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A woman collects water chestnuts locally known as “Singada” from a pond in Masuda town in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)

A woman collects water chestnuts locally known as “Singada” from a pond in Masuda town in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)



Sikh devotees taking dip in a holy Sarovar, pay obeisance at the Golden Temple on the occasion of the 547th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji on November 14, 2016 in Amritsar, India. (Photo by Gurpreet Singh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Sikh devotees taking dip in a holy Sarovar, pay obeisance at the Golden Temple on the occasion of the 547th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji on November 14, 2016 in Amritsar, India. (Photo by Gurpreet Singh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)



An Indian Sikh devotee performs a stunt with fire during a religious procession by community members ahead of the birth anniversary of the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism in Jammu, India, November 12, 2016. (Photo by Jaipal Singh/EPA)

An Indian Sikh devotee performs a stunt with fire during a religious procession by community members ahead of the birth anniversary of the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism in Jammu, India, November 12, 2016. (Photo by Jaipal Singh/EPA)



Indians stand in a queue to deposit and exchange discontinued currency notes, outside a bank in New Delhi, India, Sunday, November 13, 2016. Chaotic scenes played out across India over the weekend, with long lines growing even longer and scuffles breaking out, as millions of anxious people tried to change old currency notes that became worthless days earlier when the government demonetized high-value bills. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)

Indians stand in a queue to deposit and exchange discontinued currency notes, outside a bank in New Delhi, India, Sunday, November 13, 2016. Chaotic scenes played out across India over the weekend, with long lines growing even longer and scuffles breaking out, as millions of anxious people tried to change old currency notes that became worthless days earlier when the government demonetized high-value bills. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)



A woman holds 20 Indian rupees banknotes after exchanging them with old high denomination banknotes at a bank in Allahabad, India, November 13, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A woman holds 20 Indian rupees banknotes after exchanging them with old high denomination banknotes at a bank in Allahabad, India, November 13, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



A shopkeeper shows garlands made of Indian currency notes to a customer at a market in Chandigarh, India, November 13, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)

A shopkeeper shows garlands made of Indian currency notes to a customer at a market in Chandigarh, India, November 13, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)



A farmer winnows paddy crops at a field on the outskirts of Agartala, India, November 13, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)

A farmer winnows paddy crops at a field on the outskirts of Agartala, India, November 13, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)



Hindu women worship after taking a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Hindu women worship after taking a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Hindu women worship after taking a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Hindu women worship after taking a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A Hindu woman worships after taking a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A Hindu woman worships after taking a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Allahabad, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Allahabad, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Allahabad, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Hindu devotees gather to take a holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Allahabad, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



Vegetable vendors wait for customers at their stalls at a market in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Vegetable vendors wait for customers at their stalls at a market in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A vendor selling fish waits for customers at a market in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A vendor selling fish waits for customers at a market in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A driver displays a notice on the windscreen of his auto-rickshaw stating the refusal to accept old 500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes in Agartala, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)

A driver displays a notice on the windscreen of his auto-rickshaw stating the refusal to accept old 500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes in Agartala, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)



Activists of Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) burn an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against the government's decision to withdraw 500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes from circulation, according to a media release, in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Activists of Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) burn an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against the government's decision to withdraw 500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes from circulation, according to a media release, in Kolkata, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Artists wearing traditional dresses perform during the Hindu festival of Maha Raas in Agartala, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)

Artists wearing traditional dresses perform during the Hindu festival of Maha Raas in Agartala, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)



Villagers offer floral tributes to a wild elephant, who according to the forest officials died due to electrocution by the low-tension electric wires, at a tea estate in Nagaon district in the Northeastern state of Assam, India November 14, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)

Villagers offer floral tributes to a wild elephant, who according to the forest officials died due to electrocution by the low-tension electric wires, at a tea estate in Nagaon district in the Northeastern state of Assam, India November 14, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)



