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A photograph of a burnt-out encampment at a Kumbh Mela site, with blackened ground, charred debris and bamboo poles standing among ash. Two women in colourful saris stand with arms folded, one in red and orange, the other in red and yellow, beside a young boy in a black jacket and grey trousers. In the background, saffron-clad sadhus and other people move among the remaining tents and structures under a hazy sky.

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A photograph of a fire-damaged encampment at a Kumbh Mela site. Charred black ground is strewn with burnt bamboo poles lying at angles, corrugated metal sheets, and smouldering debris including scorched orange cloth. Brick walls stand at the right edge. In the background, several people in saffron and orange robes move among the wreckage, and a tall pink and red kalasha-like pole and red flags rise near the left. Hazy grey sky above.2013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15A photograph of people seated on cloth mats and tarps along a sandy roadside lined with bamboo fencing and thatched huts. A woman in a red headscarf and red top sits at left beside a boy in a patterned sweater, and several adults and children sit in groups, some with steel plates and bowls set on the ground. Colourful bundled cloth, hanging white and maroon fabrics and plastic sheeting surround them. Plates and slippers lie on the sand in the foreground.2013-02-05February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15A dusty open ground at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, with smoke rising from cooking fires in the left foreground. Several women in saris and headscarves sit on the ground, one in a green salwar with a red hair ribbon tending a metal pot. A standing young man in a rust-orange sweater and dark trousers looks toward the camera. Another seated person in a blue striped sweater and yellow scarf sits at right, and a figure in a dark jacket bends over a cloth bundle. Plastic bags, a steel vessel and food scraps lie on the ground, with temporary pole fencing and pilgrims in the hazy background. +1 copiesOctober 02 20092009-10-02February 10 20132013-02-10February 13 20132013-02-13May 14 20142014-05-14Hazy early-morning photo of a dusty open field at a large encampment, with many people sitting on the ground around small cooking fires and metal pots. Women in colourful saris and shawls, a child in a striped sweater, and men in jackets and wraps are seated among bundled belongings and plastic sacks. Wooden poles and overhead wires line the field, with tents, a gateway structure and red flags in the distance under pale sky.Outdoor relief work in a debris-strewn street beside a collapsed thatched hut and damaged concrete building. A saffron-robed man in a green surgical cap stands on a raised wooden platform, with a second person in a green cap and white clothes beside him. A bald, shirtless man in white stands among the crowd. Women in a red patterned sari, a yellow shawl over white, and a dark sari gather at the platform while a white-clothed man in a green cap reaches toward them. A saffron flag is raised at the left edge. Scattered straw and rubbish lie on the ground.2012-01-03