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)
