A participant of the Delhi Queer Pride Parade poses for a photograph during the march in New Delhi, India, Sunday, November 26, 2023. This annual event comes as India's top court refused to legalize same-sеx marriages in an October ruling that disappointed campaigners for LGBTQ+ rights in the world's most populous country. (Photo by Shonal Ganguly/AP Photo)

Flocks of seagulls swarm small fishing boats in the first decade of January 2024 like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Colonies of Heuglin’s gulls can be seen almost every morning on the Yamuna River in Delhi, India. (Photo by Raghav Rai Ralhan/Solent News)

A man shows ink mark on his finger after casting his vote during the fourth phase of India's general election in Baba Nagri, northeast of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, May 13, 2024. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)

Indian actress Ananya Panday poses for pictures on the red carpet on the day of the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Mumbai, India, on July 12, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)

College students dress in the guise of Hindu deities Krishna and Radha, ahead of Janmashtami festival, in Chennai on August 23, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)

A mahout carrying leaves rides an elephant along a street in Amritsar on February 27, 2024. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)

A monkey tries to quenche its thirst from a water tap on a hot summer day in Prayagraj on May 20, 2023. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)

Sümi women gesture as they line up to perform a traditional Sümi rice pounding folk song called “Thishole” during Western Sumi Torimi Hoho Silver Jubilee at Thilixü Village in Chumoukedima district, India north eastern state of Nagaland on June 7, 2023. Altogether 1400 Sülimis perform their traditional rice pounding folk song to mark their 25th Anniversary. (Photo by Caisii Mao/Rex Features/Shutterstock)