ACROSS THE PLANET

Russian Orthodox Priest
Photograph by Gerd Ludwig
Father Sevastyan meditates on the Gospels at Svyato-Kazansky hermitage, one of many Russian Orthodox communities resurrecting across the land.

Demsa Dancer, India
Photograph by Kieron Nelson

Orissa, India. Behind a ramshackle cluster of market stalls an impromptu Demsa dance was in full swing. The women danced in semicircles while the men played musical instruments. Suddenly, the crowd stopped clapping. A young man, his face painted a vivid blue, stood in the middle of the circle. He vanished into the multitude, only to reappear like a deity on the shoulders of two men. The dancing started again with the banging of drums as he was spun in a circle to the delight of the crowd.

Fishing, Celebes Sea
Photograph by Liang Huan Chuan
In Semporna, many Filipinos and Malayu who traditionally fish for a living have erected hundreds of these homes in the Celebes Sea.

DAREDEVIL

Daredevil, India
Photograph by Chris Shirley

The actual name of this is "The well of death."

Just look all the missing planks and holes in the "well."

On hindsight, being up there was probably a bad idea.
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STONE-MARKER GRAVE

Stone-Marked Grave, Libya
Photograph by George Steinmetz
Carefully chosen light and dark stones mark the isolated grave of a herder who died between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago. As rainfall dwindled, the inhabitants of Libya's remote Fezzan region congregated around scattered oases.

CLIFF DIVERS

January 23, 2009
Cliff Divers,

Mazatlan, Mexico
Photograph by W.E. Garrett
A daring diver times his plunge with an incoming wave as he plummets from a cliff in Mazatlan, Mexico. When the surf surges in, 12 feet (3.7 meters) of water lies below; outgoing seas leave half that depth.

PRAYING IN THE DESERT

JUST FOR FUN

OMG

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