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International kite festival

Kite-flying enthusiasts fly kites on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Kite-flying enthusiasts fly kites on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Kite-flying enthusiasts fly kites on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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Kite-flying enthusiasts fly kites on the second day of the eight-day long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Kite-flying enthusiasts fly kites on the second day of the eight-day long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Kite-flying enthusiasts fly kites on the second day of the eight-day long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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Helmi Ginanti from Bali, Indonesia, a kite flier poses with schoolchildren on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Helmi Ginanti from Bali, Indonesia, a kite flier poses with schoolchildren on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Helmi Ginanti from Bali, Indonesia, a kite flier poses with schoolchildren on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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A kite-flying enthusiast hangs onto a rope as she tries to pull down a ring kite on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

A kite-flying enthusiast hangs onto a rope as she tries to pull down a ring kite on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

A kite-flying enthusiast hangs onto a rope as she tries to pull down a ring kite on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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Kite-flying enthusiasts display a kite with an image of jailed Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, a former officer in the Indian navy, who was arrested in March 2016 in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan, on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Kite-flying enthusiasts display a kite with an image of jailed Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, a former officer in the Indian navy, who was arrested in March 2016 in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan, on the first day of the eight-day-long...more

Kite-flying enthusiasts display a kite with an image of jailed Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav, a former officer in the Indian navy, who was arrested in March 2016 in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan, on the first day of the eight-day-long International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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A worker applies colour to strings which will be used to fly kites, at a roadside in Ahmedabad, India, January 5, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

A worker applies colour to strings which will be used to fly kites, at a roadside in Ahmedabad, India, January 5, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave

A worker applies colour to strings which will be used to fly kites, at a roadside in Ahmedabad, India, January 5, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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