An Indian priest worships six-year-old Hindu girl Anushka Chetterjee dressed as the Hindu goddess Durga at a “pandal” for the celebrations of the “Durga Puja” festival in Kolkata on September 28, 2017. The five-day Durga Puja festival, which commemorates the slaying of the demon king Mahishasur by the goddess Durga, marks the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)

A devotee sits with lighted oil lamps while offering prayers during the “Dashain”, Hinduism's biggest religious festival in Bhaktapur October 3, 2014. Hindus in Nepal celebrate victory over evil during the festival by flying kites, feasting, playing swings, sacrificing animals and worshipping the Goddess Durga as well as other gods and goddess as part of celebrations held throughout the country. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A police officer sprinkles colored powder onto a police dog at Nepal's Central Police Dog Training School during a dog worship day as part of the Diwali festival, also known as Tihar Festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 November 2015. The Tihar festival is the second major festival for Nepalese Hindus and this year is held from 10 November 2015. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)

An Indian girl, Aritri Bannerjee, gets dressed as the Goddess Durga, during the Kumari Puja as part of the Durga Puja festival at Shidaspur village, far north of Kolkata, eastern India, 22 October 2023. During the Kumari Puja, devotees worship a girl aged between six and twelve, symbolizing the Kanya Kumari (virgin) form of the Goddess Durga Devi. Hindu devotees believe that Kanya is a living embodiment of the goddess Durga. (Photo by Piyal Adhikary/EPA/EFE)

“Show us our butts! Mucawana tribe – Angola. In Soba village, the Muhacaona (Mucawana) tribe, perhaps the best place i have visited. They use cow dung and fat to make this so nice haircut, and love the beads. They asked me to make pictures of their backs... and butts to see on the camera screen if everything was perfect!”. (Photo and comments by Eric Lafforgue)

A Pakistani feeds his goat wearing the words “Eid Mubarak” or “Eid Greeting”, to be slaughtered on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or “Feast of Sacrifice”, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, October 15, 2013. Muslims all over the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha by sacrificing sheep, goats, cows and camels, to commemorate the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)

A farmer and his cow “Cilly” wait for results of the “Milchgipfel” (lit. Milk summit) which takes place at the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Berlin, Germany on May 30, 2016. Minister of Food and Agriculture Christian Schmidt met with representatives of agriculture and dairy farming to evaluate measures to help dairy farmers in light of plummeting milk prices. (Photo by Maurizio Gambarni/EPA)

A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man offers prayers while sitting inside a circle of burning “Upale” (or dried cow dung cakes) on the occasion to mark the Basant or spring festival, on the banks of river Ganga in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 24, 2015. Basant is celebrated mainly in the northern Indian states marking the start of the spring season. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)