EditorialItaly: Medusa as the shield of Athena. Oil on canvas painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 - 18 July 1610), c. 1597
EditorialIndia: In Mumbai two devotees of the Hindu goddess Yellamma pose with images of her on their heads. The person on the right is a so-called hijra (a eunuch, transsexual or transvestite), Yellamma being regarded as one of the patron goddesses of hijras
EditorialIndia: A young prospective fakir or yogi, buried to the waist, receiving alms or baksheesh, Poornima Festival held near the Yellamma Temple, Saundatti, Karnataka (1994)