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A man tries to catch some fish in a lake
brimming with rain water on the outskirts of
Bhopal.
While the monsoon arrived late in India, it is
moving in more quickly than expected, bringing
relief from a savage heat wave that killed about
1,500 people.
Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Children make their way to school in
an improvised ferry. In the background is a partly
submerged house at Panikhati, some 30 km
east of Guwahati, in Assam.
Floods, triggered by heavy rain, have left about a
million people homeless in the state.
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These youngsters in Mumbai don't seem to mind
getting roughed up by waves whipped up by the
strong winds that accompany the monsoon.
Photo: Sebastin D'Souza/AFP/Getty
Madhu, a farmer in Cochin, sows seeds after the
initial showers. Kerala is the first port of call on
the monsoon's itinerary.
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While residents of the national capital are
desperate for some relief from the scorching
summer, they are also perhaps the
most ill-prepared.
Anything more than a drizzle and several parts
of Delhi are flooded.
Photo: Rob Elliott/AFP/Getty Images
The monsoon hit the Northeast on June 5.
A monsoon scene in Agartala, the capital of
Tripura.
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Andhra Pradesh bore the brunt of the heat wave
that preceded the monsoon. Every day's delay
meant the loss of life. The toll was a little above
1,400 till salvation arrived in the second week of
June.
A man carries his infant children through a street
flooded by rain in Hyderabad.
Photo: AFP/Getty Images
As clouds threaten to unburden their load, this
horse in Kolkata seems reluctant to retire to the
warmth of its stable.
Photo: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
Complete Coverage: Monsoon and India
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