Monday, February 12th, 2024
A worker does the final touches on a marble pillar of the first stone-built Hindu temple in Abu Mureikha, 40 kms, 25 miles, northeast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The soon-to-open BAPS Hindu Mandir signals just how far the United Arab Emirates has come in acknowledging the different faiths of its expatriate community, long dominated by Indians who power life across its construction sites and boardrooms. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)