Nepal, Kathmandu, The Great Stupa at night, decorated with coloured lights in celebration of a full moon.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Long-exposure of the Great Stupa illuminated at night, showing blurred Buddhist prayer flags.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Small, candle-lit niche in the shrine to Ajima, goddess of smallpox, containing an ancient, seated Buddha, blacked by candle soot, and decorated with red powder, with rice grains and...

Nepal, Kathmandu, Two small, candle-lit niches in the shrine to Ajima, goddess of smallpox, containing Buddhist deities.

Nepal. Kathmandu, The top of the Great Stupa, viewed through flag-poles covered with Buddhist prayer flags, illuminated at night, with the moon in the background.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepali man sitting alone at the base of the Great Stupa at dusk.

Nepal, Kathmandu, View of the back of a pilgrim Buddhist monk, where one hand is counting off prayers on a string of beads, in front of the Great Stupa.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Long exposure showing blur of people walking round the Great Stupa at dusk, with a Western couple standing out, talking to each other.

Ireland, County Tipperary, Holycross Abbey.

Ireland, County Tipperary, Holycross Abbey, view through an arch of the cloister.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Boudhanath Stupa, Five-color prayer flags and symbolic sculptures with mantras.

Nepal, Upper Mustang, Chortens and the distant ancient ruins at Lo Manthang.