Indian workers remove idols of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha that were immersed earlier in Saroornagar Lake on the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The festival is a celebration of the birth of Ganesha, the Hindu god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Exile Tibetan Buddhist nuns wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus circumambulate the residence of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, September 3, 2020. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Children jump into a step-well (baori) after it was filled with rain water, near Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, on September2, 2020. (Photo by Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





People wearing protective face masks travel in a passenger bus amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kolkata, India, September 2, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Girls wearing protective face masks wait to pray inside temple premises on the occasion of the annual harvest festival of Onam on the outskirts of Kochi, India, August 31, 2020. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A Bakerwal, or nomadic man, shaves his head alongside a road at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district on September 3, 2020. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Students wearing protective face masks wait to enter an examination centre for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, India, September 1, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Devotees shower flower petals as an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, is carried during a procession on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, before immersing the idol into the Arabian sea, in Mumbai, India on September 1, 2020. (Photo by Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters)





A worker stands inside a train at a Delhi Metro station ahead of the restart of its operations, amidst the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, September 3, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab from a labourer for a rapid antigen test at a construction site, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ahmedabad, India, September 3, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman fills her container using a water pipe alongside a stream at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district on September 3, 2020. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A man carrying children crosses a road during heavy rains in Ahmedabad, India, August 31, 2020.. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu priests wearing protective face masks perform "havan" (traditional fire ritual) to appease gods to stop rain and to save humanity from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inside a temple premises in Ahmedabad, India, August 31, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) employees sanitise a coach during a media preview as the Delhi Metro network prepares to resume services partially after more than 5 months shut down due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, at Rajeev Chowk metro station in New Delhi on September 3, 2020. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced will resume operations services on the Yellow Line from September 7. (Photo by Prakash Singh/AFP Photo)





An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, September 1, 2020. India said Monday its soldiers thwarted “provocative” movements by China’s military near a disputed border in the Ladakh region months into the rival nations’ deadliest standoff in decades. China's military said it was taking “necessary actions in response”, without giving details. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A health worker screens people for symptoms of COVID-19 in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Friday, September 4, 2020. The number of people infected with the coronavirus in India rose by another 80,000 and is near Brazil's total, the second-highest in the world. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, September 1, 2020. India has now reported more than 75,000 infections for five straight days, one of the highest in the world, just as the government began easing restrictions to help the battered economy. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





People row their boats on the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India, Friday, September 4, 2020. Heavy monsoon rains have raised the water level of the Ganges River. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)