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  • A man kneels in devotion at the Sai Baba Mandir, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India.
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  • Pilgrims make their devotions at the Kumbh Mela
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  • Pilgrim making devotions at the Kumbh Mela
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  • A devoted elderly couple show their love by holding hands as they walk in late afternoon sunshine through Ruskin Park, on 8th September 2016, south London borough of Southwark, England UK. Making their way slowly, the old people continue through the park with shadows on a brick wall behind them.
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  • A devoted elderly couple show their love by holding hands as they walk in late afternoon sunshine through Ruskin Park, on 8th September 2016, south London borough of Southwark, England UK. Making their way slowly, the old people continue through the park with shadows on a brick wall behind them.
    elderly_couple-02-08-09-2016.jpg
  • A devoted young Christian girl holds the hand of a Jesus statue in the foyer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mormons in central London, England. It is a Sunday morning and members of the Mormon church in Exhibition Road, central London have gathered for their service. The statue of Jesus stands in the corner of the churchs fmodern architecture.
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  • A woman worships in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort In New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
    SFE_160428_162_1.jpg
  • Two woman worship in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
    SFE_160428_063_1.jpg
  • A woman worships in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
    SFE_160428_007_1.jpg
  • A woman worships in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
    SFE_160428_026_1.jpg
  • Two woman worship in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
    SFE_160428_120_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks chant their prayers to the accompanied drumming and beating of their prayers sticks in a cave during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7470_3_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. During the festival of Timkat (Epiphany), the priest blesses the water before baptising the crowd. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7450_26_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7437_22_1_1_1.jpg
  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, reading the Buddha's teachings in his small but well equiped and furnished living space  comprising of a living room / bedroom and a small wood fired kitchen, within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks chant their prayers to the accompanied drumming and beating of their prayers sticks in a cave during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7487_2a_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks chant their prayers to the accompanied drumming and beating of their prayers sticks in a cave during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7483_12_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Young monks chanting in prayer whilst leaning on their prayerr sticks during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7492_1_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Priests carrying a Tabot, a model of The Ark of the Covenant wrapped in a rich cloth and carried on the head of the priest is assisted by a deacon holding a liturgical parasol. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7479_35a_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. A Hermit by the cave that is home. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7475_21a_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Priest baptises the crowd during the festival of Timkat. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7473_35_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. A priest in prayer holding a cross during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7452.34_1_1_1.jpg
  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, reads  the Buddha's teachings under the watchful smile of the  present Dalai Lama in his small but well equiped and furnished living space  comprising of a living room / bedroom and a small wood fired kitchen, within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia.As dawn breaks, nuns pray outside the tiny chapel of Bet danaghel which was constructed in honour of fifty Christian maiden nuns murdered in the fourth century by the Roman Julian Apostate. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks chant their prayers to the accompanied drumming and beating of their prayers sticks in a cave during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7438_24_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7490_17_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7483_26_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks chanting in prayer during the Timkat (Epiphany) celebrations. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7455_30_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. A nun sorting seeds outside the cave that is her home. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7454_23_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7486_18_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. A Hermit by the cave that is home. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7482_33_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Priests carrying a Tabot, a model of The Ark of the Covenant wrapped in a rich cloth and carried on the head of the priest is assisted by a deacon holding a liturgical parasol. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7481_20_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia.Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7479_29a_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Pilgrims gather for morning prayers at the edge of Met Maryam one of the undergroung rock hewn churches of lalibela. Ethiopia
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7454_19_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7451_26_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monk in prayer with roasary beads and cross. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7442_32_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Portrait of a nun in prayer. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7441_7a_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7441_1_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. A Hermit by the cave that is home. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7490_10_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Priests carrying a Tabot, a model of The Ark of the Covenant wrapped in a rich cloth and carried on the head of the priest is assisted by a deacon holding a liturgical parasol. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7481_7_1_1_1.jpg
  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Monks in private prayer during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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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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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
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  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
    7693_4_23_1_1.jpg
  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
    7690_5_24_1_1.jpg
  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
    7574_19_1_1.jpg
  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
    7569_21a_1_1.jpg
  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Polish Orthodox women in prayer. Grabarka, Poland. The Holy Mount of Grabarka is considered to be the holiest location in Poland for Orthodox Christians. A miracle occured here in 1710 during a deadly outbreak of Cholera in the region. According to legend an old man receivedan order from God to lead the people to the mountain, plant a cross and pray for salvation. The villagers followed and the epidemic ended almost instantly. To commemorate the miracle people palnt crosses on the site.
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  • Polish Orthodox women in prayer. Grabarka, Poland. The Holy Mount of Grabarka is considered to be the holiest location in Poland for Orthodox Christians. A miracle occured here in 1710 during a deadly outbreak of Cholera in the region. According to legend an old man receivedan order from God to lead the people to the mountain, plant a cross and pray for salvation. The villagers followed and the epidemic ended almost instantly. To commemorate the miracle people palnt crosses on the site.
    7335_26_1_1.jpg
  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7221_30_1_1.jpg
  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7218_21_1_1.jpg
  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7215_36_1_1.jpg
  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7214_32_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrim makes the ascent over rock and through mist and rain to the summit of Croagh Patrick. Ireland's patron saint Patrick fasted for 40 days on the summit in 441 AD. County Mayo, Ireland.
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  • Pilgrims experience rebirth at the hand of father Jozo at the Franciscan monnastery at Siroki Brijeg. Medjugorje. 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Croatia.
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  • Pilgrims commemorating the 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Croatia.
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  • Monks who live at Tashilunpo Monastery carry water cans for their daily needs, Shigatze city, Tibet
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu,  every morning after having spent time in the main Prayer Hall inside the moanatery  will head to the prayer wheels and spin them, each full turn will represent one iteration of the chants  he has conducted within the  300 years old walls of Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, 29  working at sewing machine with fellow monk where they are making  curtains within the complex of Atsog monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China
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  • Tibetan buddhist monk Dongyu, removes the night's covering of snow off his car, which waas given to him by his parents in front of his small but well furnished  and equiped living space comprising of a living room / bedroom and a  wood fired kitchen in side the complex of the 300 years old Atsog Monastery, Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.
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  • Details of the door pulls of the outer to inner prayer galleries of the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
    chidkah_012_1.jpg
  • As bright sunlight fills a bare studio room, and a wooden cross is propped up in the corner, Paula Douthett (left) and three other members of the evangelical Sacred Dance Ministry (Group) perform a moment from the biblical nativity scene in her house at Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset, England. Together they are acting as part of the International Christian Dance Fellowship whose performers include performers, choreographers and teachers of all styles of dance technique, as well as those who dance in worship, intercession, healing, evangelism and prophetic interpretation. In the middle, a lady pretends to be holding the baby Jesus while the others play the roles of angels as they express wonder and admiration for this miraculous moment.
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  • Local spectators beneath road access sign await the passing of the peloton on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympic 250km mens' road race. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
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  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy. The local population is 4m and is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. The De Simons family have owned this land for generations and would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Line of Buddahs stretching up a hill. Tenesserim state. Burma 2001
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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
    MAA-021118.008_1.jpg
  • 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
    MAA-021118.003_1.jpg
  • 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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  • The faitful awaiting the weekly Papal Audience in St Peter's Square, the Vatican. Rome, Italy.
    7695_4_22_1_1.jpg
  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
    7695_2_9_1_1.jpg
  • Priests in St Peter's Square, The Vatican. Rome, Italy.
    7693_3_15_1_1.jpg
  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
    7693_3_5x_1_1.jpg
  • Nuns waiting for the Pope to attend his weekly audience at St Peter's Square. TheVatican, Rome, Italy.
    7690_4_20_1_1.jpg
  • Ethipian pilgrims carry a cross down the Via Dolorosa during the Easter celebrations. The Ethiopian Orthodox Monastery built on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem Israel. The Ethiopians have no property in the Hly Sepulchre only access rights and have a small monastery Deir es-Sultan on the roof of a small annex.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. A Hermit  nun by the cave that is home, cut into the walls of the tunnels and passages that lead to Bet Giorgis, the most beautiful of the rock hewn churches. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
    7482_29_1_1_1.jpg
  • Polish Orthodox women in prayer. Grabarka, Poland. The Holy Mount of Grabarka is considered to be the holiest location in Poland for Orthodox Christians. A miracle occured here in 1710 during a deadly outbreak of Cholera in the region. According to legend an old man receivedan order from God to lead the people to the mountain, plant a cross and pray for salvation. The villagers followed and the epidemic ended almost instantly. To commemorate the miracle people palnt crosses on the site.
