Religion in 2017: 15 Stunning Photographs From Around the World

In photos.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl stands around a bonfire as she celebrates the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba’Omer in the city of Ashdod, Israel.

(Photo courtesy: REUTERS/Amir Cohen)

Colours, emotions, light, dark, art and expression, these photographs from around the world express what words cannot. These 15 images capture various religions around the world as they are seen today.

Hindu priests sit inside a cave as they perform evening prayers on the banks of the river Ganga in Devprayag, Uttarakhand

A woman prays during the festival of Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birth anniversary of prophet Mohammad, at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish girl stands around a bonfire as she celebrates the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba’Omer in the city of Ashdod, Israel.

Worshipers hold candles as they take part in the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City.

General view of cemetery on Crkvicko hill in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims carry a mock coffin during a symbolic funeral marking the death anniversary of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine in Baghdad’s Kadhimiya district, Iraq. 

Worshipers attend the Day of the Spiritual Indoctrination annual celebrations at the Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn) community in the Planaltina neighbourhood of Brasilia, Brazil.

Bulgarian men jump to catch a wooden crucifix during Epiphany day celebrations in Sofia, Bulgaria

Artists dressed as lord Rama and Laxman act as fireworks explode during Dussehra festival celebrations in Chandigarh, Punjab.

Young Hindu priests take a holy bath together as part of a ritual during the sacred thread festival at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Pilgrims attend a candlelight vigil at the Catholic shrine of Fatima, Portugal.

Boy reads the Quran at a madrassa on the outskirts of Agartala, during the holy month of Ramadan.

A girl reacts as coloured water is thrown on her face while celebrating Holi, in Mumbai.

A few droplets of blood stain Pope Francis’ white tunic from a bruise around his left eye and eyebrow caused by an accidental hit against the popemobile’s window glass while visiting the old sector of Cartagena, Colombia.