PFH1774186: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be are presented with money and their wrists are tied with white thread by relatives and well wishers at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773587: Burma / Myanmar: A Buddhist monk in front of the standing Buddha Konagamana in the central niche facing east, Ananda Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774211: Thailand: Chinese graves in the grounds of Wat Chakkrawat, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774055: Burma / Myanmar: Phaung Daw Oo (Hpaung Daw U) Pagoda, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774089: China: A decorated gourd hangs in front of a musical instrument shop in Old Kashgar, Xinjiang Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774524: Burma / Myanmar: Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery also known as Me Nu Oak-Kyaung (Brick Monastery), Inwa (Ava), Mandalay Region / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773978: President Ho Chi Minh, c. 1950 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773765: Southeast Asia: Red-tailed ratsnake (Gonyosoma oxycephalum), also known as arboreal ratsnake and red-tailed racer / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774617: Vietnam: Entrance to The Huc Bridge (Rising Sun or Sunbeam Bridge) and Den Ngoc Son (Jade Mountain Temple), Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774694: India: Fishing boats donated after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami lie on the beach at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774160: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. A Brahman priest (all in white) joins the ordination proceedings. He is to present the nakor monks-to-be to the spirits, to let those spirits know that these young men are to become monks / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773956: Thailand: Festival beauty, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774185: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monks-to-be are presented with money and their wrists are tied with white thread by relatives and well wishers at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774170: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. The nakor monk-to-be pays respect to his mother for the suffering she endured during pregnancy / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774099: Burma / Myanmar: Brightly adorned oxen pulling a cart with a princess (young Burmese girl in her finest attire) in the Na Htwin or the Ear-Piercing Ceremony which takes place at the same time as the Shinbyu ceremony. Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773927: Burma / Myanmar: Enn (also Ann or Eng) woman with characteristic black teeth, Wan Mai village near Kyaing Tong (Kengtung), Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774035: Burma / Myanmar: Peacocks decorate the entrance to a pagoda, Nyaung Ohak pagodas near the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774265: Burma / Myanmar: Prince Siddhartha Gautama leaving the palace on horseback and eventually becoming 'the enlightened one' or simply the Buddha, Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774378: Burma / Myanmar: Deva (deity or angel) statue adorning one of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774263: Burma / Myanmar: Standing Buddha image at the east side of the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774286: Burma / Myanmar: Elaborate woodcarving showing a scene from a Burmese folk tale in a pavilion at the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774196: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. Newly ordained monks are presented to and blessed by the abbot / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773542: Burma / Myanmar: The Chan-Thar-Gyi Buddha inside the Chan Thar Gyi Prayer Hall on the northwest side of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774362: Burma / Myanmar: Ogre detail on the outer wall of the Sulamani Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773473: USA: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. St. Lucas Terrace, under ruins 80 bodies were found after this photograph was made', 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774487: Russia: Russia's first car had rubber tyres on wooden wheels, and had a top speed of 13mph / 21kph. 1897 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773805: China: A rubbing of the 'Suzhou Star Chart', created in 1193, etched in stone in 1247 by Wang Zhi Yuan / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774453: Indonesia / Sumatra: Sultan Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah II (1864 - 1939), thirty-fifth and last sultan of Aceh, c. 1920. Aceh War (1873 - 1914) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774445: Indonesia / Sumatra: Renjaan, a Moluccan officer in the Dutch colonial forces, Aceh, c. 1900. Aceh War (1873 - 1914) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773706: Vietnam: A Chinese merchant family in Cholon, Saigon, 1872 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774446: Indonesia / Sumatra: Dutch officers and artilley at Fort Peunajong near Banda Aceh, 1873-74. Aceh War (1873 - 1914) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773691: Japan: Scene of destruction in Tokyo after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774429: Indonesia / Sumatra: Three Acehnese warriors. Henricus Marinus Neeb, c. 1900. Aceh War (1873 - 1914) / Bridgeman Images

MOR1772431: The railway carriage in which the Armistice to end World War One was signed, November 11, 1918, from 'The Pageant of the Century', published 1934 (b/w photo), English Photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

MOR1772428: Women making army boots wearable by heel building or re-soling, from 'The Pageant of the Century', published 1934 (photo), English Photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774347: India: Potti Sreeramulu (1901-1952), Indian revolutionary, nationalist and supporter of the establishment of Andhra State (1953). Commemorative poster / Bridgeman Images