Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus), France, Europe

Grise Fjord, most northern community in America, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Imperial Shags (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) atriceps) at breeding colony on small islets off the city of Ushuaia, Argentina, South America

An IDP camp (internally displaced people) in Te-Tugu district of Northern Uganda has been created to accommodate the mass of Ugandan refugees fleeing the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) who are fighting the Ugandan government and its people. With population sizes equivalent to small towns, this camp has a real community spirit. Te-Tugu, Uganda, East Africa

New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

Angola; Huila Province; small village near Chibia; Muhila woman with traditional head and neck jewelry; ornate pearl jewelry in the hair; massive choker made of pearls and earth

Angola; Huila Province; small village near Chibia; Muhila women with typical neck and headdress; Tufts of hair covered with clay and fixed; massive choker made of pearl necklaces and earth

Angola; in the western part of the province of Cunene; Mucohona woman with elaborate head and neck jewelry; small ethnic group in the southwest of Angola

Angola; Huila Province; small village near Chibia; Muhila women with typical neck and headdress; Tufts of hair covered with clay and fixed; massive choker made of pearl necklaces and earth

Angola; Huila Province; small village near Chibia; Muhila girl with typical neck and headdress; Tufts of hair covered with clay and fixed; Choker made of pearls and earth

Angola; Huila Province; small village near Chibia; two Muhila women in the market square; typical necklace made of pearl necklaces; Hair fixed with ocher earth

Angola; Huila Province; small village near Chibia; young Muhila woman with typical neck and headdress; Tufts of hair covered with clay and fixed; massive choker made of woven straw and earth

Angola; in the western part of the province of Cunene; two young Mucohona men; Cattle herders; small ethnic group in the southwest of Angola

Angola; in the western part of the province of Cunene; Mucohona women; small ethnic group in the southwest of Angola

Angola; Huila Province; small village near Chibia; Muhila woman with typical neck and headdress; massive choker made of pearl necklaces and earth

Native musician playing a self-made instrument, harp, small boy, wooden hut, Punta Gorda, Belize, Central America

Family with newborn baby, they have been living in a tent since the flood disaster of 2010, Lashari Wala village, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Family with newborn baby, they have been living in a tent since the flood disaster of 2010, Lashari Wala village, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

A small group of Sadhus doing their morning pooja at the ghats along the river Ganges in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, India, Asia

Vietnamese fisherman bringing in his basket boat, beach at Mui Ne, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Vietnamese fishermen carrying their basket boat ashore, Mui Ne, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Danza de Arcos, Dance Beneath the Arches, fishermen and locals with down syndrome at the Fiesta del Virgen del Carmen, held on July 15 every year in Camarinas, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Four Vietnames people on a moped, Sapa, Sa Pa, Lao Cai province, North Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Four Vietnames people on a moped, Sapa, Sa Pa, Lao Cai province, North Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Poverty, people of the Akha Djepia ethnic group, simple huts on the hillside, village Ban Chakhamdaeng, near the Nam Lan Conservation Area, Boun Tai district, Phongsali province, Phongsaly, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Market, Chinchero, Inca settlement, Quechua settlement, Peru, South America, Latin America

Narrow lane, Museo de Arte Religioso, Museum of Religious Art, Palacio Arzobispal, the Archbishop's Palace, Cusco, Inca settlement, Quechua settlement, Peru, South America, Latin America

Theravada Buddhism, That Luang Festival, Tak Bat, monks standing behind begging bowls, believers, pilgrims giving alms, orange robes, Vientiane, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Interior of the Umayyad Mosque at Damascus, Unesco World Heritage Site, Syria, Middle East, West Asia

Two Jain pilgrims are pouring water over a small statue at the feet of the statue of Lord Gomateshwara, the tallest monolithic statue in the world, dedicated to Lord Bahubali, carved out of a single block of granite stone, 18 meters high, 983 AD, Sravanab

Sleepy village of the indigenous peoples, Bolivia, South America

Traditional Berber adobe architecture, Kasbah in Ait Benhaddou, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, Morocco, Africa

Two Jain pilgrims are pouring water over a small statue at the feet of the statue of Lord Gomateshwara, the tallest monolithic statue in the world, dedicated to Lord Bahubali, carved out of a single block of granite stone, 18 meters high, 983 AD, Sravanab

Jain pilgrim is pouring water on the small statue at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

Fishing boat with reflection in the harbour of Duong Dong, Phu Quoc island, Vietnam, Asia

A small ritual as part of the praying ritual for the good reincarnation of a dead person, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, India, Asia

Dock, boat, Lake Atitlan, San Pedro volcano, fisherman, Guatemala, Central America

Indigene woman carrying a small girl in a sling, standing in front of bags of onions, CENMA, vegetable wholesale market in the south of Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America

Fishermen fishing the traditional way, in a small village at the coast around Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Children, Yusufeli, Kackar Mountains, northeastern Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

Boat on the Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady River, Bhamo, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Houses of the black population in Little Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Africa

A small ritual as part of the praying ritual for the good reincarnation of a dead person, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, India, Asia

Mopeds in Mai Chau Valley, Vietnam, Asia

Fishing boats at sunset, fishing village on the Caribbean coast, Petit Goave, Haiti, Caribbean, Central America

A small ritual as part of the praying ritual for the good reincarnation of a dead person, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, India, Asia

Fishermen fishing the traditional way, in a small village at the coast around Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Gauderfest 2008 Festival, Zell am Ziller, Zillertal Valley, North Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Fisherman fishing the traditional way, in a small village at the coast around Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Boat transporting goods across the Tonle Sap River, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia, Southeast Asia

Fishermen fishing the traditional way, in a small village at the coast around Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Row ofouses, historic centre, Hanoi, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Fishermen fishing the traditional way, in a small village at the coast around Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Village in Coorg, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Women on motorcycle, Hanoi, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Fishermen fishing the traditional way, in a small village at the coast around Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Fishing village on the Caribbean coast, Petit Goave, Haiti, Caribbean, Central America

Fishermen fishing the traditional way, in a small village at the coast around Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Village in Coorg, Karnataka, South India, India, South Asia, Asia

Main road, mining town of Lota, Chile, South America

Fishermen fishing the traditional way, in a small village at the coast around Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Fishermen fishing the traditional way, in a small village at the coast around Varkala, Kerala, India, Asia

Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, a small island close to the Isle of Harris. Only the construction of a bridge to Harris saved the population of Scalpay. Without the bridge, the island would habe been abandoned, an example of successfull rural regional development in Scotland. Europe, Scotland, July