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Many of the world’s best-known landmarks have been inspired by faith and today more worshippers than ever are flocking to these sacred places. For some people they’re sanctuaries for quiet contemplation. For others, they’re sites for astonishing acts of worship, dangerous challenges and extraordinary deeds of devotion, rarely seen by outsiders.

Mescalero Apache girls undergo the Coming of Age ceremony.
Balinese Hindus believe that demonic spirits stalk the land and must be hunted down.
Visit Christians in Jerusalem, a Buddhist painter in Nepal and a Yazidi woman in Iraq.
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Visit Christians in Jerusalem, a Buddhist painter in Nepal and a Yazidi woman in Iraq.
Learn how a Muslim in Mali, a Shinto in Japan and an Episcopalian in New York worship.
See how worshippers in Cambodia, Jerusalem and China live their faith.
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Visit Christians in Jerusalem, a Buddhist painter in Nepal and a Yazidi woman in Iraq.
Learn how a Muslim in Mali, a Shinto in Japan and an Episcopalian in New York worship.
The masons of Djenne begin to replaster the Great Mosque.
Animals are arriving at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for a grand procession.
See how worshippers in Cambodia, Jerusalem and China live their faith.
Gardeners begin to climb the towers of Angkor Wat to remove vegetation.
Hundreds of thousands of worshippers flock to Al Aqsa to pray on the Night of Power.
Discover what people do for faith in some of the most stunning sacred places on Earth.
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