Hindus celebrate Holi festival amid an explosion of colors
Bright colors smear across faces, as millions of people take part in the annual Hindu festival of Holi. All across India and Nepal, from toddlers to the elderly, revelers flood the streets in celebration.
During Holi, warm weather, good harvests and the defeat of evil is commemorated. The two-day festival is primarily celebrated on Friday this year, but also has countless variants and traditions that last the entire week.
Here's a look at the colored powder covered streets:
Indian Hindu devotees dance amid colored powder and flowers thrown on them during Holi festival celebration at the Lord Jagannath temple in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
An Indian girl's face is smeared in color as she celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Indians play with colored powder during Holi festival celebrations in Jammu, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the coming of spring. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Indians watch the procession for the Lathmar Holi festival, at the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana, India, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indians dressed as Hindu deities Radha, center, and Krishana play Holi in Jammu, India, Thursday March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Locals dance during Holi festival celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Indian Hindu devotees dance amid colored powder and flowers thrown on them during Holi festival celebration at the Lord Jagannath temple in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A Hindu devotee, with his face smeared with colors, rests at the Ladali or Radha temple, before the procession for the Lathmar Holi festival, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana, India, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
An Indian man, right, throws flowers on devotees during Holi festival celebration at the Lord Jagannath temple in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
An Indian man, wearing yellow, throws flowers on devotees as others throw colored powder during Holi festival celebration at Lord Jagannath Hindu temple in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Indian revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Allahabad, India, Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A local man throws color as another plays a traditional drum during Holi celebrations in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, March 1, 2018. The festival marks the advent of spring. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
In this Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, file photo, locals light up a color smoke candle as a procession of Hindu's lord Krishna's chariot moves through a street during Holi in Kolkata, India. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Curated by Alyssa Goodman in New York