As daytime highs in India soared to around 50 degrees Celsius, 37 people died from heatstroke. According to AP News and other foreign media on the 24th (local time), authorities in Telangana State, southern India,

A heat wave has gripped large parts of India with roads and markets emptying during afternoons. The India Meteorological Department forecasts maximum temperatures of around 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in New Delhi on Thursday.

The spiny, long-legged, and often reviled cockroach has become an unlikely symbol of dissent among India’s Gen Z, in a sharp rebuke to the ruling establishment in the world’s largest democracy.