Underprivileged children supported by the international Don Bosco organization in India wear tiger masks while participating participate in the “Save Our Tiger” awareness campaign on the “International Tiger Day” in Bangalore, India, 29 July 2022. The “International Tiger Day” is observed annually on 29 July to raise awareness about the danger of an extinction of tigers and the need to save them. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





Devotees pierce their cheeks with a metal rod during a religious procession to celebrate Aadi festival in Chennai on July 30, 2023. (Photo by R. Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





Models present creations by designer Anamika Khanna during the FDCI India Couture Week in New Delhi on July 30, 2023. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





This photograph provided by India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel on rescue operations after an accident at a bridge of under construction Samruddhi Expressway at Shahapur, Thane District, Maharashtra state, India, Tuesday, August 1, 2023. More than a dozen people are reported killed. (Photo by NDRF via AP Photo)





A man walks past burned vehicles after violent communal clashes in Nuh on August 1, 2023. At least four people have been killed in violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims near the Indian capital New Delhi, police said August 1. (Photo by Vinay Gupta/AFP Photo)





Relatives of Abhishek, who was killed in communal clashes, wait for his body outside a hospital in Nuh in Haryana state, India, Tuesday, August, 1, 2023. Deadly clashes between Hindus and Muslims began in the area Monday afternoon during a religious procession by a Hindu nationalist group forcing Indian authorities to impose a curfew and suspend Internet services. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





An Indian paramilitary soldier guards at a busy market in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, August 1, 2023. India’s top court Wednesday began hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the legislation passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 that stripped disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, scrapped its separate constitution and removed inherited protections on land and jobs. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Supporters Shiv Sena wearing black masks sit on a silent protest for calling for an end to violence against women in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, August 2, 2023. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Visitors pose in front of art works during the immersive exhibition “Run as Slow as You Can” by Toiletpaper, an image only magazine and creative studio founded by Italian artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) in Mumbai on August 2, 2023. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





In this photograph taken on August 2, 2023, players practice on their grips inside a gymnasium before the professional arm wrestling tournament Pro Panja League 2023, in Noida. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





In this photograph taken on August 2, 2023, Farheen Dehalvi of Baroda Badshahs (C) competes against Kashmiri Kashyap of Ludhiana Lions (L) during the professional arm wrestling tournament Pro Panja League 2023 in New Delhi. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





An Indian Army soldier carrying his baby reacts as he walks past graduating soldiers from the first batch of Agniveer scheme during their graduation ceremony in Bengaluru, India, Friday, August 4, 2023. Agniveer, a new short-term job program announced by the government for the military was launched in June 2022. Seventy-five percent of the recruits will be compulsorily retired after four years with no pension benefits. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





College students wearing traditional Punjabi attires celebrate the “Teej” festival in Amritsar on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





An Indian Army Taekwondo member displays his skills during the first batch of cadets in the passing out parade at Army Service Crops (ASC) Center and College in Bangalore, India, 04 August 2023. Around 756 Agniveers of all arms and service attended passing out parade at ASC Centre and College. The Indian Army Agniveer is a central government scheme in which a candidate can serve the country by joining any of the three armed forces, Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Airforce for a period of four years. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE)





A soldier of the Indian Army performs a Taekwondo stunt during the passing out parade of the first batch of Agniveer soldiers at the ASC Centre & College on August 04, 2023 in Bengaluru, India. Agnipath is a new recruitment scheme for personnel below the rank of commissioned officers into the three wings of the defence forces in India where recruits will be hired for a maximum of four years. This scheme approved in June 2022 has been criticised for not providing pensions and other benefits, bypassing long tenures and lack of public debates before its implementation. Personnel recruited under this scheme are called Agniveer. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)





Villagers offer prayers next to the dead body of an elephant in Kamalpara village of Rani area on the outskirts of Guwahati on August 4, 2023, after three elephants, one mother and two calves, died electrocuted when they wondered in a village. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





Unidentified relatives of Waseem Sarvar Bhat, an Indian army solider who was killed in a gunfight with suspected rebels, grieve at his residence in Bandipora, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, August 5, 2023. Three Indian soldiers were killed in a gunbattle with rebels fighting against New Delhi’s rule in Kashmir, officials said Saturday, as authorities stepped up security on the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





An Indian army soldier stands guard outside the house of his colleague Waseem Sarvar Bhat, who was killed in a gun battle with suspected rebels, as relatives and villagers wait for the body to arrive in Bandipora, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, August 5, 2023. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Visitors can interact with rescued elephants at this elephant sanctuary in Kerala, southern India on August 6, 2023. (Photo by Paul Quezada-Neiman/Alamy Live News)





Artisans work on an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha at a workshop ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)