A monk and a nun pictured during afternoon prayers in the temple of the Buddhist monastery at Samye Ling, Eskdalemuir in the south-west of Scotland. The monastery was established in the 1960s by Tibetan refugees fleeing persecution in the native country who settled in Scotland.

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Location: Samye Ling Buddhist Monastery, Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Colin McPherson / Alamy / Afripics
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