1A hospital staff practices yoga on the roof of the hospital in Calcutta, India. India commemorates International Yoga Day with small events, as the country fights against the coronavirus, however, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the health crisis has made this ancient practice even more relevant. RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI REUTERS 2A young woman practices yoga in Brussels (Belgium). This annual commemoration adopted by the UN in 2014, takes place especially in India, but also in the rest of the world, during the longest day in the northern hemisphere. FRANCOIS LENOIR REUTERS 3Suzana Pradhan, a yoga teacher, at her home in Kathmandu, Nepal. Indian scholars believe yoga dates back some 5,000 years, based on archaeological evidence of inscriptions depicting stone poses, as well as references to yogic teachings in the 'vedas', ancient Hindu scriptures. PRAKASH MATHEMA AFP 4A group of students do a yoga pose in Agartala (India). Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has encouraged the nation to practice yoga to boost his immune system as a defense against the coronavirus at a time when the country has been recording daily highs for cases and a total of 410,000 affected for a week. ABHISEK SAHA AFP 5A man does a yoga exercise in New Delhi, India. "Yoga stimulates the body's immune system as well as the respiratory system," Modi explained in a speech made on the occasion of International Yoga Day. ADNAN ABIDI REUTERS 6 Yoga practice in the Indian city of Amritsar. The updated balance of those affected by coronavirus in India is 410,461 confirmed cases, including 169,451 active, 227,755 recovered and 13,254 deceased, after 306 deaths in the last 24 hours. NARINDER NANU AFP 7An instructor performs a yoga exercise in Mira Road, India. More than half of the infections detected in India are concentrated in three territories: Maharashtra (128,205), Tamil Nadu (56,845) and Delhi (56,746). DIVYAKANT SOLANKI EFE 8A woman doing a yoga exercise in Mumbai (India). Although the contagion curve continues to rise, the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has insisted on continuing with the process of lack of confidence to ease the suffocated national economy. FRANCIS MASCARENHAS REUTERS 9Several women during a yoga session in Shahrak Haji Nabi (Afghanistan). WAKIL KOHSAR afp
Celebration of the International Day of Yoga, in images
2020-06-22T14:05:24.232Z
Since the UN decreed in June 21 to commemorate this practice in 2014, thousands of people took advantage of the day to participate in mass events, which have been reduced this year due to the coronavirus
