PHOTO COLLECTION: Bengali New Year

People sing as they participate in the Ananda Shobhajatra procession to celebrate the first day of the Bangla New Year in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

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