Man hung from hooks on his back to enact his devotion, in a Tamil Hindu procession near Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

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Location: north of Uppuveli beach, near Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Lucy Calder / Alamy / Afripics
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