POV497977: Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC, India Trust) running empowering "Community-based ecotourism for conservation & development" training course/workshop using 'Appa' (Appreciative participatory planning & action) process for villagers in remote Zanskar village, here: Outdoor village meeting & discussion in field, (www.snowleopardconservancy.org) Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497989: Buddhist puja (prayer) offering, daily morning purification ritual: Burning (like incense) roasted barley (tsampa) & yak butter in spoon to ensure health of crops, livestock & people in remote Himalayan village, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497999: Himalayan landscape: Willow woodland (plantation) in mountain valley near remote village, snowcapped peaks in bckgnd. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498070: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Oblations and ceremonial objects being preparared for fire ritual/puja “chinsek” (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498007: Close-up of grasshopper/locust in Himalayan landscape, snowcapped peaks in bckgnd. nr. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498008: Group of Zanskari village women resting on field, barren mountainscape with chortens (stupas) in bckgnd. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498014: Himalayan landscape: Barren rockface in mountain wilderness, high-altitude desert Suru Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498019: Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana, Tantric B.): Traditional artist sketching scene from Drukpa lineage in temple (Naropa Potang) before painting Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498024: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Nezer chorten (stupa), prayer flags and piles of stones (cairns) in high altitude Himalayan 'sacred landscape' overlooking Indus valley and snowcapped Zanskar Range (Stok-Kangri Massif) Upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498027: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Pile of ram & ibex horns making a lhatho (or latho) acting as a sacred place protector, Nezer, Upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498033: Array of photo-voltaic solar panels on school roof (advanced solar energy system making school energy self-sufficient), peaks of Zanskar Range in bckgnd. Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute, World architecture award: Best green building 2002), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498039: Sunset afterglow and silhouetted mountains (Zanskar Range) from upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498063: Himalayan landscape: View from Khardung la pass (5,606m, world's highest motorable road) into snowcapped Karakoram (Saser Muztagh), road winding along valley side Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498069: Himalayan landscape: View into layers of silhouetted hazy blue mountain ridges (Ladakh & Zanskar Ranges) at sunset looking south from nr. Khardung la pass, north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497843: Children on school adventure playground climbing tower Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497848: Three women workers manually demolishing old building (old school) Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497870: Street vendors, Ladakhi women in traditional costumes selling fruit & vegeatables on roadside pavement in market bazar Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497876: Subsistence farming: Balti villagers harvesting barley fields in remote Himalayan valley between Sanku & Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497984: Young boy in window of traditional Zanskari village house at sunrise, roof ladder, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497988: Mobile domestic solar cooker on roof of traditional house in remote Himalayan village, young boy testing water temperature, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498065: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): 'Forest' of prayer flags at top of Khardung la pass (5,606m) north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498005: Himalayan landscape: Footbridge across turquoise Lungnak river (aka. Tsarap Lingti) flowing through narrow gorge, steep path (left), road (right), snowcapped peaks in bckgnd. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498081: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Remnants of fire ritual/ceremony/puja “chinsek” (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire, monk sweeping up in monastery courtyard Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV499077: Haw Pha Bang Royal or Palace chapel: 7-headed Naga (Lao: Nak, mythical serpents) on stairway guarding temple, gilded Buddhist temple, tiered roof UNESCO World Heritage Site Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499081: View of Vientiane city and Patouxai gardens seen from Patouxai Monument ("Victory Gate", aka. Patuxai) Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499086: Toddler sleeping on bed platform underneath raised house in ethnic minority Hmong resettlement village, Ban Lak Gao, nr. Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499087: Old woman (ethnic minority Hmong) embroidering cloth in government resettlement village, Ban Lak Gao, nr. Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499088: Young Laotian girl (Ethnic minority Hmong) in village, Ban Lak Gao, nr. Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499090: Wood-fired boiler made from oildrum for traditional sauna, Wat Sok Pa Luang Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499104: Metalworker (female) casting spoons made from recycled aluminium sourced from war debris and melted in an earthen kiln in remote ethnic Lao Lum village, Ban Naphia, the "War Spoon/Bracelet village" where, in cottage industries, war scrap (bomb and plane metal from Second Indochina War) is melted down and moulded into spoons - 150000/year - and bracelets, motto: "Make Spoons/Bracelets not War" Phaxay District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia MORE INFO: RISE (Rural Income through Sustainable Energy), a project supporting remote communities in gaining access to sustainable and locally produced clean energy and using local resources to generate income while safeguarding the environment, implemented by Helvetas Laos, a Swiss Association for International Cooperation & Development, see: www.helvetas-laos.org / Bridgeman Images

POV499106: General view of wooden houses in remote ethnic Lao Lum village, Ban Naphia, the "War Spoon/Bracelet village" where, in cottage industries, war scrap (bomb and plane metal from Second Indochina War) is melted down and cast into spoons and bracelets, motto: "Make Bracelets not War" Phaxay District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia MORE INFO: RISE (Rural Income through Sustainable Energy), a project supporting remote communities in gaining access to sustainable and locally produced clean energy and using local resources to generate income while safeguarding the environment, implemented by Helvetas Laos, a Swiss Association for International Cooperation & Development, see: www.helvetas-laos.org / Bridgeman Images

POV499110: Village man in remote mountain village (ethnic Hmong) manually winnowing rice on tray Ban Phakeo, Paek District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499111: Remote tropical mountain village (ethnic Hmong) in dense fog, wooden houses, pigeon loft, street scene with men,children,dogs, chicken Ban Phakeo, Paek District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499122: Remote tropical forest village on mountain top, Annamite Range, Ban Mai, Namkha, Paek District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499124: General view of remote tropical forest mountain village, young girl carrying load Ban Mai, Namkha, Paek District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499125: Young girl carrying load (greens for cooking) in traditional woven basket (dosser, pannier) in remote tropical forest mountain village, Ban Mai, Namkha, Paek District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images