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A woman sleeps amid her candles, flowers and live hen after making her pilgrimage to Saint Lazarus National Sanctuary church, the shrine of “San Lazaro”, in honor of the religious icon revered as the protector of the sick, whose statue she placed against the column, in El Rincon, near Havana, Cuba, Sunday, December 17, 2017. The annual pilgrimage draws Roman Catholics, as well as followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria for whom Saint Lazarus symbolizes the deity of “Babalu-Aye”, introduced by African slaves brought to Cuba when it was a Spanish colony. (Photo by Desmond Boylan/AP Photo)
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