Men search for coins and other valuable items thrown by Hindu devotees as religious offerings in the waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi, India, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters)





A family uses a plastic sheet to protect themselves during heavy rains in New Delhi, India on July 14, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Army personnel patrol a street on an armoured vehicle after Awami League party activists allegedly clashed with security personnel to rebuke a rally by the newly formed Jatiya Nagarik Party, or National Citizen's Party in Gopalganj on July 16, 2025. At least three were killed and a dozen others injured in Gopalganj on July 16, after a clash broke out between law enforcement agencies and alleged Awami League affiliates attempting to foil a programme by the National Citizens Party (NCP). (Photo by Anik Rahman/AFP Photo)





A labourer works at the construction site of an elevated water tank in Ajmer on July 17, 2025. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/AFP Photo)





A vendor carrying plastic balls on a bicycle, rides along a street in New Delhi on July 17, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity 'Ganesha' ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai on July 20, 2025. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





A kanwariya, devotee of the Hindu god Shiva, smokes with a traditional clay pipe as he rests along a road after collecting holy water from the river Ganges during the “Kanwar Yatra” pilgrimage in the sacred month of Sawan in New Delhi on July 21, 2025. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Supporters of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) attend a public gathering, addressed by the party's chairperson and chief minister of India's West Bengal state, Mamata Banerjee to mark the annual Martyrs' Day in Kolkata on July 21, 2025. (Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Pacific Press via Alamy Live News)





Trinamool Congress (TMC) party members and supporters gather to listen to the party leader and Chief Minister of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, as part of a “Martyr's Day” rally in Kolkata, Eastern India, 21 July 2025. The rally is held to commemorate the death of 13 people killed in an incident of police firing on 21 July 1993. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)





Fishermen repair brightly coloured nets before their next trip to the River Matla in West Bengal, India in the last decade of July 2025. (Photo by Avishek Das/Solent News & Photo Agency)





Plants are seen growing over Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) mini-buses that were discontinued from service after BEST ended its partnership with the wet lease operator over unresolved issues, at a bus depot in Mumbai, India, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A model presents a creation by designer Ritu Kumar during the India Couture Week in New Delhi on July 27, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





A model presents a creation by designer Rohit Bal during India Couture Week in New Delhi on July 28, 2025. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Vehicles move through a waterlogged street after heavy rains in New Delhi, India on July 29, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





This handout photograph taken and released on July 30, 2025 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shows ISRO's launch vehicle GSLV-F16 carrying the NISAR earth observation satellite lifting off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in India's Andhra Pradesh state. A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India launched on July 30, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. (Photo by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)/AFP Photo)





An Indian student performs Puliyattam, a traditional folk dance, as part of the “Aadi Perukku” festival celebrations at a college in Chennai on August 1, 2025. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





A man stands at the flooded Namo Ghat along the river Ganges, following monsoon rains in Varanasi on August 1, 2025. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





Indian students float lamps with flowers in a pool of water as part of the 'Aadi Perukku' festival celebrations at a college in Chennai on August 1, 2025. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





A worker secures scaffolding in front of the Red Fort, in preparation for India's 78th Independence Day celebrations on August 15, in the walled city area of the capital, New Delhi, on August 3, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





A cow stands along a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains induced a rise in water level of river Ganges in Varanasi on August 4, 2025. Scientists warn the intensity and frequency of global extreme weather events will increase as the planet continues to heat up because of fossil fuel emissions. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)