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A graffiti supporting Pakistan is seen on left as a Kashmiri girl walks past Indian paramilitary soldiers near a temporary check point in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, September 29, 2016. Pakistan on Thursday said two of its soldiers were killed in an “unprovoked” attack when India fired across the border of the disputed region of Kashmir, while India said it had carried out a “surgical strike” against terrorists, in an exchange that marks an escalation in tensions between the uneasy and nuclear-armed neighbors. Pakistan and India often trade fire in Kashmir, a Himalayan region that is split between the two countries and claimed by both in its entirety. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)

A graffiti supporting Pakistan is seen on left as a Kashmiri girl walks past Indian paramilitary soldiers near a temporary check point in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, September 29, 2016. Pakistan on Thursday said two of its soldiers were killed in an “unprovoked” attack when India fired across the border of the disputed region of Kashmir, while India said it had carried out a “surgical strike” against terrorists, in an exchange that marks an escalation in tensions between the uneasy and nuclear-armed neighbors. Pakistan and India often trade fire in Kashmir, a Himalayan region that is split between the two countries and claimed by both in its entirety. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)



Indian folk dancers from the Panghat Group of Performing Arts pose for a photograph during a dress rehearsal for an event to mark the forthcoming Hindu festival “Navaratri”, or the Festival of Nine Nights, in Ahmedabad, India, September 25, 2016. The Navaratri festival begins on October 1. (Photo by Sam Panthakysam Panthaky/AFP Photo)

Indian folk dancers from the Panghat Group of Performing Arts pose for a photograph during a dress rehearsal for an event to mark the forthcoming Hindu festival “Navaratri”, or the Festival of Nine Nights, in Ahmedabad, India, September 25, 2016. The Navaratri festival begins on October 1. (Photo by Sam Panthakysam Panthaky/AFP Photo)



An artist applies final touches to a tattoo sketched on the back of a woman in preparations for the upcoming Navratri, a festival when devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga and youths dance in traditional costumes in Ahmedabad, India, September 26, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

An artist applies final touches to a tattoo sketched on the back of a woman in preparations for the upcoming Navratri, a festival when devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga and youths dance in traditional costumes in Ahmedabad, India, September 26, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



Kashmiri boatmen extract sand from the Jhelum river in Srinagar, September 26, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

Kashmiri boatmen extract sand from the Jhelum river in Srinagar, September 26, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)



An artisan carries a grille to fix on the frame of an Ambassador taxi to build a pandal, or a temporary platform, in preparation for the upcoming Hindu festival of Durga Puja, in Kolkata, India September 27, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

An artisan carries a grille to fix on the frame of an Ambassador taxi to build a pandal, or a temporary platform, in preparation for the upcoming Hindu festival of Durga Puja, in Kolkata, India September 27, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



An artisan works on the frame of an Ambassador taxi to build a pandal, or a temporary platform, in preparation for the upcoming Hindu festival of Durga Puja, in Kolkata, India September 27, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

An artisan works on the frame of an Ambassador taxi to build a pandal, or a temporary platform, in preparation for the upcoming Hindu festival of Durga Puja, in Kolkata, India September 27, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Participants dressed in traditional attire pose during rehearsals for Garba, a folk dance, ahead of Navratri, a festival during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga and youths dance in traditional costumes, in Ahmedabad, India September 27, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Participants dressed in traditional attire pose during rehearsals for Garba, a folk dance, ahead of Navratri, a festival during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga and youths dance in traditional costumes, in Ahmedabad, India September 27, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



A street vendor sets up his stall outside the Nizamuddin Dargah, a shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, in New Delhi, India September 27, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A street vendor sets up his stall outside the Nizamuddin Dargah, a shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, in New Delhi, India September 27, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



Passengers wait in front of an income tax billboard at a bus stop in New Delhi, India, September 26, 2016. Picture taken September 26, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

Passengers wait in front of an income tax billboard at a bus stop in New Delhi, India, September 26, 2016. Picture taken September 26, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



An artisan places an artificial arrow on an idol of Hindu goddess Durga at a pandal, a temporary platform, during preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India September 28, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

An artisan places an artificial arrow on an idol of Hindu goddess Durga at a pandal, a temporary platform, during preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India September 28, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A woman decorates an earthen pitcher typically used during Garba, a folk dance, inside a workshop ahead of Navratri, a festival during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga and youths dance in traditional costumes, in Ahmedabad, India September 28, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A woman decorates an earthen pitcher typically used during Garba, a folk dance, inside a workshop ahead of Navratri, a festival during which devotees worship the Hindu goddess Durga and youths dance in traditional costumes, in Ahmedabad, India September 28, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



