A child holds a rope as he pulls a chariot with others during the return of the chariots festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, July 15, 2024. The return of the chariots marks the end of the nine-day long chariot festival. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Artists perform in front of the chariot of Hindu god Jagannath during the return of the chariots festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, July 15, 2024. The return of the chariots marks the end of the nine-day long chariot festival. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A man drives a scooter through a waterlogged street in Mumbai, India on July 21, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A farm labourer holds rice sapling as he prepares to plant them in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A Hindu devotee is dressed as Lord Shiva and others play drums as they take part in a procession to celebrate a festival dedicated to the Hindu god Lord Shiva, that marks the first Monday of the monsoon (Sawan) month, in Varanasi on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





Tiwa tribal girls wear traditional attire before participating in Wanchuwa festival in a village in Karbi Angling district, India, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Wanchuwa festival, marked once every five years, is celebrated for a good harvest and the welfare of the people. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A model presents a creation by designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla during the FDCI India Couture Week 2024 in New Delhi, India, 24 July 2024. The fashion event runs from 24 to 31 July 2024. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA)





A man with body painted and dressed as Mahatma Gandhi crossing a road to seek alms in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Tiwa tribal men in their traditional attire pound rice during Wanchuwa festival in a village in Karbi Angling district, India, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Wanchuwa festival, marked once every five years, is celebrated for a good harvest and the welfare of the people. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A motorist rides through a waterlogged street as it rains In Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Auto repair employees watch water levels rise inside their shop during monsoon rains in Mumbai, India, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Members of Agniveervayu, the Indian Air Force's first-ever all-women drill team, perform in front of India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, India, on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Priyanshu Singh/Reuters)





A model presents a creation by Indian designer Amit Aggarwal during the FDCI India Couture Week in New Delhi on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Artists dressed as Hindu deity Mahakali, perform during a procession to mark Bonalu festival at Akkanna Madanna temple in Hyderabad on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





This handout photograph taken on July 30, 2024 and released by India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows a damaged car at the landslide site in Wayanad. The southern coastal state of Kerala has been battered by torrential downpours, and the collapse of a key bridge at the disaster site in Wayanad district has hampered rescue efforts, according to local media reports. (Photo by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)/AFP Photo)





Members of rescue teams move towards a landslide site after multiple landslides in the hills in Wayanad, in the southern state of Kerala, India, on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Tea plantation workers with their belongings, head to a relief camp after landslides in Wayanad on July 31, 2024. Relentless downpours and howling winds on July 31, hampered search for survivors of landslides that struck Indian tea plantations and killed at least 150 people, most believed to be labourers and their families. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/AFP Photo)





In this handout photograph taken on July 31, 2024 and released by the Indian Army, security and relief personnel conduct a search and rescue operation after landslides in Wayanad. Relentless downpours and howling winds on July 31, hampered search for survivors of landslides that struck Indian tea plantations and killed 126 people, most believed to be labourers and their families. (Photo by Indian Army/AFP Photo)





Volunteers look for survivors through debris on July 31, 2024 in Mundakkai village, India. Heavy monsoon rains triggered massive landslides in Wayanad, Kerala early Tuesday morning, killing at least 150 people with many more still missing. Rescue efforts are ongoing to locate survivors amidst the destruction, with the death toll expected to rise further as the full extent of the disaster becomes clear. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)





Rescuers try to make their way upstream as they search through mud and debris for a third day after landslides set off by torrential rains in Wayanad district, Kerala state, India, Thursday, August 1, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)