A relative wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands next to a body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before his cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India on August 22, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A devotee throws a clay idol of Hindu elephant-headed deity Ganesh into the sea on the third day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Chennai on August 24, 2020. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Taxi drivers wearing face masks wait for passengers in Kolkata, India, Saturday, August 29, 2020. India has the third-highest coronavirus caseload after the United States and Brazil, and the fourth-highest death toll in the world. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Rescue workers look for survivors after a residential building collapsed in Mahad, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) from India's financial capital of Mumbai, Monday, August 24, 2020. Many people feared injured and more than 65 were trapped inside after a residential building caved in on Monday evening in the central Indian state of Maharashtra. (Photo by Pritam Sakpal/AFP Photo)





Rescue workers carry Mohammed Bangi, a four-year-old boy, as he leaves a hospital after he was rescued from the rubble at the site of a collapsed five-storey building in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Rescue workers search for survivors in the debris after a five-story building collapsed in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a child to test for COVID-19 during a door to door test drive in Gauhati, India, Saturday, August 29, 2020. India has the third-highest coronavirus caseload after the United States and Brazil, and the fourth-highest death toll in the world. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





People wait to give their nasal swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, Friday, August 28, 2020. India has the third-highest coronavirus caseload after the United States and Brazil, and the fourth-highest death toll in the world. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





People wearing protective masks carry an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion off the coast of the Arabian sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, August 23, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





People carry an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, to immerse it off the coast of the Arabian sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, August 23, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Idols of Hindu god Ganesh are on display for sale along a pavement on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Mumbai, India on August 22, 2020. (Photo by Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters)





Clients wearing protective face mask wait to meet Sanjay Sharma, a mystic healer and astrologer, at his office in New Delhi, India on August 22, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Saint Teresa, wearing masks and face shields as precaution against the coronavirus distribute food to poor and homeless people in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Wednesday marked the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun who spent 45-years serving the poor, the sick, the orphaned, and the dying. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Muslims wearing face masks beat drums as they take part in a Muharram procession in Kolkata, India, Sunday, August 30, 2020. India has the third-highest coronavirus caseload after the United States and Brazil, and the fourth-highest death toll in the world. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A civic worker sprays sanitizers in front of roadside shops in Kolkata, India, Sunday, August 30, 2020. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A volunteer carries a clay idol of Hindu elephant-headed deity Ganesh for immersion on the third day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Chennai on August 24, 2020. India's much-loved Ganesha festival opened to a muted reception on August 22 as tough COVID-19 coronavirus restrictions prevented devotees from holding grand celebrations and carrying out traditional rituals to honour the Hindu elephant god. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A Kashmiri fisherman casts his net as it rains at the Dal Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, August 27, 2020. Heavy rains caused landslides and flash floods, resulting in the continued closure of the Srinagar – Jammu highway. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A man rests in front of closed book stalls during a day long state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Kolkata on August 31, 2020. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





People cross a deserted intersection during a day long state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Kolkata on August 31, 2020. India on August 30 set a coronavirus record when it reported 78,761 new infections in 24 hours the world's highest single day rise even as it continued to open up the economy. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Ali Mohammad a Kashmiri villager with his grand son Burhan Ahmed keep a watch on their cattle from a hillock on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, August 31, 2020. Set in the Himalayas at 5,600 feet above sea level, Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley surrounded by snowy mountain ranges with over 100 lakes dotting its highlands and plains. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)