A Sikh warrior displays traditional martial art skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak, in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, November 25, 2023. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Women watch the rescue operations at a tunnel, where workers are trapped after the tunnel collapsed, from a hillside in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India on November 28, 2023. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





People gather as they take cover under a makeshift shelter from heavy rain during Cyclone Michaung, at Kasimedu Beach, in Chennai, India, 02 December 2023. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rains in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal for the next 48 hours as a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is to intensify into a cyclonic storm, “Cyclone Michaung” during the next 24 hours. It is anticipated to make landfall along the coastlines of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu around December 04 or December 05. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA)





A resident wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in Chennai on December 4, 2023. Cyclone Michuang is expected to make landfall on December 5 along the southern coast. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





The Tambaram Government Hospital is flooded following heavy rains along the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai, India, Monday, December 4, 2023. Authorities issued warnings for tropical storm Michuang, which is likely to hit the southern coast on Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 90-100 kilometers (56-62 miles) per hour with gusts up to 110 kph (68 mph), the Indian Meteorological Department said. (Photo by AP Photo)





People move in a boat past partially submerged vehicles in a residential area after heavy rain before the arrival of Cyclone Michaung in Chennai, India on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Family members of a man, who according to police, was killed during a gunfight between two unknown militant groups in a village in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, mourn outside a hospital morgue in Imphal, India on December 5, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A woman along with her belongings, wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in Chennai on December 6, 2023. Chest-high water surged down the streets of India's southern city Chennai on December 5, with eight people killed in intense floods as Cyclone Michaung made landfall on the southeast coast. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Volunteers and police personnel rescue an elderly woman from a flooded locality following heavy downpours during “Cyclone Michaung”, in Chennai, India, 06 December 2023. Cyclone Michaung made landfall near the town of Bapatla on the coast of Andhra Pradesh state on 05 December and later weakened to a cyclonic storm. Several areas in Chennai remained inundated and severely affected due to torrential rains and floods, with the region experiencing extremely heavy rainfall due to the influence of the cyclone. The police officials reported that at least 17 people died due to rain-related incidents in Chennai caused by Cyclone Michaung. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA)





A volunteer offers food to a resident after his house got partially submerged following heavy rains due to Cyclone Michaung, in Chennai, India on December 6, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A man sleeps at a pavement outside a church in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





A man waits for customers to ride his yaks in Dharamshala, India, Friday, December 8, 2023. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Indian folk artists perform during the “Unboxing Bengaluru Habba” or Bangalore festival, an annual citywide festival held in front of Vidhana Soudha, the State Legislature of Karnataka, in Bangalore, India on December 10, 2023. The Bengaluru festival showcases folk dance and cultural diversity that have shaped Bengaluru into a vibrant metropolis. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





Indian folk artists perform during the “Unboxing Bengaluru Habba” or Bangalore festival, an annual citywide festival held in front of Vidhana Soudha, the State Legislature of Karnataka, in Bangalore, India, 10 December 2023. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





Indian paramilitary troopers patrol along a road in Srinagar on December 11, 2023, ahead of Supreme Court's verdict on Article 370. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





An Indian fisherman washes his hands in the waters of Ennore Creek covered with an oil spill after Cyclone Michaung, in Chennai, India, 11 December 2023. According to a survey by the Indian Coast Guard, the oil spill reported in the floodwaters in the Ennore-Manali area in North Chennai after Cyclone Michaung has now reached the sea and spreads over an area of 20 sq km from the mouth of the Kosasthalaiyar River to Kasimedu harbor. The Tail Nadu government constituted a 20-member State of Oil Spill Crisis Management Group to mitigate the oil in the Ennore-Manali region. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA)





Security officers stand guard enveloped by smog early morning in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, December 13, 2023. The city is witnessing an increase in the pollution level, which continued to stay within the very poor category. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Workers collect oil after it spilled over the backwater at Ennore creek in the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung, on the outskirts of Chennai on December 13, 2023. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





A fisherman shows a dead fish covered in oil at the Ennore creek after oil spilled over the backwater in the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung, on the outskirts of Chennai on December 13, 2023. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Indian Airforce personnel perform a drill at the final dress rehearsal ahead of Vijay Diwas celebration, in Kolkata on December 14, 2023. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)