An Indian girl waits by a roadside eatery in a neighborhood in New Delhi, India. Chandan Khanna / AFP
A female Hindu pilgrim dries a saree after taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
An Indian Border Security Force woman commando runs from thick smoke during an excercise at the Kharkan Training Camp at Hoshiarpur, India. Shammi Mehra / AFP
Indian devotees perform rituals at the Bay of Bengal as they visit Sagar Island during the Gangasagar Fair, Eastern India. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
Indian Hindu devotees arrive during a cold and foggy morning to take a holy dip for the Makar Sankranti festival at Sangam in Allahabad, India. Saniay Kanoiia / AFP
Hindu pilgrims prepare to take a dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
A Hindu man cools off in the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal, ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
Indian school girls in traditional punjabi dress toss puffed rice, peanuts and popcorn into a bonfire on the eve of the Lohri festival in Amritsar, India. Narinder Nanu / AFP
Hindu pilgrims pray behind burning oil lamps ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
Women labourers work at the construction site of a road in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
Boys tie their boats as fog covers the banks of the Yamuna river on a cold evening in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, India. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
A Hindu devotee offers prayers after a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, during the Makar Sankranti festival in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
A Hindu pilgrim jumps over a water stream on a beach along the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters