Indians participate in a morning yoga session in Lodhi Gardens in New Delhi on Tuesday
A yoga session in progress in Amritsar on Tuesday, the International Yoga Day
Indians take part in a mass yoga session in Chandigarh to mark the yoga day
Indian Army soldiers stretch and bend in a yoga demonstration in Chennai on Tuesday
Indian schoolchildren participate in a yoga session at a school in Chennai
Indians perform yoga as a rainbow is seen in the background on a seafront promenade in Mumbai
Sydneysiders enagage in a yoga event in front of Australia\'s iconic Opera House in Sydney
Chinese enthusiasts practise yoga at a glass sightseeing platform in the Shilinxia area in Beijing
Chinese people take part in a yoga event in Hua county, central China\'s Henan province
Nepal\'s yoga practioners mark the International Yoga Day in Kathmandu on Tuesday
Yoga is seen as a means of enlightenment. Pictured are practitioners in Kathmandu
Afghans and foreigners take part in a yoga session at the Indian embassy in Kabul on Tuesday