The rays of the sun breaking from behind cloudsSurly White

Empty sandy beach with hobiecat with brightly coloured sail in the foreground. Flat calm aquamarine sea and cloudscape behind.

India, Ladakh, Phyang Gompa, Wall panel painting of the Enlightenment.

India, Bihar, Bodhgaya, Two Buddhist monks looking at celebrations for world peace beneath the bodhi tree where the Buddha gained enlightenment.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Buddha statue at the foot of the Swayambunath Monkey Temple.

Poland, Krakow, bust of Stanislaw Konarski, a Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist monk and precursor of the Polish Enlightenment on the Piarist Church of...