rajasthan state, India. The eight-day fair is one of the most popular and second largest cattle fair in Rajasthan state. More th...

Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain poses for a photograph with the tablas of his father Ustad Allah Rakha which he donated to an NGO for a charity auction in Mumbai on Monday.PTI Photo

This undated file photo released by Corbett Tiger Reserve, shows a tiger at the reserve in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Forest officials said another tiger who strayed from the park killed its 10th human victim in six weeks Sunday, Feb. ...

Government forces question a milk supplier as they warm themselves near a fire on a deserted street during a strike in Srinagar, India, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Authorities have imposed restrictions on movement of people in most parts of Indian-control...

A general view of the Nepalese Parliament is pictured during the Prime Ministerial election in Kathmandu February 10, 2014. Nepal's parliament picked a social democrat as its new prime minister on Monday after a last-minute power-sharing deal ended a...

Workers of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wearing saffron Gandhi caps, attend their party's meeting addressed by Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, prime ministerial candidate for BJP and Gujarat's chief minister, after Modi inaug...

 A peacock spreads its wings as it dances at its enclosure at New Delhi Zoo. PTI Photo

Kunsang Gyasto, a Buddhist monk from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in India begins construction of a sand mandala during the opening ceremony of the Sacred Arts Tour at The ArtsCenter, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Carrboro, N.C.(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

In this Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 photo, a group of crows sit on a tree silhouetted against the setting sun, at the annual Nagaur Cattle Fair in Nagaur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, The eight-day fair is one of the most popular and second l...

Jaipur: Muslims offer prayers at Karbala mosque on the eve of 'Tablighi Jamaat ' in Jaipur on Monday. PTI Photo 

Faridabad: Odisha artists perform at choupal in 28th Surajkund International Art& Craft mela-2014 in Faridabad on Monday. PTI Photo

Srinagar: Security jawans stand guard at a closed road during a strike called by separatists in Srinagar on Monday. PTI Photo by S Irfan

In this Feb. 8, 2014 photo, Indian players practice soccer at a stadium in Kolkata, India. FIFA president Sepp Blatter once described India as the 'sleeping giant' of international football, and urged the government to allocate land and build infrast...

Hubli: A man watches a wild elephant who entered Kalagatagi village, some 40 km from Hubli in Karnataka state on Sunday. PTI Photo 

Shiva Keshavan, who if from India but is competing under the Olympics flag, takes turn five in the third run during the men's singles luge final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Colored sand and metal funnels called chakpurs, lie ready for sand painting by Buddhist monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in India during the opening ceremony of the Sacred Arts Tour at The ArtsCenter, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Carrboro, N.C. Th...

A view of the Sahasra Linga at Sirsi.

Sunset at the Jenu Kallu gudda near Yellapur.

Majestic view of Yanna, Sirsi.