A Tsubakai, a stone wash basin for the tea room, Ryoan-ji Temple in NW Kyoto, Honshu, JapanThe Zen inscription reads 'I learn only to be contented'

Pink finished plaster walls and hand beaten brass bathroom sink, residential home, Amber, near Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Bedroom suite with original travelling fold down wash basin, Neemrana Fort Palace Hotel, Neemrana, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Detail of brass hand beaten bathroom sink in bathroom area of a residence, Amber, near Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Washing hands

Grosse Ile, province of Quebec, Canada, North America

Thoronet Abbey cloister wash basin, Thoronet, Var, Provence, France, Europe

Urinals in men's public toilet

Irrigation from the Meadow Valley Wash makes the desert green with crops near Panaca in south west Nevada, The Great Basin, Nevada, United States of America (USA), North America

A disgustingly dirty bathroom in an abandoned council house in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hair salon chair with towel armchair

DEU, Germany: Cleaning of dishes by hand in a private kitchen.

A boy preparing to wash his face in a canvas basin at a tented camp in the Okavango Delta, Okavango Delta, Botswana

wash basin, Kalahari Desert, Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana

Spa bathroom

Woman washing her face