PFH1181597: Thailand: Silver elephant detail at the front of the viharn at Wat Meun San, Chiang Mai, north Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181607: Thailand: Elephants wrestle at Khao Khieo Zoo, Chonburi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181608: Thailand: Elephants wrestle at Khao Khieo Zoo, Chonburi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181614: Thailand: Elephant at Khao Khieo Zoo, Chonburi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181615: Thailand: Elephant, Pattaya Elephant Village, Chonburi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181619: Thailand: White stupa at Wat Atsadang Nimit, Ko Sichang, Chonburi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181622: Thailand: Buddha at Wat Atsadang Nimit, Ko Sichang, Chonburi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181196: Thailand: Old viharn, Wat Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181206: China: Line drawing of Laozi riding his ox, artist and date unknown / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181223: Thailand: The main chedi at Wat Uthayarom (Jong Sung), Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181243: India: A musician on camel back playing kettle drums, Mazhar Ali Khan, c. 1840 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181247: Arabia: A Bedouin man performing a sword dance, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181249: Arabia: Bedouin horse racing at a desert wedding / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181257: Arabia: Bedouin musicians, late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181263: Arabia: 'The Harem of a Bedouin wandering in the desert', Wilhelm Gentz, 1878 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181286: Palestine: Palestinian women kneading dough to make bread, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181292: Palestine: A group of Palestinian men and a boy in Bethlehem, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181315: Spain: Theophany (top); John prostrates himself before the Angel (centre); The Seven Churches of Asia (bottom). From the Beatus of Leon version of the Apocalypse (1047 CE). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181321: Germany: The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets, Revelation 9:1-12. Illuminated miniature from the Ottheinrich Bible / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181326: Germany: The Giving of the Seven Bowls of Wrath / The First Six Plagues, Revelation 16:1-16. Illuminated miniature from the Ottheinrich Bible / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181328: Germany: The Whore of Babylon, Revelation 17:1-18. Illuminated miniature from the Ottheinrich Bible / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181336: Spain: The Sixth Seal. From the Beatus of San Miguel de Escalada, c. 960 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181342: France: Joseph Joubert (1754-1824), French moralist, essayist and philosopher / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181343: France: Joseph Joubert (1754-1824), French moralist, essayist and philosopher / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181351: Thailand: Buddhist amulet of supposed Mon origin, Kingdom of Dvaravati, c. 13th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181360: Germany: The Third Horseman. From the Bamberg Apocalypse, 1000-1200 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181362: Germany: Paying Homage to the Lamb. From the Bamberg Apocalypse, 1000-1200 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181377: Spain: The Lord in the Clouds. From the Beatus of Rioja or Urgell Beatus, c. 975 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181379: Spain: The Beast emerges from The Abyss. From the Beatus of Rioja or Urgell Beatus, c. 975 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181405: Thailand: A visitor feeds her new friend, Patara Elephant Farm, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181409: Thailand: A visitor feeds her new friend, Patara Elephant Farm, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181411: Thailand: A visitor feeds his new friend, Patara Elephant Farm, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181413: Thailand: Buddhist monk and baby elephant at the Patara Elephant Farm, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

XOS1219815: The Continence of Scipio, 1600 (oil on canvas), Mander, Karel Van (1548-1606) / Bridgeman Images

CPH1219997: Rape of Europa (pen and bistre or ink highlighted with black and red chalk on white gray-blue paper), Fontana, Prospero (1512-97) / Bridgeman Images

CH1248868: Bayonne, Pays Basque (w/c & bodycolour on paper), Flint, William Russell (1880-1969) / Bridgeman Images