PHOTOS: Joyous explosions of color for Holi festival
PHOTOS: Joyous explosions of color for Holi festival
An Indian girl reacts as colored powder is thrown at her during celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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)
Locals play with masks and colored powder during Holi festival celebrations in Jammu, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
In this March 1, 2018 photo, Indian girls smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
An Indian woman’s face is smeared in colored powder by another as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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)
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)
The face of a woman is smeared with colored powder during Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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)
Locals dance during Holi festival celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A tourist squints as local man puts colored powder on her face during the celebration of Holi in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
In this Feb. 28, 2018 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)
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)
Local girls strike a pose as they play with colored powder during Holi in Jammu, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
An Indian girl reacts as colored powder is thrown at her during celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
An Indian girl reacts as colored powder is thrown at her during celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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)
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)
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)
Locals play with masks and colored powder during Holi festival celebrations in Jammu, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Locals play with masks and colored powder during Holi festival celebrations in Jammu, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
In this March 1, 2018 photo, Indian girls smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
In this March 1, 2018 photo, Indian girls smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
An Indian woman’s face is smeared in colored powder by another as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
An Indian woman’s face is smeared in colored powder by another as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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)
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)
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)
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)
The face of a woman is smeared with colored powder during Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
The face of a woman is smeared with colored powder during Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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)
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)
Locals dance during Holi festival celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Locals dance during Holi festival celebrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A tourist squints as local man puts colored powder on her face during the celebration of Holi in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A tourist squints as local man puts colored powder on her face during the celebration of Holi in Kolkata, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
In this Feb. 28, 2018 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)
In this Feb. 28, 2018 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)
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)
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)
Local girls strike a pose as they play with colored powder during Holi in Jammu, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Local girls strike a pose as they play with colored powder during Holi in Jammu, India, Thursday, March 1, 2018. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Millions of faces were smeared red and green, yellow and purple. Streets were splashed with colored powder. And countless water balloons burst across India and Nepal in the annual Hindu festival of Holi.