In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, Indian villagers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India. Participants in the five-day Durga Puja festival believe the sacrifices bring prosperity and good health. But in some parts of India, religious animal sacrifices are banned. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, two buffaloes engage themselves in a tussle, as they are prepared to be sacrificed at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, Indian villagers watch as a buffalo is sacrificed at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, a butcher applies sacrificial blood on the forehead of a boy after an animal sacrifice at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, a buffalo struggles as villagers prepare to sacrifice it at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, Indian villagers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, Indian priests perform rituals near swords before an animal sacrifice at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, Indian villagers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo, at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India.. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, Indian villagers prepare to apply sacrificial blood of animals on their foreheads at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





In this Thursday, September 28, 2017 photo, a buffalo calf stands festooned in colorful decorations, before being sacrificed at a temple of Hindu goddess Durga at Rani village on the outskirts in Gauhati, Assam state, India. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Fishermen fling fishing net into the torpid waters of the Yamuna on October 03, 2017 in New Delhi, India. Yamuna river is increasingly becoming unliveable with dirty and toxic water for an aquatic life it once supported easily. Catching fishes in Yamuna within Delhi is rare as the river is polluted to the extent that no aquatic life is left in it. Men enjoy the heavy flow of water which brings with it fishes that are otherwise rare. (Photo by Shams Qari/Barcroft Imagesages)





An Indian vendor paints pumpkins to resemble demons at a wholesale market during the Durga Puja festival in Chennai on September 28, 2017. Devotees believe that smashing pumpkins painted with demon faces drives away evil spirits. The five- day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga, marks the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Chayanika Ganguly, 7yrs old gets her final make up before Kumari Puja rituals in Kolkata. An Indian girl Chayanika Ganguly, 7yrs old dressed as Goddess Durga worshipped during the Kumari Puja ritual as a part of the Durga Puja festival at Bholanath Dham on September 28, 2017 in Kolkata. The Kumari (young pre pubescent girl) Puja is a ritual of worshipping a girl aged between six to twelve years, as manifestation of the female energy or Devi in Hindu religious tradition. (Photo by Saikat Paul/Pacific Press/Barcroft Images)





An Indian child sleeps in a hammock as his labourer parents work nearby in New Delhi on September 29, 2017. (Photo by Prakash Singh/AFP Photo)





Police officers offer prayers to their weapons as part of a ritual at the police headquarters on the occasion of Vijaya Dashmi, or Dussehra, festival in Ahmedabad, India September 30, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu devotees perform Garba, a traditional folk dance, during the celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, in which devotees worship Hindu goddess Durga, at Surat in the western state of Gujarat, India, September 28, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Soumili Mukherjee, a five-year old girl dressed as a Kumari, yawns as she is worshipped by a Hindu priest as a part of the Durga Puja rituals at a temporary platform called pandal during the Hindu religious festival Durga Puja in Kolkata, September 28, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Municipal workers carry an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga for immersion in the waters of the river Brahmaputra on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Guwahati, September 30, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





Municipal workers immerse an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga in the waters of the river Brahmaputra on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Guwahati, September 30, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





People visit a temporary platform called pandal during the Hindu religious festival Durga Puja in Kolkata, September 29, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman reacts as “Sindur”, or vermillion powder, is applied to her face after worshipping an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Chandigarh, September 30, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A woman worships a girl dressed as a Kumari as part of a ritual during the Durga Puja festival at a temple in Ajmer, September 29, 2017. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)





A devotee offers sweets to an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga while offering prayers on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, September 30, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee ululates as she holds a banana tree trunk after taking a dip in the waters of the Ganges river during a ritual as part of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, September 27, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Soumili Mukherjee, a five-year old girl dressed as a Kumari, who is worshipped as part of the Durga Puja rituals, is carried by her father to a temporary platform called pandal, during the Hindu religious festival Durga Puja in Kolkata, September 28, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Hindu devotees perform Garba, a traditional folk dance, during the celebrations to mark the Navratri festival, in which devotees worship Hindu goddess Durga, at Surat in the western state of Gujarat, September 28, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Devotees immerse an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga into the Bay of Bengal on the last day of the Durga Puja festival in Chennai, September 30, 2017. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)





Artists dressed as Hindu gods react as an effigy of Kumbhkarana, brother of demon king Ravana, burns during Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra festival celebrations in Jammu September 30, 2017. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





A giant sculpture of the demon king Ravana is installed at a temporary platform called pandal during the Hindu religious festival of Durga Puja in Kolkata, September 29, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Workers carry the head of an effigy of the demon king Ravana during preparations for the upcoming Hindu festival of Dussehra, in Ajmer, September 28, 2017. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)





Artists dressed as Hindu gods Rama and Laxman act as fireworks explode during Vijaya Dashmi, or Dussehra festival celebrations in Chandigarh, September 30, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





An artist dressed as demon King Ravana reacts as he shakes hands with people during Vijaya Dashmi, or Dussehra festival celebrations in Chandigarh, September 30, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Workers fix the head of an effigy of the demon King Ravana, before it is set on fire during the Hindu festival of Dussehra, in Ahmedabad, September 29, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Border villagers who moved to safer locations following firing from the Pakistani side of the border chat at Shapur in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir state, India, Monday, October 2, 2017. Indian and Pakistani troops fired at each other in the disputed Kashmir region on Monday, killing a 10-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl and injuring 12 other civilians on the Indian side, officials said. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





An artist dressed as demon king Ravana performs during Ramlila, a re-enactment of the life of Lord Rama, ahead of Dussehra festival in Ahmedabad, September 26, 2017. Picture taken September 26, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)