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  • Paediatric nurse and humanitarian aid worker Christian Schuh, of the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK - German Red Cross), Berlin, Germany. Schuh has seen service in Afghanistan and West Africa (Ebola) and is seen here outside the Berlin DRK hospital's entrance. From the chapter entitled 'A life to save' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Paediatric nurse and humanitarian aid worker Christian Schuh, of the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK - German Red Cross), Berlin, Germany. Schuh has seen service in Afghanistan and West Africa (Ebola) and is seen here in the Berlin DRK hospital's A&E department. <br />
From the chapter entitled 'A life to save' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Paediatric nurse and humanitarian aid worker Christian Schuh, of the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK - German Red Cross), Berlin, Germany. Schuh has seen service in Afghanistan and West Africa (Ebola) and is seen here in the Berlin DRK hospital's A&E department. <br />
From the chapter entitled 'A life to save' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Country and Western singer George Hamilton IV performs in front of British Christians during Mission 89, a series of evangelical revival rallies in London, England held by Baptist Christian Billy Graham. Hamilton is a Singer/guitarist/songwriter of country, rock, folk, Christian and gospel songs with 40 on Billboard's country music charts in 1960s and '70s. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry with best-sellers like Abilene and A Rose And A Baby Ruth. George has been a frequent guest singer with the Dr. Billy Graham Crusades such as this in 1989.
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  • Christian families leave St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • A morning religious lesson held for local Christian children at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • A morning religious lesson held for local Christian children at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • Local Christian women say prayers and make offerings at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
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  • A local woman sits next to a shrine with the Virgin Mary and Jesus at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
    egypt221-04-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A St George and the Dragon's icon shrine with burning candles at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
    egypt219-04-03-2016_1.jpg
  • The Virgin Mary's icon shrine with burning candles at St Tawdros (St Theodore's) Coptic Orthodox Christian Monastery, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Copts are an ethno-religious group in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly in the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination. Christianity was the religion of the vast majority of Egyptians from 400–800 A.D. and the majority after the Muslim conquest until the mid-10th century. Today, there are an extimated 9-15m Copts in Egypt.
    egypt218-04-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
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  • In front of an upright piano and spring daffodils on a window ledge, we see a lady member of the evangelical Sacred Dance Ministry (Group) wearing a green velvet tunic while holding a wooden cross, standing in an otherwise empty room belonging to this Christian group in Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset, England. As part of the International Christian Dance Fellowship whose performers include performers, choreographers and teachers of all styles of dance technique, as well as those who dance in worship, intercession, healing, evangelism and prophetic interpretation and this lady has recreated a moment in one of their performances.
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  • A Jesus Saves neon sign in the entrance of an evangelical church in Peckham, south London. The yellow doors at the top of steps with two doormats are open to welcome worshippers of this Christian community in south London. Inside are the voices and cries of the faithful, gathered on Easter Sunday, an important date in the Christian calendar. The cross is mounted on the inside wall, illuminated by its neon tube inside the plastic outer casing.
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  • The remains of mud brick Christian tombs at Al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
    egypt412-07-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Fresco paintings inside the Exodus chapel in al-Bagawat Coptic necropolis, the remains of mud brick Christian tombs in the Western Desert, Egypt. Al-Bagawat, (also, El-Bagawat) one of the oldest and best preserved ancient Christian cemeteries in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. Coptic frescoes of the 3rd to the 7th century are found on the walls and there are 263 funerary chapels of which the Chapel of Exodus (5th or 6th century) and Chapel of Peace (of mid 4th century) have frescoes.
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  • A Christian crucifix stands encased in a wooden box that has been attached to a panelled wall in Quebec, Canada. The image is white except for the Jesus icon itself and coloured lights which glow on this dark afternoon in the depths of Winter. The religious shrine consists of the human effigy standing a plinth next to faded dried flowers. On the left side are six wheel hubs also fixed to a wire fence that borders this person's property. Their decorative design suggests the Canadian owner likes driving sports or utility vehicles but who is also a worshipper of the Christian faith and believer in idols. Canada's 2001 Census showed, 72% of the Canadian population listed Roman Catholicism or Protestantism as their religion. The Roman Catholic Church in Canada is by far the country's largest single denomination.
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  • As new cases of the new Covid-19 variant called Omicron are reported, a Christian man walks past an image of Santa Claus carrying a placard that proclaims that God is Judging this sinful nation, where German sausages are being cooked and sold three weeks before Christmas, on 29th November 2021, in London, England.
