Six different groups of native warriors, drummers, and dancers perform on Kwato Island, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Palace gardens in the Reggia di Caserta (Royal Palace of Caserta), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

The skeletal ruins of the A-Bomb Dome at dusk, Hypocenter, Hiroshima Peace Memorial, UNESCO, Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan

Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Camino de Santiago, Herault, Occitanie, France, Europe

Image of God Khnum, Bas Relief, Tomb of Prince Amenherkhepshef (Amenkopshef), QV55, Valley of the Queens, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Newspaper Rock, a petroglyph panel etched in sandstone recording perhaps 2000 years of human activity in the area, Newspaper Rock Recreation Site, Utah, United States of America, North America

Detail of sculpture named Piss made by David Cerny, Lesser Quarter, Prague, Czechia, Europe

Jacques-Cartier River, Jacques-Cartier National Park, Province of Quebec, Canada, North America

Palace gardens in the Reggia di Caserta (Royal Palace of Caserta), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

View of Cathedral-Basílica de Santa María de Mallorca from Seo Garden, Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

California gray whale calf (Eschrictius robustus), being touched by tourist in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, North America

Detail of sculpture named Piss made by David Cerny, Lesser Quarter, Prague, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Coastline and recovery place of the Chinchorro Mummies, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Camarones Valley, northern Atacama desert, Chile, South America

The Ellora Caves, temples cut into solid rock, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Castell human tower in front of the City Hall during the Festa Major Festival, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Aerial view of Centuripe, the human-shaped or star-shaped town, seen from above at dusk, Centuripe, Enna province, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Castell human tower in front of the City Hall during the Festa Major Festival, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Human statue, street performer, Galway, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland, Europe

California gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus), with human hands, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

The bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, weighing 500 kg, unveiled in 2010, at the entrance to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America

Castell human tower in front of the City Hall during the Festa Major Festival, elevated view, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Rock drawings of human figures praying or dancing, Naquane National Park, Capo di Ponte, Valcamonica (Val Camonica), Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Castell human tower in front of the City Hall during the Festa Major Festival, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Castell human tower in front of the City Hall during the Festa Major Festival, elevated view, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Castell human tower in front of the City Hall during the Festa Major Festival, elevated view, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Castell human tower in front of the City Hall during the Festa Major Festival, elevated view, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Castell human tower in front of the City Hall during the Festa Major Festival, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, opened in 2014, won awards for its architecture, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, opened in 2014, won awards for its architecture, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America

Beach near the Leela Hotel, Mobor, Goa, India

Bighorn sheep, human, and geometric petroglyphs, Gold Butte, Nevada, United States of America, North America

Castell human tower in front of the City Hall during the Festa Major Festival, elevated view, Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, opened in 2014, won awards for its architecture, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America

Se Cathedral, thought to be Asia's biggest church, Old Goa, Goa, India

Washing at the ghats on the Narmada River at the Ahilya Fort and Temples, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, opened in 2014, won awards for its architecture, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America

Human skull on display, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Exterior facade of the Human Resource Building, a federal agency, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, North America

The Jahaz Mahal or Ships Palace in the Royal Enclave, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh, India

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, North America

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Human remains preserved over 500 years, Chauchilla cemetery, Nazca, Peru, South America

Stone statuary of human faces, Ta Prohm temple, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Acupuncture points, Chinese Medicine

Sunset, Greeting to the Sun, Zadar, Croatia, Europe

Blue jeans dart frog (Dendrobates pumilio) on human hand, Costa Rica, Central America

The "Petrified" a group of shrouded, life-size figures by Swiss artist Carl Bucher denouncing the violation of human rights at the entrance of the Museum of the International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland

Tram tracks in Korenmarkt, Ghent, Belgium

Cast in bronze a sculpture by sculptor Henry Moore, France

Stretch limousine, Hummer, Luxor hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Human plaster cast of a body in the forum market, dead in the 79 AD Vesuvius volcanic eruption, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Victim of Vesuvius eruption, volcanic ash formed mould retaining human form later revealed by injecting plaster, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Human remains in a cemetery in the Nazca desert, Peru, South America

Stone statuary of human face, Ta Prohm temple, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Newspaper Rock, a petroglyph panel etched in sandstone recording perhaps 2000 years of human activity in the area, Newspaper Rock Recreation Site, Utah, United States of America, North America

Human remains preserved over 500 years at the Chauchilla cemetery at Nazca, Peru, South America

