Laborers in Prayagraj, India, work on a road construction site adjacent to the Ganges River on Friday, July 26, 2024. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





An artist performs a fire stunt during a procession marking “Bonalu” festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2024. Bonalu is a month-long Hindu folk festival dedicated to Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Dwarf artists dressed as Pothuraju, a mythical character, performs rituals during the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Artists performs during a procession marking “Bonalu” festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





An artist dresses up to perform during a procession marking “Bonalu” festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





An artist dressed as Hindu goddess Mahakali performs during a procession marking “Bonalu” festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Ghulam Nabi Zargar, 70, a walnut wood carving artisan, points at detail showing a Kashmiri Shikara (boat) on a walnut wood piece that he prepares at his workshop in downtown Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 31 July 2024. Zargar has been working as a walnut wood carving artisan for 53 years and is reviving the almost dying craft in Srinagar by inculcating creative and new designs including carvingsof the map of Srinagar City or route maps to the Hindu pilgrimage site Amarnath Cave. Only a handful of walnut wood carving artisans continue to keep the art in Kashmir alive. The craft has been passed down to them through generations, however, their next generations are not taking up the craft due to the financial constraints. The skill and mastery of the master wood carving craftsmen of Kashmir can be seen in four main types of carvings - raised, engraved, undercut, and plain. Kashmiri craftsmen rejoice in carving intricate and varied designs including those bearing recurrent motifs of the rose, lotus, iris, bunches of grapes, pears, Chinar leaves, and dragon motifs. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA)





A student participates in a peace rally to mark the anniversary of World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, August 6, 2024. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Men ride a camel across the flood waters on the banks of river Ganges in Prayagraj on August 6, 2024, after rise in water levels during the monsoons. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Men row a boat near a deluged straw hut in the river Ganges in Prayagraj on August 7, 2024, after rise in water levels during the monsoons. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Children play in a puddle of water after rainfall in the old quarters of Delhi on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Women with their cats align at a free vaccination camp on International Cat Day, in Ahmedabad on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





Commuters wade through a street after heavy rainfall in Amritsar on August 9, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





People commute through a waterlogged road after heavy rainfall in Gurgaon on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Vinay Gupta/AFP Photo)





Motorists drive through the water logged street following a heavy rain, in Bangalore, India, 12 August 2024. Bangalore is experiencing heavy downpour leading to water logging across different part of the city and recorded minimum temperature of 21 degrees Celsius and humidity of around 98 percent. The Indian monsoon season takes place between June to September. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





Police personnel pose for a selfie before the full dress rehearsal for the upcoming India's Independence Day celebrations in Amritsar on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





School girls perform 'giddha', a popular folk dance, during full dress rehearsal for the upcoming India's Independence Day celebrations in Amritsar on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Women search for reusable material amid offerings and idols of Hindu goddess Dashama left by devotees on the banks of River Sabarmati after the end of the ten-days long Dashama festival in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, August 14, 2024. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





School children carry national flags as they take part in an event on the eve of the India's Independence Day celebrations in Amritsar on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Indian Army Jawan (soldiers) of the “ASC Tornadoes” daredevil bike team perform during Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore, India, 15 August 2024. India celebrated its 78th Independence Day on 15 August. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)