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]]> http://x.dawn.com/2012/06/16/top-shots-from-south-asia/feed/ 0 Seven-year old female elephant, “Ganga" who belongs to a Buddhist temple bows down to Buddha's statues practicing routine rituals at the temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. -Photo by AP A foreign visitor feeds an elephant at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawela, Sri Lanka. -Photo by AFP India's national cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C) arrives at the Tribhuvan International Airport during his two-day visit on invitation by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal. -Photo by Reuters A supporter of establishment faction of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) listen to the speech given by the party leaders during the mass rally in Kathmandu, Nepal. -Photo by AP Female Bangladeshi mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen descends on the lonely Lhotse face on Mount Everest. Wasfia Nazreen, 29, became the second Bangladeshi woman to summit the world's tallest mountain on May 26, 2012 and is climbing the highest peak on each of the continents to celebrate 40 years of Bangladeshi independence. -Photo by AFP Macaque monkeys hang upside down as they drink water from a pond at the Swayambhunath Stupa area in Kathmandu, Nepal. -Photo by AFP Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor, left, and Priyanka Chopra attend a press conference on their upcoming film "Teri Meri Kahaani," in Ahmedabad, India. -Photo by AP Passer by watch as magician and illusionist Cyril Takayama performs on a roadside light electric pole, in Mumbai, India. -Photo by AP Indian Nihang, a religious Sikh warrior, preforms Gatka, a Sikh martial art, during a procession from the Gurudwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh temple to the Gurudwara Lohgarh Sahib temple in Amritsar. -Photo by AFP Indian tattoo enthusiast Moses gets a design inked on his body at a tattoo convention in Mumbai. The event is a showcase of tattoo art which has for centuries been used in India for religious symbolism but is now emerging as a fashion statement amongst the young and trendy urban youth. -Photo by AFP dawndawncom