PFH1173147: Sudan / South Sudan: The wrecked Jonglei Canal excavator stranded in the Sudd, 2006 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173149: Sudan / South Sudan: Artillery shells and rocket propelled grenades abandoned during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173150: Sudan / South Sudan: Fragment of a Rocket Propelled Grenade near Juba, debris from the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173156: South Sudan: Appeal for books for the proposed new Dr John Garang Memorial University by the South Sudan Development Foundation, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173157: South Sudan: Appeal for books for the proposed new Dr John Garang Memorial University by the South Sudan Development Foundation, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173212: Vietnam / China: Map of Tonkin (Vietnam) China, Formosa (Taiwan) and Luzon (Philippines), Rigobert Bonne, 1771. Detail showing Gulf of Tonkin, Paracels Islands and Hainan Island. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173217: Vietnam: 'Une Balon Annamite' - Vietnamese lady in a rocking chair, Saigon, 1908 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173219: Vietnam: A young Vietnamese man, Saigon, c.1915 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173233: Thailand: Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi (1901-1988), Prime Minister of Thailand, 1946-1947 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173252: Thailand: Yingluck Shinawatra (born 1967), Prime Minister of Thailand (2011- ) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173270: Cambodia: Angkor Wat from the air, including the moat and the central quincunx or five towers representing Mount Meru, the Hindu abode of the Gods / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173273: Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173287: Vietnam / France: French fighting Viets at the Battle of Nam Dinh, 19 July 1883 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173293: Vietnam / France: Tonkin Campaign - Francois-Jules Harmand (1845-1921) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1173299: Vietnam: Tonkin Capaign - A French marine infantryman in Tonkin, 1883 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178695: Burma / Myanmar: A sea of pagodas at Sagaing, the Ava Bridge across the river Irrawaddy / Ayeyarwady in the distance / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178715: Vietnam: A traditional woodblock painting of Vietnamese mice paying tribute to the big cat (China), from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178726: Malaysia: Chung Keng Quee (1821-1901), Kapitan Cina, founder and administrator of Taiping in peninsular Malaya, wearing Qing Dynasty mandarin robes / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178760: Malaysia / Singapore: Young Nyonya woman with bobbed hair, c. 1950s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178778: Korea: Kim Jong-suk (December 24, 1917 – September 22, 1949) was a Korean independence activist and Communist politician. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178779: Korea: North Korean (DPRK) propaganda poster showing Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung striding through the rain accompanied by admiring DPRK soldiers / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178794: Korea: Kim Jong Il, the future supreme leader of North Korea (the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, DPRK) in 1946, probably in the Russian Far East / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178893: Madagascar: Queen Ranavalona III (r. 1883-1897) photographed in exile at Algiers by J. Geiser, c. 1905 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178926: Netherlands / Holland: 'The Seated Zouave' by Vincent Willem Van Gogh (1853-1890) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178939: China: Revolutionary students and lecturers demonstrating at Beijing University, May 4th Movement, 1919 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178960: China / USA: Lieutenant General Claire Chennault, Commander of the Flying Tigers (1893-1958) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178961: China / USA: Lieutenant General Claire Chennault, Commander of the Flying Tigers, Yunnan, China, May 1942 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179002: Asia: Sandalwood is the name of a class of fragrant woods from trees in the genus Santalum. Illustration by Franz Eugen Koehler, 1897 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179059: Burma / Myanmar: Khin Myo Chit, Burmese writer (1915-1999) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179073: Russia: A group of Tatars in Kazan, 1885 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179087: Vietnam: Nguyen court minister Nguyen Van Tuong (1824-1886) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179104: Indonesia: Probably the first published map of The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands), Willem Blau, 1640 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169548: China: Empress Chiyi (1144-1200), consort of Emperor Guangzong, 12th ruler of the Song Dynasty and 3rd ruler of the Southern Song Dynasty (r.1189-1194). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169581: Iran: A ta'wiz or amulet case in silver and nielloware, used for carrying a short verse from the Qur'an for protection and good luck. The Arabic inscription on the face is the shahada or Muslim profession of faith in Kufic script. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169591: China: A disturbing image from 'Shanghai Manhua' (Shanghai Sketch) entitled 'Human Meat Market'. Lu Shaofei, January 1929 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1169592: China: An untitled cover from 'Shanghai Manhua' (Shanghai Sketch) shows a naked young woman in flames surrounded by demons about to devour her. Zhang Zhenyu, June 1929 / Bridgeman Images