This week, in Manila, Philippines, hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees took part in an annual procession lasting 22 hours, where they carry a centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ through the streets as barefoot worshipers climb over each other to kiss, touch, or rub bits of cloth on the statue. The Black Nazarene is an ebony statue of Jesus Christ brought to the Philippines in 1606, and is believed to have miraculous powers.

1. Devotees jostle one another as they try to touch the Black Nazarene replica during an annual procession in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines, on January 7, 2018.
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2. A young devotee stands next to a replica of the Black Nazarene during a procession outside Quiapo church in Manila on January 7, 2018, ahead of the annual procession on January 9.
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3. Devotees display replicas of the Black Nazarene during a procession outside Quiapo church in Manila on January 7, 2018.
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4. Devotees flock as a carriage bearing an image of the Black Nazarene makes its way across the Jones bridge in Manila on January 9, 2018.
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5. Worshipers walk past a miniature image of Black Nazarene at the start of the annual religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2018.
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6. Devotees climb onto a carriage carrying a replica of the Black Nazarene during a procession outside Quiapo church on January 7, 2018.
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7. People grab on to the rope that pulls the carriage bearing an image of Black Nazarene on January 9, 2018.
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8. Devotees carry the statue of the Black Nazarene to the carriage at the start of the annual religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2018.
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9. Worshipers hold on to a rope connected to the carriage carrying the statue of the Black Nazarene on January 9, 2018.
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10. Catholic devotees try to climb the carriage of the black Nazarene at Roxas Boulevard on January 9, 2018.
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11. A Filipino Roman Catholic devotee grimaces as he holds the rope pulling the carriage of the Black Nazarene on January 9, 2018.
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12. A Filipino Roman Catholic man kisses a part of the cross of an image of the Black Nazarene during a raucous procession to celebrate its feast day on January 9, 2018.
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13. Worshipers pull a rope connected to the carriage carrying the statue of the Black Nazarene on January 9, 2018.
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14. Catholic devotees jostle as they try to reach an image of Black Nazarene on January 9, 2018.
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15. A devotee looks up as he and others try to reach the carriage of Black Nazarene during the annual religious procession in Manila on January 9, 2018.
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16. Filipino Roman Catholic devotees jam the Jones Bridge during a raucous procession to celebrate the feast day of the Black Nazarene on January 9, 2018.
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17. A devotee who collapsed is carried by the crowd in Manila on January 9, 2018.
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18. Devotees crowd the carriage carrying the statue of the Black Nazarene on January 9, 2018.
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19. Filipino Roman Catholic devotees watch from the windows of their homes as a raucous procession to celebrate the feast day of the Black Nazarene passes by on January 9, 2018.
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20. A worshiper who collapsed is carried by the crowd as they try to reach the carriage of Black Nazarene on January 9, 2018.
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21. Devotees carry banners in the annual procession through Chinatown, Metro Manila, on January 9, 2018.
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22. A Catholic devotee clings to the cross of an image of Black Nazarene during the annual religious procession on January 9, 2018.
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