Statue of Wang Wei who lived between 701and 761, the poetic Buddha of Great Tang, Big Goose Pagoda Park, Xian City, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

Trova musicians at Casa de La Trova (traditional poetic singing and songwriting house), Historical Centre, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Trova musicians at Casa de La Trova (traditional poetic singing and songwriting house), Historical Centre, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

A statue of Wang Wei, 701-761, the poetic Buddha of Great Tang, at the Big Goose Pagoda Park, Xian City, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

Iceberg calved from Dawes or Sawyer Glaciers grounded on the terminal morraine in southeast Alaska, USA.

Icebergs and bergy bits that have calved off the Sawyer tidewater Glacier in Tracy Arm, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Icebergs and bergy bits that have calved off the Sawyer tidewater Glacier in Tracy Arm, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Icebergs and bergy bits that have calved off the Sawyer tidewater Glacier in Tracy Arm, Southeast Alaska, USA.

Artemidora, A.D. 90-100. From Meir. Mummy. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. The mask portrays a young woman lying flat as if upon her bier. Her hair is arranged in tiers of snail curls over her forehead. Alongside her face flows a black Egyptian-style wig, the long locks bound with narrow rings of gold in pharaonic fashion.

Blurred view of palm tree at sunset through window with raindrops, Manila, Philippines

Silhouette of branches of tree against sky at night, Manila, Luzon Island, Philippines