Wednesday, December 12, 2012
In this picture taken Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, a Hindu holy man watches preparations for the Maha Kumbh festival on the banks of the Ganges River in Allahabad, India. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to gather at the beginning of 2013 at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers to take part in the religious congregation which falls every 12 years.
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