In Photos: A Look at How the World Observed International Yoga Day

From Nepal’s mountains to the Eiffel Tower and Pakistan, these are the best photos of International Yoga Day 2018.

A college student poses as she displays her painted face as an awareness ahead of International Yoga Day, in Chennai, India.

(Photo: Reuters)

The fourth edition of International Yoga Day was commemorated across the world on 21 June 2018.

Here’s a look at some of the best photos from Australia, Indonesia, China, Japan, France, Nepal, Pakistan, and even the high seas!

People gather for an open-air yoga session near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France(Photo: Reuters)

People gather for an open-air yoga session near the Eiffel tower in Paris, France(Photo: Reuters)

People at a yoga session in Beijing, China on International Yoga Day 2018.(Photo Courtesy: Indian Embassy in Beijing)

Monks and locals celebrate International Yoga Day 2018 at 12,500 feet in Muktinath, Nepal.(Photo Courtesy: Embassy of India in Kathmandu)

International Yoga Day 2018 celebrations at Pashupathinath Temple Complex, Kathmandu Nepal.(Photo Courtesy: Embassy of India in Kathmandu)

A college student poses as she displays her painted face as an awareness ahead of International Yoga Day, in Chennai, India.(Photo: Reuters)

International Yoga Day being celebrated in Indonesia.(Photo Courtesy: Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in New York)

Navy personnel perform Yoga onboard INS Jamuna off Kochi, Kerala.(Photo: ANI)

International Yoga Day celebrations at Sydney, Australia.(Photo Courtesy: Indian Embassy in Australia)

International Yoga day celebrations at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.(Photo Courtesy: Embassy of India in Kathmandu)

International Yoga Day celebrations at Islamabad, Pakistan.(Photo Courtesy: High Commission of India in Islamabad)

Addressing over 50,000 yoga enthusiasts in Dehradun, PM Modi said that yoga has become a mass movement across the globe in the quest for good health and well-being, which is crucial to the creation of a peaceful world.

"Dehradun to Dublin, Shanghai to Chicago, Jakarta to Johannesburg, Himalayan highlands or sunburnt deserts, Yoga is enriching millions of lives all over the world. Yoga fosters amity in societies which can form the basis of national unity," the prime minister said.

He said the proposal for Yoga Day was accepted by the UN in record time with a majority of nations supporting it.

Today, people all over the world have come to look upon yoga as something which belongs to them, Modi said.

He also asked people to learn to honour their own legacy and heritage if they wanted the rest of the world to respect them.

"If we don't take pride in our own legacy and heritage no one else will. We should not hesitate in honouring the gems of our own heritage,” PM Modi said.