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  • Anti-lockdown and conspiracy theory literature on sale as Coronavirus deniers protest in Trafalgar Square for personal freedoms and against the government and mainstream media who, they say, are behind disinformation and  untruths about the covid pandemic, on 29th August 2020, in London, England.
    conspiracy_theorists13-29-08-2020.jpg
  • Pamphlets and literature on a stall of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-27-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face of Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-22-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face Soviet leader Lenin on a banner in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-08-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face Soviet leader Lenin on a banner in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-07-01-05-2018.jpg
  • With his body in shade and only his head in the sun, a Portuguese man stands in the street of central Lisbon to read the headlines of national and provincial newspapers which are pinned by their top right corners for passers-by to glance at or buy. Lit by early morning sun, the daily or weekly periodicals are set in a neat row for the benefit of this man and other citizens of the Portuguese capital. Ornate square tile mosaics are set in the pavement (sidewalk) in a design style that Lisbon is well-known for. In an age of mass-communications, reading one's media on paper in such a manner already seems old fashioned.
    lisbon_nrespapers03-20-1994.jpg
  • Graffiti sprayed on a rendered brick wall proclaims that a higher authority ‘Can’t evict our ideas’. This message of resistance by the underdogs of a moral majority appears on a part of wasteland in the Yorkshire city of Bradford, where the residents of an estate near the city centre have been forcibly removed to make space for a new development. Before their migration, the anonymous, downtrodden people were desperate enough to write this piece of anarchical philosophy that might be seen as a metaphor for a class war against the establishment by The People; the working classes otherwise known in Marxist ideology, as the Proletariat – a kind of thought from the (Orwellian) novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell.
    derelict_bradford05-08-05-2009_1.jpg
  • Scott Smith, aka Superman has four children, after several months in the family court and an appearance at the Royal courts of Justice for abducting his own children. He now has custody of his two eldest children and access to his two youngest.
    04-d.day-Superman.jpg
  • Anti-lockdown and conspiracy theory literature on sale as Coronavirus deniers protest in Trafalgar Square for personal freedoms and against the government and mainstream media who, they say, are behind disinformation and  untruths about the covid pandemic, on 29th August 2020, in London, England.
    conspiracy_theorists11-29-08-2020.jpg
  • Anti-lockdown and conspiracy theory literature on sale as Coronavirus deniers protest in Trafalgar Square for personal freedoms and against the government and mainstream media who, they say, are behind disinformation and  untruths about the covid pandemic, on 29th August 2020, in London, England.
    conspiracy_theorists09-29-08-2020.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather on the plinth below Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-31-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Pamphlets and literature on a stall of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-09-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Pamphlets and literature on a stall of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-12-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face of Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-15-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the faces of Karl Marx and Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-05-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the faces of Karl Marx and Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-04-01-05-2018.jpg
  • The D-Day Demo (18th June 2004), the Day of the Dad saw around 4000 members of Fathers for Justice dressed in purple (the international colour of equality) march through the streets of London.
    04-d.day_5554.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather on the plinth below Nelsons Column in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-32-01-05-2018.jpg
  • Members of the Communist Party of Great Britain gather with the face of Soviet leader Josef Stalin on banners in Trafalgar Square during the traditional May Day celebrations in the capital, on 1st May 2018, in London, England.
    may_day_communists-18-01-05-2018.jpg
  • The D-Day Demo (18th June 2004), the Day of the Dad saw around 4000 members of Fathers for Justice dressed in purple (the international colour of equality) march through the streets of London.
    04-d.day_5808.jpg
  • The D-Day Demo (18th June 2004), the Day of the Dad saw around 4000 members of Fathers for Justice dressed in purple (the international colour of equality) march through the streets of London.
    04-d.day_5764.jpg
  • Man showing his specific religious beliefs in the public outdoor space at the Bullring in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Bullring is a major commercial area of central Birmingham. It has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held. Two shopping centres have been built in the area in the 1960s, and then in 2003 the latter is styled as one word, Bullring.
    20170518_religious beliefs birmingha...jpg
  • Man showing his specific religious beliefs in the public outdoor space at the Bullring in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Bullring is a major commercial area of central Birmingham. It has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held. Two shopping centres have been built in the area in the 1960s, and then in 2003 the latter is styled as one word, Bullring.
