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Shyam Lal Rai, left, and Ramayan Rai return after performing last rites to their respective wife who died of intense heat wave in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. Several people have died in two of India's most populous states in recent days amid a searing heat wave, as hospitals find themselves overwhelmed with patients. More than hundred people in the Uttar Pradesh state, and dozens in neighboring Bihar state have died due to heat-related illness. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)