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Eskimos, sledge and whale bones at Yanrakino village (population 150), Chukchi Peninsula, Russian Far East, Russia, Asia

Maori women dancing at tribal gathering in front of the Wharenui meeting house at the Marae in New Zealand

Maori women dancing at tribal gathering in front of the Wharenui meeting house at the Marae in New Zealand

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600

An IDP camp (internally displaced people) in Te-Tugu district of Northern Uganda has been created to accommodate the mass of Ugandan refugees fleeing the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) who are fighting the Ugandan government and its people. With population sizes equivalent to small towns, this camp has a real community spirit. Te-Tugu, Uganda, East Africa

Traditional dancers during a folklore event in a village of former hunters near the village of Kinigi on the edge of the Volcanoes National Park, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda, Africa

Souvenir seller and female holidaymaker on the beach of Kendwa Rocks, north coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Young Basotho man wearing a traditional costume, shepherd, portrait, Drakensberg, Kingdom of Lesotho, southern Africa

Farmer with closed eyes sitting on dried loamy soil, dreaming, Basti Lehar Walla village, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Young woman from the Hamar tribe during the bull-leaping ceremony, an initiation rite, portrait, southern Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

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

Woman pressing cow dung to dry on the wall of a house, Shibpur district, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia

Nadaswaram musician, Jain temple on Vindhyagiri Hill, Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Woman of the Samdom tribe with traditional headdress at the annual Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Old man reading a book with Arabic script in the village Djabadin near Maalula, Syria, Middle East, Asia

Traditionally dressed and made-up girls at a temple festival, Matsuri Festival, at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Clan chief of the Gambier Islands, belly covered in tattoos, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean

Native musician playing a self-made instrument, harp, small boy, wooden hut, Punta Gorda, Belize, Central America

Tahitian woman at a lei, floral garland binding competition, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean

One of the 50 wives of Mogozo Daouka, 98, chief of the village of Oudjilla near Mora, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa

One of the wives of King Fon Abumbi II in traditional costume, palace fo Bafut, one of the traditional kingdoms of Cameroon, near Bamenda, north west Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa

Saio dai, central character of the Aoi Matsuri, Aoi Festival, wearing a traditional headdress and valuable Kimono, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

The sons of a dead man pray for a good reincarnation for their father at Har Ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, India, Asia

Sadhu with a white beard and a begging bowl, Ramanathaswami Temple, Rameshwaram or Ramesvaram, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

King Fon Abumbi II, head of one of the traditional kingdoms in north west Cameroon, in front of the Achum sanctuary at his seat of power with one of his favourite wives, Bafut Palace, near Bamenda, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa

Girl participating in a hygiene campaign, instructions for handwashing, Lashari Wala village, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Pupils in uniform during break, Amerindians, tribe of the Arawak, Santa Mission, Guyana, South America

Old woman from the Apatani tribe, known for the pieces of wood in their nose to make them ugly, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India, India, Asia

Bride with the typical wedding jewellery during the wedding ceremony, in the village of Gangi, India, Asia

Young waitress in traditional garb, Saint Lucian, Luxury Hotel Anse Chastanet Resort, LCA, St. Lucia, Saint Lucia, Island Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, Caribbean Sea

Children in front of the volcanic landscape at the village of Rhumsiki, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa

Old Apatani woman with the traditional noseplugs and tattoos, in front of her house, Hong village, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Visitors of the Holi festival, sprayed with colour powder and water, Vrindaban, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Boatsman in a traditional outrigger boat approaching Inabuyutan Island, Bacuit Archipelago, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, Asia

Theravada Buddhism, That Luang Festival, Tak Bat, novice, monks receive alms, Laotian believer with sash and alms bowl, pilgrims giving alms, orange robes, Vientiane, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Smiling little girl in a traditional dress, costume, New Year festival, Hmong hill tribe, ethnic minority, Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Woman wearing the calabash helmet that is typical for the region and a colourful dress, village of Tourou, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa

Children beating an octopus with sticks in order to make it edible, Jambiani, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Keshdan ceremony, baby has hair shaved off which is later sacrificed in the temple in front of the Hindu temple fo Jagannath, Puri, Orissa, India, Asia

Children in a pre-school, girl holding a tame monkey, primary school in a village without road access in the Oriente rain forest, Curaray, Ecuador, South America

Man carving Tibetan Buddisht mantras on a stone plate, Zanskar Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Himalayas, North India, India, Asia

Sadhu, portrait, Kumbh Mela or Kumbha, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, Indian Himalayas, North India, India, Asia