Colourful beach wraps for sale, Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, Central America

Picking cotton, Guizhou, China, Asia

Lao Buddhist ceremony with cotton bracelets, Paris, France, Europe

Colourful beach wraps for sale, Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, Central America

Lao Buddhist ceremony with cotton bracelets, Paris, France, Europe

Tailoring workshop, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Spinning cotton, Deogarh, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Lao Buddhist ceremony with cotton bracelets, Paris, France, Europe

Tailoring workshop, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Lao Buddhist ceremony with cotton bracelets, Paris, France, Europe

Syria, On The Raqqa To Aleppo Road, Overtaking A Truck Loaded With Bags Of Raw Cotton

Bales of cotton at plantation along the Mississippi Delta at Tensas Co-op Gin Inc, near Tallulah, Louisiana, USA

Traditional Moroccan cloth in a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

A fracking site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA, next to a farmers Cotton crop. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

Centenary Mill, an old Lancashire cotton mill in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cotton crop, Gossypium hirsutum, growing in plantation in the Deep South, Mississippi, USA

Cotton growing in California's Central Valley, which is in the grip of a four year long drought. The catastrophic drought means that no crops will grow without increasingly scarce irrigation water. Many areas of farmland have been abandoned due to the drought.

Traditional Moroccan cloth in a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Traditional Moroccan cloth in a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Cotton crop, Gossypium hirsutum, growing in plantation at Frogmore Farm in the Deep South, Ferriday, Louisiana, USA

Cloth hanging up a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Old cotton mills in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Traditional Moroccan cloth in a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Sisterdale, Texas, USA. April 14, 2021. Historic cotton gin in the Texas hill country.

Thailand woman using a large loom for weaving cotton cloth, chiang dao village, near chiang mai

An old cotton mill converted into housing on the Leeds Liverpool Canal at Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sisterdale, Texas, USA. April 14, 2021. Historic cotton gin in the Texas hill country.

Syria, Syrian Steppe, Region Of Deir Ezzor, Close-Up Of Bag Filled With Harvested Cotton

Cloth hanging up a souk in Marrakech, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

An old cotton mill converted into housing on the Leeds Liverpool Canal at Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cairo, Egypt. Man making spun sugar, cotton candy, at a shop on El Moez street in Old Cairo.

Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo, Egypt. February 14, 2022. Loom for weaving recyced cotton in Manshiyat Naser, Garbage City, Cairo.

Cotton, Parlange plantation, Pointe Coupee, Cajun Country, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

Female cotton harlequin Bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus) guarding her eggs on Coastal Hibiscus, Fingal Heads, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Female cotton harlequin bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus) guarding her eggs on Coastal Hibiscus, Fingal Heads, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A large stand of Arctic cotton (Eriophorum callitrix) in Denali National Park, Alsaka, USA

A large stand of Arctic cotton (Eriophorum callitrix) in Denali National Park, Alsaka, USA

A large stand of Arctic cotton (Eriophorum callitrix) in Denali National Park, Alsaka, USA

Man pulling cotton sacks on cart in Chandni Chowk shopping district of New Delhi, India

Big Eye Cotton Fish & diver. Mabul Island, Malaysia

A large stand of Arctic cotton (Eriophorum callitrix) in Denali National Park, Alsaka, USA

An organic cotton polo shirt

Pollen from pussy willow

Cotton grass in front of a church in Ilulissat on Greenland, Polar Regions

cotton grass: eriophorum angustifolium in mountain landscape knockan, sutherland, scot.

Cotton grass with wind turbines in the background, Blacklaw Windfarm, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Cotton grass in front of a church in Ilulissat on Greenland, Polar Regions

Cotton grass with wind turbines in the background, Blacklaw Windfarm, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Cotton grass and green moss in Ilulissat on Greenland, Polar Regions

