Lifting by hand heavy stones for restoration work, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Novice monk ceremony, Maung Sing, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Easter Sunday, Lima, Peru, South America

Couple with luggage entering Lille Europe station, Lille, Nord, France, Europe

Guardians of the volcano, Merapi, Yogyakarta region, island of Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two surfers walking with their boards on Kommetjie beach, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Hot air balloons carry tourists on early morning flights over the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Two walkers with rucksacks on the Cotswold Way footpath, Stanton village, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Novice monk ceremony, Wat Xieng Jai, Maung Sing, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Marchas Populares during the Festas dos Santos Populares, Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Market, Heho, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Woman in costume at festival, Arles, Bouches du Rhone, France, Europe

Workers at a banana plantation near Le Francois, Martinique, Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Ferry at Fung-Lo, rural China, Asia

Old man carrying child, Bhutan, Asia

Mother and child, Shey, Ladakh, India, Asia

Two surfers walking with their boards on Kommetjie beach, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Mukkram, Muslim festival, India, Asia

Woman carrying palm fronds, standing in rice field, Refina, Flores, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Medieval parade, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Rice harvest, Denpasar area, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Loy Kratong parade, Sukhothai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Malaga-Spain - Easter Week (Semana Santa) - A blindfolded member of a brotherhood helps to carry a float during a procession on Palm Sunday

Malaga-Spain - Easter Week (Semana Santa) - Members of a brotherhood strain to carry a float

Malaga-Spain - Easter Week (Semana Santa) - A brotherhood member manages a smoke while helping to carry a float in procession on Palm Sunday

Men from the island of Pentecost carry a traditional tamtam, a slit drum hollowed from a tree trunk, at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, VanuatuVANUATU. Port Vila. Efate Island

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Invocation of the tengir (celestial) forces by means of drumming and dance. Like the sun, fire is a force that can attract as a magnet to the tengir forces. Tuvshintugs dorj (in yellow) carries the status of a ?Royal Shaman,? Meaning that he can channel three-quarters or more of the hundred tengir energies. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Fast service in fast food restaurant, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, North America

Shoppers in narrow street, Tongli, Shanghai area, China, Asia

Tens of thousands of buddhist pilgrims from around the world traveled to bodhgaya, a town in northern india, to hear exiled tibetan spiritual leader hh dalai lama give the kalachakra-religious teachings. Pilgrims walk through the entrance banner at main temple in bodhgaya. They carry kusha grass for offering. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, bihar, india

Invocation of the tengir (celestial) forces by means of drumming and dance. Like the sun, fire is a force that can attract as a magnet to the tengir forces. Tuvshintugs dorj carries the status of a ?Royal Shaman,? Meaning that he can channel three-quarters or more of the hundred tengir energies. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet

Chhetri girls carry firewood. Humla, north-west nepal

Bhutanese mother uses traditional kira to carry child

A Xhosa woman walking with a bucket of water on her head, as is traditional in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

A WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. Prior to this project the subsistence farmers had no access to electricity. The project involves charging large batteries from solar panels. Each villager collects a battery to run household lighting, and returns to the recharging station once a week to recharge their battery. This shot shows women carrying the heavy batteries (20Kg) from the charging station.

A WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. Prior to this project the subsistence farmers had no access to electricity. The project involves charging large batteries from solar panels. Each villager collects a battery to run household lighting, and returns to the recharging station once a week to recharge their battery. This shot shows women carrying the heavy batteries (20Kg) from the charging station.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedneted floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of alnd, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a displaced women carrying water in the refugee camp of Chiteskesa refugee camp, near Mulanje.

