People gathering in the evening just before midnight outside the main hall of the Shinto Nishinomiya shrine on New year's eve, Omisoka, in Japan.

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Size: 3888px × 2592px
Location: Nishinomiya Shrine, Japan.
Photo credit: © Malcolm Fairman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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