A man walks in flood waters at Eloor area in Ernakulam district, in the south Indian state of Kerala, on August 9, 2019. Floods that have killed more than 20 people forced the closure of Kochi international airport on August 9 as the south Indian state of Kerala confronted a second straight year of crisis level downpours. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





An auto rickshaw driver looks at a goat tied inside his rickshaw after a man bought it from a livestock market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha on the outskirts of Chennai, India, August 9, 2019. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)





A woman carries an idol of Hindu goddess Dashama, left by devotees on the banks of the river Sabarmati a day after the “Dashama” festival in Ahmedabad, India, August 11, 2019. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man with his 28-feet (8.5m) long moustache, poses with national flags at Bikaner on August 13, 2019, as the country prepares to celebrate its 73rd anniversary of independence from British rule on August 15. (Photo by Dinesh Gupta/AFP Photo)





Labourers buy bus tickets at a counter of Jammu and Kashmir Tourist Reception Centre (JKTRC) in Srinagar on August 7, 2019. A protester died after being chased by police during a curfew in Kashmir's main city, left in turmoil by an Indian government move to tighten control over the restive region, a police official said on August 7. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Indian devotees of Lord Shiva (one of the most powerful and revered deities in Hinduism) resting under a flyover near the Akshardham temple in New Delhi, India 29 July 2019. Kanwar Yatra is an annual pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva. Millions of participants gather sacred water from the Ganga and carry it across hundreds of miles to dispense as offerings in their local Shiva shrines, or specific temples such as Pura Mahadeva and Augharnath temple in Meerut, and Kashi Vishwanath, Baidyanath, and Deoghar in Jharkhand. (Photo by Harish Tyagi/EPA/EFE)





Dogs rest on an empty street during restrictions after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the government, in Srinagar, August 11, 2019. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Indian security personnel stand guard as they stop traffic during restrictions in Jammu, August 7, 2019. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)





A schoolgirl wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in New Delhi, India, August 6, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Men ride a scooter through a flooded street after heavy rains in New Delhi, India, August 6, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





School girls wade through a waterlogged street after heavy rains in New Delhi, India, August 6, 2019. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





A family wades through a flooded street during heavy rains in New Delhi, India, August 6, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A woman removes pieces of stones and bricks from a road during restrictions after the government scrapped special status for Kashmir, in Srinagar August 7, 2019. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Indian security forces personnel patrol a deserted street during restrictions after the government scrapped special status for Kashmir, as it rains in Srinagar August 8, 2019. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A Kashmiri woman walks past a bus used as a road block by Indian security personnel during restrictions after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the government, in Srinagar, August 11, 2019. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)