PFH1164947: Thailand: An entranced devotee or 'Ma Song' waves a flag in the night parade, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164908: Thailand: Shrine bearers race through the streets to avoid exploding firecrackers and the deafening noise, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164957: Thailand: San Chao Saeng Tham Chinese temple, Phuket / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164931: Thailand: The 'Crossing the Bridge' ceremony at San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164969: Thailand: An altar at San Chao Chui Tui (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164934: Thailand: A god on a palanquin ready to be carried through the streets at night, San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165010: Cambodia: Flag of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), 1982-1983. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164961: Thailand: Calligraphy over the front entrance to San Chao Saeng Tham Chinese temple, Phuket / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164981: Thailand: A 'Ma Song' (entranced devotee) blesses a mother and son at San Chao Chui Tui (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165001: Cambodia: The western approach to Angkor Wat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165024: Cambodia: UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia) soldier in UNTAC uniform, 1992-3. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171421: Ethiopia: The British Expedition to Abyssinia. The cross of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia (Magazine Pittoresque, 1871) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171431: Ethiopia: The British Expedition to Abyssinia. A part of the line of march / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171447: Korea: Two women using heavy pangmangi batons to smooth clothing, c. 1910. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171467: Japan: A long-necked rokurokubi woman of Kyoto. From the Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll, mid-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171496: Japan: The Daichiuchi is a mallet-wielding monster with a bird-like face. From the Bakemono Zukushi Monster Scroll, Edo Period (1603-1868)., Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171532: Iran: Flag of the Ilkhanid State (1236-1335) as represented in the Catalan Atlas (1375). Actual use of this flag by the Ilkhanate is not confirmed by other sources / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171417: Thailand: Ruined chedi at Wat Si Muang Ma, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171543: Spain: The Infernal Beasts emerge from the Abyss. From the Escatorial Beatus version of the Apocalypse (10th century). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171356: Japan: Lost Horyuji Temple fresco from a pre-1949 photograph: No.2 wall, Bodhisattva, detail. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171450: Japan: The Hitodama Oroshiya or 'Russian Fireball' . From the Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll, mid-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171465: Japan: The 'monster hole' of Kumamoto Prefecture. From the Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll, mid-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171604: India: Indian Independence League propaganda leaflet - 'A Warning and an Advice'. Such leaflets were dropped by Japanese aircraft and otherwise surreptitiously circulated, c.1941-44. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171527: Europe: Adam and Eve as represented in a medieval woodblock print. Possibly German. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171545: Spain: The Angel gives John a Message for one of the Seven Churches of Asia. From the Escatorial Beatus version of the Apocalypse (10th century). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171419: Thailand: 14th century Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171444: Korea: During the Korean War (1950-1953), a line of US Army soldiers file past a group of Korean women and children carrying their possessions. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171448: Japan: A white monster and a bird-dog hybrid monster. From the Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll, mid-19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171613: India: 'Don't waste your life for the English'. Japanese WWII propaganda leaflet showing a wounded Churchill (or John Bull) driving away a wagon of stolen wealth, while chained Indian soldiers are forced to fight and an Indian woman weeps. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171498: Japan: The Sara-hebi is a large, snake-like creature with the head of a woman. From the Bakemono Zukushi Monster Scroll, Edo Period (1603-1868)., Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171508: Thailand: The sandstone prang of Prasat Hin Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai with the present day temple in the background, Si Saket Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171537: Spain: The Scourge of the Fifth Plague. From the Escatorial Beatus version of the Apocalypse (10th century). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171570: Japan: Poster for the Tourism Industry Exhibition, Nara, 1933 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171591: Japan: Nagasaki Harbour in 1853, showing Dejima Island (centre) and the nearby Chinese trading compound (left) separated from each other by a narrow ribbon of water. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171609: China / Burma / India: 'The Jungle Book', a military training manual for Allied forces fighting in the CBI Theatre, 1943. The title is a play on Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Book' (1894). The subject is jungle warfare. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1171615: India: V for Victory with an Indian bugler. Victory Day leaflet celebrating Allied victory in World War II, New Delhi, March 1946. / Bridgeman Images