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Assumption celebration outside Battambang Catholic church, Battambang, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Malaysian people praying behind large incense sticks at a Buddhist temple in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Worshippers at the great golden stupa, Shwedagon Paya (Shwe Dagon Pagoda), Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)

Worshippers at Joranda Gadhi, a temple complex devoted to the Supreme Lord for followers of Mahima dharma, Dhenkanal, Odisha, India, Asia

Cao Dai temple, Caodaist worshippers at ceremony, Tan Chau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cao Dai temple, Caodaist disciples sitting during ceremony, Tan Chau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Altar girl praying, Catholic church, Sunday Mass, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Teenage girl praying in traditional costume, for Santa Lucia Day 13, marking the shortest day of the year, a very important Swedish day, Gothenburg, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Orthodox girl praying at the Easter ceremony, Coptic Cathedral St. Mariam, Asmara, capital of Eritrea, Africa

Catholic Mass in Chong Khnies floating church on the Tonle Sap Lake, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Vegetarian meal, Monks at Buddhist ceremony in the main hall, Phuoc Hue Buddhist pagoda, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young girls playing traditional instruments in the Schoolchildrens palace, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia

The biggest Nat ritual, Festival of Spirits, Taungbyon, Mandalay Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), 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

India. Nuns and girls at prayer. Mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

India. Nuns and girls at prayer. Mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

Kenya. Faces of the congregation at catholic mass in mukuru ruben, a slum of nairobi. Children praying

Nuns praying before eating their meals, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Children at the Palm sunday-Prozession through the old town, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Little blond girl dressed as an angel in white with wings, flower garland and hands clasped in prayer during the Semana Santa, Holy Week festivities in La Nucia, Costa Blanca, Spain

Javanese Moslem women gather for a celebration marking the end of Ramadan in Paramaribo, the captial of Suriname. A young girl waits for her mother and the other women to end their prayers.