An Indian men wade while holding an umbrella through a flooded street during a heavy downpour in Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura on August 11, 2017. (Photo by Arindam Dey/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee carries pigeons, smeared with blood and vermilion powder, for sacrifice during the two-day long Deodhani festival at Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, India, Saturday, August 19, 2017. Goats and pigeons are offered as sacrifice during this festival held to worship Manasa, the serpent goddess, with the belief that she will fulfill the wishes of her devotees. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Flood affected families take shelter in front of a shop and wait for relief material in Jakhalabandha area in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, August 13, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A child sleeps on the floor at the entrance to the Intensive care unit in the Baba Raghav Das hospital in Gorakhpur district, India August 13, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





Rinki Singh, 31, holds a photo of her daughter Aarushi, 6, who died in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Baba Raghav Das hospital in the Gorakhpur district, India August 14, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A devotee breaks a clay pot containing curd as others form a human pyramid during celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami, in Mumbai, India August 15, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A devotee breaks a clay pot containing curd as others form a human pyramid during celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami, in Mumbai, August 15, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A man decorates an auto rickshaw with the national flags to celebrate India's Independence Day in Ahmedabad, August 15, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Police officials patrol with a sniffer dog on railway tracks ahead of India's Independence Day celebrations in Guwahati, August 12, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





An Indian policeman yawns as he takes part in India's Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar August 15, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) policeman rests after taking part in a full-dress rehearsal for India's Independence Day celebrations in Jammu, August 13, 2017. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets school girls dressed as Hindu Lord Krishna, after addressing the nation from the historic Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi, August 15, 2017. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Police commandos wait to take part in a full dress rehearsal for India's Independence Day parade in Kolkata, August 12, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A man carries a child as he wades through a waterlogged subway after heavy rains in Chennai, India August 9, 2017. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)





People use a makeshift raft to transport goats as they wade through a flooded road in Jakhalabandha area in Nagaon district, in Assam, India, August 13, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A Hindu pilgrim hangs clothes on iron rods tied to windows of a parked bus to dry on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata, August 17, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Women watch as people carry the body of Ayub Lelhari, a suspected militant commander, who according to local media was killed in an encounter with the Indian security forces, during his funeral in Lelhar village in Pulwama district, August 17, 2017. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Forest guards chase away a rhino that strayed into a residential area after floods forced animals to escape the Kaziranga National park in Nagaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, August 15, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)





A devotee tries to break a clay pot containing curd during celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Ahmedabad, August 16, 2017. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A boy from the Rohingya community stands outside a shack in a camp in Delhi, August 17, 2017. (Photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)





A worker carries paint containers inside a recycling workshop in Mumbai, India August 18, 2017. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A boy picks out plastic bottles at a recycling yard in New Delhi, India, August 18, 2017. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Rhinos and buffaloes are seen at the flooded Kaziranga National Park in Nagaon district, Assam, August 15, 2017. (Photo by Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters)