A tram decorated with posters of the ongoing state Legislative Assembly elections crosses a road in Kolkata on April 5, 2021. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party workers listen to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party President Sukhbir Singh Badal (not pictured) during the “Punjab Mangda Jawab” rally, at Ajnala village, about 28 km from Amritsar on April 1, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Christian devotees take part in a prayer mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral on the eve of Good Friday, in Allahabad on April 1, 2021. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





People wait to get their vital signs checked before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at a government hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 1, 2021. India is accelerating its vaccination drive by opening it up for everyone above 45 years just as cases spike sharply after several months. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Indian army soldiers flash the victory sign as they leave the site of a gunbattle in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 2, 2021. Anti-India protests and clashes have erupted between government forces and locals who thronged a village in disputed Kashmir following a gunbattle that killed three suspected militants. Police say the gunfight on Friday erupted shortly after scores of counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched an operation based on tip about presence of militants in a village in southern Pulwama district. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Kashmiri villagers throw stones and bricks at a police vehicle during a protest near the site of a gunbattle in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 2, 2021 (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim girl lights candles at the grave of her relative to mark Shab-e- Barat, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, March 29, 2021. Muslims visit ancestral graveyards for the salvation of the souls of the departed and also believe that all sins will be forgiven by praying to Allah throughout the Shab-e Barat night. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





People wait to get inoculated in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 5, 2021. India’s daily confirmed coronavirus cases have recorded the biggest single-day spike since the pandemic began, indicating a renewed crush of infections. The government has intensified its vaccination drive in recent weeks, now administering over 3 million jabs a day. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A woman receives a COVID- 19 vaccine at a government hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 1, 2021. India is accelerating its vaccination drive by opening it up for everyone above 45 years just as cases spike sharply after several months. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A woman adjusts her facemark as she stands in queue with others to cast their votes at a polling booth during the second phase of elections for West Bengal state in Nandigram , East Medinipur district, India, Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A health worker administers the COVISHIELD vaccine for COVID-19 at a residential area in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, April 4, 2021. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Youths throw coloured powder to their friend as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colours along a street in Jodhpur on March 29, 2021. (Photo by Xavier Galiana/AFP Photo)





A healthcare worker collects a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test swab sample from a man, at a temporary shelter for homeless people in New Delhi, India, March 31, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A worshipper wearing a protective face mask prays at a church during Good Friday, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, April 2, 2021. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A paramilitary soldier injured in a gunbattle with Maoist rebels on Saturday is brought for treatment at a hospital in Raipur, India, Sunday, April 4, 2021. India on Sunday recovered the bodies of 20 police and paramilitary troops who were killed in a gunbattle with Maoist rebels a day earlier in the forests of the eastern Chhattisgarh state. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





People wearing masks board a bus in Mumbai, India, Monday, April 5, 2021. India reported its biggest single-day spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began Monday, and officials in the hard-hit state home to Mumbai are returning to the closure of some businesses and places of worship in a bid to slow the spread. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Health workers accompany elderly villagers in a boat as they cross the river Brahmaputra to reach a vaccination center for COVID-19 at Bahakajari village in an interior part of Indian northeastern state of Assam, India, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A pedestrian walks past a mural of Michelangelo's fresco painting the “Creation of Adam”, depicting a hand with a hand soap bottle, to spread awareness about the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on March 31, 2021. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP Photo)





A polling officer applies indelible ink on a voter's finger at a polling station during the third phase of assembly election in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





An Assamese voter shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote at a polling station during the third phase of assembly election in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Voters in four Indian states and a union territory are casting their ballots, in elections seen as a test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government which is battling the latest surge in coronavirus cases. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Children play with their pet Hamster at a street in Kochi on March 29, 2021. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)