Village life, Deogarh, Rajasthan, India

Village life, near Deogarh, Rajasthan, India

Man preparing breakfast, watched by dogs and a cat, Medina, Venezuela, South America

Woman preparing food at a stall in the market, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Food stalls, Place Jemaa El Fna (Djemaa El Fna), Marrakesh (Marrakech), Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Adding spice to the barbeque, Kunming, Yunnan, China, Asia

Pataxo Indian woman making food at the Reserva Indigena da Jaqueira near Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Morning market, Vientiane, Laos

Coffee ceremony, Abi-Adi, Ethiopia, Africa

Cutting tuna fish, morning fish market, Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan

Sandwiches on French bread, Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Dumpling cook, Shanghai, China, Asia

Fish filleted and left to dry in the sun, Penang, Malaysia

Dumpling cook, Shanghai, China, Asia

Vendor in Dam Market, Nha Trang City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stockfish, dried cod, hanging on wooden racks called flakes or hjell, on the seashore, Vesteralen archipelago, Troms Nordland county, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Food stalls in the Jemaa El Fna (Djemaa El Fna), Marrakesh (Marrakech), Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Woman making Injera, the staple diet, Ethiopia, Africa

Food stalls, Donghua Yeshi night market, Beijing, China, Asia

A local woman making Gozleme, a traditional Anatolian dish, at a street stall near Geikbayiri, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

A local woman making Gozleme, a traditional Anatolian dish, at a street stall near Geikbayiri, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Men preparing olives for consumption, Mardin bazaar, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Man preparing candies, Mardin bazaar, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Sorting the morning's catch of fish, Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Vegetable wallah preparing pumpkin with baskets of tomatoes, cabbages and bitter gourd in early morning market on the banks of the Brahmaputra river, Guwahati, Assam, India, Asia

Preparing gilthead bream in salt coating

Food stall, Mango Pier, Karachi, Sind (Sindh), Pakistan, Asia

Shop selling dried fruit and nuts, Tsukiju, Tokyo, Japan

Yanomami woman preparing manioc, Brazil, South America

Women preparing food and drink for coffee ceremony, Abi Adi village, Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa

Embera Indian cooking, Soberania Forest National Park, Panama, Central America

Local people preparing banquet food at cultural event in Tuvalu, South Pacific

Soup dumplings with straws for sale in the Yu Garden Bazaar Market, Shanghai, China

Deep fried scorpions for sale in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Chef cooking noodles in tourist restaurant, Xian, China

Chinese chef plucks newly slaughtered chicken to cook for restaurant customer at Bao Ding, near Chongqing, China

Fresh meat on sale in butcher shop in old Chinese Soho food market in Graham Street, Hong Kong, China

Chinese chefs gut rabbit and pluck chicken to cook for restaurant customers at Bao Ding near Chongqing, China

Chinese chefs with customer choosing a chicken to cook in restaurant at Bao Ding near Chongqing, China

Deep fried grasshoppers, silkworms and scorpions for sale in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Boys eat candied strawberry sticks from stall in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Stall selling meat kebabs in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Traditional Chinese Hotpot meal in tourist restaurant, Xian. Diners cook raw meat and vegetables in hot broth

Watched by a group of young children a woman washes dishes in a bucket of water at a humble home on the sidewalk in Bombay, India. A little girl has a gleeful expression despite the poverty of the situation.

