Women carrying basket on their head walking on a laterite track, Benin, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa

Villagers in typical rural village afternoon scene in the street outside a modern laterite brick built village house, Odisha, India, Asia

Pre Rup Temple, a Hindu temple at Angkor built in 961 for Khmer king Rajendravarman of laterite and sandstone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pre Rup Temple, a Hindu temple at Angkor built in 961 for Khmer king Rajendravarman of laterite and sandstone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pre Rup Temple, a Hindu temple at Angkor built in 961 for Khmer king Rajendravarman of laterite and sandstone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pre Rup Temple, a Hindu temple at Angkor built in 961 for Khmer king Rajendravarman of laterite and sandstone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pre Rup Temple, a Hindu temple at Angkor built in 961 for Khmer king Rajendravarman of laterite and sandstone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pre Rup Temple, a Hindu temple at Angkor built in 961 for Khmer king Rajendravarman of laterite and sandstone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pre Rup Temple, a Hindu temple at Angkor built in 961 for Khmer king Rajendravarman of laterite and sandstone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Laterite brick buildings in the village of Sovakimby, Andringitra National Park, Madagascar, Africa

Kakku Buddhist Ruins, said to contain over two thousand brick and laterite stupas, legend holds that the first stupas were erected in the 12th century by Alaungsithu, King of Bagan (Pagan), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Pa-O guide pulling weeds out of a stupa, Kakku Buddhist Ruins, a site of over two thousand brick and laterite stupas, some dating back to the 12th century, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Kakku Buddhist Ruins, said to contain over two thousand brick and laterite stupas, legend holds that the first stupas were erected in the 12th century by Alaungsithu, King of Bagan (Pagan), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Kakku Buddhist Ruins, said to contain over two thousand brick and laterite stupas, some dating from the 12th century, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Betsiboka River, Madagascar

Naga sculpture on the Spean 'Preah Toeus' laterite bridge, dating to the Angkor period, Bayon Style (1181-1220), crossing the Chikreng River, Kampong Thom, Cambodia

The laterite fields in Dongchuan, Yunnan

The laterite fields in Dongchuan, Yunnan

The laterite fields in Dongchuan, Yunnan