Child, ethiopia. Tullo gudo island and its monastery of debre zion, lake ziway. Girl walking to school carrying her books

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Indonesia women carrying food offerings to temple. Hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Hardest hit was a 650 kilometers stretch of the somali coastline between garacad (mudung region) and xaafuun (bari region), which forms part of the puntland province near the horn of africa. The tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated

Tanzanian line of buckets waiting to be filled by a slow tap at a water distribution point in kansay, near ngorongoro. They will carry the bucket of water upto 3 miles each way to and from their homes.They And their families suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

Tanzanian woman collecting unsafe and dirty drinking water from a water hole at kansay, near ngorongoro. She will carry the bucket of water 3 miles each way to and from her home. She and her family suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

Tanzanian women collecting unsafe and dirty drinking water from a water hole at kansay, near ngorongoro. They will carry the bucket of water upto 3 miles each way to and from their homes.They And their families suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

Invocation of the tengir (celestial) forces by means of drumming and dance. Like the sun, fire is a force that can attract as a magnet to the tengir forces. Tuvshintugs dorj (in yellow) carries the status of a ?Royal Shaman,? Meaning that he can channel three-quarters or more of the hundred tengir energies. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Rice crops harvested, and being carried by hand in the Sunderbans, Ganges, Delta, India.

Rice crops harvested by hand in the Sunderbans, Ganges, Delta, India.

Malaga-Spain - Easter Week (Semana Santa) - Members of a brotherhood carry a float in procession

Osprey (Pandion haliaeetus), with a trout, in summer, Speyside, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Tanzanian villagers washing their hands after installing water system for their village. This is a project of caritas tanzania financed by caritas australia, and will bring safe drinking water to the region for the first time. Previously people would have to collect, often unsafe, drinking water from distant streams and carry it in buckets on their heads. Kighare, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Indonesia woman walking along road carrying food offerings to temple, on hedr head, during hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali

Women fetching water early in the morning. The wells in this area are empty during the dry season,forcing women to walk very long distance to fetch water in the nearest river bed. Ethiopia

Malaga-Spain - Easter Week (Semana Santa) -Members of a brotherhood strain to carry a float

Portrait of a shepherd and a lamb, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

India woman carrying firewood, seegenahalli, kolar district, karnataka

Indonesia woman walking along road carrying food offerings to temple, on hedr head, during hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali

Malaga-Spain - Easter Week (Semana Santa) - Some of the one hundred members of a brotherhood required to carry the religious floats

Indonesia, Bali, Cremation Ceremony, At Fore The Baldachin Used To Carry The Body To The Cremation Place

Fisherman leaving harbour, Cascais, Portugal, Europe

Tanzanian woman collecting unsafe and dirty drinking water from a water hole at kansay, near ngorongoro. She will carry the bucket of water 3 miles each way to and from her home. She and her family suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

East timor. Woman carrying plastic bowl and umbrella, kefua village, oecussi-ambeno

Indonesia women carrying food offerings to temple. Hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali

Mozambique woman carrying dishes after washing in nyassa, metangula, nyassa province

Heiva festival, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, Pacific

Grape picker with basket, Quinta do Bomfim, Douro region, Portugal, Europe

Paddlers carry their kayak to the start point for Downriver challenge. Paddlers race from a Le Mans style mass start, head to head down a stretch of challenging class 4 whitewater. Trisuli, Nepal

Fishermen on Kalapet beach near Pondicherry India

Indonesia woman carrying offerings at hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali

Paddlers carry their kayak to the start point for Downriver challenge. Paddlers race from a Le Mans style mass start, head to head down a stretch of challenging class 4 whitewater. Trisuli, Nepal

Paddlers carry their kayak to the start point for Downriver challenge. Trisuli, Nepal

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink salmon near the salmon weir at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Canadian photographer Gilles Pucheu at work near his home in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. MORE INFO Model release number GP032810.

Diver and Banded Sea Snake Laticauda colubrina

Pete Pedersen from the Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Sea Bird kayaking in Southeast Alaska, USA. No model or property releases available for this image.

Guest from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer photographing mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) on open tundra in Svalbard, Norway

Staff member CT Ticknor from the Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Sea Bird kayaking in Southeast Alaska, USA. No model or property releases available for this image.

Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink salmon near the salmon weir at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Canadian photographer Gilles Pucheu at work near his home in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. MORE INFO Model release number GP032810.

Staff from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer Steve Gould in Antarctica

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Canadian photographer Gilles Pucheu at work near his home in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. MORE INFO Model release number GP032810.

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Photographers and adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice near Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Guest from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer photographing mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) on open tundra in Svalbard, Norway

Head detail of molting gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) in Antarctica

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spy-hopping near Zodiac near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean