Cilly Bruhn

A woman with a cross of ashes on her forehead attends a traditional Ash Wednesday service at the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Christian holiday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance that culminates on Easter.

Near Tshaulu boys and men herd cattle. When the musangwe tradition started, Venda people were more seriously involved in pastoralism than they are today.

In 2019, more than 40 horses died at Santa Anita Park, a racetrack in California. Horses often race year-round, especially in temperate places like southern California, offering horses little chance to rest and recuperate.

Officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo previously burned seized ivory and pangolin scales, such as these pictured products that were destroyed in Kinshasa in 2018. The country's law enforcement, in partnership with U.S. Homeland Security, also uncovered a huge trove of illegal wildlife products in November 2021.

This 13th-century art from Italy's Bari Cathedral illustrates an exorcism.

Cilly Bruhn The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Alicia Chamberlain [right] is the owner of Lakeside Grill, where locals come on by for fishing, food, and fun. There's even Live Bluegrass Jamz every 3rd Sunday of the month.

Caretaker García Ramírez carries out a routine health check to ensure Xin Xin is behaving normally.