Painted in celebration

1. Revellers dancing amid bursts of colour during Holi celebrations at Assi Ghat in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, in India. — AFP

2. Hindu devotees are coated in vibrant powder within a temple complex during Holi festivities in Ahmedabad in India. — Reuters

3. A man lifting a child into the air as Hindu devotees covered in coloured powder celebrate Holi in Yangon, Myanmar. — AFP

4. A girl flips her hair to disperse coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Chennai, India. — AFP

5. Women playfully strike men with wooden sticks in a re-enactment of Radha and Krishna’s legend during Lathmar Holi at the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple complex in Mathura, India. — AP

6. Men coated in bright hues hurling coloured powder at one another during Lathmar Holi celebrations in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh. — Reuters

7. A girl riding on her father’s shoulders during Holi celebrations in Los Angeles in the United States. — AP

8. Devotees tossing coloured powder toward a sacred bamboo pole, known as the ‘Chir’, adorned with cloth strips symbolising good luck at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal. — AFP

9. A man covered in colours taking part in Lathmar Holi celebrations in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh. — Reuters

10. Women smearing one another with coloured powder during Holi festivities in Kolkata. — AFP