Ruwanweli Saya Dagoba (Golden Sand Stupa), Anuradhapura, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Ambasthale Dagoba, Mihintale, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddha Statue, Mihintale, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddha Statue, Mihintale, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Kiri Vihara Dagoba, Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Portrait of a Mongolian Nomadic girl with braids, North Hangay province, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Recumbent House, Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Cow and calf by roadside, Polonnaruwa. North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Portrait of a Mongolian nomadic little boy, North Hangay province, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Mankwe Dam, central lake in the Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa, Africa

Abhayagiri Dagoba, Anuradhapura, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Tourists at Lankatilaka, Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

Mossy temple complex with sculptures, Kiri Vihhara, Polonnaruwa, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Old Man with cigar in front of village church, Vinales Valley, Province Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Greater Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America, America

Monks at Maha Bodi temple, Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Poya festivity, Maha Bodi Temple, Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka

Old Man with cigar in front of village church, Vinales Valley, Province Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Greater Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America, America

Vinales Valley, Pool Hotel Jaminez, Province Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Greater Antilles, Antilles, Carribean, West Indies, Central America, North America, America

Ancient sitting Buddha image, Gal Vihara, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, Asia

Jetavaranama dagoba stupa Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Asia

Ruwanwelisaya, Rathnamali Dagaba, Sacred City of Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Kapruka Pooja, festival at the Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba, stupa, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Asia

Wet platform of Jetavanaramaya Dagoba or stupa with broken damaged spire seen off centre in the ancient capitol of Anuradhapura Kingdom on a beautiful blue sky day in Sri Lanka

Jetavanaramaya Dagoba or stupa with damaged spire seen centred from platform corner in the ancient capitol of Anuradhapura Kingdom on a beautiful blue sky day in Sri Lanka

A ground carving at the entrance to the Vatadage is a moonstone relief depicting the cycle of sansara in the ruins of ancient capitol of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Side

The carved columns of the audience hall lined up in a row at Polonnaruwa, the ancient capitol of the kingdom of Sri Lanka

Ruin of a temple with moonstone and Buddha statue, Polonnaruwa, North Central Province Sri Lanka

Famous piligrimage site Jetavaranama dagoba Buddhist stupa in ancient city Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Asia

Sri Lankan tourist landmark Jetavaranama dagoba Buddhist stupa in ancient city Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Asia

Jetavaranama dagoba stupa Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Asia

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) stands attentively between bushes, Waterleidingduinen, North Holland, Netherlands

Tourists in San Gimignano, a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of its tower houses, which, with its hilltop setting and encircling walls

El Tajin archaeological site Pyramide de los Nichos and the Juegos de Pelota Norte, Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico