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Aerial view of a dense camp city at the Kumbh Mela, with rows of grey and white tents packed along a riverbank in hazy light. Many tents have red, yellow, blue and green canvas tops, and small figures move between them along dirt paths. A long concrete bridge with many pillars crosses the background, and a red temple-like structure stands at right. Power lines run across the foreground above the river water.

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February 10 20132013-02-10Elevated view of a dense, hazy tent city at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela, with rows of white, beige and striped canvas tents spread across dusty ground. A long steel truss bridge with concrete piers crosses the top of the frame, carrying banners. A red and orange gateway structure stands in the middle distance beside a wide dirt road lined with bamboo fencing. Small groups of people walk along the road and paths, and a few motorcycles and bicycles are visible near the lower right.Wide elevated photograph of the Maha Kumbh Mela camp-city at Prayagraj, dense rows of white, yellow, blue and multicoloured tents stretch toward a long concrete pontoon bridge with many pillars across the hazy sky. Crowds of pilgrims in saris and dhotis walk along dirt lanes beside a narrow channel, a yellow bus and a loaded truck with a yellow tarpaulin stand near the foreground, and a small blue tarp shelter sits on the slope. No individual figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Aerial photograph of a dense tent city at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela under hazy, smoggy skies. Rows of beige and striped canvas tents cover the flat riverside grounds, with narrow dirt lanes and a few parked white vehicles and small figures walking between them. A long steel truss bridge with concrete piers crosses the top of the frame, and a colourful temple-like structure with red and white tones sits in the middle distance. Clothing lines hang from some tent fronts. No identifiable person is prominent in the view.February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Wide photograph of a dense riverside tent city at a Kumbh Mela camp, with rows of white and grey canvas tents, many with laundry, coloured cloth and blue tarps hanging on lines. Strung overhead cables cross the scene. In the foreground, a river bank with people walking along it, some in saffron and white clothing and headscarves, and a small red-and-white poster on a stake shows a portrait of a man with dark hair and a beard, beside a red banner. Pedestrians and women in colourful saris move among the tents.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Wide daytime photograph of the Maha Kumbh Mela camp-city beside a narrow canal. Rows of large yellow, beige and white tents and smaller blue and purple tents fill the flat ground, with clothing hung on lines between them. A steel railway bridge and a concrete road bridge cross the hazy sky in the background, with a tall utility pole and power lines at left. The scene is an open tent encampment with no visible ritual activity or identifiable people in the foreground.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10