Residents of Ambedkar Nagar, a low-income settlement in the shadows of global software companies in Whitefield neighborhood, collect potable water from a private tanker in Bengaluru, India, Monday, March 11, 2024. Water levels are running desperately low, particularly in poorer regions, resulting in sky-high costs for water and a quickly dwindling supply. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





Laborers work to drill a borewell for groundwater in Bengaluru, India, Monday, March 11, 2024. Groundwater, relied on by over a third of the city's 13 million-strong population, is fast running out. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





Residents of Ambedkar Nagar, a low-income settlement in the shadows of global software companies in Whitefield neighborhood, collect potable water from a private tanker in Bengaluru, India, Monday, March 11, 2024. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees take part in a religious procession on the occasion of “Masaan” or 'Bhasma' Holi, which is celebrated with ashes of funeral pyres, in Varanasi on March 20, 2024. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





Women dance as they participate in a procession to mark Falgun Mahotsav ahead of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A ragpicker looks for recyclable material in the polluted waters on the banks of Brahmaputra river on World Water Day in Guwahati, India, Friday, March 22, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





People collect water from an open drain on World Water Day in Guwahati, India, Friday, March 22, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Women collect water from a public tap on World Water Day in Hyderabad, India, Friday, March 22, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Indian security personnel detain a member of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) during a protest against the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest, near Bharatiya Janta Party headquarters in New Delhi, India, 22 March 2024. Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the alleged irregularities in Delhi's liquor excise policy case on 21 March 2024. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA/EFE)





Government employees apply colors on each others' face before leaving for holidays to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Lucknow, Saturday, March 23, 2024. The festival will be observed on March 8, but the festivities start almost a week in advance. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Revellers daubed in coloured powder take part in Holi celebrations, the Hindu spring festival of colours, at the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan on March 23, 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee gets his cheeks pierced on the occasion of “Panguni Uthiram”, a Tamil Hindu festival in Chennai on March 24, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Boys with their faces painted in silver ride a motorbike during Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India, on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Hemanshi Kaman/Reuters)





A swarm of bees attack a drunk man during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Women put coloured powder to each other as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. The festival heralds the arrival of spring. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Women smeared with ‘Gulal' as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Chennai on March 25, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





A girl reacts as coloured powder is applied to her face during Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters)





A girl is smeared with ‘Gulal' as she celebrates Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Chennai on March 25, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Women smeared with “Gulal” as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Kolkata on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Police detain supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) during a protest after the party's main leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), India's financial crime agency, in New Delhi, India on March 26, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)