PFH1177309: Sri Lanka: Left: The chair of the last king of Ceylon, Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (1780 - January 30, 1832). Middle: A copy of the Paththirippuwa at the Temple of the Tooth. Asgiriya Vihara (temple), Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177616: Thailand: Somdet Phra Srinakarin 95 Public Park, Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177375: China: Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and intellectual (1897-1931) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177420: Japan: Girls in dancing dress from the series, 'Popular Entertainment at the Niwaka Festival' ('Seiro Niwaka Zensei Asobi'). Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1790 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177485: Thailand: Swimmers prepare to enter Tham Morakot (Emerald Cave), Ko Muk, Trang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177517: Singapore / Malaysia: Studio Portrait of a fashionable young Nyonya (Peranakan Chinese) woman in Western dress, 1930s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177534: Singapore: Lee Hsien Loong (1952- ), the third and current Prime Minister of Singapore (2004 -) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177551: Singapore: Goh Keng Swee, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1984, with his family as a young child, c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177560: China: Warrior from the terracotta army guarding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of a unified China (r. 246-221 BCE), near Xi'an / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177561: China: Warrior from the terracotta army guarding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of a unified China (r. 246-221 BCE), near Xi'an / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177569: Thailand: Kebab vendor at the Sunday Market next to the railway station, Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177570: Thailand: Kebab vendor at the Sunday Market next to the railway station, Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177575: Thailand: Library and National Archives in Commemoration of Queen Sirikit's 60th Birthday, Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177582: Thailand: Paokong Chinese shrine (joss house), Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177598: Korea: Kisaeng entertainer and courtesan, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177609: Thailand: Ubosot (ordination hall), Wat Prasittichai, Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177628: Thailand: The Clocktower intersection near Trang City Hall, Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177334: Sri Lanka: Main Buddha shrine at Asgiriya Vihara (temple), Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177338: Sri Lanka: Reclining Buddha at Asgiriya Vihara (temple), Kandy / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177385: China: Lin Huiyin (1904-1955), Chinese architect and writer / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177474: Japan: A Kabuki actor playing a summer Peddler (Haiyo« Mitate Natsu Shobai). (Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1835), Kunisada, Utagawa (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177487: Thailand: Hat Farang, Ko Muk, Trang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177536: Thailand: King Naresuan of Siam (r. 1555-1605), victor of the Battle of Nong Sarai, on a war elephant / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177555: Korea: Kisaeng entertainer and courtesan, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177563: Thailand: King Naresuan of Siam (1555-1605) memorial statue, near Chiang Dao, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177580: Thailand: Incense on an altar at Paokong Chinese shrine (joss house), Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177587: Thailand: Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177589: Thailand: Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177606: Thailand: The Phra Sangkajjayana statue (Laughing Buddha or Budai), Wat Matchimaphum, Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177639: Thailand: Ratchadamnoen Road at the heart of Trang's Chinese community, Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177645: Thailand: Fish roof detail on the entrance gate leading to the Thamkong Yia Chinese shrine (joss house), Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177667: Thailand: Kaphang Surin Lake, Trang Town, Trang Province, southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177714: China: Confucius relief in rock face at Long Men (Dragon Gate), Xishan (Western Hills), near Kunming, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177724: China: Staircase leading to Long Men (Dragon Gate) near the summit of the Western Hills, near Kunming, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177745: Vietnam: A female NLF (Viet Cong) guerrilla fighter, c. 1968 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1177785: Thailand: Wat Chedi Sao, Lampang, Lampang Province / Bridgeman Images