Members of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) distribute sweets to celebrate 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 21, 2021. India has administered 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine, passing a milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled its first crushing surge this year. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A health worker inoculates a man at a government hospital in New Delhi, India, Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Health workers celebrate with vaccine beneficiaries India administering 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine, at Rajawadi hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, October 21, 2021. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Relatives of slain Punjab Police personnel pay tribute to their lost one during an event to mark Police Commemoration Day at a police station on the outskirts of Amritsar on October 21, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A Nihang or Sikh warrior performs “Gatka”, an ancient form of Sikh martial arts, during a religious procession on the eve of the birth anniversary of the fourth Sikh Guru Ram Das outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 21, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





People watch a fire in a 61-story luxury apartment building in Mumbai, India, Friday, October 22, 2021. Television images showed heavy black smoke billowing into the sky from the 19th floor apartment on Curry Road in south Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital. Fires are common in India, where building laws and safety norms are often flouted by builders and residents. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A Sikh devotee takes a dip in holy sarovar or sacred pool on the occasion of the birth anniversary of fourth Sikh Guru Ram Das at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 22, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A girl looks at the face book page of Rashtriya Swayamevak Sangh or RSS, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, October 24, 2021. Facebook in India has been selective in curbing hate speech, misinformation and inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press, even as the internet giant's own employees cast doubt over the motivations and interests. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Women get their hands decorated with henna on the eve of the Karva Chauth festival, in which married women fast one whole day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands, in Amritsar on October 23, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





People eat a meal early morning on a street in Kolkata, India, Saturday, October 23, 2021. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Hindu married women offer prayers during celebrations of the Karva Chauth festival, in which married women fast the whole day and offer prayers to the moon for the welfare, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands in Allahabad on October 24, 2021. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A cricket fan gets her back painted before the start of the first match between India and Pakistan in Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 stage in Dubai, in Ahmedabad, India, October 24, 2021. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A college student makes “Rangoli” which is a Hindu ritual art design during an event in Amritsar on October 26, 2021. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A child plays during a fumigation drive conducted by the municipal corporation as dengue cases surge in New Delhi, India, October 27, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





An Indian school girl playfully walks above roadside parapets as she returns home with her mother in Umwang village, along the Assam-Meghalaya state border, India, Wednesday, October 27, 2021. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





An Indian potter makes earthen lamps ahead of Diwali festival in Prayagraj, India. Wednesday, October 27, 2021. People buy earthen lamps to decorate their homes during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights which will be celebrated on Nov. 4. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Commuters walk past smoke from fumigation in a densely populated area in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Delhi has reported hundreds of dengue cases, with more than 200 fresh cases in the last week, according to a civic report on vector-borne diseases released on Monday. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A potter makes earthen lamps ahead of Diwali, the festival of lights, in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, October 22, 2021. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





An Indian Hindu married woman offers prayers during Karva Chauth festival in Jammu, India, Sunday, October 24, 2021. Hindu married women decorate their hands with henna, wear colorful bangles and observe a fast to pray for the longevity and well being of their husbands during this festival. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)