POV499106: General view of wooden houses in remote ethnic Lao Lum village, Ban Naphia, the "War Spoon/Bracelet village" where, in cottage industries, war scrap (bomb and plane metal from Second Indochina War) is melted down and cast into spoons and bracelets, motto: "Make Bracelets not War" Phaxay District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia MORE INFO: RISE (Rural Income through Sustainable Energy), a project supporting remote communities in gaining access to sustainable and locally produced clean energy and using local resources to generate income while safeguarding the environment, implemented by Helvetas Laos, a Swiss Association for International Cooperation & Development, see: www.helvetas-laos.org / Bridgeman Images

POV499118: Four window cleaners suspended on facade of skyscraper (Sofitel Silom Hotel), city reflections, Silom Road, Bang Rak District, Bangkok, Thailand (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV499124: General view of remote tropical forest mountain village, young girl carrying load Ban Mai, Namkha, Paek District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499136: Remote ethnic minority Khmu village on slopes of montane tropical forest (rainforest) in the Annamite Range, mist and rain, smoke from fire Ban Kabo, Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499163: Young boy/toddler climbing fence in remote tropical forest village, nr. Korsan Tai, Phienghong, Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499166: Montane tropical forest (rainforest) slopes in the Annamite Range, Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

GDG495673: Souk al-Nahhaseen (photo) / Bridgeman Images

GDG495679: View of a souk (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP497477: Audley End House, West Front (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP497677: Royal Standard of the United Kingdom (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV497898: General view of remote Himalayan Balti village: Drying dung (fuel), grass (livestock winter fodder), wood (fencing & fuel), snowcapped mountain bckgnd. Bartu, Phulangpa Valley, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497928: Mixed herd of Pashmina (aka. Changthangi), other goats & sheep on summer pasture in high-altitude Himalayan river valley, Tangyar, Nubra, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497934: Himalayan landscape: Lorry rounding bend on precipitous mountain road between Khaltse and Lamayuru, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498024: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Nezer chorten (stupa), prayer flags and piles of stones (cairns) in high altitude Himalayan 'sacred landscape' overlooking Indus valley and snowcapped Zanskar Range (Stok-Kangri Massif) Upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498027: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Pile of ram & ibex horns making a lhatho (or latho) acting as a sacred place protector, Nezer, Upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498033: Array of photo-voltaic solar panels on school roof (advanced solar energy system making school energy self-sufficient), peaks of Zanskar Range in bckgnd. Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute, World architecture award: Best green building 2002), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498039: Sunset afterglow and silhouetted mountains (Zanskar Range) from upper Leh Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498063: Himalayan landscape: View from Khardung la pass (5,606m, world's highest motorable road) into snowcapped Karakoram (Saser Muztagh), road winding along valley side Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498069: Himalayan landscape: View into layers of silhouetted hazy blue mountain ridges (Ladakh & Zanskar Ranges) at sunset looking south from nr. Khardung la pass, north of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498081: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Remnants of fire ritual/ceremony/puja “chinsek” (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire, monk sweeping up in monastery courtyard Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

KDC498689: Dixie Dean, 1936 (colour litho) / Bridgeman Images

YKM498973: New stone carving for the buttress on the East Front of York Minster (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV499081: View of Vientiane city and Patouxai gardens seen from Patouxai Monument ("Victory Gate", aka. Patuxai) Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499087: Old woman (ethnic minority Hmong) embroidering cloth in government resettlement village, Ban Lak Gao, nr. Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499090: Wood-fired boiler made from oildrum for traditional sauna, Wat Sok Pa Luang Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499111: Remote tropical mountain village (ethnic Hmong) in dense fog, wooden houses, pigeon loft, street scene with men,children,dogs, chicken Ban Phakeo, Paek District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499135: Remote ethnic minority Khmu village on slopes of montane tropical forest (rainforest) in the Annamite Range, mist and rain, Ban Kabo, Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499138: Dawn mist on slopes of Montane tropical forest (rainforest) in the Annamite Range, single tree on crest Phaklak, Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV499144: Montane tropical forest (rainforest) along Nam Mat river gorge in the Annamite Range, nr. Keobon, Nonghet District, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia / Bridgeman Images

POV496540: Two vegetable, fruit and meat sellers on city street pavement (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV496543: Primary school class posing for group photo in front of girant reclining Buddha statue (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV496549: Xieng Khuan, the Buddha Park (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV496555: Three river fishermen casting nets in Mekong (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV496582: Dawn over Luang Prabang Range and the Mekong river (photo) / Bridgeman Images

BLP497341: The Western Wall Tunnel, view of Hasmonean aqueduct, Temple Mount, Jerusalem (photo) / Bridgeman Images

HGP497475: Parish church, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, Essex (photo) / Bridgeman Images