Painted ceiling, Tash Khauli Palace, Khiva, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Ceramic detail, Sher Dor madressa, Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Partially submerged tilted Shiva temple below the ghats on the edge of the River Ganges (Ganga), Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Autumn colours and ornamental Chinese style decorative figures on a pavilion in Ritan Park, Beijing, China, Asia

Autumn colours and ornamental Chinese style decorative figures on a pavilion in Ritan Park, Beijing, China, Asia

The sleeping Buddha, Dhauligiri Shanti Stupa (Dhauli Peace Pagoda), completed in 1972 with the collaboration of Nippon Buddha Sangha, atop Dhauli Hills on site of ancient temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Asia

Aquamarine colour wall and yellow window border in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland

Aquamarine colour wall and yellow window border in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland

Aquamarine colour wall and yellow window border in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland

Historic windows decorated with sgraffito, Lower Engadin, Graubuenden/Grisons, Switzerland, Europe

Traditional Berliner for carnival and party. German Krapfen or donuts with streamers and confetti. Colorful carnival or birthday image

Krapfen, Berliner and donuts with streamers and confetti. Colorful carnival, birthday and Fasching image

Small window with geraniums and blue border on the Haeckergut farm from the Steigerwaldrand, built in 1717, from Ergersheim, Franconian open-air museum, Eisweiherweg 1, Bad Windsheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Red Abyssinian banana (Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii'), Palais Saint-Georges garden, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France