Portrait of two men, one masked, the other with soot smeared on his face during the Ati-Atihan Festival, an annual feast in honour of the Santo Nino, Boracay, Aklan, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Boys, with soot smeared on their faces, in the parade along White Beach during the Ati-Atihan Festival, an annual feast in honour of the Santo Nino, Boracay, Aklan, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Indian man celebrating annual Hindu Holi festival of colours smeared with powder paints in Mumbai, formerly Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Caucasian woman smoking indoors

Woman smeared with mineral mud sunbathing, Dead Sea, En Bokek, Israel, Middle East

Woman smeared with mineral mud sunbathing, Dead Sea, En Bokek, Israel, Middle East

Hands smeared with mineral mud, En Bokek, Israel, Middle East

Woman smeared with mineral mud sunbathing, Dead Sea, En Bokek, Israel, Middle East

Tourists smeared with salty mud from the Dead Sea, near Suwaymah, Jordan, Middle East, Orient

Children smeared with mud, mud bath in the Sterntaler Filze, moorland, peat fields in Bad Feilnbach, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Tourists smeared with salty mud from the Dead Sea, near Suwaymah, Jordan, Middle East, Orient

Ash-smeared face of a Shiva sadhu, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Children smeared with mud, mud bath in the Sterntaler Filze, moorland, peat fields in Bad Feilnbach, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Tourists smeared with salty mud from the Dead Sea, near Suwaymah, Jordan, Middle East, Orient

Blurred headlights during the vespertine rush hour traffic

Rush hour, traffic, long exposure, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Rush hour, traffic, long exposure, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Evening rush hour at Kieler Kreuz, Kiel motorway junction, long exposure, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Lion (Panthera leo) female blood-smeared, eating a killed african buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the bush, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Lion (Panthera leo) female blood-smeared, eating a killed african buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the bush, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Lion (Panthera leo) female blood-smeared, eating a killed african buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the bush, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Reflection of high rise office building, Atlanta, GA

Reflection of multiple trees in Bungundy Canal Lake, France

Three children in tribal costumes with black smeared faces at Ati Atihan festival, Kalibo, Aklan, Panay Island, Philippines

People with black smeared faces in tribal costumes holding Jesus Child figurines at Ati Atihan festival, Kalibo, Aklan, Panay Island, Philippines

Children with black smeared faces in tribal costumes at Ati Atihan festival, Kalibo, Aklan, Panay Island, Philippines

SIERRA LEONE Mende Children are smeared with clay to protect them from both seen and unseen dangers.