PFH1164096: Laos: Boat races on the Mekong River at Vientiane, Bun Nam Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164849: Thailand: Devotees or'ma song' returning from the parade have their chosen implements removed from their faces, San Chao Chui Tui (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163826: Thailand: Pipe-smoking Akha woman, Doi Mae Salong's (Santikhiri) early morning market, Chiang Rai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164755: Thailand: An elderly woman 'Ma Song' (entranced devotee) returns to San Chao Chui Tui (Chinese Taoist temple) from the parade, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164483: Cambodia: Thai mercenaries in a bas-relief on the western section of the southern gallery, Angkor Wat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164930: Thailand: The 'Crossing the Bridge' ceremony at San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164994: Cambodia: Drinks vendors at the end of the causeway leading to Angkor Wat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164999: Cambodia: The western approach to Angkor Wat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164828: Thailand: Carrying the gods through the streets littered with firecrackers, street procession, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164923: Thailand: The 'Crossing the Bridge' ceremony at San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164759: Thailand: A 'Ma Song' after coming out of his trance at San Chao Chui Tui (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164741: Thailand: Chinese gods and other statues on an altar in San Chao Put Jaw (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164659: Thailand: Rattles for sale outside San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1163837: Thailand: Akha woman selling traditional handicrafts at a village in northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164794: Thailand: Entranced female devotee or 'Ma Song' takes part in a procession through Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164866: Thailand: Preparing the coals for the firewalkers at San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164953: Thailand: Devotees in the night parade pass through the streets of Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164942: Thailand: A funeral pyre for lucky paper flags at San Chao Bang Niew (Chinese Taoist temple), Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164898: Thailand: Entranced devotee or 'Ma Song' visits a street altar set up by a shop owner looking for blessings from passing devotees, Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164877: Thailand: Shrine bearers race through the streets to avoid exploding firecrackers and the deafening noise, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1164871: Thailand: Entranced devotee or 'Ma Song' takes part in a procession through Phuket Town, Phuket Vegetarian Festival / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166620: China: A cartoon by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s., Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165737: Sri Lanka: Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (1916-2000), Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166616: China: A cartoon by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s., Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166026: Vietnam: Weary American soldiers pause for reflection during the battle of Long Khanh, 1966., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166617: China: A cartoon by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s., Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166762: Iraq: A page from a Qur'an made in Baghdad for the Mongol sultan Oljeitu in 1306-07. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1166925: India: 'The Only Woman Ruler in India: Her Highness the Begum of Bhopal'. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167106: China / Taiwan: A 'Pepohoan' woman of Taiwan with her child (John Thomson, 1871). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167249: China: A 1905 photograph of preparations for a funeral in Simao, Yunnan Province, southwestern China. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167273: China / Tibet: Bharal or Himalayan Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167448: Mongolia: The Eighth Jebtsundamba Khutugtu Bogd Khan, last monarchic ruler of Mongolia. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167475: China / Tibet: Sonam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama (1438-1505). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167481: China / Tibet: Thubten Chokyi Nyima, the 9th Panchen Lama (1883-1937). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1167572: Thailand: King Rama V, Chulalongkorn (1 October 1868 - 23 October 1910), 5th monarch of the Chakri Dynasty. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1165716: Sri Lanka: 'The manner of sheltering themselves from the rain by talipot palm leaf' (Knox, 1681). / Bridgeman Images