A young woman carrying statues of Saint Jude Thaddeus, the patron of lost causes, walks in a crowd on the saint's feast day.

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A young woman carrying various statues of Saint Jude Thaddeus, the patron of lost causes, walks in the crowd outside the church of San Hipólito in Mexico City, where the faithful believers in the Catholic Apostle gather for his feast day celebration. In recent years, the devotion to the Apostle amongst poorer Mexicans has grown to almost cult-like proportions.

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Size: 2592px × 3872px
Location: Colonia Centro, Mexico, DF, Mexico
Photo credit: © Keith Dannemiller / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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