Aerial image of the Swiss Re Building (30 St. Mary Axe) (Gherkin), City of London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Image of Virgin Mary on float (pasos) carried during Semana Santa (Holy Week), Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Semana Santa (Holy Week) float (pasos) with image of Virgin Mary outside Seville cathedral, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Religion, ethiopia. Rock-hewn church of arbatu ensessa, 35 kms from lalibela. Mural within church

Fishing boat with Holy Mary image, Playa El Tirano, Isla de Margarita, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela

Image of St. Mary on ornate ceramic tiles, outside walls of a church in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Seventeenth-century votive image depicting the Siege of Donauwoerth, Hl. Kreuz Gruftkapelle Church, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Votive image of 1818 from the Friedolfing Parish which was surprised by a thunderstorm in Maria Eck, Maria Geburt Pilgrimage Church, Maria Eck near Siegsdorf village, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Window mosaic depicting the birth of Christ at Catherine's Church, Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel, Middle East, the Orient

Madonna with six fingers, miraculous image on the left side altar of the Pilgrimage Church of Maria Laach in Jauerling, Wachau, Waldviertel, Forest Quarter, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Mary pieta, Catholic pilgrimage site, miraculous image of the Painful Mother of God, candles, Ziemetshausen, In den Stauden, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Altar in the Armenian Orthodox church of St. Hripsime with Virgin Mary and Jesus, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Echmiadzin, Armenia, Asia

Image of Virgin Mary, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Entrance gate and altar, Mary's Grotto, replica of the Grotto of Lourdes, place of pilgrimage, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Marien Grotto pilgrimage site in the forest, replica of the Lourdes grotto with statue of St. Bernadette Soubirous, altar, statue of the Virgin Mary, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Frescoes of the Virgin Mary in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia, Western Asia

Miraculous image of the Virgin Mary, Madonna delle Lacrime Church, pilgrimage site in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

Mary pieta, Catholic pilgrimage site, miraculous image of the Painful Mother of God, candles, Ziemetshausen, In den Stauden, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Miraculous image of the Virgin Mary in Loreto Chapel, pilgrimage church, Sanctuary of the Visitation, Rankweil, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

Picture of Madonna and flowers on a tombstone, cemetery in the Nebrodi Mountain Range, Southern Italy, Europe

Marien Grotto pilgrimage site in the forest, replica of the Lourdes grotto with statue of St. Bernadette Soubirous, altar, statue of the Virgin Mary, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Frescoes of the Virgin Mary in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia, Western Asia

Statue of the Virgin Mary at the Grotto of the Virgin Mary, replica of the Grotto of Lourdes, place of pilgrimage, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Mary pieta, Catholic pilgrimage site, miraculous image of the Painful Mother of God, candles, Ziemetshausen, In den Stauden, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Russische Kapelle Russian Orthodox church of St. Mary, Mathildenhoehe, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Image of the Virgin Mary, ceramics, exterior wall of the church in Seville, Andalusia, Spain

Image of the Virgin Mary at the Baroque pilgrimage church in Hafnerberg, Triesingtal (Triesing Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Mary and Christ child, sundial with a prayer, Steh uns bei in aller Not hier im Leben und im Tod, German for standing with us in every need here in life and in death, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Frescoes of the Virgin Mary in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Gelati Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia, Western Asia

Family altar in the corner of the living room, circa 1900, in a farmhouse from Kleinrinderfeld, built in 1779, Franconian Open Air Museum, Eisweiherweg 1, Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mary pieta, Catholic pilgrimage site, miraculous image of the Painful Mother of God, candles, Ziemetshausen, In den Stauden, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Icon of the Virgin Mary in the monastery, Sucevi&a Monastery, Eastern Carpathians, Romania, Europe

Altar of a private chapel, built in 1861, from Rodheim, Franconian Open Air Museum, Eisweiherweg 1, Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Image of the Virgin Mary on the facade of Maison Loewert, 16th century, rue du General de Gaulle, Kaysersberg, Alsace, France, Europe

Christian painting, atmospheric, Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

"Madonna with child", fresco on a house wall, Marktplatz 7, Berchtesgaden, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Herrgottswinkel christian corner in a living room, around 1900, farmhouse from Kleinrinderfeld built in 1779, Franconian open-air museum, Eisweiherweg 1, Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

High altar of the Assumption of Mary by Johann Andreas Wolff, high altar, monastery church of Goettweig Abbey, Goettweiger Berg mountain, Furth, UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau Cultural Landscape, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Virgin Mary at San Galgano abbey, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Credit card debt counselor Mary Rammel with a pile of credit cards cut up by debtors upon entering a credit counseling program in Willmington, DE, the credit card capital of the world. There are over 1.3 billion credit cards in America and in 2003 they accounted for over 786 billion dollars in credit card debt.

Gannets Cape Saint Mary's Newfoundland, Canada

St. Mary's Dominican Church, The Quays, Cork City, Ireland

St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, River Shannon, County Limerick, Ireland

Confessional, polychrome wood image of the Virgin Mary and tabernacle, carved in the Mestizo-Baroque style on a lateral altar of the Jesuit Mission of San Javier de Velasco, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia