A Muslim paramedic helps fasting worshippers in Jerusalem; a man attempts to save his ancestral spirits in Cambodia; a Buddhist warrior monk in China faces a life-changing test.

In Mali, a young Muslim helps to renovate Djenne's Great Mosque, in the hope of earning a place in paradise; at the sacred Natchi waterfalls in Japan, a Shinto devotee undertakes a challenge to ensure the well-being of his country for another year.

At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, an orthodox Christian must deliver a holy flame into the hands of his bishop; at the Boudhanath in Nepal, a Buddhist painter battles the elements in honor of Buddha's birthday.