PFH3277717: Japan: Portrait of Shigeru Aoki (1888-1911), by Akebono Ryokan, early 20th century CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277737: Japan: 'My Host, the Madman', Hokkaido, 1892. Arnold Henry Savage Landor, 'Alone with the Hairy Ainu', London, 1893 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277588: China: At the river Yu, Cao Cao (155 - 15 March 220 CE) suffers a defeat. From a Ming Dynasty edition of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277647: Cambodia: The 'monkey god' Hanuman, Sandstone, Prasat Chen Temple, Koh Ker archaeological site, 10th Century, formerly Cleveland Museum of Art, returned to the Cambodian authorities in 2015 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277670: Islamic State / Iraq: Destruction of the Shia Saad bin Aqeel Husseiniya shrine in Tal Afar, northern Iraq, by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), July 2014 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277680: Italy: Four statues on the west side sculpted by Andrea Pisano, Giotto's Campanile (bell tower), Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flowers, also known as Il Duomo di Firenze), Piazza del Duomo, Florence / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277727: Japan / Russia: 'Ainu Woman of the Kuril Islands', 1892. Arnold Henry Savage Landor, Alone with the Hairy Ainu, London, 1893 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277732: Japan: 'Ainu Women Dancing, Piratori', Saru River, Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaido, 1892. Arnold Henry Savage Landor, Alone with the Hairy Ainu, London, 1893 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277740: Japan: 'Ishikari Kraftu Ainu', Hokkaido, 1892. Arnold Henry Savage Landor, 'Alone with the Hairy Ainu', London, 1893 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277526: Islamic State / Iraq: Destruction of the Shia Jawad Husseiniya mosque in Tal Afar, northern Iraq, by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), July 2014 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277532: Japan: Buddha Shaka image, Muro-ji Temple, Nara. Ken Domon (1909 - 1990), 1943 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277599: China: Using the host's forces, Guan Yu (- 220 CE) takes Xuzhou. From a Ming Dynasty edition of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277614: Benjamin Harrison, 1895 (oil on canvas), Johnson, Eastman (1824-1906) / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277628: Malaysia: Cross tombstone for Lieutenant Alexander Spankie, Georgetown, Penang / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277661: Islamic State / Iraq: An ISIL militant uses a sledgehammer to destroy a bas relief on a wall in Nimrud (1350 - 610 BCE) an ancient Assyrian city in Mosul, northern Iraq, March 2015 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277675: Burma / Myanmar: U Thant (1909-1974), 3rd Secretary-General to the United Nations (1961-1971) at Schiphol Airport, Netherlands. Jac de Nijs, 1 July 1963, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277725: Japan: 'Storehouses at Piratori', Saru River, Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaido, 1892. Arnold Henry Savage Landor, Alone with the Hairy Ainu, London, 1893 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277736: Japan / Russia: 'Woman of the Kuril Islands', 1892. Arnold Henry Savage Landor, Alone with the Hairy Ainu, London, 1893 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277761: Russia / USSR: 'Into the Garbage Dump', anti-religious Soviet propaganda poster featuring a worker disposing of Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious symbols, c. 1920 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277807: China: The creator goddess Nuwa, by Xiao Yuncong (1596-1673), 17th century. Original imprint from the Qing Dynasty tome 'Tianwentu', with reproduction from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Xiao Yuncong (1596-1673) / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277823: Italy: Gold medallion of Caracalla (188-217 CE), / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277880: Sweden: Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833 - 1896), chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. Photographic portrait, late 19th Century, Unknown photographer, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277910: India: At a village well near Indore, Madhya Pradesh / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277917: Germany: Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), German mathematician and scientist, portrait published in 'Astronomische Nachrichten', 1828 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277986: India: A traditional Goan outrigger fishing boat sits on the beach at Calangute Beach, North Goa / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277996: India: A traditional Goan outrigger fishing boat sits on the beach at Benaulim Beach, South Goa / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277795: Laos: The assembly hall at 18th century Wat Siri Moung Khoung (Wat Si Muang Khun), Luang Prabang / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277827: The Inspection, 1883 (oil on panel), Deutsch, Ludwig (1855-1935) / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277869: Vietnam: Turtle on the roof of the Royal Library within the Purple Forbidden City, The Imperial City, The Citadel, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277877: Cambodia: Kauravas and Pandavas in hand to hand combat, Battle of Kurukshetra bas-relief sculpture gallery, South Wing, West Gallery, Angkor Wat / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277882: Cambodia: Kauravas and Pandavas in hand to hand combat, Battle of Kurukshetra bas-relief sculpture gallery, South Wing, West Gallery, Angkor Wat / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277889: USA: Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) was the 40th President of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989. Photographic Portrait, Michael Evans (1944 - 2005), Rancho del Cielo, 1976 / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277922: Japan: 'People Standing on a Hill', watercolour painting by Shigeru Aoki (1882-1911), c. 1904, Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277923: Malaysia / China: Carving of Wu Ji, depicting his role in the 16th Century Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi' ('Investiture of the Gods'). From Ping Sien Si Temple, Pasir Panjang Laut / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277898: Malaysia / China: Carving of King Wu of Zhou, depicting his role in the 16th Century Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi' ('Investiture of the Gods'). From Ping Sien Si Temple, Pasir Panjang Laut / Bridgeman Images

PFH3277915: India: At a village well near Indore, Madhya Pradesh / Bridgeman Images