Decorated elephants pose after the declaration of winners of the on-spot elephant decoration competition during the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauraha, a tourism hub in southwest Nepal's Chitwan district, Dec. 29, 2016. The annual five-day event has been organized by Regional Hotel Association Chitwan in order to bring humans closer with elephants, to encourage wildlife protection and conservation and to promote tourism in the region. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)
