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A devotee of a Chinese shrine walks on ambers during the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket on October 4, 2019. The festival begins on the first evening of the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days, with many religious devotees slashing themselves with swords, piercing their cheeks with sharp objects and committing other painful acts to purify themselves, taking on the sins of the community. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)
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