A Nepalese boy watches devotees pull down the “lingo” a long wooden pole symbolising a phallus during Biska Jatra festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, April 14, 2022. During this festival, also regarded as Nepalese New Year, images of Hindu god Bhairava and his female counterpart Bhadrakali are enshrined in two large chariots and pulled to an open square after which rituals and festivities are performed. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)
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