An Indian girl wears a mask while playing with firecrackers to celebrate Diwali in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Hindus light lamps, wear new clothes, exchange sweets and gifts and pray to goddess Lakshmi during Diwali, the festival of lights. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)
Indian children play with firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Worried especially by the impact on the health of children, the Supreme Court this year banned the sale of firecrackers in the Indian capital and neighboring areas to prevent a toxic haze after the Diwali nights that has residents hiding indoors. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)
An Indian boy plays with firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)
An Indian vendor displays sweets for sale on Diwali, the festival of lights, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)
Vendors sell marigold flower garlands, commonly used to decorate homes and perform rituals, during Diwali festival in Allahabad, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)
Indians light a sky lantern to celebrate Diwali festival in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Diwali, a major Hindu festival for more than a billion Indians, includes lighting oil lamps or candles to symbolize a victory of knowledge over ignorance, light over darkness and good over evil. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)
Indian Hindu women light earthen lamps on a rangoli, a hand decorated pattern on the floor, as part of Diwali festivities in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Diwali, the festival of lights, is being celebrated across the country Thursday. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)
Indians decorate their home with lamps during Diwali festival in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is being celebrates across the country Thursday. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)
Indians play with firecrackers during Diwali festival in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Worried especially by the impact on the health of children, the Supreme Court this year banned the sale of firecrackers, that is usually in huge demand across the country as the evening sky is lit up by the festivities, in the Indian capital and neighboring areas to prevent a toxic haze after the Diwali nights that has residents hiding indoors. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)
A tenement block housing mostly fishermen families is illuminated with lights during Diwali in Mumbai India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is being celebrated across the country Thursday. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)
Residential buildings are decorated with colorful lights, as a firecracker lights up, during Diwali festival in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)
Indians play with firecrackers to celebrate Diwali in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, October 19, 2017. Hindus light lamps, wear new clothes, exchange sweets and gifts and pray to goddess Lakshmi during Diwali, the festival of lights. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)
A vendor reach out for the poster of Goddess of Wealth Laxmi, kept on sale for the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal October 15, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
A woman decorates her house on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in a slum in Mumbai, October 18, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
Yogi Adityanath (L), Chief Minister of India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, worships artists dressed as Rama, his wife Sita and his brother Laxman during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, celebrations in Ayodhya, India, October 18, 2017. (Photo by Pawan Kumar/Reuters)
A girl plays with firecracker on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in a slum in Mumbai, October 18, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
Offerings are kept before worshipping a cow during a religious ceremony celebrating the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal October 19, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
Participants light earthen oil lamps on the banks of the Sarayu river in an attempt to enter the Guinness World Records for the largest display of oil lamps during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, celebrations in Ayodhya, India, October 18, 2017. (Photo by Pawan Kumar/Reuters)
A young Hindu priest attempts to crawl under a cow during a religious ceremony celebrating the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal October 19, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
A man carries an idol of Hindu goddess Kali towards a pandal or a temporary platform, as he walks past the clay idols of the mythological characters “Dakinis” and “Yoginis”, who will be worshipped along with the goddess Kali during the Kali Puja festival in Kolkata, October 17, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
People ride on a ferris wheel behind a giant mural during the Diwali lights switch on in Leicester, Britain October 8, 2017. (Photo by Darren Staples/Reuters)
A man carries an idol of the Hindu mythological character “Yogini”, who will be worshipped along with the goddess Kali during the Kali Puja festival in Kolkata, October 17, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
Plucked Marigold flowers used to make garlands and offer prayers are collected in a basket before selling them to the market for the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal October 17, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
An Indian woman Nikitha places earthen lamps or “diyas” at the entrance of her home on the eve of Diwali Festival in Hyderabad on October 18, 2017. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, marks the triumph of good over evil, and commemorates the return of Hindu deity Rama to his birthplace Ayodhya after victory against the demon king Ravana. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)
A man puts lights in an alley the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in a slum in Mumbai, October 18, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
A woman laughs as she looks at a window display using real life models in a shop window during the Diwali lights switch on in Leicester, Britain October 8, 2017. (Photo by Darren Staples/Reuters)
A girl walks past clay idols of the Hindu mythological characters “Dakinis” and “Yoginis”, who will be worshipped along with the Hindu goddess Kali during the Kali Puja festival, at a roadside workshop in Kolkata, October 17, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
Vendors show lanterns to customers at a roadside market ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Mumbai, October 17, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers burn firecrackers in their bunker during Diwali festival celebrations at Akhnoor, about 35 km from Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 18 October 2017. Diwali is known as the festival of lights and symbolizes the victory of good over evil and commemorates the Hindu God Lord Rama's return to his kingdom Ayodhya. The festival will be celebrated on 19 October. (Photo by Jaipal Singh/EPA/EFE)
A vendor waits for customers at his shop of lanterns at a market on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in New Delhi, October 18, 2017. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)
A devotee lights oil lamps at a religious ceremony during the Diwali or Deepavali festival at a Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka October 18, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
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