A pedestrian cycles with an umbrella as it rains in New Delhi on August 24, 2012. Nation-wide, the monsoon has been more than 20 percent below its average, sparking fears of drought among farmers who remember vividly the failure of 2009, when India suffered its worst drought in nearly four decades. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/GettyImages)
