Clouds surround the Himalayan township of McLeodganj in Dharamshala, India, Thursday, September 4, 2025. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Students perform a traditional dance during the celebrations of Onam, an annual harvest festival, in Chennai on September 4, 2025. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Cadets perform Kalaripayattu martial arts ahead of their graduation ceremony at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai on September 5, 2025. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Indian school children and teachers take part in Teachers' Day celebrations at Sri Krishna International School in Bangalore, India, 05 September 2025. Teachers' Day is celebrated in India on 05 September every year to mark the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a scholar, philosopher, and the second President of India. The day is observed to express gratitude to teachers for their dedication, guidance, and support, and for their invaluable contributions to education and personal development. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





A dog swims through a flooded market as the water level of river Yamuna rose due to heavy monsoon rains, in New Delhi, India, on September 5, 2025. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Villagers build an embankment after a rise in the water level of the Ravi River following heavy monsoon rains in the Ghonewala village near Punjab's Amritsar on September 8, 2025. Flooding across the northwestern Punjab killed at least 29 people and affected over 250,000 last month, with the state's chief minister calling it “one of the worst flood disasters in decades”. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Tibetan exiles with ceremonial drums welcome their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, unseen, as he arrives to preside over an event during which devotees prayed for his longevity in Dharamshala, India, Wednesday, September 10, 2025. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Folk dancers in Ahmedabad, western India, rehearsing on September 14, 2025 for the Hindu festival of Navaratri, which begins next week. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/Getty Images)





Indians wearing traditional attire practice the Garba, a traditional dance of Gujarat state, during a rehearsal ahead of Navratri or nine night festival, in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, September 15, 2025. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A Sadhu, or a Hindu holy man, takes a dip at the flooded Manikarnika Ghat after a rise in the water level of the Ganges river in Varanasi on September 15, 2025. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





Kashmiri women row boats through the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, on September 16, 2025. (Photo by Sharafat Ali/Reuters)





A residential building is pounded by rocks after a cloudburst following heavy rains in the Sahastradhara region of Dehradun, in India's Uttarakhand state on September 16, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Students wear masks of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to celebrate his 75th birthday, in Chandigarh on September 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Clouds loom over the night sky in Aizawl, capital of India's north-eastern state of Mizoram on September 17, 2025. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





Local residents construct a temporary barrier using bamboo and poles to block a breach along the riverbank after heavy monsoon rains in Wangoi, Imphal West in India's northeastern state of Manipur on September 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A Kashmiri child waves India's national flag during the High-Altitude CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) Bike Expedition 2025 in Srinagar on September 23, 2025. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





People wearing traditional attire perform Garba, a traditional dance of Gujarat state, on the first night of Navratri, or nine night festival, in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, September 23, 2025. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Indian artisans prepare effigies of antagonists in the Hindu epic Ramayana ahead of the Dussehra festival in Jammu, India, Wednesday, September 24, 2025. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Indian Air force cadets toss their rifles during a full dress rehearsal ahead of MIG-21 Bison fighter jet farewell at Chandigarh Airforce Station on September 24, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Shopkeeper carry flowers at a whole sale market during the “Navratri” festival, in Prayagraj on Thursday, September 25, 2025. (Photo by Prabhat Kumar Verma/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)