A Sri Lankan mahout kisses his elephant ahead of a religious proc...

A Sri Lankan mahout kisses his elephant ahead of a religious procession in Colombo on March 1, 2018. Some 30 elephants, most of them from central Sri Lanka, along with thousands of traditional drummers, dancers, and monks are gathering in the capital to participate in the city's biggest two-day annual Buddhist procession.

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