In this photo taken on May 24, 2024, villagers carry water pots in Shahapur district of India's Maharashtra state, amid ongoing heatwave. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP Photo)





A woman carries a fan purchased from a market on a hot summer day in Guwahati, India, Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Polling officials check election materials inside an indoor stadium ahead of the seventh and last phase of India's general election, in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2024. (Photo by Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters)





A man sleeps on his rickshaw along a street on a hot summer day in New Delhi on May 31, 2024. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Nomads from the Gujjar tribe attempt to prevent a cow carrying luggage from jumping into a river in Chamba, in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, India, on June 2, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





People take rest under the shade of a bridge to shelter from the scorching sun on a hot summer day along the banks of river Ganges in Prayagraj on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Anil Shakya/AFP Photo)





A boy fills water in a container using a hand pump on a hot summer day during a heatwave in New Delhi, India, on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A farm labourer drinks water during a break amid work on a paddy field on a hot summer day in Karnal in the northern state of Haryana, India, on June 3, 2024. (Photo by Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters)





Supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate vote counting results for India's general election outside the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on June 4, 2024. Vote counting was underway in India's election on June 4, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi all but assured a triumph for his Hindu nationalist agenda that has thrown the opposition into disarray and deepened concerns for minority rights. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Supporters of Trinamool Congress (TMC) show victory sign as they celebrate vote counting results for India's general election outside the Chief Minister's residence in Kolkata on June 4, 2024. India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies were heading for victory at the halfway point in the country's general election count on June 4, but with a reduced parliamentary majority. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter dances outside the BJP headquarters, on the day of the general election results, in New Delhi, India, on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A supporter holds a cut-out of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party symbol with the image of M.K. Stalin during celebrations after the initial general election results, outside party headquarters in Chennai, India, on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Riya Mariyam Raju/Reuters)





An Indian National Congress (INC) supporter lights firecrackers after election results in Mumbai, India, on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate outside BJP headquarters, on the day of the general election results, in New Delhi, India, on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A person wears a badge of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) party election symbol as it's smeared with colour after celebrations at the party office after election results outside the party office in Mumbai, India, on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate after learning the initial general election results outside party headquarters in New Delhi, India, on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) supporters celebrate after election results outside the party office in Mumbai, India, on June 4, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Supporters of Indian National Congress (INC) party celebrate vote counting results for India's general election, near the INC headquarter in New Delhi on June 4, 2024. Vote counting was underway in India's election on June 4, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi all but assured a triumph for his Hindu nationalist agenda that has thrown the opposition into disarray and deepened concerns for minority rights. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) supporters apply color dust to each other as they celebrate and react while following the election results in Kolkata, Eastern India, 04 June 2024. Counting for the general election results has started for India's 545-member lower house of parliament, or Lok Sabha, with early trends showing the Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leading. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA)





A rag picker carries recyclable materials amid cows and greater adjutant storks at a disposal site in Boragaon on the outskirts of Guwahati on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)