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Sadhu (Hindu holy man) sitting outside an internet cafe, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

Hindu holy man, Ghatia meditating as the sun rises in the early morning, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India

Portrait of a young actor in jewels and make-up as Sita, wife of Rama, from the Ramlilla, the stage play of the great Hindu Epic, the Ramayana, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India

Portrait of a young Masai woman in traditional dress and jewellery, northern Kenya, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Portrait of an Embera Indian girl, Chagres National Park, Panama, Central America

Young Peul tribe woman, Djenne, Mali, Africa

Young woman from the Peul tribe, Djenne, Mali, Africa

Mayan woman,, Toledo district, Belize, Central America

Padaung woman, 'giraffe-neck' woman with brass rings which depress the collarbone, Kayah State, Myanmar (Burma)

Portrait of a long necked Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, AsiaThe women of the Padaung hill tribe wear heavy brass ornaments around their neck and limbs. These ornaments look like separate rings but are really a continuous coil of brass that can weigh anywhere from five to twenty-two kilograms and measure up to 30 meter in length. The quantity of visual rings (in reality, the length of the brass coil) is increased every year, according to the age of the woman.

Portrait of a 'Big ears' Padaung tribe woman in Nai Soi, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe girl, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman weaving on a hand held loom, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman weaving, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Group of 'Long necked' Padaung tribe villages, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Portrait of a 'Long necked' Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, Asia

Meke performer in welcome ceremony, Fiji, South Pacific islands, Pacific

Dancer, Christmas Island, Kiribati, Pacific

Portrait of two children with facial decoration, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Asmat tribesmen, Irian Jaya (West Irian) (Irian Barat), New Guinea, Indonesia, Asia

Portrait of a woman wearing a pearl necklace, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

Tribesman, Basiem, Irian Jaya (West Irian) (Irian Barat), New Guinea, Indonesia, Asia

Portrait of a warrior from Asaro clan at sing-sing in West Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Dancers from Daru island carrying kundu drums at a sing-sing, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Group of college girls wearing traditional ao dai at West Lake (Hoy Tay) on graduation day, Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Statue with flower offering, Odalan, ceremony, at Bataun temple, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

Pendant in the form of a boat showing a scarab, the symbol of the god's resurrection, flanked by two royal serpents, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Necklace with pendant in the form of a boat showing a scarab, the symbol of the god's resurrection, flanked by two royal serpents, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Detail of the exterior of the gilt shrine showing the queen fastening a necklace around the king's neck, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Portrait of a young Hamer woman with goscha (ochre and resin hair tresses), Hamer Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of a Hamer woman with goscha (ochre and resin hair tresses), Hamer Tribe, Lower Omo Valley, southern area, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of a Karo tribesman with facial decoration in chalk imitating the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of a Karo girl, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of a Karo tribesman, with face and body painted with chalk to represent the spotted plumage of the guinea fowl, Omo river, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Bhutanese woman in typical dress at Buddhist festival (Tsechu), Trashi Chhoe Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Flower necklace sellers in City Market, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka state, India, Asia

Long neck woman, Karen Padaung, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Yapese woman in traditional dance costume, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific

Egyptian Orthodox Coptic priest showing cross, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Young Masai morani or warrior with henna-ed hair and beadwork, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Portrait of a Pataxo Indian man at the Reserva Indigena da Jaqueira near Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Portrait of a Bahian woman in traditional dress at the Pelourinho district, Salvador (Salvador de Bahia), Bahia, Brazil, South America

Bahian woman in traditional dress at the Pelourinho district, Salvador (Salvador de Bahia), Bahia, Brazil, South America

Couple sitting in a horse and carriage, Old Walled-in City, Cartagena, Colombia, South America

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Colourfully dressed and face painted local ladies celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Tribesmen puting colour on their faces to celebrate the traditional Sing Sing in Paya in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Wednesday Flea Market in Anjuna, Goa, India, Asia

108 beads are strung on a garland of Buddhist prayer beads, with the beads typically made of fragrant wood like sandalwood, Ladakh, India, Asia

Young woman from the Peul tribe, Djenne, Mali, Africa

Cham deity, late period, still under worship in the sanctuary of Po Nagar, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Voodoo ceremony at Akodessewa fetish Market, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Traditional Latvian amber souvenirs, Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Riga, Latvia, Baltic States, Europe

Gold stall, Hamadiyyeh Souk, Damascus, Syria, Middle East

Koneswaram Kovil Hindu temple, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Asia

A Nepali girl from the remote Dolpa region, Nepal, Asia

Christian woman praying, Togoville, Togo, West Africa, Africa

An old Tibetan man in the Langtang Valley, Nepal, Asia

Buddhist woman with a Buddha pendant, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in Enga in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific

Colourfully dressed and face painted tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific

Colourfully dressed and face painted local tribes celebrating the traditional Sing Sing in the Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Close-up of bead necklaces of a Hamer woman, Turmi, Omo region, Ethiopia, Africa

Buddhist woman travelling to a festival at the 14th-century Diskit Monastery, Ladakh, India, Asia

Mask of Ganesha, a Hindu god, on sale at Swayambhunath Stupa (Monkey Temple), Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

The old Shaman house of the Pataxo Indian people at the Reserva Indigena da Jaqueira near Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Bahian woman in traditional white dress (Baiana) selling street food at the Pelourinho district, Salvador (Salvador de Bahia), Bahia, Brazil, South America