PFH1189839: Thailand: Giants and monkey supporting a chedi (all the giants around the chedi are characters from the Ramakien), Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Grand Palace, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189857: Vietnam: Dancing apsara (celestial nymph), Cham bas reliefs, My Son Museum, My Son, Quang Nam Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189375: Japan: Mochizuki-shuku (望月o, Eisen, Keisai (Ikeda Yoshinobu) (1790-1848) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189400: India: A jali or latticed stone screen in the Alai Darwaza (Alai Gate, built 1311 CE) next to the Qutb Minar, Delhi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189425: India: Elephants, Amber (Amer) Palace and Fort, Amer, near Jaipur, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189467: India: Looking down on Old Delhi from the Jama Masjid / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189488: India: Entrance gate with the National Emblem of India (Lion Capital of Asoka), Rashtrapati Bhavan (the official residence of the President of India), New Delhi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189501: Japan: Japanese women being carried in kago or palanquin on their way to the shrines at Nikko, c. 1890s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189506: Japan: A stretch of the old Nakasendo, showing the original ishidatami stone paving surviving in a state of disrepair, 2003 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189510: Japan: Tonase and Konami, two tori-oi or itinerant women musicians with a shamisen. Chusingura Act 8. Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), 1801, Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189529: China: Buddhist stone relief carved into the rock face, Binglingsi, Yongjing County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189571: China: The 27 metre-high Maitreya Buddha, Binglingsi, Yongjing County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189609: China: Wenshu Yuan (Wenshu Temple), Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189612: Russia: 'War Loans - All for Victory'. Russian World War I propaganda poster, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189617: Russia: A young boy portrayed as a soldier boiling a kettle in the snow. Russian World War I propaganda poster / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190014: India: Perhaps the last place on earth to find human-powered rickshaws, Sudder Street, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190022: India: The Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190044: Spain / Germany: Two Condor Legion Messerschmitt Bf 109B fighters, c. 1937 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190073: Spain: General Francisco Franco, military dictator (Caudillo) of Spain, 1939-1975 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190139: India: Taxis await custom near the Howrah Bridge and Howrah Railway Station, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190161: China: A Chinese Song Dynasty mobile siege wagon, taken from an illustration in the Wujing Zongyao, 1044 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190165: USA: 'What Have You Given?'. First World War propaganda poster, c. 1917 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190186: Thailand: Prasat Hin Meuang Tam, Buriram Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190203: Thailand: Prasat Hin Meuang Tam, Buriram Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190206: Thailand: Prasat Hin Meuang Tam, Buriram Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190033: Spain / Germany: Propaganda poster celebrating the actions of the German Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190061: Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem (1901-1963), first President of the Republic of Vietnam / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190144: China: A Chinese Song Dynasty traction trebuchet, taken from an illustration in the Wujing Zongyao, 1044 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190154: Thailand: A lintel in the central sanctuary, Prasat Hin Phimai, Phimai Historical Park, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Phimai dates from the 11th and 12th century and was an important Khmer Buddhist temple and town in the Khmer empire / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190159: China: A Chinese Song Dynasty mobile or 'dust wagon', perhaps used to make smoke screens or to temporarily blind opponents, taken from an illustration in the Wujing Zongyao, 1044 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190164: USA: 'Browning - Uncle Sam's Official Machine Gun', c. 1918'. First World War propaganda poster, c. 1918 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190179: UK: 'For Humanity's Sake - Save a Life'. First World War propaganda poster, c. 1917 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190184: Thailand: Prasat Hin Meuang Tam, Buriram Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188723: Japan: Tattooed Japanese mail runner or postman, late 19th century, Kusakabe Kimbei, c. 1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188755: India: Statue of the Tamil poet and saint, Thiruvalluvar, and the Vivekananda Rock Memorial (left), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188765: India: Statue of the Tamil poet and saint, Thiruvalluvar, and the Vivekananda Rock Memorial (left), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images