Mumbai artists paint Trump and Biden ahead of vote
02 November 2020 |
2:54 pm
Indian art school teachers paint images of US President Donald Trump and Democratic Presidential Candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden ahead of the upcoming US presidential elections, outside an art school in Mumbai.
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