An artist works on an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha inside a workshop ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, September 4, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A man arranges used plastic bottles for an installation, in Chennai on September 6, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





A man arranges used plastic bottles for an installation, in Chennai on September 6, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





A dancer in traditional attire waits to take part in a performance during the festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of “Onam”, in Kochi, India, on September 6, 2024. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A family run as they cross a street during heavy rain in Hyderabad, India, Friday, September 6, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A Hindu woman offers prayers on the occasion of Teej festival, at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna in Prayagraj, India, Friday, September 6, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A devotee carries an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha to home on a motorcycle for worship during Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations in Mumbai, India, Saturday, September 7, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A family carries an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha to home for worship during Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrations in Mumbai, India, Saturday, September 7, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A man carries an idol of the Hindu God Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion off the coast of the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India on September 8, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A volunteer segregates the fruits and vegetables offered by the Hindu devotee couples after they took a holy dip in the sacred Lolark Kund well, with the wish to be blessed with a child, during the Lolark Shasthi festival, in Varanasi on September 9, 2024. Each year 25 million babies are born in India, the world's most populous nation, but for desperate couples wanting also to be parents, prayers at a sacred Hindu well bring hope. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





Groundsmen use a fan to dry a patch of wet outfield before the start of the one-off Test cricket match between Afghanistan and New Zealand at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida on September 10, 2024. The one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand near New Delhi was delayed again on September 10, with the toss still yet to take place, after overnight rain. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Students prepare a floral decorative design “Rangoli” during the celebrations to mark the annual harvest festival of “Onam” at a school, in Chennai on September 10, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Students prepare a floral decorative design “Rangoli” during the celebrations to mark the annual harvest festival of 'Onam' at a school, in Chennai on September 10, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Supporters of Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid attend a public rally at Baramulla some 55 kilometers (34 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Devotees prepare to immerse an idol of elephant headed Hindu god Ganesha in an artificial pond at Sabarmati riverfront on sixth day of ten day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





An artist prepares before performing Kathakali, a traditional form of classical Indian dance, during a show at a cultural festival in Chennai on September 12, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





An artist performs Kathakali, a traditional classical dance which originated in India's southern Kerala state, during a show at a cultural festival Onam in Chennai, India, Thursday, September 12, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





An artist prepares before performing Kathakali, a traditional form of classical Indian dance, during a show at a cultural festival in Chennai on September 12, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Devotees carry an idol of the Hindu deity Ganesha for immersion at Hussain Sagar lake during the “Ganesh Chaturthi” festival in Hyderabad on September 13, 2024. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





An artisan paints a decorative of the Hindu goddess Durga inside a shop ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, on September 16, 2024. (Photo by Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters)