Italy, Veneto, Venice, Display of traditional Carnival masks in a sidestreet shop.

Vietnam , Central, Hoi An, Candles floating on river for the monthly Lunar Festival.

Vietnam , Central, Hoi An, Candles floating on river for the monthly Lunar Festival.

Papua New Guinea, S. Highlands, Haralinga, Butchering pigs sacrificed for special festival occasion. Child crouched on ground to watch.

Papua New Guinea, People, Dancers at Highland festival wearing elaborate head-dresses and carrying spears.

Indonesia, Bali, Mengwi, Family sitting on roadside beside stretch of water with food and flower offerings during festival.

Bhutan, Religion, Festival to honour the mystic and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism Padmasabhava. Crowds and dancers in costume.

Vietnam, Central, Near Danang. Books dyed pink and laid out to dry on roadside before being made into firecrackers.

Russia, Kamchatka, Achai Vayam, Chukchis and Russian children in costume at Spring Festival.

Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, National Day band taking a break from playing some resting on their instruments. Wearing red blue and gold uniform.

Mongolia, Gobi Desert, Family attired in their best clothes and singing for boy s haircutting ceremony meal of fat-tailed sheep and flat bread laid out on table in home. Traditionally marks the po...

Mongolia, Gobi Desert, Women attired in their best clothes to attend haircutting ceremony which traditionally marks the point at which a child is considered to have survived infancy at 3-5 years For b...