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  • Westerners selling genuine antiques creates a lot of interest among people in the market. This dealer says 'These are the only genuine antiques in the market'. Beijing Panjiayuan Antique Market is Beijing’s biggest and best-known arts, crafts, and Chinese antiques market. It is located in south east Beijing, China near the Panjiayuan Bridge in Chaoyang District. It covers an area of 48,500 square meters, of which 26,000 square meters are for business. There are over 4,000 stalls in the market, with nearly 10,000 dealers and sellers. Much of that on sale are trinkets and stones, although there are some genuine antiques.
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  • Westerners selling genuine antiques creates a lot of interest among people in the market. This dealer says 'These are the only genuine antiques in the market'. Beijing Panjiayuan Antique Market is Beijing’s biggest and best-known arts, crafts, and Chinese antiques market. It is located in south east Beijing, China near the Panjiayuan Bridge in Chaoyang District. It covers an area of 48,500 square meters, of which 26,000 square meters are for business. There are over 4,000 stalls in the market, with nearly 10,000 dealers and sellers. Much of that on sale are trinkets and stones, although there are some genuine antiques.
    20120602panjiayuan antique market be...jpg
  • Westerners selling genuine antiques creates a lot of interest among people in the market. This dealer says 'These are the only genuine antiques in the market'. Beijing Panjiayuan Antique Market is Beijing’s biggest and best-known arts, crafts, and Chinese antiques market. It is located in south east Beijing, China near the Panjiayuan Bridge in Chaoyang District. It covers an area of 48,500 square meters, of which 26,000 square meters are for business. There are over 4,000 stalls in the market, with nearly 10,000 dealers and sellers. Much of that on sale are trinkets and stones, although there are some genuine antiques.
    20120602panjiayuan antique market be...jpg
  • Westerners ride scooters through the streets of Hat Rin, Koh Phangnan, Thailand
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  • A visiting Lama teacher of Kagyu Tibetan-Buddhism greets a westerner baby and its father in the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. Touching the child on its head, the Lama smiles and appears the archetypal kind leader of the Buddhist religion. The dad and baby are western visitors in this peaceful location for spiritual cleansing and often to find answers to their complicated, modern lives. And many here have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
    samye_ling_buddhism04-16-07-1997.jpg
  • Monks practicing Tibetan-Buddhism meditate with dorje bells in the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. They are a western visitors, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007. Dorje is a common male name in Tibet and Bhutan. Dorje can also refer to a small sceptre held in the right hand by Tibetan lamas during religious ceremonies.
    samye_ling_buddhism03-16-07-1997.jpg
  • While still a British colony, a Western couple stand with a backdrop of Hong Kong Harbour waters, on 21st April 1995, in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
    hong_kong_waterfront-21-04-1995.jpg
  • Londoners cross southbound over London Bridge during the evening rush hour. Wearing office lanyards, business people of Asian descent stride along followed by others walking out of the City of London. There has been a crossing over the Thames here since the Romans first forded the river in the early 1st Century with subsequent medieval and Victorian stone bridges becoming an important thoroughfare from the City on the north bank, to Southwark on the south where transport hubs such as the mainline station gets commuters to the suburbs and satellite towns.
    bridge_commuters16-15-04-2015_1.jpg
  • European tourists lounging by a pool in their hostel hotel in San Pedro la Laguna, on the banks of Lake Atitlan; Guatemala. Lake Atitlan is seen as the most important single tourist attraction in Guatemala; and is Central Americas deepest lake. There are many villages on the banks of the lake; each with different identity and culture; the majority of the population in the region identify as indigenous Maya and many still wear traditional dress and speak Maya languages.
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  • Wearing the traditional kimono, a middle-aged geisha lady from the 'Minamoto Kitchoan' store collects money from westerners in London on behalf of the Japanese Red Cross Tsunami appeal. While standing in the street on Picadilly, in the heart of Westminster, an English gentleman stoops to organise the contents of his briefcase. Originally, the Geisha were traditional, female Japanese entertainers whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music and dance. Such a scene is unusual on a London street but the tsunami disaster encouraged many ex-patriate Japanese to collect money from Europeans for their countrymen.
