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Benin. The Celestial Christian Church

September 7, 2020

Photos: Matteo Perini

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A priest from the Celestian Christian church moves to a pirogue. The Celestial Christian Church is a syncretistic faith between Christianity and African religions founded in Porto Novo (Benin) in 1947.

Ganvié, a village nicknamed the “Venice of Africa”, on Lake Nakoué not far from Cotonou in Benin.

Faithful of the Celestian Christian going to the church.

Baptism rite through the immersion.

The baptism of a child. The Celestial Church is widespread in Western Africa countries.

The newly baptized will spend the first night inside the church.

A priest walks through the church singing and dancing.

The choir. The songs and dances are an important part of any celebration of the Celestial Church.

An adept in prayer.

Reading the bible.

Teaching prayers to the children.

During the celebration women and men are separated but children are placed in the central nave.

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Niger. The Sahara Desert route.

August 13, 2020

Pascal Maitre/Panos Pictures

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Vehicles packed with migrants from all across West Africa set off to cross the Tenere, a region of the Sahara Desert.

Migrants on a truck going across the desert.

A group of West African migrants in the back of a vehicle as it crosses the Tenere.

In the migrant's 'ghetto', in Agadez.

A group of migrants burning tyres to attract attention.

A truck loaded with clothes, plastic furniture and electrical appliances arrives at the Agadez customs.

A trader carries a rack of sunglasses past a herd of goats and camels standing in an open air market in Agadez.

A so called 'coxeur' (people trafficker) stands next to his motorcycle near the bus station in Agadez.

Two girls walking past a mud-walled building in Agadez.

Market traders sell their goods outside the bus station in Agadez.

A young migrant, sits in the back of an army truck after being picked up by the military in the Tenere deser.

On a smugglers route, used to avoid military patrols, a migrant's grave is marked by some rocks and their empty water container.

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Black Lives Matter Movement

July 3, 2020

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Covid-19 around the World

June 5, 2020

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A woman dressed in traditional costume wears a protective face mask in Nanluonguxiang, China.

A health worker checks the temperature of a traveller in coronavirus screening at Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana.

Kenyan health workers prepare for cases of the new coronavirus at the Mbgathi District hospital in Nairobi.

Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo wash their hands.

Sanitation workers in New Delhi, India. The number of coronavirus cases in India continue to rise.

A man wearing a mask against the spread of the coronavirus in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Father Brian Needles delivers Sunday Mass via livestream at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in South Orange, New Jersey, USA.

An Indian Air Force helicopter showers flower petals on the staff of INS Asvini hospital in Mumbai, India.

People clap from their balconies during a flash mob of families event in Rome, Italy.

A pregnant woman in the DR. Congo is cared for by midwives as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across Africa.

A young girl is sprayed with disinfectants in Kathmandu, Nepal.

An infrared thermometer is used to check the temperature of guests at a hotel entrance in Yangon, Myanmar.

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The Buddhist Monks. Moments

May 6, 2020

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Thailand. A Buddhist novice prays at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple.

Thailand. A Buddhist nun walks in line with novice nuns to receive food from people during the Songkran Festival.

Nepal. A Buddhist monk waits for alms during the birth anniversary of Buddha at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu.

Thai Buddhist novices monks.

Bhutan. Young monks take a break from their studies at Changangkha Lhakhang temple in Thimphu.

South Korea. A novice monk naps after getting his head shaved at Jogye Temple in Seoul.

Two boys smiles after having their heads shaved.

Young monks get distracted by a drone as they watch a traditional dance during the Cham dance festival, part of Tibetan New Year Celebrations.

Myanmar. Two novice Buddhist monks walk alongside a basket seller to collect alms in Mandalay.

China. A Buddhist monk arrives for prayer session at Rongwo Monastery.

Novices monks studying.

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Zambia -. Where sky and water meet

April 2, 2020

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Bangweulu Lake is a freshwater lake in Zambia.

Bangweulu Lake. Bangweulu is a local word meaning "where the water meets the sky”.

Fisherman crossing a swamp.

Aerial view of a fishing village.

Back from the market, with bicycles and supplies inside the boat.

Fisherman checking traps.

