UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi celebrating Holi with children in New Delhi on Monday, March 01, 2010. Photo: R.V. Moorthy
Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan during the the 'Holi' celebrations at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar
Youth celebrating Holi in Khammam, Andhra Pradesh on Monday, March 1, 2010. Photo: G.N. Rao
Farmers taking out a protest rally in Bangalore against irregular electricity supply in rural areas across the state. Photo: K. Murali Kumar
Paramilitary troopers stand guard during a strike in Srinagar. The strike was called by the Hurriyat conference against alleged destruction of houses in Sopore. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School students at a prayer session ahead of the Plus Two exams in Chennai. Photo: V. Ganesan
Students of Presidency Girls Higher Secondary during their Plus Two examinations which commenced on Monday in Chennai. Photo: V. Ganesan
Businessmen are reflected in the electric stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, March 1, 2010. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with Hong Kong's index up nearly 2 percent, after China said manufacturing continued to grow last month albeit at a slower pace. Nikkei 225 stock average ended at 10,172.06, up 46.03 points. Photo: AP
South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak delivers a speech during the 91st anniversary of the March First Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule in 1919, at Independence Hall in Cheonan, about 92 km south of Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, March 1, 2010. Photo: AP
Fisherman Juan Sebastian Reyes collects dead fish next to a car covered by a Chilean flag in Pelluhue. A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit Chile on Saturday. Photo: AP
Performers enclosed in spheres perform during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo: AP