24 hours: Hindus take part in Kumbh Mela in India
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A Hindu devotee takes a dip in the waters of the holy Ganges river ahead of the "Kumbh Mela" (Pitcher Festival) in the northern Indian city of Allahabad on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Bare earth is seen near St Mary's church, its graveyard and the Whitby Abbey at rear, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, northern England on Jan 11,2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Two cars of the 'people mover' public rail are seen covered with a advertisement for the 2014 Chevy Silverado pickup truck as they move past General Motors World Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A preschool student looks up as other children take an afternoon nap in a classroom of a school for children of migrant workers in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A group of pre-school children watch as Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo leaves the dressing room during a team informal practice at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Members of a local winter swimming club warm up on a bank of the Yenisei River ahead of their weekly bathing session, while air temperatures stand at minus 17 deg C, in the town of Divnogorsk, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A cloud formation tinged with red dust travels across the Indian Ocean near Onslow on the Western Australia coast in this handout image distributed by fishwrecked.com and taken on Jan 9, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A woman looks at sale items in Madrid on Jan 11, 2013. The worst of the euro zone debt crisis may be over, but governments must not let up on reforms or budget cuts if they want to put the turmoil firmly behind them, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Men warm themselves around a fire at a street in Aleppo on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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An Israeli soldier gestures as she argues with a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against Jewish settlements, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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South Africa's Riaan Van Niekerk rides his KTM during the 5th stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 from Arequipa in Peru to Arica in Chile, on Jan 9, 2013. Picture taken on Jan 9, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A newly-commissioned official painting of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is seen at the National Portrait Gallery in London on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A Hindu devotee takes a dip in the waters of the holy Ganges river ahead of the "Kumbh Mela" (Pitcher Festival) in the northern Indian city of Allahabad on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Bare earth is seen near St Mary's church, its graveyard and the Whitby Abbey at rear, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, northern England on Jan 11,2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Two cars of the 'people mover' public rail are seen covered with a advertisement for the 2014 Chevy Silverado pickup truck as they move past General Motors World Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A preschool student looks up as other children take an afternoon nap in a classroom of a school for children of migrant workers in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, on Jan 10, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A group of pre-school children watch as Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo leaves the dressing room during a team informal practice at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of a local winter swimming club warm up on a bank of the Yenisei River ahead of their weekly bathing session, while air temperatures stand at minus 17 deg C, in the town of Divnogorsk, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A cloud formation tinged with red dust travels across the Indian Ocean near Onslow on the Western Australia coast in this handout image distributed by fishwrecked.com and taken on Jan 9, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman looks at sale items in Madrid on Jan 11, 2013. The worst of the euro zone debt crisis may be over, but governments must not let up on reforms or budget cuts if they want to put the turmoil firmly behind them, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Men warm themselves around a fire at a street in Aleppo on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An Israeli soldier gestures as she argues with a Palestinian protester during a demonstration against Jewish settlements, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
South Africa's Riaan Van Niekerk rides his KTM during the 5th stage of the Dakar Rally 2013 from Arequipa in Peru to Arica in Chile, on Jan 9, 2013. Picture taken on Jan 9, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A newly-commissioned official painting of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is seen at the National Portrait Gallery in London on Jan 11, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
From the Kumbh Mela festival in India to the Dakar Rally 2013 in Chile, have a look at Reuters' selection of pictures from around the world in the last 24 hours.
