PFH1172936: China: Kangxiwa River, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172952: China: Karakoram Highway in the Pamir Mountains, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1172999: Thailand: Anand Panyarachun (1932 -), Prime Minister of Thailand, March 2, 1991 - March 23, 1992; June 10, 1992 - September 22, 1992 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173024: Thailand: King Bhumibol Adulyadej (born born 5 December 1927, r. since 9 June 1946) in an affectionate embrace with his mother, Somdej Phra Srinagarindra / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173027: China: Kangxiwa River, Karakoram Highway, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173044: Thailand: Traditional Central Thai houses, Chao Sam Phraya National Museum, Ayutthaya Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173052: China: Two young women with bound feet in a lesbian pose, painting by Huang Dasheng, c.1885 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173063: Vietnam: Altar to Confucius, Great House of ceremonies, Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173082: Sudan: A Mahdist guardian at the house of the former Mahdi, Omdurman, 1936 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173093: Sudan / South Sudan: 'A Niam-Niam (Azande) Minstrel' (Georg August Schweinfurth, 1874) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173108: Central Africa: James Augustus Grant (1827 - 1892), Scottish explorer of eastern equatorial Africa / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173129: Great Britain: Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173136: Northeast Africa: Map of the Nile from its source in Abyssinia to the Mediterranean, J. Andriveau-Goujon (1858) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173147: Sudan / South Sudan: The wrecked Jonglei Canal excavator stranded in the Sudd, 2006 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173156: South Sudan: Appeal for books for the proposed new Dr John Garang Memorial University by the South Sudan Development Foundation, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173181: Thailand: Northern Thai women, northern wall mural, Wat Buak Khrok Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173186: Thailand: Golden chedi and viharn, Wat Buak Khrok Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173210: China: Solar panel sale in Jinmabiji Square, central Kunming / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173219: Vietnam: A young Vietnamese man, Saigon, c.1915 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173164: Thailand: Dancer, southern wall murals, Wat Buak Khrok Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173169: Thailand: Playing a musical instrument, southern wall mural, Wat Buak Khrok Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173180: Thailand: Northern Thai men and women, northern wall mural, Wat Buak Khrok Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173195: Thailand: Sleepers, southern wall mural, Wat Buak Khrok Luang, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173207: China: The Jinma Biji Archways, Jinma Biji Square, central Kunming, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173217: Vietnam: 'Une Balon Annamite' - Vietnamese lady in a rocking chair, Saigon, 1908 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173265: China: Mist hangs over Hong Qiao Bridge, Fenghuang's famed covered bridge / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173239: Thailand: Dara Rasmi (1873 - 1933), Princess of Chiang Mai and Siam posing with mirrors to display her long hair, date unknown but late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173293: Vietnam / France: Tonkin Campaign - Francois-Jules Harmand (1845-1921) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173259: China: Mist hangs over Hong Qiao Bridge, Fenghuang's famed covered bridge / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173340: China: Early morning on Fenghuang's misty Tuo River, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173357: China: Hong Qiao Bridge by night, Fenghuang's famed covered bridge, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173360: China: Old wooden houses along the banks of the Tuo River, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173379: China: The old winding streets of Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173389: China: North Gate Tower, Fenghuang, Hunan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173408: China: Compressed brick tea or 'zhuancha' from southern Yunnan, scored for breaking into smaller pieces / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173411: China: A pilgrim makes a circuit of the monastery turning each of the prayer wheels, Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images