Devotees light candles during the Christmas Day celebrations at a church in Amritsar on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A cat rests on the the steps of a church next to a statue of Jesus Christ as devotees pray inside on Christmas in Guwahati, India, Monday, December 25, 2023. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Sun rises as a motorist drives amidst morning smog in New Delhi, India, Monday, December 25, 2023. Dense fog enveloped Delhi on Monday, bringing visibility down to zero and severely disrupting air, rail and road transport. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Santa Claus rides a cycle along a street engulfed in fog on Christmas in New Delhi on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A cyclist crosses a railway track amid dense fog on a cold winter morning in Amritsar on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A navy personnel yawns before the commissioning ceremony of INS Imphal, a stealth guided missile destroyer and the third warship of Project-15B, at the Naval Dockyard, in Mumbai, India on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Goats covered with cloth are tied next to a hut on a cold winter morning in New Delhi on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Indian policemen patrol on a wooden bridge on a cold and foggy day in Srinagar, Kashmir, India, 26 December 2023. The local weather department issued a forecast predicting prevailing weather conditions will continue until 31 December in the Himalayan region. Due to dense fog, there was slow traffic movement on major highways and roads in the region. Some morning flights at Srinagar International Airport were delayed due to low visibility. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





A man works on a structure for the upcoming “Magh Mela” festival in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Tuesday, December 26, 2023. Thousands of people take holy dips at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati during the month-long fair that begins later this month. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state, Yogi Adityanath, center, in saffron robe, participates in a ritual prayer at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, ahead of the annual Hindu religious festival “Magh Mela” at Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Thousands of people take holy dips at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati during the month-long fair that begins later this month. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A man rides a bicycle amidst heavy fog in New Delhi, India on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A boy stands at the doorstep of a temple in Ayodhya on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Pigeons fly over a beggar woman sitting by a roadside under a thick fog on a cold morning in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, December 28, 2023. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Artists dressed as Charlie Chaplin (L) and Hindu lord Shiva wait to perform during a programe organised to promote and create awareness about the traditional folk art form of polymorphic “Bahuroopiya” in Kolkata on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A priest sits at the temple of Hindu god Hanuman, in Ayodhya on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Hindu holy men perform evening prayers on the bank of Sarayu river in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, 28 December 2023. Hindu God Ram Mandir (Temple) is scheduled to be inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 January 2024 in Ayodhya. The temple is being built at the birthplace of Rama, a principal deity of Hinduism, according to the Ramayana. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA)





A group of macaques huddle together on a cold morning in Ayodhya, India, Friday, December 29, 2023. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri man stands under a willow tree as he waits for customers to ride his shikara, a traditional row-boat gondola, on the banks of Dal Lake on a cold and foggy morning in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, December 29, 2023. Cold conditions continued in most parts of Kashmir with fog affecting air traffic and normal life. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Vendors arrange oranges as they wait for customers in Amritsar on December 29, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A man flies a decorated kite on the occasion of New Year's Eve in Amritsar on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)