    20170518_religious beliefs birmingha...jpg
  • Man showing his specific religious beliefs in the public outdoor space at the Bullring in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Bullring is a major commercial area of central Birmingham. It has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held. Two shopping centres have been built in the area in the 1960s, and then in 2003 the latter is styled as one word, Bullring.
    20170518_religious beliefs birmingha...jpg
  • Man showing his specific religious beliefs in the public outdoor space at the Bullring in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Bullring is a major commercial area of central Birmingham. It has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held. Two shopping centres have been built in the area in the 1960s, and then in 2003 the latter is styled as one word, Bullring.
    20170518_religious beliefs birmingha...jpg
  • Man holdinga  small sign which simply says the word Jesus, showing his specific religious beliefs in the public outdoor space at Oxford Circus in London, United Kingdom.
    20180322_jesus sign_001.jpg
  • Man holdinga  small sign which simply says the word Jesus, showing his specific religious beliefs in the public outdoor space at Oxford Circus in London, United Kingdom.
    20180322_jesus sign_002.jpg
  • A woman confessing, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7327_12_1_1.jpg
  • A group of young young girls dressed in white at the festival of the Assumption in Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7324_5_1_1.jpg
  • 2 girls holding wreaths at the procession marking the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7322_18_1_1.jpg
  • Children taking part in The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7380_8_1_1.jpg
  • Children taking part in The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7374_4_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrims prepare to leave the church for Mary's tomb. The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7369_7_1_1.jpg
  • Children taking part in The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7361_3a_1_1.jpg
  • A pilgrim on her knees, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
    7321_18_1_1.jpg
  • Muslim man wearing a sign which says  Ask me about Islam, stops people on the street to speak to them about his religious beliefs in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. In light of groups such as IS Muslims are keen to let people in the public, from other faiths that their religion is peaceful.
    20170518_muslim birmingham_004.jpg
  • Cuban young man of African descent with a cigar in his mouth dancing wearing colourful costume. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1306_1.jpg
  • Male and female Cubans of African and mixed descendancy varying ages enacting a traditional ceremony wearing colourful costumes, performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1393_1.jpg
  • Muslim man wearing a sign which says  Ask me about Islam, stops people on the street to speak to them about his religious beliefs in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. In light of groups such as IS Muslims are keen to let people in the public, from other faiths that their religion is peaceful.
    20170518_muslim birmingham_003.jpg
  • Muslim man wearing a sign which says  Ask me about Islam, stops people on the street to speak to them about his religious beliefs in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. In light of groups such as IS Muslims are keen to let people in the public, from other faiths that their religion is peaceful.
    20170518_muslim birmingham_002.jpg
  • Female Cuban older elderly women singing and dancing wearing colourful costumes, performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1280_1.jpg
  • Cuban young man boy of African descent dancing, and waving a stick  and shouting, as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1046_1.jpg
  • Cuban womn of African descent dancing, smiling as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_0938_1.jpg
  • Muslim man wearing a sign which says  Ask me about Islam, stops people on the street to speak to them about his religious beliefs in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. In light of groups such as IS Muslims are keen to let people in the public, from other faiths that their religion is peaceful.
    20170518_muslim birmingham_001.jpg
  • Cuban woman of African descent throwing rice to the crowd in a traditional gesture. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1290_1.jpg
  • Male and female Cubans of African and mixed descendancy posing for a portrait wearing colourful costumes, performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1146_1.jpg
  • Male and female Cubans of African and mixed descendancy varying ages enacting a traditional ceremony wearing colourful costumes, performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1393_1.jpg
  • Cuban young man of African descent with a cigar in his mouth dancing wearing colourful costume. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1306_1.jpg
  • Female Cuban older elderly woman posing for a portrait wearing colourful costume, performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1259_1.jpg
  • Female Cuban young woman of mixed descendancy posing for a portrait wearing colourful costume, performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1205_1.jpg
  • Cuban young woman girl of African descent dancing, and waving a stick  and shouting, as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1174_1.jpg
  • Cuban women of African descent dancing and walking as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1087_1.jpg
  • Cuban young man boy of African descent dancing, and waving a stick as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_1011_1.jpg
  • Cuban young man boy of African descent dancing, and waving a stick as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_0986_1.jpg
  • Cuban woman of African descent dancing, looking surprised and angry as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_0950_1.jpg
  • Cuban womn of African descent dancing, smiling as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_0924_1.jpg
  • Cuban woman of African descent dancing, smiling as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_0839_1.jpg
  • Cuban young man boy of African descent dancing, and waving a stick as part of a performance. Performance in Havana old town, local dance and theatre group enacting the slave trade, colonial rule and how African religion and beliefs continuing, becoming what is now Santeria.
