Barefoot Roman Catholic devotees swarm a

Barefoot Roman Catholic devotees swarm around a float bearing the 'Black Nazarene', a religious icon of Jesus Christ holding a cross, as it is wheeled into Quiapo church in central Manila on January 9, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of people prayed for relief from natural disasters as they turned out to participate in an annual festival centred on a black icon of a cross-bearing Christ which many in the predominantly Catholic Philippines believe has miraculous powers. The life-sized sculpture of Jesus bearing a cross is said to have been carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippines by Augustinian missionaries in the early 17th century during Spain's galleon trade. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP via Getty Images)