An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Bai...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Bai...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Bai...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Bai...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, hold a service before the group walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, hold a service before the group walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, hold a service before the group walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, hold a service before the group walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Bai...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Bai...

An Orthdox Christian pilgram group, led by Father Evgeny, walks from Ust-Barguzin, a port town on the shore of Lake Baikal, southward in a clockwise journey. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Bai...

Kim Pomishin, a shaman at a Buryati village in Selenga on the shore of Lake Baikal, uses vodka to to perform a ritual for a ritual on behalf of his brother who owns a logging company. They are asking...

Kim Pomishin, a shaman at a Buryati village in Selenga on the shore of Lake Baikal, uses vodka to to perform a ritual for a ritual on behalf of his brother who owns a logging company. They are asking...

Kim Pomishin, a shaman at a Buryati village in Selenga on the shore of Lake Baikal, uses vodka to prepare for a ritual. Crowned the 'Jewel of Siberia', Lake Baikal is the world's deepest lake, and t...

A rescue worker places the portrait of a 68 year old factory owner, who died of COVID-19, in a temple where he will be cremated as family members stay seated outside for social distancing purposes.

A rescue worker is sprayed with disinfectant after carrying the coffin of a 68 year old factory owner, who died of COVID-19, into a temple for cremation.

Rescue workers hand over the ashes and other remains of Somsak Koonpra (34), a taxi driver who died of COVID-19, to his mother, after his cremation at a temple in Nonthanburi.

Rescue workers carry the coffin of a 68 year old factory owner who died of COVID-19 into a temple for cremation.

A rescue worker checks his gloves and PPE before unloading the coffin of a COVID-19 victim, a 68 year old male factory owner, and carrying it into a temple for cremation.

Rescue workers gather and disinfect the ashes and other remains of Somsak Koonpra (34), a taxi driver who died of COVID-19, after his cremation at a temple in Nonthanburi.

Unusually black smoke is seen coming out of the chimney of a temple cremation furnace caused by plastic that wraps the body of COVID-19 victims being cremated and the increased temperature that COVID-...

Rescue workers gather the ashes and other remains of Somsak Koonpra (34), a taxi driver who died of COVID-19, after his cremation at a temple in Nonthanburi.

A rescue worker mops his brow after stoking the remains of Somsak Koonpra (34), a taxi driver who died of COVID-19, in a cremation furnace as the remains of another COVID-19 victim in a coffin awaits...

Rescue workers wearing PPE carry the coffin of Somsak Koonpra (34), a taxi driver who died of COVID-19, at a temple where his remains will be cremated.

Two novice monks, from the Yellow Hat Sect, blow shell horns near the Tibetan Lavrin Sum temple in the Erdene Zuu Khiid Buddhist monastery.

Orthodox worshippers leaving St. Ann's Church after attending Holy Saturday mass.

Father Jan Polansky, an Orthodox priest, blessing the worshipers during Easter Saturday mass. 

Priest Jan Polansky holds burning candles while he recites the The Paschal Greeting during the night before Easter Sunday is celebrated outside of St. Ann's Church. 

Orthodox priest Jan Polansky says prayers during the Holy Saturday Easter service at a church of St. Ann.

Easter baskets left to be blessed by Orthodox priest Jan Polansky during Orthodox Easter in St. Ann's Church.

Priest Jan Polansky waves an incense censer over Easter baskets during Orthodox Good Friday at St. Ann's Church.

A woman carries an Easter basket containing Easter bread (Paskha), painted eggs and sausages that were blessed by Orthodox priest Jan Polansky during Orthodox Easter.

A woman carries an Easter basket containing Easter bread (Paskha), painted eggs and sausages that were blessed by Orthodox priest Jan Polansky during Orthodox Easter.

Tour buses parked along the highway beside tiny Baishatun village from where a palanquin in which the goddess Mazu deity is to carried on a 200km pilgrimage which sets off at midnight from the 200 yea...

Devotees praying during Orthodox Holy Saturday at St. Ann's Church.

A statue of the goddess Mazu deity inside the 200 year old Taoist (Daoism) Gongtian Temple from where a palanquin carrying the deity will set off on a 200km pilgrimage route accompanied by many follow...

Priest Jan Polansky bows before a picture of Jesus Christ on a Holy Shroud in St. Ann's Church.

A great crowd gathers as the palanquin in which the goddess Mazu deity is carried on a 200km pilgrimage sets off at midnight from the 200 year old Taoist (Daoism) Gongtian Temple. The pilgrimage route...

Temple workers start swining the palanquin bearing the ancient goddess Mazu diety as it is set to depart the 200 year-old Taoist (Daoism) Gongtian Temple on its 200km route south. The temple has hoste...

Father Jan Polansky swinging a thurible (incense burner) over the 'body of Jesus' during Orthodox Good Friday in St. Ann's Church.

The goddess Mazu deity is carried to the palanquin (left) inside which it will sit for the duration of a 200km pilgrimage starting at the Taoist (Daoism) Gongtian Temple and completed by many follower...

Exhausted worshippers take a nap along the route of the Mazu pilgrimage as they await the arrival of the palanquin bearing an ancient statue of goddess Mazu which has been carried from the start point...

