PFH1774664: Vietnam: Tet (Vietnamese New Year) celebrants lighting incense sticks at Tran Quoc Pagoda, Ho Tay (West Lake), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774722: Sri Lanka: A faded bas-relief showing dancing figures at Gadaladeniya Temple, Kandy / Bridgeman Images

DND1775547: Statue of Swami Vivekananda, Chennai, Madras, Tamilnadu, India (photo) / Bridgeman Images

DND1775554: Tata Truck (photo) / Bridgeman Images

DGC1775608: George Washington's teeth, 1910 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

XRA1772225: Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet, at a gala in honour of Pablo Picasso, 1st November 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773408: Cambodia: Floating village on the Great Lake, Tonle Sap near Siem Reap / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773481: Nepal: Final rites are performed behind a curtain before cremation, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773523: Cambodia: Local transport on the Great Lake, Tonle Sap near Kompong Phluk / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773528: Cambodia: Fishermen on the Great Lake, Tonle Sap / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773546: Burma / Myanmar: Inside the Shwedagon Pagoda complex, Yangon (Rangoon) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773561: Burma / Myanmar: Restored Buddha in the main shrine facing east, Htilominlo Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / 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

PFH1773602: India: Devotees at the Krishna Balaram Temple, a Hare Krishna temple built in 1975, Vrindavan, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774108: Sri Lanka: Young traditional musicians at a temple festival, Kelaniya Temple, Kelaniya, near Colombo / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774144: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. Firstly the nakor monk-to-be has his head shaved. The complete shaving of the head and eyebrows is then undertaken by a monk / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774150: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. A Buddhist house shrine / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774162: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Chiang Mai. A man plays a ranat ek(alto xylophone) in a traditional Thai musical ensemble accompanying the ceremony at the sukhwan nakceremony / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1774198: Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. Newly ordained monks are presented to and blessed by the abbot / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774234: Vietnam: A dragon adorns a door in the Dai Thanh Mon (Gate of the Great Synthesis) leading to the fourth courtyard and the House of Ceremonies in the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774240: Vietnam: A crane on top of the Altar to Confucius, Great House of Ceremonies, Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774243: Vietnam: Painted lacquer dragon on a pillar in Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774256: Nepal: Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774262: Burma / Myanmar: Shrine roofs within the Shwedagon Pagoda complex, Yangon (Rangoon) / 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

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

PFH1774330: Taiwan: Lanterns in front of the Tianhou (Empress of Heaven) Temple, Chichin Island, Kaohsiung. The temple is dedicated to Matsu (Mazu) the protector of sailors and fishermen / Bridgeman Images

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

PFH1774374: Burma / Myanmar: One of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda covered by tree roots, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774472: Burma / Myanmar: Late afternoon light illuminates a Buddhist monk at the Sutaungpyei Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774475: Burma / Myanmar: Boats loading and unloading cargo on the Mandalay waterfront and the Irrawaddy River / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774495: Burma / Myanmar: The massive bulk of the unfinished stupa of Mingun Pahtodawgyi (Mingun Temple), Sagaing District, near Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774505: Burma / Myanmar: Burmese inscription stone (detail), a page of the Tipitaka Kyauksa (the largest book in the world), Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773672: Burma / Myanmar: Buddha shrine in the Sutaungpyei Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773681: Burma / Myanmar: Bathing Buddha statues with water (a merit making act) in the Sutaungpyei Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images