PFH1773954: Thailand: Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773956: Thailand: Festival beauty, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773957: Thailand: Festival beauty, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773970: Ho Chi Minh in France, c. 1920 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773978: President Ho Chi Minh, c. 1950 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773996: UK / Poland: Joseph Conrad, born JosefTeodor Konrad Korzeniowski (1857-1924) arriving in New York by ship, 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774023: Thailand: Phra Buddha Lokanart Sartsadajarn image in the East Viharn, Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774024: Thailand: Wat Ratchabophit, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774025: Thailand: The Golden Buddha (Phra Phuttha Maha Suwan Patimakon), the world's largest solid gold Buddha, Wat Traimit, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774032: England / UK: English poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) in 1925 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774035: Burma / Myanmar: Peacocks decorate the entrance to a pagoda, Nyaung Ohak pagodas near the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774036: Burma / Myanmar: A pagoda entrance hides a Buddha figure, Nyaung Ohak pagodas near the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774037: Burma / Myanmar: A pagoda entrance hides a Buddha figure, Nyaung Ohak pagodas near the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774044: Burma / Myanmar: Pa-O housing next to the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774052: Burma / Myanmar: Some of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774055: Burma / Myanmar: Phaung Daw Oo (Hpaung Daw U) Pagoda, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774061: Burma / Myanmar: A leg rowing Intha fisherman shows off his skills with a large conical fish trap at Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774065: Burma / Myanmar: Ywama, a stilted village at the eastern edge of Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774067: Burma / Myanmar: Ywama, a stilted village at the eastern edge of Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774068: Burma / Myanmar: A young leg rower and his friend in Ywama, a stilted village at the eastern edge of Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774089: China: A decorated gourd hangs in front of a musical instrument shop in Old Kashgar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774090: China: A decorated gourd hangs in front of a musical instrument shop in Old Kashgar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774614: Vietnam: Den Ngoc Son or Jade Mountain Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774615: Vietnam: Entrance to The Huc Bridge (Rising Sun or Sunbeam Bridge) and Den Ngoc Son (Jade Mountain Temple), Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774617: Vietnam: Entrance to The Huc Bridge (Rising Sun or Sunbeam Bridge) and Den Ngoc Son (Jade Mountain Temple), Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774619: Vietnam: Altar in Den Ngoc Son or Jade Mountain Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774622: Vietnam: Den Ngoc Son or Jade Mountain Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774660: Cambodia: Garuda (deity in the shape of a bird of prey), Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774664: Vietnam: Tet (Vietnamese New Year) celebrants lighting incense sticks at Tran Quoc Pagoda, Ho Tay (West Lake), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774694: India: Fishing boats donated after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami lie on the beach at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774712: Taiwan: Altar next to the Sacrificial Rites Martial Temple (Wu Miao), Tainan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774718: Taiwan: Statue portraying Koxinga (Cheng Chengkung) evicting the Dutch, Chihkan Tower, Tainan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774722: Sri Lanka: A faded bas-relief showing dancing figures at Gadaladeniya Temple, Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774726: Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , c.1893 (b.w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774735: Sri Lanka: Fresco depicting a Buddhist monk, Medawala Rajamaha Viharaya (Tempitiya Vihara), north of Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774196: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. Newly ordained monks are presented to and blessed by the abbot / Bridgeman Images