Women in conical hats counting money at the fish market by the Thu Bon River in Hoi An, south of Danang, Vietnam, Indochina, Asia

Bank notes as offerings, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

US dollars on Buddhist money tree to make merit and donate to local temple, Wat Naxai Buddhist Temple, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Temple offerings, Mount Batur area, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Child offering coins in Wat Suandok, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tet Lunar New Year offerings of fruit and money at the Diem Huu Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Small child standing in the doorway of the bank in Paro, Bhutan

Ribbons tied for children, money or personal object offered, Kunya Urgench, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia

Cambodia savings club and micro credit group holding a meeting, kampong thom

Mixed race woman balancing bride and groom statues on coin stacks

Old-fashioned Caucasian boy sitting near staircase begging for money

Water droplets splashing from melting ice yuan symbol

Pushkar Fair is the annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan, India,

Religious statue and donation at Popa Taung Kalat Temple, Mount Popa, near Bagan, Myanmar, (Burma)

Pushkar Fair is the annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan, India,

A vendor in the farmers market counts his money. Mutianyu, China.

A farmer in his straw hat counts his money in an outdoor market in Mutianyu, China.

Dessous Shop, Huaihai Xilu, display, window decoration, window dressing, store, pedestrain, arcade, shopping mall, sex, lingerie, poster

Dessous Shop, Huaihai Xilu, window display, window decoration, window dressing, store, pedestrain, arcade, shopping mall, sex, chinese flag, lingerie

Pedestrians, Huaihai Xilu, intersection Huaihai Xilu, shopping, people, consumer, consume

Pedestrians, Huaihai Xilu, intersection Huaihai Xilu, shopping, people, consumer, consume

Shopping, Huaihai Xilu, intersection Huaihai Xilu, shopping, people, pedestrians, consumer, consume

Pedestrians, Huaihai Xilu, intersection Huaihai Xilu shopping, people, consumer, consume

shopping malls Shanghai, Super Brand Mall, Pudong, escalator, shops, stores, mega malls, multi-storey, advertising, consumers, biggest department store

Dior, Plaza 66, window display, window decoration, window dressing, store, pedestrian, arcade, shopping mall

Shopping, Huaihai Xilu, intersection Huaihai Xilu, shopping, people, pedestrians, consumer, consum

Hands of elderly woman offering money to Buddhist monks as alms, Oknha Tey Island, Mekong River, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Asia

Stock trading at Vietcombank Securities, retail banking customers watch the stock prices on monitors, Hanoi, Vietnam, Asia

Headquarters of the Mongolian stock exchange with chart depicting the performance of the internet company Google, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Illuminated Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center at night, SWFC Building, Shanghai, China, Asia

Old banknote, front and rear, 10 rupees, Sri Lanka, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, around 1987

Stock exchange information displays at a bank in the Nihombashi financial district, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

view street city night with people lights

Banknotes on a street vendor's stall, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia

Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Nihombashi financial district, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Person holding a fan of North Korean banknotes

Building site, Pudong, Lujiazui financial district, Shanghai, China, Asia

Bank of Taiwan building, Taipei, Taiwan, Asia

A LAotian-American female monk with shaved head makes an offering of rice during worship as the Laotian American community celebrates the Buddhist new year by gathering at a property in suburban East Hartford Connecticut on April 28, 2007. Several shrines are set up on the property. The celebrants leave offerings of food, flowers and money, pray, dance, and feast for a day. Immigrants from Laos, including the Hmong people, are refugees from the Vietnam War era, when they helped United States in the war.

Currency sitting on a step at the drepung monastery, Lhasa xizang china

Currency attached to a weathered wooden crate at drepung monastery, Lhasa xizang china

Chinese and European money

Chinese American and European money

Chinese and American money

Chinese American and European money

Chinese currency