POV700525: A view from the Likir Monastery, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700528: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana): Butterlamps in monastery window overlooking wild garden Alchi Gompa, Ladakh, Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700543: Himalayan landscape: Willow-fringed road through green river valley (Wakh river), snowcapped Zanskar Range Mulbekh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700621: Organic gardening/farming: Vegetable beds in organic kitchen garden at traditional Ladakhi guest-/farmhouse Sankar, Leh, Ladakh, Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700624: Ornate detail of main temple door in Buddhist monastery (Tibetan Buddhism, Gelugpa order) Sankar Gompa, Leh, Ladakh, Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700633: Artist in Tibetan Buddhist monastery sculpting new clay masks for temple display (here: measuring traditionally prescribed proportions) Thiksey (aka. Tikse) gompa, Ladakh, Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700678: Indian street trader/food seller approaching driver in autorickshaw Delhi, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

XEE700718: Philo Judaeus, Jewish philosopher (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

SBL701333: King's College Chapel bathed in sunset light, Cambridge (photo) / Bridgeman Images

JHL701396: The Last Agony of the Ottoman - Turkish Soldiers Dying of Cholera near San Stefano, from 'The Graphic', c.1912-13 (litho) / Bridgeman Images

MFI701927: Exterior view of Green Gables, California (photo) / Bridgeman Images

TRK697112: Detail of the minaret from the Big Khan Mosque, Khan's Palace, Bakhchisaray, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (photo) / Bridgeman Images

TRK697115: Swallow's Nest, Gaspra, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (photo) / Bridgeman Images

TRK697145: Chimneys of the ceramic tile factory installed in the Monastery of Our Lady of the Caves, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain (photo) / Bridgeman Images

GDG698780: General view of the city with the rooftops of the Jameh Mosque (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700312: Resurfacing a stretch of the Manali-Leh Highway, Ladakh (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700336: The entry of the personifications of Padmasambhava at the annual Tshechu festival, Hemis Monastery, Ladakh (photo) / Bridgeman Images

GDG698792: Decorative tilework above the mihrab (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700385: Bridge across the Indus River, Choglamsar, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

GDG698835: Amir Chakhmaq Mosque, cupola, decorative tilework (photo) / Bridgeman Images

KW699482: Replicas of the ships Columbus sailed to the Americas in at El Muelle de las Carabelas, or The Wharf of the Caravels at Palos de la Frontera, Huelva Province, Andalusia, southern Spain. / Bridgeman Images

KW699491: Macroom, West Cork, Ireland. The Castle / Bridgeman Images

POV700475: A house on the shore of Pangong Lake, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700490: A girl picking wild roses, Leh, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

BMS699552: Computer-Graphic View of Columbiad Guns at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, Plus Details of the Inner Compound Behind in Morning Sunlight, Prior to the American Civil War / Bridgeman Images

POV700307: Rooftop view of houses, stupas and prayer flags in Spituk Monastery, Ladakh (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700325: Solar panel on the roof of the Hemis Monastery, Ladakh (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700337: Musicians leading the Padmasambhava's procession at the annual Tshechu festival, Hemis Monastery, Ladakh (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700346: A monk watching the dances from a decorated wooden balcony, annual Tshechu festival, Hemis Monastery, Ladakh (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700355: Masked dancers and spectators at the annual Tshechu festival, Hemis Monastery, Ladakh (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700377: Ladakhi schoolchildren, Shey, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700380: Energy efficient building, Druk White Lotus School, Shey, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700383: Ladakhi schoolchildren, Druk White Lotus School, Shey, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700395: View across Leh and the Indus Valley, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700401: Schoolgirl in an English class, Shey, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV700428: Ladakhi villagers watching a performance at the Manjushri Model School, Sakti, Ladakh, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images