Three oldies sitting on a bench and having a chat, At Bashy, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

An elderly woman in a straw hat washes the pavement of Raffles Place in the financial district of Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman and her grand-daughter, Cappadocia, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia

Old woman, Jingang temple, Kangding, Sichuan, China, Asia

Naxi woman, Lijiang old town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yunnan, China, Asia

Priest and devotee performing aarti, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Water ladles, shaku, Nishiki Tenmangu shrine, Kyoto city, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Elderly woman near a tailor's workshop, old residential area, Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Eurcharist during Sunday Mass in Haifa Melkite Cathedral, Haifa, Israel, Middle East

Elderly woman strolls past O'Connells bar in Charleville, County Cork

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

Village of Masango, Province of Cibitoke, Burundi, Africa

Musician near Main Market Square, Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Naxi old women, Lijiang, Yunnan, China, Asia

Portrait of an old woman Bridge keeper, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A Polish nun going to the Beatification of Pope John Paul II, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Portrait of old woman, Ethiopia, Africa

Woman on pilgrimage, Ganden Monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

Tourist and guide in Santa Maria della Croce church, Casarana, Lecce, Apulia, Italy, Europe

Nun in St. Peter's Square, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Representation of a Hindu god, Teyyam ceremony, near Kannur, Kerala, India, Asia

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Sibi, Pakistan, Asia

An elderly woman walks across the street in Monchique, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Elderly person reading the Bible, Chedde, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Catholic nun stands at a window in the Vatican, Vatican City State

Traditional head dress of Uyghurs, Minpeng, Xinjiang, China, Asia

Pere Lachaise graveyard, Paris, France, Europe

Disabled woman in the Lourdes basilica, Lourdes, Hautes Pyrenees, France, Europe

Baye Fall Mouride Muslim, Touba, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

Elderly woman plaiting rushes, Bashindi, Dakhla oasis, Western Desert, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Naga (Macham tribe) lady with face tattoos, done during childhood so that they are not attractive to men who might steal them from their village, Magyan Village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Old lady at riverside, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Portrait of a 90 year old Wakhi woman, Bakti Mo, Bulmit, Bojal, Pakistan, Asia

Syria, Qalamun, Saidnaya, Church Of The Notre Dame De Saidnaya, Greek Orthodox Monastery, Elderly Woman Lighting The Candles Before Mass

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

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

The great market of Bar, where arrive goods from all parts of the country, Montenegro, Europe

Uzbekistan old lady of samarkand

Hakka women at the Kam Tin Walled Village, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, Asia

East timor. Camp for internally displaced people (idps) in the old hospital at baucau. Jacinta marques, and old woman and children at the camp

India - tribes: lambada tribal woman, andhra pradesh

Jamaica. Old woman of german origin talking to american priest during sunday mass in the catholic church at seaford town

East timor. Woman of kefua village, oecussi-ambeno

Russia - soup kitchen run by mother teresas sisters of charity for the poor and elderly, yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east

India - religion - christian elderly cmc catholic sister at koonamavu convent, kerala

Uzbekistan women in the market at shakhrisabz

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a cook preparing chapatis on a biofuel stove.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a woman planting trees for onward growth in the Ashrams forests.

Australia. Older aborigine woman who jhas just caught a catfish, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

Russia - soup kitchen run by mother teresas sisters of charity for the poor and elderly, yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east

Wife of the Naga (Macham tribe) chief of the village, Magyan Village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Jamaica. Woman at sunday mass in the catholic church at seaford town

Akha hilltribe woman wearing traditional silver headpiece and costume, Chiang Rai, Golden Triangle, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fiji aisake madigibuli (right) 62 and his wife melania, 61, taveuni photo by sean sprague

Woman in her apartment with portrait of Che Guevara, UNESCO World Heritage site, Trinidad, Region of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Central America

Female Aboriginal Artist, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Myanmar attending catholic wedding of tribal kachins at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

Russia - soup kitchen run by mother teresas sisters of charity for the poor and elderly, yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east

Russia - soup kitchen run by mother teresas sisters of charity for the poor and elderly, yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east

Old woman smoking a cigar, at the market of Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Vietnam lenin park, hanoi. old woman

Group of elderly local women chatting, Marsaxlokk, Malta, Europe

BOLIVIA Street scenes in La Paz. Old woman walking

Old woman with basket of vegetables on head, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Rabot, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan. August 14, 2021. A woman in a blue head scarf in rural Tajikistan. Editorial Use Only

Guatemala mayan indian woman, chajul, el quiche

Nepal. Of footprints in forest that of is most large of contemplation, contemplation of death impermanence strongest impact buddha in udanavarg

Elderly ladies exercising in Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Elderly fruit vendor at Punanga Nui Market, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia, South Pacific, Pacific

Peru. Old woman of yanque, colca canyon. Holding lamb

Indonesia ciputat village, sunda, west java

Ethiopia girogis church, adwa, dring a ceremony when patriarch paulos made a visit. Tigray. Onlookers at the event

A massive prayer wheel at the Boudhanath Stupa, one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Russia - soup kitchen run by mother teresas sisters of charity for the poor and elderly - yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east

Uganda woman of kangulumira, kayunga district

Ethiopia women of meganassie, gurage

Pilgrim making an offereing at Angkor Wat Temple, feet of statue, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

BOLIVIA Alejandra Roque, Gendra Colque and Domitila Apaza harvesting organic lemongrass in the hills above Santa Fe, near Caranavi

Bolivia. Poor woman at a feeding center, cochabamba

Cambodia family of kampong cham

Philippines women dancing at a class in a slum district, bagnong silangan, quezon city, manila

Tanzanian woman with grandchild. Kighare, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Wan Sai village (Aku tribe), Aku lady, Kengtung (Kyaing Tong), Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, North America

BOLIVIA Cultivating estevia which is a natural sweetener, good for diabetes, in Santa Fe, Caranavi

Honduras indigenous woman of marcala

Russia, St-Petersburg, Writer Dostoievsky Apartment, Mrs Popovska Head Of Museum Sitting At His Desk

Lace making, Bruges, Belgium, Europe

East timor. Fatumerita, aileu district

Jamaica. Congregation during sunday mass in the catholic church at seaford town

Mongolia woman and buddhist monks at gandan monastery, ulaan baatur. Main gate

Street scene, bulgaria. Sofia

Portrait of an old Balinese woman, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tanzanian old woman of kisangara, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Peru. Woman washing pots, yanque, colca canyon

Between the villages of Nyaung U and Wetkyi-in, lady smoking sheroot, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Jamaica. Woman at sunday mass in the catholic church at seaford town

Russia - alexandrovsk, run down urban landscape, sakhalin island, russian far east

Guatemala woman holding candles in church of chajul, el quiche