    7354_16_1_1.jpg
  • Polish Orthodox women in prayer. Grabarka, Poland. The Holy Mount of Grabarka is considered to be the holiest location in Poland for Orthodox Christians. A miracle occured here in 1710 during a deadly outbreak of Cholera in the region. According to legend an old man receivedan order from God to lead the people to the mountain, plant a cross and pray for salvation. The villagers followed and the epidemic ended almost instantly. To commemorate the miracle people palnt crosses on the site.
    7349_28a_1_1.jpg
  • The "Fountain of Life" evangelical congregation praying to be "touched by the Holy Spirit. Norflok, UK. Anglican congregation present in the village that operates outside of the parish system but is still a member of the Church of England.
    7221_25_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrim makes the ascent over rock and through mist and rain to the summit of Croagh Patrick. Ireland's patron saint Patrick fasted for 40 days on the summit in 441 AD. County Mayo, Ireland.
    7170_11_1_1.jpg
  • Woman prays at the site of the vison of the Virgin on Mount  Podbrdo.  Medjugrje. 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Croatia.
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  • Women praying at the site of the vision of the Virgin. Medjugrje, Croatia. 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Croatia.
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  • 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Croatia.
    7116_11_1_1.jpg
  • Pilgrims commemorating the 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Croatia.
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  • Pilgrims commemorating the 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Croatia.
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  • Priest at prayer at the Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern
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  • Pilgrimes and monks arrive at Tashilunpo Monastery, the seat of the Panchen Lama, as appointed by the Dalai Lama to pay homage and resspect to their annointed God, Shigatze city, Tibet.
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  • The outer prayer gallery of the The Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city. It  began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • Detail of the entrance door pull of the Muslim Id Kah mosque, Kashgar city. It began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • The Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar city began life in its present form in 1798, before this time it had been a place of worship during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), built on a smaller mosque dating back to the 15th century. It is the largest mosque in western China with the purest Uighur ( a Muslim minority of Turkic origin) architecture, its colours reflecting the arid environment it inhabits. Inside it contains a large octogonal shaped pavilion and internal courtyard which can allow up to 7000 worshipers in at any one time. It is the symbol of Uighur cultural and religious presence  for the whole of the central Chinese and neighbouring Asian countries, such as Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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  • In front of an upright piano and spring daffodils on a window ledge, we see a lady member of the evangelical Sacred Dance Ministry (Group) wearing a green velvet tunic while holding a wooden cross, standing in an otherwise empty room belonging to this Christian group in Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset, England. As part of the International Christian Dance Fellowship whose performers include performers, choreographers and teachers of all styles of dance technique, as well as those who dance in worship, intercession, healing, evangelism and prophetic interpretation and this lady has recreated a moment in one of their performances.
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  • With their eyes peering through eyeholes, hooded penitents (Nazarenos) during Seville's annual Easter Holy Week (Semana Santa de Sevilla) one of the most important traditional events of the city. The annual celebrations mark the story of Christ's crucifixion and the Nazarenos walk through the historic Andalucian city in front of the devout in a series of processions. Several hundred members of the 57 religious brotherhoods (or Hermandades) from many of city churches accompany giant floats (Pasos) depicting the road to Calvary. The brotherhoods (founded in the mid 14th century) are associations of Catholic laypersons organised for the purpose of performing public acts of religious observance; in this case, related to the Passion and death of Jesus Christ and to perform public penance.
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  • Two Dutch spectators wearing matching orange suits walk along an evenue in the former royal borough of Hampton Court, palace of Henry the Eighth's Hampton Court Palace on the first day of competition of the London 2012 Olympic 250km mens' road race. Starting from central London and passing the capital's famous landmarks before heading out into rural England to the gruelling Box Hill in the county of Surrey. Local southwest Londoners lined the route hoping for British favourite Mark Cavendish to win Team GB first medal but were eventually disappointed when Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov eventually won gold.
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  • An elderly couple sleep on a seaside shelter's bench on the promenade at the southern English resort of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. As the gentleman clasps both hands and with his stick propped up on the seating, the lady has hooked her handbag around an elbow, her arms folded over themselves as she snoozes for an afternoon catnap. They are the epitome of marital loyalty, a lifetime commitment of stability, love and affection.
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  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy. The local population is 4m and is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. The De Simons family have owned this land for generations and would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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