SHOTLIST:

FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, US (JAN. 14, 2026) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF BUDDHIST MONKS AND SU PRAYING UNDER RAIN

2. VARIOUS OF MONKS TREKKING AS VEHICLES ESCORT CROWD

3. VARIOUS OF MONKS COMPLETING SOUTH CAROLINA LEG OF PEACE WALK, DELIVERING SPEECH AND HOLDING FLOWERS FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, US - JAN. 14: Nearly two dozen Theravada Buddhist monks crossed into North Carolina as part of a 2,300-mile “Walk for Peace” from Texas to Washington, D.C.

They stopped in Fort Mill on Wednesday, Jan. 14, after completing the South Carolina leg of the journey, which includes visits to nine state capitols along the way.

The “Walk for Peace” is a long-distance pilgrimage across the United States initiated by 19 Vietnamese Theravada Buddhist monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

The walk aims to promote peace, compassion, and nonviolence inspired by the teachings of Gautama Buddha.