    geisha_collection02-01-04-2011_1.jpg
  • Female Western looking showroom dummies at a textiles shop in downtown Shanghai, China. This style of western dummy with sculpted hair, bright red lips and dark eye make up is common throughout the city, and can be seen all over China. This choice of western model interestingly reflects the desire for western looks and light skin common amongst Chinese women in particular.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 023.jpg
  • Female Western looking showroom dummies at a textiles shop in downtown Shanghai, China. This style of western dummy with sculpted hair, bright red lips and dark eye make up is common throughout the city, and can be seen all over China. This choice of western model interestingly reflects the desire for western looks and light skin common amongst Chinese women in particular.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 166_corbis.jpg
  • Female showroom dummies at a textiles shop in downtown Shanghai. This style of western dummy with sculpted hair, bright red lips and dark eye make up is common throughout the city, and can be seen all over China. This choice of western model interestingly reflects the desire for western looks and light skin common amongst Chinese women in particular.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 166_1.jpg
  • Human presence in the form of a drinks can and footprints left in the sand of dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt482-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A Bedouin inspects rubbish left in desert sand dunes near the Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt485-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Rock formations eroded by wind over millions of years at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt463-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Human presence in the form of a drinks can and footprints left in the sand of dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt480-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • El Dohous Village in El Dakhla, the southern oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt is run by the bedouin family Zeydan at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. El Dohous is a desert hotel with domed bungalows for tourists visiting  western Egypt, approximately 500km from Luxor in the Nile Valley and owned by three Bedouin brothers from the Zeydan family and who continue the build more rooms when the tourism downturn ends.
    egypt475-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • El Dohous Village in El Dakhla, the southern oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt is run by the bedouin family Zeydan at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. El Dohous is a desert hotel with domed bungalows for tourists visiting  western Egypt, approximately 500km from Luxor in the Nile Valley and owned by three Bedouin brothers from the Zeydan family and who continue the build more rooms when the tourism downturn ends.
    egypt476-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A 4x4 desert expedition vehicle climbs a sand dune at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt459-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A bird of prey hangs from electrical wires after being killed by a local pigeon farmer, whose birds he is trying to protect at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Most birds including flamingos, stalks, cranes and all large birds of prey are protected under Egyptian law. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert).
    egypt468-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A Bedouin and his desert expedition 4x4 vehicle in sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt439-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Human presence in the form of footprints left in the sand of dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. From the foreground where we see the ripples of the dune to the distance where the bootprints disappear over the edge, a person has walked off into the desolation and loneliness of the vast emptiness. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt435-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A Bedouin and his desert expedition 4x4 vehicle in sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt438-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Leaving footprints, a Bedouin walks away into desert sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south. (
    egypt433-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A Bedouin and his desert expedition 4x4 vehicle in sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt434-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A Bedouin in desert sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt429-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A desert highway road sign for the Egyptian town of Bagdad (not to be confused with Baghdad, Iraq) between Luxor and al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt409-07-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Surrounded by books and holy relics, a monk follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, prays in a caravan adapted to become a woodland home in the woodland near the Centre. He is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
    samye_ling_prayers07-16-1997.jpg
  • KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken staff at a restaurant on Huai Hai Road and Shaanxi Road in Shanghai’s downtown shopping district in Shanghai, China. Western fast food is popular amongst the young as are many western influences on this society that has changed dramatically since the late 1990’s, embracing western culture, fashion, food and attitudes. These restaurants are always full, despite being more expensive than fast Chinese food. There are many overweight youngsters in Shanghai, something of a recent characteristic as dietary changes result in a generally larger generation.
    2005-07-14 shanghai 022.jpg
  • El Dohous Village in El Dakhla, the southern oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt is run by the bedouin family Zeydan at Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. El Dohous is a desert hotel with domed bungalows for tourists visiting  western Egypt, approximately 500km from Luxor in the Nile Valley and owned by three Bedouin brothers from the Zeydan family and who continue the build more rooms when the tourism downturn ends.
    egypt477-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Arid and barren desert dune landscape at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt454-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A Bedouin in desert sand dunes at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The past few decades have been difficult for traditional Bedouin culture due to changing surroundings and the establishment of new resort towns on the Red Sea coast, such as Sharm el-Sheikh. Bedouins in Egypt are facing a number of challenges: erosion of traditional values, unemployment, and various land issues. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt440-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • Arid and barren desert dune landscape at al-Galamun, near Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt453-08-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A desert highway road sign for the Egyptian town of Bagdad (not to be confused with Baghdad, Iraq) between Luxor and al-Kharga, Western Desert, Egypt. The Western Desert covers an area of some 700,000 km2, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area. Dakhla Oasis is one of the seven oases of Egypt's Western Desert (part of the Libyan Desert). It lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south.
    egypt410-07-03-2016_1.jpg
  • A follower of Tibetan-Buddhism engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes, is adorned with tattoos and has his head shaven. He is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • Western showroom dummies at a shop in Krabi Town. Western dummies are used all over Asia.
    2006-11-16_Krabi_A_1.jpg
  • On Nanjing Road's busy pedestrianised area towards the Bund a group of friends enter one of the many KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) outlets in the city. Western fast food is popular amongst the young as are many western influences on this society that has changed dramatically since the late 1990’s, embracing western culture, fashion, food and attitudes. These restaurants are always full, despite being more expensive than fast Chinese food. There are many overweight youngsters in Shanghai, something of a recent characteristic as dietary changes result in a generally larger generation.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 108_1.jpg
  • KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken staff at a restaurant on Huai Hai Road and Shaanxi Road in Shanghai’s downtown shopping district in Shanghai, China. Western fast food is popular amongst the young as are many western influences on this society that has changed dramatically since the late 1990’s, embracing western culture, fashion, food and attitudes. These restaurants are always full, despite being more expensive than fast Chinese food. There are many overweight youngsters in Shanghai, something of a recent characteristic as dietary changes result in a generally larger generation.
