A roadside cotton candy vendor drinks water from a plastic pouch as he waits for customers at a weekly market in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





Shoppers drink juice in plastic glasses as they take a break at a weekly market in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





People stand covered in plastic sheets as it rains in New Delhi Thursday, June 30, 2025. India's monsoon season runs from June to September. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Vendors selling Tibetan dumplings woo customers as they protect themselves from rain in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo)





A commercial truck transports rolls of plastic used in packing in New Delhi, India, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A man carrying his tiffin box in a single use plastic cover walks through a street in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, June 30, 2022. India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as a part of a longer federal plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A street hawker covers himself with plastic sheet in rain as he waits for customer to sell cigarettes and chewable tobacco at Juhu beach in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





People paint decorative motifs on an elephant in preparation of the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession of Lord Jagannath, in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Hinudu women carry on their heads, pots filled with cooked rice decorated with turmeric and neem leaves as a ritual offering to the Hindu goddess Kali during the “Bonalu” festival in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, June 30, 2022. 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)





Soldiers wrap bodies of victims of a mudslide in Noney, northeastern Manipur state, India, Friday, July 1, 2022. Rescuers found more bodies Friday as they resumed searching for dozens of missing after a mudslide triggered by weeks of heavy downpours killed at least 19 people at a railroad construction site in India's northeast, officials said. (Photo by Agui Kamei/AP Photo)





Schoolgirls look at items which are an alternate to plastic at an event to create awareness about eco-friendly products in New Delhi, India, Friday, July 1, 2022. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)





A devotee has his body painted with the portrait of Australian cricketer late Shane Warne during an annual Rath Yatra, or Chariot procession of Lord Jagannath, in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, July 1, 2022. Three idols of Hindu God Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra are taken out in a grand procession in specially made chariots called raths, which are pulled by thousands of devotees. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Police personnel march amid confetti during the 145th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath religious procession in Ahmedabad on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





A young supporter of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dressed like Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives with his mother during a public meeting addressed by Modiin Hyderabad, India, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





A Kashmiri man cools himself under a waterfall to beat the heat on a hot day on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 04 July 2022. Kashmir is witnessing hot weather conditions for the past couple of days. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Children wade through a flooded street during heavy rain in Mumbai, India, 05 July 2022. Vehicular movements were affected and local trains were delayed due to heavy rain in the city. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





A scavenger looks for coins and recyclable materials amongst the religious offerings thrown by devotees in the waters of river Yamuna coated with polluted foam in New Delhi on July 5, 2022. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Women holding umbrellas are crossing a flooded street amidst heavy rain in Mumbai on July 5, 2022. Mumbai experienced flooded streets in low-lying areas, and traffic was slow-moving across the city due to heavy rain. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rain in the next 24 hours in the city. (Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)





A man enjoys high tide waves on the Arabian Sea coast during monsoon rains in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A man without a mask alights from a crowded bus in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. The southern state has made wearing masks mandatory in public places in the wake of rise in COVID-19 cases. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)