A flood affected woman waits to transport her goats in a country boat in Sildubi village in Morigaon district in the northeastern state of Assam, India, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed more than a dozen people over the last two weeks in India's northeast. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Underprivileged couples take part in a mass wedding organised by Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited Mukesh Ambani as the part of pre- wedding celebrations of his youngest son, Anant Ambani in Navi Mumbai, India, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Flood-affected people use a makeshift raft to shift their lamb to a safer place following heavy rains at the Patiapam village in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A soft toy is seen at the site where believers had gathered for a Hindu religious congregation, following which a stampede occurred, in Hathras district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Kashmiri boys jump into the Dal Lake during a hot summer day in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





Relatives mourn outside of the home of three victims of same family who died in a stampede on July 03, 2024 in Sokna village on July 03, 2024 in Hathras, India. At least 116 people were confirmed killed in a devastating stampede at a Satsang, or religious event, in Hathras, in India's densely populated Uttar Pradesh state on Tuesday. The stampede occurred as the event concluded and attendees were trying to exit, with the narrow exit leading to a deadly crush of the large crowd. Officials expected the death toll to continue climbing rapidly through the night. (Photo by Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images)





Relatives and neighbours mourn the death of stampede victim Kamlesh Jatav, 22, as they cremate her body at Daunkeli village, Hathras district, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Relatives mourn the death of stampede victims Kamlesh Jatav, 22, and her seven-month-old daughter in Daunkeli village, Hathras district, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A boy accompanies the transport of relief material on a tractor trolley for flood affected people in the flooded Jamunamukh village, Hojai district of Assam, India, 04 July 2024. According to the daily flood report from the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), two individuals lost their lives in Tezpur, Sonitpur district. Over 1.625 million people have been affected by floods across Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Charaideo, Chirang, Darrang, and Dhemaji districts. Currently, the state administration is running 515 relief camps and distribution centers across 24 districts, providing shelter to 386,950 people. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA)





Exiled Tibetans in ceremonial outfits wait to perform a traditional dance at an event to celebrate the 89th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Phoot by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Tsering Dolma, a school girl, gets ready to perform a traditional dance at an event to celebrate the 89th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





A young exiled Tibetan girl gets her lips painted by her teacher before she performs a traditional dance at an event to celebrate the 89th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Exiled Tibetan school girls in a traditional costumes eat cakes and sweets as they wait to perform a traditional dance at an event to celebrate the 89th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance) dancers pose for photos during the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot festival in Kolkata on July 7, 2024. As per Hindu mythology, the Ratha Yatra dates back some 5,000 years when Hindu god Krishna, along with his older brother Balaram and sister Subhadra, were pulled on a chariot from Kurukshetra to Vrindavana by Krishna's devotees. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Hindu devotees toss flower petals as they lead the annual Ratha Yatra or chariot festival in Kolkata, India, July 7, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A corn seller waits for customers during rain showers near the sea front in Mumbai on July 8, 2024. Intense monsoon storms battered India on July 8, flooding parts of the financial capital Mumbai, while lightning in the eastern state of Bihar killed at least 10 people, government officials said. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





Teaching candidates and job aspirants shout slogans as they are being detained by police during a protest against the West Bengal Chief Minister over an alleged recruitment scam and to demand jobs in Kolkata, eastern India, 08 July 2024.The protest aims to raise awareness of the alleged corruption within the education system that saw almost 26,000 teachers and staff bribe their way through a 2016 state-sponsored test. Kolkata High Court declared the entire panel of 2016 School Service Commission teachers' recruitment null and void, cancelling all appointments of teachers and non-teaching staff. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





A boy plays in the flooded water at an entrance door after heavy rains in Mumbai, India, Monday, July 8, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A boy clings to an auto rickshaw on a waterlogged street after heavy rains in Mumbai, India on July 8, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A man collects recyclable plastic and bottles from a canal filled with household garbage and plastic, during World Population Day in the outskirts of New Delhi, India, 11 July 2024. According to the World Economic Forum, India faces increasing sewage treatment challenges as its population grows, especially its public water infrastructure, with over 70% of sewage remaining untreated. Data from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) shows that India’s population is estimated at 1,441 million, surpassing China as the world’s most populous nation. Observed annually on 11 July, World Population Day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989 to raise awareness of global population issues. On this day, the UN will release the World Population Prospects 2024 report, covering trends from 1950 to 2024, including growth rates, age structures, and components of population change. (Photo by Harish Tyagi/EPA/EFE)