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20/01/12. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The festival of Timket is celebrated in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Worshippers, priests, deacons and visiting clergy gather on Jan Meda and congregate around the pool and compound from where the Patriarch blesses and baptises the faithful. Picture shows a suburb with the replica Ark of the Covenant being returned to the church. Photo credit: Jane Hobson
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