Инстаграм Стива Маккарри

#EarthDay is a global event in which more than one billion people in 192 countries take part in the largest environmental movement in the world. People march, sign petitions, meet with their elected officials, plant trees, clean up their towns and roads. Corporations and governments use it to make pledges and announce sustainability measures. Faith leaders, including Pope Francis, connect Earth Day with protecting God’s greatest creations, humans, biodiversity and the planet that we all live on. 1st image: #Niger, 1986. 2nd image: #Nepal, 1983. 3rd image: #Nepal, 1983.

On Sunday, Christians around the world celebrate Easter. The holiday is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. 1st image: Good Friday procession, #Enna, #Sicily, #Italy, 2011. 2nd image: Neighbors burn candles in the shape of a cross, #Enna, #Sicily, #Italy, 2011. 3rd image: Lake Atitlán, #Guatemala, 2017. 4th & 5th images: #Lalibela, #Ethiopia, 2016. 6th image: #Lourdes, #France, 1988.

"Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition." - Max Ernst. 1st image: Clothing store with poster of Aishwarya Rai in the window, #Bombay, #India, 1996. 2nd image: National Ballet, #Zagreb, #Croatia, 1989. 3rd image: People crossing the Huangpu River on a bridge, #Shanghai, #China, 1989. 4th image: Movie poster, #Rajasthan, #India, 1996.

Wadi Rum, Jordan. 2nd image: Portrait of a shepherd, Jordan. 3rd image: Two shepherds herding their flock, Jordan. 4th image: Hejaz railway built in 1908, during the Ottoman Empire, Jordan, 2019.

"Every stone of this venerable pile is a page of the history not only of the country, but of science and of art." - Victor Hugo. Mourning the loss of this sacred cathedral and what it means to the French and to the entire world. #Paris, #France, 2015.

“The family is one of nature's masterpieces.” - George Santayana. 1st image: Al Hudaydah, #Yemen, 1997. 2nd image: La Fortuna, #Honduras, 2004. 3rd image: #Seoul, #SouthKorea, 2016. 4th image: #Mumbai, #India, 1996. 5th image: #Myanmar, 1994.

“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything, than when we are at play.” - Charles Schaefer 1st image: A child plays pinball in a bombed out neighborhood, #Beirut, #Lebanon, 1982. 2nd image: Family plays in front yard, #Colombo, #SriLanka, 1995. 3rd image: Boys and men from the Kara Tribe jump during a ritual, Omo Valley, #Ethiopia, 2012. 4th image: Men play chess on the street, #Manila, #Philippines, 1987.

"If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time." - Octavio Paz. 1st image: A couple by the ocean, #Malecon, #Cuba, 2015. 2nd image: Couple dancing the tango in Washington Square Park, New York City, NY, 2016. 3rd image: Couple sitting by a pond, Sultan Ahmed, #Istanbul, #Turkey, 1997.

Worker at brick factory, #Bamiyan, #Afghanistan, 2006.

About 1.4 million Syrian refugees have found a safe haven in Jordan. I’ve visited the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan twice. It is the largest camp for Syrians in Jordan with about 80,000 inhabitants. These children have never known anything but life in a refugee camp. More than half of the camp's inhabitants are under the age of 24. 1st image: #Jordan, 2019. 2nd & 3rd image: #Jordan, 2014.

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.” - Buddha. A Buddhist monk with a zebibah (prayer bump) on his forehead due to touching his head to the ground during tens of thousands prostrations, #Tibet, 2001.

1st image: Boys in street pretend to play on homemade guitars, #Cuba, 2015. 2nd image: Family sits in a room watching tv while their son plays guitar, #Manila, #Philippines, 1984. 3rd image: Man plays the Oud at a wedding party while chewing Khat, #Yemen, 1997. 4th image: Two men playing guitar at dusk, Washington Square Park, New York City, #NY, 2016.

"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children." – Alex Haley. 1st image: Grandmother with her granddaughter, #Rome, #Italy, 1990. 2nd image: Grandfather carrying his grandson across a river, #Nepal, 1985. 3rd image: Grandmother comforting her grandchild, #Philippines, 1985. 4th image: Grandfather with his granddaughter, #Mongolia, 2018. 5th image: Grandmother reading to her grandson, #Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 1995. 6th image: A book portrays a grandfather reading to his grandchildren, #Karelia, #Russia, 2016.

“Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.” - Vietnamese Proverb. 1st image: Two brothers stand against a wall, Chang Rai, Thailand, 2001. 2nd image: Two brothers on the street, Bhutan, 2002. 3rd image: Two brothers hold bows and arrows, Tanzania, 1995. 4th image: Young boy holds his younger brother close, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2002. 5th image: Sisters in gold robes pose for a portrait, Afghanistan, 2002.

