Alex Mustard / A diver explores Chac Mool Cenote (or sinkhole) Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo, Mexico. No release available.
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Cyril Ruoso / Men participating in ceremony around sacrificial altar / ovoo to worship mountain, milk libation poured as offerings to mountain deities. Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, Mongolia. 2018.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Statue of Maitreya Buddha, the largest such statue in Ladakh (15 meters). Thikshey monastery, a Tibetan Buddhist gompa, Ladakh, India.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Statue of Maitreya Buddha, the largest such statue in Ladakh (15 meters). Thikshey monastery, 3260 meters of altitude. Ladakh, India, September 2018.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) and Hindu deities, Durbar Square, Kathmandu City, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. February 2018.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Bauddhanath / Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. February 2018.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Swayambhunath Stupa, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. February 2018.
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David Fleetham / Buddha statues in Buddha Eden Garden, a 35 hectare park with fields, lakes and gardens. Carvalhal, Portugal. July 2014.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Painting of a wrathful deity in Lama Buddhist temple in Wenquan town, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China
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Anup Shah / Toque macaques (Macaca sinica sinica) on ancient ruins. Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka February.
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TJ Rich / View of gardens, forest and Buddha statue from Sigiriya rock, Sri Lanka, December 2012.
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TJ Rich / Buddha carving at Gal Vihara rock temple, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.