Indian Air Force personnel perform a march-past during 90th anniversary celebrations of Indian Air Force (IAF) at the Air Force Station in Chandigarh,India on October 08, 2022. (Photo by Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Kashmiri Muslim women devotees look towards a cleric (not seen in the picture) displaying the holy relic believed to be the whisker from the beard of the Prophet Mohammed, at Hazratbal shrine on the, Eid-e-Milad, or the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad on October 9, 2022 in Srinagar, Indian administered Kashmir, India. Thousands of Muslims from all over Kashmir visited the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar to pay obeisance on the Eid-e-Milad, or the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed. The shrine is highly revered by Kashmiri Muslims as it is believed to house a holy relic of the Prophet Mohammed. The relic is displayed to the devotees on important Islamic days such as the Eid- Milad when Muslims worldwide celebrate. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)





People carry the dead body of Babiya, a crocodile at Ananthapura lake temple, for its burial at the Ananthapadmanabha Swamy temple at Kasaragod in India's Kerala state on October 10, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A mahout waits for tourists before the start of elephant safari for tourists in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Tuesday, October 11, 2022. The wildlife sanctuary, which is known for its Indian one-horned rhino population, reopened for tourists Tuesday after being closed during the rainy season. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A pet dog peeps out of the jacket of its owner in Dharamshala, India, Sunday, October 9, 2022. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Hindu women carry water from River Ganges on their heads and walk in a procession as they perform a ritual in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, October 10, 2022. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A fan stands outside the residence of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to celebrate his 80th birthday in Mumbai, Tuesday, October 11, 2022. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A street vendor tries to avoid fumes as a municipal worker fumigates a residential area to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, October 12, 2022. Officials say infections following monsoon rains have led to a fever outbreak in this northern state. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A group of veiled Muslim women shop for clothes in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, October 13, 2022. Two judges on India's top court on Thursday differed over a ban on the wearing of the hijab, a headscarf used by Muslim women, in educational institutions and referred the sensitive issue to a larger bench of three or more judges to settle. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





Married Hindu women look at the moon through a sieve as part of a ritual to break her fast during Karva Chauth festival in Jammu, India, Thursday, October 13, 2022. Hindu married women decorate their hands with henna, wear colorful bangles and observe a fast to pray for the longevity and well being of their husbands during this festival. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A married Hindu woman looks at the moon through a sieve as part of a ritual to break her fast during Karva Chauth festival in Jammu, India, Thursday, October 13, 2022. Hindu married women decorate their hands with henna, wear colorful bangles and observe a fast to pray for the longevity and well being of their husbands during this festival. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Muslim devotees react as a priest displays a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Muhammad on the last friday of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, which marks the birth anniversary of the Prophet, at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Children climb up onto the windows of a school building to catch a glimpse of a performance by artists dressed as cartoon characters inside the Dharavi slums in Mumbai on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP Photo)





Bollywood actress Chitrangda Singh presents a creation by designer Eshaa Amin during the FDCI X Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Sujit Jaiswal/AFP Photo)





Bollywood actress Malaika Arora presents a creation by designer Limerick during the FDCI X Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Sujit Jaiswal/AFP Photo)





People wade through a flooded path near Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers after the water level of river Ganges and river Yamuna rose, in Allahabad on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A worker makes firecrackers for the upcoming Hindu festival Diwali at a factory on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, October 16, 2022. Fire crackers are in huge demand in India during Diwali, the festival of lights, which will be celebrated on October 24. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A dummy target is exploded by use of mines by Indian Navy's divers, as a part of rehearsals for the upcoming defence equipment exhibition Defence Expo 2022, at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad on October 16, 2022. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





Children exercise on the banks of the Yamuna River near the Taj Mahal in Agra at sunrise on October 17, 2022. (Photo by Pawan Sharma/AFP Photo)





Workers use a tractor trolley as they clean Marina Beach in Chennai on October 17, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)