The record hot sun in India, the cows fainted in the field

The record hot sunshine in India for decades has made farmers suffer.

Some parts of India are experiencing a 40-47 degree Celsius. Meteorologist Michael Guy told CNN that this year India has seen an unprecedented rise in temperature.

It was so hot that Bihar had to ban cooking from 18:00 to 21:00 to fight forest fires.

In the photo, farmers in the village of Gondiya, Uttar Pradesh state on April 21 tried to cure the unconscious cow in the field because of the heat and thirst.

Indian officials say groundwater levels are increasingly depleting. Indians will have to wait at least until mid-June when the rain comes. More than 150 Indian activists sent an open letter to the prime minister, expressing concern about the negative impact of drought on the countryside.

The man holding a gun stood guard at the reservoir of Madhya Pradesh, central India, to avoid stealing water.

Farmers and cattle go under the Mansaita River, Madhya Pradesh state, on May 4.

According to CNN, the combination of high temperature and low humidity makes India a global hotspot for hot weather diseases. At least 370 people died. In 2015, more than 1,300 people in the state died of heat, while the national figure was 2,500.

Dry cracked fields in the eastern city of Hyderabad are in the southern state of Telangana in India.Photo taken on April 25.

More than 10 of India's highest temperature cities are cooperating to find ways to help farmers who cannot afford to use air conditioners. According to Indian officials, 79% of reservoirs have dried up, 75% less water in rivers than the average of the past 10 years.

She was pointing at the mark on the can when she got water from a water supply point in Mumbai.

The boy in the picture is drinking well water, only rudely filtered through the cloth.

More than 300 families in western India have migrated to Mumbai because they cannot live in extreme hot weather.

Lack of water causes people to use well water, despite possible digestive diseases.

Nitya Jacob, head of India's water management agency, said the shortage of drinking water mostly occurred in rural areas. The Indian government said 330 million people were affected by the heat.

Lambadi tribe takes water from leaked pipes on a road in the eastern city of Hyderabad.

The man walked in the dry lake in the Indian village of Gunda Dam.