The Kumbh Mela is the world's largest religious gathering, attracting hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers. Here's how India prepared—and what happens once it's all over.

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Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past weekend.

The traditional colorful Indian fabric worn by women is ubiquitous to the world’s largest religious gathering in northern ...

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The temple is believed to have been constructed by Kalyan Das Suri in the third quarter of the 19th Century. Kalyan Das Suri ...

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