Petros Pyrtuh takes his 6-year-old son, Bari Kupar, to a sacred forest near his village in the West Jaintia Hills region of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. He is Christian, but said the forest is an important part of his life. He said he is now teaching his young son to respect and value the forest. “In our generation, we don’t believe it is the dwelling place of the gods,” he said. “But we continue with the tradition of protecting the forest because our ancestors have told us not to defile the forest.” (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)