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Happy Chinese New Year – Weekly Inspiring Image

The night sky is filled with fireworks celebrating Chinese New Year. For a number of years now Chinese (Mandarin) speakers have been able to access the Bible in several different versions, just like English readers. However at least 100 million

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Happy Chinese New Year – Weekly Inspiring Image

The night sky is filled with fireworks celebrating Chinese New Year. For a number of years now Chinese (Mandarin) speakers have been able to access the Bible in several different versions, just like English readers. However at least 100 million

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Through War & Peace – Weekly Inspiring Image

Playful young girls in the town of Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) happily greet a visitor to their school. The people of CAR have been through tense times over these last two months of political unrest. Despite a peace plan

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Through War & Peace – Weekly Inspiring Image

Playful young girls in the town of Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) happily greet a visitor to their school. The people of CAR have been through tense times over these last two months of political unrest. Despite a peace plan

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Rice & Prayers – Weekly Inspiring Image

Indigenous Hmong women plant rice shoots in the far north of Viet Nam. Two of the Hmong language communities, totalling approximately two million speakers, have recently had Scriptures published. However, access to these precious books is another matter. Throughout Southeast Asia

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Rice & Prayers – Weekly Inspiring Image

Indigenous Hmong women plant rice shoots in the far north of Viet Nam. Two of the Hmong language communities, totalling approximately two million speakers, have recently had Scriptures published. However, access to these precious books is another matter. Throughout Southeast Asia

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Teenagers – Weekly Inspiring Image

With calm eyes and composure a beautiful teenage girl from Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) grills corn and waits for customers. Another Ivorian teenager named Didier once composed poems and songs in French and English but without an alphabet in his native

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Teenagers – Weekly Inspiring Image

With calm eyes and composure a beautiful teenage girl from Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) grills corn and waits for customers. Another Ivorian teenager named Didier once composed poems and songs in French and English but without an alphabet in his native

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A New Dawn – Weekly Inspiring Image

A new year has dawned. Good morning from the islands of Papua New Guinea. We have another year of travelling, fishing, hoping, sowing and harvesting ahead of us. Another round of seasons cold and warm, wet and dry – of

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A New Dawn – Weekly Inspiring Image

A new year has dawned. Good morning from the islands of Papua New Guinea. We have another year of travelling, fishing, hoping, sowing and harvesting ahead of us. Another round of seasons cold and warm, wet and dry – of

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Unique Beauty – Weekly Inspiring Image

Toothy and trusting, this beautiful young girl from Madagascar looks curiously into the photographer’s long lens. The fourth largest island in the world, Madagascar is often recognised by its unique wildlife with at least 5% of the earth’s plant and animal species

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Unique Beauty – Weekly Inspiring Image

Toothy and trusting, this beautiful young girl from Madagascar looks curiously into the photographer’s long lens. The fourth largest island in the world, Madagascar is often recognised by its unique wildlife with at least 5% of the earth’s plant and animal species

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Small Boats, Big Horizon – Weekly Inspiring Image

The endless blue horizons and remote villages of the Solomon Islands archipelago are beautiful to see, but can be difficult to traverse, especially if you are trying to get help with translating the Bible into your language. Many local translators,

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Small Boats, Big Horizon – Weekly Inspiring Image

The endless blue horizons and remote villages of the Solomon Islands archipelago are beautiful to see, but can be difficult to traverse, especially if you are trying to get help with translating the Bible into your language. Many local translators,

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Once Upon a Time – Weekly Inspiring Image

Once upon a time, on a small island far away, a man named John wanted to be able to read the Bible in the language of his village marketplace. He didn’t like that only highly educated people could read the Bible in

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Once Upon a Time – Weekly Inspiring Image

Once upon a time, on a small island far away, a man named John wanted to be able to read the Bible in the language of his village marketplace. He didn’t like that only highly educated people could read the Bible in

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Matching Smiles – Weekly Inspiring Image

