A man watches waves caused by high tide hit his house on the shore of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A woman rows a boat carrying lotus roots through the Dal Lake in Srinagar on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Devotees participate in the annual chariot procession of Hindu deity Lord Jagannath, in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, June 27, 2025. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Customers shop for 'Kolhapuri' sandals, an Indian ethnic footwear, at a store in New Delhi, India, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





An Indian devotee greets as a holy chariot is pulled during Rath Yatra or Chariot Journey Festival organized by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Kolkata, India, 27 June 2025. The Jagannath Rath Yatra festival or pulling of the chariots is one of the most important Hindu festivals in India. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)





Indian devotees perform a holy dance near a holy chariot bearing Lord Jagannatha during Rath Yatra or Chariot Journey Festival organized by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Kolkata, India, 27 June 2025. The Jagannath Rath Yatra festival or pulling of the chariots is one of the most important Hindu festivals in India. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)





An artisan dyes a Banarasi saree at his workshop in Varanasi on June 28, 2025. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





An artist dressed as Hindu deity Kali gestures during a religious procession on occasion of “Bonalu” celebrations in New Delhi on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A Tibetan monk circumambulates clockwise around Tsuglagkhang, also known as Dalai Lama's Temple complex, in the northern hill town of Dharamshala, India, on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Pilgrims headed to the Himalayan shrine of Amarnath wait in a queue outside a registration counter in Jammu, India, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama addresses via a video message at the inaugural session at the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference at the Dalai Lama Library and Archive near Tsuglagkhang, also known as Dalai Lama's Temple complex, in the northern hill town of Dharamshala, India, on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A man prepares demon masks usually put on display at homes with the belief to ward off evil spirits, in Chennai on July 2, 2025. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Vehicles drive on the costal road in India's financial capital Mumbai on July 6, 2025. New Delhi and Washington have been locked in multiple rounds of talks, with hopes for an interim pact to avert the 26 percent “reciprocal” tolls meted out to India. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





A stunt with fire during Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar in Kolkata on July 6, 2025. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar & Ashura is the tenth day of the month of Muharram, on which the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), during the battle of Karbala, is done. It is part of Mourning for Shia Muslims and a day of fasting for Sunni Muslims that is observed all over the World. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





The sun rises over Pangong lake in Maan village, Ladakh, India, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A police officer reacts after his shoes caught fire while trying to douse a fire set by leftist activists on an effigy of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a rally in Kolkata on July 9, 2025, during a nationwide general strike called by the trade unions against what they say are the government's anti-worker policies. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Rescuers search for survivors after a bridge collapsed in Vadodara in the western state of Gujarat, India, on July 9, 2025. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Rural child care workers shout slogans during a nationwide strike in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A Kathakali classical dancer (2L) watches artists rehearse the traditional folk dance Pulikkali (Tiger Dance) as they wait backstage before their performance at a cultural festival in Chennai on July 12, 2025. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Hindu devotees carrying pots filled with the holy water of the river Ganges chant hymns as they wait to worship Hindu god Shiva inside the Kedareshwar temple in Varanasi on July 14, 2025, marking the first Monday of the sacred month of Sawan. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)