Best of Eyewitness - religion and tradition

Knock, Ireland: Catholic pilgrims look to the sky as a man prays at a shrine, where he claims he will witness a vision of the Virgin Mary. The first reported apparition of Mary at the site of Knock shrine was in 1879. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 12 May 2010 Photograph: Julien Behal/PA

Pamplona, Spain: A bull leaps over revellers during festivities in the bullring at the San Fermin festival. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 9 July 2010 Photograph: Joseba Etxaburu/Reuters

Jerusalem: Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Purim in a synagogue. Festive drinking and dressing up are encouraged during the celebration, which commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 24 March 2008 Photograph: Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters

Kanachack, India: A performer rides the wall of death in a car at the Jhiri fair in Jammu. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 23 November 2010 Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Suining, China: Women do morning exercise with swords along a river bank in Sichuan province. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 13 February 2012 Photograph: AP

Varanasi, India: Hindus at the Ahilyabai Ghat on the river Ganges. Pilgrims from all over the world come to ritually bathe in the river, which Hindus worship as the goddess Ganga. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 10 April 2007 Photograph: David Levene/Guardian

Hwacheon, South Korea: Anglers cast lines through holes into a frozen river during a fishing competition as part of the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 15 January 2008 Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Ashbourne, Derbyshire: A huge crowd of local men take part in the traditional town's annual two-day Royal Shrovetide football match. The opposing sides, known as Up'ards and Down'ards, are determined by which side of Henmore Brook they were born on. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 6 February 2008
Photograph: Christopher Thomond for theGuardian

Guatemala City, Guatemala: A girl poses for a photograph with images of the Virgin of Guadalupe at a photo booth next to the virgin's basilica. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 14 December 2010 Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Sinai Peninsula, Egypt: Visitors watch the sunrise from Mount Moses. According to the Bible, this was where Moses received the ten commandments from God. This picture originally appeared in the Guardian on 11 August 2009 Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters