Bikers perform stunts as they demonstrate their skills during an event at a mall in Chennai on October 15, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Phoot)





Labourers work on the shoes of a 125-feet tall statue of social reformer Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in Hyderabad on October 18, 2022. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Kashmiri Bakarwal people with their horses walk through the Mughal road near Peer Ki Gali on October 19, 2022. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Nomads from desert Indian state of Rajasthan travel in a bullock cart along with their cattle on the outskirts of Amritsar on October 20, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A potter paints earthen pots ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali, at a workshop in Hyderabad on October 20, 2022. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





American celebrity socialite Paris Hilton attends an event with her fans in Mumbai, India, Thursday, October 20. 2022. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A boy stands and watches as people shop for decorative items, clay lamps and electric lights to decorate their homes ahead of Diwali festival in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 20, 2022. Diwali, the festival of lights, will be celebrated on Oct. 24. (Photo by Bhumika Saraswati/AP Photo)





People shops for artificial flowers to decorate their homes and shops ahead of Diwali festival in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, October 20, 2022. Diwali, the the Festival of Lights will be celebrated on Oct. 24. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





People pose for a selfie sitting by lamps lit to celebrate Diwali festival during the “Diye Jalao, Patakhe Nahi” or “light lamps not firecrackers”, event in New Delhi, India, Friday, October 21, 2022. (Photo by Bhumika Saraswati/AP Photo)





People crowd at a flower market on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Bangalore on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP Photo)





A child applies make-up as a mimic while asking for alms from passers-by at a market area ahead of the festival of Diwali in New Delhi on October 22, 2022. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





A farmer cultivates lotus flowers in a reservoir ahead of the Diwali festival in Bhopal on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Gagan Nayar/AFP Photo)





People watch a light show on the banks of river Sarayu on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ayodhya on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Lights from a decorative LED fall on a customer ahead of the festival of Diwali in New Delhi, India on Sunday, October 23, 2022. Indian shoppers are back in force online and in stores, splurging this festive season after the coronavirus pandemic damped celebrations and consumption in previous years. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg)





Vendors hold banana leaves as they wait for devotees at a market, during Hindu festival of Diwali in Hyderabad on October 24, 2022. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





A woman lights earthen lamps on the occasion of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at her house in Guwahati on October 24, 2022. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





Houses are lit up with decorative lights and lanterns on the occasion of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a slum in Mumbai, India on October 24, 2022. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)





This handout photograph taken on October 24, 2022 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding a rifle while meeting with the members of Indian armed forces on the occasion of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at Kargil. (Photo by PIB/AFP Photo)





This handout photograph taken on October 24, 2022 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) attending the celebrations with the members of Indian armed forces on the occasion of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at Kargil. (Photo by PIB/AFP Photo)





Residences are lit up with lanterns and lights on the occasion of Diwali festival, in Mumbai, India, 24 October 2022. During Diwali, celebrating Kali, the Hindu Goddess of Ultimate Power, the entire house is cleaned and diyas, small earthen oil lamps, are lit around the house. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, symbolizes the victory of good over evil and commemorates Lord Ram's return to his kingdom Ayodhya after a 14-year exile. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)