Municipal workers collect garbage as they clean a beach in Mumbai, India, August 14, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A cadet from the National Cadet Corps (NCC) shouts commands at a parade during India's Independence Day celebrations in Agartala, India, August 15, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





Schoolchildren perform during the India's Independence Day celebrations in Kolkata, August 15, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Participants share a moment after performing at a cultural program during India's Independence Day celebrations in Ajmer, in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, August 15, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)





A vendor holds images of Hindu snake goddess Manasa at a market ahead of the Nag Panchami festival celebrations, in Agartala, India, August 16, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





A woman paints an idol of Hindu Lord Krishna at a roadside workshop ahead of the Janmashtami festival, which marks the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna, in Ahmedabad, India, August 16, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman rides a bicycle across a road during rains in Allahabad, India, August 16, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





An Indian rickshaw rider pedals his heavily laden vehicle along a street in New Delhi on August 17, 2016. (Photo by Prakash Singh/AFP Photo)





A Parsi man touches the walls of a Parsi fire temple featuring huge carvings of ancient priests during the Parsi New Year day in Mumbai, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A woman walks on a street during rains in Kolkata, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Labourers pull an idol of Hindu snake goddess Manasa for immersion into the Ganga river on the occasion of Manasa Puja (Manasa worship) in Kolkata, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A eunuch applies make-up as another is reflected in a mirror before Raksha Bandhan festival celebrations in a red light area in Mumbai, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Eunuchs apply make-up before Raksha Bandhan festival celebrations in a red light area in Mumbai, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A eunuch performs during Raksha Bandhan festival celebrations in a red light area in Mumbai, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Indian people hold cremations along a roadside following heavy flooding at Daraganj ghat near Sangam in Allahabad on August 18, 2016. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)





A child of a roadside vendor sits in a hammock as his sister plays with him at a market in Chandigarh, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A boy talks to his grandmother at a fire temple during the Parsi New Year celebrations in Ahmedabad, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman kisses her son at a fire temple during the Parsi New Year celebrations in Ahmedabad, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man offers a pastry to a kid at a fire temple during the Parsi New Year celebrations in Ahmedabad, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Rag pickers collect recyclables at a garbage dump in Guwahati, India, August 17, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Brahmins or upper-caste Hindus wearing the “janeu” (sacred thread), also called “yagnopavit”, perform prayers in a temple on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival in Ahmedabad, India, August 18, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Brahmins or upper-caste Hindus wearing the “janeu” (sacred thread), also called “yagnopavit”, perform prayers in a temple on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan festival in Ahmedabad, India, August 18, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man rows a boat as it pulls along a chain of wooden beds tied together and belonging to Hindu priests through the flooded banks of river Ganga after heavy rains, in Allahabad, India, August 18, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





A woman ties “Rakhi” or traditional Indian sacred thread onto the wrists of a man sitting inside a passenger bus during Raksha Bandhan celebrations in Kolkata, India, August 18, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman ties “Rakhi” or traditional Indian sacred thread onto the wrists of a taxi driver during Raksha Bandhan celebrations in Kolkata, India, August 18, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)