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epa09667472 Indian monks gather at Babughat transit camp ahead of the Ganga Sagar annual fair amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Kolkata, eastern India, 05 January 2022. The Bengal government announced a new partial lockdown and night curfew for fifteen days to curb the new Omicron variant from spreading in India. The Ganga Sagar Fair is an annual gathering of Hindu pilgrims during Makar Sankranti on Sagar Island, 130 km south of Kolkata, to take a dip in the sacred waters of the Ganges River before it reaches the Bay of Bengal. (KEYSTONE/EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY)