PFH1190294: China: A Buddhist monk delivers a blessing at the Luoshi Si Ta (Kumarajiva Pagoda) Buddhist temple, Wuwei, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190301: Cambodia: A blue-painted stilt house on Cambodia's central plains, a common sight across the country / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190337: Thailand: A scene from the Ramakien (Ramayana) murals, Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190352: Thailand: A scene from the Ramakien (Ramayana) murals, Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190367: Thailand: Decorated door panels in the Reclining Buddha pavilion, Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190370: Thailand: Chinese guardian statue at a doorway, Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190470: Thailand: Gold leaf enshrouded phallus statue with flower garlands in the grounds of Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190488: China: Prayer wheels and an incense burner in front of a side building next to the main temple at the Puning Temple (P?níng Sì) or Temple of Universal Peace, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190511: China: 'Heart Locks' used by visitors to 'lock their hearts with the Buddha' and also sometimes known as 'Locks of Love', lead up a staircase at the top end of the Puning Temple (P?níng Sì) or Temple of Universal Peace, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190520: China: The Chinese character for 'light', Puning Temple or Temple of Universal Peace, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190023: India: The Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190027: India: George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827 - 1909), Viceroy of India (1880 - 1884), Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190030: India: Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Empress of India, in front of the Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190063: Vietnam: Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu (1924-2011), First Lady of the Republic of Vietnam, 1955-1963, making a point at a press conference, Republic of Vietnam Embassy, Paris, March 10, 1963 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190090: Spain: 'Comrade! Work and Struggle for the Revolution'. CNT-FAI socialist poster during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Spanish School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190111: India: The Great War Memorial (1914 - 1918) near Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190150: China: A Chinese Song Dynasty mobile observation platform (o / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190172: USA: 'Buddies' - Proud of it - Join a post - Veteran Soldiers Sailors & Marines'. First World War propaganda poster, New York, c. 1919 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190198: USA: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, American writer, traveller and humorist (1835-1910). Signed and inscribed: 'Be Good and You Will be Lonesome' / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190225: Thailand: War elephant. A scene from the Ramakien (Ramayana) murals, Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189048: Japan: Joshoku kaiko tewaza-kusa ('Women engaged in the sericulture industry'), Print No. 2, 'Picking mulberry leaves'. Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), c. 1799, Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189208: India: Elephant, Amber (Amer) Palace and Fort, Amer, near Jaipur, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189092: Japan: 'Oda Nobunaga of Owari Province'. Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. 1850-1880), c.1865 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189117: India: Rajput door decoration, Jaipur, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189148: India: Gateway into the City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189253: India: The Jama Masjid, India's largest mosque, Delhi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189296: Japan: Nihonbashi+D13862, starting point for 'The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Nakasendo (Kisokaido)', Keisai Eisen (1835-1838), Eisen, Keisai (Ikeda Yoshinobu) (1790-1848) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189243: USA / China: Warren Delano Jr. (1809-1898), China Trader in tea, silk and opium, grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). From a picture taken in Hong Kong, January 1862 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189260: India: A man leaves the main hall after his early morning prayers, the Jama Masjid, India's largest mosque, Delhi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189276: India: The Lahore Gate at the massive Red Fort, Old Delhi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1189306: Japan: Honjo-shuku, Station 10 of 'The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Nakasendo (Kisokaido)', Keisai Eisen (1835-1838), Eisen, Keisai (Ikeda Yoshinobu) (1790-1848) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188757: China: A cartoon by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s, Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188772: Thailand: Elephants walking in the Ping River from the Chiang Dao Elephant Camp, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188781: China: A cartoon by Friedrich Schiff from the 'Old Shanghai' of the 1930s, Schiff, Friedrich (1908-1968) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188792: India: Nuts and pulses vendor next to the beach at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188805: India: A statue of Kali (the fierce aspect of the Hindu goddess Durga or Parvati, right), Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images