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 World people

Young monk prepares for a religious memorial celebration

Utmost Bliss Dharma marks Buddha’s descent from the heavens

Buddhist novices ride on their fathers’ shoulders, Thailand

Monk arranges ritual utensils at Tangyud Gompa Tempel, Tibet

Monks on their way to alms ceremony, Thailand

Boys wait to be sworn in as Buddhist novices, Thailand

Boys becoming Buddhist novices, heads smeared w/ thanaka bark

Boy asleep at Thai monestary after becoming a Buddhist novice

A dog stands among Buddhist monks in Tibet

A Buddhist nun spins a prayer wheel at religious rite, Tibet

8-year-old August joins Buddhist novicehood, Thailand

Monks at the Tangyud Gompa Buddhist monastery, Himalayas, Tibet

Lottle Bolivian girl

Indigenous woman, Bolivia

TIBET: nomad man with head wrap, Tibet

Rabari woman, Rajasthan

Rabari man, Rajasthan

Perak woman, Lamayuru Monastery, Ladakh, India

Mustang man, Tibet

Goroka boy, Papa New Guinea