The week's best photojournalism - September 28, 2012
In some of the week's most remarkable images, a Hindu god is cleansed, Oktoberfest revelers take a wild ride, and Taylor Swift rocks out
By The Week Staff | September 28, 2012
The week's best photojournalism
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n Indian devotee carries the head of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, after immersing it in the Bay of Bengal during the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the southern Indian city of Chennai. The dip in the sea symbolizes a ritual seeing-off of Ganesh's journey home, taking with him the misfortunes of mankind.
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