Person wearing masked carnival costume, Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Quan Am (Bodhisattva of Compassion) (Goddess of Mercy), Tu An Buddhist Temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Birthday of Shakyamuni Buddha (Vesak), Tu An Buddhist Temple, Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Carnival dancers wearing traditional costumes in pastel colours and gold in Trinidad, Caribbean

Dancer in national dress wearing lace mantilla and gold beads in Salamanca, Spain

Jewellery for Sale, Khan al-Khalili, Bazaar; Cairo, Egypt

PANAMA San Blas Islands Kuna Indians Young Kuna mother rests in hammock outside home wearing brightly coloured traditional layered applique mola panel traditional bead design arm and leg bands and gold nose ring. Cuna Caribbean American Central America Classic Classical Colored Female Women Girl Lady Hispanic Historical Latin America Latino Older Panamanian West Indies

Gold Artifacts Moche (Mochica) Culture, 100 to 700AD, NCoast artifact from the Lord of Sipan Tomb, c300AD radiant pectoral of colored seashell-beads, Peru