Lata Netam, a health worker, unsuccessfully tries to push a motorbike ambulance, up a steep riverbank through Abhujmarh, or “the unknown hills”, to reach a pregnant woman in Kodoli, a remote village near Orchha in central India's Chhattisgarh state, November 15, 2022. These ambulances, first deployed in 2014, reach inaccessible villages to bring pregnant women to an early referral center, a building close to the hospital where expectant mothers can stay under observation, routinely visit doctors if needed until they give birth. Since then the number of babies born in hospitals has doubled to a yearly average of about 162 births each year, from just 76 in 2014. The state has one of the highest rates of pregnancy-related deaths for mothers in India, about 1.5 times the national average, with 137 pregnancy related deaths for mothers per 100,000 births. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A members of LGBTQ community waits to join in a pride walk in Kolkata, India, Sunday, December 18, 2022. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Workers are silhouetted as they work on a giant Ferris wheel as it is being set up at a ground ahead of an exposition in Chennai on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A full grown Royal Bengal tiger is placed in a cage after it was tranquilized by forest officials in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, December 20, 2022. The tiger took shelter in between two huge rocks at the shore of an island after swimming through the Brahmaputra river. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





An artist seen giving a final touch to an effigy of Santa Claus before the Christmas celebration in Kolkata on December 20, 2022. Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of Jesus Christ celebrated on December 25 worldwide. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A migrant street vendor pushes his cart to work as he starts his day from his temporary shelter on a cold morning in Jammu, India, Wednesday, December 21, 2022. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Border Security Force (BSF) personnel patrol along the border fence during a cold foggy morning near India-Pakistan Wagah border about 40km from Amritsar on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Laborers load cement sacks into a truck amidst morning fog near Buxar railway station in northern state of Bihar, India. Wednesday, December 21, 2022. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





People passing next to a store of Christmas decoration articles at a market, on December 21, 2022 in Guwahati, India. Christmas is a Christian holiday worshiping the birth of Jesus Christ celebrates on December 25 every year. (Photo by David Talukdar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Indian naval soldiers rehearse to prepare for the upcoming Republic day parade amidst morning smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, December 22, 2022. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Men dressed as Santa Claus dance during a Christmas carnival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, December 22, 2022. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Vendors sit atop a mini truck with sacks of vegetables and travel to a market in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, December 22, 2022. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Farmers spray pesticides in a mustard field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Thursday, December 22, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A street vendor selling Santa caps combs her daughter as she waits for buyers ahead of Christmas in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, December 22, 2022. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Laborers work at a construction site on the banks of river Ganges as the sun sets in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, December 22, 2022. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Indian man dressed as Santa Clause drinks water during a carnival ahead of Christmas festival in Mumbai, India, 22 December 2022. Christian communities around the world will celebrate Christmas on 25 December, which is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity, the largest religious group in the world. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki//EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





College students ride on their bicycles through the mustard fields on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, Thursday, December 22, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





People walk past a girl wearing a face mask in a shopping district of Mumbai, India, Thursday, December 22, 2022. India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19, the country’s health minister said Thursday, citing an increase in cases in neighboring China and also asked the public to wear masks and maintain social distancing. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





An Indian Air Force officer reacts as they rehearse to prepare for the upcoming Republic day parade amidst morning smog in New Delhi, India, Thursday, December 22, 2022. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A worker carries a statue of Santa Clause during preparation of Christmas celebration in Prayagraj on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)