CTS1772808: Little Egret (Egretta Garzetta) (hand-coloured litho), Gould, John (1804-81) (after) / Bridgeman Images

CTS1772835: Great Billed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus Macrorhynchus) (hand-coloured litho), Gould, John (1804-81) (after) / Bridgeman Images

CTS1772847: Hooded Merganser (Mergus Cucullatus) (hand-coloured litho), Gould, John (1804-81) (after) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773439: USA: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. 'Galveston 1900 - Scene on18th and North Streets', 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773478: Nepal: Nepalese women celebrating the Teej Festival at Pashupatinath, Kathmandu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773535: Cambodia: Boats and floating houses on the Great Lake, Tonle Sap / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773553: Burma / Myanmar: Gubyaukgyi Temple (c. 10th - 11th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773565: Burma / Myanmar: Restored Buddha in the main shrine facing south, Htilominlo Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773604: India: Devotees at the Krishna Balaram Temple, a Hare Krishna temple built in 1975, Vrindavan, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773607: India: Western devotees at the Krishna Balaram Temple, a Hare Krishna temple built in 1975, Vrindavan, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773617: India: Devotees at the Krishna Balaram Temple, a Hare Krishna temple built in 1975, Vrindavan, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773626: Burma / Myanmar: Sulamani Temple (centre) in the middle of Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773629: Burma / Myanmar: Htilominlo Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773647: Burma / Myanmar: The kyauksa gu" or stone inscription caves housing the Tipitaka Kyauksa (stone pages of the Canon of Theravada Buddhism), Kuthodaw Pagoda (home to the largest book in the world), Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773692: Japan: Scene of destruction in Tokyo after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773695: Japan: Scene of destruction in Tokyo after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773934: Burma / Myanmar: The Kyauktawgyi Buddha carved from a single block of marble during the reign of King Mindon (r. 1853 - 78), Kyauktawgyi Paya Temple, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773982: Burma / Myanmar: Brightly adorned oxen used for pulling the carts with the princesses (young Burmese girls in their finest attire) in the Na Htwin or the Ear-Piercing Ceremony which takes place at the same time as the Shinbyu ceremony. Bagan (Pagan) Ancie / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774039: Burma / Myanmar: A pagoda entrance hides a Buddha figure, Nyaung Ohak pagodas near the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774042: Burma / Myanmar: Some of the many Nyaung Ohak pagodas near Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774048: Burma / Myanmar: Some of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774069: Burma / Myanmar: A leg rower on one of the backwaters near Ywama on the western side of Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774081: China: Carrots for sale at the Sunday Market, Kashgar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774120: Sri Lanka: Children dressed as Sri Lankan nobility at a temple festival in Avissawella / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774129: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. Firstly the nakor monk-to-be has his head shaved. The first trimmings are made by parents, relatives or a senior monk / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774147: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. Once the nakor monk-to-be has had his head shaved cumin is spread on the head and body as a protection / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774153: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be are presented to the monks at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774168: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be pay respect to their parents at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774189: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. The newly ordained monk is shown how to tie his first robe / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774207: Vietnam: Royal Court travelling from Qui Nhon to Hue, 1902 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774219: Japan: Traditional crafts and trades of the 18th century from a hand-painted album by an anonymous artist. Folio 28: Lacquer painter (left) and Artist (right), Japanese School, (18th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774288: Burma / Myanmar: Elaborate woodcarving showing a scene from a Burmese folk tale in a pavilion at the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774309: Sri Lanka: Reclining Buddha at Degaldoruwa Temple, near Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774321: USA: Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890-1954), electrical engineer and radio inventor demonstrating his superregenerative receiver, New York, 1922 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774324: Laos: Detail of doors at Wat Pa Khe, Luang Prabang, depicting a scene from the Hindu epic Ramayana (in Laos known as Phra Lak Phra Lam) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774327: Taiwan: Lanterns in front of the Tianhou (Empress of Heaven) Temple, Chichin Island, Kaohsiung. The temple is dedicated to Matsu (Mazu) the protector of sailors and fishermen / Bridgeman Images