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A roadside vendor holds Christmas ornaments and paraphernalia for sale in Mumbai, India, Saturday, December 20, 2014. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)

A roadside vendor holds Christmas ornaments and paraphernalia for sale in Mumbai, India, Saturday, December 20, 2014. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)




Indian men stay warm near a fire in New Delhi, India, Monday, December 22, 2014. Cold wave conditions intensified across northern India as temperatures dipped along with thick blankets of fog cutting out sunlight for long hours. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)

Indian men stay warm near a fire in New Delhi, India, Monday, December 22, 2014. Cold wave conditions intensified across northern India as temperatures dipped along with thick blankets of fog cutting out sunlight for long hours. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)




A man lights a bidi, a local cigarette hand-rolled with tobacco leaf, along the roadside during early morning in the old quarters old Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

A man lights a bidi, a local cigarette hand-rolled with tobacco leaf, along the roadside during early morning in the old quarters old Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)




A man takes a nap on a parked cycle rickshaw along the roadside during early morning in the old quarters old Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

A man takes a nap on a parked cycle rickshaw along the roadside during early morning in the old quarters old Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)




Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard, as people stand in queues to cast their votes outside a polling station during the fifth phase of voting, at Satrayan village near the India-Pakistan international border, about 32 kilometers from Jammu, India, Saturday, December 20, 2014. The fifth and last stage of polling is being held in Jammu and Kashmir state and Jharkhand. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard, as people stand in queues to cast their votes outside a polling station during the fifth phase of voting, at Satrayan village near the India-Pakistan international border, about 32 kilometers from Jammu, India, Saturday, December 20, 2014. The fifth and last stage of polling is being held in Jammu and Kashmir state and Jharkhand. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)




A Hindu devotee prays to the Sun god as he stands in the waters of the river Yamuna on a cold, winter morning in New Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee prays to the Sun god as he stands in the waters of the river Yamuna on a cold, winter morning in New Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




Men ride a boat as seagulls fly over the waters of the river Yamuna on a cold, winter morning in New Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Men ride a boat as seagulls fly over the waters of the river Yamuna on a cold, winter morning in New Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




A man feeds flying seagulls over the waters of the river Yamuna on a cold, winter morning in New Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

A man feeds flying seagulls over the waters of the river Yamuna on a cold, winter morning in New Delhi December 18, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




A man brushes his teeth with a Neem twig in front of his house at a slum area in Kolkata December 18, 2014. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A man brushes his teeth with a Neem twig in front of his house at a slum area in Kolkata December 18, 2014. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)




People warm themselves next to a fire on a winter morning during dawn in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 18, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

People warm themselves next to a fire on a winter morning during dawn in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 18, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




A groom trains his horse on a winter morning during dawn in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 18, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A groom trains his horse on a winter morning during dawn in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 18, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




Female porters carry a holy woman belonging to the Jain community through a street to collect food from local residents living in nearby areas, during early morning in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 19, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Female porters carry a holy woman belonging to the Jain community through a street to collect food from local residents living in nearby areas, during early morning in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 19, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




A local resident plays with a stray dog outside her house in the morning in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 19, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A local resident plays with a stray dog outside her house in the morning in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 19, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




Men get their shave and moustache groomed by roadside barbers on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Men get their shave and moustache groomed by roadside barbers on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




A man wrapped in a blanket sits on a handcart along the roadside on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

A man wrapped in a blanket sits on a handcart along the roadside on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




A worker prepares his chewing tobacco while standing in front of sacks at a wholesale grocery market on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

A worker prepares his chewing tobacco while standing in front of sacks at a wholesale grocery market on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




An Indian man exercises as fog envelops a park in New Delhi, India, Monday, December 22, 2014. Cold wave conditions intensified across northern India as temperatures dipped along with thick blankets of fog cutting out sunlight for long hours. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)

An Indian man exercises as fog envelops a park in New Delhi, India, Monday, December 22, 2014. Cold wave conditions intensified across northern India as temperatures dipped along with thick blankets of fog cutting out sunlight for long hours. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)




