Chosen couple in traditional dress, dancing, St. Martin Feast with Wreath Festival, Svatoborice-Mistrin, Brnensko, Czech Republic, Europe

Bull and friesian cow, Oxfordshire, The Cotswolds, United Kingdom

Aside from a life of simplicity focus on divine, many sadhus engage in a diverse array of practices both internal external in order to attain higher states of awareness consciousness. This sadhu chosen hatha yoga shows results--a well-disciplined, strong body--while holding kukkuta asana, or cock posture. India

Anuradha Koirala, proclaimed winner of CNN Hero of the Year 2010, warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Anuradha Koirala holds up her CNN Hero of the Year 2010 award as she is warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Statue of Christ the Redeemer, chosen one of the seven wonders of the modern world, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Statue of Christ the Redeemer, chosen one of the seven wonders of the modern world, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

An Eddie Stobart lorry chosen as the first vehicle to cross the new Workington bridge crossing the River Derwent, at the official opening, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of Christ the Redeemer, chosen one of the seven wonders of the modern world, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Statue of Christ the Redeemer, chosen one of the seven wonders of the modern world, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Views of the famous Pike Street Market in downtown Seattle, Washington State, USA

Detail of the bas-relief on the fourth pillar-pinnacle, doomsday, showing the "chosen ones", "Gli Eletti", facade of the Duomo, cathedral, in Orvieto, province of Terni, Umbria, Italy, Europe

The Bull Jumping Ceremony is conducted by several tribes in the Lower Omo Valley and is the most important ceremony in a tribal man's life.The ceremony is about hierarchy and membership in the tribe and typically involves a young man who undergoes a number of rituals before he leaps onto and runs rapidly over a series of cattle held by other men who have recently bull-jumped. Once the jumping is completed, the bull-jumper is a man in the eyes of the tribe. An important part of the ceremony is a ritualistic whipping, which women actively seek out from certain men known as Mazha. Dimeka, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2010

Coricancha or Inca Sun Temple within the walls of Santo Domingo Church reenactment of Inca ceremony with mamaconas (chosen women), Cuzco, Peru

Coricancha or Inca Sun Temple within the walls of Santo Domingo Churchreenactment of Inca ceremony with mamaconas (chosen women), Cuzco, Peru

Coricancha or Inca Sun Temple within the walls of Santo Domingo Churchreenactment of Inca ceremony with mamaconas (chosen women), Cuzco, Peru