Boys play along the river Brahmaputra as the sun sets in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Brahmaputra is one of Asia's largest rivers, which passes through China's Tibet region, India and Bangladesh before converging into the Bay of Bengal. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Indians wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus buy portraits of Hindu deities during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Jammu, India, Saturday, November 14, 2020. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A family rides on a motorbike during a heavy rain shower in Chennai on November 18, 2020. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 during random testing of people infront of a shop at Delhi-Noida border on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Saturday, November 21, 2020. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Rocky, a female dog who lost her front legs in a train accident, rests at the People For Animal Trust in Faridabad on November 17, 2020. A street dog that had its front legs after being run over by a train in northern India has found a new home in Britain after enduring a year of surgeries and learning to walk again with new prosthetics. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Kashmiri children walk with their sheep on a cold day on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, November 20, 2020. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A man wearing mask offers prayers at the shrine of Makhdoom Ali Mahimi, an ancient Muslim scholar and saint in Mumbai, India, Monday, November 16, 2020. Religious places across the Maharashtra state reopened for devotees on Monday after remaining closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Men row a boat in the polluted waters of river Yamuna covered with foam in New Delhi on November 19, 2020. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Woman looks at a gold necklace at a jewellery showroom during Dhanteras, a Hindu festival associated with Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, amidst the spread of COVID-19 in Kolkata, India, November 13, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Man sanitises a “pandal” (a temporary platform), next to an idol of Hindu goddess Kali, ahead of the Kali Puja festival, amidst the spread of COVID-19 in Kolkata, India, November 12, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Artisan dressed as Hindu goddess Kali poses for the camera as he takes part in an awareness campaign on the harmful effects of bursting fire crackers after the statewide ban ahead of the Kali Puja festival, in Kolkata, India, November 12, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman hangs fish to dry on a bamboo pole at a fishing village in Mumbai, India, November 11, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A man waits for customers at his tea stall as residential buildings are seen illuminated during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, November 14, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Rihana Saif (22), a member of Civil Defence, holds a placard instructing motorists to turn off their engines as a part of the Delhi government's traffic campaign to raise awareness about pollution, in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2020. Picture taken on November 12, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A man rows a makeshift boat across Yamuna river on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 15, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A relative performs rituals for a man who died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before his cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, November 19, 2020. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Men wearing protective face masks on their chins, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, watch a video on a mobile phone as they sit at a second-hand motor parts market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 16, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Make up artists in personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare Bollywood actor Ameesha Patel before a commercial shoot at a studio amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, November 17, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)