India floods

A boat carries flood relief materials as monsoon clouds surrounded the flood affected Gagalmari village in Assam state, India. The floods from monsoon rains in northeastern India killed dozens of people, with more than 2,000 villages inundated as rivers breached their banks. (Anupam Nath, AP)

An Indian woman sits inside a makeshift temporary hut in the flood affected Gagalmari village in Assam state, India. (Anupam Nath, AP)

Nearly half a million people are living in relief camps that have been set up across Assam state. (Anupam Nath, AP)

Villagers row past a flooded house at Boramari, about 75 kilometers east of Guahati, India. Raging floodwater fed by monsoon rains have inundated more than 2,000 villages. (Anupam Nath, AP)

A flood affected child watches from inside her submerged house. (Anupam Nath, AP)

People use a raft made of banana plants to wade through flood waters in Gauhati, India. (Anupam Nath, AP)

A man sits with his son atop a compound wall as rescue workers paddle through flood waters. (Anupam Nath, AP)

Indian Hindu Brahmins, sitting inside huge pots filled with water and flower petals, perform a Parjanya Yagna prayer ritual to appease the rain gods at the Kabir Ashram Temple in Vastral on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. (Sam Panthaky, AFP)

Indian Air Force helicopter is seen on a rescue and relief mission in flood-affected areas. (AFP)