A nun mops the floor of a church ahead of Christmas in Guwahati, India, Friday, December 23, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





People watch as Rahul Gandhi, leader of India's opposition Congress party, march with his supporters in New Delhi, India, Saturday, December 24, 2022. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Rahul Gandhi, leader of India's opposition Congress party, centre in white T-shirt, throws flower petals towards press photographers during a march, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, December 24, 2022. Rahul Gandhi, leader of India's beleaguered opposition Congress party, on Saturday marched in New Delhi along with his supporters, part of his five-month-long 3,570km (2,218-mile) countrywide trek through 12 states that began 105 days ago. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Artists dance as people watch from the sidewalks while Rahul Gandhi march with his supporters in New Delhi, India, Saturday, December 24, 2022. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Sikh children wait for the judgement in a turban tying competition in Amritsar on December 25, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Stray dogs sleep under the benches at the Fort Kochi beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Kochi, India, Monday, December 26, 2022. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





People pour milk in the waters of the Bay of Bengal as they pay homage to the victims during a prayer ceremony to mark the 18th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, at Nochikuppam beach, in Chennai, India, 26 December 2022. On 26 December 2022 countries bordering the Indian Ocean mark the 18th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami which was triggered by a 9.2 earthquake off the west coast of northern Sumatra, and killed an estimated 230,000 people in 14 countries. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)





A Sikh performer demonstrate his skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary celebrations of the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh in Prayagraj on December 27, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A homeless woman carries her child, both wrapped in a blanket, on a cold and foggy morning in Jammu, India, Tuesday, December 27, 2022. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A man walks across a smoggy road on a cold winter morning in New Delhi, India on December 27, 2022. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A Sikh performer demonstrate his skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary celebrations of the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh in Prayagraj on December 27, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Commuters drive through dense on a cold morning in Jammu, India, Tuesday, December 27, 2022. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Indian army soldiers carry belongings of suspected rebels after a gunfight at Nagrota, on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, December 28, 2022. A top police officer, Mukesh Singh, said troops intercepted a truck in the outskirts of Jammu city early Wednesday following its “unusual movement” on a highway. As the troops began searching the truck, gunfire came from inside it, to which the troops retaliated, leading to a gunfight killing four suspected militants, Singh told reporters. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A crane flies past a man unloading containers that hold fish, at a fish market in Mumbai, India on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





BSF's all-women daredevil motorcycle team Seema Bhawani attempts a Limca Book Record on the Kartavya Path on December 27, 2022 in New Delhi, India. BSF Seema Bhawani all-women daredevil motorcycle team was raised in the year 2016, and has some stunning performances to its credit including having displayed their skills twice on the occasion of Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, New Delhi in 2018 and 2022. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)





A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands inside a swab collection booth to check preparation of Covid-19 test facilities at a hospital in Mumbai on December 27, 2022. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





A woman carries fish in a tub, at a fish market in Mumbai, India on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A young Sikh devotee takes a bath in the holy Sarovar (pool) on the occasion of the birth anniversary celebrations of the tenth Guru of the Sikhs Guru Gobind Singh at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama waves during his first day of teaching session at the Kalachakra Ground in Bodhgaya on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kumar/AFP Photo)





An artist (R) gives finishing touches to a New Year mural painted on his house in Chennai on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)