A 10-year-old boy living on the streets of New Delhi lies down on cascading water of a fountain in the gardens of the India Gate monument on May 20, 2016. The Indian Meteorological Department issued warnings of “severe heat wave” conditions across large parts of India's north and west, including the capital Delhi, where temperatures hit 47 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP Photo)
Elephants cool themselves in a pond to beat the heat during the hot summer day at Elephant Village in Jaipur, May 10, 2016. Heat wave conditions prevailed in Rajasthan as day temperatures hovered between 41 and 47 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Vishal Bhatnagar/AP Photo)
A commuter cools off at Allahabad railway junction on May 14, 2016. Much of India is reeling from a heat wave and severe drought conditions. (Photo by Prabhat Kumar/Getty Images)
A woman with her cattle walks on the dry bed of parched mud that is the dried-up River Varuna at Phoolpur. Much of India is reeling from a heat wave and severe drought conditions that have decimated crops, killed livestock and left at least 330 million Indians without enough water for their daily needs. (Photo by Prabhat Kumar Verma/Getty Images)
A man uses a cloth to protect himself from the sun and heat in Jammu, India, May 20, 2016. The prolonged heat wave this year has already killed hundreds and destroyed crops in more than 13 states. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)
Children of farmers drinking water during a hot day in Allahabad. (Photo by Prabhat Kumar Verma/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Women pulling a rope attached to a bucket as they draw drinking water from a well at Bhakrecha Pada in Thane district in Maharashtra state, India, Wednesday, May 4, 2016. Much of India is reeling under a weekslong heat wave and severe drought conditions that have decimated crops, killed livestock and left at least 330 million Indians without enough water for their daily needs. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)
Children jump into a water canal to cool themselves on a hot summer day in Jammu, India, on May 15, 2016. Much of India has been suffering from an intense heat wave for weeks. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)
Girls protect themselves from the hot weather in New Delhi, May 2, 2016. (Photo by Ramesh Sharma/India Today Group/Getty Images)
Vehicles driving along a road are seen through heat haze in Chandigarh, India, April 20, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters )
An Indian laborer takes a break to drink water from an earthen pitcher in a hot afternoon in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. The main summer months in India April, May and June are always excruciatingly hot across most of the country before monsoon rains bring cooler temperatures. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)
A street vendor drinks water on a hot afternoon on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, May 27, 2016. Temperatures across much of northern and western India have hovered around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for weeks causing much distress, specially amongst the farming communities. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)
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