Flower offerings and devotees in the Cloister Walk of the Buddhist Mahabodhi Mahabihara Temple (Great Stupa), Bodh Gaya, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bihar, India, Asia

Cloister, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, UK

Nave of the church, Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Gothic Cloisters of the Porto Cathedral (Se do Porto), Roman Catholic Cathederal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Porto (Oporto), Norte, Portugal, Europe

Upper cloister, Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Cloister of the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Polychrome arabesque, cloister, Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Winegrowing near Neustift Monastery in Neustift near Brixen, Vahrn municipality in Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, Europe

Monastery of Sucevita, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Southern Bukovina, Moldova, Romania, Europe

Gyantse Kumbum, walk-in mandala, and Pelkor Choede monastery with Tibetan pilgrims, elderly women, Gyantse, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan women in traditional costume at the morning circling, Kora, of the Labrang monastery, Xiahe, Gansu, China, Asia

Monks, Diskit Monastery, Deskit Gompa, Hunder, Nubra Valley, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, India, Asia

Steeple of the Basilica Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy, Europe

Two nuns go shopping, prayer sisters after shopping, nuns in robe with shopping bags, convent robe, nun's habit

Historic architecture with bells and arcades, embedded in rocky structures, aerial view, Church of the Assumption, cave town, cave monastery, Vardzia, Vardzia, Samtskhe-Javakheti region, Samtske Javakheti, Lesser Caucasus, Georgia

Door of Veronica, cloister of the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

North wing of the cloister building with covered walk in the morning light, L'Abbaye aux Dames, Abbey of Women, Caen, Basse-Normandie, France, Europe