Winding lanes and donkey in 1500 year old traditional village of red mud brick houses, Abyaneh, Iran, Middle East

Blackpool Tower, donkeys on the beach, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The destroyed old town of Mogadishu, Somalia, Africa

Ceiling frescos, Church on Spilled Blood (Resurrection Church of Our Saviour), UNESCO World Heritage Site, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Donkeys and riders, Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

Donkey in the Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

On the path to The Petra Monastery (Al Dayr), Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

Donkey and rider, Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

Donkey resting above the Petra Monastery (Al Dayr), Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

Donkey and rider, Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

Donkey cart, Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

Donkeys, guide and tourists on the path to The Petra Monastery (Al Dayr), Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

Donkeys on the path to The Petra Monastery (Al Dayr), Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

Donkeys on the path to The Petra Monastery (Al Dayr), Petra Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Petra, Jordan, Middle East

Portrait of an old Uzbek farmer on a donkey, Shakhrisabz near Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

Portrait of an old woman sitting on a donkey in a village in Greece, Europe

Old man with donkey carrying firewood, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Old lady with donkey, Mljet Island, Croatia, Europe

Old Souq (Souq Waqif), Doha, Qatar, Middle East

Old Kyrgyz man riding with twins on a donkey, Gulcha, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Traditional Irish donkey in County Cork, Ireland

Boy with donkey gives bicyclist a lift in 1500 year old traditional village of red mud brick houses, Abyaneh, Iran, Middle East

Old town of Shali, Oasis of Siwa, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Portrait of old man wearing straw hat and smoking cigar, posing against a yellow wall with his donkey for tourist pesos, Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Donkey transport, Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lamu island, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Old man on a donkey, Trinidad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tourist riding a donkey up the steps leading from the old port to the village of Fira on the Greek island of Santorini, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Tourist riding a donkey up the steps leading from the old port to the village of Fira on the Greek island of Santorini, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Man riding a donkey on the narrow street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Magazine shop stall in a narrow street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Men riding donkeys on the main street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Man riding donkeys on the main street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Men riding donkeys on the main street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Young boy riding donkeys on the main street of Lamu town in Lamu Island, Kenya.

Local people small shops and houses and narrow strees of the city town of Lamu in Kenya

On the donkey cart, Sehitwa, Botswana, Africa

Bedouin riding a donkey or ass (Equus asinus) in the ancient Nabataean rock city of Petra, Jordan, Middle East, Asia

Donkeys are waiting for tourists to carry them down to the old harbour, Thira, Santorini, Greece

The Kasbah Amerhidil near Skoura, Souss-Massa-Draa, Morocco, Africa

Man on a donkey, Nabataean city Petra, near Wadi Musa, Jordan, Asia

Old colorful horse and donkey carts in the streets of Havana, Cuba, Central America

Farmer, old man, riding a donkey, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Farmer, old man, riding a donkey, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Old colorful horse and donkey carts in the streets of Havana, Cuba, Central America

Farmer, old man, riding a donkey, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

The ancient stone bridge of St. Roch, in the shape of a donkey's back across the river Merla, Bignasco, Val Lavizzara, Maggia valley, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

Blinde Ezelstraatje, street of the blind donkey, historic centre of Bruges, Unesco World Heritage Site, Belgium, Europe

A farmer with his donkey loaded with forage walks toward the setting sun above the town of Bamiyan, August 30, 2002. Most of the old town was destroyed and up to 20,000 people of the region might have perished when Bamiyan fell to the Taliban in 2001. Bamiyan Valley is located in the Hazarajat at the edge of the Koh-i-Baba range , the end of the Hindu Kush. Bamiyan was a prosperous Buddhist kingdom on the ancient Silk Road until the 10th century, when the region was converted to Islam; in the 12th century, it was destroyed by Ghengis Khan. Most of the people of this region are of the Hazara tribe, and are Shi'a Moslems who have been persecuted for centuries by many of the Pashtun rulers of Afghanistan, who are from the Sunni sect. They most recently suffered at the hand of the Taliban, who tried for years to ethnically cleanse the region of its Shi'a people

Two Donkeys Tied Up With Relatively Light Backpacks, Fes, Morocco

Close up of colorful harness on donkeys head, Mijas, Spain