Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot tracking towards Nachisan Seiganto-ji pagoda and Nachi Falls, Kumano Nachi Shrine, Wakayama, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Aerial view tracking over Lake Ashinoko and Hakpne Shrine, with Mount Fuji in the distance, passes a galleon sailing on the lake, Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Hakone, Shizuoka, Honshu, JapanNovember...

Aflo / Stray cats, on black and one tabby, peering out of hole in rusty corrugated iron. Chiyoboinari Shrine, Kaizu, Japan.

Dong Lei / Landscape with buddhist shrine, Tibet, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, August 2006.

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

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Taoist shrine in the woods, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province, China. April.

Ashley Cooper / The Boudanath Stupa, is one of the holiest Buddist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, December 2012.

David Fleetham / Hindu statue at Koneswaram temple in Trincomalee, an important hindu shrine, Sri Lanka. August 2015.

Gavin Hellier / View of Nachisan Seiganto-ji pagoda at Kumano Nachi Shrine, with Nachi Falls in the background, Wakayama, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Igor Shpilenok / Traditional mongolian Ovoo shrine / Buddhist shrine near border between Russian and Mongolia. Daurian Nature Reserve. Daurian Steppes UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zabaykalsky Krai, Siberia, Russia, Ju...

Cyril Ruoso / The Wilson stump, a Japanese sugi pine (Cryptomeria) which was cut by the Shimazu clan in 1586, at an estimated age of over 3,000 years. The base circumference is 32 m and 4.39 m across at chest hei...

Sandesh Kadur / Sunrise from a mountain summit, with a Buddhist monastery in the foreground, Himalayas, Bhutan, May 2015.