Scenes from India's Sonepur Mela

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Elephant Ride
A man sits on his elephant as it drinks water from the Ganges river during the the Sonepur Mela on November 14, 2011 in Sonepur near Patna, India. The Sonepur Mela attracts the largest number of elephant traders in India.

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