Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Portrait of Sadhu in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Portrait of Sadhu in orange robes in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Sufi priest studying the holy Quran in the Shrine of Mawlana Abdur Rahman Jami, Herat's greatest 15th century poet, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

Portrait of elderly Buddhist monk turning prayer wheel, Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, Asia

Portrait elderly Bhutanese man wearing prayer beads, Bhutan, Asia

Portrait of elderly Buddhist monk turning prayer wheel, Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, Asia

People walking along alley in old town of Corfu, Corfu Island, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Old Domancy craft festival, farmer with group of white geese, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

The most famous knaffieh (Palestinian cheese pastry) shop in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East

Sadhu covered with white ashes, Allahabad Kumbh Mela, largest religious gathering, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Rome Baba practising yoga, Allahabad Kumbh Mela, largest religious gathering, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Elderly Cubans playing music on the street, American classic car, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

An elderly Cuban sitting on a doorstep, smoking a cigar, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Macedonian Muslims, Pasha mosque, the painted mosque of Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia, Europe

Roman Catholic Mass, Holy Communion, Saint-Nicolas de Veroce church, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Baba Mumin Lama, Koran reading, Bektachi (Bektashi) Tekke in Gjakove, Kosovo, Europe

Nomad camp, Lake Uureg Nuur, Uvs, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

An elderly Cuban sitting on a doorstep, smoking a cigar, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Man and donkey, near Tarragona, Catalonia (Cataluna) (Catalunya), Spain, Europe

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Senior woman making basketwork beside her thatched house in the village of Vidzeme, Ethnographic Open-Air Museum near Riga, Latvia, Baltic region, Europe

Han farmer, near Xining, Qinghai, China, Asia

The floating market outside of Can Tho, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The most famous knaffieh (Palestinian cheese pastry) shop in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East

An elderly Cuban sitting on a chair playing a guitar, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Macedonian Muslim reading the Koran, Pasha Mosque, the painted mosque of Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia, Europe

Portrait of a water seller, Djemaa el Fna, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

First Nation Canadian male

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Man of the desert with his camel, Mopti region, Mali, Africa

Men watching procession, Desulo (Gennargentu), Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Rajasathani musician playing the kamayacha, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Fruit seller, Tripoli, Lebanon, Middle East

Portrait of Sadhu in orange robes in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Elderly man panning for gold, Elvire River, Old Halls Creek, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Pope Francis walking at the end of the Pentecost Holy Mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Portrait of a Han farmer, near Xining, Qinghai, China, Asia

Inishmore (Inishmor), Isles of Aran, Eire (Ireland), Europe

Musicians playing guitars, Havana Viejo, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Orthodox priest, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old Walled City, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Portrait of an old man, Konya, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Centre Pompidou Museum, Malaga City, Costa Del Sol, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Man selling dates in downtown vegetable market, Amman, Jordan, Middle East

Housefront with man and girl, Filandia, Coffee Region, Colombia, South America

Portrait of a Bedouin man, Dana Reserve, Jordan, Middle East

Portrait of Sunil, Galle, South Coast, Sri Lanka, Asia

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Pope Francis leaving on his Popemobile after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Man painting pottery vase, potters village of Safi, Atlantic coast, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Alberto Korda, photograph of revolutionary and author Ernesto Che Guevara, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Musician near Main Market Square, Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Maxibustion medical treatment, Guizhou, China, Asia

Vignerons near Nantes, Western Loire, France, Europe

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Portrait of an elderly man, Kasbah Ait Benhaddou, near Ouarzazate, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Old man painting, Calla Heridia, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Man in red shirt in Bajawa, Flores, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Man selling dates, Palmyra, Syria, Middle East

Old man carrying child, Bhutan, Asia

Monk, Ladakh, India, Asia

Portrait of guardian of Kasbah Ait Benhaddou, near Ouarzazate, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Monk, Wat Ho Siang, Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of two older men, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus province, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Portrait of an elderly man, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Portrait of a local farmer, near Kalam, Swat Valley, Pakistan, Asia

Portrait of a local farmer, Hunza, Pakistan, Asia

Portrait of a Pathan man with hennaed beard, Khyber Pass, Pakistan, Asia

Anuradha Koirala holds up her CNN Hero of the Year 2010 award as she is warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Chatral senge dorje rinpoche seated on a tiger skin, yonglesho, Nepal

BOLIVIA Shamanist ceremony by Calixto Quispe performed at the Mission Institute of Cochabamba

East timor. Camp for internally displaced people (idps) in the old hospital at baucau. Jacinta marques, and old woman and children at the camp

Uzbekistan men drinking tea at a chaikhana, shakhrisabz.

Uzbekistan men drinking tea at the lyab-i-hauz, bukhara

Australia. Older aborigine man, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

India - farming - health: man harvesting wild succulent plant for herbal medicine

Religion, ethiopia. Bet gabriel-rafael church, lalibela

Jamaica. Old woman of german origin talking to american priest during sunday mass in the catholic church at seaford town

Australia. Older aborigine man, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

Ethiopia two priests of wutafa, tigray, the catholic geez rite abba haile maryam tesefaye (left) with the married orthodox priest keshy gebre tsadik (right). An ecumenical image

India - religion - christian bishop geevarghese athanasius, head of martomite syrian-protestant church, kottayam, kerala

Uzbekistan man of shakhrisabz

Australia. Older aborigine man, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

Australia. Older aborigine man, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

India - religion - christian cyril mar baselios, head of syro-malankar catholics, at perunada

74 year sadhu stands on meditates. Nepal

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Hematology Analyzer for analyzing blood in one of the labs in the specialist cancer hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Varian nuclear proton therapy machine in the specialist cancer hospital.

Myanmar shwedagon paya (pagoda), yangon (rangoon), a hermit monk

Man in a cafe, Emporio, Santorini (Thira), Cyclades Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Jamaica. Man at sunday mass in the catholic church at seaford town

Typical Slovak-faced farmer, near Vychodna, Slovakia, Europe

Elderly man beneath almond tree, Ait-Benhaddou, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

CAMBODIA Katot village, inhabited by the Prov tribal group, Stung Treng district. DPA cultural centre built by DPA and financed by SCIAF. Village elder, Nom Boun (79) playing his flute

Zambia kaunga mashi village, shangombo district (near the angolan border). Seed distribution project by catholic relief services. Faces of farmers waiting to receive free seeds to grow crops. This follows 2 years of serious famine in the region

India - religion - christian bishop abraham clemis, head of syrian-jacobite church, kottayam, kerala

Jamaica. Man of chester castle

Russia - soup kitchen run by mother teresas sisters of charity for the poor and elderly, yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east

BOLIVIA Shamanist ceremony by Calixto Quispe performed at the Mission Institute of Cochabamba

Tanzanian muslim man with grandchild, of mvango village, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro