Fishermen in a country boat haul the Hooghly River to catch fish for their livelihood, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, August 5, 2025. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Members of India's National Disaster Response Force distribute food supplies to stranded residents in a submerged area following heavy monsoon rains along the banks of the River Ganga, in Prayagraj, India, August 5, 2025. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An Indian student with peace messages written on his face and hands takes part in a “Hiroshima Day” peace rally in Mumbai, India, 06 August 2025. Students and social activists gathered in Mumbai to mark the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombing in Hiroshima. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA)





Kaali Devi, whose family members are missing, waits near the helipad at Bhatwari area, during a search and rescue operation in the Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand state, northern India, 07 August 2025. State officials said a powerful cloudburst struck the Dharali area of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand triggering flash floods that swept away a village, leaving several people dead and scores missing. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA)





A fishermen community celebrates the Hindu festival Narli Poornima, a coconut festival at the sea shore in Mumbai, India, Friday, August 8, 2025. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A member of a fishermen community wearing jewelry depicting marine life celebrates the Hindu festival Narli Poornima, a coconut festival at the sea shore in Mumbai, India, Friday, August 8 2025. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A fishermen community celebrates the Hindu festival Narli Poornima, a coconut festival at the sea shore in Mumbai, India, Friday, August 8, 2025. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Indian opposition lawmakers shout slogans as they try to cross a police barricade during a protest against what they say are electoral malpractices, in New Delhi, India on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A mud-covered house after the cloudburst at Dharali village in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand state, northern India, 11 August 2025. Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority confirmed that over 1000 people have been rescued since a powerful cloudburst struck the Dharali area in the Uttarkashi district on 05 August, triggering flash floods that swept away a village and left several people dead. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA)





A man picks up a coloured animal hide before putting it inside a press machine at a tannery in Mumbai, India, on August 12, 2025. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Fishermen offload fresh seafood from a boat early morning at the Sassoon Dock in Mumbai on August 13, 2025. Indian exporters are scrambling for options to mitigate the fallout of US President Donald Trump's threatened tariff salvo against the world's most populous nation. The 50 percent levy threatens to upend low-margin, labour-intensive industries ranging from gems and jewellery to textiles and seafood. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





Local residents commute on a cycle rickshaw through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Guwahati on August 13, 2025. Deadly floods and landslides are common during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change, coupled with urbanisation, is increasing their frequency and severity. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





A monkey plays with the Indian national flag placed along a road on the eve of the country's Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





A man carries his son dressed as the Hindu god Krishna ahead of Janmashtami celebrations during rainfall in New Delhi on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A child dressed as Hindu deity Krishna celebrates the Janmashtami festival in Amritsar on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Birds fly overhead as men fish in a polluted canal in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, August 14, 2025. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





National Cadet Corps (NCC) members celebrate after winning the best contingent trophy during the country's Independence Day celebrations in Chandigarh on August 15, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





India's Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel assists a dog to perform a stunt during the celebrations to mark country's Independence Day, in Chennai on August 15, 2025. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Curd spills as a boy tries to break an earthen pot filled with curd, after climbing on top of a human pyramid as part of celebrations to mark Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, Saturday, August 16, 2025. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity “Ganesha” during a procession in Mumbai on August 17, 2025, ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)