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  • Seen from the rear, a Christian religious message stating that without Jesus Christ, we will burn in the lake of fire, is held by a young man who walks past a woman placing a Covid mask on her face, on 12th October 2021, in London, England.
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  • A Christian man who frequents the West End carrying religious messages from the Bible, stands in front of a poster for Daniel Craigs last appearance as James Bond in the film Not a Day to Die, which has finally opened around the country, delayed after the Covid pandemic, on 12th October 2021, in London, England.
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  • Seen from the rear, a Christian religious message stating that without Jesus Christ, we will burn in the lake of fire, and is held by a young man who also wears a t-shirt message about Covid being the Mark of the Beast, in Trafalgar Square, on 12th October 2021, in London, England.
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  • Electric sub station with a poster of Jesus for a Christian meeting on 28th February 2018 in Kochi, Kerala, India. A significant portion of the Indian Christian population resides in the state.
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  • With the Houses of Parliament in the background, a Christian gentleman looks weary among tourist crowds on the southern end of Westminster Bridge, on 11th June 2019, in London, England.
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  • A young, vulnerable-looking youth stands close to two members of a local Evangelical church who are using a carpet warehouse as a temporary Ministry. Rolls of carpets and rugs are behind these Christians as the two officials practice the 'laying on of hands' to cleanse the soul of their young convert during a religious meeting in Newport, Wales. As the ceremony takes place when this boy is persuaded to accept Jesus into his life, two retail signs proclaim the prices and credit terms of the household items. The laying on of hands is a religious practice found throughout the world in varying forms. In Christian churches, this practice is used as both a symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit during baptisms, healing services, blessings, and ordination of priests, ministers, elders, deacons, and other holy church ceremonies.
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  • Billy Graham preaches with sincere, confidently open hands to British Christians during Mission 89, a series of evangelical revival rallies in London, England. Graham is an Evangelical Christian who has been a spiritual adviser to several U.S. presidents including George W Bush with Time Magazine calling him “.. the nation's spiritual counselor."  He is number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for the 20th century and member of the Southern Baptist Convention. Here he is seen towering on a giant screen over the small heads of his UK congregation who are sitting passively listening to the message of this great man of God. The scale of his personality and presence above them makes this a powerful image of leadership and of followers.
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  • Nigerian evangelist, Rev. Benson Idahosa places his hand on the head of a Born-again Christian during a Christian rally at Butlins Bible Week during Easter in 1986 at Minehead, England. Benson Andrew Idahosa 1938 -1998 was a Charismatic Pentecostal preacher, and founder of the Church of God Mission International with headquarters in Benin City, Nigeria.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
    7631_4_1_1.jpg
  • Brother David with Members of the 'House of Prayer' a group of Christian pilgrims at a prayer meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Brother David and a handful of evangelicals gather every evening to wait for the messiah's return, praying and speaking in tongues. He was later deported from Israel as the approaching Millenium was attracting doomsday fanatics.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia.As dawn breaks, nuns pray outside the tiny chapel of Bet danaghel which was constructed in honour of fifty Christian maiden nuns murdered in the fourth century by the Roman Julian Apostate. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Christian activist advertises the word of the Lord using a placard saying 'Be set free from sin, sickness and death.' from JesusGod.org. London, UK.
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  • Brother Peter Victor at Mary of Christian church in the Kayan village of Ye Phyu, Kayah State, Myanmar on 13th November 2016. In the past most people residing in Kayah State were traditional spirit worshippers, but significant numbers have converted to Christianity, especially Baptist or Catholic.
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  • Brother Peter Victor at Mary of Christian church in the Kayan village of Ye Phyu, Kayah State, Myanmar on 13th November 2016. In the past most people residing in Kayah State were traditional spirit worshippers, but significant numbers have converted to Christianity, especially Baptist or Catholic.
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  • The cemetery of The Cook Island Christian Church CICC in Avarua, Rarotonga, The Cook Islands. Rarotonga is the capital and the most populous island of the Cook Islands. Captain John Dibbs, master of the colonial brig Endeavour, is credited as the European discoverer on 25 July 1823, while transporting the missionary Rev. John Williams.
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  • The Cook Island Christian Church CICC in Avarua, Rarotonga, The Cook Islands. Rarotonga is the capital and the most populous island of the Cook Islands. Captain John Dibbs, master of the colonial brig Endeavour, is credited as the European discoverer on 25 July 1823, while transporting the missionary Rev. John Williams.
