A cyclist rides amid smog in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Masks are back on the streets as residents of the capital city grapple with the annual surge in air pollution that has engulfed the region. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Tourists sit against the backdrop of Taj Mahal amid smoggy conditions in Agra on November 7, 2023. (Photo by Pawan Sharma/AFP Photo)





Kashmiri school children play cricket on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, November 7, 2023. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A general view shows the Taj Mahal amid heavy smog conditions as the sun rises in Agra on November 9, 2023. (Photo by Pawan Sharma/AFP Photo)





Indian Border Security Force (BSF) new recruits cheer during a passing out parade in Humhama on the outskirts of Srinagar on November 9, 2023. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A woman collects marigold flowers, to be used for rituals and decorations, ahead of Diwali Festival on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, November 9, 2023. Hindus light lamps, wear new clothes, exchange sweets and gifts and pray to goddess Lakshmi during the festival of lights, that will be celebrated on Nov. 12. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers pay tribute to their colleague Lal Fam Kima during a wreath-laying ceremony at the BSF headquarters in Jammu, India, Thursday, November 9, 2023. The BSF soldier was killed as Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire and shelling along their highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Indian Camel Arrived at the Desert of Pushkar ahead of the Pushkar Camel Fair in Pushkar, India on November 09, 2023. Thousands of livestock traders from the region come to the traditional camel fair where livestock, mainly camels, are traded. The annual camel and livestock fair is one of the world's largest camel fairs. (Photo by ABACA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Visitors take pictures inside a garden during an autumn day in Srinagar on November 9, 2023. Autumn, locally known as Harud, is a season of harvesting in Kashmir with trees changing their colours while the day light hours become shorter as winter approaches. (Photo by Saqib Majeed/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man collects marigold flowers, to be used for rituals and decorations, ahead of Diwali Festival on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, November 9, 2023. Hindus light lamps, wear new clothes, exchange sweets and gifts and pray to goddess Lakshmi during the festival of lights, that will be celebrated on Nov. 12. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A man arranges packets of firecrackers for sale on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Jammu, India, Saturday, November 11, 2023. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A devotee lights lamps at the Akshardham temple during celebrations on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Gandhinagar, India on November 11, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Fireworks light the sky as lamps are light up the banks of the river Saryu on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, November 11, 2023. Ayodhya city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Saturday set a record by lighting over 2.2 million earthen oil lamps during Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of Diwali, creating a new Guinness World Record for lighting lamps in such a large number, according to state tourism department. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Indian businessmen pray in front of their record-keeping books as part of a ritual to worship the Hindu deity of wealth goddess Lakshmi on Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ahmedabad, India on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Vendors sell flowers ahead of the Diwali festival, in Guwahati, India on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Hindu saints and devotees light oil lamps in a formation of the Ayodhya Ram temple inside a temple to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ahmedabad, India on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





People light fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





People light fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Fireworks explode in front of a residential building to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ahmedabad, India on November 12, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man walks amid maple trees at Nishat Garden in Srinagar on November 13, 2023. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)