Rafting on the Martha Brae River, Jamaica, Caribbean, West Indies

South Gate Market, Seoul City, South Korea, Asia

Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Aboriginal dance, Australia

Aborigine man, Australia

Peul herders with their cattle, River Bani, Sofara, Mali, Africa

Dogon dancers on stilts, Sangha, Mali, Africa

Goatherds, Bijaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Gallery Umberto I, Naples, Campania, Italy

Russian Orthodox Church, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia

Hassan Mosque and Tower, Rabat, Morocco, North Africa

Sunday market (souk), Taroudant, Anti Atlas, Morocco, North Africa

Tea ceremony, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa

Street in the colonial town, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

Man with his goshawk, Otoraigur near Balikchi, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

Sultan Qabous Mosque, Muscat, Oman, Middle East

Mural painting in the Church of Narga Selassie,Dek Island on Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa

Girls depositing rice tax, Government rice depot near Thaton, Myanmar, Asia

Stilt fishermen, Weligama, Sri Lanka, Asia

Restaurants in the Rue des Bouchers, Brussels, Beljium

Chilies and other vegetables, Chinatown market, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

amphitheatre and monument, Verona, Italy, Europe

Decaying house in Panaji formerly known as Panjim, Goa, India

Jamae Mosque in Chinatown, Singapore, South East Asia

Rain storm, Little India, Singapore, South East Asia

Sultan Qabous Mosque, Muscat, Oman, Middle East

Shaman rock, Maloe More (Little Sea), frozen lake during winter, Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, Russia, Eurasia

Orthodox Coptic cross, Chatenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Europe

Pilgrim reading Bible in Amharic, Timkat festival, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

Camel train through desert, Morocco, North Africa

Hindu performing his daily devotion ritual to Ganga in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Bullfighter tatue outside building, Ronda, Andalucia, Spain

Sultan Qabous Mosque, Muscat, Oman, Middle East

Sail furling at the Living Maritime Museum, Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, USA

Sunset of the Narmada River, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India

In the Latin quarter of Panaji formerly known as Panjim, Goa, India

Smoking near Deogarh, Rajasthan, India

Buddhist Monk in front of Bodnath Stupa, Bodnath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Pessah Haggada reading, Paris, France, Europe

El Capitole, now the Science Museum, Havana, Cuba

Chinatown, Singapore, South East Asia

Tourist boats on backwater near Mobor, Goa, India

New Testament in Latin at a traditionalist Catholic pilgrimage, Villepreux, Yvelines, France, Europe

Ajanta Cave complex, Buddhist Temples carved into solid rock dating from the 5th Century BC, Ajanta, Maharastra, India

Priest's Bible, Paris, France, Europe

Gibralter, Europe

Chaldean Mass in Jabal Lweibdeh, Amman, Jordan, Middle East

Priest's Bible, Paris, France, Europe

Fisherman repairing his nets, Mykonos, Cyclades Islands, Greece, Europe

The Ellora Caves, temples cut into solid rock, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Sunset over lake created by dam, Deogarh, Rajasthan, India

Se Cathedral, thought to be Asia's biggest church, Old Goa, Goa, India

Russian Orthodox Church, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia

Sang sang rimpoche uses the dorje, a sacred ritual object to make the first decisive cut into the sand mandala on the last day of the mani rimdu festival. chiwang monastery, solu khumbu, nepal. solu khumbu, nepal

Bonpo conch shell, t. Norbutse. young monks, wearing ceremonial hats, blow on conch shells to call monks to prayer. yellow cylindrical object behind them is a victory banner, symbolizing monasteries defeat of negativity evil intention on premises

N month of november 7 days before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They bring their precious herbs, minerals special animal glands to be blessed. A selected amount of herbs is placed in a copper vessel placed on monastery alter. 7 days amchis go through an elaborate potenization of these medicines through prayer other practices. Seen here is of amchis holding a dorje (sacred object used cutting through obscurations) which is lined from a vessel containing various herbs sitting on monastery alter to heart chakra. Chang tang nyee, ladakh, indi

Marianske Lanske, colonnade, West Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Pectoral in the form of a Jaguar-Man, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

gold artifacts in the form of a Jaguar-Man, Pre-Columbian goldwork collection, Gold museum, Museo del Oro, Bogota, Colombia, America

New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

The Orion Nebula complex consisting of M42, M43 and the reflection nebula area known as the Running Man Nebula, NGC 1973-5-7. NGC 1981 is the blue star cluster at top north edge. North is up, though in the sky from Australia where this was shot the object appeared upside down compared to this northern-centric view.

