Colourful roadshows and rallies mark election campaigns in India ahead of Friday polls

Every five years, the world’s most populous democracy holds a giant election for millions of Indians to cast their vote on a new parliament. And it does so in its usual flamboyant style — with a spectacle of dance, drumbeats and firecrackers echoing across India as candidates from various parties march in processions to canvass for votes. (AP video by Shonal Ganguly and Anupam Nath)