2018 SOPA AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

ALONG THE GANGES

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BISHOP2018 SOPA AWARDS NOMINATION for EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Along The Ganges

BY DANISH SIDDIQUI

MARCH 28 – APRIL 9 INDIA

Hindu priests sit inside a cave as they perform evening

prayers on the banks of the river Ganges in Devprayag,

India, March 28, 2017.

2018 SOPA AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

ALONG THE GANGES

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People watch as funeral pyres burn at a cremation

ground on the banks of the Ganges river in Varanasi,

India April 7, 2017.

2018 SOPA AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

ALONG THE GANGES

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Lokesh Sharma, 19, a Hindu priest, performs

evening prayers on the banks of the Ganges river in

Devprayag, India, March 28, 2017.

2018 SOPA AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

ALONG THE GANGES

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Untreated sewage flows from an open drain into the

Ganges river in Kanpur, India, April 4, 2017.

2018 SOPA AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

ALONG THE GANGES

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A man cleans garbage along the banks of the

Ganges river in Kolkata, India, April 9, 2017.