Hindu girl cooking bread in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Woman preparing fresh fish in the Stabroek market, Georgetown, Guyana, South America

Vendor cooking on grill at market in Helsinki, Finland, Europe

Baka pygmies preparing food in the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Central African Republic, Africa

Cook in restaurant, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Preserved '1000 year old' eggs (6 months old), on display at food stall in Fengdu, China

Duck breasts, battered fish and preserved '1000 year old' eggs, at food stall in Fengdu, China

Woman preparing herbs in medieval style, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cutting live fish, morning fish market, Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan

Preparing salmon, Dunkeld Smokery, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Man prepares Korean Red Ginseng roots for sale at Tai Lai Ginseng Hong shop, Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan, China

Preparing for coffee ceremony, Abi-Adi, Tigre region, Ethiopia, Africa

Cookery school, Otranto, Lecce province, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Deep fried silkworm skewers for sale in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Woman pounding food in village near Deogarh, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Women making red pepper sauce, old city area, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Shoppers pass stalls selling meat kebabs and corn on the cobs in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Soup dumplings stall in the Yu Garden Bazaar Market, Shanghai, China

Okonomiyaki chef, restaurant, Hiroshima prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Fresh fish on sale in traditional old Chinese Soho food market in Graham Street, Central Hong Kong, China

Embera Indian cleaning fish, Soberania Forest National Park, Panama, Central America

Chef prepares Peking duck in Quanjude Roast Duck restaurant, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Deep fried grasshoppers for sale in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Cookery school, Otranto, Lecce province, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Stall selling candied fruit sticks in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Fresh fish on sale in traditional old Chinese Soho food market in Graham Street, Central Hong Kong, China

Chef cooking noodles in tourist restaurant, Xian, China

Chefs at work cooking in local street restaurant at Baoding in Dazu County, Chongqing, China

Chicken soup dumplings with straws for sale in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Fruit and vegetable market at Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Fresh fish on sale in traditional old Chinese Soho food market in Graham Street, Central Hong Kong, China

Chef cooking noodles in typical tourist restaurant, Xian, China

Fishmongers gutting fish ready to sell in the fish markets, Islamabad, Pakistan

Woman preparing chicken at streetside cafe, Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women pounding grain, courtyard, Djenne, Mali, Africa

Long necked woman preparing food on the Thai-Burma border in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Making chocolates by hand

A food stall at the Indy market in Phuket old town, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A seafood noodle stall at the famous Walking Street night market in Phuket old Town, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women preparing fish caught in the Mekong River, in village near Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fish market, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Dani Tribe preparing earth oven, Baliem Valley, West Papua, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Burundi nduwamahoro, active non,violence peace building project, supported by sciaf. In the home of grandmother ntezahorigwa pelagie, 60. The family preparing food: taking beans from their pods, cleaning peas and peeling cassava, their staple diet.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a cook preparing chapatis on a biofuel stove.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows displaced people in Baani refugee camp near Phalombe, preparing pumpkin flowers to eat.

Burundi agakura, a youth agricultural project in gitera. Jam making. Students peeling guavas. From left to right: minani revata (18), kabura seraphine (20), bakundukize odette (22), nkurunziza desire (24)

Food, ethiopia. Saint mary’s catholic school, addis ababa. A mainstream elementary and secondary school, it has a small wing for special needs children, which is featured here. Betty and her mother feleku (on left) who helps with preparing food at the center. Other parents participate in rotation

Preparing a classical conch salad from the Bahamas, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Burundi nduwamahoro, active non,violence peace building project, supported by sciaf. In the home of grandmother ntezahorigwa pelagie, 60. The family preparing food: taking beans from their pods, cleaning peas and peeling cassava, their staple diet.

Bangladesh farmer of koch tribal minority preparing a field for planting cassava, nalitabari, mymensingh region

Kneading flour for pasta making in the kitchen, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Rolling out pasta making in the kitchen, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

UGANDA The work of Comboni Samaritans, Gulu. Visiting a child headed family. Aromorach Sharon is the oldest girl and looks after her 6 younger siblings and her elederly grandmother. Her parents died of AIDS. Aged 14, she is a pupil of Obinya primary school. Sharon preparing a family meal by peeling sweet potatoes. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

Cutting uncooked pasta into parcel shapes, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Burundi nduwamahoro, active non,violence peace building project, supported by sciaf. In the home of grandmother ntezahorigwa pelagie, 60. The family preparing food: taking beans from their pods, cleaning peas and peeling cassava, their staple diet.