15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Prayer of Crying

An Ethiopian lady is praying in the rock-hewn church on Easter. The churches in Lalibela were carved out of the mountain rock on all four sides. Today, these churches remain to be a religious center, as sacred to the people of Ethiopia as hundreds of years ago when they were carved.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Lalibela, Ethiopia
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Copyright: © Yan Li