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Competitors make a start in the Sydney Hobart yacht race in Sydney on Friday.

Sikhs take part in a 'Nagar Kirtan' procession as part of the 359th birth anniversary celebration of the tenth Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh, in Patna on Friday.

A white-throated kingfisher bird perches on a tree branch in Siliguri on Friday.

People watch a light and sound show at the Kankaria Lake during a carnival in Ahmedabad.

A man at Assi Ghat on a foggy winter morning in Varanasi on Friday.