722-219 - Ranchi, Jharkhand, city of waterfalls and lakes. Here we see local tribal women gathering near the 322 feet Hundru waterfall to feast Shiva, the Supreme being in Hindu Shaivism, and beseech health and strength for their menfolk.
722-218 - Ranchi, Jharkhand, city of waterfalls and lakes. Here we see local tribal women gathering near the 322 feet Hundru waterfall to feast Shiva, the Supreme being in Hindu Shaivism, and beseech health and strength for their menfolk.
1373-309 - View of the Ratinger Tor, a customs gate that was built between 1811 and 1815 in the classicist style, the last built and only remaining city gate in the original city of Düsseldorf.
1373-308 - View of the Ratinger Tor, a customs gate that was built between 1811 and 1815 in the classicist style, the last built and only remaining city gate in the original city of Düsseldorf.
1373-307 - View of the Ratinger Tor, a customs gate that was built between 1811 and 1815 in the classicist style, the last built and only remaining city gate in the original city of Düsseldorf.
860-292480 - Women bringing home bundles of gathered branches to light their fire and cook at sunrise, beach south of Uroa, on the east coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania.
860-292474 - Giant Seychelles tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), Turtle island, Prison island, Zanzibar. This island was used as a prison for slaves, and four giant Seychelles tortoises were introduced. Today, they are protected from poachers, and the oldest are between 170 and 200 years old.