Monkeys rest under the shade on a hot summer day in Prayagraj on May 20, 2023. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (C) arrives to attend a prayer ceremony offered to him for his long life at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj on May 24, 2023. (Photo by Sanjay Baid/AFP Photo)





Children take part in the celebrations for the upcoming Mango Day at a school in Amritsar on May 25, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A man crosses the dry and cracked bed of the Koparli dam on May 26, 2023 in Peth Taluka village, Nashik, Maharashtra, India. The Indian state of Maharashtra is facing a water crisis of unprecedented scale. Severe drought has taken hold over the inland parts of the state over the last few years; river currents have ebbed. There is less than 10% water available in 13 important reservoirs that supply the state, which is the powerhouse of the Indian economy, local media reports said. Environmental assessments have underscored concerns over the long-term availability of water. A Record number of tankers are the only source of water in large parts of state at present, barely keeping communities heavily reliant on predictable weather patterns for their livelihoods. (Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images)





Delhi Police personnel stand guard outside the site of the new parliament building ahead of its inauguration in New Delhi, India on May 27, 2023. (Photo by Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Student activists who had come to support of protesting wrestlers are detained by the police as they try to join them in a march towards the newly inaugurated parliament, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May, 28, 2023. India's top wrestlers have been protesting for more than a month, demanding the resignation and arrest of the president of the wrestling federation for allegedly sexually harassing young athletes. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Indian wrestlers Vinesh Phogat (C) with others are detained by the police while attempting to march to India's new parliament, just as it was being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a protest against Brij Bhushan Singh, the wrestling federation chief, over allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation, in New Delhi on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Arun Thakur/AFP Photo)





Indian prime minister Narendra Modi carries a royal golden sceptre to be installed it near the chair of the speaker during the start of the inaugural ceremony of the new parliament building, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 28, 2023. The new triangular parliament building, built at an estimated cost of $120 million, is part of a $2.8 billion revamp of British-era offices and residences in central New Delhi called "Central Vista", even as India's major opposition parties boycotted the inauguration, in a rare show of unity against the Hindu nationalist ruling party that has completed nine years in power and is seeking a third term in crucial general elections next year. (Photo by AP Photo)





Activists of Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) scuffle with police as they demonstrate to support the Indian wrestlers' atrocities whilst they protest against Brij Bhushan Singh, the wrestling federation chief over allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation, in Kolkata on May 29, 2023. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A devoteetakes a holy dip in the River Ganges on Ganga Dussehra festival in Prayagraj, India, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Hindus across the country celebrate Ganga Dussehra by worshiping the River Ganges, which is considered as the most sacred and the holiest river. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Members of different non-governmental organisations and students wearing costumes highlighting the dangers of smoking take part in a rally to create awareness among people on “World No Tobacco Day” in Bangalore, India, 31 May 2023. World No Tobacco Day is marked annually on 31 May to raise awareness of the health risks of tobacco use and to push advocacy for policies to reduce tobacco consumption. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





An Indian laborer smokes a beedi, a local cigarette wrapped with tobacco leaf, at a market area during World No Tobacco Day, in Chennai, India, 31 May 2023. World No Tobacco Day is marked annually on 31 May as an initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness of the health risks of tobacco use and to push advocacy for policies to reduce tobacco consumption. This year's no tobacco global campaign's theme is “We need food, not tobacco”. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)





Activists of Communist Party of India (Marxist) covering their faces with photographs of Indian wrestlers shout slogans during a protest rally against the wrestling federation chief over allegations of sexual harassment in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, June 1, 2023. India's top wrestlers have been protesting for more than a month, demanding the resignation and arrest of the president of the wrestling federation for allegedly sexually harassing young athletes. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





People inspect the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Friday, June 2, 2023. Two passenger trains derailed in India, killing at least 13 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged coaches, officials said. About 400 people were injured and taken to hospitals, and the cause of the accident was under investigation, officials said. (Photo by Press Trust of India via AP Photo)





A rescue worker sifts through wreckage at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar, on June 3, 2023. At least 233 people were killed and more than 850 more were injured in a horrific three-train collision in India, officials said on June 3, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A drone view shows derailed coaches after two passenger trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India on June 3, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





People stand next to damaged coaches after two passenger trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India on June 3, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Rescue workers search for survivors after two passenger trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India on June 3, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A helicoter flys over the site as the National Disaster Response Force Rescue continues work at the site of a train accident at Odisha Balasore, India, 03 June 2023. Over 200 people died and more than 900 were injured after three trains collided one after another. According to railway officials the Coromandel Express, which operates between Kolkata and Chennai, crashed into the Howrah Superfast Express. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Bodies recovered from passenger trains lay on the track at the site of an accident, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 200 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars, officials said. (Photo by AP Photo)