Workers warm themselves around a fire at a wholesale grocery market on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Workers warm themselves around a fire at a wholesale grocery market on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




Labourers work at a wholesale grocery market on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

Labourers work at a wholesale grocery market on a winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi December 19, 2014. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




A man rides a motorcycle through dense fog on a road during winter morning in the northern Indian city of Allahabad December 19, 2014. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A man rides a motorcycle through dense fog on a road during winter morning in the northern Indian city of Allahabad December 19, 2014. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)




A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the last phase of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections on the outskirts of Jammu December 20, 2014. The five-phased polls in Jammu and Kashmir will end on Saturday and the results would be announced on December 23. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the last phase of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections on the outskirts of Jammu December 20, 2014. The five-phased polls in Jammu and Kashmir will end on Saturday and the results would be announced on December 23. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)




A woman decorates the exteriors of her house ahead of the Christmas celebrations in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 22, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A woman decorates the exteriors of her house ahead of the Christmas celebrations in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 22, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




A man walks out of his house in an alley on a cold and foggy morning in New Delhi December 22, 2014. Temperature in New Delhi on Monday dipped to 4.2 degrees Celsius (39.56 degrees Fahrenheit), according to information posted on India's metrological department website. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)

A man walks out of his house in an alley on a cold and foggy morning in New Delhi December 22, 2014. Temperature in New Delhi on Monday dipped to 4.2 degrees Celsius (39.56 degrees Fahrenheit), according to information posted on India's metrological department website. (Photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters)




A worker pulls an optic fibre cable to be laid underground along a roadside during the early morning in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 23, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A worker pulls an optic fibre cable to be laid underground along a roadside during the early morning in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 23, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




A worker looks on as he lays an underground fibre optic cable along a roadside during an early morning in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 23, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A worker looks on as he lays an underground fibre optic cable along a roadside during an early morning in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 23, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




People warm themselves around a fire along a street on a cold winter morning in New Delhi December 23, 2014. According to information posted on India's metrological department website, minimum temperature in New Delhi on Tuesday was reported to be 6 degrees Celsius (42.8 degrees Fahrenheit). (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

People warm themselves around a fire along a street on a cold winter morning in New Delhi December 23, 2014. According to information posted on India's metrological department website, minimum temperature in New Delhi on Tuesday was reported to be 6 degrees Celsius (42.8 degrees Fahrenheit). (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)




A man helps a woman to wear a donated jacket on a cold winter morning on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi December 23, 2014. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A man helps a woman to wear a donated jacket on a cold winter morning on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi December 23, 2014. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)




A man, wrapped up in a quilt, sits outside a temporary shelter for homeless people on a cold winter morning in New Delhi December 23, 2014. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A man, wrapped up in a quilt, sits outside a temporary shelter for homeless people on a cold winter morning in New Delhi December 23, 2014. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)




A couple wrapped in quilts wait for their bus at a terminal on a cold winter morning in New Delhi December 23, 2014. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A couple wrapped in quilts wait for their bus at a terminal on a cold winter morning in New Delhi December 23, 2014. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)




A man speaks on his mobile phone as he sells eggs while Buddhist monks walk by outside the Gaden Jangtse Thoesam Norling Monastery in Mundgod in the southern Indian state of Karnataka December 23, 2014. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)

A man speaks on his mobile phone as he sells eggs while Buddhist monks walk by outside the Gaden Jangtse Thoesam Norling Monastery in Mundgod in the southern Indian state of Karnataka December 23, 2014. (Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters)




A man dressed in a Santa Claus outfit waves at the crowd as he rides with balloons on a horse cart during Christmas celebrations in Mumbai December 23, 2014. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

A man dressed in a Santa Claus outfit waves at the crowd as he rides with balloons on a horse cart during Christmas celebrations in Mumbai December 23, 2014. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
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