A Hindu devotee offers prayers to a cow after taking a holy dip in the waters of Sangam, a confluence of three rivers, the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, September 28, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee offers prayers to a cow after taking a holy dip in the waters of Sangam, a confluence of three rivers, the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, in Allahabad, India, September 28, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



Idols of Hindu goddess Durga are transported on boats through the waters of river Ganga to pandals, or temporary platforms, ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 29, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Idols of Hindu goddess Durga are transported on boats through the waters of river Ganga to pandals, or temporary platforms, ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 29, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



An idol of Hindu goddess Durga is being loaded onto a boat to transport it through the waters of river Ganga to a pandal, or a temporary platform, ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 29, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

An idol of Hindu goddess Durga is being loaded onto a boat to transport it through the waters of river Ganga to a pandal, or a temporary platform, ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 29, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



An Indian policeman checks a document of a Kashmir man at a barricade during a curfew in Srinagar September 30, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

An Indian policeman checks a document of a Kashmir man at a barricade during a curfew in Srinagar September 30, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)



Hindu devotees pray after taking a dip in a holy pond to honour the souls of their departed ancestors on the auspicious day of Mahalaya, which is also called Shraadh or Pitru Paksha, in Mumbai, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)

Hindu devotees pray after taking a dip in a holy pond to honour the souls of their departed ancestors on the auspicious day of Mahalaya, which is also called Shraadh or Pitru Paksha, in Mumbai, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)



Hindu devotees pray as they take a dip in a holy pond to honour the souls of their departed ancestors on the auspicious day of Mahalaya, which is also called Shraadh or Pitru Paksha, in Mumbai, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)

Hindu devotees pray as they take a dip in a holy pond to honour the souls of their departed ancestors on the auspicious day of Mahalaya, which is also called Shraadh or Pitru Paksha, in Mumbai, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)



Hindu devotees pray after taking a dip in a holy pond to honour the souls of their departed ancestors on the auspicious day of Mahalaya, which is also called Shraadh or Pitru Paksha, in Mumbai, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)

Hindu devotees pray after taking a dip in a holy pond to honour the souls of their departed ancestors on the auspicious day of Mahalaya, which is also called Shraadh or Pitru Paksha, in Mumbai, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)



Hindu devotees pray in the waters of the river Ganga as they take a dip to honour the souls of their departed ancestors on the auspicious day of Mahalaya, which is also called Shraadh or Pitru Paksha, in Allahabad, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)

Hindu devotees pray in the waters of the river Ganga as they take a dip to honour the souls of their departed ancestors on the auspicious day of Mahalaya, which is also called Shraadh or Pitru Paksha, in Allahabad, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)



A Kashmiri woman pours water on burning debris after a protest in Srinagar against the recent killings in Kashmir, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

A Kashmiri woman pours water on burning debris after a protest in Srinagar against the recent killings in Kashmir, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)



Villagers load their belongings onto a tractor trolley to move to a safer place, in the Pul Kanjari village, near the Wagah border in Punjab, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Munish Sharma/Reuters)

Villagers load their belongings onto a tractor trolley to move to a safer place, in the Pul Kanjari village, near the Wagah border in Punjab, India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Munish Sharma/Reuters)



Villagers sit inside a relief camp after they evacuated their village near the border with Pakistan in Ranbir Singh Pora, southwest of Jammu, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Munish Sharma/Reuters)

Villagers sit inside a relief camp after they evacuated their village near the border with Pakistan in Ranbir Singh Pora, southwest of Jammu, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Munish Sharma/Reuters)



Villagers sit inside a relief camp after they evacuated their village near the border with Pakistan in Ranbir Singh Pora, southwest of Jammu, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Munish Sharma/Reuters)

Villagers sit inside a relief camp after they evacuated their village near the border with Pakistan in Ranbir Singh Pora, southwest of Jammu, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Munish Sharma/Reuters)



Artisans work on a giant model of mythological demon Mahishasura on a pandal, or a temporary platform, during preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, September 28, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Artisans work on a giant model of mythological demon Mahishasura on a pandal, or a temporary platform, during preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, September 28, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Artisans work on a giant model of Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, during preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Nagaon district, Assam, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)