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  • Two Othodox Christian monks read a Bible by candlelight during a service in a chuch in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities, second only to Aksum, and is a center of pilgrimage for much of the country
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  • Christian Taylor, the American world triple jump champion meets fans after his TV appearance on NBC's Today show broadcast live from the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Taylor added Olympic gold to his tally, holding off his compatriot Will Claye in a contest whose earlier stages almost saw Taylor eliminated after two fouls.
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  • Three crosses on the nave roof of St. Benedict church, Horning on the Nofolk Broads. With the nearest side in shadow, we see the flint stones set into the building's walls. St. Benedict lies half a mile east of the village and dates back to the 13th Century. This area of Britain is known as East Anglia, once the stronghold of Saxon tribes then later, of Norse Vikings before Christianity dominated the religious landscape. Christian sites of worship were built on pagan shrines to encourage the following of the new God.
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  • A 'church Open' banner on display outside the flint wall architecture of St Michael's Anglican church at Irstead, on the Norfolk Broads. With a tall hedge shielding the church property from a nearby lane, the low spire and cross ardorning the nave rise above the protective shrub. This area of Britain is known as East Anglia, once the stronghold of Saxon tribes then later, of Norse Vikings before Christianity dominated the religious landscape. Christian sites of worship were built on pagan shrines to encourage the following of the new God.
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  • Four crucifixes are hanging on a wire fence a road junction in a Los Angeles suburb. On a bright and clear day, we see the Christian icons against a blue sky, on sale at an outdoor store. The effigies of Jesus are two different sizes, a larger and a smaller and are painted in realistic wood and skin colours with red streaks that symbolise blood emerging from the Holy man's hands, chest, knees and feet where the Roman nails were supposed to have pierced. Other models are seen below the crosses - models of animal garden ornaments and mantelpiece furniture.
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  • Coca Dai and Juan Juan sign a document during their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • A man directs the choir members during a wedding ceremonies at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.  A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Choir members sing during a wedding ceremonies at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai088.jpg
  • Juan Juan stands with her step father while waiting to take the walk down the aisle during her wedding ceremony to Coca Dai at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.  A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Juan Juan, in the arms of her step father, walks down the aisle during her wedding ceremony to Coca Dai at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Coca Dai and Juan Juan take their wedding vows during their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Coca Dai stands in attendance during his wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.  A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai062.jpg
  • Coca Dai talks with his priest to make the final preparations before his wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai059.jpg
  • Coca and Juan Juan makes final preparations before their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai056.jpg
  • Coca and Juan Juan makes final preparations before their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai055.jpg
  • Juan Juan, the bride to be, leaves her home accompanied by the maid of honor on her way to the church to be married to Coca Dai in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai043.jpg
  • Under the watchful eyes of rowdy relatives and friends, Coca Dai expresses his love for his bride, Juan Juan, and kisses her at her home in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai034.jpg
  • Under the watchful eyes of rowdy relatives and friends, Coca Dai expresses his love for his bride, Juan Juan, and kisses her at her home in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Coca Dai (right)  sits in his limousine with his best man on his way to pick up his bride in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai013.jpg
  • Coca Dai meets the florist and chauffeur before picking up his bride in a rented Mercedes Benz in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.   A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
    QS090523Shanghai004.jpg
  • The Cook Island Christian Church CICC in Avarua, Rarotonga, The Cook Islands. Rarotonga is the capital and the most populous island of the Cook Islands. Captain John Dibbs, master of the colonial brig Endeavour, is credited as the European discoverer on 25 July 1823, while transporting the missionary Rev. John Williams.
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  • The cemetery of The Cook Island Christian Church CICC in Avarua, Rarotonga, The Cook Islands. Rarotonga is the capital and the most populous island of the Cook Islands. Captain John Dibbs, master of the colonial brig Endeavour, is credited as the European discoverer on 25 July 1823, while transporting the missionary Rev. John Williams.
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  • The Cook Island Christian Church (CICC) in Avarua, Rarotonga, The Cook Islands. Rarotonga is the capital and the most populous island of the Cook Islands. Captain John Dibbs, master of the colonial brig Endeavour, is credited as the European discoverer on 25 July 1823, while transporting the missionary Rev. John Williams.
