A pilgrim offers prayers as others take a holy dip in the Hooghly River on Makar Sankranti festival in Kolkata, India, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. Tens of thousands of devout Hindus, led by heads of monasteries and ash-smeared ascetics, took holy dips in rivers considered holy across India on Friday despite rising COVID-19 infections in the country. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)