Polling officials and police walk on a wooden bridge towards a polling station in the interior of Dal Lake ahead of the second phase of voting for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir, in Srinagar, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Indian policemen patrol as they guard near a venue for distribution of election material, ahead of the second phase of voting for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir, in Srinagar, Tuesday, Sept. 24 , 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Polling officials check electronic voting machines and other election material to a venue for distribution, ahead of the second phase of voting for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir, in Srinagar, Tuesday, Sept. 24 , 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Indian policemen patrol as they guard near a venue for distribution of election material, ahead of the second phase of voting for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir, in Srinagar, Tuesday, Sept. 24 , 2024. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

FILE - Firefighters walk through a flooded road of Jesenik, Czech Republic, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

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FILE - A man throws damaged goods and furniture off a house as residents return to clean up after recent floods in Mikulovice, Czech Republic, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

FILE - A resident waits to be evacuated from his flooded house in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)