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  • Taken from a tall apartment block, we see an aerial view overlooking the ex-Portuguese colony of Macau's Chinese Christian cemetery of San Miguel. The Cemiterio de São Miguel Arcanjo (Saint Miguel Catholic Cemetery) is located right in the middle of Macao island, on Estrada do Cemiterio and host the graves of the old Dutch and Portuguese colonials that helped shape Macau, now one of the world's most densely-populated city. We see a single Chinese lady walking along one of many criss-crossing diagonal pathways carrying a red bucket of water to tend these graves. She appears tiny compared to the multitude of plots, some which have crosses and others which have simple headstones. They are mostly neat and tidy but some have become overgrown with grass sprouting up. Macau's gambling revenue in 2006 weighed in at a massive £3.6bn - about £100m more than Las Vegas. The official languages are Portuguese and Chinese. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
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  • Coca Dai and Juan Juan pray during their wedding ceremony at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009.  A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Juan Juan, a bride to be, rest on a rose patterned bed sheet in her wedding gown before going to the church to be married to Coca Dai at her home in Shanghai, China on 23 May 2009. A hip street artist and a recent Catholic convert, Mr. Dai is one of many young Chinese embracing religion, perhaps to fill the lack of belief and ideology in an authoritarian communist China that embraces the most extreme form of capitalism in practice. The Chinese government and the Vatican have a long history of simmering mutual distrust and suspicion, as two parties compete for the control of the Chinese Catholic church, with some 15 million and growing number of faithfuls.  Overall Christians now number over 110 million in China, which makes it the third largest Christian nation in the world.
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  • Laurence Freeman at The World Community for Christian Meditation Centre, London where he is the director.<br />
He is a Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Monte Oliveto and an author of several books, he has conducted dialogues and peace initiatives such as the historic Way of Peace with the Dalai Lama and is active in inter-religious dialogue with other faiths.
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  • A portrait of Britain's first lady deacon, Christine Farrington at Salisbury Cathedral. Standing in the grand architecture of the nave. Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. In many traditions the "diaconate", the term for a deacon's office, is a clerical office; in others it is for laity. The word "deacon" is derived from the Greek word diakonos, standard ancient Greek for "servant", "waiting-man", "minister" or "messenger". Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, and is considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture. The main body was completed in only 38 years, from 1220 to 1258.
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  • A banner for the black church House of Praise with abandoned and locked bicycle wheels in Walworth, south London. Church members and officials stare out at us in this PR poster on south London's Walworth Road known for its local shops and many black churches housed in all manner of buildings. The central couple are named as Olayemi and Andrew Adeleke, a husband and wife pastor who also sell religious books online. Other worshippers are seen to their left and right, visitors to this 'Redeemed Christian Church of God' as seen on the label far right.
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  • In a somewhat chaotic moment in proceedings, the late evangelical preacher Dr Benson Andrew Idahosa is said to be driving evil spirits from a lady who passes out and falls backwards during a ministry at Butlins holiday centre in Minehead, Somerset, England. Other members of the congregation are happily clapping at the power of Jesus during a week of Christian meetings and events led by visiting preachers and church leader. Benson Andrew Idahosa (1938 - 1998) was a Charismatic Pentecostal preacher, founder of the Church of God Mission International with headquarters in Benin City, Nigeria and known as the first Pentecostal archbishop in Nigeria
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  • A holy nativity scene titled Christmas Crib by the artist Tomoaki Suzuki with background tourists in London's Trafalgar Square. Encased within a transparent perspex box are the pilgrims who are apparently paying their respects to the infant Jesus in that famous Christian religious event. The new crib was commissioned in 2006 by St Martin-in-the-Fields providing a significant new public art work embodies characters representing different ethnicities - Middle eastern, Caucasian, African and Asian. The 11 painted lime wood carvings are 40% life-size and were a collaboration with fashion designer Jessica Ogden who created timeless silk costumes for each of the characters.
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  • A holy nativity scene titled Christmas Crib by the artist Tomoaki Suzuki with background tourists in London's Trafalgar Square. One of the kings points up to the sky, perhaps to the star or to Heaven. Encased within a transparent perspex box are the pilgrims who are apparently paying their respects to the infant Jesus in that famous Christian religious event. The new crib was commissioned in 2006 by St Martin-in-the-Fields providing a significant new public art work embodies characters representing different ethnicities - Middle eastern, Caucasian, African and Asian. The 11 painted lime wood carvings are 40% life-size and were a collaboration with fashion designer Jessica Ogden who created timeless silk costumes for each of the characters.
    trafalgar_nativity01-09-12-2015_1.jpg
  • Religious lifestyle choices seen in a faded picture of Christian family morals, outside a Catholic church, on 18th July 2016, at Costa Novo, near Aveira, Portugal. Fading and suffering from green algae, the picture of the perfect family who attend Mass is seen in front of the tall cross and building exterior. There are an estimated nine million baptised Catholics in Portugal 84% of the population, in twenty dioceses, served by 2,789 priests. 19% of the national population attend mass and take the sacraments regularly.
