Indian laborers working on a road construction site adjacent to Ganges River under preparation of Mahakumbh festival, in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, July 26, 2024. The Mahakumbh festival in January 2025 is a series of ritual baths by Hindu sadhus, or holy men, and other pilgrims at Sangam that dates back to at least medieval times. Pilgrims bathe in the river believing it cleanses them of their sins and ends their process of reincarnation. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)