Portrait of a young actor in jewels and make-up from the Ramlilla, the stage play of the great Hindu Epic, the Ramayana, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India

Portrait of a young actor in jewels and make-up as Sita, wife of Rama, from the Ramlilla, the stage play of the great Hindu Epic, the Ramayana, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India

Painted elephant, close up of head, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of a long necked Padaung tribe woman, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, AsiaThe women of the Padaung hill tribe wear heavy brass ornaments around their neck and limbs. These ornaments look like separate rings but are really a continuous coil of brass that can weigh anywhere from five to twenty-two kilograms and measure up to 30 meter in length. The quantity of visual rings (in reality, the length of the brass coil) is increased every year, according to the age of the woman.

Close-up of the head of a shaggy Highland cow with horns, looking at the camera, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Close-up head on view of a hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Bunaken National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close-up of camel's head in bright evening light, near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Buddha statue, close up, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarinus) close-up of face, tusks and vibrissae (whiskers), hauled out on pack ice to rest and sunbathe, Nunavut, Canada, North America

Backpacker heads up to first basecamp on Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, South America

Close-up of statue, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close-up view of a three color parrotfish (Scarus tricolor), coming in for a bite of hard coral, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

Close-up of a devil scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus), Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific, North America

A close-up of the mouth of a whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris), showing its needle sharp teeth, United States of America, North America

A young man carries up to 50 kilos of bricks by balancing them on his head, brick factory in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, Asia

Close-up of the head of a Moray Eel being cleaned by cleaner shrimp, Urogcardidella anton bruunii, and cleaner wrasse, Similan Island, Thailand

Close-up of the head of a bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, Chateau de Beaucaire, Gard, France, Europe

Giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus), close-up of head, Ras Mohammed National Park, off Sharm el-Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Close up of head of Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), the Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Close-up head shot of husky dog, Hercules, Husky Farm, Torassieppi, Lapland, Northern Finland, Europe

Woman drinking from water bottle on beach, close-up

A cable car heads up the funicular railway high above Wellington, the capital city, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

senior couple embracing outdoors, close-up

Woman drinking from water bottle on beach, close-up

Close-up of the head of a giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus), Ras Mohammed National Park, off Sharm el-Sheikh, Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

senior couple embracing outdoors, close-up

Woman drinking from water bottle on beach, close-up

Close-up of the head of a giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus), Ras Mohammed National Park, off Sharm el-Sheikh, Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

senior couple on beach, close-up

Colourful guardian statue close up, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

senior couple outdoors, close-up

Man by sea, close-up

senior couple embracing outdoors, close-up

Woman drinking from water bottle on beach, close-up

Woman drinking from water bottle on beach, close-up

Close up of carvings, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, North America

senior couple outdoors, close-up

senior couple outdoors, close-up

Man sitting on beach, close-up

senior couple outdoors, close-up

senior woman outdoors, close-up

Man by sea, close-up

senior woman on beach holding apple, close-up

Man drinking from water bottle, close-up

Close up of the head of a reclining Buddha statue, Wat Pha Baat Tai, Luang Prabang, Laos

Close-up of bronze lion statue, Forbidden City, Beijing, China, Asia

Close-up of a lion (Panthera leo), Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa

Close-up of a male lion (Panthera leo), Mala Mala Game Reserve, Sabi Sand Park, South Africa, Africa

O'Brians tower and Breanan Mor seastack looking from Hag's Head, the Cliffs of Moher, up to 230m high, County Clare, Munster, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

Close-up of the head of a common caiman (Caiman crocodilus), River Chagres, Soberania Forest National Park, Gamboa, Panama, Central America

Close up of the head of a giant statue of the great pharaoh Rameses II outside the relocated Temple Rameses II at Abu Simbel, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Joranda monk wearing tree bark cloth, holding palm leaf fan, with uncut hair piled up on top of his head, Joranda, Orissa, India, Asia

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram (Ovis canadensis) close up portrait, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canada, North America

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram (Ovis canadensis) close up portrait, Jasper National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Canada, North America

Hiker man with head torch lighting up the starry sky near tent by the Aletsch Glacier, Bernese Alps, Valais canton, Switzerland, Europe

Joranda monk wearing tree bark loincloth, holding palm leaf fan, with uncut hair piled up on top of his head, Joranda, Orissa, India, Asia

A school of sweetlip fish stacked up against a coral head, Maldives.

Close up of camels on the camel market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

A trekker heads up into the wilderness of the highest part of the Ecrins Massif in deep winter snow, above the village of Pelvoux, near Briancon, western Alps, Hautes Alpes, south west France, Europe

Close-up of head of Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), Lake Yacumama, Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios, Peru, South America

Silhouette of a man running up a sand dune in Nags Head, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) close up head detail, Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, North America

Man trying to get out through big shorebreak on his stand up paddle board, Nags Head, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Puffin head close up from the side on Skomer, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) close up head detail, Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, North America

Close up of a adult elephant's (Elephantidae) head and crinkled skin, Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka, Asia

Close-up portrait of an eastern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus flavirostris), Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Stand up paddle boarder catches a wave at sunset, Nags Head, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Close up of the upper body and head of a giant Buddha statue agains a blue sky, Hill of the Buddha, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia

Close-up of statue of the Buddha, Wat Pho (Wat Po) (Wat Phra Chetuphon), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close-up of the head of the Sphinx, Giza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Close up of a adult elephant's (Elephantidae) head and crinkled skin, Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka, Asia

Close-up of head of Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus), Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Close up of an hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) submerged in Lake Gipe and looking at the camera, Tsavo, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Hikers head up a dry gulch in a side canyon off the Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Close-up portrait of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Close-up of two African elephants (Loxodonta africana), Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Close up of hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) submerged in Lake Gipe, Tsavo, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Close up of an hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) submerged in Lake Gipe and looking at the camera, Tsavo, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Silhouette of a man running up a sand dune in Nags Head, North Carolina United States of America, North America

Close-up of head of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Addo National Park, South Africa, Africa

Close-up of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Close-up of a giraffe (Giraffe camelopardalis), Mala Mala Game Reserve, Sabi Sand Park, South Africa, Africa

Close-up portrait of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Close-up portrait of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Khwai Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Close-up of the head of a statue of the Buddha covered in gold leaf, Wat Pho (Wat Po) (Wat Chetuphon), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A close-up portrait on an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Close up portrait of a lion (Panthera leo), Tsavo, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Close up portrait of a lion (Panthera leo), Tsavo, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Close-up of heads of two Icelandic horses near Keflavik, Reykjanesbaer, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland

Close-up of head of cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Close-up of the head of a warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), in a burrow, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Close-up of two sunflower heads in the Spanish sun, Spain, Europe

Close-up of head-dress of comb and beads of a woman of the T'boli tribe in southern Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close-up of the head of an Australian pelican, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Close-up of heads of wheat in a summer field at Enfield Chase, near London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Close-up of a man's back with limes on hooks in his skin, and a small statue of Ganesh above his head, festival of Thaipusam in Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Close-up of Rano Rarakay, stone head carved from crater, Moai stone statues, Easter Island, Chile, South America

Close-up of head of the Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) statue, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Close-up of Medusa head, Temple of Apollo, Didyma, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia