A woman carrying a water pitcher walks through a snow-covered field on the outskirts of Srinagar January 9, 2022. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A man bathes at a roadside in a market area after authorities in the capital ordered a weekend curfew, following the rise in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, January 8, 2022. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A worker prepares coloured kite threads ahead of Lohri, the spring festival, in Amritsar on January 11, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A woman wearing a protective face mask walks on a street, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, January 10, 2022. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Women are pictured inside a quarantine centre for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Navi Mumbai, India, January 11, 2022. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Manpong Konyak, 23, from Oting village, wears a traditional scarf and a t-shirt showing a portrait of his tribesman that reads “the last warrior” during a gathering at the end of a 70-kilometer (43 miles) walk demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Kohima, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Tuesday, January 11, 2022. “We want peace. We do not want violence. AFSPA must be repealed because we are a peace-loving people”, Manpong said. Fourteen civilians were killed by the Indian army in December, twelve of them from Oting village. (Photo by Yirmiyan Arthur/AP Photo)





Policemen wait in a queue to get tested at a Covid-19 coronavirus testing centre ahead of the Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on January 11, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Flower vendors sell garlands in market ahead of the Makar Sankranti harvest festival in Bangalore on January 12, 2022. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP Photo)





A healthcare worker collects a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test swab sample from a man, amidst the spread of the disease, at a railway station in New Delhi, India, January 11, 2022. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A Kashmiri woman looks on after getting vaccinated during a door to door vaccination drive at Khag village in central Kashmir's Budgam district, some 50 kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 12 January 2022. The Indian Kashmir is witnessing surge in the Covid-19 cases, prompting authorities to close coaching centres, cancel leaves of healthcare workers, and winter vacation of doctors. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





Parents take their minor children to a clinic for a routine check-up and assess their health amid Covid-19 pandemic on January 11, 2022 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Ravi Batra/Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images)





A policeman patrolling on horse back in the morning takes a tea break in Lucknow, India, Wednesday, January12, 2022. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A vendor arranges colored powder while waiting for customers ahead of Sankranti festival in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, January 12, 2022. People make rangoli a traditional art work of colored powder in front of their homes and fly kites during Sankranti. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Pilgrims perform rituals as they pray at the beach during the Hindu religious festival of Gangasagar Mela on Sagar Island, some 150 kilometers south of Kolkata, West Bengal, on January 13, 2022. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Hindu pilgrims arrive at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, ahead of “Makar Sankranti” festival at Sagar Island, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, January 13, 2022. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu holy man not wearing his mask properly adjusts a face mask on a clay image of a holy man at the transit camp prior to the Makar Sangkranti holy dip in Kolkata, India, Thursday, January 13, 2022. The auspicious holy dip is scheduled on Jan. 14. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Indian villagers arrive with fishing tools to participate in community fishing as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, January 13, 2022. “Bhogali Bihu” marks the end of the harvest season in the northeastern state of Assam. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Villagers participate in community fishing as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, January 13, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Villagers participate in community fishing as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, January 13, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A villager has a fish secured to his waist as he participates in community fishing as part of Bhogali Bihu celebrations in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, January 13, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)