People pray as screens show devotees gathering via Zoom application during a ceremony to commemorate the Buddhist Lent Day at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks, in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A Naga Sadhu, or Hindu holy man wears a mask before the procession for taking a dip in the Ganges river during Shahi Snan at "Kumbh Mela", or the Pitcher Festival, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Haridwar, India, April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "GLOBAL POY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2021 PACKAGES. 

A boy approaches Pope Francis during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims gather to commemorate Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar in the holy city of Kerbala, Iraq, August 19, 2021. REUTERS/Abdullah Dhiaa Al-Deen/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "GLOBAL POY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2021 PACKAGES. 

Faithful walk in a procession with the Virgen del Pino (The Pine Virgin) around its chapel to pray for the Cumbre Vieja volcano to stop as it continues to erupt in the background at El Paso, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A man wearing a protective face mask reacts as colour powder is thrown towards him during Holi celebrations, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Chennai, India, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Jewish worshippers sleep during Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, that commemorates the date in the Jewish calendar on which it is believed the First and Second Temples were destroyed, as the country grapples with an outbreak of the fast-spreading Delta COVID variant, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City July 18, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Congregants speak in tongues and pray for a woman, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the non-denominational Bergman Upper Room Church in Harrison, Arkansas, U.S., August 15, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Sheep prepared for slaughtering are seen during celebrations of the Muslim festival of sacrifice Eid al-Adha in Kazan, Russia July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Nasyrov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Men jump into a lake to catch a wooden cross during Epiphany Day celebrations in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A Hindu woman worships the Sun god as she stands amidst the foam covering the polluted Yamuna river during the Hindu religious festival of Chhath Puja in New Delhi, India, November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi REFILE - CORRECTING FESTIVAL'S NAME TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A priest stands on a pick up truck as he visits neighborhoods to bless faithfuls during Palm Sunday, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Qlayaa, southern Lebanon March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A police officer offers a prayer to his weapon as part of a ritual at their headquarters on the occasion of Dussehra, or Vijaya Dashami, festival in Ahmedabad, India, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Houses are lit up with lanterns and lights as they celebrate the annual Hindu festival of Diwali at a slum in Mumbai, India, November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A grandmother prays for her child's success in the annual college entrance examinations, at a Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Shi'ite worshipers read the Koran at the Grand Mosque, during the holy month of Ramadan, in Kufa near the holy city of Najaf, Iraq May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Volunteer models walk in around 30 religious garbs, some dating back to the 15th century, runway show at the Tournai cathedral, Belgium, November 10, 2021. Picture taken November 10, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

People wait for Pope Francis ahead of his meeting with members of the Roma Community in Kosice, Slovakia, September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Voodoo followers, called Pitit Fey, attend a ceremony during the Day of the Dead celebrations at the Meyotte cemetery in Kay Gouye, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 1, 2021. Picture taken November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Claudia Daut TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Iraqi women visit Imam Ali's Step Mosque, the first mosque built in Basra, during the holy month of Ramadan in Basra, Iraq, April 28, 2021. Picture taken April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ultra Orthodox Jews take part in a funeral of a Jewish spiritual leader amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Jerusalem January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Pope Francis greets a person dressed as Spider-Man after the general audience, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Vatican, June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A devotee sits at the bank of Hanumante River as he offers prayers during the first day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Gisela Castillo participates in the Muslim festival of sacrifice Eid al-Adha in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims perform the torch procession during a mourning ritual ahead of Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, August 16, 2021. Picture taken August 16, 2021.REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A child cleans melted candle wax from an apartment-style grave at Manila South Cemetery a day before the nationwide cemetery closure during All Saints' Day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manila, Philippines, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Members of the Samaritan community take part in a traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Sukkot, or Feast of Tabernacles, atop Mount Gerizim near Nablus in the occupied West Bank October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Pope Francis lies down in prayer prior Good Friday celebrations for the Passion of the Lord, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, April 2, 2021. Andreas Solaro/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION 

Ultra Orthodox Jews look at stairs with waste on it in Mount Meron, northern Israel, where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the tomb of a 2nd-century sage for annual commemorations that include all-night prayer and dance, April 30, 2021. REUTERS/ Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A figure of the municipal Falla, "La meditadora", burns during the end of the Fallas Festival, which had to be postponed until September due to the restrictions in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Valencia, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Eva Manez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Pilgrims light up candles and pray at the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida, as they pay homage to Brazil's patron saint, in the city of Aparecida, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Nuns gather for Holy Mass with Pope Francis at the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows in Sastin, Slovakia, September 15, 2021. REUTERS/David Cerny TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Pope Francis prays for war victims at 'Hosh al-Bieaa', Church Square, in Mosul's old city, Iraq, March 7, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A child is pictured with the face covered in blood during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon August 19, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Loretta Johnson prays during open prayer at the Faith Temple Church in the Fifth Ward, known as the historic Black community, in Evanston, Illinois, U.S., March 17, 2021. In 1955, Johnson was not allowed to be born at the local hospital in Evanston where her father worked, instead she was born at Cook County Hospital. Picture taken March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

An Orthodox priest sprays holy water on believers after a service which marks the Orthodox feast of Palm Sunday, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, outside the Volodymyrsky Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine April 25, 2021. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A child hugs Pope Francis during the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Audience Hall, at the Vatican, September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A Muslim man prays at a mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shah Alam, Malaysia April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A man takes a dip in icy waters during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany at the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery in Moscow Region, Russia January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Orthodox believers go on pilgrimage celebrating the icon of St. Nicholas in Kirov Region, Russia June 4, 2021. At least 17 thousand pilgrims, loaded with backpacks and some of them barefoot, took part in a five-day and 150-kilometer-long journey from Kirov to the village of Velikoretskoye, according to the local media. Picture taken June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A Kashmiri Muslim woman looks up at a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammad, being displayed during the festival of Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi, the birth anniversary of the prophet, at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Ismail TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the annual Haj pilgrimage as the country barred worshippers from abroad for a second year running due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY