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An animist shrine with a horned idol covered by blood stains from sacrifices stands on the outskirts of a town in south-central Togo. African Traditional Religion is very common throughout the south of the country but gives way to Islam as one travels north. IMB Photo

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Drone shot of a Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.

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A woman praying at a Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.

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A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.

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Prayer flags at Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Hindu worshipers gather to offer animal sacrifices and other offerings to Hindu gods outside a temple near Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Worshipers walk at the base of Boudhanath stupa in a Tibetan Buddhist area of Kathmandu, Nepal.

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A short-term volunteer prays near Swayambhu, a Tibetan Buddhist holy site in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Buddhist worshipers and visitors walk through a flock of pigeons near Swayambhu, a Tibetan Buddhist pagoda in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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A woman circles a Tibetan prayer wheel at Boudhanath stupa in a Tibetan district of Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Candles are seen in a Buddhist temple, with a view of Swayambhu pagoda in the background, in a Tibetan district of Kathmandu, Nepal.

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A small fishing village on the southern coast of India was destroyed by the tsunami in 2004. Idols could still be seen amid the destruction almost five years later.

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Jawbones of sacrificed animals are strung across the front of a room with an ancestral shrine in the Tongo Hills of northern Ghana.

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A traditional Talensi room in the Tongo Hills of Tengzug, Ghana. To the right of its entrance stands an ancestral shrine and the jaw bones of sacrificed donkeys hang above it.

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A traditional Talensi room in the Tongo Hills of Tengzug, Ghana. To the right of its entrance stands an ancestral shrine and the jaw bones of sacrificed donkeys hang above it.

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A sacrificed dog’s skull and bones sit atop a personal shrine in the Tengzug chief’s palace in the Tongo Hills of northern Ghana.

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The Tengzuk chief’s palace is a labyrinth of flat-roofed, mud buildings in the Tongo Hills. Throughout the narrow alleys and outside every home are shrines to ancestors and spirits.

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Ancient ruins of temples and a royal palace stand silhouetted against the setting sun at Sukhothai in Thailand.

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Reflection of a Buddhist statue among lily pads in the ancient city of Sukhothai in Thailand.

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