Woman, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India

Old woman, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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

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

Two young Jat women, one wearing traditional brass Jat tribal nose ring, jewellery and clothing, Bhidara village, Kutch, Gujarat, India, Asia

Eurasian eagle owl, bubo bubo, portrait, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

African woman with sprinkles on lips

African woman laughing with sprinkles on lips

African woman with nose ring

Close up of Hispanic woman with vibrant make-up and facial piercings

African woman eating spoon of sugar

Serious Caucasian man with eyebrow and nose piercing

Portrait of laughing Mixed Race woman with pierced nose

Close up of Caucasian woman with nose ring

African woman with nose ring

Nepalese woman with earrings and nose piercing, portrait, with Nargakot, Nepal, Asia

Young Indian woman, portrait, at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia

When a woman is married she will wear a large nose ring. Rajahstan, India, 2008

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Chimbu Head and shoulders portrait of man wearing traditional head-dress of red feathers with shell necklaces and nose piercing of white painted leaves. Red and yellow face paint extending down nose and at side of eyes and beard tipped with yellow.