An elderly woman reacts as a health worker inoculates her during a special vaccination drive for homeless and migrant workers against COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, September 15, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri health worker registers the name of a woman before taking her swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, September 14, 2021. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Punjab police's “Shakti Teams” a squad formed for women safety waits before an official flag off ceremony in Amritsar on September 14, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A dengue patient rests under a mosquito net at the dengue ward of a government hospital, in Prayagraj, India. Wednesday, September 15, 2021. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Volunteers immerse idols of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in the Arabian Sea, during the ten days long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, September 14, 2021. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A young Afghan girls stands next to her mother participating with other Afghan women against Pakistan and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, September 16, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Workers clean a water fountain tank at the Taj Mahal in Agra on September 16, 2021. (Photo by Pawan Sharma/AFP Photo)





A girl, who does not have access to internet facilities and gadgets, uses a microscope as she attends an open-air class outside a house with its walls converted into black boards following the closure of their schools due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Joba Attpara village in Paschim Bardhaman district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, September 13, 2021. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





People offer pieces of a cake to a cut-out of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate his 71st birthday at an event in Ahmedabad, India, September 17, 2021. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Farmers shout slogans as they burn an effigy of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against the central government's agricultural reforms, in Amritsar on September 17, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 during a special vaccination drive by the municipal corporation at a bus stand in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, September 17, 2021. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Indian Youth Congress members try to breach a police barricade during a protest held to mark Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday in New Delhi, India, Friday, September 17, 2021. Youth members of main opposition Congress party clashed with police during a street protest Friday demanding jobs as the country’s economy recovered from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic that triggered massive unemployment in the country. The march took place as supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his birthday as he turned 71 on Friday. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Two packhorses playfully jostel each other in the rain-soaked main town square of Dharmsala, India, Friday, September 17, 2021. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Workers stand near an under-construction bridge that collapsed in Mumbai, India, Friday, September 17, 2021. According to police more than a dozen people were injured after a part of the under-construction bridge collapsed early Friday morning in Mumbai. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A man stands leaning on a bench as stray dogs sleep at a beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Saturday, September 18, 2021. Beaches and parks in the state that had been closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus were reopened to public on Tuesday. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





An Afghan girl cries during a peaceful protest ahead of the International Day of Peace at a park in New Delhi, India, September 19, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Face masks are displayed for sale by the side of a highway in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Monday, September 20, 2021. The tiny southern state continues to battle the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





A man wearing a mask as a precaution against COVID-19 watches fishermen clear their nets on the Arabian Sea coast in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Monday, September 20, 2021. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





An Indian boy dressed as Hindu god Shiva walks on the banks of the River Ganges looking for alms from devotees in Prayagraj, India. Monday, September 20, 2021. Prayagraj, on the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna is one of Hinduism's important centers. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)