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Konso men wear stylish, brightly-coloured hats, which they weave from locally-grown cotton. Only men work the wooden looms but women flay the cloth to flatten the warp and weft
The Konso people of southwest Ethiopia worship the sky God, Waq, and place carved wooden effigies at prominent places to honour their illustrious ancestors
England, Northumberland, Harbottle. Horseriding along a country lane
An Afar camel caravan crossing the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa
A Tigray woman has a cross of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church tattooed on her forehead while two silver crosses hang round her neck
View over Hong Kong from Victoria Peak. The illuminated skyline of Central sits below The Peak with the lights of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon across the harbour. CHINA, Hong Kong, Victoria Peak
A Priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church reads a very old, beautifully illustrated bible beside the entrance to the rock-hewn church of Yohannes Maequddi
England, Lincolnshire, Walcot. Combine harvester harvesting wheat
Mountain biking in the Atacama Desert against a backdrop of the perfect cone of Volcan Licancabur 5916 m
One of Dalis celebrated pagodas comprising the San Ta complex towers over the old quarter. Built in the 9th century and standing nearly 70m talls
Visitor beside one of the Buddha statues at the 5th Century Yungang Caves, a series of Buddhist grottoes
Warriors of the nomadic Afar tribe wear their hair long and carry large curved daggers, known as jile, strapped to their waists
Two Mursi men with singular hairstyles play a game of bau as a young boy watches them. Most men possess rifles to protect their families from hostile neighbours
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 Mursi woman wearing a large clay lip plate. Shortly before marriage, a girls lower lip will be pierced and progressively stretched over a year or so
Mule train crossing a bridge over the Rio Upano, Moreno Santiago Province, Ecuador
A huaso or Chilean cowboy
The neon lights of Kowloon reflected in the windows of apartment blocks, Hong Kong. CHINA, Hong Kong, Kowloon. The neon lights of Kowloon reflected in the windows of apartment blocks, Hong Kong
The extinct volcano at Chew Bet in southern Ethiopia has a dark, seasonal lake at the bottom of its deep, steep-sided crater. Borana tribesmen harvest salt there for their livestock
An augur buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) swoops low in the Gaysay area of the Bale Mountains
A woman sells vegetables at Bati market. Situated on top of the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, Bati is the largest open-air market in Ethiopia
A Somali of the Issa clan loads his camels with salt at Lake Assal. He has rubbed henna into his hair and beard to make them orange-red
A Konso man wears a phallic Kallaacha on his forehead. Made of cast aluminium and ivory or bone, the Kallaacha is worn during the tribes initiation and gada age-grade ceremonies
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
The Dorze people living in highlands west of the Abyssinian Rift Valley have a unique style of building their homes. The twenty-foot-high bamboo frame is covered with the sheaths of bamboo stems or
A Borana man at Mega in southern Ethiopia wears a phallic Kallaacha on his forehead. Made of cast aluminium and ivory or bone
Beautifully carved stelae represent the headstones of an 11th to 13th century burial ground at Tiya. They date back to the time of King Lalibela who was responsible for the construction of many
An old Ethiopian Orthodox priest holds a large brass Coptic cross at the rock-hewn church of Adadi Maryam, just south of Addis Abeba. This is the southernmost of Ethiopias rock-hewn churches
Ethiopia, Southwest Ethiopia, Omo River. Sunset on the banks of the Omo River near a Dassanech village. Two dome-shaped granaries are just visible in the trees
At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa. From time immemorial, nomadic Afar tribesmen have come here regularly with their camels to collect salt
An Afar camel caravan crosses the salt flats of Lake Assal, Djibouti, as shadows lengthen in the late afternoon sun. At 509 feet below sea level, Lake Assal is the lowest place in Africa
Australia, Tasmania, Freycinet National Park. Wineglass Bay
Russia, St. Petersburg; The last light over the partly frozen Neva River with in Winter
Russia, St. Petersburg; Across the frozen Moyka canal, one of the many canals which cross the city
Russia, St. Petersburg; A detail of the restored Church of Christ the Saviour, also known as Church on Spilled Blood
Russia, St. Petersburg; A sculpture of Russian Poet Alexander Pushkin, standing on Pushkinskaya Street
England, Yorkshire, Swaledale. Drystone walls and field barns in the valley floor of Gunnerside in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
England, Cumbria, Keswick District. Road to Newlands Pass
View looking up at Millennium Wheel from Embankment, London
Paraglider in Weymouth Devon
A sign advertising local shellfish in Bryher
A silhouetted fishing boat passes the Eastern Isles
Trumpter at changing of the Guard
Close up of Caterpillar, Rio Upano, Moreno Santiago Province, Ecuador
Detail of Panama hats in production, Cuenca, Azuay Province, Ecuador
Church of Santo Domingo, Cuenca, Azuay Province, Ecuador;
Street stall selling traditionally woven mats, Quito, Ecuador
Dawn over Chimborazo, Ecuadors highest mountain at 6310m. Smoke from the nearby volcano of Tungurahua blows onto the summit from the East. The suburbs of Riobamba lie in the foreground