Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt (moult) on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), close up of tail at nesting site on New Island, Falklands, South America

Woman sorting fresh fish catch, spread out on coir matting and left in the sun to dry, Pamban Straits, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

A cocoa farmer spreading out some cocoa beans on bamboo matting to dry in the sun, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Two cocoa farmers lay out their cocoa beans on bamboo matting to dry in the sun, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Fiji aisake madigibuli (right) 62 and his wife melania, 61, taveuni photo by sean sprague

Silhouette of elk bull and elk cow (cervus canadensis) in the matting season, Yukon Territory, Canada

Japanese woman drinking green tea in a traditional Japanese house

Kyoto, Japan

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

The Star Chamber before matting laid, Bolsover Castle, Bolsover, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

PACIFIC ISLANDS Western Samoa A Western Samoan tribal chief or Matai sitting on matting on floor inside house with television behind.

Bangladesh, Chittagong Division, Khagrachari, Two men weaving a large bamboo fence panel.