Settawya Pagoda, young Buddhist monk with a red umbrella, Mingun, Burma, Myanmar, South East Asia

Freddie Mercury statue, Quai de la Rouvenaz, Lake Geneva, Montreux, Canton Vaud, Switzerland, Europe

Face of a man with huge nose and mad eyes, caricature made of paper mache, monday before lent parade, Duesseldorf, NRW, Germany

Two footballers are shooting simultaneously two balls, caricature made of paper mache , monday before lent parade, Duesseldorf, NRW, Germany

Face of a man with huge nose and mad eyes, caricature made of paper mache, monday before lent parade, Duesseldorf, NRW, Germany

Two cartoon figures symbolize the rivalry between the NRW capital city duesseldorf and the city cologne, caricature made of paper mache , monday before lent parade, Duesseldorf, NRW, Germany

Installation ìcountry of the ideasî with books of German writers at the Bebelplatz, Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Monument to Samuel de Champlain, founder of the city of Quebec, behind it the tower of the former post office, Place des Armes, Quebec City, Canada, North America

Bronze statue of Theseus, Volksgarten, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Believers sticking gold foil on a Buddha statue, Mahamuni Pagoda, Mandalay, Burma, Myanmar, Southeast Asia

Stone age artefacts, Cheddar Man Museum of Prehistory, Cheddar, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Molecule Man, monumental metal sculpture in the Spree river, human figures with holes, Treptow district, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Statue of Hannes Hafstein in standing front of the Prime Minister's house, first Icelandic Prime Minister, Stjornarrashusi, Laekjartorg, town centre, Reykjavik, Iceland, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Europe

Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, Golden statue of Phra Mongkol Thepmuni, Phramongkolthepmuni, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

Rear view, statue of Leif Ericson, discoverer of North America, Hallgrimskirkja, town centre, Reykjavik, Iceland, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Europe

Bronze sculpture of a man leaning against the railing on the Westfleth canal in the old town of Buxtehude, Altes Land area, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Leifur Eiriksson, Leif Ericson, small bronze statue, Eiriksstair, Eiriksstadir, Iceland, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Europe

"Man of Knowledge" by Jaume Plensa, morning mood on the Campus Westend of the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Bronze statue of Peter von Cornelius, painter, director of the academy of arts, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Memorial Anne Stine and Helge Ingstadt, discoverer of the Viking settlings in North America, hall of the Viking ship hall Vikingskiphuset, Bygdoy, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Bronze statue of Peter von Cornelius, painter, director of the academy of arts, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Monument of the Roman Emperor Caesar, Rome, Italy, Europe

Boule game - Balls in the hand

Bust of Homer, Greek archetypos, about 50 BC

St. Lawrence healing a blind man, detail from the Heiligentaler altar, St. Nicolai church, Lueneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Sculpture Molecule Man in Berlin, Germany

Sculpture Molecule Man in Berlin, Germany

"Der Dichter und seine Muse" or "The poet and his muse, " sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle, Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Bronze statue, monument of Emperor Charles IV on the Old Town bridge tower, Charles Bridge, Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Leifur Eiriksson, Leif Ericson, small bronze statue, Eiriksstair, Eiriksstadir, Iceland, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Europe

Man walking to the sky, sculpture by Jonathan Borowsky, at the central station, Kassel Kulturbahnhof, Hesse, Germany, Europe

David statue by Michelangelo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Detail of the monument of the two Russian citizens Minin and Pozharsky, Red Square, Moscow, Russia

Monument of the Roman Emperor Trajan, Rome, Italy, Europe

Bronze statue, monument of Emperor Charles IV on the Old Town bridge tower, Charles Bridge, Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Molecule Man, monumental metal sculpture in the Spree river, Treptowers Allianz administration, Treptow district, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Molecule Man on the River Spree, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Statue of James Joyce, 1882 - 1941, in front of Cafe Kylemore, Dublin, Ireland, Europe

Lenin, Lenin monument standing near chemical toilets in the courtyard of the Hermann Fortress, Narva, Estonia, Baltic States, Northern Europe