Alligator in pond watching, Parque Nacional Madidi, Bolivia, South America

Phallus painted on wall of house to ward off evil spirits, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Cinnamon sticks and evil eye souvenirs, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Auschwitz, Poland

Thangka painting of the Buddha Sakyamuni surrounded by temptation, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia

A Russian Orthodox Group encircle Parliament performing a ceremony to cast out evil, Mariins'kyi Park, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe

Close-up of Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Young village girl of the Bodo tribe, with kohl make-up on eyes and eyebrows, and black dot to ward off evil spirits, Assam, India, Asia

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with jaws open, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Device to Root Out Evil monument, Palma, Mallorca, Balearic islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Government Ministry Department for controlling evil spirits at Taoist Donyue temple, Chaoyang district, Beijing, China, Asia

Typical offerings left at the entrance to longhouse to ward off evil spirits, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close-up of a brightly coloured fishing boat (Luzzus) with the eye of Osiris to ward off evil at Marsaxlokk, a fishing village, Malta, Europe

Close-up of a brightly coloured fishing boat (Luzzus) with the eye of Osiris to ward off evil at Marsaxlokk, a fishing village, Malta, Europe

Burning evil at Losar (new year), Tongren, Qinghai, China, Asia

Monkey skulls embedded in mud wall to protect against evil spirits, Dogon village of Telle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mali, Africa

Virgin trampling evil snake in Saint-Nicolas de Veroce church, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Phallus symbols on house to ward off evil spirits, Bumthang Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Brightly coloured fishing boats called Luzzus with the eye of Osiris to ward off evil at Marsaxlokk, a fishing village, Malta, Mediterranean, Europe

Guardian figures carved in the hardest of wood, found at the junctions of footpaths leading to villages for protection from evil spirits, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Christ vanquishing Evil, symbolised by snakes, Ty Mamm Doue chapel, Quimper, Finistere, Brittany, France, Europe

Phallus above house door to ward off evil spirits, Jankar, Bumthang Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Nepal. Sonam & boom praying at charnel grounds. Humla. Vajrayana is tantric mahasiddha, lives fearlessly in terrifying places like remote jungles charnel grounds. nyingma lamas perform ritual at cremation grounds. lama rattles damaru, a small ritual drum to have origins in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bones dried human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. other lama, boom blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

An offshore wind farm and gas platfroms in morecame bay from the summit of Black Combe, Cumbria, UK.

Bonpo conch shell, t. Norbutse. young monks, wearing ceremonial hats, blow on conch shells to call monks to prayer. yellow cylindrical object behind them is a victory banner, symbolizing monasteries defeat of negativity evil intention on premises

american alligator, alligator mississippiensis, eye & mouth, (c), pa, us

Asian woman wearing devil's horns

Mythological demon statue at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Torture Room at The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, S-21 Prison, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Southeast Asia

Torture Room at The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, S-21 Prison, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Southeast Asia

Woman in costume dancing at Mardi Gras, Carnival, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Protection amulets against evil eye in front of the mountain city Uchisar, Goereme, Cappadocia, Turkey

Krampus, a traditional Austrian figure bound to the tradition of St. Nicholas, he is the evil counterpart responsible for punishing and frightening the wicked children while St. Nicholas rewards the honest children, Reichenau at Mt. Rax, Lower Austria, Au

Krampus, a traditional Austrian figure bound to the tradition of St. Nicholas, he is the evil counterpart responsible for punishing and frightening the wicked children while St. Nicholas rewards the honest children, Reichenau at Mt. Rax, Lower Austria, Au

Krampus, a traditional Austrian figure bound to the tradition of St. Nicholas, he is the evil counterpart responsible for punishing and frightening the wicked children while St. Nicholas rewards the honest children, Reichenau at Mt. Rax, Lower Austria, Au

Krampus, a traditional Austrian figure bound to the tradition of St. Nicholas, he is the evil counterpart responsible for punishing and frightening the wicked children while St. Nicholas rewards the honest children, Reichenau at Mt. Rax, Lower Austria, Au

Hamsa, Eye of Fatima, Hand of Fatima amulets to guard against the evil eye, Anatolia, Turkey

Hacker holding mask

Hackers mask laptop

Cute French Bulldog dog wearing Halloween costume with red devil horns and tail

Woman holding human skull forest

Close-up of a skull mask, Zocalo, Mexico City, Mexico

Close-up of a statue of demon, Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand

Close-up of a statue of demon in a temple, Wat Phra Kaew, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Low angle view of a statue of demon in front of a temple, Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand

Low angle view of statues in front of a temple, Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand

Climate change heaven and hell, an oil terminal in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with wind turbines generating renewable energy. Also a great example of green washing with happy fish depicted swimming round an oil tanker.

An Elephant With Trunk Twisted Over It's Face To Cover It's Eyes And Plug It's Ears, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda

External Fresco, 'Stairway of Virtue', Sucevita Monastery, 1585; Sucevita, Suceava County, Romania

Turkish Nazar, which is an eye-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye, Istanbul, Turkey

Credit Card Theft

Turkey, Cappadocia, Goreme, Red Valley. Hacli Kilise or The Church of the Cross. Interior of rock cut cave church on the North rim of the Red Valley with detail of ceiling fresco damaged by superstitous gouging to eradicate the evil eye.

Turkey, Istanbul, evil eye

Turkey, Istanbul, evil eye