In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

People scout for usable materials from debris after flash floods at Trishuli Center in Nepal's Nuwakot district on September 1, 2026. The huge wave of freezing water and debris, sparked by a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border, killed at least 939 people and left nearly 4,500 missing, with Kathmandu warning reconstruction costs could run into the "billions of dollars". (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes China's President Xi Jinping prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Russia's President Vladimir Putin prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov welcomes Russia's President Vladimir Putin prior to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)