
A Kashmiri villager holds a torch made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir on April 19, 2019. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)