Varanasi, India. 21st April, 2014. Manikarnika Ghat is the most auspicious place for a Hindu faithful to be cremated. Large stores of firewood are piled up and according to budget, carefully weighed on giant scales before cremation begins. Credit: Lee Thomas/Alamy Live News

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Hindus cremated their dead next to the River Ganges in Varanasi, India.

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Location: Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India,
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