Firecrackers explode in the crowd as performers dressed as temple spirits await the arrival of the palanquin bearing an ancient statue of goddess Mazu in the street outside the 200 year old Taoist (Da...

Villagers gather at the 200 year old Taoist (Daoism) Gongtian Temple for a ceremony where temple elders carry an ancient flag from inside the building and place it at the entrance. The temple is dedic...

Orthodox priest's assistants carry a Bible and candles during Good Friday at St. Ann's Church.

Villagers gather at the 200 year old Taoist (Daoism) Gongtian Temple for a ceremony where temple elders carry an ancient flag from inside the building and place it at the entrance. The temple is dedic...

Villagers gather at the 200 year old Taoist (Daoism) Gongtian Temple for a ceremony where temple elders carry an ancient flag from inside the building and place it at the entrance. The temple is dedic...

Worshippers watching father Jan Polansky carrying Jesus' coffin during a symbolic ceremony during a Good Friday mass.

Villagers gather at the 200 year old Taoist (Daoism) Gongtian Temple for a ceremony where temple elders carry an ancient flag from inside the building and place it at the entrance. The temple is dedic...

Priest Jan Polansky waves an incense censer during Orthodox Good Friday at St. Ann's Church.

A young girl sleeps in her father's arms as villagers gather at the 200 year old Taoist (Daoism) Gongtian Temple for a ceremony where temple elders carry an ancient flag from inside the building and p...

Altar boys and an altar girl holding lighted candles during an Easter Vigil on the night of Holy Saturday in a meditation garden.

Worshipers lighting candles during an Easter Vigil on the night of Holy Saturday in a meditation garden.

A woman meditates at the Lord's Tomb in the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Easter mass ceremonies were allowed with strict rules. People have to wear face masks as well as maint...

A family belonging to the Celestial Church of Christ worshipping on the beach. Founded in Benin in 1947, the church forbids idolatory, fetish ceremonies, cult membership, sorcery or amulets and charms...

Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky offers a girl a Communion wafer during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

An eight year old Maruska, an altar girl, praying during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Simon, an eleven year old altar boy, holds a pitcher of water for Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky who washes the feet of believers during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky washes the feet of believer during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky washes the feet of believer during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky washes the feet of believer during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky washes the feet of believer during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky washes the feet of believer during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

A family belonging to the Celestial Church of Christ worshipping on the beach. Founded in Benin in 1947, the church forbids idolatory, fetish ceremonies, cult membership, sorcery or amulets and charms...

A clergyman rings the bell during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

An altar boy carries an incense burner during a Holy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Members of the Afghan National Army stand to attention during a ceremony to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the fall of a Soviet-installed regime. The ceremony included a parade of the Afghan mili...

An observer holds a bone between his toes as Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, demonstrates how he consults the oracle at his home in the village of Koko.

Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, demonstrates how he consults the oracle at his home in the village of Koko.

An observer's clenched fists concealing objects that reveal meaning as Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, demonstrates how he consults the oracle at his home in the village of Koko.

Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, demonstrates how he consults the oracle at his home in the village of Koko.

Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, demonstrates how he consults the oracle at his home in the village of Koko.

Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, demonstrates how he consults the oracle at his home in the village of Koko.

Fetishes and the bones of sacrificed animals at an altar at the home of Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, in the village of Koko.

Bones of sacrificed animals at the home of Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, at his home in the village of Koko.

The skull of a sacrificed animal at the home of Kakpo Somonnin, a diviner, at his home in the village of Koko.

A group of distraught female relatives weep and cry out as the funerary procession for 103 Yazidi victims of ISIS passes them by. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were dumped, after...

Iraqi soldiers act as pallbearers, carrying coffins during a funeral procession for 103 Yazidis killed by ISIS in the village of Kocho in 2014. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were...

Iraqi soldiers act as pallbearers, carrying coffins during a funeral procession for 103 Yazidis killed by ISIS in the village of Kocho in 2014. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were...

A soldier tries to calm a group of distraught women as the funerary procession for 103 Yazidi victims of ISIS terror passes them by. Having been exhumed from the mass graves, where they were dumped fo...

A group of distraught female relatives comfort each other as the funerary procession for 103 Yazidis killed by ISIS passes them by. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were dumped, aft...

Security personnel and residents look on as the funerary procession for 103 Yazidi victims of ISIS passes them by. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were dumped by ISIS, the victim's...

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad cries as she is embraced by her brother Khalid during the funeral ceremony for 103 Yazidi victims of ISIS, including two of their brothers, who mudered and dumpe...

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad cries as she is embraced by her brother Khalid during the funeral ceremony for 103 Yazidi victims of ISIS, including two of their brothers, who mudered and dumpe...

Pope Francis holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.

Excited members of the congregation use their mobile phones to trake pictures of Pope Francis as he holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad addresses the crowd during the ceremonial re-burial of 103 Yazidi victims killed by ISIS in the village of Kocho in 2014. Having been exhumed from the mass grave...

The coffins of the 103 Yazidi victims of ISIS laid out before being buried at a ceremony in the village of Kocho. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were dumped by ISIS after their mu...

Pope Francis holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.

Pope Francis holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.