Illuminated Akshardham temple is seen on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Gandhinagar, India, November 13, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Pakistani Hindu refugees hold candles as they celebrate on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, during a visit by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician, in New Delhi, India on November 13, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





People stand in a queue for making enquiries from a reception covered in a plastic sheet as a precaution against COVID-19 at a municipal office in New Delhi, India, Friday, November 6, 2020. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Commuters wear face masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus and travel in a metro train in New Delhi, India, Friday, November 6, 2020. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A health worker takes a sample to test for COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Friday, November 6, 2020. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





People walk past decorative lights on sale ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, November 7, 2020. Diwali will be celebrated on Nov. 14. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





An office-goer walks past a traffic signal near various federal government ministries on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 10, 2020. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Indian village women, one holding a placard featuring U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris during celebrations for her victory, in Painganadu a neighboring village of Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India, Sunday, November 8, 2020. Waking up to the news of Kamala Harris' election as Joe Biden's running mate, overjoyed people in her Indian grandfather's hometown are setting off firecrackers, carrying her placards and offering prayers. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





Women carry large plates filled with traditional sweets to be distributed among villagers after special prayers to celebrate the victory of U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at a Hindu temple in Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





A staff member tests the temperature of students before allowing them into classrooms, as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus, at the Government Senior Secondary School in Dari, near Dharmsala, India, Friday, November 6, 2020. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Indians wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus wait for customers at a vegetable wholesale market in Jammu, India, Friday, November 6, 2020. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Students wear masks and sit following social distancing measures as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus, as they attend a class at the Government Senior Secondary School in Dari, near Dharmsala, India, Friday, November 6, 2020. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Indians shop for lights at a market ahead of Hindu festival Diwali in Bengaluru, India, Thursday, November 12, 2020. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





Indians throng a market for shopping ahead of Hindu festival Diwali in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, November 9, 2020. India's tally of coronavirus cases is currently the second largest in the world behind the United States. The government warns that the situation can worsen due to people crowding markets for festival shopping. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





People wait in a queue to get tested for COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Friday, November 6, 2020. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Indian women paint miniature models of houses as they make them for sale ahead of Diwali festival, in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, November 12, 2020. People buy them to decorate their homes during Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights which will be celebrated on Nov 14. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A woman shops for decorative items at a roadside market ahead of the Hindu festival Diwali, the festival of lights, in Kolkata on November 7, 2020. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





An Indian young woman lights an oil lamp during the Deep Utsav, or Light Festival, at the historical Gauhar Mahal palace, as part of the Diwali festival celebrations in Bhopal, India, 09 November 2020. The Diwali festival of lights symbolizes the victory of good over evil, commemorating Lord Ram's return to his kingdom Ayodhya after completing a 14-year exile. Diwali will be celebrated on 14 November 2020. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA/EFE)





Indian clay artist works on an unfinished idol of Goddess Kali ahead of the Diwali festival in Kolkata, India, 12 November 2020. Kali, the Goddess of Power, is worshiped during the festival. Diya is a small earthen lamp primarily lit during Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Also known as “deep”, diya is traditionally made of clay. During Diwali, the earthen lamps are used for illuminating the entire home and premises. The diya is filled with ghee or oil. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





People buy utensils in a shop on the occasion of Dhanteras festival in Bhopal, India, 12 November 2020 . Dhanteras festival is celebrated two days before the Diwali festival on which people buy utensils, gold and silver as it is considered auspicious to mark the festivity. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA/EFE)