CXL4073138: Old Japanese dressing table (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073145: Entrance to Kajikaen, a Japanese inn outside Tokyo (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073147: Entrance to Kajikaen, a Japanese inn outside Tokyo (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073149: Entrance to Kajikaen, a Japanese inn outside Tokyo (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073151: Buddhist monks, Japan (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073154: Path to the summit of Mount Takao, Japan (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073157: Japanese tokonoma (alcove) and flower arrangement (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073158: Ladder, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073163: The Tama River outside Kajikaen, the Japanese inn (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073165: Reception room and artworks at Kajikaen, a Japanese inn outside Tokyo (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073167: Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073171: Path and pond, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073177: Indoor training, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073179: Amateur theatre production, Tokyo, Japan (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073180: Amateur theatre production, Tokyo, Japan (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073193: Japanese traditional dancing (Awa dori) at the Awa Dance festival (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH4072282: Japan: 'Landscape', oil on canvas painting by Shigeru Aoki (1882-1911), 1910, Aoki, Shigeru (1882-1911) / Bridgeman Images

PFH4072292: Thailand: Rice paddy fields near Chiang Mai after a rainstorm / Bridgeman Images

PFH4072301: Thailand: Bunches of bananas ("kluai kai") for sale, Kamphaeng Phet, central Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH4072389: Thailand: Thai "phanaeng" curry, a type of red Thai curry with a peanut flavour, here with pork, but can be made with beef, chicken or prawns / Bridgeman Images

PFH4072395: Italy: Tacitus (200-276), 45th Roman emperor, from the book "Romanorvm imperatorvm effigies: elogijs ex diuersis scriptoribus per Thomam Treteru S. Mariae Transtyberim canonicum collectis", 1583 / Bridgeman Images

PFH4072396: Italy: Valentinian I (321-375), 65th Roman emperor, from the book "Romanorvm imperatorvm effigies: elogijs ex diuersis scriptoribus per Thomam Treteru S. Mariae Transtyberim canonicum collectis", 1583 / Bridgeman Images

PFH4072413: Vietnam: Incense fills the air at the Taoist Quan Thanh Temple dedicated to Tran Vu (God of the North), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH4072422: Sri Lanka: Schoolgirls at Kelaniya Temple, Kelaniya, near Colombo / Bridgeman Images

SED4072451: 'L'Alsace et la Lorraine', c.1870 (carbon print), Braun, Adolphe (1812-77) / Bridgeman Images

SED4072479: Port-Saïd, Suez canal, Egypt, 1880 (sepia photo), Zangaki Brothers (fl.1870s-90s) / Bridgeman Images

XOS4072488: Under a black cloud! What remains for the settler and home builder? Map of Washington Territory published by the Interior Department in 1883 (engraving), American School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073198: Street in the old town, Stockholm, Sweden (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073216: Cape May lighthouse, NJ, USA (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073220: Shoes drying, Botanical Gardens, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073229: Sunday market, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073230: Ziwei Palace, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073233: Doors, Ziwei Palace, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073239: The safety of our guests is paramount, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073244: Religious ritual, Ziwei Palace, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CXL4073246: Martial arts training, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images