Rear view of an orthodox woman praying with a bible in church, Harar, Ethiopia

Kids in kilwa kivinje village,Tanzania

Tibetan monk reading in Shachong monastery, Qinghai Province, Wayaotai, China

North Korean propaganda poster depicting a worker holding a red book, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Orthodox woman covered with a yellow shawl praying with a bible, Amhara region, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Portrait of a veiled smiling afar tribe girl with sharpened teeth holding eric lafforgue book, Afar Region, Afambo, Ethiopia

Portrait of a somal girl in black veil with a school book, Awdal region, Zeila, Somaliland

Ethiopian orthodox priest with an old bible in nakuto lab rock church, Amhara region, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Cambodian man praying in a temple, Phnom Penh province, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Bookstore In Tokyo, Japan

Iranian shiite muslim student reading the koran in a madrassah, Golestan province, Karim ishan, Iran

Ethiopian orthodox man praying with a bible, Amhara region, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Old bible in the church of kidane mehret , Senafe, Eritrea

Portrait of an iranian shiite mother mourning in the rose garden of martyrs cemetery, Isfahan province, Isfahan, Iran

Orthodox woman covered with a yellow shawl praying with a bible, Amhara region, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Old Man Reading Koran In The Mosque, Amedi, Kurdistan Iraq

Lonely ethiopian orthodox man praying with a bible, Amhara region, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Young novice reading a book, Mrauk u, Myanmar

Mao Little Red Books At Panjiayuan Antique Market, South Chaoyang. Beijing, China

Ethiopian orthodox priest with an old bible in nakuto lab rock church, Amhara region, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Lonely ethiopian orthodox man praying with a bible, Amhara region, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Man With Henna Hair Reading The Quran, Zabid, Yemen

Orthodox priest praying with a bible in front of a curtain, Amhara region, Lalibela, Ethiopia

Uyghur Sufi Man Praying At Imam Asim Tomb In The Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China

Orthodox pilgrim reading the bible at timkat festival, Lalibela, Ethiopia

The koran book with sun rays on it, Beqaa Governorate, Baalbek, Lebanon

Young novice reading a book, Mrauk u, Myanmar

Rohingya woman praying, Thandwe, Myanmar

Mullah with his daughter in the Shrine of sultan Ali during Muharram, Kashan County, Mashhad-e Ardahal, Iran