Palestinian volunteer offering coffee at the Physicians for Human Rights' mobile clinic, Souk Ba, Palestine National Authority, Middle East

Physicians for Human Rights' mobile clinic, Souk Ba, Palestine National Authority, Middle East

Physicians for Human Rights' mobile clinic in the West Bank, Souk Ba, Palestine National Authority, Middle East

Common Frog (Rana temporaria) small froglet sitting on human finger, Oxfordshire, UK

Nepal. Sonam & boom praying at charnel grounds. Humla. Vajrayana is tantric mahasiddha, lives fearlessly in terrifying places like remote jungles charnel grounds. nyingma lamas perform ritual at cremation grounds. lama rattles damaru, a small ritual drum to have origins in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bones dried human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. other lama, boom blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers

Anuradha Koirala, proclaimed winner of CNN Hero of the Year 2010, warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

The idea of the interconnectedness of all things is central to the tribal way of looking at the world. practical knowledge of the environment, of crops and medicines, of hunting and fishing, is a byproduct of it. the makuna believe that human beings, animals, and all of nature are parts of the same one. animals and fish live in their own communities, which are just like human communities, with their chiefs, their shamans, their dance houses, their songs, and their material possessions. when human peoples dance in this world, the shaman invites the animal people to dance in theirs. if humans do not dance and shamans do not offer spirit food to the animal people, the animals will die out and there will be no more game left in the world. for the makuna the radical disjunction so characteristic of western thought between nature and culture, men and animals, dissolves. eastern colombia amazon, vaupes region, population: 600

Anuradha Koirala holds up her CNN Hero of the Year 2010 award as she is warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Trulshig rinpoche, blesses. Tulshig rinpoche blesses. Tulshig rimpoche s followers believe that he, like many other lamas, reassumes a human body after death in order to return to disciples. previous incarnation of tulshig rimpoche spent several years at dzarongpu monastery (highest monastery in world located at 16,500’ within sight of northern side of mt everest) served as of ngawong tenzin teachers. He promised to return in next life, so at tulshig s death ngawong tenzin norbu sought found reincarnation. current tulshig rimpoche then came to monastery studied with ngawong tenzin norbu. relationship between teacher student, in which a teacher returns to study from former student, maintains lineage over generations. Bhutan

Narodni trg square in Zadar, Croatia, Europe

Indian groom passing wedding ring on his bride's finger

Apsara Dancer, performing a traditional Khmer dance, Amansara Luxury Hotel, Cambodia

Antarctic fur seal baby (Arctocephalus gazella) interacting with a photographer, Stromness Bay in South Georgia

Apsara Dancer, performing a traditional Khmer dance, Amansara Luxury Hotel, Cambodia

Back view of Naga man's belt with dao holder also known as Dhama (a type of machete) with ceremonial baskets with tassles of human hair, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Apsara Dancer, performing a traditional Khmer dance, Amansara Luxury Hotel, Cambodia

Apsara Dancer, performing a traditional Khmer dance, Amansara Luxury Hotel, Cambodia

Cambodia the killing fields national memorial, phnom penh. skulls of victims killed by khmer rouge

Apsara Dancer, performing a traditional Khmer dance, Amansara Luxury Hotel, Cambodia

Apsara Dancer, performing a traditional Khmer dance, Amansara Luxury Hotel, Cambodia

Human statue street performer, Covent Garden, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Kenya pendekezu letu boarding school for former street girls, thika

Reflections, child care center, dharamsalla, india. Achieving a human rebirth is as rare precious as finding a wishfulfilling .,seventh dalai lama, meditations on ways of impermanenc

Apsara Dancer, performing a traditional Khmer dance, Amansara Luxury Hotel, Cambodia

Apsara Dancer, performing a traditional Khmer dance, Amansara Luxury Hotel, Cambodia

Human statue street performer, Southbank, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

UK, London, pedicab

Kenya pendekezu letu boarding school for former street girls, thika

Kenya pendekezu letu boarding school for former street girls, thika

Apsara Dancer, performing a traditional Khmer dance, Amansara Luxury Hotel, Cambodia

Kenya pendekezu letu boarding school for former street girls, thika

Kenya pendekezu letu boarding school for former street girls, thika

Human statue depicting St. George, Trafalgar Square, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Kenya pendekezu letu boarding school for former street girls, thika

Kenya pendekezu letu boarding school for former street girls, thika