INDIA-RELIGION-HINDU-FESTIVAL
Police personnel check for explosives with sniffer dogs and a bomb detecto at a transit camp of the Gangasagar fair in Kolkata, India, on January 9, 2025. The Gangasagar Mela is an annual Hindu festival held at Gangasagar, West Bengal, where the Ganges River meets the Bay of Bengal. The fair takes place at Kapilmuni's ashram on Gangasagar every year on Makar Sankranti.Pictures by Debajyoti Chakraborty.(Photo: Debajyoti Chakraborty/News Images)