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A hazy, orange-lit night scene on a wide dirt road at a festival site, with rows of street lamps and an elevated concrete flyover crossing above. Parked cars, a tractor-trolley and a small truck sit on the left, and colourful flex banners and stalls line the right side. A few people walk on the road, one in a dark jacket in the foreground and others in the distance, and no ritual or individual is clearly identifiable.

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Night photograph of a wide dusty road at a large temporary encampment, lit orange by rows of street lamps under a hazy sky. An elevated concrete flyover spans the distance. Small shops with corrugated metal roofs, parked cars, a truck and a motorbike with headlights line the road. Two figures in shawls walk at the left edge, and a few distant people are visible. A small yellow flag flies on a pole at right. No a person candidate is visible.2013-02-05February 05 20132013-02-05Night photograph of a wide dirt road at a large encampment, lit by a row of orange-glowing street lamps receding into hazy fog. Makeshift stalls, tents and banners line both sides. Two figures in dark clothing walk near the centre of the road, and a person in an orange-red shawl stands at right beside a canvas structure. Utility poles and a tower rise into the dim sky. Few people are visible.2013-02-05Dense night crowd at a Kumbh Mela procession in Allahabad, bathed in hazy orange light from rows of lamps. Thousands of pilgrims in white, orange and yellow clothing fill the foreground, many wearing head wraps. Orange and yellow flags and banners rise above the crowd, and a decorated float or chariot with a raised platform stands toward the centre-right. Tents and canopies line the edges of the grounds. The people are too numerous and distant to count individually, and no figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so a person is unsure.2013-02-10A dense crowd of pilgrims fills a dusty, orange-lit open ground at night during the Allahabad Kumbh Mela. Many people wear woollen shawls, knitted caps and head wraps in white, grey, brown and red. Some figures are blurred in motion, and wooden poles stand in the foreground. Tall street lamps and a distant structure glow through the haze, with a dim sky above.Wide outdoor view of a dusty riverside embankment at a crowded pilgrimage site under hazy white sky. Several figures in saffron and orange robes walk across a concrete ramp toward a river beneath a long concrete bridge. Other pedestrians wear white and dark clothing; a man in a white head wrap stands at left. Parked white cars, motorcycles, bicycles and small tents with orange flags line the bank, and utility poles and banners fill the background.2013-02-05A dusty unpaved road runs through a large temporary camp under a hazy sky, lined with utility poles and wires. Many people walk along the road, including men in dark jackets and white dhotis and women in orange and yellow saris. On the left, produce such as green gourds sits on a parked white truck, and on the right a white pickup loaded with leafy vegetables is parked. Orange flags fly from poles, and white tents and a striped canopy stand in the distance. A small rickshaw-like cart is pulled along the road.2013-02-07February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Hazy wide photograph of a crowded dirt riverside grounds at the Allahabad Kumbh Mela, with a large crowd of pilgrims in mostly orange, red, white and saffron clothing filling the foreground and midground. A decorated elephant with a rider stands on the right beside a row of tents and a blue-tarp stall. Above, a concrete bridge carries many people along its deck, with hanging banners strung along its railing. Power lines, poles and dust haze fill the background.February 08 20132013-02-08A dusty roadside procession at dusk or night under orange sodium street lights, with haze filling the air. A decorated ratha-style float with a domed canopy and red-and-gold ornamentation moves along a path, pulled by a white tractor. Men in white dhotis and saffron or orange shawls walk alongside, several with red and orange sashes. A large crowd stands behind a wooden fence on the left, with a man in a brown knit cap in the foreground. A banner with Hindi-script lettering is carried at the front. A cameraman with a camera on his shoulder films near the front of the procession, and a man with a red backpack walks at the right edge.