Earrings which show the king flanked by two sacred serpents in the centre of the clip, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discoverd in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Mali tribeswoman with gold nose and ear rings carrying her son in Mali weekly tribal market, Guneipada, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia

Portrait, nicaragua. Ribas, carazo. A young woman with a bird on her shoulder

Xingu, Brazil, South America

Black bull with ring through nose in paddock meadow in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Black bull with ring through nose in meadow with cows in The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Close-up of ear adornments, Dhariyawad, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Gold ear ring worn by a Maldhari Gujjar, Gujarat, India, Asia

Black Miao girl, southern Guizhou, Guizhou, China, Asia

Smoking beedies by men in rural India, Gujarat, India, Asia

Masai, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Samburu man, Kenya, East Africa, Africa