Independence Day: Pakistan, India get dressed up

Pakistan celebrates the 69th anniversary of the country's independence from British rule on August 14. (AFP)

Indian school girls wear traditional Punjabi dress as they perform the Punjabi dance, the 'giddha' during the final dress rehearsal for Independence day celebrations  in Amritsar on August 13, 2016.  India will celebrate its 70th Independence Day on August 15. (AFP)

A Pakistani vendor waits for customers with her daughter to sell national flags, badges and masks ahead of Pakistan Independence Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 12, 2106. Pakistani nation will celebrate its 70th Independence Day on Aug. 14, 2016. (AP)

Young Indian school girls wear traditional Punjabi dress as they perform the Punjabi dance, the 'giddha' during the final dress rehearsal for Independence day celebrations  in Amritsar on August 13, 2016.  India will celebrate its 70th Independence Day on August 15. (AFP)

A portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan displays at a roadside where vendors selling national flags, badges ahead of Pakistan Independence Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 12, 2106. Pakistani nation will celebrate its 70th Independence Day on Aug. 14, 2016. (AP)

A student with her face painted with the social message, "save the girls" looks on at a college in Mumbai on August 13, 2016, ahead of Independence Day on August 15.   (AFP)

A Pakistani vendor sells Pakistani flags, mask and badges ahead of Pakistan Independence Day in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. Pakistan will celebrate its 70th independence day on Aug. 14, 2016. (AP)

Indian mounted police prepare to take part in a rehearsal for the Independence Day celebrations in Chennai on August 12, 2016, ahead of Independence Day on August 15. (AFP)

Female Pakistani police officers stand guard outside a train decorated with pictures of slain Indian Kashmiri rebel leader Burhan Wani, for the upcoming Independence Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. Pakistan railway has designed a special train called Independence Train to celebrate the 70th independence day on Aug. 14, 2016. (AP)

An Indian army soldier in camouflage waits for a mock battle demonstration during a "Know Your Army" exhibition in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. The two-day exhibition is being organized by the Indian army ahead of India's Independence Day which falls on Aug.15. (AP)

An artist adjusts his mask before taking part in the full-dress rehearsal ahead of India's Independence Day in Kolkata, August 13, 2016. (Reuters)

A man walks past a Pakistani flag display along a roadside as people prepare to celebrate the country's upcoming Independence Day in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, August 12, 2016. (Reuters)

Plain clothes security officials conduct a security drill as they stand atop a fire tender inside The Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar on August 12, 2016, the main venue for India's Independence day celebrations in the state of Jammu and Kashmir on August 15.  More than 50 people have been killed and thousands injured in weeks of unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir, sparked by the death on July 8 of popular rebel commander Burhan Wani in a firefight with government forces. (AFP)

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