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Namibia, Namib Desert, Spitzkoppe Mountain. One of the features of this community managed park is the impressive Rock Arch here at sunset with an intrepid tourist climbing along its ridge
A Himba youth with his hair styled in a long plait, known as ondatu. Once married, he will split the ondatu into two plaits and keep them covered
A male giraffe in Etosha National Park, Namibia
A mature male lion at the Africat Foundation in Namibia
Black Faced Impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi) in Etosha National Park. Although a sub-species of the common impala which are found all over southern Africa, only 1000 black faced impala remain
An innovative roadside craft stall owned by an Herero man near Twyfelfontein
A !Kung hunter-gatherer stands ready to accompany his friends on a hunt. His bow and arrows are kept in a soft leather pouch slung over his shoulder
Kenya, Rift Valley Province, Kapsabet. A Nandi laibon, or soothsayer, wearing a traditional monkey skin cape
Samburu initiates sing during the month after their circumcision. As their wounds heal, their dances become more energetic
Kenya, South Horr, Kurungu. A Samburu youth after his circumcision. The day after he has been circumcised, the initiate must hang in his pierced earlobes copper ear ornaments that are normally worn
Up to a year before his circumcision, a Samburu boy will style his hair in a distinctive pudding bowl shape and often rub charcoal and fat into it
Ole Senteu Simel, grandson of the famous Msai Laibon Mbatian (after which the highest peak of Mount Kenya is named), was the most respected laibon of the Msai until his death in 1986
Msai warriors draw water from a deep well. The depth of wells is measured by the number of men required to bring water to the cattle troughs at the top of them
A Msai warrior, his face and body decorated with red ochre and clay, wears an ostrich feather headdress. This singular adornment was once worn by warriors going into battle
A Msai warrior with his long braids and body coated with red ochre mixed with animal fat. He has put ochre dust round his eyes to enhance his appearance ready for a dance
Detail of a Msai warriors ear ornaments and other beaded or metal adornments. The Msai practice of piercing ears in adolescence and gradually elongating the lobes is gradually dying out
A Msai warrior in full battle cry, his long-bladed spear at the ready
A young Turkana man with a braided hairstyle
The traditional weaponry of the Turkana warriors consisted of a long-shafted spear with a narrow blade, a small rectangular shield made of giraffe or buffalo hide
A Turkana man with a fine clay hairstyle, so typical of the southern Turkana. The black ostrich feather pompoms denote that the man belongs to the ng imor (black) moiety of his tribe
Turkana elders wear decorative ivory lip ornaments, secured in position by a spigot which is inserted in a hole pierced below the mans lower lip after initiation
A Turkana man strides purposefully across the treeless Lotagipi Plains as an Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) watches him atop a termite mound
The Turkana spear-fish in the shallow waters of Lake Turkana. The wooden shaft has a detachable metal tip with a sharp barb, which is secured to the end of a long piece of rope
A Samburu boy in reflective mood after his circumcision. A day after the ordeal, he will hang in his pierced earlobes copper earrings normally worn by married women
A Samburu youth, his head freshly shaved, has milk poured over him from a wooden gourd-like container decorated with green grass prior to his circumcision
At sunrise, a Samburu warrior leads baggage camels down the Milgis lugga - a wide, sandy seasonal watercourse. Water is never far below the surface of the Milgis
In the early morning, a Dassanech man puts on his serval cat skin cape and ostrich-feather headdress to participate in his Dimi ceremony, an important initiation ceremony
A Dassanech man with a shock of hair.; The Omo Delta of southwest Ethiopia is one of the least accessible and least developed parts of East Africa
An elaborate hairstyle of a young Hamar man nears completion by his friend; The Hamar of Southwest Ethiopia are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose whole way of life is based on the needs of their stock
A Dorze man sits outside his home smoking locally-grown tobacco using a traditional long-stemmed pipe. Living in highlands west of the Abyssinian Rift Valley
A Borana man at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears a phallic Kallaacha on his forehead. Made of cast aluminium and ivory or bone
A proud peasant farmer harvests wheat between Ziway and Butajira in Central Ethiopia. Aided by his neighbours, the harvesting is carried out manually using sickles
A man rides to market on his gaily-caprisoned pony. His saddlecloth is embroidered with Ethiopias imperial lion. Lions are associated with Ethiopias last monarch, the late Emperor Haile Selassie
Warriors of the nomadic Afar tribe wear their hair long and carry large curved daggers, known as jile, strapped to their waists
A Mursi man smears his body with a mixture of local chalk and water and then draws designs with his fingertips to enhance his physical appearance.The Mursi speak a Nilotic language
A Karo man with braided hair plays a traditional stringed instrument beside the Omo River near Duss. Young men settle disputes by fighting with hippo hide whips
A Dassanech man in full tribal regalia participates in a dance during a month-long ceremony. He wears a cheetah skin draped on his backs and a black ostrich-feather headdress
Man smoking Sheesha, Luxor, Egypt 6242PIPELUXOR
Okavango Delta, Botswana
The heavily wrinkled skin of a very old N!!S hunter-gatherer The N!!S are a part of the San people, often referred to as Bushmen
A N!!S hunter-gatherer lights his pipe to relax having collected several baobab fruits, which he will use as food. The pith surrounding the seeds can be made into an appetising drink.; The N!
A male and female painted reed frog cling to a reed in one of the myriad waterways of the Okavango delta. ed by the Okavango River, which rises in Angola, the Okovango swamp covers an area of 6
Szechenyi Bath House thermal hot pool Hungary, Budapest. Szechenyi Bath House thermal hot pool
Sunrise over Sao Lourenco peninsula from Miradouro do Calhau da Furna do Bode, Madeira, Portugal (MR)
A tourist in Gigjagja cave during night with northern lights, Sudurland, Iceland(MR)
Boat on Yacumama Lake, Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios, Peru
Africa, Zambia, South Luangwa National Park. An elephant feeding on a sausage tree near the chalets in the camp Tafika.
