PFH2561644: Thailand: Naga staircase leading to the giant seated Buddha at Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha Temple), Hat Bangrak (Bangrak Beach), Ko Samui / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561648: Thailand: A young Thai woman prepares to press gold leaf on a Buddha statue at Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha Temple), Hat Bangrak (Bangrak Beach), Ko Samui / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561660: UK / England: Diagram showing the earth's orbit around the sun, by George Adams, the Younger (1750-1795), English optician and science writer, from his Astronomical and Geographical Essays (1790) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561661: UK / Great Britain: John Harrison (1693-1776), inventor of the marine chronometer, a device used for measuring longitude. Mezzotint (half-tone) print, Peter Joseph Tassaert, 1768 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561663: Burma / Myanmar: The teak wood Bagaya Monastery (Bagaya Kyaung), Inwa (Ava), Mandalay Region / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561666: Burma / Myanmar: Ananda Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561673: Cambodia: Buddha, Wat Nokor Bayon, Banteay Prey Nokor, Kompong Cham / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561677: Cambodia: Wat Nokor Bayon, Banteay Prey Nokor, Kompong Cham / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561682: Germany: Volkswagen Bay Window Tipper commercial vehicle, c. 1960 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561762: Vietnam: Old French colonial building in the Ba Dinh Square area, now a government administrative building, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

FIZ2561788: La Soif de l'or directed by Gerard Oury 1993 / Bridgeman Images

FIZ2561811: Nous irons tous au paradis directed by Yves Robert 1977 / Bridgeman Images

FIZ2561813: Un elephant ca trompe enormement directed by Yves Robert 1976 / Bridgeman Images

FIZ2561784: Je hais les acteurs directed by Gerard Krawczyk 1986 / Bridgeman Images

FIZ2561798: La Soif de l'or directed by Gerard Oury 1993 / Bridgeman Images

FIZ2561799: La Soif de l'or directed by Gerard Oury 1993 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561380: Armenia / Iran: Illuminated canon table from a gospel by Mesrop of Khizan (c. 1560-c. 1652), 1615 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561396: China / Tibet: A Tibetan gives a traditional greeting by sticking his tongue out. Unknown photographer, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561321: Taiwan: Lanterns in front of the Tianhou (Empress of Heaven) Temple, Chichin Island, Kaohsiung. The temple is dedicated to Matsu (Mazu) the protector of sailors and fishermen / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561325: Vietnam: Po Nagar Cham Towers, Nha Trang / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561338: Mongolia / China: A Mongolian woman condemned to die of starvation, c. 1913 photo by Stéphane Passet / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561345: China: Diaolou tower in a village near Kaiping, Guangdong Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561347: China: Yinglong Lou (Greeting the Dragon Tower), the oldest of the Kaiping Diaolou towers, Sanmenli Village, near Kaiping, Guangdong Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561352: Burma / Myanmar: Pagodas at Sagaing seen from the Irrawaddy / Ayeyarwady River, near Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561368: Burma / Myanmar: Pagodas at Sagaing seen from the Irrawaddy / Ayeyarwady River, near Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561378: Armenia / Iran: Illuminated canon table from a gospel by Mesrop of Khizan (c. 1560-c. 1652), 1615 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561400: Sri Lanka: Mural above a doorway in Natha Devale, one of four temples in Kandy sacred to both Buddhists and Hindus, Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561445: Indonesia: Hamengkubuwono VII (also spelled Hamengkubuwana VII, 1839-1921), seventh sultan of Yogyakarta, reigning from December 22, 1877 to January 29, 1921. Kassian Cephas, c. 1880, Cephas, Kassian (1845-1912) / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561423: Sri Lanka: Detail of a carved wooden pillar in the Kataragama Temple, Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561492: China: Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) decorations at the entrance to the Beijing Dongyue Temple (Temple of the God of Taishan Mountain), a Taoist temple, Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561509: China: The remains of Emperor Qianlong's Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan) on a late Winter's afternoon, Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561585: Uzbekistan / Russia (USSR): Uzbek 'kulaks' accused of hoarding at a Stalinist 'show trial' somewhere in Soviet Central Asia, c. 1932 / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561572: China: Guard towers on Xian's ancient city wall, by night, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561523: Thailand: Main chedi at Wat Chedi Klang Thung, south of the Ping River, Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561524: Vietnam: Pavilions containing tortoise stele inscribed with the names of scholars who passed Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) examinations, third courtyard of the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH2561554: India: 'Buddhist Sanctuary at Nagapatnam (Nagapattinam), Coromandel Coast, Jan Brandes, 1785 / Bridgeman Images