Photos - Fotos: The start of the Monsoon season - The Boston Globe - The Big Picture - 32 images
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The start of the Monsoon season
Monsoon season in southern Asia has begun, and in India the rains arrived ahead of schedule, easing drought concerns. Monsoon rains can be disruptive and even deadly, but crucial for the farmers whose crops feed millions of people. Though concerns for flooding are prevalent, the arrival of the rains brings colorful celebrations and relief from the heat every year. -Leanne Burden Seidel (32 photos total)
An
Indian buffalo herder holding a traditional handmade umbrella stands in
a field to keep watch of his buffaloes as monsoon clouds hover above in
Bhubaneswar, India, on June 13, 2013. (Biswaranjan Rout/Associated
Press)
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The
Kumari, considered a living goddess, attends festivities on the last
day of the Rato Machindranath chariot festival, also known as Bhoto
Jatra, in Jwalakhel, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 7, 2013. The
event, celebrated every year to herald good monsoon rains for increased
rice harvest, prosperity and goodluck, is one of the main festivals
observed by both the Buddhist and Hindu communities of Kathmandu.
(Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images) #
3
Indian
women protect themselves standing under tree during rain in Hyderabad,
India, on June 11, 2013. Monsoon rains, that lash India from June to
September, are considered crucial for farmers whose crops feed millions
of people. (Mahesh Kumar A./Associated Press) #
4
A
farmer removes dried grass from his rice field against on the outskirts
of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad June 13, 2013. The annual
monsoon rains are crucial for the 55 percent of farmland without
irrigation in India, one of the world's biggest producers and consumers
of foodstuffs. (Amit Dave/Reuters) #
5
The
dark rain clouds appear off Dehiwala in the suburbs of Colombo, Sri
Lanka, on June 8, 2013. Strong gale force winds from early this morning
due to the south-west monsoon resulted in several fisher craft being
reported missing.(M.A Pushpa Kumara/EPA)#
6
Dark clouds are seen in the sky over high-rise buildings, heralding
heavy rainfalls in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, India, on June
7, 2013. The summer monsoon season in India usually begins in the months
of June and July and lasts until October. (Piyal Adhikary/EPA)#
7
Indian
fishermen push a fishing boat to anchor it near the Arabic Sea shore at
the Chowk Dongri village in Thane, India, on June 8, 2013. The local
fishermen stop fishing between 10 June and 15 August during the monsoon
period due to rough seas, uncertain wind conditions and continuous rain
which also can cause damage to the boats. (Divyakant Solanki/EPA) #
8
A
man holds an umbrella as he sits on a bench during monsoon rains in
Mumbai, India, on June 12, 2013. (Rafiq Laqbool/Associated Press)#
9
An
egret feeds its baby on a tree along the River Brahmaputra in Gauhati,
India, on June 3, 2013. The arrival of egrets usually indicates the
beginning of the monsoon season in this region. (Anupam Nath/Associated
Press)#
10
A
woman carries her child through a heavy rain shower in the northern
Indian city of Chandigarh on June 11, 2013. India's monsoon rains
recorded higher than average levels in the first week of the four-month
rainy season, weather office sources said, reflecting a timely onset and
progress so far over southern states. (Ajay Verma/Reuters)#
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An
Indian buffalo herder returns with water buffaloes on a dry river bed
in Allahabad on June 9, 2013. India's 235 million farmers still rely on
the erratic rains to soak around 60 percent of the country's farmland --
despite calls for the government to improve irrigation and
water-harvesting methods to ensure more stable crop output. (Sanjay
Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)#
12
People
enjoy high tide waves during monsoon rains on the Arabian Sea coast in
Mumbai, India, on June 12, 2013. (Rajanish Kakade/Associated Press) #
13
A
man holds a cloth during a marriage ceremony between a pair of donkeys
in Mumbai June 5, 2013. Dozens of farmers from the drought-hit district
of Solapur attended this marriage ceremony in protest against what they
say was lack of assistance from the state government during the
drought. According to a local Hindu belief, the marriage of donkeys
speeds up the arrival of monsoon rains. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)#
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Sri
Lanka Navy personnel attempt unsuccessfully to reach marooned fishing
boats off the coasts of Dehiwala in the suburbs of Colombo, Sri Lanka,
on June 8, 2013. Strong gale force winds from early this morning due to
the south-west monsoon resulted in several fisher craft being reported
missing. Several of them were rescued while four fishermen were reported
killed and 17 others have been reported missing.(M.A Pushpa Kumara/EPA)#
15
Family
members of a missing fisherman cry in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, on June 8,
2013. Heavy wind and rains caused by the southwestern monsoon killed
five people and left 17 fishermen missing along Sri Lanka's coast
Saturday, an official said. (Eranga Jayawardena/Associated Press)#
16
Volunteers
learn how to install sand bags and panels at homes in case of a flash
flood during the rain season in Seoul, South Korea, on June 13, 2013.
