Guatemala, Solola Department, San Pedro la Laguna, An elderly Mayan woman in traditional dress on the steps of the church. She has her tzute or utility cloth wrapped around her shoulders.

Jordan, Petra, Statues carved in the wall of the narrow slot canyon called the Siq which leads to the ruins of the Nabataean city of Petra in the Petra Archeological Park is a Jordanian National Park...

Israel, Jerusalem, A Muslim woman reads at the entrance to the gatehouse of the Eastern Gate or Golden Gate on the Temple Mount or al-Haram ash-Sharif. The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls is a UNE...

Israel, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, Israeli Defense Force soldiers on duty. The area around King David's Tomb has been the site of conflicts between ultra-orthodox Jewish radical activists and Christian pi...

Israel, Jerusalem, A bust of Cardinal Lavigerie in the garden of the Church of Saint Anne by the Pools of Bethesda in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City. The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls is a U...

Israel, Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, The Eastern Gate, the Golden Gate or the Gate of Mercy of the Old City with the Temple Mount or al-Haram ash-Sharif behind it. In front is a Muslim cemetery. The Ol...

Israel, Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, The Eastern Gate, the Golden Gate or the Gate of Mercy of the Old City with the Temple Mount or al-Haram ash-Sharif behind it. In front is a Muslim cemetery. The Ol...

Animals, Birds, A male Green Violetear Hummingbird, Colibri thalassinus, and a male Grey-tailed or Gray-tailed Mountaingem, Lampornis cinereicauda, face off in a territorial display in the Savegre Riv...

A young Khamba Tibetan woman from the Kham region of eastern Tibet on a pilgrimage to visit the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. She has a white Buddhist prayer scarf or khata around her neck. Felt co...

The Ganden Monastery sits at the top of a natural amphitheater on Wangbur Mountain. It was founded in 1409 A.D. but was mostly destroyed in 1959 by the Chinese military. It has been partially rebu...

The Ganden Monastery sits at the top of a natural amphitheater on Wangbur Mountain. It was founded in 1409 A.D. but was mostly destroyed in 1959 by the Chinese military. It has been partially rebu...

The Ganden Monastery sits at the top of a natural amphitheater on Wangbur Mountain. It was founded in 1409 A.D. but was mostly destroyed in 1959 by the Chinese military. It has been partially rebu...