As Assam in India's North East battles floods, many parts of North India experience record highs in daily temperatures.
Please click on the images for a sobering glimpse of the Ganga and Yamuna.
IMAGE: A view of the dried up Ganga river bed, due to rising temperatures, at Phaphamau in Prayagraj. Photographs: ANI Photo
IMAGE: A man rows a makeshift boat on the polluted Yamuna river on a hot summer day in New Delhi.
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