Lion brick relief, Nebuchadnezzar's Palace, Babylon, Iraq, Middle East

Animals in relief on the wall of the South Palace, archaeological site of Babylon, Iraq, Middle East

Animals in relief on the South Palace, archaeological site of Babylon, Iraq, Middle East

Mushussu (sirrush) and aurochs relief, Babylon, Iraq, Middle East

Relief of a Hanseatic cog at a brick wall at harbour, Hanseatic town Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Man lifting pan with cement onto a scaffold, construction of brick houses for families whose houses were destroyed during the flood catastrophe of 2010, Lashari Wala village near Muzaffaragarh, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Three lions, brick relief from the Babylonian Ishtar Gate, Archeological Museum, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Lion, brick relief of the Babylonian Ishtar Gate, Archeological Museum, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Construction of brick houses for families whose homes were destroyed during the flood catastrophe of 2010, Lashari Wala village near Muzaffaragarh, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Qutb Minar or Qutub Minar, the world's tallest brick minaret, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, North India, India, Asia

Golden Swan on a house facade, old town, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Town hall in Jork, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Detail, church, mountain village of Axos, Crete, Greece, Europe

Wall detail, historic centre of Bruges, Unesco World Heritage Site, Belgium, Europe