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Sudosukai - Wodaabe people celebrating the Gerewol festival (Chad). The Gerewol is an annual courtship ritual competition mainly among the nomad people of Niger and Chad. This is a beauty pageant for the...

Portrait of a Kara child at sunrise (Omo Valley, Ethiopia). The Kara tribe is among the smallest ethnic groups in the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia. They live in villages along the eastern bank of the...

Group of camel herders (Mongolia). In the vast steppes and arid desert regions of Mongolia, camel herding is a traditional way of life for many nomadic families. Mongolia is home to over 250,000 Bactrian...

Portrait of a porter carrying coal (India). Stevedoring is an occupation which involves loading and unloading of cargo on trucks, trains, ships or planes.People working in the stevedoring profession do...

Arab semi-nomadic herder lighting on the fire for his cattle (Chad). Arab community has been in Chadian territory for hundreds of years, mostly in south central Chad. The Arabs of Chad are semisedentary...

Portrait of a Bakhtiari man with his wife (Iran). The Bakhtiari people are an Iranian ethnic group primarily inhabiting the southwestern part of Iran, particularly in the provinces of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari,...

Daily life scenes along the Avenue of the Baobabs (Madagascar).The Avenue of the Baobabs is one of Madagascar s most iconic and photographed natural landmarks. Situated near the town of Morondava on the...

Portrait of a Mundari child (South Sudan). The Mundari are cattle herders who live in symbiosis with their Ankole Watusi cattle, characterized by their large horns. They use the ash created by the fires...

Asaro "Mudmen" with the typical clay mask (Papua New Guinea). The Asaro people, also known as the "Mudmen", are an indigenous tribe from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The Asaro are those who...

Array of Dani warriors (West Papua). The Dani are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Baliem valley in the central highlands of West Papua, the Indonesian province of New Guinea.Found only in 1938 by...

Angkor Wat (Cambodia). Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world, located near Siem Reap in Cambodia. Originally built in the early 12th century by King Suryavarman II, it was dedicated...