France, Britain, Finistere, Brest, scene of life on the harbor during the maritime festivals of the city

Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kendwa, Masai group seafront

Japan, Honshu Island, Kinki region, Kyoto, geisha trainee called Maiko

Japan, Honshu Island, Kinki Region, city of Kyoto, Yasaka Pagoda District, Naoko, a young maiko or trainee geisha

Japan, Honshu Island, Kinki Region, city of Kyoto, the Gion District, geisha

Nepal, Gandaki zone, Upper Mustang (near the border with Tibet), village of Chuksang (2900m) surrounded by fields in the valley of the Kali Gandaki river, Nilgiri peak (7061m)

Tongan women in pounding grain on the shore of Lake Kariba, at sunset, Zambia, Africa

Bronze statue, West Africa

China, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, Dazhai village, Red Yao minority

China, Guangxi Province, Longsheng, Dazhai village, Red Yao minority

China, Gansu Province, Xiahe, Labrang, Labrang Monastery of Gelug or Gelugpa ritual situated in the former Tibetan Province of Amdo celebrates each year Losar, the Tibetan new year, the big horns help...

China, Gansu Province, Xiahe, Labrang, Labrang Monastery of Gelug or Gelugpa ritual situated in the former Tibetan Province of Amdo celebrates each year Losar, the Tibetan new year, on the occasion th...

China, Gansu Province, Xiahe, Labrang, Labrang Monastery of Gelug or Gelugpa ritual situated in the former Tibetan Province of Amdo celebrates each year Losar, the Tibetan new year, on the occasion th...

China, Guizhou, Dabian, child Shui

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A pretty Wodaabe girl with traditional facial scarification watches a Gerewol ceremony performed by the young men of her tribe.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A young Wodaabe man in traditional embroidered garments participates in the yakee dance known as the Dance of the Eyes.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A young Wodaabe man in traditional embroidered garments participates in the yakee dance known as the Dance of the Eyes.

Niger, Agadez, Inebeizguine. A young Wodaabe man in traditional embroidered garments participates in the yakee dance known as the Dance of the Eyes.

Mongolia, Khovsgol province, region of Tsagaannuur, tribal territories of the Western Taiga, elderly woman wearing traditional clothes, from a Tsaatan family, in the teepee where she lives

Myanmar (Burma), Kayah state, Kayah tribe, Daw Du Mar Gyi, kayah woman called bat-woman

Myanmar (Burma), Shan state, Pao's tribe, Naung Yar Sai, Moe Bu and her grand-mother Moe Phar Jhun sharing a tea

Young women of Miao minority wearing traditional costumes and silver jewellery, Guizhou, China

India, Rajasthan state, Nagaur, camel fair site, portrait of an elderly woman belonging to a family of camel traders

India, Rajasthan state, Pushkar, portrait of a young female singer from a gypsy family

India, Jammu and Kashmir state, Ladakh, Leh, portrait of an old female Ladakhi pilgrim dancing for Losar, the Tibetan New Year

Australia, Eastern Australia, aboriginal art

Norway, Finnmark County, Kautokeino, Easter festival, Lapp man

A woman from Akha tribal village wearing traditional headdress made of heavy silver baubles and beads sewn on a bamboo cap, near Kyaing Tong, Shan State, Burma/ Myanmar

A woman from Akha tribal village wearing traditional headdress made of heavy silver baubles and beads sewn on a bamboo cap, near Kyaing Tong, Shan State, Burma/ Myanmar

Niger, the Gerewol ceremony, general assembly of Wadabee Fula from Western Africa, Bororo

Niger, the Gerewol ceremony, general assembly of Wadabee Fula from Western Africa, Bororo

Algeria, Sahara, Tadrart Plateau, osmosis between rock and sand

Sandpoint, Idaho, USA: Two Young Adults Laugh And Smile At Sunset On A Camping And Kayaking Trip In Idaho.

Sandpoint, Idaho, USA: Two Young Adults Carrying A Kayak Past Their Camping Site Next To A Lake In Idaho.

