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Kieran Dodds
Stars sparkle over a glacier on Animaqin Mountain in Tibet's Guoluo County. The thin air and challenging climate of the Tibetan Plateau led researchers to long assume that early humans couldn't survive in this region.
At some church sites, like the Chimba Michael church in West Gojam, the forest have been lost nearly entirely, with only a few trees sparsely scattered across the landscape.
Lush, mature forest canopy drapes over the Betre Mariam church in Zege, at the edges of Lake Tana.
New government-built housing bumps up against the edges of a church forest at the Gedame Weyin Enchet Michael church.
Oxen walk through a dry grain field near the Bahirdo Michael church in West Gojam, kicking up plumes of dust.
Several auxiliary buildings nestle in the forest alongside the Tebebari Michael church in Anbesame, Amhara.
The Entos Eyesus church and its forest fill an entire tiny island in the middle of Lake Tana, near Bahir Dar.
A priest dressed in ceremonial robes stands in front of a vibrant painted mural at the Robit Bahita church, near Bahir Dar.
Many churches have built low walls that keep livestock from wandering into the church forests. Here, a large tree has fallen and damaged on of those walls. A woman on her way to worship walks through the hole created by the fallen tree.
The sanctum of Ural Kidane church is decorated with elaborate, ornate narrative paintings, before which a priest prays.