Hindu devotees gather by the river Brahmaputra and offer prayers during Chhath Puja festival in Guwahati, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, November 7, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees offer prayers in the river Ganges on the occasion of the Hindu festival of “Chhath Puja” in Patna on November 7, 2024. (Photo by Sachin Kumar/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee moves toward the river Brahmaputra in a prostrate manner to perform rituals during Chhath Puja festival in Guwahati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India, Thursday, November 7, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are being taken out of the house by marshalls amid a protest against the resolution to restore special status for Jammu and Kashmir during an assembly session in Srinagar on November 7, 2024. Indian-administered Kashmir's assembly passed a resolution on November 6 demanding New Delhi restore the disputed Muslim-majority territory's partial autonomy, cancelled in 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees worship the Sun god as they stand in the polluted waters of the river Yamuna during the Hindu religious festival of Chhath Puja on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Hindu devotees offer prayers to the Sun god on the occasion of the “Chhath Puja” festival in Jalandhar on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Shammi Mehra/AFP Photo)





A child lies next to offerings brought by devotees on the banks of the river Yamuna during Chhath festival in Noida, near New Delhi, India, India, Friday, November 8, 2024. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Farmers thresh harvested paddy crop at their field on the outskirts of Lucknow, in the northern Indian state of Utter Pradesh, Saturday, November 9, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Indian women who wear sarees participate in 'Saree Run' in Bangalore, India, 10 November 2024. Indian women are taking part in a saree run to embrace fitness in any outfit they are comfortable in, to promote both tradition and fitness among women. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





A man walks past oriental plane trees also known as chinar trees during autumn in Srinagar on November 12, 2024. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A barber shaves a man's beard on the side of a footpath amid a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A man walks past a mural painted to raise awareness on the issue of global warming and pollution in Varanasi on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





A fisherman is silhouetted as he casts his net along the banks of river Brahmaputra in Guwahati on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





A boy walks with drinking water as smoke rises from a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, November 14, 2024. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





An Indian man walks as the city is covered in smog near Rajpath in New Delhi, India, 13 November 2024. According to the Central Pollution Control Board the National Capital Region's Air Quality Index (AQI) continues to label New Delhi in the “very poor” category and also some parts of Delhi's air quality index was in the “Severe” category breaching the 400 mark. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA/EFE)





A Sikh priest (C) carries the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh holy book) during a religious procession on the eve of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev (founder of Sikhism) at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A Delhi government vehicle sprinkles water to control air pollution as a thick layer of smog envelops the city, New Delhi, India, Thursday, November 14, 2024. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Men perform yoga at Lodhi Garden while the sky is enveloped with smog after Delhi's air quality turned “hazardous” due to alarming air pollution, in New Delhi, India, on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Sikh devotees light clay lamps next to the pond surrounding the Golden Temple as they celebrate the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak, in Amritsar, India, Friday, November 15, 2024. (Photo by Prabhjot Gill/AP Photo)





Men bathe along a street on a cold smoggy morning in the old quarters of New Delhi on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)