Photo gallery: 2018 year in pictures

2018 was not just about top political developments, elections or heart-breaking news of accidents and disasters. It was also about love, live and colours. These images present a variety of life from across the country - people celebrating festivals, achievements etc

In this images, men brandish swords during a Muharram procession at Vijay Chowk, in New Delhi, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (PTI Photo)

Devotees carry an idol of Lord Ganesha to be installed in a pandal on the first day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Nagpur, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. (PTI Photo)

People play Huranga Holi at Dauji Temple, during Holi celebrations near Mathura, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (PTI Photo)

Dancers of Royal Russian Ballet group perform Swan Lake, at a theatre in NCPA, in Mumbai, Tuesday, March 14, 2018. (PTI Photo)

Indian Air Force's 'Sarang' display team stage a live demo for public view at the final day of 10th edition of "India's Mega Defence Exhibition - DefExpo 2018", a biennial exhibition of weapons and military hardware, at Tiruvidandhai, on the outskirts of Chennai in April 2018.

 A flock of Flamingos stand in the water of Sambhar Salt Lake about 75km from Jaipur, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Every year in the month of July, thousands of flamingos arrive at Sambhar Salt Lake, India’s largest inland saline wetland. (PTI Photo)

 A female Giraffe licks its calf at their enclosure at Alipore Zoological Garden, in Kolkata, Friday, June 29, 2018. (PTI Photo)

Rukmani (15) and others girls practice volleyball at dusk, at village Kelu Khadra in Udaipur. An NGO, Vikalp Sansthan, is training girls of this Bhil tribe in volleyball; in an attempt to try and pull them out of their homes and making them comfortable. (PTI photo)

Railway porter Manju Devi respectfully places her license plate to her forehead in an apparent gesture of gratitude for enabling her financial independence, in Jaipur, Sunday, May 20, 2018. (PTI photo)

Porter Manju Devi poses for a photo outside the porter's waiting room, in Jaipur, Sunday, May 20, 2018. Manju stands tall in her fraternity, being the first woman coolie (porter) of North Western Railway, in a profession that is considered only a male bastion.