A man wearing a face mask walks past a man feeding pigeons outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Experts are considering if variants may be driving a surge in cases in the the southern state of Kerala, which had previously been hailed as a blueprint for tackling the virus. Kerala now accounts for nearly half of India’s current COVID-19 cases. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





Farmers along with their family members shout slogans as they block railway tracks during a protest denouncing three farm laws approved by Parliament in September, in Sonepat, India, Thursday, February 18, 2021. Thousands of protesting farmers blocked trains on Thursday by sitting on railroad tracks in parts of northern India to press their demand for the repeal of new agricultural reform laws that have triggered months of massive protests. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Policemen stand guard as farmers block railway tracks during a protest denouncing three farm laws approved by Parliament in September, in Sonepat, India, Thursday, February 18, 2021. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Policemen on duty relax on railway tracks after farmers blocked the tracks nearby during their nationwide call for a four-hour train blockade protest against Indian central government at village Vallah, on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, 18 February 2021. Farmers have gathered for close to three months now at the sealed New Delhi border points to hold protests against the government's new agricultural laws and to demand for repealing the laws. (Photo by Raminder Pal Singh/EPA/EFE)





A Sadhu works on an Apple laptop at Sangam on the occasion of Basant Panchami Festival during the ongoing Magh Mela Festival in Prayagraj on February 16, 2021. (Photo by Prabhat Kumar Verma/ZUMA Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A tiger swims inside an enclosure at a zoo, after it reopened for the first time after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Mumbai, India, February, 15, 2021. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A worker cleans the seats in the stands at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, where India and England are scheduled to play their third test match, in Ahmedabad India, February 17, 2021. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





People wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus wait outside a government hospital in Jammu, India, Tuesday, February 16, 2021. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Muslim brides participate in a mass marriage event in Mumbai on February 14, 2021. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP Photo)





Indian Muslim bride dressed in traditional marriage attire takes part an annual mass marriage ceremony organized by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Academy of India, in Mumbai, India, 14 February 2021. Around 63 couples got married during the ceremony which was organized for the financially weaker strata of the society. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





Indian Muslim bride dressed in traditional marriage attire takes part an annual mass marriage ceremony organized by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Academy of India, in Mumbai, India, 14 February 2021. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





Indian Muslim bride dressed in traditional marriage attire takes part an annual mass marriage ceremony organized by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Academy of India, in Mumbai, India, 14 February 2021. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





Indian Muslim bride dressed in traditional marriage attire takes part an annual mass marriage ceremony organized by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Academy of India, in Mumbai, India, 14 February 2021. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





A shopper looks at roses at a flower stall on Valentine's Day in Amritsar on February 14, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Members of Aam Aadmi Party shout slogans demanding the release of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, during a protest in Mumbai, India, Monday, February 15, 2021. The 22 years old activist was arrested Saturday for circulating a document on social media that allegedly incited protesting farmers to turn violent last month. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A medical staff receives her second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a government Hospital in Hyderabad, India, Monday, February 15, 2021. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Kashmiri students wearing face masks arrive as colleges reopened eleven months after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, February 15, 2021. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Kashmiri students assemble inside their campus as colleges reopened eleven months after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, February 15, 2021. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A health worker checks the temperature of a passenger at Bandra train station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Health officials have detected a spike in COVID-19 cases in several pockets of Maharashtra state, including in Mumbai, the country's financial capital. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





An elderly pilgrim prays after a holy dip at the Sangam in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, February 11, 2021. When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in India, there were fears it would sink the fragile health system of the world’s second-most populous country. Infections climbed dramatically for months and at one point India looked like it might overtake the United States as the country with the highest case toll. But infections began to plummet in September, and experts aren’t sure why. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Devotees throw flower petals on an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on the occasion of his birthday, celebrated as Magha Ganesh Jayanti, before immersing the idol into the Arabian sea, in Mumbai, India on February 16, 2021. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A man feeds pigeons after his morning walk outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Tuesday, February 16, 2021. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)