Diwali celebration - in pictures

  • Students in Guwahati, India, light earthen oil lamps on rangoli, a decorative design, to mark Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights on Sunday. AFP
    Students in Guwahati, India, light earthen oil lamps on rangoli, a decorative design, to mark Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights on Sunday. AFP
  • Firework display to mark Diwali in Mumbai on Sunday. AFP
    Firework display to mark Diwali in Mumbai on Sunday. AFP
  • People light fire crackers during Diwali in Mumbai. AP
    People light fire crackers during Diwali in Mumbai. AP
  • Tower blocks are decorated with lanterns and lights during Diwali in Mumbai. AP
    Tower blocks are decorated with lanterns and lights during Diwali in Mumbai. AP
  • Fireworks fill the Mumbai skyline during the festival of lights on Sunday. AP
    Fireworks fill the Mumbai skyline during the festival of lights on Sunday. AP
  • A devotee prepares to place oil lamps at a religious ceremony during the Diwali festival at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sunday. Reuters
    A devotee prepares to place oil lamps at a religious ceremony during the Diwali festival at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sunday. Reuters
  • Lamps light up the banks of the river Saryu in Ayodhya, India on Saturday. AP
    Lamps light up the banks of the river Saryu in Ayodhya, India on Saturday. AP
  • Devotees light earthen lamps on the banks of the Saryu river in Ayodhya on Saturday. AFP
    Devotees light earthen lamps on the banks of the Saryu river in Ayodhya on Saturday. AFP