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In this picture taken on August 9, 2016, dedicated volunteer Wong Wing-pong, an 85 year old retired butcher, offers incense to unwanted statues of deities, gathered and repaired after their owners discarded them, on a rocky slope running down to the sea in Hong Kong. Religion and local customs permeate Hong Kong, where Buddhist and Taoist temples are common and incense offerings are regularly burned outside local businesses. Private homes often have a shrine to a local deity, with Christian churches and mosques also in the mix. But with space at a premium in a city were rents are sky high, informal collections of discarded gods often decorate roadsides and public spaces. / AFP / Anthony WALLACE / To go with "HONG KONG-CULTURE-LIFESTYLE-RELIGION", FEATURE by Dennis Chong (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)

In this picture taken on August 9, 2016, dedicated volunteer Wong Wing-pong, an 85 year old retired butcher, offers incense to unwanted statues of deities, gathered and repaired after their owners discarded them, on a rocky slope running down to the sea in Hong Kong. Religion and local customs permeate Hong Kong, where Buddhist and Taoist temples are common and incense offerings are regularly burned outside local businesses. Private homes often have a shrine to a local deity, with Christian churches and mosques also in the mix. But with space at a premium in a city were rents are sky high, informal collections of discarded gods often decorate roadsides and public spaces. / AFP / Anthony WALLACE / To go with "HONG KONG-CULTURE-LIFESTYLE-RELIGION", FEATURE by Dennis Chong (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)
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