Policemen keep watch on devotees during the feast day of the Black Nazarene in Manila. A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics prayed for peace in the increasingly volatile Middle East at the start of an annual procession of a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ in one of Asia's biggest religious events. Philippines.

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Location: Philippines
Photo credit: © Basilio H. Sepe / Alamy / Afripics
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