An Omani woman wearing gold jewels and a veil, Nizwa, Oman

Woman stallholder holding the knife she uses to cut fruit for sale in the market in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her stall displays in baskets fruit, vegetables and dried fish.

Women carrying pots with children in early morning food queue at Mother Teresa's Mission Calcutta, India

Bare-breasted native woman wearing a feathered headdress, beaded necklaces and face paints during a gathering of tribes at Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea

A woman from Ifugao carrying vegetables on her head on her way through the rice terraces to the market at Banaue on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines

The poor queuing for food outside Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India. The women are carrying metal pots in which to carry the food back to their families.

Girl at Sing Sing tribal gathering Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Mother Teresa talking with a poor woman and her child from a Red Cross minibus in Calcutta, India

Local grey-haired woman laughing in Nepal

Poor women queuing for food at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

Novice nuns at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

Woman queuing for food at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

Mother Teresa with mothers and children at her Mission in Calcutta, India

Gambian women smartly dressed while atttending an Independence Day reception at the State House in Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa.

Women at Family Planning birth control clinic in Agra, India

Los Angeles policewoman part of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), USA

Two women on a balcony , Corfu Island, Greek Islands

An Omani woman wearing gold jewels and a veil, Nizwa, Oman

Woman with tribal markings on her face, Northern Nigeria

Women carrying pots in early morning food queue at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

A woman from the Kathmandu valley in Nepal wearing nose jewels in the traditional way. Her head is covered with a tartan shawl.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta in India

Carnival dancers wearing traditional costumes in pastel colours and gold in Trinidad, Caribbean

Veiled women with a child at Nalu Village, Rajasthan, India

Poor women queuing for food at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

Tourists visit the Amarin Winitchai Throne Hall, Bangkok, Thailand

Race-goer wearing a hat with flowers in typical Ascot fashion at Royal Ascot Races. She is taking a call on her mobile cell phone.

Youngsters at a Bicentennial parade in Sydney, Australia

Indian family shopping in old town Udaipur, Rajasthan, Western India, Hindus and Muslims together.

Indian women shopping, street scene at Sardar Market at Girdikot, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Northern India

Dancers in cheongsams perform traditional show on Victoria Line Cruise Ship for Western tourists, Yangtze River, China

Terracotta Warrior souvenirs being made in factory, Xian, China

Local women sitting out in Montalcino, Val D'Orcia,Tuscany, Italy

Tourists in quaint town of Bourdeilles popular tourist destination near Brantome North Dordogne, France

Terracotta Warrior souvenirs being made in factory, Xian, China

Women cleaning the steps outside a church in Lisbon, Portugal.

Women in Nepal.

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Woman with traditional tatooed markings on her face, Qatar

Elderly women watching from a balcony with umbrella for sun protection in Portugal

Crowd attending tribal gathering durbar cultural event at Maiduguri in Nigeria, West Africa

Dancers performing in the Tang Dance Show, Shaanxi Grand Opera House, Xian, China

Dancers performing traditional show on Victoria Line Cruise Ship for Western tourists, Yangtze River, China

A woman hanging out washing in Corfu.

Woman with tribal markings on her face holding her baby close, Northern Nigeria

A local woman walking while carrying a can on her head and a pot in her hand, Corfu Island, Greek Islands

Hindu woman in traditional blue painted home in Hindu Brahman high caste village of Dhudaly in Rajasthan, Northern India

Woman working at metal recycling steel in Dazu County, Chongqing, China

Women working at a tree plantation at Zhong Yong near Guilin, China

Woman at work building new tourist centre at Dazu Rock Carvings, Mount Baoding, Chongqing, China

A woman watching from her window in Kotor, Montenegro, - formerly Yugoslavia - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Tourists taking a lunch break on the pier sea defence wall at Ballyvaughan, County Clare, West Coast of Ireland

Elderly women walk along the pavement in the Hutongs area, Beijing, China

Race-goer wearing a typical Ascot fashion hat while photographing the day's events on a small camera at Royal Ascot Races

A group of elderly people standing on their balcony shielding themselves from the sun with a parasol, Salamanca, Spain

Woman at work building new tourist centre at Dazu Rock Carvings, Mount Baoding, Chongqing, China

Indian Hindu women at Qutab Minar Complex, Unesco World Heritage Site in New Delhi, India

Dancers performing in the Tang Dance Show, Shaanxi Grand Opera House, Xian, China

Women make clay figure souvenirs in factory, Xian, China

Female agricultural workers at Jaswant Garh in Rajasthan, Western India

Women working in plant nursery in market town of Baisha near Guilin, China

Fruit and vegetables on sale in old Chinese Soho food market in Graham Street, Central Hong Kong, China

Traditional dancers at dance display in Hong Kong, China

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Holy woman sitting on the ground at the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Street scene in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indian women visiting The Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh, India

Policewoman on duty in Nauru, South Pacific

Woman selling flowers and herbs for temple offerings by The Golden Temple during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Woman makes Terracotta Warrior souvenirs in factory, Xian, China

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

Dancers in costumes re-enact Elizabethan Days in Middle England, United Kingdom

Women in mountain village of Altit in Hunza region of Karokoram Mountains, Pakistan

Woman at work building new tourist centre at Dazu Rock Carvings, Mount Baoding, Chongqing, China

Indonesian girls in traditional dress, Java

Women in Patan, Nepal.

A girl with Tikka hair ornament in Pakistan

Young arab women take part in an anniversary parade, Abu Dhabi

Young women parking bicycle in crowded bicycle park, Beijing, China

Woman at work building new tourist centre at Dazu Rock Carvings, Mount Baoding, Chongqing, China

Friends two women and a baby, Patan, Nepal

Special women's compartment on the train in Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Local women sitting out in Piazza Cavovr in Montalcino, Val D'Orcia,Tuscany, Italy

Dancers performing in the Tang Dance Show, Shaanxi Grand Opera House, Xian, China

Elderly Chinese women sit together on benches in Chongqing, China

Woman cleans pots and pans at her makeshift homeon the street in Delhi, India.

A happy crowd of Essex University Students taking photographs

Women from Chinese minority group visit the Forbidden City, Beijing, China

Women queuing with their children at the rural hospital at Basse in Gambia

Group of dancers in the streets of the Old Town, Nice, Alpes Maritimes, Provence, France, Europe

Chinese women performing dance display at Kunming, China

Easter Sunday, Lima, Peru, South America

Street scene in holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Dushanbe, Tajikistan. August 12, 2021. Shoppers at the Mehrgon Market in Dushanbe. Editorial Use Only

Momandiyon, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. August 13, 2021. Girl wearing a scarf on her face, at a field where pears are being prepared and dried in the sun. Editorial Use Only

Margib, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. August 15, 2021. Baking flat bread in a wood fired oven. Editorial Use Only

Gueghard church, Armenia, Asia

Women Only carriage subway platform sign, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Women Only carriage subway platform sign, Tokyo, Japan, Asia