Asiatic elephants enjoy a bath as temperature soar in Guwahati on Sunday,24 May 2009. Assam is the home of the largest concentration of Asiatic elephants in the world. Bereft of rainfall, large tracts of Assam are witnessing rising temperatures unusual for the pre-monsoon period.

Photographer: Ujjal Deb

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