Artisans work on a giant model of Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, during preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Nagaon district, Assam, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)



An artisan paints an effigy of demon king Ravana during preparation for the upcoming Hindu festival of Dussehra in India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)

An artisan paints an effigy of demon king Ravana during preparation for the upcoming Hindu festival of Dussehra in India, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)



A man distributes sweets to commuters to celebrate after India on Thursday said it had conducted targeted strikes across the de facto frontier in Kashmir region, in Chandigarh, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)

A man distributes sweets to commuters to celebrate after India on Thursday said it had conducted targeted strikes across the de facto frontier in Kashmir region, in Chandigarh, September 30, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)



A forest official puts a “tilak” on the forehead of a mahout before the start of an elephant safari at Kaziranga National Park in Assam, October 1, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)

A forest official puts a “tilak” on the forehead of a mahout before the start of an elephant safari at Kaziranga National Park in Assam, October 1, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)



A Hindu man holds his baby seeking blessings for him at the Alopi Devi temple on the first day of the nine-day long Navratri festival in Allahabad, October 1, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A Hindu man holds his baby seeking blessings for him at the Alopi Devi temple on the first day of the nine-day long Navratri festival in Allahabad, October 1, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



Villagers sit inside a vehicle as they evacuate their village near the border with Pakistan in Akhnoor, northwest of Jammu, India, October 1, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

Villagers sit inside a vehicle as they evacuate their village near the border with Pakistan in Akhnoor, northwest of Jammu, India, October 1, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)



A laborer lifts an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha as he cleans a pond filled with piles of other similar idols immersed by devotees during recently concluded Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Bangalore, India, Monday, September 26, 2016. Every year millions of devout Hindus immerse idols of god Ganesh into water bodies at the end of the festival that celebrates the birth of the Hindu god. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

A laborer lifts an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha as he cleans a pond filled with piles of other similar idols immersed by devotees during recently concluded Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Bangalore, India, Monday, September 26, 2016. Every year millions of devout Hindus immerse idols of god Ganesh into water bodies at the end of the festival that celebrates the birth of the Hindu god. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



A taxi drives by as an Indian artist paints a makeshift pandal made with wood, fiber, metal, bamboo and colored paper by painter Rintu Das ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Calcutta eastern India, 29 September 2016.  Bengalis all over the world will be marking the festival representing the victory of good over evil and the celebration of female power from 08 to 11 October. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)

A taxi drives by as an Indian artist paints a makeshift pandal made with wood, fiber, metal, bamboo and colored paper by painter Rintu Das ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Calcutta eastern India, 29 September 2016. Bengalis all over the world will be marking the festival representing the victory of good over evil and the celebration of female power from 08 to 11 October. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)



Ramesh Chitrakar, seated, works on idols of Hindu goddess Durga, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, September 27, 2016, The festival of goddess Durga will be celebrated from Oct. 7-11 when she will be worshiped along with her family to signify the win of good over evil. (Photo by Saurabh Das/AP Photo)

Ramesh Chitrakar, seated, works on idols of Hindu goddess Durga, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, September 27, 2016, The festival of goddess Durga will be celebrated from Oct. 7-11 when she will be worshiped along with her family to signify the win of good over evil. (Photo by Saurabh Das/AP Photo)



A man sifts through trash at a massive garbage site in New Delhi on September 27, 2016. Polluted air is a “public health emergency”, the World Health Organization said September 27, adding nine out of 10 people globally breathe bad air that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. And the WHO warned that nearly 90-percent of air pollution-related deaths occur in low and middle-income countries. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)

A man sifts through trash at a massive garbage site in New Delhi on September 27, 2016. Polluted air is a “public health emergency”, the World Health Organization said September 27, adding nine out of 10 people globally breathe bad air that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. And the WHO warned that nearly 90-percent of air pollution-related deaths occur in low and middle-income countries. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)



Indian villagers, who have migrated from their village close to the border with Pakistan, ride on a horse drawn cart in Khor in Akhnoor Sector west of Jammu on October 1, 2016. Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fresh fire across their border, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon offered to mediate between the nuclear-armed neighbours following an alarming spike in tensions. Two days after Indian troops carried out a series of strikes across the Pakistani side of their dividing line in disputed Kashmir, officials said there had been cross-border skirmishes further south. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)