    _MG_0998_1.jpg
  • Local response to Coronavirus is felt on a street by street level as posters are pasted up on a hoarding promoting community love and belief, reading: Love each other and We can do this on 13th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200413_coronavirus slogans_001.jpg
  • Local response to Coronavirus is felt on a street by street level as posters are pasted up on a hoarding promoting community love and belief, reading: Love each other, We can do this  and Please believe these days will pass on 13th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200413_coronavirus slogans_004.jpg
  • Juan Juan, in the arms of her step father, walks down the aisle during her wedding ceremony to Coca Dai at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai069.jpg
  • Coca Dai stands in attendance during his wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.  A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai062.jpg
  • Coca Dai (right)  sits in his limousine with his best man on his way to pick up his bride in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai013.jpg
  • Local response to Coronavirus is felt on a street by street level as posters are pasted up on a hoarding promoting community love and belief, reading: Love each other, We can do this  and Please believe these days will pass on 13th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200413_coronavirus slogans_003.jpg
  • Local response to Coronavirus is felt on a street by street level as posters are pasted up on a hoarding promoting community love and belief, reading: Love each other, We can do this  and Please believe these days will pass on 13th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200413_coronavirus slogans_006.jpg
  • Local response to Coronavirus is felt on a street by street level as posters are pasted up on a hoarding promoting community love and belief, reading: Love each other, We can do this  and Please believe these days will pass on 13th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200413_coronavirus slogans_002.jpg
  • Local response to Coronavirus is felt on a street by street level as posters are pasted up on a hoarding promoting community love and belief, reading: Love each other, We can do this  and Please believe these days will pass on 13th April 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200413_coronavirus slogans_005.jpg
  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
    20180721_korean christians_003.jpg
  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
    20180721_korean christians_005.jpg
  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
    20180721_korean christians_004.jpg
  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
    20180721_korean christians_001.jpg
  • A group of young Koreans in Leicester Square pray and gently spread their faith in Christ and Christianity in London, United Kingdom. Carrying a wooden cross to mark the life of Jesus, they gather in prayer as a very public display of their religion and religious belief.
    20180721_korean christians_002.jpg
  • Coca Dai and Juan Juan sign a document during their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai098.jpg
  • Coca Dai and Juan Juan pray during their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.  A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai094.jpg
  • Choir members sing during a wedding ceremonies at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai088.jpg
  • A man directs the choir members during a wedding ceremonies at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.  A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai086.jpg
  • Coca Dai and Juan Juan take their wedding vows during their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai082.jpg
  • Juan Juan stands with her step father while waiting to take the walk down the aisle during her wedding ceremony to Coca Dai at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.  A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai065.jpg
  • Coca Dai talks with his priest to make the final preparations before his wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai059.jpg
  • Coca and Juan Juan makes final preparations before their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai056.jpg
  • Coca and Juan Juan makes final preparations before their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai055.jpg
  • Juan Juan, a bride to be, rest on a rose patterned bed sheet in her wedding gown before going to the church to be married to Coca Dai at her home in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai037.jpg
  • Under the watchful eyes of rowdy relatives and friends, Coca Dai expresses his love for his bride, Juan Juan, and kisses her at her home in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai034.jpg
