Swayambhunath Stupa, Nepal

Photograph by Alison Wright

Young monks don sunglasses before dozens of butter lamps at Swayambhunath Stupa, a Buddhist temple in Kathmandu Valley. The gold-spired stupa is also known as the Monkey Temple, named for the population of rhesus monkeys that roam its grounds.

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