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  • In a quirky scene of religious morality and a Christian lifestyle, a figure of Jesus stands surrounded by the bottles of an alcoholic night for others, on 18th July, at Aveira, Portugal. The World Health Organisation has called on governments to do more to prevent alcohol-related deaths and diseases as it released its Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2014 earlier this week, which found alcohol consumption in Portugal is still above the European average. 18 is the legal age for the purchase of alcohol in Portugal.
    portugal_aveira-18-18-07-2016.jpg
  • A Christian man sits on a bench outside the Design Museum on Kensington High Street, on 6th January 2019, in London, England.
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  • Holy water on tap and restored stone wall behind the Shrine Altar at Aylesford Priory (Friary). The wall is not original as the buildings on this Christian ancient site were damaged by King Henry VIII during the dissolution of the monasteries of the 16th century. This structure was repaired after WW2 for the benefit of those pilgrims on retreat at this quiet location in the county of Kent, southern England.
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  • The final scene of a risen Jesus as he passes among the audience after being crucified on the cross during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion63-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The final scene of a risen Jesus as he passes among the audience after being crucified on the cross during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion62-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The final scenes of a dead Jesus being held by Mary after being lowered from the cross at the base of Nelsons Column during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion58-25-03-2016.jpg
  • Jesus struggles through the audience  near the end of The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion35-25-03-2016.jpg
  • London, 25th March 2016: The scene of The Last Supper during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust. Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore.
    easter_crucifixion15-25-03-2016.jpg
  • A Christian alongside a London tour bus carries a sandwich board quoting the words of Ecclesiastes 12.1 with the Biblical message that youth should remember their creator, on 8th September 2016, in the City of London, England UK. Walking along Fenchurch Street in the heart of the capitals financial district, founded by the Romans in the first century, the man passes the bus with a large illustration of London landmarks, including St. Pauls Cathedral, and exhibits the quote as a message aimed at the young.
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  • Cahrismatic American evangelist, Billy Graham preaches with open hands to British Christians during Mission 89, a series of evangelical revival rallies, on 14th June 1989 in London, England. Graham b1918 is an Evangelical Christian who has been a spiritual adviser to several U.S. presidents including George W Bush with Time Magazine calling him .. the nations spiritual counselor. He is number seven on Gallups list of admired people for the 20th century and member of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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  • A man wearing a t-shirt that reads Jesus Loves You watches a Christian street preacher as he gives a public sermon at Appleby Horse Fair, the biggest gathering of Gypsies and travellers in Europe, on 14th August, 2021 in Appleby, United Kingdom. Appleby Horse Fair attracts thousands from Gypsy, Romany, and traveller communities annually, making it the biggest gathering of its kind in Europe. Generally held for a week every June, the fair was postponed in 2020 and pushed forward to August in 2021 due to Coronavirus.
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  • Sunday morning service at the Mary of Christian church in the Kayan village of Ye Phyu, Kayah State, Myanmar on 13th November 2016
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  • Laurence Freeman, Benedictine monk leads an interfaith meditation session at The World Community for Christian Meditation Centre, London where he is the director.<br />
He is a Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Monte Oliveto and an author of several books, he has conducted dialogues and peace initiatives such as the historic Way of Peace with the Dalai Lama and is active in inter-religious dialogue with other faiths.
    SFE_050320_0002_1.jpg
  • A portrait of Britain's first lady deacon, Christine Farrington at Salisbury Cathedral. Standing outside the grand architecture of this fine English structure. Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. In many traditions the "diaconate", the term for a deacon's office, is a clerical office; in others it is for laity. The word "deacon" is derived from the Greek word diakonos, standard ancient Greek for "servant", "waiting-man", "minister" or "messenger". Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, and is considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture. The main body was completed in only 38 years, from 1220 to 1258.
    woman_deacon01-12-03-1994_1_1.jpg
  • The hand of a Christian holds up a small sign with the word Jesus for tourists of many countries and cultures in Leicester Square, on 29th August 2019, in London, England.
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  • As bright sunlight fills a bare studio room, and a wooden cross is propped up in the corner, Paula Douthett (left) and three other members of the evangelical Sacred Dance Ministry (Group) perform a moment from the biblical nativity scene in her house at Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset, England. Together they are acting as part of the International Christian Dance Fellowship whose performers include performers, choreographers and teachers of all styles of dance technique, as well as those who dance in worship, intercession, healing, evangelism and prophetic interpretation. In the middle, a lady pretends to be holding the baby Jesus while the others play the roles of angels as they express wonder and admiration for this miraculous moment.
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  • A stained glass depiction of a Christian artwork showing God or Jesus surrounded by angels and accompanied by apostles and/or saints in a London church.
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  • A Christian religious shrine with a Jesus figure with a person waiting for a bus at a bus stop in rural Slovenia, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
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  • Choristers pass beneath the organ in Rochester Cathedral, on 22nd July, in Rochester, England. The Cathedral has been a place of Christian worship since 604AD and its current pipe organ originates from the 1905 instrument built by J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd. It was later rebuilt by Mander Organs in 1989, who installed a new choir organ and pipework under the advice of Paul Hale.
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  • Christian religious icons, crucifixes, Last Supper depictions, virgin Marys and angels adorn a shop wall in central Lisbon. Attached to the wall making them easy to browse and choose, these items look more like cartoon characters than those representing Biblical events and characters. Mary is more central with baby Jesus plus his representation as an older man carrying and then nailed to the cross. The Last Supper is available as pocket tableaux.
    religious_icons01-21-03-1994.jpg
  • In a quirky scene of religious morality and a Christian lifestyle, a figure of Jesus stands surrounded by the bottles of an alcoholic night for others, on 18th July, at Aveira, Portugal. The World Health Organisation has called on governments to do more to prevent alcohol-related deaths and diseases as it released its Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2014 earlier this week, which found alcohol consumption in Portugal is still above the European average. 18 is the legal age for the purchase of alcohol in Portugal.
    portugal_aveira-16-18-07-2016.jpg
  • An aerial view overlooking the Cemiterio de São Miguel Arcanjo Saint Miguel Catholic Cemetery the ex-Portuguese colony of Macaus Chinese Christian cemetery of San Miguel, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The cemetery is located right in the middle of Macao island, on Estrada do Cemiterio and host the graves of the old Dutch and Portuguese colonials that helped shape Macau, now one of the worlds most densely-populated city. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the Peoples Republic of China PRC, along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the Peoples Republic of China PRC in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kongs own handover.
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  • A Jesus Saves neon sign in the entrance of an evangelical church in Peckham, south London. Inside are the voices and cries of the faithful, gathered on Easter Sunday, an important date in the Christian calendar. The cross is mounted on the inside wall, illuminated by its neon tube inside the plastic outer casing.
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  • Family and relatives watch a 4 year-old's baptism ceremony in a local Catholic church. Reaching down to the young lad, the priest touches him on the cheek as part of this ancient rite when a Christian is welcomed into the church. The word baptism is a sacrament and an ordinance of Jesus Christ. In some denominations, baptism is also called christening but for others the word "christening" is reserved for the baptism of infants.
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  • Looking East from the West Bank, early light over the River Nile and city of Luxor with its twin spires of the Christian Manak church, Nile Valley, Egypt. A bird flies past the open river and a satellite TV dish points to the sky. Luxor is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. About 95% of the country's 82.5 million (2012 est.) people live along the banks of the Nile throughout the Nile Delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal. These regions are among the world's most densely populated.
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  • The final scenes of a suffering Jesus and two criminals being crucified on the cross at the base of Nelsons Column during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion47-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The final scenes of a suffering Jesus being crucified on the cross at the base of Nelsons Column during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion49-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The final scenes of a suffering Jesus being crucified on the cross at the base of Nelsons Column during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion42-25-03-2016.jpg
  • The final scenes of a suffering Jesus being crucified on the cross at the base of Nelsons Column during The Passion of Jesus which is performed in Londons Trafalgar Square by members of Wintershall Trust on London, 25th March 2016: Played annually on Good Friday it celebrates the cruxifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cast re-enacts the Christian Biblical story to an audience of thousands and the main character is played by professional actor James Burke-Dunsmore. .
    easter_crucifixion41-25-03-2016.jpg
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