Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.

For Tirsit Teshome, 28, Epiphany (Timket) is more than a religious holiday—it’s a vibrant celebration of Ethiopian identity and unity. As the streets of Addis ...

Thousands gathered in Johannesburg to celebrate Timkat, the vibrant Ethiopian Orthodox festival of Epiphany, marking a ...

Hundreds of people have gathered in Birmingham to celebrate Timkat, the Ethiopian Epiphany. The colourful festival takes place on 19 January but festivities start on the evening before. It marks the ...

The piece, one side of which is an enamel copy of a 16th-century woodcut, the other side crafted in Ethiopia, reveals how ...

Ketera is the eve of Epiphany, a UNESCO-inscribed intangible cultural heritage and holds great significance for the Ethiopian Orthodox Church ... Epiphany itself commemorates the baptism of Jesus ...

The congregation of St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Church had been worshipping ... room draped in velvet portraits of religious icons like Jesus, Mary and the saints. Plush rugs layer the floor ...

Pope Francis sent his condolences to the Orthodox Church in Albania on Monday following the recent death of Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos, who led that church for nearly 33 years.

Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios Yannoulatos of ... Pope Francis emphasized that hope is “always possible” in Jesus Christ during an ecumenical vespers service marking the Week of Prayer for ...