Tehuerichi - Mexico. Feet of dancers celebrating Easter in Tehuerichi, a village in the Sierra Tarahumara. The sandals are made out of old tires.

China, Guizhou Province, Sugao village, Long Horn Miao lunar new year festival

Traditional Toraja houses in Rantepao, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Girl carrying her little brother on her back, members of the ethnic group of sedentary Wakhi, Saradh-e-Broghil, Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan, Asia

Girl, 8 years, bundles small wheat yarbs, members of the ethnic group of the sedentary Wakhi, Khandud, Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan, Asia

Mongolian eagle hunter, Kazakh with trained eagle in front of mountains, Bajan-Olgii province, Mongolia, Asia

Mongolian eagle hunter, Kazakh on horseback with trained eagle in front of snow-covered mountains, Bajan-Olgii province, Mongolia, Asia

Mongolian eagle hunter, Kazakh rides on horseback through water with trained eagle, Bayan-Olgii province, Mongolia, Asia

Mongolian eagle hunter poses with eagle with hood, Bajan-Olgii Province, Mongolia, Asia

Mongolian eagle hunter, Kazakh rides horse with trained eagle in winter, Bayan-Olgii province, Mongolia, Asia

Africa, Togo, Sokodè, the fire dance.

Africa, Togo, Sokodè, the fire dance.

Africa, Benin, Gran Popo. An adept performing during the Vodoun festival in Gran Popo.

Africa, Benin, Ouidah. A culture group of white woman during the Vodoun festival

Africa, Benin, Ouidah. A culture group of white woman during the Vodoun festival

Wooden statues of Tau Tau tombs' guardians who represent the deceased persons, Rantepao, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Traditional Toraja family tomb, Rantepao, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Vietnam, Lao Cai province, Sin Chen ethnic market, flower Hmongs tribal people

Myanmar, Shan State, Kengtung (Kyaingtong) region, Ho Lap village, Akha mother and child

Myanmar, Shan State, Kengtung (Kyaingtong) region, Wan Sai village, Akhu woman

Myanmar, Shan State, Kengtung (Kyaingtong) region, Pa Kaw village, Ann mother and child

India, Rajasthan state, Jaisalmer, daning in a gipsy village

India, Rajasthan state, Jaisalmer, gipsy village, back from the well

India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Himalaya, Ladakh, hand of a woman holding a rosary (Buddhist prayer beads) and reading Buddhist texts

India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus valley, Buddhist monastery of Thiksey, 15m-high statue of the Maitreya Buddha (future Buddha)

India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus valley, Leh, Buddhist monastery of Namgyal Tsemo and prayer flags

India, Jammu and Kashmir State, Himalaya, Ladakh, Indus valley, Buddhist monastery of Likir and the 23m-high statue of Maitreya Buddha (future Buddha)

China, Xinjiang Autonomous Province, 1995 Portrait of a Tajik schoolgirl in Gurtuchlugh

China, Xinjiang Autonomous Province, 1995 Three old men have tea in the Uzum district of Turpan

Africa, Senegal. A Fulani woman milking the Zebus.

Africa, Senegal. Sunrise in a Fulani village, cattle going out

Africa, Senegal. A family in a Fulani village

Africa, Senegal. A man in a Fulani village

Sweden, Lapland, region listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Norrbotten County, Sami in traditional costume at the Sami market since the 17th century in Jokkmokk

France, Gard, Nimes, the Feria des vendanges takes place every year in september, the gipsy group Los Ninos de la Noche performing at the wellknown Hotel Imperator

France, Morbihan, Belz, Etel river, St. Cado, house on the island

France, Morbihan, Belz, Etel river, St. Cado, house on the island

France, Morbihan, Gulf of Morbihan, Regional Natural Park of the Gulf of Morbihan, Le Gorvello, cider village

France, Morbihan, Belz, Etel river, St. Cado, bridge and the village at dawn

France, Pyrenees Atlantiques, Euskadi, Pays Basque, Biarritz, sunset on the rock of the virgin

France, Gironde, Beychac Cailleau, Le Coq by the sculptor Georges Saulterre on the grounds of the castle France in the Bordeaux vineyard