Hippos live in wetlands far from human settlements.

The pirogue is the main mode of transport in the lake.

A herd of antelopes in the swamps near the lake.

A pirogue in the middle of the lake.

An elephant in the swamps of the lake.

Child staring at the large marsh.

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The Way of The Cross Around the World

March 14, 2020

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Spain. Hooded penitents from the Cristo Salvador brotherhood take part in a procession in Valencia.

Mumbai. India. A penitent dressed as Jesus Christ takes part in a procession.

South Africa. Nuns carry a cross during a silent march in Durban.

El Salvador. Catholic women take part in the Palm Sunday procession in Panchimalco.

Paraguay. Catholic faithful re-enact the crucifixion in Fernando De la Mora.

Kenya. A priest leads hundreds of followers as he carries a cross through the streets.

Jerusalem. Worshipers carry a wooden cross into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Philippines. In San Pedro Cutud hooded penitents perform self-flagellation.

Worshippers wait for the beginning of the Good Friday procession at the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City.

Switzerland. Veiled women known as mourning women commemorate the Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus in Romont.

Colombia. Members of Nazarenos brotherhood take a rest after participating in the Way of the Cross in Zipaquira.

Italy. A cross is lighted before the arrival of Pope Francis for the Via Crucis torchlight procession at the Colosseum in Rome.

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Nigeria. Life in Makoko, a slum community

February 6, 2020

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Two young girls, dressed in purple and holding weaves, stand in the doorway of a hair and beauty salon.

Two women paddle a canoe, loaded with firewood, back to Makoko.

A man looks out from a window in the Makoko slum. Almost 200 year old community.

A young girl washing herself with a bucket bath. There is no running water in Makoko.

One of the few private schools in Makoko. Since the authorities consider the settlement illegal there are also no public schools there.

A Baptist minister holds a bible in one hand and a sachet of drinking water in the other during a Sunday service.

A girl sleeps on a jetty in Makoko. There are some 100,000 inhabitants living in the slum.

Two boys playing with an old camera outside a photographer’s shop.

Canoes and their goods seen from above in Makoko, a slum community. Makoko sits atop some of the most expensive real estate in Nigeria.

A child manoeuvres a canoe as rain falls in the Makoko slum. Which future for him?

A barber's shop in the Makoko slum.

A girl paddles her canoe with her little sister inside.

Petrut Calinescu/Panos

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River Congo. A long journey

January 14, 2020

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Two men paddle a pirogue (canoe) towards a boat travelling on the Congo River.

A crowded vessel on the Congo River 100 km (60 miles) out from Kinshasa.

The old map dating from the Belgian colonial-era is still the only map used by boats travelling on the Congo River.

People playing draughts on board a vessel travelling on the Congo River.

The Kwema Express arrives to Lokutu.

Poultry and a crocodile being sold by people on board a vessel travelling on the Congo River.

Two men in a pirogue (canoe) on the Congo River, prepare a meal at the front of the boat.

A man and his 18 children travelling by pirogue (canoe) on the Congo River to church for a Sunday service.

A palm oil processing plant on the banks of the Congo River.

People and animals shelter during a heavy rain storm soaking a vessel on the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo River.

A woman brushes her teeth in the dawn light on the Congo River between Mbandaka and Lisala.

People sleep on board a ship travelling on the Congo River.

Photos : Pascal Maître/PANOS

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Just Selfie or Not

December 5, 2019

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A young Muslim man takes a selfie with his friends in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A little girl taking selfie with her mobile phone in Gambela, Ethiopia.

A Muslim woman takes a selfie with friends after Eid al-Adha at the prayer ground in Lagos, Nigeria.

A woman takes a selfie with her smartphone next to a bed of tulips at a Beijing park.

Ethiopian priests with their smartphones.

Members of the United Malays National Organisation.

Brazil. Just a simple selfie

A little girl takes a selfie.

Indigenous boy from the Mamaind tribe uses a tablet during the Jikunahati competition.

A Palestinian groom takes a selfie with his bride during a mass wedding in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank

Two women take a selfie with a view of New Jersey from One World Observatory in New York.

Pope Francis poses for a selfie with a member of the inter-religious community during the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican

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