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Georgia - A baby is baptized during a mass baptism ceremony on Epiphany day in Tbilisi.

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Israel - Christian pilgrims stand in the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony near Tiberias.

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Ukraine - People take part in a mass baptism ceremony organized by Ukrainian evangelists and protestants in the waters of Kyiv's Dnipro river.

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Vatican City - The Pope baptizes a baby during a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

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Israel - A Christian pilgrim reacts after being baptized in the Jordan River near the northern Israeli city of Tiberias.

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Iraq - A Yazidi priestess baptizes a baby with springwater at their religion's most holy temple in the Nineveh Province village of Lalish.

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Belarus - The elaborate baptism of a baby in the country's capital, Minsk.

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Kuwait - A Baptist chaplain baptizes a US marine after a protestant Sunday service at a base in northern Kuwait.

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Georgia - Three babies are baptized during a baptism ceremony in the town of Mtskheta, outside Tbilisi.

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West Bank - A Christian pilgrim dips in the water at the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud on the banks of the River Jordan, which also acts as a border line near the West Bank city of Jericho.

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The Gulf - A chaplain aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson baptizes a crew member on deck.

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Iraq - An Iraqi Mandean leader performs a baptism ritual ceremony on a fellow member, this off the banks of Tigris river in Baghdad.

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Crimea - An orthodox priest baptizes a man in the Black Sea during a ceremony marking the adoption of Christianity in the town of Yevpatoria, Crimea.

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Georgia - Wide-eyed with bewilderment, a baby boy reacts during his baptism.

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India - Pictured are pilgrims at the baptism ceremony for newcomers into the Naga sect during the Kumbh Mela Hindu pilgrimage on the Ganges, near Haridwar.

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Ethiopia - A follower jumps into the waters of the Fasilides Bath as part of a ceremony in which the waters are blessed by the priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church during the second day of Timket, in Gondar.

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Cuba - Clutched by his proud parents, a child is baptized at a Catholic church in Havana.

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Israel - An elderly Orthodox Christian woman takes part in a traditional baptism ceremony in the Jordan River near the northern city of Tiberias.

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Vatican City - The Pope baptizes a sleeping baby during a mass in the Sistine Chapel.

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Russia - An Orthodox priest baptizes a baby at a church inside the Doctor Voino-Yasenetsky Saint Luka train, which serves as a free consultative and diagnostic medical center, at Divnogorsk railway station near Krasnoyarsk.

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Netherlands - A priest splashes water at a believer during a baptizing ceremony for Mandaen followers on the Lek river near Houten.

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Turkey - An Orthodox Christian man retrieves a wooden crucifix ahead of other participants from the Bosphorus river near Istanbul during a ceremony celebrating the baptism of Jesus Christ.

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West Bank - A man clutches a crucifix during a ritual baptism ceremony in the Jordan River near Jericho.

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Ethiopia - Priests of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church baptize a baby in the Medhane Alem Cathedral in Addis Ababa.

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Georgia - Soaked and surprised, an infant is hoisted in the air after being baptized.

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Ukraine - A priest baptizes a woman during a ceremony in the Black Sea marking the Christianization of Ukraine, which was previously known as Kyivan Rus'.

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Cuba - A child cries as he is baptized in a Catholic church in the village of Marti, located in Matanzas province, central Cuba.

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Israel - An Orthodox Christian takes a relaxing baptismal bath in water drawn from the Jordan River.

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An Orthodox priest baptizes a boy in the Siberian village of Sukhobuzimskoye during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Christianization of Russia.

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