PFH1177885: Philippines: Street sign, Mestizo District, Vigan, Ilocos Sur Province, Luzon Island / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177922: Thailand: Festival beauty, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177930: Thailand: Festival beauties, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177936: Thailand: Festival beauty, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177961: China: 'The Lion at the Bogue '. Lord Macartney's mission travelling from Canton to Macau, 1794. Painting by William Alexander (1767-1816), 1796 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177973: Thailand: Burmese-style chedi, Wat Saen Fang, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177996: Thailand: Half human mythical figure on the main chedi at Wat Chetawan (Jetawan), Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178000: Thailand: Monks in front of the 16th century chedi at Wat Lok Moli, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178018: Iran / Persia / Afghanistan: Sun and lion symbols from an astrological treatise by Abu Ma'shar Ibn Balkhi, 850 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178027: Philippines: Bell tower and church with its huge buttresses, San Agustin (St. Augustine) Catholic Church, Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Luzon Island / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178033: Philippines: A wedding crowd outside San Agustin (St. Augustine) Church, Intramuros, Manila / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178041: Philippines: A guard of honour at a wedding in San Agustin (St. Augustine) Church, Intramuros, Manila / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178051: Philippines: Manila Cathedral, Intramuros, Manila / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178058: Philippines: Jeepney, Anda Circle, Bonifacio Drive, near Intramuros, Manila / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178099: Thailand: Tour boat at the Krabi Town waterfront, Krabi Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178104: Thailand: Mangroves, near Krabi Town and Ko Klang, Krabi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178132: Thailand: Tour boats, Hat Noppharat Thara, Krabi Coast, Krabi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178152: Thailand: People lighting incense at the Chao Mae Guan Im (Guanyin) shrine in front of the ubosot, Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178174: China: Zunyi Conference Hall, Zunyi, Guizhou Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178204: Thailand: Umbrellas drying in the sun, Bo Sang Umbrella Village, near Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166399: China / Tibet: A Buddhist Monk with a rhinoceros horn, Samye, 1938, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166404: Tibet: A young ethnic Khampas woman dressed in festive attire in the village of Tsejrong., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166409: Burma / Myanmar: A Shan prince photographed in Kengtung in 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166420: Tibet: A 1910 photograph of two ethnic Khampas men from Yerkalo dressed in goatskins., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166425: Laos: A 1910 photograph of hoop nets, lined across the river Nam Kan in Luang Prabang to catch fish., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166433: Vietnam: Vietnamese junks on the Mekong River near Vinh Long in Cochinchina in 1918., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166490: India: Silver coin of King Azes II (r.c. 35-12 BCE). Buddhist triratna symbol in the left field on the reverse. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166505: India: Proshitabhartruka is the woman whose husband has gone away from her for some business and does not return on the appointed day. She is depicted seated mourning, surrounded by her maids, but refuses to be consoled. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166546: Cambodia: East Mebon or Oriental Mebon, Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166554: Cambodia: Naga adornment on central shrine, Banteay Srei (Citadel of the Women), near Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166637: Cambodia: Dancer, Royal Ballet of Cambodia, Phnom Penh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166651: Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's 'Cloud Maidens' adorn the rock face high up over the surrounding countryside. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166656: Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's 'Cloud Maidens' adorn the rock face high up over the surrounding countryside. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166678: Japan: Hideki Tojo (1884-1948), Prime Minister of Japan 18 October 1941 - 22 July 1944., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166730: China: Mao Zedong and a Uighur peasant who decided to walk to Beijing to meet the chairman, Khotan, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166749: Singapore: Two opium smokers, c. 1910. / Bridgeman Images