Smoke comes out from a train's carriage after angry mobs set it on fire in protests over access to railway jobs that have seen police violently disperse crowds with tear gas and baton charges, in Gaya, in the northeast Indian state of Bihar on January 26, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





An ascetic performs yoga at his makeshift tent near the banks of Sangam -the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati river during the Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on January 28, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A woman waits for her Covid 19 antigen test result as other waits to get tested at a health center, in New Delhi, India, Friday, January 28, 2022. Indian health officials said that the first signs of COVID-19 infections plateauing in some parts of the vast country were being seen, but cautioned that cases were still surging in some states. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A devotee worshipping Hindu Goddess Marammadevi, an incarnation of Shakthi, carries the mask of the Goddess on his head as he seeks alms in Bangalore on January 29, 2022. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP Photo)





Spectators use their mobile phones as drones with lights fly over the Presidental Palace during the 'Beating Retreat' ceremony in New Delhi on January 29, 2022. (Photo by Prakash Singh/AFP Photo)





A man transports empty metal drums on a horse-drawn cart along a road in Amritsar on January 29, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Teaching staff members of a private school take part in a special prayer held for the well being of students as well as mankind all over the world and to overcome the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, ahead of the reopening of educational institutes, at a school playground in Chennai, India, 31 January 2022. Nearly 500 teaching staff members of a private school attend a special prayer held for the good health of students as well as mankind all over the world and to overcome the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, ahead of the reopening of schools for 1 to 12 grade classes, from 01 February 2022, as part of the COVID-19 lockdown relaxation following a slight decline in daily COVID-19 cases in the state of Tamil Nadu. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)





A laborer tries to maneuver his way through a congested market in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Tuesday announced a series of investments to shore up spending in infrastructure projects in its annual budget designed to spur growth and popularity just days ahead of key state elections. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees take a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on the auspicious bathing day of “Mauni Amavasya” during the annual Magh Mela festival in Allahabad, on February 1, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A man walks near a bronze statue of a bull outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Tuesday announced a series of investments to shore up spending in infrastructure projects in its annual budget designed to spur growth and popularity just days ahead of key state elections. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





People leave a train station in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, February 1, 2022. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Students assemble to attend classes after the reopening of schools closed as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a school in Madurai on February 01, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A Hindu pilgrim prays after taking a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna on “Mauni Amavasya” or new moon day, third and the most auspicious date of bathing day during the annual month long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela” In Prayagraj, India. Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims take dips in the confluence, hoping to wash away sins during the month-long festival. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A Naga Sadhu or Naked Hindu holy man rubes ash after taking a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna on “Mauni Amavasya” or new moon day, third and the most auspicious date of bathing day during the annual month long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela” In Prayagraj, India. Tuesday, February 1, 2022. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A Hindu pilgrim prays after taking a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna on “Mauni Amavasya” or new moon day, third and the most auspicious date of bathing day during the annual month long Hindu religious fair “Magh Mela” In Prayagraj, India. Tuesday, February 1, 2022. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Indian people crosses a railway track on a foggy morning near a railway station in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi in India, February 01, 2022. The Indian government, meanwhile, presented the Union Budget for the next year, outlining the government spending and income while hoping to log a GDP growth of over 9%, which is highest among major economies. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





An opposition Congress party worker shouts slogans as he is being detained by Indian police during a protest accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of using military-grade spyware to monitor political opponents, journalists and activists, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, February 2, 2022. India's opposition has been demanding an investigation into how the Israeli spyware, known as Pegasus, was used in India. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Children queue up to enter the school premises after the schools resumed physical classes which were closed earlier to curb the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus in Kolkata on February 3, 2022. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees perform traditional dance inside the premises of a giant statue of 11th-century social reformer and saint, Ramanujacharya that has been named “Statue of Equality” is seen on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Thursday, February 3, 2022. The statue will be inaugurated by Narendra Modi, India's prime minister on Feb. 5, 2022. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





An artisan gives finishing touch to an idol of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning, at a roadside stall ahead of its worship scheduled for Saturday, in Kolkata, India, Thursday, February 3, 2022. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)