PFH1181071: Malaysia: Tea grows on a hillside in the Cameron Highlands, Pahang State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181078: Japan: A painting of Baisao the 'Old Tea Seller' with his portable tea equipment, late 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180984: Thailand: Laem Thian, Ko Tao (Turtle Island), southern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181018: Sri Lanka: Tea pickers near Nuwara Eliya, central Sri Lanka / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181051: Thailand: Early morning Akha market, Doi Mae Salong, Chiang Rai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180974: Middle East: A map of Kurdistan - 'Curdistan Diarbeck' - published by Alain Manneson Mallet, 1682 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181067: China: Teapot display at a shop near Wenshu Yuan (Wenshu Temple), Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181072: Thailand: New tea plantations surround an Akha village near Doi Mae Salong, Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1180998: Thailand: Chin Haw children in the Attaqwa School attached to the Attaqwa Mosque, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181011: Thailand: The main gold chedi containing a relic of the Buddha, Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181021: Sri Lanka: Tea pickers near Nuwara Eliya, central Sri Lanka / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181188: Thailand: Unusual column pediment in the old viharn, Wat Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181066: China: Tightly packed tea for sale near Wenshu Yuan (Wenshu Temple), Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181076: Japan: Female attendants at a Japanese tea house, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181083: Japan: Man lighting a charcoal brazier in preparation for making tea. Signed Ike No Taiga (1723-1776) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181109: Thailand: One of the world's largest gong hangs in the grounds of Wat Phra That Haripunchai, Lamphun, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181134: Thailand: Ku Ma, the final resting place of Queen Chamathewi's favourite horse, Lamphun, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181152: Palestine: An old Mizrahi Jew of Yemeni origin, Jerusalem, 1919 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181172: Thailand: The Burmese temple of Wat Sai Mun Myanmar, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181196: Thailand: Old viharn, Wat Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181223: Thailand: The main chedi at Wat Uthayarom (Jong Sung), Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181249: Arabia: Bedouin horse racing at a desert wedding / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181315: Spain: Theophany (top); John prostrates himself before the Angel (centre); The Seven Churches of Asia (bottom). From the Beatus of Leon version of the Apocalypse (1047 CE). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181342: France: Joseph Joubert (1754-1824), French moralist, essayist and philosopher, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181379: Spain: The Beast emerges from The Abyss. From the Beatus of Rioja or Urgell Beatus, c. 975 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181409: Thailand: A visitor feeds her new friend, Patara Elephant Farm, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181433: China: Naxi horseman in Old Market Square (Sifang Jie), Lijiang Old Town, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181458: Cambodia: Stone carvings that once decorated the walls and doorways of the temple are now strewn around the complex, Phnom Chisor temple, Takeo Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181491: Burma / Myanmar: King Mindon's Palace, Mandalay (reconstructed) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181286: Palestine: Palestinian women kneading dough to make bread, c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181515: Japan: A bijin - beautiful woman - angler. Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770), Harunobu, Suzuki (1725-70) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181328: Germany: The Whore of Babylon, Revelation 17:1-18. Illuminated miniature from the Ottheinrich Bible / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181411: Thailand: A visitor feeds his new friend, Patara Elephant Farm, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181425: Thailand: Patara Elephant Farm, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181263: Arabia: 'The Harem of a Bedouin wandering in the desert', Wilhelm Gentz, 1878 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181326: Germany: The Giving of the Seven Bowls of Wrath / The First Six Plagues, Revelation 16:1-16. Illuminated miniature from the Ottheinrich Bible / Bridgeman Images