People queue up to vote during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election near Palakkad, in Indian southern state of Kerala, Friday, April 26, 2024. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A man shows his voter's identity card as he queues up with others to vote during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election near Palakkad, in Indian southern state of Kerala, Friday, April 26, 2024. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





People travel towards a polling station to cast their ballot during the second phase of voting of India's general election at Gashbari village in Darrang district of Assam state on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





A man shows his inked finger after casting his ballot at a polling station during the second phase of voting of India's general elections in Masuda, Rajasthan state, on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)





Surajben Parmar, 90, votes in her home during home voting for senior citizens, during the second phase of India's general election, in Ahmedabad, India on April 26, 2024. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman with her children waits for boat to leave after casting her vote in a polling station on the banks of the Brahmaputra river during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





People cross the Brahmaputra river in a boat to reach a polling booth during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Morigaon district, about 77km (48 miles) from Guwahati, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Women pose with their identity cards as they walk to cast their vote during the second phase of polling in the six-week long national election in the desert village Jaiisindhar, Barmer district, western Rajasthan state, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. (Photo by Deepak Sharma/AP Photo)





A Sikh youth performs “Gatka”, an ancient form of Sikh martial arts, during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of the ninth Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur at the Golden Temple in Amritsar in Amritsar on April 27, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





An elderly supporter of Aam Admi Party holds a party flag during a roadshow by Sunita Kejriwal, wife of the jailed Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ahead of the third round of polling in the six-week long national election in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Kashmiri men take refuge under a polythene sheet to protect themselves from rainfall as they cross a bustling street on a motorcycle in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 27 April 2024. Incessant rain continues to lash over plains and higher reaches on the second consecutive day. The local meteorological department has forecast more rain during the next 48 hours in the Himalayan region. (Photo by Arooq Khan/EPA/)





Folk artists from Rajasthan state perform a traditional dance during the alumni meet at the University of Allahabad in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, April 28, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A woman hangs fish to dry on a hot day in Mumbai, India, on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Devotees chant religious hymns while taking part in a chariot festival of Sri Parthasarthy Swamy temple in Chennai on April 29, 2024. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





A man sleeps on his rickshaw by the roadside on a hot summer day in Kolkata, India, on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters)





A boatman (R) steers a boat with residents along a canal in the interior of Dal Lake after water levels rose due to heavy rains, in Srinagar on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A drone view of women drawing water from a well on a hot day in Kasara, India, on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A drone view of a woman carrying a utensil filled with water after drawing it from a well on a hot day in Kasara, India on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi receives an Assamese Japi during an election rally in Dhubri district in lower Assam, India, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





People shelter from the sun under the shade of a tree at Marina beach during a hot summer day in Chennai on May 3, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)