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Open Image ModalDiwali fire crackers burnt by the side of a lake which casts a crystal clear reflection. (credit:Soumen Nath Photography via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian child stretches out his arms as he watches a firecracker light up during Diwali celebrations in Gauhati, India, Thursday Oct. 23, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalWire chakkar (wheel) fireworks/cracker on Diwali in Mumbai, India. (credit:Dinodia via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalVinay Kumar Tiwari, a Brahmin priest, in prayer and meditation on the steps of the Ganges river, known as Ghats, seen here in Varanasi's most famous Ghat: Dasashvamedha. This is a daily ritual, particularly auspicious in the two weeks of the new moon and in particular during Diwali. Seen here at night surrounded by candles and offerings to the holy goddess Ganga, Varanasi (Benares), India (credit:Christopher Pillitz via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian potter paints earthen lamps ahead of Diwali, or the Hindu festival of lights, in Amritsar, India. The lamps, called diyas, are among the most popular Diwali decorations. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian Border Security Force soldiers place candles on a fence to celebrate Diwali, near the India-Pakistan international border area of Ranbir Singh Pora, about 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Jammu, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalLittle clay pots for home decorations and lighting lamps made during Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. (credit:Siddhartha De Photography via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian woman carries idols of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh, left, and goddess of wealth Lakshmi, right, for sale ahead of Diwali festival in Allahabad, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image Modal People bursting crackers as they celebrate the Diwali, the festival of Light, on October 23, 2014 in New Delhi, India. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe Akshardham temple stands illuminated with lamps and light during Diwali, the festival of lights, at Gandhinagar, about 30 kilometers north of Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalTraditional diwali prayer thali with 5 lit decorated diya (deepak), sweets, fruits (apple), dry fruits (almond). (credit:Kulpreet_Photography via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian man dressed as a monkey god Hanuman prepares for a religious procession ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, in Allahabad. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalCandles in decorated clay pots light up for Diwali. (credit:Shilpa Harolikar via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier lights a candle inside a bunker as part of Diwali celebrations at the India-Bangladesh border on the outskirts of Agartala, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian blind girl arranges earthen lamp casings ahead of Diwali festival in Ahmadabad, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalFireworks light up the night sky during Diwali festival in Ajmer, India. Diwali, the festival of lights, is one of Hinduism's most important festivals dedicated to the worship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalTenements housing mostly fishermen families are illuminated with lights to celebrate Diwali in Mumbai, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA Nihang, or a Sikh warrior, wearing traditional headgear pays obeisance standing in front of the illuminated Golden Temple, Sikhs holiest shrine, early morning on Bandi Chhor Divas that coincides with Diwali festival, in Amritsar, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian Hindu women play with fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Allahabad, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA homeless Indian man prepares to sleep on the pavement surrounded by candles lit by a local merchant in front of a shop during the festival of Diwali in New Delhi, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA child living in a shanty area jumps as he watches a firecracker light up during Diwali celebrations in Mumbai, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA firecracker lights up the sky as candles and lamps are seen lit across a field ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Allahabad, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalWomen performers with flaming pots on head dancing to celebrate Diwali. (credit:Grant Faint via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian woman paints earthen lamps ahead of Diwali festival in Amritsar, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian Hindu woman holds an earthen lamp and performs rituals for her ancestors on the banks of Bindu Sagar, considered to be a holy pond, on Diwali festival in Bhubaneswar, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image Modal Diwali celebration over the Shahpura area, on October 23, 2014 in Bhopal, India. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA young Indian girl laughs as she plays with a firecracker during Diwali, the festival of lights, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalDeepak lights (oil and cotton wick candles) lit for domestic decoration to celebrate Diwali. (credit:Annie Owen via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA fire cracker sky-rockets to a grand finale during Diwali. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDiwali,or Deepawali, (also called Tihar and Swanti in Nepal) is major Indian and Nepalese festive holiday, and a significant festival in Hinduism and some of the other faiths which originated in India. (credit:Subir Basak via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA child plays with firecrackers during Diwali celebrations in Allahabad, India,Thursday. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalChildren play with firecrackers supervised by adults during Diwali celebrations in Gauhati, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndians play with firecrackers to celebrate Diwali in Allahabad, India,Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA boy jumps as an adult lights a firecracker during Diwali, the festival of lights, in New Delhi, India, Thursday. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA youn girl lights a firecracker during Diwali, the festival of lights, in New Delhi, India, Thursday. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA woman holds her child and watches a firecracker light up during Diwali, the festival of lights, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndians crowd a market selling marigold flowers early morning on Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA woman places earthen lamps on rangoli, patterns made with coloured powder, to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, in New Delhi, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn adult helps a child light a firecracker during Diwali celebrations in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalRoadside vendors prepare garlands of marigold early morning at a market on Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, Thursday. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalChildren with special needs light firecrackers as they celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights at the Shishu Sarathi School in Gauhati, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA Little girl making rangoli and decorating with oil lamps for Diwali celebration in India. (credit:SoumenNath via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe dance of fire is performed by dancers to celebrate Diwali in India. (credit:Grant Faint via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA woman lighting earthen oil lamps during Diwali. (credit:Subir Basak via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA priest performs a ritual at Dasashvamedha Ghat on the edge of the Ganges in Varanasi (Benares)every evening, but is a specially important event over Diwali, India. (credit:Christopher Pillitz via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBoys playing with a sparkler on Diwali. (credit:Fuse via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA mother helps her daughter light candles during Diwali. (credit:PKG Photography via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalPortrait of a family celebrating Diwali. (credit:Visage via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalJodhpur City night scene taken from Jodhpur Fort showing the fort ramparts. Taken at Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, when all houses are adorned with lights and candles. (credit:Mike Powles via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDiwali festival of light, gathering at night. (credit:Grant Faint via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalColourful fireworks for Kalipuja/Diwali Festival. (credit:Partha Pal via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalCelebration of Diwali festival in an ISKCON temple. (credit:Godong via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSweets served during Diwali. (credit:Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalWoman holding beautiful lamp in her hands during Diwali in India. (credit:tapasbiswasphotography via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian woman walks past clay lamps kept for drying before being put in a kiln to harden ahead of the Hindu festival Diwali or the festival of lights, in New Delhi, India, Monday. