Holi festival week – in pictures

A Hindu devotee, face smeared with coloured powder, leaves the Banke Bihari temple Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Hindu devotees in the village of Barsana, near Mathura Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Indian villagers at the Nandagram temple, famous for statues of Lord Krishna and his brother Balram, in Nandgaon Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

Hindu priests spray coloured water on devotees inside Banke Bihari temple Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Indian widows throw flowers in Vrindavan Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

A Hindu man blows coloured powder during Holi festival celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh Photograph: A.M. Ahad/AP

Hindu devotees throw coloured powder during Holi celebrations at the Bankey Bihari temple, Uttar Pradesh Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters

An Indian boy throws coloured water on passersby in Vrindavan Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Bangladeshi Hindu children smeared in colours stand at a doorway in Dhaka Photograph: A.M. Ahad/AP

A boy smeared with colours reacts as water is poured on him in Chennai Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

A Hindu devotee kneels down for prayers amid colours thrown inside Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Hindu devotees play with colour at the Banke Bihari in Vrindavan Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Hindu devotees at the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, India Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Schoolgirls play with coloured powder outside a school in Allahabad Photograph: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images

Indian widows dressed in costume wait to perform at the Meera Sahbhagini Ashram in Vrindavan Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP