Millions of Indians set a new world record celebrating Diwali as worries about air pollution rise
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Fire crackers and smoke fill the city skyline during festival of lights Diwali in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, right, lights the candles with his wife Akshata Murty and daughters to celebrate Diwali at 10 Downing Street in London, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. Diwali is known as the Festival of Lights. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)People light fire crackers during festival of lights Diwali in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Hindu women pray to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Somi Narin temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, celebrates the spiritual victory of light over darkness. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)A Hindu holds a firework at a ceremony to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Somi Narin temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali celebrates the spiritual victory of light over darkness. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)An Indian family lights firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. Indians across the country are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Lamps light up the banks of the river Saryu on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, Nov. 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. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with his wife Akshata Murty and daughters Anoushka and Krishna join Diwali celebrations at the Vedic Society Hindu Temple in Southampton, England, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Finnbarr Webster/PA via AP)Lamps light up the banks of the river Saryu on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, Nov. 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. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)A Hindu woman, left, attends a ceremony to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Somi Narin temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, celebrates the spiritual victory of light over darkness. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)Hindus release a sky Lantern as they celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)Lamps light up the banks of the river Saryu on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, Nov. 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. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Hindu women hold clay-lamp during a ceremony to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Somi Narin temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali celebrates the spiritual victory of light over darkness. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)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, Nov. 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. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)People light fire crackers during festival of lights Diwali in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)A Hindu woman hold clay-lamp during a ceremony to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Krishna temple in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali celebrates the spiritual victory of light over darkness. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)A group of balloon sellers wait for customers at the park during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Lamps light up the banks of the river Saryu on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, Nov. 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. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)A residential building is decorated with lanterns and lights during Diwali, the festival of lights in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)A Hindu woman hold clay-lamp during a ceremony to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, at Somi Narin temple in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. The Hindu festival of lights, Diwali celebrates the spiritual victory of light over darkness. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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Fire crackers and smoke fill the city skyline during festival of lights Diwali in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)