Worshippers pray outside Bet Madhane Alem Church, on Ethiopian New Year's day, in Lalibela, central Ethiopia, September 11, 2006. Lalibela's complex of churches is believed to date from between the 7th and 12th centuries. According to the Ethiopian calendar, September 11 marks the beginning of 1999. The Ethiopian calendar is seven years and eight months behind the Western, or Gregorian, calendar. REUTERS/Euan Denholm (ETHIOPIA)