Old Sturbridge Village, a history museum recreating 1830's life, Massachusetts, USA

Sheep grazing in a lush green pasture with trees and a wooden fence in the background, showcasing rural farm life, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Traditional chalet with Brienzer Rothorn mountain, Brienz, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

Khon village on Don Khon island on the Mekong River in the Four Thousand Island archipelago, Champasak Province, Laos

Corn, chillies and laundry drying, Huangling, ancient village dating back to the Ming Dynasty, Wuyuan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, China

View of the potato patch on Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited location on Earth, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean

House on the heights of Machico, Madeira island, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal

Line of white yurts in a curved pattern on grassy plain, viewed from above, near Song Kol Lake, Kyrgyzstan

Posada de Tigua, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador

Sinchi Warmi, Amazonia, Napo Province, Ecuador

Atlantic coast seen from the Sky Drive around Clifden, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

The little town of Corte on a summer morning, Island of Corsica, France

Rolling hills and vineyards of Marche region, Italy

View towards hilltop village of Monteleone di Fermo and the surrounding countryside, Marche, Italy

Vegetable garden, Agritourism farm Unterhaspahof, Montguelfo-Tesido, South Tyrol (Alto Adige), Italy

Wakan village, Western Hajar Mountains, border South Batinah Governorate and Al Dakhiliyah Governorates, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Irrigation canal, Falaj irrigation system (Falaj Al-Khatmeen), UNESCO, palm grove, Birkat Al Mouz, Al Dakhliya region, Jebel Akhdar foothills, Oman

Al Mudhaireb Village, Al Sharqiyah region, Sultanate of Oman

A remote house in landscape around Ait Baha, Chtouka Ait Baha Province, Souss-Massa-Draa region, Morocco

Woman carrying wood on donkeyback, Atlas cedar forest, near Azrou, Middle Atlas, Morocco

Women on the way to the communal oven with cakes on tray, Medina, Tangier, Morocco

Three men with two goats on a motorbike, Eastern Central African Republic

Navajo Hogan House, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah, United States of America

Children playing in the village of Tighza, Ounila River valley, Ouarzazate Province, region of Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Sausages air dried at Zhuge Bagua village, 600 years old, Bagua layout, Lanxi County, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China

Sow in an Akha tribe village in the mountains surrounding Muang La, Oudomxay Province, northwestern Laos

Woman making weaving warp, from Akha Puli tribe living in village in the mountains surrounding Muang La, Oudomxay Province, northwestern Laos

Woman making weaving warp, from Akha Puli tribe living in village in the mountains surrounding Muang La, Oudomxay Province, northwestern Laos

Akha tribe village in the mountains surrounding Muang La, Oudomxay Province, northwestern Laos

Khmu ethnic minority village by the Nam Pak river at Muang La, Oudomxay Province, northwestern Laos

Mekong River banks, near Pakbeng, Laos

Inside a traditional house, Luca Ioan and Elena guesthouse, village of Sibiel, department of Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania

Cottage and low wall, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

Traditional fishermen's houses built on the sea, Tourlida, Missolonghi Lagoon, Greece

Traditional fishermen's houses built on the sea, Tourlida, Missolonghi Lagoon, Greece

Women washing by hand in the Sangha River, Dzanga Sangha National Park, UNESCO, Central African Republic

Overloaded truck, Eastern Central African Republic

Pygmy man preparing the net for net hunting, Dzanga Sangha National Park, UNESCO, Central African Republic

Pygmy dwelling, Dzanga Sangha National Park, UNESCO, Central African Republic

Villagers chilling outside a house in Shanxiabao village, 800 years old, Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China

Dishes of fish wrapped in leaves, Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Main market road of rural Alpine village with traditional architecture, Alagna Valsesia, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italian Alps, Italy, Europe

Inside a traditional house, Luca Ioan and Elena guesthouse, village of Sibiel, department of Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania

Newer and ancient houses in picturesque Guodong Ancient Village, Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China

Locals in a canoe on the Sangha river, Dzanga Sangha National Park, UNESCO, Central African Republic

Pygmy woman extracting water from a tree branch, Dzanga Sangha National Park, UNESCO, Central African Republic

Pygmy dwelling, Dzanga Sangha National Park, UNESCO, Central African Republic

Late evening light on the picturesque Norwegian fishing town of Reine in the Lofoten Island Group, Norway

Hamlet near Tighza in the Ounila River valley, Ouarzazate Province, region of Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Village in High-Atlas, Morocco

Traditional wooden houses in Trakai, Lithuania, Europe

Thatched houses in a village of Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Thatched houses in a village of Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Thatched house in a village of Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Feral goat, Inishmore, largest of the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

Thatched houses in a village of Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Log house, Miskiniskes rural accommodations, Aukstaitija National Park, Lithuania, Europe

Chevening House in Kent, Southern England

Church of St Michael and St Martin at Eastleach Martin, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, UK

Aerial view of a round, circular village, Luebeln in Wendland, Lower Saxony, Germany

Outhouse, toilet next to the dung heap on a farm, Europa Park near Neu-Anspach, Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Interior, Village Museum Muzeul National al Satului Dimitrie Gusti, Bucharest, Romania, Europe

Farmhouse parlor, Maria Saal open air museum, Carinthia, Austria

Sauerland village, historic timber-framed house, open-air museum, Westphalian State Museum for Ethnology, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Autumn garden decoration pumkins

Steaming potatoes in a potato steamer, Europa Park near Neu-Anspach, Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Church, Village Museum Muzeul National al Satului Dimitrie Gusti, Bucharest, Romania, Europe

Sauerland village, historic timber-framed house, open-air museum, Westphalian State Museum for Ethnology, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Sauerland village, historic timber-framed house, open-air museum, Westphalian State Museum for Ethnology, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Panorama of an old farming village in the Regnitz region with clouds in the sky village green, Franconian Open-air Museum of Bad Windsheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Historic half-timbered house with garden from Mainfranken, Franconian Open-air Museum of Bad Windsheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Tihany, Open Air Museum, Lake Balaton, Hungary, Europe

Striking Mongol features distinguish the face of a woman and her child (who is blind) living in the ruins of the Qala-i-Dokthar (Daughter's Castle), outside of 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.

Striking Mongol features distinguish the face of Hamir Mohammed, his daughter and grandson (who is blind), all living in the ruins of the Qala-i-Dokthar (Daughter's Castle), outside of 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

A young woman farming grain, Taungyii, Shan State, Myanmar

A woman farming grain, Taungyii, Shan State, Myanmar

A farmer standing in a field wearing a straw hat, Taungyii, Shan State, Myanmar

Family riding together in truck through farm fields, Taungyii, Shan State, Myanmar