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalWorkers prepare calendars with portraits of Hindu gods and goddesses ahead of the festival of lights Diwali and Gujarati New Year, in Ahmedabad, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian potters make earthen lamps ahead of Diwali festival, in Allahabad, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian man holds his son to look at fireworks as they celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian boy looks at fireworks set off to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalPeople handle fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Jammu India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalPeople let off fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Jammu India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA woman reacts to fireworks set alight to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Jammu, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalPeople handle fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Jammu India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA man watches Diwali fireworks light up the night sky above Ajmer town in Rajasthan state, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian people light fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian woman lights a fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndians let off fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian children play with fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian children play with fireworks to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian Hindu woman holds a tray filled with earthen lamps during Diwali celebrations in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. Hindus across the country are celebrating Diwali where people decorate their homes with lights and let off fireworks. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image Modal Indian widows light lamps as they celebrate Diwali or the festival of lights at an Ashram in Vrindavan, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA man transports Marigold flower garlands on a motorbike during the Diwali festival in Allahabad, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian Border Security Force soldiers and villagers light candles to celebrate Diwali, near the India-Pakistan international border area, at Ranbir Singh Pora, about 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Jammu, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalHands lighting and picking up earthenware diwali lamps. (credit:amlanmathur via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIndians buy lanterns from roadside stalls ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalOil lamps to light up the festival of lights - Diwali. (credit:Dinodia via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDiwali diyas with flowers. (credit:Anshu via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalFireworks on display at the banks of Pushkar lake, during Diwali. (credit:Akash Banerjee Photography via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDuring Diwali, beautifully crafted oil lamps are being used to decorate houses and temples in India. Further they are placed on colourful 'rangoli patterns' to enhance the look. (credit:RBB via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian potter makes earthen lamps ahead of Diwali or the festival of lights in Allahabad, India. People keep the lamps illuminated all night long to draw the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, into their homes. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndians arrange packets of firecrackers for display at a shop on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Jammu, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalTraditional sweets are displayed for sale at a wayside shop during the Diwali festival in Allahabad, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndian camel herders, gathered for the annual cattle fair, play with fireworks on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Pushkar, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIndians shop for decorative items and candles on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian woman carries an idol of Hindu Goddess Lakshmi on her head at a market place in Mumbai, India,. Hindus light up their homes and pray to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, during Diwali. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian man carries packets of firecrackers on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Jammu, India, Saturday. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalWomen painting clay walls for Diwali festival in Rajasthan, India. (credit:Christophe Boisvieux via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA priest offers Ganga aarti during 'Dev Deepavali' or the light festival of the Gods that falls on the full moon of Kartika, fifteen days after Diwali, at Varanasi. (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDiyas to mark the festival of lights as they squat on steps in Varanasi, India. (credit:Alex Craig via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe light from Diwali diyas lights up a steel plate before a pooja. (credit:Dethan Punalur via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe ceremonial worship of the goddess Kali is celebrated every year on Diwali night with much gaiety and grandeur in Kolkata, Bengal. (credit:Pallab Seth via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalFire crackers light the Indian sky during Diwali. (credit:Partha Pal via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA young woman lights oil lamps spread over a rangoli pattern for Diwali. (credit:Fuse via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalFireworks over Mumbai, India, during India's biggest holiday Diwali. (credit:Photo by Ed Trillo via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalYoung girl dressed in traditional clothing, playing with sparkler at Diwali. (credit:Gregory Warran via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDiwali sweets for sale in Jaipur shop, Rajasthan, India, Asia (credit:Annie Owen via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalCrowds of worshippers holding candles in a dark temple celebrate Diwali in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India. (credit:Religious Images/UIG via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIndians light candles ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Allahabad, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalHussain Sagar, Hyderabad during Diwali festival. (credit:Saurabh via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDecorative footsteps indicating a welcome into a Hindu household at Diwali festival time, India. (credit:Annie Owen via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSparklers lit on Diwali. (credit:Sudipta Das via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalGhats of Benaras light up with thousands of small diyas, and locals celebrate the auspicious day with fireworks. (credit:Copyright Soumya Bandyopadhyay Photography via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe night sky over Lokhandwala, Mumbai is lit up with fire-crackers. (credit:Sharad Gupta via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian family lights firecrackers during the festival of Diwali in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian Sikh man look at candles lit during the festival of Diwali outside a Gurudwara, or Sikh temple, in New Delhi, India. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian girl lights earthen lamps to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Allahabad. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalThe last candle left burning as Diwali comes to a close in Varanasi, India. (credit:Alex Craig via Getty Images)