A dog howls as people wearing Santa hats take part in a laughter yoga session during Christmas celebrations on a beach in Mumbai, India, December 25, 2020. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)





Indian Christians, who are registered members of St. John in the Wilderness church, attend the Christmas mass in Dharmsala, India, Friday, December 25, 2020. The church which was built in 1852, is currently closed to general visitors due to COVID-19 restrictions. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Vendors display their wares in an early morning floating vegetable-market at the interiors of Dal Lake, in Srinagar on December 21, 2020. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Indian Christians, some wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus, attend a Christmas mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Prayagraj, India. Friday, December 25, 2020. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A health worker checks the temperature of a passenger at Bandra train station in Mumbai, India, Saturday, December 19, 2020. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Indian Christians, many wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus, line up to receive holy communion from the priest outside a church on Christmas in Gauhati, India, Friday, December 25, 2020. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A motorist rides past a a bullock cart carrying huge sacks of wheat straw in Bareilly district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, December 21, 2020. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Farmers warm themselves on a cold winter morning at the site of a protest against new farm laws, at Singhu border, near New Delhi, India, December 21, 2020. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A farmer's son sleeps on a tractor at the site of a protest against new farm laws, at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghaziabad, India, December 23, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A woman carries bread as she walks on a frost-covered footbridge in the interiors of Nigeen Lake on a cold winter morning in Srinagar, December 24, 2020. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A general view of the Lodhi Garden on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, December 23, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A woman sells props outside a church on as members of India's Christian community celebrate Christmas eve in Mumbai, India, December 24, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A man dressed as Santa Claus sanitizes hands of children in a narrow lane in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, December 19, 2020. India's coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





George Rakesh Babu, right, founder of Good Samaritans India, a non-government organization feeds food to a homeless person at a shelter to celebrate Christmas on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Friday, December 25, 2020. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Vendors sell marigold flowers at a wholesale market littered with paper used for packaging in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, December 22, 2020. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A woman walks through a mustard field in Murkata village in Morigaon district, some 45km from Guwahati, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Assam, on December 23, 2020. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





A message that reads “Jesus will unmask the world” is displayed on a Christmas crib lit up with lights on the eve of Christmas in Mumbai, India, Thursday, December 24, 2020. Though Hindus and Muslims comprise the majority of the population in India, Christmas is a national holiday celebrated with much fanfare. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A street vendor sells colorful balloons ahead of Christmas in Jammu, India, Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Though Hindus and Muslims comprise a majority of the population in India, Christmas is a national holiday celebrated with much fanfare. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Indian Christian boys wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus peep through the glass of the church as they are not allowed to attend the Christmas mass due to COVID-19 restrictions in Gauhati, India, Friday, December 25, 2020. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri man reacts as a health worker takes his nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Saturday, December 19, 2020. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A visitor wearing a Santa Claus costume is stopped at the entrance as registered members of St. John in the Wilderness church, attend the Christmas mass in Dharmsala, India, Friday, December 25, 2020. The church which was built in 1852, is currently closed to general visitors due to COVID-19 restrictions. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)