A visitor is seen during the display of the Holy Quran written by 27 year old, Mustafa-Ibn-Jameel on a 500 metre scroll ,Srinagar, Kashmir August 02, 2022. Mustafa who hails from Gurez Valley of north Kashmirâs Bandipora district has created a new world record by writing the Holy Quran on a 500-metre-long paper scroll and it took him seven months and the project was completed in Indian state of Delhi with a cost of Rs 2.5 lakh.The hand written copy of Quran has 450 pages and each page is 14.5 inches wide. (Photo by Faisal Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Hindu devotees offer prayers to statues of snakes on the occasion of Naga Panchami festival at a temple in Hyderabad on August 2, 2022. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Workers sort out vegetables at a wholesale market in Mumbai, India, Friday, August 5, 2022.India’s central bank on Wednesday raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.4% in its third such hike since May as it focuses on containing inflation. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





Macaques run on the roof of an old building in the rain in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, August 6, 2022. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Students participate in a peace rally to mark the anniversary of World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Mumbai, India, Saturday, August 6, 2022. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A shopkeeper arranges his display of Rakhis which a sacred thread used in the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan, at a shop in the walled city part of New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





A Shi'ite Muslim boy has his head gashed during a Muharram procession ahead of Ashura in Ahmedabad, India on August 6, 2022. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri Shiite Muslim for participating in a religious procession during restrictions in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, August 7, 2022. Authorities had imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar, the region's main city, to prevent gatherings marking Muharram from developing into anti-India protests. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Shiite Muslim mourners participate in a Muharram procession on the ninth day of Ashura in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar on August 8, 2022. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A woman collects recyclable items from the idols of Hindu goddess Dashama, left by devotees on the banks of the river Sabarmati a day after the “Dashama” festival, in Ahmedabad, India on August 7, 2022. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri Shiite Muslim for participating in a religious procession during restrictions in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, August. 7, 2022. Authorities had imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar, the region's main city, to prevent gatherings marking Muharram from developing into anti-India protests. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Students walk carrying a 1551 feet (473 meters) long Indian flag as they mark 75 years of India's Independence, in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, August 8, 2022. India is marking the 75th anniversary of its Independence from British colonial rule on Aug. 15. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Farmers shout slogans next to a burnt effigy of central government during a protest against the Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 on the outskirts of Amritsar on August 8, 2022. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A shepherd with his flock shelters from the rain under a huge boulder in Dharmsala, India, Monday, August 8, 2022. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





A Shi'ite Muslim woman touches the foot of a symbolic sacred horse for good luck, during a Muharram procession marking Ashura in Kolkata, India, August 9, 2022. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A Muslim girl participates in a mock fight during a Muharram procession in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Mohammad in Kolkata, India on August 9, 2022. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Muslim women offer sweets to a cardboard cut-out of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to celebrate on the eve of the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan, during which a sister ties one or more of “rakhi” or the sacred threads, onto her brother's wrist to ask him for her protection, in Ahmedabad, India on August 10, 2022. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian fishermen with their fishing boats tied up with the tricolored flags take part in a boat rally to celebrate the 75th Independence Day of India, at Neelangarai beach, in Chennai, India, 10 August 2022. More than a thousand fishermen with 250 fishing boats participated in a huge boat rally with tricolored Indian flags to celebrate the 75th Independence Day of India organized by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fishermen wing and members of the Tamil Nadu state fishermen organization at the Neelangarai Beach. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to hoist the national flag in every household as part of a campaign called “Har Ghar Tiranga” (Tricolor in every house) during India's 75th Independence celebrations. India was declared independent of British colonialism on 15 August 1947. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





People wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus walk through a market in New Delhi, India, Thursday, August 11, 2022. The Indian capital reintroduced public mask mandates on Thursday as COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A woman wearing masks as a precaution against coronavirus shops for artificial jewelry from a roadside vendor in New Delhi, India, Thursday, August 11, 2022. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)