ID: PFH1774170

Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monk-to-be pays respect to his mother for the suffering she endured during pregnancy

ID: PFH1774182

Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The banana leaves in the silk cloth are presented by the nakor monks-to-be to their parents at the sukhwan nakceremony

ID: PFH1774185

Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be are presented with money and their wrists are tied with white thread by relatives and well wishers at the sukhwan nakceremony

ID: PFH1774267

Burma / Myanmar: Buddha sculpture in the lower tier of the interior gallery, Ananda Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City

ID: PFH1774273

Nepal: Sadhu (Holy Man) wearing rudraksha (seeds used for prayer beads in Hinduism) around his neck and as a hat, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

ID: PFH1774285

Burma / Myanmar: Elaborate woodcarving showing a scene from a Burmese folk tale in a pavilion at the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City

ID: PFH1774323

Laos: Doors at Wat Pa Khe, Luang Prabang, depicting Dutch merchants at the time the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Gerritt van Wuysthoff (1641) made formal trade contacts with the Kingdom of Lan Xang

ID: PFH1774326

Nepal: Sadhu (Holy Man) near Durbar Square, Kathmandu

ID: PFH1774382

Burma / Myanmar: Peacock statue adorning one of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State

ID: PFH1774401

Vietnam: Dragon fountain at the back of the Assembly Hall of the Cantonese Chinese Congregation (Quang Trieu), Hoi An

ID: PFH1774407

Vietnam: Assembly Hall of the Cantonese Chinese Congregation (Quang Trieu), Hoi An

ID: PFH1774471

Burma / Myanmar: Late afternoon light illuminates a Buddhist monk at the Sutaungpyei Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay

ID: PFH1774491

Burma / Myanmar: The massive bulk of the unfinished stupa of Mingun Pahtodawgyi (Mingun Temple), Sagaing District, near Mandalay

ID: AUS1775985

RAAF in Sananada Point, New Guinea, 1942

ID: AUS1775988

Australian troops at a camp with natives. Timor, 1943

ID: PFH1773650

Burma / Myanmar: The kyauksa gu" or stone inscription caves housing the Tipitaka Kyauksa (stone pages of the Canon of Theravada Buddhism), Kuthodaw Pagoda (home to the largest book in the world), Mandalay

ID: PFH1773668

Burma / Myanmar: Buddha, Nagayon Temple (11th - 12th century CE), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City

ID: PFH1773674

Burma / Myanmar: An Arhat" or 'perfected person' flanking a Buddha statue in the Sutaungpyei Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay

ID: PFH1773677

Burma / Myanmar: Bathing Buddha statues with water (a merit making act) in the Sutaungpyei Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay

ID: PFH1773713

Nepal: Snake charmers at the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

ID: PFH1773764

Southeast Asia: Red-tailed ratsnake (Gonyosoma oxycephalum), also known as arboreal ratsnake and red-tailed racer

ID: PFH1773770

Burma / Myanmar: The great reclining Buddha at Chaukhtatgyi Paya (temple), Yangon (Rangoon)

ID: PFH1773779

Thailand: The main chedi at the Golden Mount (Wat Saket), Bangkok

ID: PFH1773899

China: Mausoleum of Mahmud al-Kashgari (Mahmud al-Kashgari Mazar) who compiled the first Turkic languages dictionary, Upar, Xinjiang Province

ID: PFH1773913

China: Three young Uighur boys with their football in the Old Town, Kashgar, Xinjiang Province

ID: PFH1773936

Burma / Myanmar: The Kyauktawgyi Buddha carved from a single block of marble during the reign of King Mindon (r. 1853 - 78), Kyauktawgyi Paya Temple, Mandalay

ID: PFH1773954

Thailand: Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand

ID: PFH1773957

Thailand: Festival beauty, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand

ID: PFH1773978

President Ho Chi Minh, c. 1950 (b/w photo)

ID: PFH1774024

Thailand: Wat Ratchabophit, Bangkok

ID: 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

ID: PFH1774052

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

ID: PFH1774055

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

ID: PFH1774061

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

ID: PFH1774067

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

ID: PFH1774615

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