Ghatia meditating in earling morning on the ghats by the River Ganges (Ganga), Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India

Muslim woman praying, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Jew with prayer shawl praying at the Western Wall, Jerusalem ld City, Israel, Middle East

Jew wearing prayer shawl blessing the Lulav and Etrog (palm frond), Sukot (Festival of Booths), Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Torah scroll, Tallit, Jewish prayer shawl and Tziitzit, knotted ritual fringes, Paris, France, Europe

Torah scroll and Tallit, Jewish prayer shawl, Paris, France, Europe

Torah scroll, Yad, Torah pointer and Tallit, Jewish prayer shawl, Paris, France, Europe

Bar Mitzvar, Jewish coming of age ritual, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Praying Jew in the underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvar, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the books of the Prophets, Haftarah, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East