A laborer lifts an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha as he cleans a pond filled with piles of other similar idols immersed by devotees during recently concluded Ganesha Chaturthi festival in Bangalore, India, Monday, September 26, 2016. Every year millions of devout Hindus immerse idols of god Ganesh into water bodies at the end of the festival that celebrates the birth of the Hindu god. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)
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