Christians around the world celebrating Holy Week and Easter
On January 9, hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees in Manila, Philippines, took part in a barefoot procession lasting 22 hours, carrying a centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ through the streets.
Portraits and interviews with native Canadians abused within the government’s Indian Residential School system
As the holy month comes to a close, a look back at celebrations across the globe.
Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, began earlier this week, with the observation of the Hilal, or new moon.
Photographs of the Messiah Miracle Worship Center, a Southern storefront church the size of a two-door garage.
Church services, processions of hooded penitents, Easter eggs hunts, Catholic passion plays, and more.
For decades, low-caste Hindus in Chhattisgarh, India, tattoo the name of the Hindu god Ram on their bodies—acts of faith and defiance, saying “God is everywhere."
In a remote, mountainous area of China’s Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the Bliss Dharma Assembly—the last of four annual assemblies of Tibetan Buddhists—took place at the end of October, at the Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute.
A series of photographs on Mecca and its surrounding area taken sometime around 1887 by the photographer Al Sayyid Abd al Ghaffar, compared with images from similar locations taken in 2015.
As popes frequently address large crowds in open-air settings, they—like everyone else—have to deal with capricious weather. Papal attire usually includes a skull cap and a small cape—both very susceptible to gusts of wind.
Photographs of Muslims around the world observing Ramadan this year
The feast of Corpus Christi is a festival where Catholics celebrate the presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
Thousands of Buddhists gathered at Thailand's Wat Dhammakaya on Wednesday to observe Makha Bucha, a religious holiday that marks the anniversary of Buddha's mass sermon to the first 1,250 newly ordained monks 2,558 years ago.
A heatwave in Europe, floating solar farms in China, the America’s Cup in Bermuda, the Royal Highland Show in Scotland, and much more
Images of the vertical cityscape, street scenes, monuments, people, and natural landscapes of Hong Kong.
In recognition of the warmer weather in the northern hemisphere, this is an invitation to take some time, go outside, and set a kite aloft.
Over the weekend, wildfires in central Portugal killed at least 63 people and injured 135 others.