  • Under the watchful eyes of rowdy relatives and friends, Coca Dai expresses his love for his bride, Juan Juan, and kisses her at her home in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Coca Dai meets the florist and chauffeur before picking up his bride in a rented Mercedes Benz in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.   A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Juan Juan, the bride to be, leaves her home accompanied by the maid of honor on her way to the church to be married to Coca Dai in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Young monks at the  Shwedagon Paya, the most important Buddist temple in Rangoon. Nearly 100 metres high. Decorated with 8000 gold plates, 5000 diamonds and 2000 other precious and semi precious stones and surrounded by 82 smaller temples, attracts the faithful day and night.<br />
Rangoon, Burma. 1999
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  • Shwedagon Paya, the most important Buddist temple in Rangoon. Nearly 100 metres high. Decorated with 8000 gold plates, 5000 diamonds and 2000 other precious and semi precious stones and surrounded by 82 smaller temples, attracts the faithful day and night.<br />
Rangoon, Burma. 1999
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  • Shwedagon Paya, the most important Buddist temple in Rangoon. Nearly 100 metres high. Decorated with 8000 gold plates, 5000 diamonds and 2000 other precious and semi precious stones and surrounded by 82 smaller temples, attracts the faithful day and night.<br />
Rangoon, Burma. 1999
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  • Crowd waits for the miraculous liquification of St Genaro's blood which happens three times a year.  A sample of the Saint's blood was saved after his execution by the emperor Diocietian who persecuted fellow Christians. The miracle of the liquificationis reputed to protect the population from unexpected lava bursts from Vesuvius.
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  • Crowd celebrates the miraculous liquification of St Genaro's blood which happens three times a year. A sample of the Saint's blood was saved after his execution by the emperor Diocietian who persecuted fellow Christians. The miracle of the liquificationis reputed to protect the population from unexpected lava bursts from Vesuvius.
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  • Priest holds up the ampule of liquified blood of Saint Genaro before blessing one of his parishoners. The miracle of St Genaro, Naples Cathedral. Italy. A sample of the Saint's blood was saved after his execution by the emperor Diocietian who persecuted fellow Christians. The miracle of the liquificationis reputed to protect the population from unexpected lava bursts from Vesuvius.
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  • Priest blesses woman with phial of St Genaro's liquified blood. The miracle of St Genaro, Naples Cathedral. Italy. A sample of the Saint's blood was saved after his execution by the emperor Diocietian who persecuted fellow Christians. The miracle of the liquificationis reputed to protect the population from unexpected lava bursts from Vesuvius.
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when MikoĊ‚aj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • The "suspended in the air" monastery, correctly known as Xuankong Si, precariously hangs off the Heng Shan mountain range, 65 Kms  south east of Datong city, west of Beijing northern Shanxi province. <br />
This current temple dates back to the 6th century, is comprised of 40 halls of differing sizes, interconnected with narrow walkways or corridors on varying levels. It contain numerous  small shrines with 80 statues of Confucian, Buddhist and Daoist gods in stone, iron, clay and bronze. It attracts vast numbers of Chinese pilgrims and tourists which travel and marvel at its astonishing feat of architectural engineering seen most impressively as you look down into the deep ravine which lies directly below the monastery, apart from its fair share of rain, storms, and earthquakes that have never destroyed this architectural wonder.
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  • Shwedagon Paya, the most important Buddist temple in Rangoon. Nearly 100 metres high. Decorated with 8000 gold plates, 5000 diamonds and 2000 other precious and semi precious stones and surrounded by 82 smaller temples, attracts the faithful day and night.<br />
Rangoon, Burma. 1999
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  • Chauk Htat Gyi Pagoda housing the 4th largest reclining Buddha in Burma 216 feet long and 58 feet high. Rangoon, Burma 2001
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  • Nga Htat Gyi Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma 2001
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  • Monks at the Shwedagon Paya, the most important Buddist temple in Rangoon. Nearly 100 metres high. Decorated with 8000 gold plates, 5000 diamonds and 2000 other precious and semi precious stones and surrounded by 82 smaller temples, attracts the faithful day and night.<br />
Rangoon, Burma. 1999
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  • Young novice nuns. Shwedagon Paya, the most important Buddist temple in Rangoon. Nearly 100 metres high. Decorated with 8000 gold plates, 5000 diamonds and 2000 other precious and semi precious stones and surrounded by 82 smaller temples, attracts the faithful day and night.<br />
Rangoon, Burma. 1999
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