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Night photograph of a street crowd with armed security personnel in camouflage uniforms standing in a line on the road. Several officers wear camouflage caps and carry rifles slung across their chests, while a uniformed police officer in a dark cap and khaki shirt stands at left with a belt and lanyard. Behind them, onlookers in white kurtas and colourful salwar suits watch, and one man in a light shirt raises a mobile phone to photograph. At lower right, a figure in saffron-orange robes and a pink turban stands near the crowd. Street lights illuminate the scene.

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