Pastry shop Taquelim Goncalves, dessert Don Rodrigo, Lagos. Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Tailor hand embroidering gold thread onto fabric in his tiny booth in the palls (alleyways) of old Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Asia

A silk weaver creates a bolt of gold thread at a traditional workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman wearing a golden bonnet at the Gauderfest 2008 Festival, Zell am Ziller, Zillertal Valley, North Tyrol, Austria, Europe