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Swimming pools where the court princesses would bathe, at Taman Sari, the Water Castle, a vast pleasure palace built in 1761 by Sultan Hamengku Buwono I, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, Asia

Celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Victory Day, Ala-Too square, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

View of Lenin Square looking towards the Ala-Too range of mountains, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

New construction by the newly built ITC Grand Central Sheraton Hotel in Parel district of central Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Young women eating sate at a stall in the eating area of this huge old market, Central Market, city centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ribbons tied for children, money or personal object offered, Kunya Urgench, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia

Portrait of a young woman in national dress, Otoraigur, near Balikchi, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Man selling cucumbers from wheel barrow in street near war damaged building, Central Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

Truck in rush hour on Phu Xuan bridge in Hue, central Vietnam, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fluted clay wall of Kyzkala palace, Merv, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia

In the 13th century, the golden age of the mongol empire, a sport resembling polo became a training game for the mongolian cavalry throughout high asia. horsemen learned to bend low at speed, like acrobats to finish off fallen enemies with sabres, looting their prey on the ground by scooping up jewels that caught their eye. there are stories, too, of genghis khan knocking about an enemys head as if it were a ball. orkhon valley, central mongolia

Vietnam unexploded ordnance, both bombs dropped by americans and land mines laid by both sides during the vietnam war, remain a big problem in central vietnam for children and adults alike. in response, crs has implemented a mine risk education program in quang tri province near the former khe sanh battlefield. this image shows the yard of a scrap metal merchant in tan hop. 80% of the steel comes from bombs, either exploded or unexploded. collecting and selling scarp metal has for long been an income for many poor people in the area

Vietnam unexploded ordnance, both bombs dropped by americans and land mines laid by both sides during the vietnam war, remain a big problem in central vietnam for children and adults alike. in response, crs has implemented a mine risk education program in quang tri province near the former khe sanh battlefield. this image shows the yard of a scrap metal merchant in tan hop. 80% of the steel comes from bombs, either exploded or unexploded. collecting and selling scarp metal has for long been an income for many poor people in the area

Uzbekistan detail of ceiling at the bakhauddin nakshbandi ensemble, a sufic mausoleum complex near bukhara

Mongolia catholic bishop wens padilla visiting the verbist center for street children and orphans, ulaan baatar

Mongolia. In late early sarangol a flourishing town lived in by some 5,000 soviet-mongol miners. mine been shut down leaving behind ninjas named green pans they wear on their back that make them resemble cartoon ninja turtles. ninjas, income earned from specks of gold clawed from river is a social safety in vast central asian country where more than on in three live below poverty line

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