The 500 year Dagong Hall in Zhuge Bagua village, Lanxi County, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China

Ancient buildings of Hui style architecture of white wall and black tiles, Yuyuan Ancient Village, Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China

Ministers in the Fadar Daurama Emir's palace, Daura Emirate, Katsina state, Nigeria

Emir of Daura in the Fadar Daurama Emir's palace, Daura Emirate, Katsina state, Nigeria

Oulja potters village, Rabat, Morocco

Young recently circumcised Masai Warriors (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' and a young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Young recently circumcised Masai Warriors (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age', and young Masai girls, in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania .

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) and a Masai girl with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young Masai recently cirumsised wears white make-up markings and black robes until in a few weeks he adopts the full red colourful robes of a Masai Warrior

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Young recently circumcised Masai Warrior (moran) with traditional face paint after 'coming of age' in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Electric cables in the favelas, Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Two women and a child standing outside the doorway of a primitive dwelling, Harran, Turkey