An artisan embosses a design onto a brass sculpture of the Nandi sacred bull of Lord Shiva at a workshop in Hyderabad on August 12, 2026. (Photo by Noah SEELAM / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor selling hand-tools waits for customers at a market in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor sells colored chicks at a market in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor (L) sells pigeons as customers walk past at a market in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor sells chickens at a market in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor waits for customers at his footwear-stall in Srinagar on August 12, 2026. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images)

A vendor counts ten and twenty-rupee banknotes at a roadside stall in Bengaluru on August 11, 2026 following approval for field trials of polymer versions of the notes. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman shops for clothing at a wholesale retailer in Alhambra, California on August 11, 2026. Stock markets mostly rose on August 10 as investors pared their bets on an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve that curtail growth, awaiting inflation data this week for more clues to the outlook for the world's biggest economy. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)