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A cameraman with short light hair in a black t-shirt and grey shorts, wearing a yellow Feelfree bag, bends low over a black video camera on a riverside cremation ground. Behind him, wood logs and a smouldering fire burn on the ground. Two dogs stand nearby, one white and one tan. Orange marigold flowers, red and orange cloth wrappings, and scattered plastic litter lie on the ash-covered ground. Several standing men in trousers and sweaters are visible in the background near a brick wall.

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February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13Riverside ghat at Varanasi with smoking funeral pyres and scattered marigold petals, rubbish and bamboo poles in the foreground. A woman with blonde hair in a black t-shirt and grey shorts, wearing sandals and carrying a yellow bag, photographs the scene with a camera. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the steps behind, and two dogs, one brown and one lighter, move near the burning wood and orange cloth on the ground. No identifiable a person is visible in this image.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13May 14 20142014-05-14February 13 20132013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13A cremation ghat scene beside a burning pyre of stacked logs with flames and smoke rising. In the foreground a bald older man with a white moustache wears a brown vest over a white kurta and an orange-and-white checked shawl draped over his shoulders. Beside him a Western man with long hair in a black T-shirt and khaki shorts carries a yellow bag. To the right a man in a green checked sweater vest, grey trousers and a white head wrap walks past the fire. Several other men in turbans and caps stand in the background near the ghat steps.2013-02-13A tan stray dog with white legs and chest sniffs at the muddy riverbank among scattered marigold petals, bamboo poles, straw mats and discarded red and pink cloth. Dry straw covers the ground and a few offering scraps lie near the water's edge of the Ganga. No people are visible in this close view of the ghat's debris and offerings.2013-02-13February 13 20132013-02-13May 14 20142014-05-14