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The Tian Tan Buddha, sitting atop a Lantau peak, is framed by a chinese gate at Ngong Ping. The giant Buddha sculpture is the largest, outdoor seated bronze Buddha in the world
Highrises soar over the business district of Central on Hong Kong island. CHINA, Hong Kong, Central. Highrises soar over the business district of Central on Hong Kong island
Face of a golden Buddha statue - one among many at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, near Sha Tin in the New Territories. CHINA, Hong Kong, New Territories, Sha Tin
Statue of a Bodhisattva - one of six ringing the giant Tian Tan Buddha at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. CHINA, Hong Kong, Lantau Island, Ngong Ping
Musicians armed with drums and cymbals accompany Lion dance performers during Chinese New Year in Kowloon Hong Kong CHINA, Hong Kong, Kowloon
Early morning activity in a chinese butchery in the Soho district of Hong Kong Island CHINA, Hong Kong, Soho Early morning activity in a chinese butchery in the Soho district of Hong Kong Island
Fish bladders dry on a bamboo lattice on the outlying island of Cheung Chau in Hong Kong. Fishing and aquaculture are still important industries on the island that was once a refuge for pirates
Colourful pagoda detail at the Chuk Lam Sim Monastery, near Tsuen Wan in the New Territories, Hong Kong. CHINA, Hong Kong, New Territories, Tsuen Wan
A pavillion on the Kowloon waterfront, overlooking Victoria Harbour, displays a Chinese New Year message. CHINA, Hong Kong, Kowloon
Visitors stream through the entrance to the Star House shopping centre, decorated for Chinese New Year. The shopping complex sits on Victoria Harbour next to the Ocean CHINA, Hong Kong, Kowloon
Fish are laid out to dry above the streets of Tai O - a fishing village on the west coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. CHINA, Hong Kong, Lantau Island, Tai O
An artist at work painting the stilt house village of Tai O on the west coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The village, predominantly Tanka
A row of golden Buddha statues at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery near Sha Tin in the New Territories Hong Kong CHINA, Hong Kong, New Territories, Sha Tin
A row of golden Buddha statues greets visitors to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery near Sha Tin in the New Territories Hong Kong. CHINA, Hong Kong, New Territories, Sha Tin
Fishing boats in the harbour of Cheung Chau at sunset, Hong Kong
Mosu women push prayer wheels at a small monastery on Liwubi Island. The region is home to the Mosu minority nationality whose faith contains elements of Tibetan Buddhism
Famed for being the location of the First Yangtse Bend, Shigu (or Stone Drum ) also marks the spot where a Tibetan army was defeated in 1548
A boatman rows between the hills and cliffs of the Chong an River, a local beauty spot in the heart of Guizhou Province
Smoking her pipe, a Naxi woman rests after crossing a precarious pipe bridge high above the Yangtse. Such nerve-wracking shortcuts save hours of walking in a rural region where facilities
The Mu Family mansion, former home of a Naxi chieftain renovated in the late 1990s, is the most imposing of residences in the towns World Heritage Listed Old Quarter
A Naxi Dongba, or wise man and essentially a shaman, traditionally acted as a mediator with the spirit world. The Dongba religion is itself an off-shoot of Tibets pre-Buddhist Bon religion
An Uigur man leads his herd of goats into the heart of Kashgars famous Sunday Market
Finished in 1778 AD, the Emin Minaret comprises sun-dried bricks tapering in geometric and floral patterns
Loading water melons onto a barge on one of the canals in Shaoxing. The city is known for its canals and its rice wine
Woman on a three-wheel flatback
Cyclist after a storm
The Rawak Stupa, circa 4th century, north-east of Khotan.Rawak ( High Mansion ), north-east of Khotan is believed to be one of the largest and most important sites in Central Asia
Remains of a Buddhist stupa, circa 3rd century Ad. Height: 6 metres. Niya, north of Minfeng. This single ruined stupa of modest size stands at the centre of the site
Uighur man with sheep on the road to Kashgar market
Dong women thresh rice near Chengyang Village
Trekker on The Great Wall of China
Display of rugs in a shop in Addis Ababas Merkato, or market
A Konso youth of southwest Ethiopia carries home a wooden yoke used by pairs of oxen to plough the land
A young Dorze boy winds cotton onto a bobin for his father. Dorze men are synonymous with weaving the best cotton cloth in Ethiopia
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
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
Ponies trample corn to remove the grain in a typical rural setting outside Shashemene. Depending on the availability of animals, a farmer may use ponies, donkeys or oxen for this purpose
Dawn at Lake Ziway, Central Ethiopia, with the silhouette of a horse-drawn buggy.Horse-drawn buggies are widely used as taxis in the Ethiopian Highlands and in the Rift Valley south of Addis Abeda
Donkeys trample corn to remove the grain in a typical rural setting between Ziway and Butajira. Depending on the availability of animals, a farmer may use ponies, donkeys or oxen for this purpose
A man winnows Teff, a small-grained cereal, with a wooden hayfork.; Teff is grown extensively in Ethiopia and is used to make injera, a fermented, bread-type pancake
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
The dramatic Awash Falls are situated in the Awash National Park. The huge volume of water from one of Ethiopias largest rivers drops over a series of falls as it enters a large gorge
The minaret of the old mosque at Aysaita, a hot, dusty town, which is the administrative centre of the nomadic Afar people who live in the eastern lowlands of Ethiopia
The impressive Shewa Gate is one of the seven entrances to the medieval walled city of Harar. Once an independent city-state dating back to the early 16th century
A large gathering of people at Senbetes livestock market, which is an important weekly market close to the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift
An attractive woman at Bati market. Situated on top of the western scarp of the Abyssinian Rift, Bati is the largest open-air market in Ethiopia
The defeated forces of the former Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu Haile Mariam, left behind this wrecked Russian-made tank near Lake Ashange in northern Ethiopia.; Africas regional
