Sandesh Kadur / People worshipping gods at Talacauvery, the sacred birthplace of the River Cauvery, Western Ghats, Southern India. No release available.

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.

David Tipling / Frieze depicting a Cockerel from a tomb at Xanthos in Lycia, Turkey from between 470 and 460 BC. It was a Lycian tradition to sacrifice cockerels and make other sacrificial offerings to the deceased,...

Ben Lascelles / Mount Kailash is a peak in the Kailas Range (Gangdise Mountains), which are part of the Transhimalaya in Tibet. It is considered a sacred place in four religions: Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism....

Gavin Hellier / Flower market on Jalan Tun Sambantham, Little India, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2012

Gavin Hellier / Flower market on Jalan Tun Sambantham in Little India, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2012

Gavin Hellier / Mansudae Grand Monument depicting the 'Anti Japanese Revolutionary Struggle' and 'Socialist Revolution and Construction' Mansudae Assembly Hall on Mansu Hill, Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples' Republic o...

Loic Poidevin / Woman washing in the holy Ganges river, along the famous ghats of Vanarasi / Benares, India 2012

Loic Poidevin / Man washing in the holy Ganges river, along the famous ghats of Vanarasi / Benares, India 2012

Loic Poidevin / Man preparing for the ceremony of Aarti poooja, a prayer to thank the holy Ganges river, on the famous ghats of Varanasi / Benares, India 2012

Juergen Freund / People with dead Sea turtles, stored for offerings and to keep away monkeys, Bali, Indonesia.

Constantinos Petrinos / Grave with offerings, Tana Toraja, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia