Indian men squat around a fire to keep themselves warm as they wait to collect milk from a dairy on a cold foggy morning in Allahabad, India, Friday, December 18, 2015. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An Indian boy, seeking alms dressed as Hindu monkey god Hanuman, walks between two buses halted at a traffic intersection in Hyderabad, India, Monday, December 28, 2015. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A farmer channels water to irrigate his wheat field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, December 15, 2015. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will recalibrate budget priorities in 2016 to focus on social initiatives, such as the country's first major crop insurance scheme, while capping previously prioritised infrastructure spending, officials say. Modi splurged on roads and railways this year in a strategy to spur economic growth. But it came partly at the expense of federal programmes for farmers and the poor, suffering through back-to-back drought years. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Farmers sprinkle fertilizer on a wheat field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, December 15, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Workers operate a bore well drilling machine at a construction site of a residential complex in Bengaluru, India December 16, 2015. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





A worker with his face covered rests on a tarpaulin at a construction site of a residential complex in Bengaluru, India December 16, 2015. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





Farmers wearing shawls, drink tea amid sacks filled with potatoes at a wholesale vegetable market on a winter morning in Chandigarh, India, December 18, 2015. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A participant has her makeup done by her relatives backstage during the Mr & Miss Wheelchair India competition in Mumbai, India, December 20, 2015. Nine men and four women from across India participated in the competition, which aims to open doors for the wheelchair-bound in modelling, film and television, according to its organisers. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Men cross a footbridge over a weed-covered canal on a cold winter morning in Srinagar December 21, 2015. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A woman performs yoga on the banks of the Kankaria Lake on a sunny winter morning in Ahmedabad, India, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman holds plastic buckets after washing her clothes outside her house next to a canal filled with garbage at a slum in Mumbai, India, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A Hindu priest decorates a “havan kund” or a sacred pit in which fire is lit and offerings are made, ahead of the five-day long mass prayer meetings for world peace at a temple on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, December 22, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A conductor (C) collects fares from candy floss sellers as they travel in a tram to a marketplace early morning in Kolkata, India, December 23, 2015. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu boy wraps himself with a religious cloth to protect himself from cold as he waits for the start of the prayers on the first day of the five-day long mass prayer meetings for the world peace at a temple on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, December 23, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu priests and devotees sit around a decorated "havan kund" or a sacred pit in which fire is lit and offerings are made, as they wait for the start of the prayers on the first day of the five-day long mass prayer meetings for the world peace at a temple on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, December 23, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu priests release balloons before the start of the prayers on the first day of the five-day long mass prayer meetings for world peace at a temple on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, December 23, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu priests and devotees sit around decorated "havan kunds" or a sacred pits in which fire is lit and offerings are made, as they pray on the first day of the five-day long mass prayer meetings for the world peace at a temple on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, December 23, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A traffic policeman wears a mask to protect himself from dust and air pollution as he signals to drivers in New Delhi, India, December 23, 2015. India's carmakers and dealers on Thursday called for a clear, nationwide policy to combat air pollution, after a crackdown on diesel cars and trucks in New Delhi, which campaigners have vowed to extend to other cities. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A man takes a bath along the roadside on a winter morning in Chandigarh, India, December 25, 2015. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A worker uses a wooden pole to stir barrels of asphalt to construct roads in Bylakuppe in the southern state of Karnataka, India, December 28, 2015. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)





People exercise at a park on a foggy morning in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, December 23, 2015. (Photo by Saurabh Das/AP Photo)