A Sheedi devotee seeks blessings for his five-month-old son while holding him over a crocodile during the crocodile festival at the Manghopir shrine in Karachi on Sunday. The crocodile festival, popularly known as "Sheedi Mela," is held every year in the foothills of Manghopir and holds both religious and cultural significance for the Sheedi clan, a group of Muslim Indians who are descendants of Africans.