Race-goer wearing a hat which blends in with her hair at Royal Ascot Races. Her necklace has the word 'harmony'

Domestic chores without modern electrical appliances - a woman washing up by hand using cold water from an outdoor tap. Street scene in Bhutan.

Hat seller in the Damnern Saduak floating market, Bankok, Thailand

Trader by the Damnern Saduak floating market in 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.

Tourists sit on lion statues in front of National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom

Historical performers in costume in re-created colonial fort, Jamestown, Virginia, United States of America

Traditional dancing, Papua New Guinea

Women in Nepal.

A woman storekeeper in a general store in Bhutan

A young girl wearing an ornate gold head-dress with gold necklace and earrings in traditional style in Java, Indonesia.

Women sweeping the street in Agra, India.

The traditional sword dance at the Braemar Games highland gathering in Scotland.

Mothers and children sitting on mats while waiting at Gorom Gorom Hospital in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

A veiled native woman walking alone along a dusty road in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

A mother carrying her child and queuing for food handouts withother women at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

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

A young girl wearing traditional costume, Mary , Turkmenistan

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

An old woman with prayer wheels laughing at the Kyichu Buddhist Temple in Paro, Bhutan

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

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

Woman with traditional tatooed markings on her face, Qatar

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

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

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

Youngsters at a Bicentennial parade in Sydney, Australia

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

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

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

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

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

A woman hanging out washing in Corfu.

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

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

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

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

Elderly Chinese women sit together on benches in Chongqing, China

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

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

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

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

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

Female agricultural workers at Jaswant Garh in Rajasthan, Western India

Woman makes Terracotta Warrior souvenirs in factory, Xian, China

Traditional dancers at dance display in Hong Kong, China

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

Indian women visiting The Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh, India

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

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

Indonesian girls in traditional dress, Java

Policewoman on duty in Nauru, South Pacific

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

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

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

A girl with Tikka hair ornament in Pakistan

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

Young Masai girl in the Serengei Plains, Tanzania.

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

A happy crowd of Essex University Students taking photographs

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

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

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

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

Friends two women and a baby, Patan, Nepal

Women in Patan, Nepal.

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

Chinese women performing dance display at Kunming, China

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

Easter Sunday, Lima, Peru, South America

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

Gueghard church, Armenia, Asia

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

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

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 slicing pears to be dried in the sun. Editorial Use Only

Momandiyon, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. August 13, 2021. Women and girls slicing pears to be dried in the sun. Editorial Use Only