832-357825 - Religious painting, Bhote Koshi Tal, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Nepal

832-357979 - Mani wall at Thamo Sherpa village, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himal, Nepal

832-357590 - Painted Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357626 - Painted Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357589 - Painted Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357983 - Mani wall at Thame Sherpa village with Khumbi Yu La (Khumbila, 5761), Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himal, Nepal

832-358283 - Historic stupa in front of Thamserku (6608), Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Nepal

832-357572 - Historic bronce statue, Golden Temple Kwa Bahal, Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal

832-357699 - Stupa and mani stones at Mong with Ama Dablam (6856), Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Nepal

832-357592 - Painted Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357588 - Painted Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357745 - Historic stupa at Thame, Bhote Koshi valley, Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357981 - Historic stupa at Thame, Bhote Koshi valley, Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357624 - Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357980 - Mani wall at Thamo Sherpa village, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himal, Nepal

832-357573 - Historic bronce statue, Golden Tempel Kwa Bahal, Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal

832-357746 - Historic stupa at Thame, Bhote Koshi valley, Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357627 - Painted Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-358022 - Stupa and Trekking Lodge at Khumjung Sherpa village, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Nepal

832-357586 - Painted Mani wall, Mani stone, Dudh Kosi valley, Solukhumbu, Khumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-357743 - Historic stupa at Thame, Bhote Koshi valley, Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

832-358209 - Hinduistic-buddhistic ceremony at Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal

832-358053 - Traditional sacifice at Kumbeshwar Temple, Patan, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal

832-300192 - Sherpa at a Puja ceremony for the goddess Miyo Langsangma, Base Camp, 5300m, Mount Everest, Himalaya, Nepal

832-358355 - Historic stupa in front of Thamserku (6608), Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Nepal

832-358434 - Religious painting, Bhote Koshi Tal, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Nepal

832-279927 - Wall mosaic, Kykkos Monastery, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus, Europe

1161-2014 - The Women of World War II memorial in Whitehall, London, United Kingdom

1113-80425 - sacrifice candles and altar with picture of the Virgin Mary out of focus, Chiesa di San Stefano, Belluno, Italy

1113-70984 - pilgrims burn incense sticks and candles, main hall, fire, red, Wannian monastery and temple, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

1113-71299 - Porter, incense burner, Tianchi Monastery, Bodhisvattva Kshitigarbha, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

1113-70975 - Prayer, pilgrims, Wannian monastery and temple, World Heritage Site, UNESCO, China, Asia

1113-70982 - pilgrims burn incense sticks and candles, main hall, fire, red, Wannian monastery and temple, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

1113-71422 - Puji Si, praying pilgrims and tourists, Buddhist Island of Putuo Shan near Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, East China Sea, China, Asia

1113-71409 - Fragrant Cloud Pavilion, praying pilgrims and tourists, Buddhist Island of Putuo Shan near Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, East China Sea, China, Asia

1113-71586 - Temple, ash of incense stick, ash, Tai Shan, Shandong province, Taishan, Mount Tai, World Heritage, UNESCO, China, Asia

1113-71317 - prayer service in Qiyuan Monastery with high ranking monks, Jiuhua Shan Village, Zhiyuan Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Anhui province, China, Asia

1113-71614 - Prayers and offering from religious followers, Azure Clouds Temple, Mount Tai, Tai Shan, Shandong province, World Heritage, UNESCO, China

1113-71030 - pilgrims and tourists burning incense sticks and candles, 3077 metre altitude, Golden Summit, summit of Emei Shan mountains, World Heritage Site, UNESCO, China, Asia

1113-71891 - lighting bundles of incense sticks with red candles, pilgrims, China, Asien

1113-71010 - viewing platform near Jinding Monastery, clouds, summit of Emei Shan mountains, Sacrifice Cliff, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

1113-71881 - bundles of hell money to burn as offering, to be spent in the afterlife, China, Asia

1113-71408 - Shrine next to Thousand stone steps stairway, Buddha statue, candles and incense in stone altar, Buddhist Island of Putuo Shan near Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, East China Sea, China, Asia

1113-71419 - Puji Si, praying pilgrims and tourists, Buddhist Island of Putuo Shan near Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, East China Sea, China, Asia

1113-71320 - prayer service in Qiyuan Monastery with high ranking monks, Jiuhua Shan Village, Zhiyuan Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Anhui province, China, Asia

1113-71366 - pilgrims, Tiantai Feng, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

1113-71319 - prayer service in Qiyuan Monastery with high ranking monks, Jiuhua Shan Village, Zhiyuan Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Anhui province, China, Asia

1113-64455 - Worship in Dai Hung temple, Hue, Vietnam, Asia

857-66990 - Front view of a pack of female bicycle racers in the Amgen Tour of California, downtown Santa Rosa, California.

857-3694 - Cha-Cha'ac Ceremony. "Chac" is the Myan word for rain. This is a rain ceremony held in the middle of the growing season of corn to bring or to assure good rainfall for the crop. They decorate the bread with paste made up of ground squash seeds and wrap it in leaves to bake. The ceremony is held in a clearing near the village. An alter is built and a H'man (religious figure) is brought in to conduct the ceremony and say prayers. It is a combination of Catholic and Mayan gods and prayers.

1196-177 - Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

1196-73 - Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal

794-1596 - Sculpture depicting the fall of Jericho, Isaac's sacrifice and Jacob's dream, HaPisgah Gardens, Tel Aviv, Israel, Middle East

794-1597 - Sculpture depicting the fall of Jericho, Isaac's sacrifice and Jacob's dream, HaPisgah Gardens, Tel Aviv, Israel, Middle East

920-1830 - Sacrifice of blue shark (Prionace glauca), offshore commercial longline shark fishing, Brazil, South America

920-1812 - Fisherman inserts metal rod through the spine to rapidly sacrifice silky shark (Carcharhinus falcifomes), offshore commercial longline shark fishing, Brazil, South America

831-206 - Artemis sends a deer to spare the sacrifice of Iphigenia, House of Tragic Poet from Pompeii, National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

809-3681 - Chinese New Year rite, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

809-2708 - The celebration of the Eucharist in the sacrifice of the Mass, Sacred Heart Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

809-2065 - Statue of Abraham in Saint-Martin d'Ainay Basilica, Lyon, Rhone, France, Europe

809-1336 - Detail of Abraham's sacrifice, Saint Michel basilica, Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France, Europe

809-1633 - Depiction of Abraham sacrificing Isaac, Gate of Paradise door of the Baptistry of San Giovanni, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

238-5355 - Suttee, from Giulio Ferrario encyclopedic work of the 19th century, India, Asia

238-5354 - Illustration of suttee, suicide of an Indian wife on her husband's funeral pyre, illustration from the Itinerario of Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the 16th century Dutch traveller, India, Asia

785-1055 - Detail of statue of Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington National Cemetry, Washington D.C., United States of America, North America

225-2619 - Stained glass of Adam and Eve, and Abraham preparing to sacrifice Isaac, St. Mary's church, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

763-917 - Inti Raymi the Inca offering sacrifice during the Incan Festival of the Sun, held at Sacsayhuaman, above Cuzco on June 24th, Peru

763-610 - Precolumbian Gold Chimu Culture, 1000-1400AD ear ornaments of gold, lapiz and turquoise shows warrior with victim's head Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru

763-117 - Taita priest of Palo Monte, an African religion with roots in the Congo related to Santeria, sacrifices chickens before altar, Havana, Cuba