Laurent Geslin / Christian worshipper near St Sauveur's church, Lalibela, North Ethiopia. These worshippers stay for hours in a hole in the carved rock to read their holy books., 2006

Laurent Geslin / Christian worshipper near St Sauveur's church, Lalibela, North Ethiopia. These worshippers stay for hours in a hole in the carved rock to read their holy books, 2006

Laurent Geslin / Orthodox priest reading from a Holy book, Beita Gabrielle church, Lalibela, Ethiopia, 2006

Laurent Geslin / Offering milk to 'holy' Black rats {Rattus rattus} temple Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India

Laurent Geslin / Holy Black rats in Hindu temple {Rattus rattus} Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India, 2002

Axel Gomille / Zebu cattle (Bos primigenius indicus) holy cow, walking past Sadhu or holy man, Varanasi, India

Ben Lascelles / Prostrator about to perform body-length prostrations over the entire length of the circumambulation around Mount Kailash. The pilgrim bends down, kneels, prostrates full-length, makes a mark with his...

Gavin Hellier / Church Priest holding a Lalibela Cross, Lalibela and its rock-hewn Churches rank among the greatest religio-historical sites not only in Africa, but in the Christian world, Lalibela, Ethiopia 2005. Mo...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Buddhist Monk hands holding prayer beads in Samdo village (3.690 m). Manaslu Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009. No release available.

Robert Valentic / Following the desert rains a Holy cross frog {Notaden benneti} comes to the surface after a long period underground, Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia

Pete Oxford / Holy man in India

Tony Heald / Man pouring holy water over top of temple in Kumbhabhishekam, a Hindu ritual. Pandalur, Tamil Nadu, India. 2014.