PFH1186556: China: Stone figure in the stele garden at Xiaoyan Ta (Little Wild Goose Pagoda), Xi'an, Shaanxi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186576: China: A young Hui Muslim serves street food in Xi'an's Muslim Quarter, Shaanxi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186580: Japan: A man and a woman making love. Shunga 'Spring Picture' woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), c. 1795-1800, Kitagawa, Utamaro (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186604: Japan: A young woman, bound and gagged, peers from an upstairs window on a rainy day. Ito Seiu (1882-1961), c. 1940s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186627: China: A tomb in the sand dunes near the Imam Asim Mazar (shrine) in the desert near Khotan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186523: Thailand: A boat returns from the islands, Hat Noppharat Thara, Krabi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186557: China: Stone figure in the stele garden at Xiaoyan Ta (Little Wild Goose Pagoda), Xi'an, Shaanxi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186573: China: Caged grasshopper, Beiyuanmen, the 'Islamic Walking Street', Xi'an, Shaanxi Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186581: Japan: A man and a woman making love. Shunga 'Spring Picture' woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), c. 1795-1800, Kitagawa, Utamaro (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186591: China: A tomb in the sand dunes near the Imam Asim Mazar (shrine) in the desert near Khotan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186625: China: A tomb in the sand dunes near the Imam Asim Mazar (shrine) in the desert near Khotan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186651: China: A Uighur woman winding silk thread, Atlas Silk Workshop (Atlas Karakhana) in Jiya Village, about 13km northeast of Khotan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186655: China: A Uighur man sorting raw silk threads, Atlas Silk Workshop (Atlas Karakhana) in Jiya Village, about 13km northeast of Khotan, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188655: India: Preparing a covered area for a temple festival at the Varadharaja Perumal (Devarajaswami) Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188668: India: Some of the 58 small shrines in the inner courtyard at the Kailasanathar (Kailasanatha) Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188670: India: A sculpture within one of the 58 small shrines in the inner courtyard at the Kailasanathar (Kailasanatha) Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188676: Vietnam: Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188756: India: Statue of the Tamil poet and saint, Thiruvalluvar, and the Vivekananda Rock Memorial (left), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188769: Thailand: Chiang Dao Elephant Camp, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188772: Thailand: Elephants walking in the Ping River from the Chiang Dao Elephant Camp, Chiang Mai Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188783: India: An Indian woman poses with the Shiva linga at Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188805: India: A statue of Kali (the fierce aspect of the Hindu goddess Durga or Parvati, right), Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188823: Japan: Standing Samurai. Torii Kiyomasu (active c.1704-1718) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190198: USA: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, American writer, traveller and humorist (1835-1910). Signed and inscribed: 'Be Good and You Will be Lonesome' / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190206: Thailand: Prasat Hin Meuang Tam, Buriram Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190225: Thailand: War elephant. A scene from the Ramakien (Ramayana) murals, Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190247: Daphne mezereum or 'Mezereon'. 'Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen', 1887 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190282: Germany: The title page of Hortus Eystettenis, (1613) by Basilius Besler (1561-1629), botanist and pharmacist / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190327: Iran / Persia: The feast of Ahasuerus. Netherlands, 12th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190337: Thailand: A scene from the Ramakien (Ramayana) murals, Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190352: Thailand: A scene from the Ramakien (Ramayana) murals, Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190370: Thailand: Chinese guardian statue at a doorway, Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190379: Japan: 'Fields of colour, Yamanashi Prefecture'. Japanese Railways, 1930s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190394: Vietnam: Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (Nguyen Cao Ky, 1930-2011), 1965. Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam, 1965-1967, Vice-President of the Republic of Vietnam, 1967-1971 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190410: Thailand: Buddha images, Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190453: Thailand: A scene from the Ramakien (the Thai Ramayana story) on stone around the Phra Ubosot (Main Chapel), Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images