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Indian nilgai, the largest of the Asian antelopes also known as blue bulls, are seen in a mustard field in Jhunsi village on the outskirts of Allahabad on January 7, 2017. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)

Indian nilgai, the largest of the Asian antelopes also known as blue bulls, are seen in a mustard field in Jhunsi village on the outskirts of Allahabad on January 7, 2017. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)



People throw water and sand to extinguish fire that broke out in a tent on the banks of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal where hundreds of Hindu pilgrims had gathered to take a dip on the occasion of “Makar Sankranti” festival at Sagar Island, south of Kolkata, India, January 14, 2017. No causalities were reported. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

People throw water and sand to extinguish fire that broke out in a tent on the banks of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal where hundreds of Hindu pilgrims had gathered to take a dip on the occasion of “Makar Sankranti” festival at Sagar Island, south of Kolkata, India, January 14, 2017. No causalities were reported. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



School boys look at a gun mounted on a tank during a “Know Our Forces” exhibition organised by the Indian army on the occasion of Army Day at Rashtriya Military School in Ajmer, India, January 15, 2017. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)

School boys look at a gun mounted on a tank during a “Know Our Forces” exhibition organised by the Indian army on the occasion of Army Day at Rashtriya Military School in Ajmer, India, January 15, 2017. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)



A man offers prayers after sacrificing a goat ahead of the one-day festival of Makar Sankranti, in Chakmaghat. Agartala, January 13, 2017. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)

A man offers prayers after sacrificing a goat ahead of the one-day festival of Makar Sankranti, in Chakmaghat. Agartala, January 13, 2017. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)



Workers prepare a makeshift cottage called “Bhelaghar” with “Save the Rhino” as a theme ahead of the Magh Bihu festival in Morigaon district, Assam, January 11, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)

Workers prepare a makeshift cottage called “Bhelaghar” with “Save the Rhino” as a theme ahead of the Magh Bihu festival in Morigaon district, Assam, January 11, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)



A worker, carrying his wooden spade, walks through a salt bed in Mumbai, India, January 16, 2017. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)

A worker, carrying his wooden spade, walks through a salt bed in Mumbai, India, January 16, 2017. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)



A worker levels a salt pan near electricity pylons in Mumbai, India, January 16, 2017. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)

A worker levels a salt pan near electricity pylons in Mumbai, India, January 16, 2017. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)



A labourer carries a sack of potatoes at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A labourer carries a sack of potatoes at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A labourer loads a sack of red chilies into a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A labourer loads a sack of red chilies into a supply truck at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Raju, a pet monkey belonging to a laundryman, sits on its owner's motorbike where it is tied on to prevent the monkey from escaping in Ajmer, India, January 16, 2017. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)

Raju, a pet monkey belonging to a laundryman, sits on its owner's motorbike where it is tied on to prevent the monkey from escaping in Ajmer, India, January 16, 2017. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)



Workers of Torrent Power Limited remove kites tangled up in electric power cables after the end of the kite flying season in Ahmedabad, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Workers of Torrent Power Limited remove kites tangled up in electric power cables after the end of the kite flying season in Ahmedabad, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



A worker of Torrent Power Limited removes kites tangled up in electric power cables after the end of the kite flying season in Ahmedabad, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A worker of Torrent Power Limited removes kites tangled up in electric power cables after the end of the kite flying season in Ahmedabad, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



Women belonging to the Tiwa tribe display their merchandise as they wait to exchange them with the locals through a barter system as part of celebrations for the Assamese festival of Magh Bihu at Dharamtul area, in Morigaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)

Women belonging to the Tiwa tribe display their merchandise as they wait to exchange them with the locals through a barter system as part of celebrations for the Assamese festival of Magh Bihu at Dharamtul area, in Morigaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)



People warm themselves by a fire to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

People warm themselves by a fire to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)



A family gather under blankets to shelter from the cold beneath a flyover in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

A family gather under blankets to shelter from the cold beneath a flyover in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)



Women wrap themselves in blankets in a government shelter for homeless people to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

Women wrap themselves in blankets in a government shelter for homeless people to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)



A family gather under blankets to shelter from the cold beneath a flyover in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

A family gather under blankets to shelter from the cold beneath a flyover in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)



A child rests in a government shelter for homeless people to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

A child rests in a government shelter for homeless people to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)



People warm themselves by a fire to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

People warm themselves by a fire to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)



A child sleeps in a government shelter for homeless people to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

A child sleeps in a government shelter for homeless people to escape the cold in Delhi, India January 16, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)



Labourers work at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Agartala, India, January 17, 2017. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)

Labourers work at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Agartala, India, January 17, 2017. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)



A girl uses a “Kangri”, a traditional fire pot, to warm herself as she holds onto a railing during a snowfall in Srinagar, India January 17, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

A girl uses a “Kangri”, a traditional fire pot, to warm herself as she holds onto a railing during a snowfall in Srinagar, India January 17, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)



A milkman and a woman walk during a snowfall in Srinagar, India January 17, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

A milkman and a woman walk during a snowfall in Srinagar, India January 17, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)



A boy removes snow from a footbridge on a cold winter day in Srinagar January 18, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

A boy removes snow from a footbridge on a cold winter day in Srinagar January 18, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)



A bride reacts as she speaks with another bride during a mass marriage ceremony, in which, according to its organizers, 51 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Ahmedabad, India January 19, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A bride reacts as she speaks with another bride during a mass marriage ceremony, in which, according to its organizers, 51 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Ahmedabad, India January 19, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



