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Shi'ite Muslims attend a Muharram procession ahead of Ashura in Mumbai, India, July 28. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

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A worshipper wearing a face mask makes an offering of incense sticks ahead of the Lunar New Year at the Guandu Temple in Taipei, Taiwan, January 21. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

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A nun waits to enter St. Stephen's Basilica during Pope Francis' apostolic journey in Budapest, Hungary, April 28. REUTERS/Marton Monus

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Believers burn dried oak branches, which symbolize the Yule log, on the Orthodox Christmas Eve in front of the Saint Sava temple in Belgrade, Serbia, January 6. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic

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Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, April 15. REUTERS/Afif H. Amireh

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Women react during a prayer for peace at the Sofia Synagogue, Bulgaria, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, October 15. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

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A man re-enacts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during an Easter Via Crucis procession on Good Friday in Ouro Preto, Brazil, April 7. REUTERS/Roosevelt Cassio

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Shi'ite worshippers place copies of the Koran on their heads during the holy month of Ramadan at Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, April 9. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

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Residents of Ezbet Hamada in Cairo's Mataria district gather to eat Iftar, the meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, April 6. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO, Egypt

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Pope Francis blesses a child as he attends a meeting with the Family Promotion Association "Marriage Encounter" in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, September 9. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

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Pope Francis greets a child as he arrives at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima to attend the recitation of the Holy Rosary with sick young people during his apostolic journey in Fatima, Portugal, August 5. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

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A priest puts on his alb and stole before hearing confessions during Pope Francis' apostolic journey in Lisbon, Portugal, August 2. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

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Ukrainian servicemen place candles after a special service for the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a ceremony to bless Easter cakes at St Michael's Cathedral before Orthodox Easter in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 12.

KYIV, Ukraine

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An Ethiopian Orthodox Deacon waits to perform during the Meskel festival celebration to commemorate the discovery of the True Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 27. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia

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Jewish worshippers hold the four species, used in rituals during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, as they take part in a special priestly blessing at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, October 2. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL

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Muslims gather to buy food on the first day of Ramadan at Chawk Bazar's traditional makeshift Iftar market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 24. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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People watch a giant paper statue of the Chinese deity "Da Shi Ye" or "Guardian God of Ghosts" burning during the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival, which honors ancestors and appeases wandering spirits by offering food, burning incense and holding performances to entertain and satisfy them, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 31. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain

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A Muslim teenager carries a cat as she leaves a mosque after performing mass prayer during Eid al-Fitr in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 22. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain

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Hindu devotees walk towards Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple during Thaipusam celebrations at Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia, February 5. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain

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Girls wearing gowns participate in the Santacruzan parade, an annual Filipino Catholic tradition that celebrates the Holy Cross, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, May 31. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

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Filipino Muslims attend Eid al-Adha prayers at a mosque in Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines, June 28. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

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Police officers offer prayers to their weapons as part of a ritual at their headquarters on the occasion of Dussehra, or Vijaya Dashami festival, in Ahmedabad, India, October 24. REUTERS/Amit Dave

AHMEDABAD, India

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Hindu devotees daubed in color throw a fellow devotee in the air as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, at a temple in Salangpur in the western state of Gujarat, India, March 7. REUTERS/Amit Dave

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Hindu girls dressed as Radha and Lord Krishna pose for a picture during the Janmashtami festival as the Hindu community celebrates the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 6. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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A man prays as people take part in a traditional Passover sacrifice ceremony at Mount Gerizim in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 3. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

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Bishops sit as Pope Francis presides over the closing Mass at the end of the Synod of Bishops in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, October 29. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

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Faithful queue to enter St. Peter’s Basilica to pay homage to former Pope Benedict at the Vatican, January 2. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

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People participate in a traditional religious forgiveness of Notre-Dame de la Clarte on the feast day of the Assumption of Mary in Perros-Guirec, France, August 15. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

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Priests of the Serbian Orthodox church attend a religious procession Spasovdanska litija in Belgrade, Serbia, May 25. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

BELGRADE, Serbia

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Albanian Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, April 21. REUTERS/Florion Goga

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Muslim pilgrims gather on the Mount of Mercy at the plain of Arafat as water mist is sprayed due to high temperatures during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 27. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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Muslim worshippers hug each other after prayer on the first day of Eid al-Adha at the shrine of cleric Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Gailani in Baghdad, Iraq, June 28. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

BAGHDAD, Iraq

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A Muslim woman helps a non-Muslim put on a headscarf, or hijab, at the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding during an Iftar event aiming to introduce tourists and visitors to the culture of Emirati Iftar during the month of Ramadan in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 31. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

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Novice monks react after getting their heads shaved during an event to celebrate the upcoming Vesak Day, the birthday of Buddha, at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, May 9. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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Vietnamese Buddhist nuns take part in their traditional ritual on Vesak Day to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 5. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka

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Filipino Catholics raise their palm fronds for blessing during a Palm Sunday mass at the Antipolo Cathedral in Antipolo City, Rizal province, Philippines, April 2. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

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People sit at a long makeshift table during an Iftar during the holy month of Ramadan in Heideveld on the Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa, April 15. REUTERS/Esa Alexander

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Doves fly around Muslim pilgrims outside the holy Kaaba as people start arriving to perform the annual Haj in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 24. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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U.S. President Joe Biden arrives for a mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware, November 18. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson

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Shi'ite Muslims take part in a mourning procession to mark Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 28. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people watch a bonfire built in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, May 8. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession marking Ashura in the old quarters of Delhi, India, July 29. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

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Muslims prepare to slaughter a sacrificial animal in a street after the prayers marking Eid al-Adha in Adjame, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, June 28. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

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A man walks at the Church of the Nativity on the day of the launch of the beginning of the Christmas season in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 2. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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The body of former Pope Benedict lies in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, January 2. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

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Faithfuls hold olive branches at the Palm Sunday Mass led by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 2. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

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A Jewish person blows a shofar at a Tashlich ritual to symbolically cast away sins on a Rosh Hashanah afternoon, the Jewish New Year, by the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 17. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple while praying to Lokenath Brahmachari, a Hindu saint, as they observe Rakher Upabash in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 14. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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