Indian villagers, who have migrated from their village close to the border with Pakistan, ride on a horse drawn cart in Khor in Akhnoor Sector west of Jammu on October 1, 2016. Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fresh fire across their border, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon offered to mediate between the nuclear-armed neighbours following an alarming spike in tensions. Two days after Indian troops carried out a series of strikes across the Pakistani side of their dividing line in disputed Kashmir, officials said there had been cross-border skirmishes further south. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)



An Indian toddler plays amid marigold flowers at a wasted flowers dumping site, besides a flower market in Mumbai, India, 28 September 2016. Marigold flowers are used in many religious ceremonies in the temples in India. Strung together they make colourful garlands and are used as an offering in temples and to decorate them. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA)

An Indian toddler plays amid marigold flowers at a wasted flowers dumping site, besides a flower market in Mumbai, India, 28 September 2016. Marigold flowers are used in many religious ceremonies in the temples in India. Strung together they make colourful garlands and are used as an offering in temples and to decorate them. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA)



Forest officials crossing a hanging bridge after inspecting the preparation for the reopening of the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary for the tourist season in Morigaon district of Assam state, India, 30 September 2016. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and Kaziranga National park will be reopened for tourist on 1st of October 2016, which in one month advance then the previous seasons. Both these parks are famous for Indian one horned Rhinos. (Photo by EPA/Stringer)

Forest officials crossing a hanging bridge after inspecting the preparation for the reopening of the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary for the tourist season in Morigaon district of Assam state, India, 30 September 2016. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and Kaziranga National park will be reopened for tourist on 1st of October 2016, which in one month advance then the previous seasons. Both these parks are famous for Indian one horned Rhinos. (Photo by EPA/Stringer)



A view of flooded streets of Hyderabad, India on September 22, 2016. (Photo by IANS)

A view of flooded streets of Hyderabad, India on September 22, 2016. (Photo by IANS)



Indians living close to the border with Pakistan wait for transport to move to safer places after authorities ordered the evacuation of villages near the highly militarized Line of Control dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, at Narana village in Pallanwal, about 65 Kilometers from Jammu, India, Saturday, October 1, 2016. The villagers are familiar with the drill, though evacuations have been rare since tension along the border declined dramatically following a 2003 India-Pakistan cease-fire accord. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

Indians living close to the border with Pakistan wait for transport to move to safer places after authorities ordered the evacuation of villages near the highly militarized Line of Control dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, at Narana village in Pallanwal, about 65 Kilometers from Jammu, India, Saturday, October 1, 2016. The villagers are familiar with the drill, though evacuations have been rare since tension along the border declined dramatically following a 2003 India-Pakistan cease-fire accord. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)



A Bangladeshi child walks past idols being prepared for the upcoming Durga Puja Hindu festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, September 24, 2016. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by A.M.Ahad/AP Photo)

A Bangladeshi child walks past idols being prepared for the upcoming Durga Puja Hindu festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, September 24, 2016. The five-day festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by A.M.Ahad/AP Photo)



Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel do a security check at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border, about 35 km from Amritsar on September 29, 2016, after the Punjab state government issued a warning to villagers to evacuate from a 10 km radius from the India-Pakistan border. Indian commandos carried out a series of lightning strikes September 29 along the de facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir, provoking furious charges of “naked aggression” from its nuclear-armed neighbour. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel do a security check at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border, about 35 km from Amritsar on September 29, 2016, after the Punjab state government issued a warning to villagers to evacuate from a 10 km radius from the India-Pakistan border. Indian commandos carried out a series of lightning strikes September 29 along the de facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir, provoking furious charges of “naked aggression” from its nuclear-armed neighbour. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)



Indian artists join a religious procession on the eve of Navaratri, or festival of nine nights, in  Allahabad, India, Friday, September 30, 2016. Feasting and fasting takes over normal life for millions of Hindus, and many people join in religious dances in the evenings during Navratri. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

Indian artists join a religious procession on the eve of Navaratri, or festival of nine nights, in Allahabad, India, Friday, September 30, 2016. Feasting and fasting takes over normal life for millions of Hindus, and many people join in religious dances in the evenings during Navratri. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)



An artist gives final touches to an idol of Hindu goddess Durga for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, September 28, 2016. The festival of goddess Durga will be celebrated Oct. 7-11 when she will be worshiped along with her family to signify the win of good over evil. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

An artist gives final touches to an idol of Hindu goddess Durga for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, September 28, 2016. The festival of goddess Durga will be celebrated Oct. 7-11 when she will be worshiped along with her family to signify the win of good over evil. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)
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