Hindu pilgrims wait for a boat to take them across the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. It is one of the holy sites of Hinduism.

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Hindu pilgrims wait for a boat to take them across the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. It is one of the holy sites in Hinduism and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

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Location: Varanasi, India
Photo credit: © William Meyer / Alamy / Afripics
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