People carry water containers near an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Badama village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla
A caretaker feeds water mixed with multivitamins to a parakeet after it was dehydrated due to heat at Jivdaya Charitable Trust, a non-governmental rehabilitation centre for birds and animals, during hot weather in Ahmedabad, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave
A labourer drinks water from a tanker at a construction site on a hot summer day, in Noida, India, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Men sleep in the shade on the banks of the Yamuna river on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Women carry containers after filling them with water at an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Badama village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla
A man cools off under a pipe of flowing water on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
FILE PHOTO: Labourers work at a construction site on a hot summer day in Noida, India, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
A labourer works at a construction site on a hot summer day in Noida, India, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A woman walks on the bottom of a dried pond on a hot day in Mauharia village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla
Labourers work at a construction site on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
A woman fills a plastic container with drinking water from a municipal tanker, on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A man sleeps under a bridge on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A woman walks with her face covered to protect herself from the heat on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
People fetch water from a pit at an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Badama village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla
A labourer drinks water from a public drinking water tap on a hot summer day in the old quarters of Delhi, India, May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Women and a girl fill containers with water from an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Badama village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla
Cattle drink water at an abandoned stone quarry on a hot day in Chipiya Abhaipur village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla
India scorches under unprecedented heatwave