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A family poses for a picture in front of the carcasses of sacrificed buffalos a day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. Sword-wielding Hindu devotees in Nepal began slaughtering thousands of animals and birds in a ritual sacrifice on Friday, ignoring calls by animal rights activists to halt what they described as the world's largest such exercise. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A family poses for a picture in front of the carcasses of sacrificed buffalos a day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. Sword-wielding Hindu devotees in Nepal began slaughtering thousands of animals and birds in a ritual sacrifice on Friday, ignoring calls by animal rights activists to halt what they described as the world's largest such exercise. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A man sits in a tractor to load the sacrificed buffalos a day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A man sits in a tractor to load the sacrificed buffalos a day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




An overloaded vehicle transports people returning from the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

An overloaded vehicle transports people returning from the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




People return after attending the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

People return after attending the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A street vendor makes sweets along the street to sell them to devotees during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A street vendor makes sweets along the street to sell them to devotees during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




Bina Devi Kalwar cries while she calls for her lost nine-year-old daughter Komal Kumari Kalwar on a microphone at the lost and found camp after getting separated in the crowd during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014.She was separated from her daughter last night and the whereabouts of her daughter is still unknown. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Bina Devi Kalwar cries while she calls for her lost nine-year-old daughter Komal Kumari Kalwar on a microphone at the lost and found camp after getting separated in the crowd during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014.She was separated from her daughter last night and the whereabouts of her daughter is still unknown. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A girl cries while calling for her mother on a microphone at the lost and found camp after getting lost in the crowd during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A girl cries while calling for her mother on a microphone at the lost and found camp after getting lost in the crowd during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A police officer carries a girl to the lost and found camp after she got lost in the crowd during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A police officer carries a girl to the lost and found camp after she got lost in the crowd during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A girl is united with her mother at the lost and found camp after getting lost in the crowd during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A girl is united with her mother at the lost and found camp after getting lost in the crowd during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A man removes the tongue from the head of a sacrificed buffalo the day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A man removes the tongue from the head of a sacrificed buffalo the day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A boy collects the skin of the sacrificed buffalos, which will be used to make leather goods, the day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A boy collects the skin of the sacrificed buffalos, which will be used to make leather goods, the day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A man cuts the meat of a sacrificed buffalo a day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A man cuts the meat of a sacrificed buffalo a day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A man removes the tongue from the head of a sacrificed buffalo a day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A man removes the tongue from the head of a sacrificed buffalo a day after the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




A girl eats her lunch inside a tent during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A girl eats her lunch inside a tent during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)




Women sit outside their tent during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Women sit outside their tent during the “Gadhimai Mela” festival held in Bariyapur November 29, 2014. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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