Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama waves during a teachings gathering in Leh on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Mohd Arhaan Archer/AFP Photo)





A model presents a creation by designer Amit Aggarwal during the FDCI India Couture Week in New Delhi on July 30, 2022. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Models present creations by designer Dolly J during the FDCI India Couture Week in New Delhi on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





In this picture taken on July 29, 2022, an Indian model walks the ramp for Mijwan Welfare Society and fashion show by designer Manish Malhotra in Mumbai. (Photo by Sujit Jaiswal/AFP Photo)





Students of Shivaji Shikshan Sanstha school offer prayers after lighting the earthen lamps on the occasion of “Asadh Amavasya” in Mumbai on July 28 2022. Students lit earthen lamps and offered prayers for positivity, peace, prosperity, brotherhood and enlightenment for all. (Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Pedestrians walk past the mascot, Thambi, displayed near Marina beach on the inaugural day of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, Thursday, July 28, 2022. The Olympiad will run from July 28 to Aug. 10 at Poonjeri village in Mamallapuram. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Indian school children wearing tiger costumes and masks participate in the “Save Our Tiger” awareness campaign on International Tiger Day in Bangalore, India, 29 July 2022. World Tiger Day is observed every year on 29 July. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A boatman walks on a floating dock made of plastic cubes along the flooded banks of river Ganges after a rise in the water level due to heavy rains in Allahabad on July 30, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A farmer carries harvested dahlia flowers in baskets on the outskirts of Bangalore on August 1, 2022. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP Photo)





In this picture taken on August 1, 2022, a priest performs a ritual on a newly purchased car to seek blessings from the deities for safety outside a temple in Bangalore. (Photo by Sebastien Berger/AFP Photo)





A fire eater performs during the traditional procession makes its way on the occasion of “Teej” festival in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India on August 1, 2022. (Photo by Photo by Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A worker irons an India flag at a workshop ahead of India's independence day in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, August 2, 2022. India will celebrate its Independence Day on Aug. 15. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Stone sculptures of snakes are adorned with flowers placed by Hindu devotees on the occasion of “Naga Panchami”, an auspicious day in the Hindu calendar in which serpents are worshipped, in Bangalore on August 2, 2022. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP Photo)





Commuters make their way along a flooded road underneath a railway bridge after monsoon rains in Allahabad on August 2, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Traditional wrestlers engage in a bout of wrestling during Nag Panchami festival in Prayagraj, India. Tuesday, August 2, 2022. Every year, the wrestlers offer prayers and hold bouts to mark the festival which is primarily dedicated to the worship of snakes. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A traditional wrestler prepares for a bout during Nag Panchami festival in Prayagraj, India on August 2, 2022. Every year, the wrestlers offer prayers and hold bouts to mark the festival, which is primarily dedicated to the worship of snakes. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Wrestlers take part in a bout of traditional wrestling at the Loknath Vyayamsala wrestling club on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Nag Panchami in Allahabad on August 2, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A youth rides a horse past a partially submerged Hindu temple through the waters of River Periyar which flooded due to heavy rains in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Tuesday, August 2, 2022. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





An artisan works on an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesha at a workshop ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai on August 3, 2022. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP Photo)





Indian security personnel detain Congress Members during a protest march against Indian Government, in New Delhi, India, 05 August 2022. Indian Congress MPs were detained while they were trying to march towards President House to protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government for rising prices of essential commodities, alleged high unemployment rates and imposing Goods and Services tax on various commodities. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)