Workers who transport iron rods used in building construction take a break at a warehouse in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri family row their shikara, or traditional boat, as Kashmiri boys swim in the Nageen Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, August 3, 2021. Nestled in the Himalayan mountains, Kashmir is known for its beautiful lakes and saucer-shaped valleys. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Clouds are reflected in water as a Kashmiri man fishes in the Dal Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 30, 2021. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Villagers prepare to move to higher grounds on boats after heavy rain inundated their houses at Khanakul, Hooghly district, West Bengal state, Wednesday, August 4, 2021. (Photo by Ashim Paul/AP Photo)





Kashmiri students listen to their teacher Ghulam Hassan, during open air community classes in Tangmarg area northwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, August 4, 2021.Government teachers are holding community classes in areas where students do not have access to internet service and remain unavailable for online teaching since June this year. Schools in Indian controlled Kashmir continue to remain closed for onsite teaching in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





An Indian artist dressed as Hindu goddess Mahakali performs during a procession marking “Bonalu” festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, August 2, 2021. Bonalu is a month-long Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region dedicated to Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A man performs with a Python during a procession as part of “Bonalu” festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, August 2, 2021. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A hand-rickshaw puller ferrying a passenger wades through a waterlogged street after it rained in Kolkata on July 29, 2021. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Vehicles are pictured at a toll post in Mumbai, India on August 1, 2021. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Fish for sale are kept in plastic bags filled with water at a weekly pet market in Kolkata on August 1, 2021. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





Kashmiri workers paint a mesh covering a drain inside a narrow alley in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, August 1, 2021. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)





A monkey carries an infant on the back as she searches for food in the forest of Drang, northwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 23, 2021. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Workers who transport iron rods used in building construction light bidis as they take a break at a warehouse in Prayagraj, India, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A woman carries a child as she hurriedly walks through a market during a downpour in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Friday, July 30, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





People move their shelters from the banks of the Ganges River as the water level of the Ganges and Yamuna rises in Allahabad on July 31, 2021. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





An Indian thread maker prepares colored threads for flying kites in Jammu, India, Tuesday, August 3, 2021. The demand for these threads goes up in August when people in northern India fly kites and peaks during Independence Day, which falls on August 15. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A young girl stands at the entrance of her house next to the house of a 9-year-old girl from the lowest rung of India's caste system who according to her parents and protesters, was raped and killed earlier this week, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, August 5, 2021. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Health worker wait to collect samples form passengers arriving on international flights to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at Anna International Airport in Chennai on August 1, 2021. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A Kashmiri woman rows her boat through lotus plants on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, August 3, 2021. Nestled in the Himalayan mountains, Kashmir is known for its beautiful lakes and saucer-shaped valleys. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Hundreds of people line up to receive their second dose of vaccine against the coronavirus at the municipal ground in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A handout photo made available by the Indian Air Force (IAF) showing an IAF helicopters during the rescue operation in flood affected areas of Dhanyaghari of Khanakul in West Bengal, India, 02 August 2021. According to the IAF, helicopters of Indian Air Force rescued 31 people from rooftops and brought them to safety to Arambaug. The helicopters also dropped emergency food supplies in the affected areas after the torrential rain in the state has thrown life out of gear and created flood like situation in many districts. (Photo by Indian Air Force/Handout via EPA/EFE)