Traffic speeds through Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stop ACTA Protestors march in Paris, France, Europe

Masks at Venice Carnival in St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Person in mask and costume, Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Mud mask

Masks at Venice Carnival in St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carnival masks, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Portrait of a person dressed in mask and costume taking part in Carnival, Venice Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Masked figure at festival, Japan, Asia

Thai folkloric mask, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Makuna-colombian shamans making shaman mask,

Children in costume and with masks, Mardi Gras festival, Cape Verde Islands, Africa

Gold mask of Tutankhamun, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Gold mask of Tutankhamun, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Colombian shaman,

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Mondonovo, Guerrino Lovato, carnival mask maker, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Gays kissing in Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, North America

Cairo Museum, Tut En Kamon Golden Mask, Egypt, Africa

Shop selling carnival masks, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Mani mask dancers at mani festival marks setting in of spring season in humla. masked dances diversion a long-established part of bonpo religious ceremonies.Dance Is means by which supernatural forces be brought down to world of. Dance recalls a time when distance between spirits samll. Humla, north-west nepal

A Buddhist monk wearing a face mask against the appalling Kathmandu air pollution at Boudanath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Chinese Lucky God mask of the god of wealth, Shanghai, China, Asia

Motorbike passengers wearing pollution mask, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Man dressed in Tengu costume at Jidai Matsuri Festival held annually in November at Sensoji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Float in the Notting Hill Carnival, Notting Hill, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Masks at Puerto Plata Carnival, Dominican Republic, West Indies, Central America

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

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

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 Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Cedron

A solitary mask dancer appears wearing a frightening mask and silk brocade. they circle the courtyard with sprightly leaps. called protectors of faith, or dharmapdla, the origins of figures like these can be traced back to the pre-aryan peoples of india. originally known as yaksas (literally, a wondrous thing), they were tree spirits, who were accepted by the buddhists as defenders of the faith. in nepal and tibet, as in india, local deities were converted into protectors. a devotee of an alien sect devised a means to humiliate the buddha and his disciples. the buddha discovered it and succeeded in converting him to his teaching. due to lack of wisdom, the buddha remarked, some could not realize the goodness of his disciples and he compared the ignorant to the blind and the wise to those who have eyes.nobody is condemned in buddhism, for greatness is latent even in the seemingly lowliest just as lotuses spring from muddy ponds. -the dhammapada. solu khumbu, nepal

Makuna-colombian shamans,

Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt. February 23, 2022. Carved mask souvenirs at a tourist shop in Abu Simbel.

Africa, Gabon, Fang Antique Wooden Mask For Secret Ceremonies And Nigerian Religious Statues

Nepalese face masks for sale at a stall in Patan's Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Sculptor working on marble statue, Marble Mountain, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

BOLIVIA FUNDAWI factory in El Alto where the teas are put into tea-bags and packaged ready for market

Young girl with Chinese Lucky God mask, Beijing, China, 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

Cambodia sunday in phnom penh. baloon and mask seller eating noodles

Fruits Carnival Mask, Venice, Italy

Africa, Gabon, Close-Up On A Fang Antique Wooden Mask For Secret Ceremonies

Eccentric street performer and girl in kimono at Harajuku, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Motorbike passengers wearing pollution mask, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Africa, Gabon, Punu Ancient Mask Painted With Kaolin For Secret Ceremonies

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Cedron

BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Cedron

East timor sebastian amin, fisherman, wearing his mask for diving, aosera village, oecussi-ambeno

Masked participant in the Carnaval Del Pueblo Festival, Europes largest Latin Street Festival, Southwark, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Parade scene at Jidai Matsuri Festival held annually in November at Sensoji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Young girl with Chinese Lucky God mask, Beijing, China, Asia

Vietnam wearing a mask against pollution, saigon

Motorbike passengers wearing pollution mask, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Motorbike traffic, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Motorbike traffic, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Masked Morris Dancer, Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mask At A Statue, Ca Rezzonico, Venice, Italy

Masked performer at the Farmers dance costume, Namsangol Hanok Village, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Masked participant in the Carnaval Del Pueblo Festival, Europes largest Latin Street Festival, Southwark, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chinese Lucky God mask of the god of longevity, Shanghai, China, Asia

Detail of a celebration mask, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Girl on Subway wearing flu mask, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Girls wearing flu masks, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Khon dance masks, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bicycles, Danang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Motorbikes, Danang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Handmade Mardi-Gras Mask, Venice, Italy

Masked participants in the Carnaval Del Pueblo Festival, Europes largest Latin Street Festival, Southwark, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Masked participant in the Carnaval Del Pueblo Festival, Europes largest Latin Street Festival, Southwark, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Motorbike passenger wearing pollution mask, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

An elaborate mask for sale in Venice, Italy

A road sweeper wears a face mask against the awful air pollution in Harbin city in Northern China, Heilongjiang Province, China, Asia

Road sweepers on bicycles wear face masks against the awful air pollution in Suihua city, Heilongjiang, Northern China, Asia

Road sweepers wear a face masks against the awful air pollution in Harbin city, Heilongjiang, Northern China, Asia

People wear face masks against the awful air pollution in Suihua city, Heilongjiang, Northern China, Asia

Beekeeper Bill Mackereth checks his hives for signs of Varoa mite damage, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Beekeeper Bill Mackereth checks his hives for signs of Varoa mite damage, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Beekeeper Bill Mackereth checks his hives for signs of Varoa mite damage, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Halloween trail at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Halloween trail at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Beekeeper Bill Mackereth checks his hives for signs of Varoa mite damage, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Halloween trail at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cyclists in Beijing wearing smog masks to help protect against the awful air pollution, Beijing, China, Asia

Beekeeper Bill Mackereth checks his hives for signs of Varoa mite damage, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A cyclist wears a face mask against the awful air pollution in Harbin city, Heilongjiang, Northern China, Asia

Split image of snorkeller hovering over sandy substrate, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific

Yellow-mask angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon), Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

People wear face masks against the awful air pollution in Suihua city in Northern China, Asia

People wear face masks against the awful air pollution in Suihua city, Heilongjiang, Northern China, Asia

Beekeeper Bill Mackereth checks his hives for signs of Varoa mite damage, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Halloween trail at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Halloween trail at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Protestor at a climate change rally in Parliament Square London in December 2008 with Big Ben behind, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Road sweepers wear a face masks against the awful air pollution in Harbin city, Heilongjiang, Northern China, Asia

Beekeeper Bill Mackereth checks his hives for signs of Varoa mite damage, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Halloween trail at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe