People watch the demolition of small illegal retail shops in a communally sensitive area in Jahangirpuri, in New Delhi, India, April 20, 2022. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





People bathe with water leaking from broken pipe valve, to cool off during hot weather in Kolkata, India, April 19, 2022. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





The Indian Navy's Vaghsheer, the sixth and final submarine of Project-75, gets pulled into the water for sea trials during its launch ceremony at the Mazagon Dock Shipyard in Mumbai on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





A boy dives into the Ganges River during a hot day in Kolkata, India, 20 April 2022. The summer, or pre-monsoon season, occurs from March to July in eastern India, with the highest daytime temperatures ranging from 35 to 45 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)





Indian women participate in a tug of war during Suwori Tribal festival in Boko, west of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Traditional tug of war and dances mark this festival which coincides with the Assamese Rongali Bihu, or the harvest festival of the northeastern Indian state of Assam. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Garo tribal youth in traditional attire perform Wangla dance during Suwori Tribal festival in Boko, west of Gauhati, India, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A man watches a YouTube video of singer Laxmi Dubey in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, India, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Last week, Dubey performed some of her hits before a Hindu gathering in central India's Bhopal city. In one song, she exhorted a cheering crowd of Hindus to “cut off the tongues of enemies who speak against Lord Ram”, videos from the event showed. Hate-filled and provocative songs that are blared through speakers during Hindu festivals have become a precursor to violence against Muslims. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Two Kashmiri women cry after their house was damaged in a gun-battle between government forces and suspected rebels in Malwah village, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, April 21, 2022. According to officials two suspected rebels were killed and four soldiers and a policeman injured during the ongoing gun-battle. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A security officer stands alert near the site of an attack in Jammu, India, Friday, April. 22, 2022. Six suspected rebels and an Indian paramilitary officer were killed in two separate armed clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said on Friday, two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the disputed region. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A man takes a dip in the waters of river Yamuna looking for coins and other reusable items usually immersed in the river by people observing various religious beliefs in New Delhi on April 23, 2022. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Rescue workers search for survivors from the debris after an under-construction building collapsed in New Delhi, India, April 25, 2022. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Cultural dancers perform during the opening ceremony of Khelo India University Games 2021, at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bangalore on April 24, 2022. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP Photo)





A forest on a mountain slope next to a township is seen on fire in Dharmsala, India, Monday, April. 25, 2022. Dry pine needles covering the forest floor and high daytime temperatures result in many forest fires in summer months. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





Muslims eat their Iftar (breaking of fast) meal at a water pump workshop during the fasting month of Ramadan in the old quarters of Delhi, India, April 26, 2022. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A Muslim boy waits to break his day-long fast during Ramadan in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Islam's holiest month is a period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A ragpicker woman segregates items sitting at the edge during a fire at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The landfill that covers an area bigger than 50 football fields, with a pile taller than a 17-story building caught fire on Tuesday evening, turning into a smoldering heap that blazed well into the night. India's capital, which like the rest of South Asia is in the midst of a record-shattering heat wave, was left enveloped in thick acrid smoke. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A firefighter rests as smoke billows from burning garbage at the Bhalswa landfill site in New Delhi, India, April 27, 2022. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A boy rides a bicycle amidst thick smoke coming out of a fire at the Bhalswa landfill in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The landfill that covers an area bigger than 50 football fields, with a pile taller than a 17-story building caught fire on Tuesday evening, turning into a smoldering heap that blazed well into the night. India's capital, which like the rest of South Asia is in the midst of a record-shattering heat wave, was left enveloped in thick acrid smoke. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A ragpicker woman living on the edge of Bhalswa landfill walks past during a fire in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A farmer carries wheat crop after harvested on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, April 28, 2022. An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance its domestic needs with ambitions to increase exports and make up for shortfalls due to Russia's war in Ukraine. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)