Buddhist nun and monk at the Bayon, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

A statue of a nun stands in a courtyard of historic housing for women at the Begijnhof (Beguinage), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Europe

Nun in front of reclining Buddha statue, Shwethalyaung, Bago (Pegu), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Recumbent figure in the Visitation Basilica, Sainte-Jeanne de Chantal, Annecy, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Inter-religious gathering in the Great Vincennes pagoda, Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France, Europe

Buddhist nun meditating in the Bayon Temple, at Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Long line of Buddhist nuns dressed in pink robes, heads covered, alms bowls on their heads, crossing main road in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Nun and statue of the Buddha, Shwedagon Paya (Shwe Dagon pagoda), Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A Buddhist nun in her temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

TANZANIA Home of Compassion, for the sick and needy, Kigera village, near Musoma. Nun in red habit adoring statue of mother Mary. photograph by Sean Sprague

Nuns in front of the Facade at Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano Rome Italy

Statue of a nun, courtyard of the former Benedictine monastery, historical monastery quarter, town of Krk, island of Krk, Kvarner Gulf Bay, Croatia, Europe

Renaissance portal with the figures of St. Boniface, Jesus Christ and St. Benedict of Nursia, convent building of the former Benedictine monastery at Fulda Cathedral, Cathedral of St. Salvator, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Santa Teresa de los Andes, statue, saint, nun, Church of Cerro de San Cristobal, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America