PFH1175575: Sudan / South Sudan: Dinka Man's corset in beads, fibre and wire, mid-20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175590: Cambodia: The Central Post Office with portaits of ex-King Sihanouk and his wife Queen Monique, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175604: Sri Lanka: Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Tooth seen across Kandy Lake, Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175629: Vietnam: Opera House, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175650: Vietnam: Field of kumquat trees ready for Tet New Year Festival, near Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175686: Vietnam: Chinese PLA troops sealing shops in occupied Gam Dong, Third Indochina War, 1979 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175733: Uncle Ho (Ho Chi Minh) appears in posters all over the country (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175760: Vietnam: A variety of vegetables, tofu and nuts for sale, Old Quarter market, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175777: Thailand: Panyi Muslim Fishing Village, Ao Phang Nga (Phangnga Bay) National Park, Phang Nga Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175789: Thailand: Visitors at Ko Miang (Island 4), Similan Islands / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175802: Iraq / Italy: Barley Soup (Savich). Illustration from Ibn Butlan's Taqwim al-sihhah or 'Maintenance of Health' (Baghdad, 11th century) published in Italy as the Tacuinum Sanitatis in the 14th century, Italian School, (14th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175824: Niger: Tuaregs of Agadez, George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175847: Thailand: Pak Bara, fishing boats / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175855: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Tarutao, Ao Pante Malaka / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175871: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Tarutao, boatman near the To-Bu (Toe-Boo) Cliff area / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175876: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Tarutao, Ao Pante Malaka, tour boats / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175891: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Tarutao, pier at Ao Taloh Udang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175943: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Khai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175991: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Hin Ngam, striped pebbles / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176022: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Rawi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176026: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, a tour group relaxes on the beach at Ko Rawi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176044: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, mangroves, rainforest and freshwater stream running to the ocean on Ko Adang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176060: Italy / Venice: Pietro Loredano, Doge of Venice (1567-1570) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176076: Thailand: Wat Klang Muang, Wiang Tha Kan, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176089: Thailand: Skeletal remains unearthed atuseum at Wiang Tha Kan now in the small museum, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176102: Thailand: Wat Noi, Wiang Thakan, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176113: Thailand: Wat Pa Fai Ruak, Wiang Thakan, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1176119: Thailand: Wat Ku Mai Daeng, Wiang Thakan, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175845: Thailand: Pak Bara, estuary next to the ferry point / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175853: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Tarutao, Ao Pante Malaka / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175869: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Tarutao, To-Bu (Toe-Boo) Cliff area / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175874: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Tarutao, Ao Pante Malaka / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175881: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Tarutao, near Ao Pante Malaka / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175940: Great Britain: Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885) - 'Chinese Gordon', later 'Gordon of Khartoum' / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175989: Thailand: Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Ko Hin Ngam, visitors on the pebble beach / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175995: China: Nushu (literally 'women's writing'), is a syllabic script, a simplification of Chinese characters that was used exclusively among women in Jiangyong County, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images