And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill the sky. Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21.

It is this black and white world in which many find comfort knowing what that they believe is often ratified by family members, peers and self-selected information sources.

Black smoke emerging from the chimney means the world's 1.4 billion Catholics don't yet have a new pope. White smoke means the cardinals have chosen a new leader of the church.

Sebastião Salgado, renowned for his striking black-and-white photography that chronicles the human condition, environmental crises and the fragile beauty of our planet with epic depth and poetic ...