An Indian paramilitary soldier guards a deserted street in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, September 5, 2021. Authorities Sunday eased some restrictions that had been imposed after the death of top resistance leader Syed Ali Geelani. However, most shops and businesses stayed closed as government forces patrolled roads and streets in the city. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Devotees flock to catch a glimpse of an idol of the Hindu God Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, as it leaves a workshop ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, September 5, 2021. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A woman holds the hand of a sick child as children suffering from various ailments and their relatives crowd the Sarojini Naidu Childrens Hospital, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, September 6, 2021. The annual monsoon season brings a spurt in mosquito-borne diseases overcrowding hospitals in most parts of India. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A boy carries idols of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha outside a workshop ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in New Delhi on September 6, 2021. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Women stand in a queue to receive the vaccine for COVID-19 in Khola Bhuyan village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Tuesday, September 7, 2021. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





An artist gives finishing touches to an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha at a workshop ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Allahabad on September 7, 2021. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A Sikh youth performs the Sikh martial art known as “Gatka” on the occasion of the 417th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on September 7, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Sikh devotees light candles on the occasion of the 417th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, at the illuminated Golden Temple in Amritsar on September 7, 2021. (Photo by NNarinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A goat feeds on a flower garland that was placed on a statue of Mother Mary in front of a crucifix at the shrine of Our Lady of Health during the annual feast of the birth of Virgin Mary in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, September 8, 2021. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





National Disaster Response Force personnel search for missing people after two passenger ferries collided Wednesday in the river Brahmaputra, near Nimati Ghat, in Jorhat, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, September 9, 2021. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Shantanu Bora, asks authorities to look for his missing relative Vikramjit Baruah after two passenger ferries collided Wednesday in the river Brahmaputra, near Nimati Ghat, in Jorhat, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, September 9, 2021. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A wild elephants from the nearby Rani Forest reserve eat water hyacinths in the wetlands at Deepar Beel on the outskirts of Guwahati ,India on September 5, 2021. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Indian firefighters and civilians work to extinguish a fire in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, September 7, 2021. A mosque and some buildings where damaged in the fire. No casualties were reported. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





An idol of the Hindu god Ganesh is seen covered with a cloth during the start of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, September 10, 2021. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A woman holds her henna-decorated hand to dry on the eve of the Hindu festival of Teej in Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, September 8, 2021. During this festival married women observe a day-long fast for the longevity of their husbands, while unmarried women observe a fast praying for a good husband. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh is transported in a taxi in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, September 8, 2021. The idol is being taken home for worship ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival that celebrates the birth of Ganesha. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Commuters make their way through a waterlogged street during a heavy rain shower in Amritsar on September 10, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a woman to test for COVID-19 in Jammu, India, Monday, September13, 2021. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A boy immerses an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into a pond on the second day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, India, September 11, 2021. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)