Image of God Osiris, Paintings and Relief, Tomb of Nefertari, QV66, Valley of the Queens, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

A view across countyside from Crook Peak along the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills, near Cheddar, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fresco painted by Paul Lemasson in 1927, of Sainte Genevieve's reliquary carried in procession with Bishops Saint Loup de Troyes and Saint Germain d'Auxerre, Sainte Genevieve's Cathedral, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Europe

Fresco painted by Paul Lemasson in 1927, of Sainte Genevieve's reliquary carried in procession, Sainte Genevieve's Cathedral, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Europe

Bishop Denis Komivi Amuzu-Dzakpah, Catholic Mass in Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Lyon, Rhone, France, Europe

Shepherds crooks being judged at the Vale of Rydal Sheepdog Trials, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shepherds crooks being judged at the Vale of Rydal Sheepdog Trials, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Panoramic view of a field, Crook County, Oregon, USA

Shepherd and dog at sheepdog herding competition, Bad Urach, Swabian Alb's, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Man jumping with canarian crook in front of the waterfall Cascada el Escobar, El Risco valley, Parque Natural de Tamadaba, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Man jumping with canarian crook in front of waterfall Cascada el Escobar, El Risco valley, Parque Natural de Tamadaba, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Young Basotho man wearing a traditional costume, shepherd, portrait, Drakensberg, Kingdom of Lesotho, southern Africa

Cattle herdsman wearing a red turban, near Udaipur, Rajasthan, North India, India, Asia

Statue of St. Ansgar on the Trostbruecke (Trost Bridge) in front of the historic Patriotischen Gesellschaft (right) and Kontorhaus Globushof (left) buildings, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Statue of St. Ansgar on the Trostbruecke (Trost Bridge) in front of the historic Patriotischen Gesellschaft (right) and Kontorhaus Globushof (left) buildings, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Relief, St. Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava, Slovakia

Bishop Bonifatius, statue, Stiftskirche St Bonifatius collegiate church, monastery, church, Freckenhorst, Warendorf, Muensterland region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Medieval carved figure of a bishop with crozier, Stiftsmuseum Museum Xanten monastery museum, Xanten, Niederrhein region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Uluhe fern (Dicranopteris linearis), fern head in the shape of a bishop's crook, Big Island of Hawaii, USA, North America

Statue of St. Ansgar on the Trostbruecke Bridge, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Fountain statue of Saint Blaise, namesake of the town and the cathedral Dom St. Blasien, St. Blasien, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Statue of Bishop Burchard von Worms, Gothic southern portal at back, Cathedral of St. Peter, Worms Cathedral, Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Hapu'u Pulu (Cibotium splendens), young fern tip (bishop's crook or fiddlehead), Kilauea, Big Island of Hawaii, USA, North America