A couple sits on a swing during stormy weather along a beach by the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City on December 8, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP Photo)

People participate in a Christmas Day dip on Brighton beach in southern England, Britain, December 25, 2021. (Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)

Vendors wait for customers at a wholesale vegetable market in Dhaka on September 4, 2022. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)

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People attend the 50th annual NYC Halloween Parade in New York City on October 31, 2023. (Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)

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“Kavadi Attam is a dance performed by the devotees during the ceremonial worship of Murugan, the Tamil God of War. It is often performed during the festival of Thaipusam and emphasizes debt bondage. The Kavadi itself is a physical burden through which the devotees implore for help from the God Murugan”. – Wikipedia

Photo: A devotee pulls his procession burden connected by hooks pierced in his back during the Thaipusam procession at Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on February 7, 2012 in Singapore. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)