Frozen Creek, Oak Creek in Sedona frozen from winter cold in February 2019, Arizona, United States of America, North America

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

Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo, Egypt. February 14, 2022. A truck loaded with recycled materials in Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo.

Pema chunzum, born february 14, in year of earth monkey, kathmandu nepal

Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo, Egypt. February 14, 2022. Young man selling fresh pita bread, known as aish, in Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo.

Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo, Egypt. February 14, 2022. Loom for weaving recyced cotton in Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo.

A gray whale swims near tourists in a boat in Ojo de Liebre Lagoon near the town of Guerrero Negro in Mexico's southern Baja California state, February 18, 2009. The Gray Whale emigrate every year from the North American Pacific Coast from arctic seas to the lagoons of Baja California, Mexico for mating and calving. The whales make one of the longest of all mammalian migrations, averaging 10,000-14,000 miles, Mexico

A gray whale swims near tourists in Ojo de Liebre Lagoon near the town of Guerrero Negro in Mexico's southern Baja California state, February 18, 2009. The Gray Whale emigrate every year from the North American Pacific Coast from arctic seas to the lagoons of Baja California, Mexico for mating and calving. The whales make one of the longest of all mammalian migrations, averaging 10,000-14,000 miles, Mexico

A dolphin jumps as tourists watch from their boat in the bay near the town of Loreto in Mexico's southern Baja California state, February 14, 2009, Mexico

Don Jaun Rose (Rosa rugosa) on a black background