After watching Coco, the Disney-Pixar film that depicts the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico, Zhang Xin was inspired to do something to help people in China pay their...

When Aravind first saw the 3.5-meter-tall elephant waving its trunk at the Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Thrissur, Kerala, he couldn’t believe that he was looking at a robot. “He...

In a popular video on her TikTok account, Şule Kayatürk, a Turkish influencer and beauty store owner, promises to hand out gold to employees who repent for their sins and...

Meera Krishnan says that the QR codes at her local temple in Chennai, Tamil Nadu’s capital city, have made her life easier. The QR codes allow visitors to buy entry...

When Ayşe Yılmaz discovered the Zikirmatik Pro app during Ramadan last year, she said she appreciated the discipline and calm that it brought to her day. The app reminded her...

With a wide smile on her face, Josefina Cattaneo, 28, attempts to do the cumbia dance TikTok challenge with a friend. It’s winter in Argentina, and she’s wearing a Gap...

Do blessings exist in the metaverse? That’s a question that Adnan Maqbool has posed to many people. He’s the project director at Labbaik VR, a Pakistani company that has created...

JainGPT, a chatbot launched in 2023, is a tool designed for followers of Jainism as well as non-Jains to learn more about Jainism, the ancient religion founded around the 7th...

Earlier this year, Alfia Gitani, who runs a food stall in Depok, Indonesia, was looking for inspiration. The 26-year-old was tired of making the same food over and over. That’s...

Siddipet, a district in India’s southern state of Telangana, is home to ancient historical landmarks and temples dating back to the 9th century. But since November 24, 2023, it is...

As a devout Muslim, Junaid never misses the five daily prayers, no matter where he is. The owner of a car rental business in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, he occasionally...

“If you put too much milk into coffee, it will become bac xiu,” Vietnamese monk Giac Minh Luat says in a TikTok clip, referring to a popular local beverage that...