An Indian farmer drinks water as he takes a break from planting paddy seedlings in his agricultural field on the outskirts of Guwahati city, India, 14 July 2018. Paddy is the main summer-sown crop in India, the world's second biggest producer of rice. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Bodybuilders prepare backstage for the men' s bodybuilding competition at the International Health, Sports and Fitness Festival in New Delhi on July 22, 2018 . The International Health, Sports and Fitness Festival, a B2 B fitness and wellness expo, runs from July 20 th to 22 nd 2018. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





This photograph taken in July 29 shows a relative's patient catching a fish inside a waterlogged hospital ward at Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) following heavy monsoon rains in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A man inspects his house during high tide at the sea front in Mumbai, India, July 15, 2018. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Hindu women lie on a road as they touch a holy rope tied to a “Rath”, or the chariot of Lord Jagannath, to seek blessings during the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in Kolkata, India July 14, 2018. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Hindu woman lies on a road as she touches holy ropes tied to a “Rath”, or the chariot of Lord Jagannath, to seek blessings on the last day of the week-long celebration of Lord Jagannath's “Rath Yatra”, or the chariot procession, in Kolkata, India July 22, 2018. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Onlookers watch as rescue workers search for victims after a residential building collapsed at Shah Beri village in Greater Noida, India July 18, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A couple share a moment on a rainy day in Mumbai, July 16, 2018. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Hindu priests perform special prayers for rain at a temple in Ahmedabad, July 19, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A craftsman weaves a basket made from willow twigs at his workshop on the outskirts of Srinagar, July 19, 2018. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Holy women belonging to the Jain community wade through a waterlogged street after heavy rain in Ahmedabad, India July 20, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A driver combs his hair as trucks are parked inside a depot during a nationwide strike in Ahmedabad, India, July 20, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Indian parliament building is reflected in a puddle after the rain as a man sweeps the water in New Delhi, India July 20, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Women help a child to cross over to the other house on a wooden plank after flash floods in Tailbal, on the outskirts of Srinagar July 24, 2018. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A farmer washes fenugreek leaves in a bathtub at a beach in Mumbai, India, July 25, 2018. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Vendors sell fish at a retail fish market in Kolkata, India, July 25, 2018. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





An Indian policeman runs near the site of a shootout in which a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was killed, in Srinagar July 24, 2018. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Women cover themselves with plastic sheets as it rains in New Delhi, India, July 26, 2018. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Slum students study on their laptops inside an E-classroom at a government run school in Ahmedabad, India, July 25, 2018. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man walks on a garbage-strewn beach in Mumbai, India, July 25, 2018. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





In this Sunday, July. 15, 2018, file photo, Kashmiri Shiite Muslim brides sit for a mass marriage event in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Mass weddings in India are organized by social organizations primarily to help the economically backward families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the customary dowry and expensive gifts that are still prevalent in many communities. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





An Indian boatman transports tourists on the Ganges river as rain clouds looms over in Kolkata on July 18, 2018. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Indian school children push their cycles past a flooded street in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, July 20, 2018. Hundreds of people have been rescued from flood affected areas in the past week as incessant rains continue to lash Gujarat state. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





People run as suspected militants offer a gun salute to Suhail Ahmad Dar, a suspected militant, who according to local media was killed in a gunbattle with Indian security forces, during his funeral in Redwani, in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, July 22, 2018. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Indian Hindu devotees participate in the annual festival of Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, July 14, 2018. The three idols of Hindu God Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra are taken out in a grand procession in specially made chariots called raths, which are pulled by thousands of devotees on this day. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A model displays a creation of Indian designer Tarun Tahiliani during India Couture Week in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. The five day show is showcasing some of the top designers of India. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





In this Saturday, July 14, 2018, file photo, waves caused by high tide envelops a man standing outside his house near the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India. The man was washed away by the wave and rescued by locals about 100 meters away from the spot. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)