Meena Tiwari, center, cries standing in front of the body of her son Ashutosh Tiwari, who allegedly died of heat stroke, at the district government hospital, in Ballia district of northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Monday, June 19, 2023. Nearly 170 people have died in the last few days in northern India as searing heat combined with lack of preparedness and resources at local hospitals is resulting in a constantly increasing body count. According to local news reports and health officials in Uttar Pradesh state, 119 people have died and in neighboring Bihar state, government officials say 47 people have died due to heat-related illness. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





Vinod Kumar Singh, performs post cremation ritual for his father who passed away following heat related ailments in village Kothi, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)





A boy jumps into the waters of Dal Lake to cool himself on a hot day in Srinagar on June 19, 2023. A day temperature of 31 degree Celsius (87.8 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded in Srinagar on 19 June as the meteorological department predicts a hot and humid weather in Kashmir in the next few days. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/eyepix via ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





A duck swims across the polluted water body around the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 20 June 2023. The authorities are putting in efforts in a bid to cleanse the Dal Lake of unwanted algae and weeds. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Rohingya refugee boy walks along a street at a refugee camp on the World Refugee Day, in New Delhi on June 20, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A boy jumps into a canal on a hot day in Jammu, India, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Many parts of India are experiencing scorching heat this summer. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Hindu devotees take part in the annual Ratha Yatra (religious procession) of Lord Jagannath in Ahmedabad on June 20, 2023. (Photo by Sam Panthaky/AFP Photo)





A Hindu devotee performs a stunt with his motorcycle during the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in Ahmedabad, India on June 20, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu devotees attend the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in Ahmedabad, India on June 20, 2023. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





People pour milk on body builders as they participate in the annual chariot festival of Hindu god Lord Jagannath in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Youth enthusiasts take part in a yoga session at Lodhi gardens on International Day of Yoga, in New Delhi on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Border Security Force (BSF) personnel take part in a yoga session on the International Day of Yoga, at India-Pakistan Wagah border post about 35kms from Amritsar on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Hindu holy men display their yoga skills before media on International Day of Yoga at the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Assam, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The holy men from different parts of this northeastern state arrived at the temple to attend the Ambubachi festival that starts on Thursday. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Women rest under a tree on a hot summer day in Ballia District in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





People perform yoga in a local train, during International Yoga Day in Mumbai, India on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Practitioners take part in a yoga session on the International Day of Yoga, in Srinagar on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Indian yoga enthusiasts perform yoga in front of Vidhana Soudha, the State Legislature of Karnataka, on the International Day of Yoga, in Bangalore, India, 21 June 2023. The United Nations (UN) has declared 21 June as the International Yoga Day after adopting a resolution proposed by Indian Prime Minister Modi's government. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





Reshmi Pathak, 30, who is suffering from heat-related illness, lies on a stretcher as her father stands next to her inside an emergency ward at a hospital in Ballia District in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India on June 21, 2023. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Flood-affected people transport cattle in Nalbari district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Tens of thousands of people have moved to relief camps with one person swept to death by flood waters caused by heavy monsoon rains battering swathes of villages in India’s remote northeast this week, a government relief agency said on Friday. (Photo by AP Photo)





A labourer sits in front of a mural depicting Indian traditional dance forms Kathakali (R) and Manipuri painted under a bridge in New Delhi on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)