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
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Drone shot of a Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
A woman praying at a Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Prayer flags at Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Hindu worshipers gather to offer animal sacrifices and other offerings to Hindu gods outside a temple near Kathmandu, Nepal.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Worshipers walk at the base of Boudhanath stupa in a Tibetan Buddhist area of Kathmandu, Nepal.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
A short-term volunteer prays near Swayambhu, a Tibetan Buddhist holy site in Kathmandu, Nepal.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Buddhist worshipers and visitors walk through a flock of pigeons near Swayambhu, a Tibetan Buddhist pagoda in Kathmandu, Nepal.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
A woman circles a Tibetan prayer wheel at Boudhanath stupa in a Tibetan district of Kathmandu, Nepal.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Candles are seen in a Buddhist temple, with a view of Swayambhu pagoda in the background, in a Tibetan district of Kathmandu, Nepal.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
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.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Jawbones of sacrificed animals are strung across the front of a room with an ancestral shrine in the Tongo Hills of northern Ghana.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
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.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
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.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
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.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
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.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Ancient ruins of temples and a royal palace stand silhouetted against the setting sun at Sukhothai in Thailand.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
Reflection of a Buddhist statue among lily pads in the ancient city of Sukhothai in Thailand.
You are free to share and adapt IMB photos. You must give appropriate credit to IMB in a reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the organization endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. Read more