Two schoolboys from the town of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR) tease the photographer in French. Happy and carefree like kids around the world, these boys may not be old enough to remember the nation’s crippling civil war

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Matching Smiles – Weekly Inspiring Image

Two schoolboys from the town of Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR) tease the photographer in French. Happy and carefree like kids around the world, these boys may not be old enough to remember the nation’s crippling civil war

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Colourful Community – Weekly Inspiring Image

Community living sure is colourful! This image comes from the city of Palembang, Indonesia which is home to Malay, Chinese, Indian, Arab and European descendants who live in extraordinary unity. Although Indonesian is the official language, and English, Arabic and Chinese are

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Colourful Community – Weekly Inspiring Image

Community living sure is colourful! This image comes from the city of Palembang, Indonesia which is home to Malay, Chinese, Indian, Arab and European descendants who live in extraordinary unity. Although Indonesian is the official language, and English, Arabic and Chinese are

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Praying With Japan – Weekly Inspiring Image

All the houses have been destroyed and now only a large ship stands in the town of Kesannuma, once a thriving fishing village on the north eastern coast of Japan. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated this area in

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Praying With Japan – Weekly Inspiring Image

All the houses have been destroyed and now only a large ship stands in the town of Kesannuma, once a thriving fishing village on the north eastern coast of Japan. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated this area in

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Heart of Nigeria – Weekly Inspiring Image

Children in the heart of Nigeria happily greet visitors to their town. They speak Mwaghavul with each other but also learn Hausa and English, Nigeria’s official language, at school. Like many Nigerian Christians, Mwaghavul speakers are enthusiastic about hearing God’s

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Heart of Nigeria – Weekly Inspiring Image

Children in the heart of Nigeria happily greet visitors to their town. They speak Mwaghavul with each other but also learn Hausa and English, Nigeria’s official language, at school. Like many Nigerian Christians, Mwaghavul speakers are enthusiastic about hearing God’s

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The Great Wall – Weekly Inspiring Image

The Great Wall of China rises and falls over each hill into the hazy distance as far as you can see, and much further. Built, rebuilt, maintained and enhanced over thousands of years it is an incredible example of what commitment and

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The Great Wall – Weekly Inspiring Image

The Great Wall of China rises and falls over each hill into the hazy distance as far as you can see, and much further. Built, rebuilt, maintained and enhanced over thousands of years it is an incredible example of what commitment and

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Unique Personalities – Weekly Inspiring Image

Isn’t it interesting how different people respond to being photographed? The girl on the far left leans in to make sure she is included while the girl on the far right turns away shyly giggling. Two girls cover their faces

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Unique Personalities – Weekly Inspiring Image

Isn’t it interesting how different people respond to being photographed? The girl on the far left leans in to make sure she is included while the girl on the far right turns away shyly giggling. Two girls cover their faces

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The Deep Congo – Weekly Inspiring Image

Three men steam along in their dugout canoe as the sun sets over the mighty Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Congo is Africa’s most powerful river, one of the deepest rivers in the world, and as

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The Deep Congo – Weekly Inspiring Image

Three men steam along in their dugout canoe as the sun sets over the mighty Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Congo is Africa’s most powerful river, one of the deepest rivers in the world, and as

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Christ the Redeemer – Weekly Inspiring Image

For many tourists visiting Brazil’s ‘Marvellous City’ this 40 metre high depiction of the Christ is their first port of call. Sitting high on a mountain the colossal statue looks out over the sprawling city of Rio de Janeiro on

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Christ the Redeemer – Weekly Inspiring Image

For many tourists visiting Brazil’s ‘Marvellous City’ this 40 metre high depiction of the Christ is their first port of call. Sitting high on a mountain the colossal statue looks out over the sprawling city of Rio de Janeiro on

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One Little Vowel – Weekly Inspiring Image

Two women cross the road in the town of Maroua, Cameroon. Nearby, a Wycliffe translation advisor working with the Hdi language noticed that all verbs end in either i, a or u, which changes the meaning, but the word for

