U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Secretary of Defence Mark Esper pay their tributes at the National War Memorial in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, October 27, 2020. In talks on Tuesday with their Indian counterparts, Pompeo and Esper are to sign an agreement expanding military satellite information sharing and highlight strategic cooperation between Washington and New Delhi with an eye toward countering China. (Photo by Jewel Samad/Pool via AP Photo)





A boatman steers his boat near the banks of the Yamuna River during a smoggy morning at sunrise in New Delhi on October 29, 2020. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP Photo)





Relatives of Fida Hussain, a leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), mourn during his funeral in Qazigund, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, October 30, 2020. Assailants shot and killed three BJP politicians in Kashmir late Thursday, police said, blaming militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region. Militants fired at the three members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in southern Kulgam district, police said in a statement. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A Hindu priest wearing a face shield applies vermilion paste on the forehead of a child during Durga Puja festival in Gauhati, India, Saturday, October 24, 2020. Weeks after India fully opened up from a harsh lockdown and began to modestly turn a corner by cutting new infections by near half, a Hindu festival season is raising fears that the disease could spoil the hard-won gains. Health experts worry the festivals can set off a whole new cascade of infections, further testing and straining India’s battered health care system. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Morning walkers walk past a mural of an elephant created as part of a city beautification initiative taken by local civic body at a public garden in Mumbai on October 28, 2020. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP Photo)





A boy Playing Cricket in Lawn of India Gate during smoggy morning as India Gate in the backdrop shrouded with smog in the early morning October 26, 2020. (Photo by Pradeep Gaur/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People buy clay idols of Laxmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, ahead of Laxmi Puja festival in Kolkata, India, Thursday, October 29, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus caseload surpassed 8 million on Thursday with daily infections dipping to the lowest level this week, as concerns grew over a major Hindu festival season and winter setting in. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Naga girls wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus walk at dusk in Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, October 29, 2020. (Photo by Yirmiyan Arthur/AP Photo)





A health worker uses a rapid kit to test for COVID-19 at a testing center in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 29, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus caseload surpassed 8 million on Thursday with daily infections dipping to the lowest level this week, as concerns grew over a major Hindu festival season and winter setting in. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Kashmiri Muslims offer Friday prayers on the banks of the Jhelum River while maintaining social distancing as a preventative measure against the Covid-19 Coronavirus, in Srinagar on October 23, 2020. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Laborers wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus leave for work in the morning in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Thursday, October 29, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus caseload surpassed 8 million on Thursday with daily infections dipping to the lowest level this week. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





A squirrel crawls along an electrical cable as a kingfisher takes off from it in New Delhi, India, October 24, 2020. (Photo by Chine Nouvelle/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People travel in a cabin on India's longest river cable car connecting the northern and southern banks of the Brahmaputra river at sunset, in Guwahati on October 28, 2020. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





A priest gets ready to conduct prayers next to the effigies of mythological demon king Ravana and his kins during Dussehra festival celebrations toned down due to the coronavirus pandemic in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, October 25, 2020. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





An Indian woman removes her face mask to drink water next to a poster displaying appropriate use of masks at a market in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, October 29, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus caseload surpassed 8 million on Thursday with daily infections dipping to the lowest level this week, as concerns grew over a major Hindu festival season and winter setting in. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





A Hindu devotee and his son feed seagulls near the banks of the Yamuna River during a smoggy morning at sunrise in New Delhi on October 29, 2020. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP Photo)