A villager paddles her boat through the flood waters as her cattle take shelter on a highland at Morigaon district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
In this photograph taken on August 17, 2014, Indian forest rangers ride on an elephant as they patrol in the flood affected Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary at Morigaon some 60kms east of Guwahati. Heavy rainfall has claimed at least 24 lives in India. While India's annual rains are a lifeline for the country's farm sector, flooding, landslides and building collapses are frequent during the monsoon season, which sweeps India from June to September. Hundreds die every year in floods and landslides during the monsoon season in South Asia. AFP PHOTO / Biju Boro