A man prays during a service at St. Andrew's church in observance of Ash Wednesday in the Manhattan borough of New York March 5, 2014. Christians celebrated Ash Wednesday, which serves as a reminder that "as a man is dust, so unto dust he shall return" and marked the beginning of a 40-day period of Lent in the Roman Catholic calendar. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)