Trees grow in the sacred forest in Swer village in the East Khasi Hills region of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. The Nongrum clan is one of three that cares for the forest near Cherrapunji, an area about 35 miles southwest of Shillong, which is among the wettest in the world. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)