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A crowded street procession in an Indian town. Many men in pale shirts and trousers press together on the road, and several wear red-saffron cloth or sashes. Red flags with an emblem flutter above the crowd, and colourful umbrellas in red, yellow, pink and blue are held aloft. On a multi-storey building to the left, a small group of men in white stands on a balcony and a window ledge, looking down at the street. Police officers in khaki uniforms move among the crowd along the left and right edges. Power lines cross the sky above the buildings.

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