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Portrait of an elderly musician from the Naxi orchestra practising by the Black Dragon Pool, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

View of squid hanging on a line in the harbour in Limenaria village, Limenaria, Thassos, Aegean Sea, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

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

Closeup of Caribu shoes, Grise Fjord, most northern community in America, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Jar Island Indigenous Gwion Gwion art, dated from at least 17500 years ago, Vansittart Bay, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Jar Island Indigenous Gwion Gwion art, dated from at least 17500 years ago, Vansittart Bay, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Whale hunting scene replica, Albaola The Sea Factory of The Basques, Pasaia San Pedro, San Sebastian, Bay of Biscay, province of Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

Al Akbar Surabaya National Mosque, carpet with arch design pointing towards Mecca, Surabaya, Java, Indonesia

Eighteen Arhats of Mahayana Buddhism await return of Buddha as Maitreya, Long Quang Pagoda, An Giang Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Festival of Light (Inti Raymi festival) Cochas Community, Angochagua Parochia, Imbabura Province, Ecuador

Festival of Light (Inti Raymi festival) Cochas Community, Angochagua Parochia, Imbabura Province, Ecuador

View of Nishikubo Hachiman Shinto Shrine and high rise buildings, 5 Chome, Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Wandjina art form of contact art found in quartzite sandstone cliffs on Bigge Island, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Wandjina art form of Kaiara, a mouthless spirit in the cloud, quartzite sandstone, Bigge Island, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Traditional burial grounds of indigenous people found on Bigge Island, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Inner structure in teak wood of dhow under construction in traditional shipyard, Sur, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Irrigation canal in palm grove. Birkat Al Mouz, Al Dakhliya region, Falaj irrigation system (Falaj Al-Khatmeen), UNESCO, Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Al-Hamra village and the palm grove, a 400-year-old town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, Akhdar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Terraced fields of the perched villages (Al Ain) (Al Agur) of Jabal Al Akhdar (Green Mountains), Sayq Plateau, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Cattle in enclosures of dry stone walls, Inishmore, largest of the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

Enclosures with dry stone walls, Inishmore, largest of the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

Man checking dried tobacco leaves, Brena Alta, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic Ocean, Europe

Washing beside the drain pumping water from the Nile to supply a crop irrigation channel around the village of Ramadi, west bank of the Nile south of Edfu, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Wandjina art form of various animals on King Leopold Sandstone, Swift Bay, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

Women workers at Tapel Koeda Kretek (Clove Cigarette) Factory at Juwana, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Rearing laying hens in a cherry orchard, Lerchnhof Farm Inn, Valdaora di Sotto, South Tyrol (Alto Adige), Italy

Totem poles in the cemetery of the First Nations Kwakwaka'wakw people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Totem poles in the cemetery of the First Nations Kwakwaka'wakw people in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, North America

N month of november 7 days before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They bring their precious herbs, minerals special animal glands to be blessed. A selected amount of herbs is placed in a copper vessel placed on monastery alter. 7 days amchis go through an elaborate potenization of these medicines through prayer other practices. Seen here is of amchis holding a dorje (sacred object used cutting through obscurations) which is lined from a vessel containing various herbs sitting on monastery alter to heart chakra. Chang tang nyee, ladakh, indi

THAILAND Visit to Ban Pan Tong, a Lahu village which practices traditional religion. The local 'tobo' or shaman at the village chapel shrine conducting Animist ceremony. Photo by Sean Sprague

Pilgrims in a boat sailing and praying, Ganges river, in background the ghats, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pilgrims making a ritual offering and praying, ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pilgrims making a ritual offering and praying, ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pilgrims making a ritual offering, and praying, ghats in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Pilgrim making a ritual offering and praying, ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.