A woman walks on the muddy banks of the Ganges river in Allahabad, India, October 19, 2017. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





An idol of the Hindu goddess Durga floats in a temporary pond near the River Ganges after its immersion in Allahabad, India, Saturday, September 30, 2017. The immersion of idols marks the end of the festival that commemorates the slaying of a demon king by lion-riding, 10-armed goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Indian boys pull an idol of Hindu goddess Durga to shore to clean up the temporary water body beside the Ganges river, after immersion of Durga idols by Hindu devotees in Allahabad, India, Saturday, September 30, 2017. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A young Indian boy shops for firecrackers at a shop on the eve of Diwali festival in Amritsar, India, 18 October 2017. During Diwali the entire house is cleaned and new clothes and gifts are purchased for the whole family. This is followed by lighting oil lamps around the house and setting off firecrackers. Diwali, known as the festival of lights will be celebrated on 19 October. (Photo by Raminder Pal Singh/EPA/EFE)





An Indian fruit vendor loads bananas on to a truck at Daranggiri banana market in the Goalpara district of the northeastern state of Assam on October 16, 2017. The Daranggiri banana market is the largest banana market in Asia, and supplies bananas to the states of Bengal and Bihar, and to Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Though bananas are grown year- round peak season is from September- October, when an average of 50-100 truckloads are sold at the market every day. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





Indian fishermen collect dead fish in Gandi Lake in Sangareddy district near Hyderabad on October 6, 2017. Indian authorities said around 70 to 80 percent of the fish Gandi Lake had died after waste chemicals were released from a nearby industrial estate over the last 48 hours following heavy rains. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Vehicles are seen during a traffic jam at Yamuna Bridge in Allahabad on October 17, 2017. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A crane lowers an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga during its immersion in the waters of Ganges river after the end of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India October 2, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman collects water chestnuts, locally known as “Singada”, from a pond in Nasirabad town in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, October 4, 2017. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)





Tourists ride on elephants as they watch one-horned rhinoceros inside the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon district, in Assam, India October 2, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





Married women show their hands decorated with henna while they dance during celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Karva Chauth, in Chandigarh, India October 8, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A worker pours liquid paraffin wax in small iron boxes to make candles, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Diwali, at a workshop in Kolkata, India October 10, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A man makes earthen lamps which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Diwali, at a workshop in Ahmedabad, India October 10, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Workers make firecrackers at a factory ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India October 6, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman colours earthen lamps which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Kolkata, India October 12, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman colours earthen lamps which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Kolkata, India October 12, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman colours earthen lamps which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Mumbai, India, October 11, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





An artisan rests next to the earthen lamps, which are used to decorate temples and homes during the Hindu festival of Diwali, at a workshop in Chandigarh, India, October 15, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Wrestlers fight during an amateur wrestling match inside a makeshift ring installed on a road organised by local residents as part of Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrations in Kolkata, India on October 19, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An Indian shopkeeper arranges boxes of fire crackers in New Delhi, India, Monday, October 9, 2017. India's Supreme Court has banned the sale of fireworks in New Delhi and nearby towns, 10 days before the Hindu festival of Diwali, in a move to curb the capital's deadly air pollution. (Photo by Tsering Topgyal/AP Photo)





Security forces chase Kashmiri villagers who clashed with them in Hajin, 38 kilometers (24 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Soldiers began an anti-militant operation by cordoning off northern Hajin town on a tip that rebels were hiding in the area. Two Indian air force commandos and two rebels were killed in the ensuing intense fighting. Street clashes erupted shortly after the fighting ended as hundreds of residents demanded an end to Indian rule in Kashmir. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A security person fires tear gas to disperse Kashmiri villagers who clashed with government forces in Hajin, 38 kilometers (24 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Soldiers began an anti-militant operation by cordoning off northern Hajin town on a tip that rebels were hiding in the area. Two Indian air force commandos and two rebels were killed in the ensuing intense fighting. Street clashes erupted shortly after the fighting ended as hundreds of residents demanded an end to Indian rule in Kashmir. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Indian Air Force personnel parade during the 85th Air Force Day celebrations at Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad on October 8, 2017. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A child, studying under the guidance of Initiative for Viable Education (IVE) for underprivileged children, paints an idol of Goddess Laxmi as he prepares it ahead of Diwali festival in Amritsar, India on October 14, 2017. During Diwali, the earthen lamps are used to illuminate and decorate the entire home and premises, apart from aarti or worship. The Diwali festival will be celebrated on 19 October. IVE is a learning center and non-profit institution working for slum children's education and many of the children studying there work as day laborers, rag pickers or belong to families with low income. Each handmade thing people buy contributes in providing education of an underprivileged child at IVE. (Photo by Raminder Pal Singh/EPA-EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)