An Indian camel trader arrives with his herd for the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, western Rajasthan state, India, Thursday, October 26, 2017. (Photo by Deepak Sharma/AP Photo)





Winner of the Built Environment category: Raju Ghosh with “Struggle”. Ghosh’s photograph shows a small boy struggling through an alleyway flooded with monsoon rain in a West Bengal slum. Inadequate infrastructure presents constant challenge for the slum dwellers. (Photo by Raju Ghosh/2017 Ciwem environmental photographer of the year)





A police recruit performs a stunt during the passing out parade in Manigam, India, east of Srinagar on October 25, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A girl lights earthen lamps on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights in Kolkata, India on October 19, 2017. (Photo by Sanjay Purkait/Pacific Press)





Indian passengers travel on a local train in New Delhi, India, October 2017. Constructed in 1975 to bypass the crowded and passenger-heavy Old Delhi, New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway stations, the railway line once used to be the lifeline of the capital. Over the past two decades, however, the rail network has been lying in neglect as the geographical make-up of the city changed drastically ? leading to a massive drop in the number of passengers. Compared to it's much modern and younger cousin, Delhi Metro, it saw an average daily ridership of just 3,700 passengers. The 35.36km stretch connects 21 stations, including 12 halts and nine block stations but deserted locations, badly maintained platforms, encroachments, poor safety measures and lack of last-mile connectivity are keeping the passengers away. In February 2016, all the services were withdrawn and now there's just one train plying on the line. The stations have a ghostly look about them even in rush hour except for few 4-5 people waiting for the local, to take them to their offices. Hardly anyone rode these trains and the mood within is quite monotonous and stale. From observation it could also be said that the life in the local trains of the capital of India is mundane. People are generally seen dozing off or keeping to themselves. (Photo by Ankur Dutta/Barcroft Media)





An artisan places an artificial sickle on an idol of Hindu goddess Kali inside a pandal, or a temporary platform, on the occasion of Kali Puja festival in Kolkata, India, October 19, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Tibetan exile shouts slogan during a protest against a second five-year term for Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the Chinese Communist Party Congress takes place in Beijing, outside Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India October 18, 2017. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A girl plays with firecrackers while celebrating the Hindu festival of Diwali, the annual festival of lights in Mumbai, India, October 19, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Students pose after lighting oil lamps around a “Rangoli”, a traditional pattern made from coloured powders and flower petals outside their hostel to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Guwahati, India, October 19, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





Hindu devotees hold up clothes and umbrellas to receive rice as offerings being distributed by a temple authority on the occasion of the Annakut festival in Kolkata, India October 20, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman distributes free religious materials to devotees who will perform prayers ahead of the Hindu religious festival of Chhat Puja in Kolkata, India October 23, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee applies vermillion powder on the forehead of her husband as they perform rituals on the banks of the Yamuna River during Chhath Puja festival in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 26, 2017. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





In this Saturday, October 21, 2017. photo, an Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard during a strike called by separatists to protest increasing braid chopping incidents in many parts of Kashmir, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Unidentified assailants have chopped off long-braided hair of over 100 mostly teenage girls and young women since last month in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The attacks have intensified fear and panic, protests and even vigilantes in the disputed Himalayan region, where most population is already exhausted and traumatized by decades of brutal conflict. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A worker unloads raw bananas, which will be used as offerings during prayers ahead of the Hindu religious festival of Chhath Puja, from a truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India October 25, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman sits next to offerings used for worshipping to the Sun god during the religious festival of Chhath Puja, on the banks of the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, India October 26, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu devotees worship the Sun god in the waters of a pond during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Kolkata, India, October 27, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Hindu devotees gather on the banks of the Sabarmati river to worship the Sun god during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Ahmedabad, India, October 27, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee worships the Sun god in the waters of a lake during the religious festival of Chhat Puja in Agartala, India October 26, 2017. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





The reflection of a woman is seen in the waters of the Sabarmati River as she worships the Sun god during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Ahmedabad, India October 26, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu devotees worship the Sun god in the waters of the Sabarmati river during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Ahmedabad, India, October 27, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu devotees gather to worship the Sun god on the banks of the Sabarmati river during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Ahmedabad, India, October 27, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu devotees worship the Sun god in the waters of a lake during the Hindu religious festival of Chhath Puja in Chandigarh, India, October 27, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee lies on a road as she worships the Sun god during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Kolkata, India October 26, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman prays next to offerings used for worshipping to the Sun god during the religious festival of Chhath Puja, on the banks of the Ganges River in Kolkata, India October 26, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Hindu devotees worship the Sun god in the waters of the Ganges River during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Kolkata, India October 26, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu woman steps over a child in a ritual seeking blessings for the child from the Sun god during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Kolkata, India October 26, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu woman steps over children in a ritual seeking blessings for the children from the Sun god during the religious festival of Chhath Puja in Kolkata, India October 26, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee prostrates himself on a beach next to the Arabian Sea as he worships the Sun god during Chhath Puja in Mumbai, India, October 26, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Rescue workers and firemen try to douse a fire which broke out in a slum area in Mumbai, India, October 26, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





An Indian policewoman officer salutes as another holds her weapon during a ceremony to mark Police Commemoration Day in Zewan, on the outskirts of Srinagar, October 21, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Professional chefs displayed their culinary expertise at a food festival conducted by Telangana Tourism Department at Charminar in Hyderabad, India on Sunday, October 21, 2017. (Photo by Sakshi Post)