All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances
An uncountable number of cricket matches crisscross a field outside an old palatial home, in Hyderabad, India.
Longwa, a village of ethnic Konyaks of headhunter heritage, sits in both India and Burma. Opium is readily available.
Metalworkers gather around a fire in a home workshop, also in Longwa.
Almost completely deaf, largely blind, in his prime this man was a fearsome headhunter.
In these reaches of Nagaland, taking of heads continued into the 1960s. There was an outbreak in the 90s, and again in the 2000s!
Facial tattoos marked a warrior and a man, but the practise also had significance for Konyak women.
The brass heads are replicas of the real things. This joker was too young to have been a head hunter, but not by much.
Waiting for a ride out of Longwa, along came this fella. With his age and facial tatts, he was the real deal.
Still in India's north-east, a man relaxes at a bazaar in Shillong, Meghalaya's hilly capital.
With a saucepan for a guitar body, this Lesotho musician plays a pretty good tune at Malealea Lodge, Lesotho.
Competitor in Banaue, Philippines, downhill wooden horse race relaxes.
Dressed in traditional attire, girls sightseeing in Jeonju, South Korea.
A young Shan girl heads to the temple, Thailand.
Young mourners at a Toraja funeral, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Ceremonial pounding of rice is done by the elder woman of the village as part of the funeral rituals.
Relative of the deceased at the same funeral, which was attended by a couple of hundred people.
The funerals are massive affairs, with people coming from all over Indonesia and abroad. Buffalo are sacrificed along with countless pigs.
Despite this being a solemn and important occasion, we were welcomed in, given food, coffee, seated in the centre, and given free reign to photograph.
Classical Javanese dancer performs at Kraton (Royal Palace) Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Choral singers enjoy a smoke at a Toraja funeral, in central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
A woman shops in the bazaar in Bijapur, a medium sized city in India's Karnataka state.