France, Finistere, Plogoff, Pointe du Raz, along the GR 34 hiking trail or customs trail

European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola), female, on Rapeseed (Brassica napus), Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Portrait of a woman with traditional tattooed face in Mindat, Chin State, Myanmar

Close-up portrait of old lady with glasses and traditional facial tattoo smoking a pipe, Mindat, Mindat Township, Mindat District, Chin State, Myanmar

Asia, Japan, Tokyo, women in kimono, spring cherry blossoms, Asakusa, Sensoji temple, girls in kimono

Bedouin woman in the desert. Abu Dhabi, UAE. (MR)

Misfat Al Abriyeen mud village. Oman. (MR)

Kalibo, Aklan, Western Visayas, Philippines. A participant in the Ati-atihan festival wearing brighly-colored hand made costume made from recycled and natural materials. Ati-Atihan festival takes plac...

Kenya, Tsavo East National Park, Taita-Taveta County. A fine female elephant with crossed tusks. Its colour is a result of it dusting itself with red soil.

A tourist on the upper level of Metropol Parasol at dusk, Seville, province of Seville, Andalusia, Spain (MR)

Benin, Ouidah, Atlantique Department. A woman with a voodoo doll tucked into her dress attends the annual voodoo festival held in January each year.

Benin, Allada, Atlantique Department. A young girl wearing numerous necklaces attends a voodoo celebration.

Colourful Palenqueras selling fruits on the walls of Cartagena, Bolivar Department, Colombia (MR)

Colourful Palenqueras selling fruits on the street of Cartagena, Bolivar Department, Colombia (MR)

Colourful Palenqueras selling fruits on the street of Cartagena, Bolivar Department, Colombia (MR)

Colourful Palenqueras selling fruits on the street of Cartagena, Bolivar Department, Colombia (MR)

Myanmar, Mindat. A Chin lady with traditional tattoed face, smoking her pipe.

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Pa-O girl selling fabric at Indein market.

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Padaung lady wearing her heavy brass coiled rings around her neck.

Myanmar, Inle Lake. Pa-O girl selling fabric at Indein market.

Myanmar, Mandalay. A young lady painting paper umbrellas in a shop in Mandalay.

Bangkok, Thailand. Wat Phra Kaeo Grand Palace (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Statue of Apsonsi, half woman half lion greeting and giving thanks.

China, Shaanxi Province, Foping National Nature Reserve. Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana, endangered). A juvenile female holds a newborn close.

Miao singing and dancing show, Xijiang Thousand Houses Miao Village, Guizhou, China

Church of Elkomenos Christos and Bell Tower in Platia Dsami Square, Monemvasia, Laconia, The Peloponnese, Greece (MR)

Church of Elkomenos Christos and Bell Tower in Platia Dsami Square, Monemvasia, Laconia, The Peloponnese, Greece (MR)

Sri Lanka, Nuwara Eliya disctict, Tea pluckers

Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) in Spitsbergen

Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) in Spitsbergen

Akha hill tribe women picking tea, Doi Mae Salong, North Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Ankober. An Amhara woman with a traditional woven basket on her head. These baskets are used for carrying the staple round Ethiopian flat bread called injera, which is made f...

Woman in kimono under cherry blossom, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan (MR)

Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) resting, England, Lincolnshire, Bassingham

Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) adult buck and hinds silhouette walking in grassland during sunset, The Netherlands, Gelderland, Hoge Veluwe NP

Canada, Ontario. Female snowy owl in flight.

Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) female hovering in blue sky, The Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Zevenhuizen, Eendragtspolder

Cuba, Havana. Portrait of ballerina sitting on staircase.

Cuba, Havana. Two ballet dancers posing.

Bike Path under the Rijksmuseum at the Museumplein, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands

Kenya, Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. Masai giraffe walking across the savanna as a rain storm gathers in the late afternoon illuminated by a rainbow. Male following a female.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female leopard cub with her cub.

Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female leopard cub with her cub.

East Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar island, Paje, young woman walking on the beach (MR)

East Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar island, Paje, young woman walking on the beach (MR)

Rajasthani dancer, Taj Lake Palace, Lake Pichola, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Woman feeding pigeons, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Ladies in traditional clothing, Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria, Puno, Peru

Girl in traditional clothing, Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria, Puno, Peru

Ladies in traditional clothing, Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria, Puno, Peru

Brazilian Model walking on the Farol da Barra Beach, Salvador, State of Bahia, Brazil (MR)

Asia, South East Asia, Vietnam; Hue, young women praying and wearing traditional Ao Dai dresses and Non La conical hats outside Gia Long tomb, MR

Asia, South East Asia, Vietnam; Hue, young woman in a traditional Ao Dai dress and a Non La conical hat, MR

Asia, South East Asia, Vietnam; Hue, young woman in a traditional Ao Dai dress outside Gia Long tomb, MR

Amalfi, Amalfi coast, Salerno, Campania, Italy. A lady walking along a terrace. Amalfi village in background (MR)