Close up of cotton growing. Longyearbyen, City Center, Svalbard, Norway

Cotton bundles, Northern China, China, Asia

A Greenlandic flag in Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions

Cotton bundles, Northern China, China, Asia

Cotton bundles, Northern China, China, Asia

Cotton bundles, Northern China, China, Asia

Cotton bundles, Northern China, China, Asia

Mexican aztec dress gods at Grand Palladium White Sand Resort and Spa in Riviera Maya, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico. Aztec clothing was generally loose fitting and did not completely cover the body. When the Spanish arrived in Mexico, the people were surprised to see them in their full armour, with only their faces exposed. Aztec clothes were generally made of cotton (which was imported) or ayate fiber, made from the Maguey Cactus (also called the Century Plant or American Aloe). Women would weave the fibers into clothing, a task girls were taught as young teenagers. Because of their vast trading network, the Aztecs were able to make use of a beautiful array of dyes, creating the brilliant

Mexican aztec dress gods at Grand Palladium White Sand Resort and Spa in Riviera Maya, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico. Aztec clothing was generally loose fitting and did not completely cover the body. When the Spanish arrived in Mexico, the people were surprised to see them in their full armour, with only their faces exposed. Aztec clothes were generally made of cotton (which was imported) or ayate fiber, made from the Maguey Cactus (also called the Century Plant or American Aloe). Women would weave the fibers into clothing, a task girls were taught as young teenagers. Because of their vast trading network, the Aztecs were able to make use of a beautiful array of dyes, creating the brilliant

Warm sunlight showers down on soft and ripe cotton bolls, Tifton, Georgia.

Sunsets in the background of bountiful cotton field in Tifton, Georgia

Blood specimen in a woman

Syphilis bacterium. Treponema pallidum subsp pallidum on cultures of cotton tail rabbit epithelium cells Sf1Ep

Medical equipment

Bacterium responsible for syphilis. Electron micrograph of Treponema pallidum on cultures of cotton-tail rabbit epithelium cells (Sf1Ep).Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. In the United States, over 35,600 cases of syphilis were repor

Blood specimen in a woman

Newborn baby hygiene

Blood specimen in a woman

16-month-old child.

Vaccinating a woman

Lavender.

Vaccinating an elderly person

Blood sample being taken from pregnant woman.

Newborn baby hygiene

Blood specimen, pregnant woman

Blood specimen in a woman

Blood sample being taken from pregnant woman.

Turkmenistan

Mid adult woman with pink cotton candy, Prater, Vienna, Austria

Portrait of a woman working on a wooden loom, Myanmar, Asia

Japanese wearing yukata carrying portable shrine during Sanja Festival in front of Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Lace Detail at Sineu Wednesday Market, Sineu, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Visitors in the Art District cotton-spinning mill, from cotton to culture, design festival Designers Open, from 28 till 30 November 2012, Bohemian side of town, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

lake with cotton grass after strom, Grossglockner and Schwerteck in background, Hohe Tauern range, National Park Hohe Tauern, East Tyrol, Austria

Visitors in the Art District cotton-spinning mill, from cotton to culture, design festival Designers Open, from 28 till 30 November 2012, Bohemian side of town, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

cotton grass with summits of Wilder Pfaff and Zuckerhuetl, Stubai range, Tyrol, Austria

Meadow with cotton grass in the sunlight, Qaqortoq, Kitaa, Greenland

Woman with cotton in the village of Rhumsiki, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa

Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity priest reads out of the holy bible with believers in front of the rock hewn church Beta Marqorewos Lalibela Ethiopia

Pile of wool

Field of Cottongrass (Eriophorum), Torngat Mountains National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Arctic

Weaving mill

Boardwalk in the Naturschutzgebiet Dosenmoor nature reserve, regenerating and partially preserved bog, Kreis Neumuenster county, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Female period concept with panty liner with symbolic paper blood

Cotton grass against the light, back sea, Vesteralen, Nordmela, Nordland, Norway, Europe

Soy, Corn, Cotton and Coffee irrigated plantations in the western state of Bahia, Brazil, South America

Contemplative mysterious african american woman standing amidst the cotton field. generative AI

Run down settlement in summer Tiniteqilaaq Eastgreenland

Contemplative mysterious african american woman standing amidst the cotton field. generative AI

Contemplative mysterious african american woman standing amidst the cotton field. generative AI

Textile recycling arrow symbol made from old clothing pieces