PFH1181708: Thailand: Sema stone outside temple's ubosot, Wat Sao Thong, Nakhon Sri Thammarat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181714: Thailand: Phra Buddha Sihing Shrine, Nakhon Sri Thammarat / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182070: Thailand: A large cavern within Tham Khao Mai Kaew cave, Ko Lanta, Krabi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182147: Vietnam: Musician in a traditional Vietnamese orchestra at Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182099: Japan: Winter: Oumayagashi, Sumida River. The two women are yotaka (night hawks), the lowest class of prostitutes whose faces were often concealed by very thick make-up. Image 105 of '100 Famous Views of Edo'. Utagawa Hiroshige (first publi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181894: Thailand: Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1181876: Thailand: View of Ban Khao Daeng and the surrounding countryside from the Khao Daeng viewpoint, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182769: Burma / Myanmar: General Bo Mya (1927-2006), Chairman of the Karen National Union from 1976-2000, with a KNU flag background / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182772: China: Mu Family Mansion (Mushi Shisifu), Old Town, Lijiang, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182774: China: Mu Family Mansion (Mushi Shisifu), Old Town, Lijiang, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182780: Germany / Belgium: Heracles' dog discovers the Purple Tyrian dye-producing properties of the murex snail on the shore of the Levant. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182788: China: Mu Family Mansion (Mushi Shisifu), Old Town, Lijiang, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182790: China: Mu Family Mansion (Mushi Shisifu) with Wanggu Lou (Looking at the Past Pavilion) atop Shizi Shan in the background, Old Town, Lijiang, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182792: China: Naxi (Dongba) pictograms on a zodiac wheel, Dongba Cultural Research Institute, Lijiang, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182795: Japan: Two oiran (courtesans) relaxing, one threading a needle, the other playing a musical instrument. Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182801: Japan: The courtesan (oiran) Chozan from the house of Choshi. Utamaro II (? - c. 1831), Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182802: Japan: The courtesan (oiran) Shiratama from the house of Tama-Ya. Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182808: Japan: Portrait of a bijin or beautiful young woman. Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182811: Japan: Obvious Love (Arawaruru koi). Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182814: Japan: A beauty or bijin with a hand towel. Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182825: China: A winter's day at the Hall of Prayer For Good Harvest (Qinian Dian), Temple of Heaven (Tiantan), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182827: China: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain seen from Black Dragon Pool Park (Hēilóngtán), Lijiang, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182829: China: Moon Embracing Pavilion (Déyuè Lóu), Black Dragon Pool Park (Hēilóngtán), Lijiang, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182838: China: Cliffside path at the entrance to Tiger Leaping Gorge, north of Lijiang, Yunnan Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182841: China: Chairman Mao surveys Tiananmen Square from the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182846: China: A soldier guards the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182850: China: Visitors pose for photographs in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182860: China: Tiananmen Square from the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen) looking towards the Monument to the People's Heroes and Mao Zedong's Mausoleum, Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182862: China: The Great Hall of the People (Rénmín Dàhuìtáng), Tiananmen Square, Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182863: China: The Great Hall of the People (Rénmín Dàhuìtáng), Tiananmen Square, Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182865: China: Souvenir stand in front of one of the revolutionary statues flanking Mao Zedong's mausoleum in Tiananmen Square, Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182871: China: The gate house of Qianmen (Front gate), also known more correctly as Zhengyangmen, situated to the south of Tiananmen Square, Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182880: China: Bell Tower (Zhonglou), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182891: China: Ceremonial drummers in the Drum Tower (Gulou), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182893: China: Ceremonial drummers in the Drum Tower (Gulou), Beijing / Bridgeman Images

PFH1182902: China: Giant vase with Arabic calligraphy in a Chinese style, Ox Street Mosque or Cow Street Mosque (Niujie Mosque), Beijing / Bridgeman Images