Monkeys eat watermelons fed by people in scorching heat in ridge area in New Delhi, India, 07 June 2022. Animals and birds have also been impacted due to heat wave in India. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), heat wave will continue to till 09 June 2022 in Delhi state and the National Capital Region. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA/EFE)





A woman walks past as a child sleeping on a makeshift hammock along a street in Chennai on June 9, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A man holds a placard during a protest in Srinagar on June 10, 2022. A spontaneous strike was observed in Srinagar to protest against former India's Bharatiya Janata Party spokeswoman Nupur Sharma over her remarks about Prophet Mohammed, which sparked outrage from the Islamic world and a diplomatic furore. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A police officer looks on as an Muslim boy offers Friday prayers at the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad on June 10, 2022. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Kashmiri man carry a bamboo ladder as he walks past closed market during a strike against the remarks made by Nupur Sharma, a spokesperson of governing Hindu nationalist party about Prophet Mohammed, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, June 10, 2022. In Indian-controlled Kashmir, authorities locked down two towns on Friday and snapped internet on mobile phones in several towns and in Srinagar, the disputed region’s main city, fearing anger against the insulting remarks to Islam could morph into larger, anti-India protests. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A motorcyclists watches as an employee of a fuel stationin fills petrol, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, June 11, 2022. India and other Asian nations are becoming an increasingly vital source of oil revenues for Moscow as the U.S. and other Western countries cut their energy imports from Russia in line with sanctions over its war on Ukraine. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A worker burns stubble after harvesting pulse crop in a field at Hoshangabad district of India's Madhya Pradesh state on June 12, 2022. (Photo by Gagan Nayar/AFP Photo)





Security personnel detain an Indian National Congress supporter during a protest in New Delhi, India, 13 June 2022. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to appear at the ED office in relation to the alleged misappropriation of assets of a newspaper “The National Herald”. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA/EFE)





Muslim students shout anti-government slogans during a protest outside Uttar Pradesh house, in New Delhi, Monday, June 13, 2022. The students were protesting against persecution of Muslims and recent demolition of their houses following last week's protests against former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma's remark deemed derogatory to Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





A supporter of India's main opposition Congress reacts as she is detained by police during a protest after the party leader Rahul Gandhi was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, in Ahmedabad, India, June 13, 2022. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A protestor cries inside a police bus after being detained during a protest against what they say are attacks on Muslims following clashes last week triggered by remarks made by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members on Prophet Mohammad, outside UP Bhawan, in New Delhi, India, June 13, 2022. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Girls perform during the last day of a camp organised by the Rashtriya Sevika Samiti Kashi province at Jwala Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College in Allahabad on June 13, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





Full moon is pictured next to the illuminated Kapaleeswarar temple on occasion of Vaikasi Visagam celebration in Chennai on June 14, 2022. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Hindu married women perform rituals around a banyan tree during the Vat Savitri (also called Vat Purnima) festival in Bhayander, outskirts of Mumbai, India, 14 June 2022. Hindu married women celebrate the day by fasting and worshiping the tree, wishing their husbands a long and healthy life. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA/EFE)





A man performs a stunt during Jal Yatra procession ahead of the annual Rath Yatra, or Chariot procession of Lord Jagannath, in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. The idols of Hindu God Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, are carried in a procession in specially made chariots during the annual Rath Yatra which will be celebrated on July 1 this year. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





A married Hindu woman performs rituals around a banyan tree at Vat Savitri festival in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Vat Savitri is celebrated on a full moon day where women pray for the longevity of their husbands. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Married Hindu women perform rituals around a banyan tree on Vat Savitri festival in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Vat Savitri is celebrated on a full moon day where women pray for the longevity of their husbands. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





Municipal workers distribute food and water to flood affected people after continuous rainfall in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Protesters shout slogans after setting a train on fire during a demonstration against the government's new 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme for the army, navy, and air forces at a railway station in Secunderabad on June 17, 2022. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)





Flames rise from a train set on fire by protestorsat Secundrabad railroad station in Hyderabad, India, Friday, June 17, 2022. Hundreds of angry youths gave vent to their ire by burning train coaches, vandalizing railroad property and blocking rail tracks and highways with boulders as a backlash continued for a second straight day Friday against a new short-term government recruitment scheme for the military. Nearly 500 protesters vastly outnumbered policemen as they went on a rampage for more than an hour at Secundrabad railroad station in southern India. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)