This Week In Pictures: Faith In Practice Around The World, December 7 to 13 Humans express their faith in a multitude of ways. These photos capture the wonderful diversity within faith practices that happen in our world in the span of just one week.
Mexico City, Mexico: December 12
Pilgrims prepare to perform a traditional dance outside the Basilica of Guadalupe on Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day in Mexico City, Mexico.
Karbala, Iraq: December 13
Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims attend the Arbaeen religious festival which marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein, at the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometres) south of Baghdad. Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims defied the threat of jihadist attacks and thronged the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala for the climax of annual Arbaeen mourning rituals. A sea of devotees descended on the city to reach the shrine of Imam Hussein, beating their heads and chests to show remorse for not saving him from the armies of the caliph Yazid that beheaded him in 680 AD.
Rome, Italy: December 13
A star is placed on the top of the Christmas tree of St. Peter Square at the Vatican. The Church is observing the third Sunday in Advent prior to Christmas.
Amritsar, India: December 13
Indian Hindu devotees dressed as lord Krishna pose during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra Festival in Amritsar. The three deities of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are taken out in procession in specially made chariots called raths, which are pulled by devotees.
Mexico City, Mexico: December 12
Pilgrims prepare to perform a traditional dance outside the Basilica of Guadalupe on Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day in Mexico City, Mexico.
Karbala, Iraq: December 13
Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims attend the Arbaeen religious festival which marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein, at the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometres) south of Baghdad. Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims defied the threat of jihadist attacks and thronged the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala for the climax of annual Arbaeen mourning rituals. A sea of devotees descended on the city to reach the shrine of Imam Hussein, beating their heads and chests to show remorse for not saving him from the armies of the caliph Yazid that beheaded him in 680 AD.
Rome, Italy: December 13
A star is placed on the top of the Christmas tree of St. Peter Square at the Vatican. The Church is observing the third Sunday in Advent prior to Christmas.
Amritsar, India: December 13
Indian Hindu devotees dressed as lord Krishna pose during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra Festival in Amritsar. The three deities of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are taken out in procession in specially made chariots called raths, which are pulled by devotees.
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