A devotee pours milk on the rows of Shiva Linga, the stone replica of Hindu god Shiva, as Hindus offer prayer during “Shravan Somwar”, the last Monday of the Hindu calendar month Shravan, they consider auspicious in Kolkata, India, Monday, August 12, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A Hindu devotee carries two huge pots of holy water from the Hooghly River to offer it in a temple of Hindu god Shiva during “Shravan Somwar”, the last Monday of the Hindu calendar month Shravan, Hindus consider auspicious in Kolkata, India, Monday, August 12, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Medical professionals and activists hold stethoscopes and wave the flag of India as they take part in a midnight protest to condemn the rape and murder of a young medic, in Kolkata on August 14, 2024, on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day celebrations. Indian doctors in government hospitals across several states halted elective services “indefinitely” on August 12 to protest the rape and murder of a young medic. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Railway Protection Force (RPF) band personnel rest before the start of a ceremony to mark India's Independence Day in Secunderabad on August 15, 2024. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Assam Police women commandos take part in a parade during the country's Independence Day celebrations in Guwahati, India, Thursday, August 15, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Assam Police personnel take part in a parade during the country's Independence Day celebrations in Guwahati, India, Thursday, August 15, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Women light candles as they stage a silent protest against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital last week, in Guwahati, India, Friday, August 16, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Veterinarian students hold candles and walk in a protest rally against the alleged rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital last week, in Guwahati, India, Saturday, August 17, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Congress party supporters are restrained during a protest, demanding a probe against SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch and the Adani group after their names were mentioned in the Hindenburg research in its latest report, on a street in Mumbai, India on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Brahmin Hindu boys take part in the “janeu” (sacred thread), also called “yagnopavit” changing ceremony outside a temple on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival in Ahmedabad, India, on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A girl from a fishing community arrives to offer coconuts to the ocean to celebrate Narali Pournima, or coconut festival, in Mumbai, India, Monday, August 19, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Members of the fishing community make their way through a beach filled with plastic waste to offer coconuts to the ocean to celebrate Narali Pournima, or coconut festival, in Mumbai, India, Monday, August 19, 2024. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Congress party supporters are restrained during a protest, demanding a probe against SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch and the Adani group after their names were mentioned in the Hindenburg research in its latest report, on a street in Mumbai, India on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A farmer holds onto the reins as he slides through mud behind his speeding oxen during a traditional oxen plow race known as Nangarni Spardha at Dervan village in Ratnagiri district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, Thursday, August 22, 2024. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





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 college student dressed in the guise of Hindu deity Krishna, ahead of Janmashtami festival, in Chennai on August 23, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu/AFP Photo)





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)





People participate in a silent protest organized by the leaders of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), a regional party, condemning the alleged sexual assault of two minor girls in Badlapur school, at Shiv Sena Bhavan in Mumbai, India on August 24, 2024. (Photo by Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters)





Commuters wait in a traffic jam along a road in Bengaluru on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/AFP Photo)





A Hindu girl dances during Janmashtami festival that marks the birthday of Lord Krishna at a temple in Jammu, India, Monday, August 26, 2024. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)