PFH1178586: China: Elaborate late afternoon Buddhist rituals outside Ming-era Qianming Si (Qianming Temple), Guiyang, Guizhou Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178614: China: Roof detail, Hongfu Si (Hongfu Temple), Qianling Shan Park, Guiyang, Guizhou Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178640: China: Police guards on parade, Duanmen (Upright Gate) and square leading to the Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178646: Thailand: Wat Mahathat with Wat Ratchaburana in the background, Ayutthaya Historical Park / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178673: Burma / Myanmar: Roof detail, Shwe In Bin Kyaung, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178678: Burma / Myanmar: Mandalay waterfront and the Irrawaddy River / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178687: Burma / Myanmar: View from train crossing the Goteik Viaduct in Shan State between Pyin U Lwin (Maymyo) and Lashio / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178718: Vietnam: A blindfolded couple attempt to catch a goat, a popular Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival game - traditional woodblock painting from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178733: Vietnam: A mythological phoenix - traditional woodblock painting from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178746: Malaysia / Singapore: A Peranakan bride and groom, mid 20th century, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178758: Malaysia / Singapore: A modern young Nyonya with bobbed hair, Melaka / Malacca, c. 1940s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178774: Thailand: Dancing 'stags' on the eve of the Poy Sang Long Festival, Wat Pa Pao (Shan temple), Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178788: Korea: Propaganda photograph of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung together wth his heir and successor Kim Jong Il, c. 1985 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179028: Spain: 'Satan Freed'. A Horned seven-headed Beast (the Antichrist) from the Sea is flanked by groups of men representing nations. From a 12th century version of 'The Commentary on the Apocalypse' by Beatus of Liebana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178851: Thailand: A 'Crystal Son' sits with his mother on the eve of the Poy Sang Long Festival, Wat Pa Pao (Shan temple), Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179070: Laos: A Socialist realist-style statue of King Sisavang Vong (or Sisavangvong) (14 July 1885 - 29 October 1959) in Vientiane. The statue was a gift from the Soviet Union. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178902: Laos: Revolutionary Socialist realist-style political poster on the streets of Vientiane / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178854: China: Buddha flanked by bodhisattvas, Maiji Shan Grottoes, Tianshui, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178948: Thailand: The old wooden viharn with sand chedis alongside, Wat Phan Tao, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178951: Thailand: The old wooden viharn with sand chedis alongside, Wat Phan Tao, Chiang Mai / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178955: 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

PFH1179021: Spain: The Mouth of Hell. From a 12th century version of 'The Commentary on the Apocalypse' by Beatus of Liebana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179016: Uzbekistan: Dome interior, Jama Masjid, Tillya Kari Madrassa, The Registan, Samarkand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179032: Uzbekistan: The main facade of Tillya Kari Madrassa at night, The Registan, Samarkand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179049: Laos: 'Traditional culture in harmony with Socialist principles', Revolutionary Socialist realist-style political poster on the streets of Vientiane / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179081: Vietnam: The arrival at Saigon of French Governor-General Beau, from Le Petit Journal, November 1902 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179086: Vietnam: Paul Philastre, French colonial administrator (1837-1902) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179227: China: Signing of the Treat of Tientsin , 1858. Second Opium War, 1856-1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179256: Vietnam: Child emperor Duy Tan (reigned 1907-1916) in court dress, 1907 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179177: China: 'Scene in the Suburbs of Ting Hae', by Thomas Allom, c. 1845 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179203: Uzbekistan: Entrance to the Ark fortress, Bukhara / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179417: Thailand / Germany: Thailand's King Prajadhipok (Rama VII, r. 1925-1935) meets German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Templehof Airport, Berlin, 1936 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179103: China: Flag of the Chinese Soviet Republic in Jiangxi, 1931-1934 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178923: France / Algeria: A corporal of the 2nd regiment of the Foreign Legion at Algiers in 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178903: Cambodia: The Cambodian flag flies atop a gopura (entrance) at Preah Vihear, an ancient Khmer temple on the Cambodia-Thailand border / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179118: Uzbekistan: Inner courtyard door at Ulug Beg Madrassa, The Registan, Samarkand / Bridgeman Images