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An injured bat with"manja" (a strong string coated with powdered glass or other abrasives used to fly kites) tangled on its wing waits for assistance from a volunteer on Makar Sankranti in Mumbai on January 14, 2013. The Makar Sankranti festival, which celebrates the beginning of the harvest season is also a day when Indians all over the country engage in duels of kite flying. Generally the "manja" is used in fighter kites where fliers attempt to cut the string off their opponent's kite injures birds and other winged animals who get entangled in the string at times fatally. AFP PHOTO/ INDRANIL MUKHERJEE (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images)