Photo Story: Durga Puja festival celebration in Dhaka

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A man stands next to Goddess Durga’s picture at a makeshift pandal of the largest Durga Puja festival of the Bengali Hindu community in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21 October, 2023.

The festival, which runs from 20 to 24 October, celebrates goddess Durga as the motherly power behind creation and her victory over evil.

Via EPA-EFE/MONIRUL ALAM

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