TOPSHOTS An Indian migrant labour and his children take cover from the rain under plastic sheeting at the road-side in Kolkata on August 19, 2013. The monsoon season, which runs from June to September, accounts for about 80 percent of India's annual rainfall, vital for a farm economy which lacks adequate irrigation facilities. However, the flooding also causes hundreds of deaths and damage to infrastructure, homes and farms across India. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR