A devotee gets ready to play the role of Pothuraju, a mythical character, during the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Bonalu is a month-long Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region dedicated to Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A Tiwa tribal man in traditional attire pours rice beer to serve participants during Wanchuwa festival in Singlangkunchi village, India, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Wanchuwa festival, marked once every five years, is celebrated for a good harvest and the welfare of the people. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A traffic police officer, right and a man, left help a motorist at a water logged street during rain in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, July 20, 2023. India receives its monsoon rains from June to October. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Family members of people trapped under rubble wait for news of rescue after a landslide washed away houses in Raigad district, western Maharashtra state, India, Thursday, July 20, 2023. While some people are reported dead many others feared trapped under piles of debris. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Women mourn the death of their relatives, after a landslide hit a village in Raigad, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, India on July 20, 2023. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Congress workers take part in a candle light vigil over sexual violence against women in the ongoing ethnic violence in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, in Amritsar on July 21, 2023. Indian police have arrested four men accused of parading two women naked in front of a mob in a northeastern state where months of ethnic violence have left at least 120 dead. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





An elderly Kashmiri man walks on a road damaged by flash floods after a cloudburst on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, July 22, 2023. Such intense rainfall events, especially when more than 10 centimeters (3.94 inches) of rainfall occurs within a 10 square kilometers (3.86 square miles) region within an hour are called cloudbursts and have potential to wreak havoc, causing intense flooding and landslides that affect thousands in mountain regions. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





People ride a boat under a bridge in the waters of swollen river Ganges following heavy monsoon rains in Prayagraj on July 23, 2023. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





An auto-rickshaw passes next to the idols which were offered by devotees to the deity Azhagu Muthu Ayyanar after their wishes were fulfilled, in the premises of the Sri Azhagu Muthu Ayyanar temple in Thennampakkam, around 18km from Pondicherry, India, 24 July 2023. The Hindu temple Sri Azhagu Muthu Ayyanar, located in Tamil Nadu's Thennampakkam, a small village near Pondicherry is known for its custom, which is surrounded by thousands of multi-colored idols and statues which are molded out of cement and clay in different sizes and shapes given to the temple as offerings by devotees. It is a belief to offer idols when their prayers are fulfilled. Devotees make a vow to the god Azhagu Muthu Ayyanar to get their wishes fulfilled. Once their wishes come true, they carve an idol or toy in the shape of what they want to become and offer them to the temple symbolizing their gratitude. The temple is surrounded by various idols of doctors, filmmakers, police, lawyers, students, married couples, and in many forms. Each idol stands as a testament to the devotee's fulfilled wishes and lies on the premises of the temple telling the story of those devotees. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA)





Police detains a supporter of Aam Aadmi Part (AAP) as they try rally in protest against the growing oppression of women in northeastern Manipur state and across the country, in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Protests have erupted across the country after a video showing mob assaults on two women who were paraded naked sparked widespread outrage on social media. More than 130 people have been killed in the northeastern state since violence between two dominant ethnic groups erupted in early May. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A woman looks on as she walks amid rainfall in Chennai on July 25, 2023. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Women watch from a balcony as Shiite Muslim mourners participate in a procession on the eight day of Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein in Chennai on July 26, 2023 (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





A family on a motorcycle prepare to cross an underpass filled with silt and flooded water from a swollen river Yamuna following excessive rains, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A private car warehouse is submerged in flood water from River Hindon following excessive rains, in Greater Noida, out skirts of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (Photo by Piyush Nagpal/AP Photo)





A Shiite Muslim touches the forehead of a child with the point of his knife during a Muharram procession in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Muharram is a month of mourning for Shiite Muslims in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A policeman guarding atop a building films Kashmiri Shiite Muslims participating in a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Muharram is a month of mourning for Shiite Muslims in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim mourns as he flagellates himself during a Muharram procession in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Muharram is a month of mourning for Shiite Muslims in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A woman searches for reusable material amid idols of Hindu goddess Dashama left by devotees on the banks of River Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Every year Hindu devotees in this western state of Gujarat immerse the idols of goddess Dashama in water bodies after worship marking the end of the ten-days long Dashama festival. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A model presents a creation by designer Suneet Varma during the FDCI India Couture Week in New Delhi on July 26, 2023. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 28, 2023. Muharram is a month of mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)