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." - Martin Luther King, Jr. ."Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams -- they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths." - Muhammad Ali . 1st image: Man offers prayers at Shwedagon Pagoda in #Yangon, #Myanmar, 1994. 2nd image: A Hindu priest conducts an Aarti in #Karnataka, #India, 2014. 3rd image: Preacher prays with prison inmates. #Lakeland, #Florida, 1987. 4th image: Zen practitioners at the Zen Mountain Monastery in #Woodstock, #NY, 2005. 5th image: Friday prayers during monsoon rains. Bandra Train Station, #Mumbai, #India, 1993.

"It is a happy talent to know how to play." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. . 1st image: Teenagers celebrating Thingyan (the water festival, the Burmese New Year). #Yangon, #Myanmar, 1994. 2nd Image: Man playing hackee sack in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, #California, 2007. 3rd image: A boy rides a mechanical bull. #Dallas, #Texas, 2007. 4th image: Kids run down a dirt path. Omo Valley, #Ethiopia, 2014. 5th image: Boys playing in the video arcade. #Kabul, #Afghanistan, 2002.

A refugee girl and her father near #Feyzabad, #Afghanistan, 1990.

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark." – Victor Hugo. “Reading has been my refuge, my pleasure, my enlightenment, my inspiration." - Paul Theroux, excerpt from my book, “On Reading.” First image: Rio de Janeiro, #Brazil, 2014. Second image: #Rybinsk, #Russia, 2015. Third image: Woman reading next to statue of José Martí, #Havana, #Cuba, 2015. Fourth image: Le Nomade sculpture in #Antibes, #France, 2018.

First image: Couple in Washington Square Park, New York City, #NewYork, 2017. Second Image: Shalimar Bagh park, #Srinagar, #Kashmir, 1998. Third image: Soldiers in #Mandalay, #Myanmar, 1994. Fourth image: Movie extra at Paramount Studios, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, #California, 1991. Fifth image: Man sleeping after a nightshift, #Accra, #Ghana, 2017.

A coffee farmer and her daughter at home. Alto Churumazú, #Peru, 2004.

I have seen many manifestations of faith during my travels over the past three decades. Some have been spontaneous, some have been part of a liturgy, some have been prescribed rituals, some have been in magnificent buildings, others have been outside under a tree. Many people's faith is embedded in the way they live their lives. First image: Tibetan woman offers prayers at Bodh Gaya, #India, 2000. Second image: A coffee farmer prays in an empty church on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Maande Village, #Tanzania, 2012. Third image: Boy and girl during Easter celebrations in #Sicily, #Italy, 2011.

A shepherd on horseback with his flock of sheep along the 16th century Aqueduct of Padre Templeque near Mexico City. #Mexico, 2016.

Swipe to see photographs from students of the Young Women's Photography Initiative, sponsored by @imagine_asia. These classes were taught by Mariam Alimi in Afghanistan. First and second photographs by Shrin-Gul in #Bamiyan, #Afghanistan, 2016. Third photograph by Amina and Halima in #Bamiyan, #Afghanistan, 2015. Fourth photograph by Kamila in #Bamiyan, #Afghanistan, 2016. Fifth photograph by Nazanin in #Kabul, #Afghanistan, 2018. Sixth photograph by Shabana in #Kabul, #Afghanistan, 2017.

The celebration of the festival of Holi marks the coming of spring. People douse themselves with bright colored powders and water. This tradition has spread from the Indian Subcontinent to other parts of the world. First Image: #Rajasthan, #India, 1996. Second Image: #Rajasthan, #India, 2009. Third image: #Rajasthan, #India, 1996.

“Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization." - Daniel Webster. First image: #Afghanistan, 2003. Second image: #Bamiyan, #Afghanistan, 1992. Third image: #Bamiyan, #Afghanistan, 2007.

Thinking of the victims in New Zealand who were killed while praying in their houses of worship. “Faith is what makes life bearable with all its tragedies and ambiguities.” - Madeleine L'Engle First image: Hazrat Ali Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, #Afghanistan, 1991. Second image: #Bamiyan, #Afghanistan, 2006.

In a scene that has changed little in hundreds of years, these Afghan refugees are performing the sunset prayer: Salt Al-Maghrib. As dusk falls over the region, the red glow spreads out from the mountains. #Peshawar, #Pakistan, 1984.

The brutality of war took its toll on soldiers and the populace alike. A patient at a hospital was kept in leg irons as he was a danger to his fellow inmates. First image: #Jalalabad, #Afghanistan, 1992. Second image: #Herat, #Afghanistan, 1992.

Decades of war have produced tens of thousands of widows. This mother was hoping to get some alms from passersby at a mosque. #Kabul, #Afghanistan, 2002.

Boys playing soccer on the coast of #Mukalla, #Yemen, 1997.

Rice Fields, #Banaue, #Philippines, 1986.

Monks playing baseball at Gampo Abbey, #Nova #Scotia, #Canada, 2004.