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One Little Vowel – Weekly Inspiring Image

Two women cross the road in the town of Maroua, Cameroon. Nearby, a Wycliffe translation advisor working with the Hdi language noticed that all verbs end in either i, a or u, which changes the meaning, but the word for

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River of Life – Weekly Inspiring Image

Milky green ripples and shiny brown skin, thousands of bodies regularly bathe in the river of Bangladesh’s megacity – Dhaka. In fact this whole nation is built on the floodplains of the Ganges River, the largest river delta in the

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River of Life – Weekly Inspiring Image

Milky green ripples and shiny brown skin, thousands of bodies regularly bathe in the river of Bangladesh’s megacity – Dhaka. In fact this whole nation is built on the floodplains of the Ganges River, the largest river delta in the

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Manila Metropolis – Weekly Inspiring Image

The sun sets over the sprawling metropolis of Manila. In the past week torrential rains have caused widespread flooding throughout the Philippines’ capital triggering landslides, interrupting electricity supply and displacing 850,000 people from their homes. One month’s worth of wet-season

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Manila Metropolis – Weekly Inspiring Image

The sun sets over the sprawling metropolis of Manila. In the past week torrential rains have caused widespread flooding throughout the Philippines’ capital triggering landslides, interrupting electricity supply and displacing 850,000 people from their homes. One month’s worth of wet-season

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Precious Light – Weekly Inspiring Image

Reviewing literacy materials by the light of a solar-powered lamp, these three literacy specialists working in southern Chad aren’t put out by the lack of a consistent electricity supply. For many of the Massalit speaking people living in refugee camps

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Precious Light – Weekly Inspiring Image

Reviewing literacy materials by the light of a solar-powered lamp, these three literacy specialists working in southern Chad aren’t put out by the lack of a consistent electricity supply. For many of the Massalit speaking people living in refugee camps

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Cultural Details – Weekly Inspiring Image

For minority people groups all over the world, culture and identity is all about the details. What colour the feathers in your headdress, what pattern you stitch into your clothes, the way you wear jewelry and many more all show where

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Cultural Details – Weekly Inspiring Image

For minority people groups all over the world, culture and identity is all about the details. What colour the feathers in your headdress, what pattern you stitch into your clothes, the way you wear jewelry and many more all show where

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Celebrating Pacific Culture – Weekly Inspiring Image

Not only flashing a gorgeous smile, she is also dancing in unison with a large group of men and women representing the unique culture of the Solomon Islands province of Makira at the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts. Held once

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Celebrating Pacific Culture – Weekly Inspiring Image

Not only flashing a gorgeous smile, she is also dancing in unison with a large group of men and women representing the unique culture of the Solomon Islands province of Makira at the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts. Held once

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Loving Your Enemies – Weekly Inspiring Image

Life isn’t supposed to be easy. All of us, in our own way, must choose whether to learn from life’s challenges, or be destroyed by them: love or hate, forgiveness or revenge, life or death. We each face unique challenges.

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Loving Your Enemies – Weekly Inspiring Image

Life isn’t supposed to be easy. All of us, in our own way, must choose whether to learn from life’s challenges, or be destroyed by them: love or hate, forgiveness or revenge, life or death. We each face unique challenges.

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Cascading Cultivation – Weekly Inspiring Image

Rice terraces cascade down the hillside just like the water within them that constantly trickles from one paddy to the next. This beautiful mountainous farm belongs to the ‘hill-tribe’ minority peoples who live in Sapa, north-western Vietnam. Throughout much of South-East Asia

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Cascading Cultivation – Weekly Inspiring Image

Rice terraces cascade down the hillside just like the water within them that constantly trickles from one paddy to the next. This beautiful mountainous farm belongs to the ‘hill-tribe’ minority peoples who live in Sapa, north-western Vietnam. Throughout much of South-East Asia

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