Pigeons fly in a deserted area in front of the Gateway of India during restrictions imposed by the state government amidst rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Mumbai on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 reacts during cremation, in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 19, 2021. New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown Monday night to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital's health system, which authorities said had been pushed to its limit amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Hindu boy face is painted colourfully by an artist as they attend and celebrate Bengali New Year festival called Gajan in West Bengal state of India on April 11, 2021. Gajan associated with gods as Shiva, Neel and Dharmathakur. this festival spans around a week time, starting from the last week of Choitro continuing till the end of the Bengali New Year. Participants of this festival are known as Sannyasi or Bhokta. The central theme of this festival is to derive satisfaction through non-sexual pain, devotion and sacrifice. (Photo by Saurabh Sirohiya/Pacific Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Devotees gather at a temple carrying offerings on their head to mark the “Vishu” festival in Chennai on April 14, 2021. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Farmers eat a meal on a cot during a 24-hour blockade of a major expressway as part of their ongoing protests against new farm laws in Dasna, India, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Body of man who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi, India April 15, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) get treatment at the casualty ward in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi, India April 15, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A frontline worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) sprays a flammable liquid on a burning funeral pyre of a man who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium on the outskirts of Mumbai India, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A patient with breathing problems wears an oxygen mask as she waits inside an ambulance in a queue to enter a COVID-19 hospital, amidst the coronavirus disease pandemic, Ahmedabad, India, April 14, 2021. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A patient with breathing problem is helped to walk towards an ambulance as he is being shifted to a hospital, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 14, 2021. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman mourns after her father died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside a mortuary of a COVID-19 hospital in New Delhi, India, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A woman is consoled after her husband died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside a mortuary of a COVID-19 hospital in New Delhi, India, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A man is consoled by his relative as he sees the body of his father, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before his burial at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 16, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Migrant workers arrive at a bus station to board buses to return to their villages after Delhi government ordered a six-day lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 19, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





An Indian woman waits for the result of her COVID-19 test at a hospital in Hyderabad, India, Monday, April 12, 2021. With its explosive surge in recent days, India's confirmed infections surpassed Brazil's total Monday as the second-worst hit country. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers outside a Mosque on the banks of a river on the first day of fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A woman gets her swab sample taken to test for COVID-19 at a government hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 15, 2021. India reported more than 200,000 new coronavirus cases Thursday, skyrocketing past 14 million overall as an intensifying outbreak puts a grim weight on its fragile health care system. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A driver of an e-rickshaw waits for passengers at a busy market place in New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 28, 2021. India has ambitions to expand use of electric vehicles to wean itself from polluting fossil fuels, but EVs are still a rarity on its congested highways. A lack of charging stations and poor quality batteries are discouraging drivers from switching over. (Photo by Neha Mehrotra/AP Photo)





Muslims offer prayers and break fast on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama Mosque, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 situation only a handful of people turned up. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Children do stretching exercises during a cricket practise session at a park in Amritsar on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)