Motorists make their way through a waterlogged street amid heavy rainfall in Kolkata on September 20, 2021 reportedly triggered by cyclonic circulation formed over the Bay of Bengal. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Construction workers celebrate after the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) “Urja” emerged at the upcoming Shivaji Nagar underground metro station after drilling a distance of 855 metres for over a year, in Bangalore on September 22, 2021. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP Photo)





People stand in a queue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. India, the world's largest vaccine producer, will resume exports and donations of surplus coronavirus vaccines in October after halting them during a devastating surge in domestic infections in April, the health minister said Monday. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A woman receives Covishield COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Mumbai, India, Thursday, September 23, 2021. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A one-horned rhinoceros crosses a road inside Kaziranga national park on the eve of the World Rhino Day in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Kaziranga is home to nearly 2,500 one-horned rhinos and is the world’s largest habitat for the rare animal. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 during a vaccination drive at a market place in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, September 24, 2021. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Kashmiri villagers harvest paddy at a rice field in Mingam village, northeast of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, September 24, 2021 Agriculture is the main source of food, income, and employment in rural areas. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





This Photograph provided by India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel arriving in preparation for Cyclone Gulab, that likely to make landfall on Sunday evening at Ganjam, eastern Odisha state, India, Sunday, September 26, 2021. (Photo by National Disaster Response Force via AP Photo)





A man walks in the rain as vehicles stayed off the roads during a nation-wide shutdown to protest against the contentious farm laws in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Monday, September 27, 2021. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





Farmers shout slogans from their tractors during a nationwide strike against the central government's agricultural reforms on the outskirts of Amritsar on September 27, 2021 (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A farmer blocking traffic, center, refuses with folded hands as a woman on a motorcycle, left, requests for right of way at Singhu, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Monday, September 27, 2021. Thousands of Indian farmers Monday blocked traffic on major roads and railway tracks outside of the nation's capital, calling on the government to rescind agricultural laws that they say will shatter their livelihoods. The farmers called for a nation-wide strike to mark one year since the legislation was passed, marking a return to protests that began over a year ago. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Kashmiri villagers show their hands stained by cleaning and shelling walnuts in Budgham area, northeast of Srinagar, Saturday, September 25, 2021. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A man throws his net for fishing in a pond in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, September 27, 2021. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri shepherd left, shears a sheep as his brother smokes hubble bubble in Sonamarg, 106 kilometers (66 miles) north of Srinagar, Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, September 27, 2021. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Engineers workers and media person inspect the under construction Zojila tunnel which will connect Kashmir with Ladakh union territories, on September 28, 2021 in Baltal 100 km east of Srinagar, Indian administered Kashmir, India. Zojila serves as the only road Link between Kashmir and Ladakh which holds strategic significance as Zojila Pass is situated at an altitude of 11,578 feet on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh National highway and remains closed during winters due to heavy snowfall, cutting off Ladakh region from Kashmir. When completed, it will be the longest bidirectional tunnel in Asia. The 14 km long tunnel will reduce the time to cross the ZojiLa from more than 3 hours to just 15 minutes. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)





An artist works on an idol of Indian Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop ahead of the Durga puja festival in Hyderabad on September 28, 2021. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





A worker welds an iron pole at a construction site by the Arabian sea shore in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, September 28, 2021. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





An Indian municipal worker fumigates an area in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





In this photo taken using a drone, farmers spray pesticide at a paddy field in Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Thursday, September 30, 2021. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Children play and wrestle on a ghat of the river Yamuna in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)