The Color and Lights of Diwali 2026
Firdous Nazir / NurPhoto / Reuters A Hindu devotee lights diyas, traditional earthen oil lamps, during Diwali celebrations near the Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on November 8, 2026.
- Indranil Mukherjee / AFP / Getty Visitors are immersed in the projections at an installation celebrating Diwali at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center, in Mumbai, on November 6, 2026.
- Vishal Bhatnagar / NurPhoto / Getty Priests perform aarti at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in Jaipur, India, on November 8, 2026, during the Diwali festival.
- Himanshu Sharma / AFP / Getty Smog shrouds an illuminated residential area as seen from the Taragarh Fort in Ajmer on November 8, 2026 on the occasion of Diwali.
Thein Zaw / AP A devotee lights candles during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a temple in Yangon, Myanmar, on November 8, 2026.
Nick Lachance / Toronto Star / Getty Sukshinder Shinda takes the stage as the headliner at the Diwali celebrations at Sesquicentennial Park in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on November 8, 2026.
- Wexler / NorthJersey.com / USA Today / Reuters People celebrate Diwali in the Little India section of Jersey City, New Jersey, on November 8, 2026.
- Akhtar Soomro / Reuters Women carry lit diyas as they celebrate Diwali at Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 8, 2026.
- Saddman Zaman / ZUMA / Reuters Hindu devotees gather to celebrate Diwali at Bashabo Kali Mandir in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 7, 2026.
- Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP A Gussadi dancer performs during a Deepotsav procession ahead of Diwali in Ayodhya, India, on November 7, 2026.
- Channi Anand / AP A child plays with fireworks on the eve of Diwali at an orphanage in Jammu and Kashmir, India, on November 7, 2026.
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