An anti-smog gun operates to curb air pollution as vehicles make their way along a road in New Delhi on October 25, 2021. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Cricket fans, with their faces painted in the Indian and Pakistani national flag colours, pose for a picture ahead of the first match between India and Pakistan in Twenty20 World Cup super 12 stage in Dubai, in Ahmedabad, India, October 23, 2021. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A vendor rides a motorcycle as he carries dyed chicks to sell in Hyderabad on October 28, 2021. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





A poster of actor Puneeth Rajkumar is hung outside a hotel with closed shutters after news of the actor's death, in Bengaluru, India, Friday, October 29, 2021. Rajkumar, a top star of southern Indian regional films, died on Friday after a massive heart attack, a hospital statement said. He was 46. Rajkumar was rushed to Vikram hospital in Bengaluru, the capital of southern Karnataka state, after he complained of chest and died there, the statement said. The Press Trust of India news agency said he had a two-hour workout in a gymnasium and was rushed to the hospital straight from there. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A washerwoman dries clothes on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India, Friday, October 29, 2021. Brahmaputra is one of Asia's largest rivers, which passes through China's Tibet region, India and Bangladesh before converging into the Bay of Bengal. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A member of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) reacts as her mother (L) places a badge with stars on the uniform during the 34th batch assistant commandants pipping ceremony at the National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) in Hyderabad on October 29, 2021. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Members of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) march during the 34th batch assistant commandants parade at the National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) in Hyderabad on October 29, 2021. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





A woman looks at lanterns displayed in roadside stalls ahead of Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Friday, October 29, 2021. The Hindu festival of lights, marked by lighting lamps and offering prayers to the goddess of wealth Lakshmi, will be celebrated on Nov. 4. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Commuters walk along a railway platform after stepping out from a suburban local train in Kolkata on November 1, 2021 as the train services resumed normalcy after plying with restrictions imposed earlier to curb the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A teacher guides a student to his classroom as schools reopened in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Monday, November 1, 2021. Schools in this southern state that had remained closed for nearly twenty months due to the coronavirus pandemic reopened Monday. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri man is seen through the curtains of parked Shikaras, traditional gondolas, as he waits for customers at a jetty in the Dal Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, October 30, 2021. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Vegetable merchant is seen smoking during a cold morning at floating vegetables market in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar, India on November 2, 2021. Dal Lake is famed for its floating vegetable market, which supplies varieties of vegetables all the year to many towns across the Kashmir valley. (Photo by Idrees Abbas/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man looks at lanterns hanging at Matunga lantern market in Mumbai on November 1, 2021. Diwali is celebrated as festival of lights in India. (Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





National Cadet Corps cadets arrange earthen lamps on the banks of Saryu river in Ayodhya , India, Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Hundreds of thousands of lamps are to be illuminated on Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of Diwali. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Hindu holy men perform rituals at Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya, India, Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Hundreds of thousands of earthen lamps or “diyas” will be lit by the the Saryu riverbank on Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of Diwali. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Indians shop ahead of Hindu festival of lights Diwali in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Diwali is one of Hinduism's most important festivals, dedicated to the worship of the goddess of wealth Lakshmi. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Hindu women perform morning rituals on the banks of the Saryu River in Ayodhya, India, Tuesday, November 2, 2021. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Firecrackers light up the sky over lamps lined on the banks of the river Saryu in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Over 900,000 earthen lamps were lit and were kept burning for 45 minutes as the north Indian city of Ayodhya retained its Guinness World Record for lighting oil lamps as part of the Diwali celebration – the Hindu festival of lights. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





People light lamps on the banks of the river Saryu in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, November 3, 2021. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





People light lamps on the banks of the river Saryu in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, November 3, 2021. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)