Worshippers celebrate sea goddess in Brazil and Uruguay
Worshippers celebrate sea goddess in Brazil and Uruguay

Uruguayans pay tribute to Iemanja, the Goddess of the Sea in the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda, at Ramirez Beach in Montevideo.

Meanwhile in Brazil, followers of the Candomble religion host a procession through the Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema, culminating in offerings cast into the water.