With a Twist: How the World Celebrated Yoga Day

The International Day of Yoga is being celebrated worldwide. Here is a gallery showing photographs from various cities across the world.

A sea of yellow mats as Parisians mark International Day of Yoga with asanas under the iconic Eiffel Tower. (AP Photo)

Yoga by the Thames: Citizens of all ages, backgrounds and abilities in London celebrating the first International Yoga Day.
Hundreds of people assembled at the Times Square in New York to practice yoga.
Hundreds of people assembled in Beijing early on Sunday morning for a yoga session to mark the first International Day of Yoga.

Melbourne saw people of all ages participate in many yoga sessions across the city on the International Day of Yoga.
A woman wearing a mask takes part in the International Yoga Day event in Seoul on June 21, 2014. Meanwhile South Korea reported three new cases of MERS as health authorities remained vigilant about the spread of the virus.
Despite hot weather conditions in Indonesia, thousands of people across the nation came out to celebrate the first International Yoga Day.

International Day of Yoga: People in Kathmandu, Nepal attend a Yoga session. Yoga sessions during trauma relief in Nepal have benefited more than 50,000 people so far. More than 300 sessions have been organised in over 50 days.
A Malaysian boy is seen playing during the International Day of Yoga festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Equipped with yoga mats and humming the sounds of Om, over two thousand people in Taipei city performed the 108 rounds of the Sun Salutation Sunday marking the start of the International Yoga Day in a Taipei university's soccer field. (AP Photo)