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AP Photos: Indian mandate means masks are all over the place

A man rides a scooter with a scarf wrapped around his face in lieu of the mandatory face mask in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) A policeman, his face mask hanging on the chin, patrols as Hindu devotees crowd the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers to take a ritualistic bath during Makar Sankranti festival in Prayagraj, India. Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) An elderly man wears his face mask below his nose and walks in a market area in Jammu, India, Saturday, Jan.15, 2022. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) People travel on a local train, many wearing their face masks below their noses, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish kakade) Atul Teron, 52, a tribal villager wraps a scarf around his face as a precaution against the coronavirus in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Teron says he cannot buy a mask in his village and that he would rather tie a scarf around his face. "my traditional scarf gives more protection than the other masks," he said. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Hospital employees walk with their masks placed under their noses and mouths at Civil hospital campus in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) An elderly man rests with his face mask placed below his nose in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) People ride a scooter wearing their face masks on their chins in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. It's mandatory to wear a mask in India. And police are out on the streets, watching people to make sure they are in place. People caught without wearing a mask are fined. Some local governments, like the one in the capital New Delhi, have recruited new staff to ensure the rules are followed.(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) People walk in a market with their masks worn under their noses in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. It's mandatory to wear a mask in India. And police are out on the streets, watching people to make sure they are in place. People caught without wearing a mask are fined. Some local governments, like the one in the capital New Delhi, have recruited new staff to ensure the rules are followed. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Two women speak with their masks hanging on their chins in Jammu, India, Thursday, Jan.13, 2022. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) FILE- An Indian policeman rests his mask on his head during a lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 9, 2021. It's mandatory to wear a mask in India. And police are out on the streets, watching people to make sure they are in place. People caught without wearing a mask are fined. Some local governments, like the one in the capital New Delhi, have recruited new staff to ensure the rules are followed. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File) A man wears his face mask below his nose and walks in a market area with a traditional percussion instrument in Jammu, India, Saturday, Jan.15, 2022. It's mandatory to wear a mask in India. And police are out on the streets, watching people to make sure they are in place. People caught without wearing a mask are fined. Some local governments, like the one in the capital New Delhi, have recruited new staff to ensure the rules are followed.c(AP Photo/Channi Anand) A woman speaks on a phone, her face mask resting on her chin, at a vaccination centre in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) An elderly Hindu woman, her face smeared with vermilion powder, stands with her face mask placed below her nose after taking a holy dip on the banks of the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)