Forecasters predict the monsoon season will begin around 17 June,
starting from the country's central region. (Yonhapnews/EPA)#
17
A
member of the Bathini Goud family administers 'fish medicine' to a
patient at the Nampally Exhibition Grounds in Hyderabad on June 9, 2013.
The medicine, which has been offered by the family of the southern
Indian city to patients for the last 162 years as a cure for asthma and
other breathing disorders, is placed in the mouth of a live murrel fish
and then slipped into the mouth of the patient. The medicine is
administered on the auspicious day of 'Mrigasira Karti' which falls in
June with the onset of the annual monsoon. The treatment, which is based
on a secret herb formula, draws thousands of people from all over the
country. (Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images) #
18
A
man sleeps on a cot in a flooded lane during monsoon rains in Mumbai,
India, on June 10, 2013. Heavy rains disrupted rail and road traffic in
India's commercial capital affecting normal life.(Rafiq
Maqbool/Associated Press)#
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A
Nepalese farmer works in a field at Khokana on the outskirts of
Katmandu, on June 6, 2013. Farmers are busy ploughing fields for
planting rice in preparation for the monsoon season. (Niranjan
Shrestha/Associated Press) #
20
A
photographer holds an umbrella to shield himself from the rain on a
beach in Mumbai June 13, 2013. Annual monsoon rains have covered half of
India two days ahead of the usual date, easing concern over
southwestern regions parched by drought. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)#
21
Nepalese
devotees carry traditional torches during festivities on the last day
of the Rato Machindranath chariot festival, also known as Bhoto Jatra,
in Bungamati on June 7, 2013. The event, celebrated every year to herald
good monsoon rains for increased rice harvest, prosperity and goodluck,
is one of the main festivals observed by both the Buddhist and Hindu
communities of Kathmandu.(Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images) #
22
Boys play at a sea wall as waves crash over it during a monsoon rain shower in Mumbai, June 13, 2013. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)#
23
Young
Indian Muslim boys mop the floor of a mosque which got wet during rains
in New Delhi, India, on June 14, 2013. The monsoon rains which usually
hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops
feed hundreds of millions of people. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)#
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A
fish vendor carries his basket on his head covered with plastic as he
walks through a street during monsoon rains in Mumbai, India, on June 9,
2013. The Southwest monsoon, arrived in the city Saturday, three days
ahead of schedule, according to the meteorological department. (Rafiq
Maqbool/Associated Press)#
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Excavators
clear debris as rescue workers look for trapped people after a
residential building collapsed, killing at least seven people in Mumbai
on June 10, 2013. Four diggers and a crowd of people were gathered
around a high mound of rubble -- the remains of half of the four-story
building that caved in on the second day of heavy monsoon rains in the
city. (Punit ParanjpeAFP/Getty Images)#
26
Rescue
workers take out a body from the rubble after a residential building
collapsed in heavy monsoon rains in Mumbai, India, on June 11, 2013.
(Rajanish Kakade/Associated Press) #
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A
boy plays as a car drives through a flooded street during monsoon rains
in Mumbai, India on June 10, 2013. Heavy rains disrupted rail and road
traffic in India's commercial capital. (Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press)#
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Indian
people shelter under umbrellas as they wait for a bus during heavy rain
in Mumbai, India on June 8, 2013. Monsoon rains lash India from June to
September. (Rajanish Kakade/Associated Press) #
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An
Indian farmer ploughs a field as part of preparations for paddy crop
planting on the outskirts of Hyderabad on June 11, 2013. India's monsoon
rains are the main source of irrigation for the nation's 235 million
farmers who depend on the timing of the monsoon in order to decide which
crops to grow.The farm sector accounts for about 15 percent of a nearly
USD 2-trillion economy, Asia's third-biggest.( Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty
Images)#
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An
Indian man looks at damage to a road during heavy monsoon rains near
Govindghat town in the Indian state of Uttrakhand on June 17, 2013.
Heavy rains lashed parts of north India Monday, resulting in the deaths
of at least 18 people, as the annual monsoon covered the country nearly
two weeks ahead of schedule. (AFP/Getty Images)#
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Indian
people walk along the sea front during rain showers in Mumbai on June
14, 2013. The weather department has forecast India will receive normal
rains this year, raising prospects of a stronger performance by Asia's
third-largest economy. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Fast
moving water flows over a Hindu statue during a heavy monsoon rain in
Rishikesh town in the Indian state of Uttrakhand on June 17, 2013. More
than a dozen people lost their lives due to record downpours in
Uttarakhand state, situated in the foothills of the Himalayas.
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