New year crowds queueing to pray at a small sub shrine in the grounds of the Nishinomiya Shinto shrine in Japan during the New year festival.

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Location: Nishinomiya Shrine, Nishinomiya, Japan
Photo credit: © Malcolm Fairman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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