9 FEBRUARY: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Malaysian Hindu devotees walk up the 272 stairs to the Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on February 9, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of Hindus in Malaysia take part in the colourful Thaipusam festival and show their devotion to the Lord Murugan by piercing their bodies with tridents, hooks and skewers.

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