A man belonging to the Tiwa tribe shows his catch as he participates in a community fishing session using a traditional tool, during the Jonbeel Mela festival where people belonging to different tribes exchange their merchandise with locals through a barter system, in the Morigaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India January 20, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)

A man belonging to the Tiwa tribe shows his catch as he participates in a community fishing session using a traditional tool, during the Jonbeel Mela festival where people belonging to different tribes exchange their merchandise with locals through a barter system, in the Morigaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India January 20, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)



A woman selling toys waits for customers at a roadside shop in Ahmedabad, India, January 20, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A woman selling toys waits for customers at a roadside shop in Ahmedabad, India, January 20, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



A Kashmiri man pulls a sledge carrying a tourist on a sunny day in Gulmarg, west of Srinagar, January 20, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)

A Kashmiri man pulls a sledge carrying a tourist on a sunny day in Gulmarg, west of Srinagar, January 20, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)



Locals sort through garbage at a roadside dump in New Delhi on January 10, 2017 The national capital has been reeling under tonnes of garbage after sanitation workers went on a strike demanding payment of pending salaries. (Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP Photo)

Locals sort through garbage at a roadside dump in New Delhi on January 10, 2017 The national capital has been reeling under tonnes of garbage after sanitation workers went on a strike demanding payment of pending salaries. (Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP Photo)



Indian folk dancers perform the “Chhou” dance for Hindu devotees taking a holy bath and performing rituals at the Gangasagar Island, around 150 kms south of Kolkata on January 12, 2017. More than 700,000 Hindu pilgrims and sadhus – holy men – are expected to gather at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Mela to take a 'holy dip' in the ocean on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)

Indian folk dancers perform the “Chhou” dance for Hindu devotees taking a holy bath and performing rituals at the Gangasagar Island, around 150 kms south of Kolkata on January 12, 2017. More than 700,000 Hindu pilgrims and sadhus – holy men – are expected to gather at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Mela to take a 'holy dip' in the ocean on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)



Indian Hindu devotees take a holy bath in the Bay of Bengal at the mouth of the river Ganges in Sagar Island, around 150 km south of Kolkata, on January 13, 2017. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)

Indian Hindu devotees take a holy bath in the Bay of Bengal at the mouth of the river Ganges in Sagar Island, around 150 km south of Kolkata, on January 13, 2017. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)



Indian Hindu devotees from a tribal community take a holy bath in the Bay of Bengal and perform rituals at the mouth of the river Ganges on Sagar Island, around 150km south of Kolkata, on January 14, 2017. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)

Indian Hindu devotees from a tribal community take a holy bath in the Bay of Bengal and perform rituals at the mouth of the river Ganges on Sagar Island, around 150km south of Kolkata, on January 14, 2017. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)



Indian Hindu devotees arrive to take a holy bath in the Bay of Bengal and perform rituals at the mouth of the river Ganges on Sagar Island, around 150km south of Kolkata, on January 14, 2017. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)

Indian Hindu devotees arrive to take a holy bath in the Bay of Bengal and perform rituals at the mouth of the river Ganges on Sagar Island, around 150km south of Kolkata, on January 14, 2017. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)



Indian sadhus – Hindu holy men – bless devotees near their temporary camp on Gangasagar Island, around 150 kms south of Kolkata on January 13, 2017. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)

Indian sadhus – Hindu holy men – bless devotees near their temporary camp on Gangasagar Island, around 150 kms south of Kolkata on January 13, 2017. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)



Indian Hindu pilgrims on the way to the transit camp in  Kolkata , India on Thursday , 12th January , 2017. Indian Hindu pilgrims starts to gather at transit camp on the way to Gangasagar. Thousand of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take the annual holy dip at Gangasagar, where the river Ganges  meets the Bay of Bengal in occasion of Makar Sankranti  festival on 14th January , 2016. (Photo by Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto)

Indian Hindu pilgrims on the way to the transit camp in Kolkata , India on Thursday , 12th January , 2017. Indian Hindu pilgrims starts to gather at transit camp on the way to Gangasagar. Thousand of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take the annual holy dip at Gangasagar, where the river Ganges meets the Bay of Bengal in occasion of Makar Sankranti festival on 14th January , 2016. (Photo by Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto)



Kashmiri men warm themselves near a heater inside a shop in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, January 19, 2017. A cold wave continues to grip Kashmir valley due to heavy snowfall. The only all weather road link that connects the Kashmir valley to the rest of India was opened Thursday after remaining closed for three consecutive days due to heavy snowfall. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)

Kashmiri men warm themselves near a heater inside a shop in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, January 19, 2017. A cold wave continues to grip Kashmir valley due to heavy snowfall. The only all weather road link that connects the Kashmir valley to the rest of India was opened Thursday after remaining closed for three consecutive days due to heavy snowfall. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)



This naga sadhu adorns his jata (long tangled hair) with flowers brought by the devotees. A cloud of smoke covers him as he puffs distractedly at his chhilm. Babughat, Kolkata, India on 11 January 2017. (Photo by Sushavan Nandy/NurPhoto)

This naga sadhu adorns his jata (long tangled hair) with flowers brought by the devotees. A cloud of smoke covers him as he puffs distractedly at his chhilm. Babughat, Kolkata, India on 11 January 2017. (Photo by Sushavan Nandy/NurPhoto)
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