1. Observing Diwali

2. People enrich their homes with lamps and lights as they praise the yearly Hindu celebration of Diwali in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

3. A kid picks marigold blooms used to make festoons and offer supplications for the Tihar celebration, likewise called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

4. Fireworks detonate over the Wheel of Light amid Diwali festivities in Leicester, Britain. REUTERS/Darren Staples

5. Participants from Newar people group in customary clothing, move amid the Newari New Year parade that falls amid the Tihar celebration, likewise called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

6. A young lady lights candles inside a cricket stadium on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu celebration of lights, in Allahabad, India. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash

7. A dairy animals embellished with festoons and spread with vermilion powder is envisioned amid a religious function commending the Tihar celebration, likewise called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

8. A road merchant spreads vermilion powder utilized for love amid the Tihar celebration, additionally called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

9. A young men demonstrates his lit up shoes amid Diwali festivities in Leicester, Britain. REUTERS/Darren Staples

10. Children play with inflatables amid Diwali festivities in Leicester, Britain. REUTERS/Darren Staples

11. Devotees light candles at a Gurdwara, or Sikh sanctuary, amid festivities to check Bandi Chhorh Divas, which concurs with the Hindu celebration of Diwali, in Chandigarh, India. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

12. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building is enlightened amid the Diwali exceptional exchanging session praising the yearly Hindu celebration of lights in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade

13. A Tamil aficionado lights oil lights at a religious service amid the Diwali or Deepavali celebration at Ponnambalavaneshwaram Hindu sanctuary in Colombo, Sri Lanka. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

14. A road merchant offers wreaths made of marigold blooms along the lanes amid the Tihar celebration, additionally called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

15. Candles are organized to shape a tribute to the Indian armed force inside a cricket stadium on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu celebration of lights in Allahabad, India. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash

16. A lady hues earthern lights available to be purchased in front of the Hindu celebration of Diwali in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui