Workers level the banks of the Ganges river in preparation for the upcoming Magh Mela festival in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 4, 2015. The festival is an annual religious event held during the Hindu month of Magh, when thousands of Hindu devotees take a dip in the holy waters of the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)
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