A carcass of a wild elephant, who according to the forest officials died due to electrocution by the low-tension electric wires, is pushed into a grave at a tea estate in Nagaon district in the Northeastern state of Assam, India on November 14, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)

A carcass of a wild elephant, who according to the forest officials died due to electrocution by the low-tension electric wires, is pushed into a grave at a tea estate in Nagaon district in the Northeastern state of Assam, India on November 14, 2016. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)



A shopkeeper prepares garlands of Indian currency notes at a shop in a market in Jammu, India November 14, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

A shopkeeper prepares garlands of Indian currency notes at a shop in a market in Jammu, India November 14, 2016. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)



Devotees light candles at the banks of the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Allahabad, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

Devotees light candles at the banks of the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Allahabad, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man plays a damru, a small two headed drum, as he offers prayers at the banks of the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Allahabad, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man plays a damru, a small two headed drum, as he offers prayers at the banks of the Ganga river on the occasion of the annual Hindu festival of “Karthik Purnima” or full moon night, in Allahabad, India, November 14, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



People sit on a floor as they wait for a bank to open in Chandigarh, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)

People sit on a floor as they wait for a bank to open in Chandigarh, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)



People queue outside a bank to exchange and deposit their old high denomination banknotes in Masuda village in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)

People queue outside a bank to exchange and deposit their old high denomination banknotes in Masuda village in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)



People crowd the entry gate of State bank of India to exchange and deposit their old high denomination banknotes in Lucknow, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Pawan Kumar/Reuters)

People crowd the entry gate of State bank of India to exchange and deposit their old high denomination banknotes in Lucknow, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Pawan Kumar/Reuters)



Security staff stands guard as people wait to enter a bank in Mumbai, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Security staff stands guard as people wait to enter a bank in Mumbai, India, November 15, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)



People queue to deposit or exchange their old  high denomination banknotes outside a bank in Allahabad, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

People queue to deposit or exchange their old high denomination banknotes outside a bank in Allahabad, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



People queue to deposit or exchange their old  high denomination banknotes outside a bank in Allahabad, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

People queue to deposit or exchange their old high denomination banknotes outside a bank in Allahabad, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)



Men sleep outside a bank as they wait for the bank to open to exchange their old high denomination bank notes in the early hours, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

Men sleep outside a bank as they wait for the bank to open to exchange their old high denomination bank notes in the early hours, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



People sleep outside a bank as they wait for the bank to open to exchange their old high denomination bank notes in the early hours, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

People sleep outside a bank as they wait for the bank to open to exchange their old high denomination bank notes in the early hours, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



A veiled Muslim woman holds prayer beads as she waits for the bank to open to exchange her old high denomination bank notes in the early hours, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A veiled Muslim woman holds prayer beads as she waits for the bank to open to exchange her old high denomination bank notes in the early hours, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 16, 2016. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



Devotees whirl their head as a ritualistic performance during the annual Jhiri Fair at Kanachack village, outskirts of Jammu, India, Monday, November14, 2016. According to the villagers,  the fair is held in memory of Baba Jitu, an honest farmer who killed himself since he was not prepared to submit to the unjust demands of a landlord who wanted him to part with his crop. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)

Devotees whirl their head as a ritualistic performance during the annual Jhiri Fair at Kanachack village, outskirts of Jammu, India, Monday, November14, 2016. According to the villagers, the fair is held in memory of Baba Jitu, an honest farmer who killed himself since he was not prepared to submit to the unjust demands of a landlord who wanted him to part with his crop. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)



An artist displays a sword on the last day of Pushkar Fair, during which thousands of animals, mainly camels, are brought to the fair to be sold and traded, in the desert state of Rajasthan, India November 14, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)

An artist displays a sword on the last day of Pushkar Fair, during which thousands of animals, mainly camels, are brought to the fair to be sold and traded, in the desert state of Rajasthan, India November 14, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)
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