A man sails his boat amidst heavy smog in the Yamuna river, in the old quarters of Delhi, India on November 4, 2022. On November 4 at 08:00 IST, Patparganj, the closest monitoring station, registered a PM 2.5 reading of 500, maxing out the scale. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





People buy grocery from a shop next to a garlanded photograph of Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo put up by fans to mark the ongoing soccer World Cup in Kolkata, India, Thursday, December 8, 2022. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





People walk through a street decorated with Brazil's Neymar along with flags of Argentina and Brazil to mark the ongoing soccer World Cup in Kolkata, India, Thursday, December 8, 2022. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A man carries a plastic drum that he salvaged from his damaged fishing boat following Cyclone Mandous in Chennai, India on December 10, 2022. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Workers give final touches to a large statue of the guru Pramukh Swami Maharaj ahead of Pramukh Swami Maharaj centenary celebrations, at a festival ground on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on December 10, 2022. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





Boys play cricket on a cold winter’s day in the outskirts of Srinagar in Kashmir, India on December 10, 2022. (Photo by Adil Abbas/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man walks past cycle carts and hand carts containing sacks of vegetables at a wholesale market in Jalandhar on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Shammi Mehra/AFP Photo)





A Kashmiri boatman rows a boat during sunset at Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 13 December 2022. The Meteorological Department (MeT) has forecasted mainly dry and clear weather till December 21 in Kashmir. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





Indian Army officials perform during the final rehearsal ahead of Indian Army “Vijay Diwas” celebrations, at the Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC) in Kolkata on December 14, 2022. “Vijay Diwas” is celebrated every year on December 16 to honour the victory of Indian armed forces over Pakistan in the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Sadhus, or Hindu holymen, gahter for their land allotment of temporary tents at the “Sangam”, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati ahead of the 'Magh Mela' festival in Prayagraj on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A Sadhu or a Hindu holyman arrivesfor the land allotment of temporary tents at the “Sangam”, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati ahead of the 'Magh Mela' festival in Prayagraj on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





An Indian Army personnel dressed as a joker, performs during Vijay Diwas celebration at Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC) ground near Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, India, 15 December 2022. Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) is celebrated in India on 16 December to mark the Indian victory in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The Indian Army will celebrate Vijay Diwas from 14 to 16 December. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Indian Army officials perform stunts with Fire during the forthcoming “Vijay Diwas” celebrations, at the Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC) in Kolkata, India on December 15, 2022. “Vijay Diwas” is celebrated every year on December 16 to honor the victory of Indian armed forces over Pakistan in the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. Eastern Command of the Indian Army celebrates Vijay Diwas (Victory day) which is on December 16 to commemorate the Indian Armed Forces Victory in Bangladesh Liberation War along with Bangladesh Army against Pakistan in the year 1971. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





An Egret hunts for fish, at the Pallikaranai marshland, in Chennai, India, 16 December 2022. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)





Washermen put their clothes out to dry on the banks of the River Yamuna as seen from a railway bridge near Agra, India, Saturday, December 17, 2022. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Kashmiri men cut trees to clear the path for making a power grid station on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, December 18, 2022. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Sikh boys take a selfie using a mobile phone during a national level Turban tying event held at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A man rows a boat on Dal Lake during a cold morning in Srinagar, India 20 December 2022. The 40-day long chilly weather, locally called “Chillai-Kalan”, starts in Kashmir from 21 December with its full fury as minimum temperatures dropped further below the freezing point. Meanwhile the local Meteorological Department has forecast mainly dry and clear weather till December 25 in Kashmir. Officials said there would be a further dip in minimum temperature and foggy weather conditions in the upcoming days in region. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





A female worker of the social welfare department, working under the Anganwadi scheme, shouts slogans during a protest in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 20 December 2022. Dozens of Anganwadi workers and helpers protested against the newly approved human resource (HR) policy framed by the government. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





A boy is silhouetted as he sits inside one of the chambers in a giant Ferris wheel as it is being set up at a ground ahead of an exposition in Chennai on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)