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Japanese Shinto shrine, Nishinomiya, early hours of New year with thousands of people in queuing in the scared area of the Haiden waiting to pray.
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Location: Nishinomiya shrine, Japan
Photo credit: © Malcolm Fairman / Alamy / Afripics
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