A Sikh man performs with a burning camphor tablet on his tongue during celebrations to mark the 413th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, the religious book of Sikhs, in Amritsar, India August 22, 2017. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)





A man shouts toward a rescue boat as he wades through a flooded village in the eastern state of Bihar, India August 22, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





People wait to be rescued from a flooded village in the eastern state of Bihar, India August 22, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A boy rows a makeshift raft as he transports a woman and a cooking gas cylinder through the flood waters in Morigaon district in Assam, August 18, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





Children row a boat as they pass through damaged houses at a flood-affected village in Morigaon district in the northeastern state of Assam, August 20, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A health official collects blood samples from a boy in a flooded village in Morigaon district in Assam, August 18, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A woman wades through a flooded village in the eastern state of Bihar, India August 22, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





People transport sacks of rice through a boat at a flooded village in Morigaon district in the northeastern state of Assam, August 20, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





Villagers row on a makeshift raft as they try to move to safer places at a flooded village in Nagaon district, Assam, August 16, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A man speaks on his mobile phone past cattle standing on a bridge after they were removed from a flooded village in Morigaon district in Assam, August 18, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A woman cooks inside her partially submerged house at a village in Morigaon district in Assam, August 20, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





People are rescued from a flooded village in the eastern state of Bihar, India August 22, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A Sikh man with his eyes covered by a cloth breaks watermelons closely placed around performer as they practise Gatkha, a traditional form of martial art, during celebrations to mark the 413th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib, the religious book of Sikhs, in Amritsar, India August 22, 2017. (Photo by Munish Sharma/Reuters)





People are rescued from a flooded village in the eastern state of Bihar, India August 22, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A woman walks through a flooded village in Motihari, Bihar State, India August 23, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





Soldiers stand at attention as a dog runs behind during a ceremonial reception for Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the forecourt of India's Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace in New Delhi, India, August 24, 2017. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A trader sits next to his goat as he waits for customers at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in the old quarters in Delhi, India August 25, 2017. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Smoke rises from burning incense sticks as a woman prays inside the shrine of Muslim Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya in New Delhi, India August 21, 2017. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A mahout guides his elephant to demolish huts which forest officials claimed were illegally built at the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary in Guwahati, India August 25, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A performer has his body painted to look like a lion before he takes part in the festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of Onam in Kochi, India August 25, 2017. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





A woman and her children ride in a rickshaw during heavy rains in Chandigarh, India August 21, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





People are rescued from a flooded village in Motihari, Bihar State, India August 23, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A dancer reacts as he waits to perform during festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of Onam in Kochi, India August 25, 2017. (Photo by Sivaram V/Reuters)





An idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, is loaded onto a supply truck to be transported to a place of worship on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Ahmedabad, India August 25, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A member of the security forces reacts during violence in Panchkula, August 25, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A member of the security forces reacts during violence in Panchkula, August 25, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





Devotees carry an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, into the Bay of Bengal for its immersion during the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Chennai, India, August 27, 2017. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)





A devotee transports an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, in a taxi to a place of worship on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India August 25, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A Hindu priest (2nd R) helps women to perform prayers near an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Kolkata, India August 25, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)