    2005-07-14 shanghai 026_alamy.jpg
  • A Sikh man walks past large images of western fashion model girls. in a scene of culture clashes, we see the religious man striding along the street wearing a traditional turban, beneath modern western women wearing the styles of clothing of the day. In Sikhism, is used to show others that they represent the embodiment of Sikh teachings, the love of the Guru and sigma to do good deeds, It also protects Sikh's long unshorn hair and keep hair clean.
    fashion_hoarding08-24-02-2015_1.jpg
  • Woman takes a call on her cell phone between bites of her KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) burger at a restaurant on Huai Hai Road and Shaanxi Road in Shanghai’s downtown shopping district. Western fast food is popular amongst the young as are many western influences on this society that has changed dramatically since the late 1990’s, embracing western culture, fashion, food and attitudes. These restaurants are always full, despite being more expensive than fast Chinese food. There are many overweight youngsters in Shanghai, something of a recent characteristic as dietary changes result in a generally larger generation.
    2005-07-14 shanghai 028_1.jpg
  • KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) burger at a restaurant on Huai Hai Road and Shaanxi Road in Shanghai’s downtown shopping district. Western fast food is popular amongst the young as are many western influences on this society that has changed dramatically since the late 1990’s, embracing western culture, fashion, food and attitudes. These restaurants are always full, despite being more expensive than fast Chinese food. There are many overweight youngsters in Shanghai, something of a recent characteristic as dietary changes result in a generally larger generation.
    2005-07-14 shanghai 026_alamy_1.jpg
  • KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) burger at a restaurant on Huai Hai Road and Shaanxi Road in Shanghai’s downtown shopping district. Western fast food is popular amongst the young as are many western influences on this society that has changed dramatically since the late 1990’s, embracing western culture, fashion, food and attitudes. These restaurants are always full, despite being more expensive than fast Chinese food. There are many overweight youngsters in Shanghai, something of a recent characteristic as dietary changes result in a generally larger generation.
    2005-07-14 shanghai 024_1.jpg
  • Young women taking on western fashion in Shanghai, China.
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  • 7up drink sign in Chinese text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 077_alamy.jpg
  • Pepsi Cola drink sign in Chinese text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 038_alamy.jpg
  • Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Michelle Dean is a young follower of Tibetan-Buddhism and chants her Puja, or prayer in the privacy of her own home, a bed sit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Having studied her Buddhism at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Michelle now lives within the larger society rather than the more closed but free community of Samye Ling where many people disaffected with western life or whom have experienced troubled times and sometimes escaping a criminal past, arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreats and self-purification, short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation.
    uk_buddhism05-16-07-1997_1.jpg
  • Bending forward as a mark of humility and respect for his deity, a young follower of Tibetan-Buddhism adjusts a prayer bowl in front of an effigy of Buddha at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. This young western man wears traditional Tibetan monk's clothes and many here have had a troubled youth, sometimes escaping a criminal past so arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreats and self-purification, short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
    uk_buddhism01-16-07-1997_1_1.jpg
  • A Nepali lady sits on corrugated iron alongside a giant satellite dish on the roof of her home' in a suburb of Kathmandu, Nepal. We see the sunny street below in the background and other rooftops of scattered aerials, roughly-made brick walls. She has hung her colourful (colorful) clothes washing out to dry on a line and on the structure's bowl-like shape that points towards space and signals from the outside world. It was designed to receive television signals from Nepal's main TV station is Nepal Television (NTV) whose programmes are mostly serials from Pakistan and Hindi films. Nepalis however, search the wider-world for their news digest and western culture, especially during governmental crackdown and censorship during the democracy protest disturbances of 2006. King Gyanendra imposed severe media restrictions after assuming direct control of the country the previous year. The scene is of new technology in the backdrop of a poor, third world country who freedoms of expression and experience of western democracy has been tested in recent years.
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  • Western showroom dummies in a textiles shop in De Hui, Jilin Province, China. It is common that these manequins are used. You never see a Chinese one.
    2006_05_24_Western modelsC_1.jpg
  • Western showroom dummies in a textiles shop in De Hui, Jilin Province, China. It is common that these manequins are used. You never see a Chinese one.
    2006_05_24_Western modelsA_1.jpg
  • Western showroom dummies in a textiles shop in De Hui, Jilin Province, China. It is common that these manequins are used. You never see a Chinese one.
    2006_05_24_Western modelsB_1.jpg
  • Schoolboys get dressed after an afternoon off from classes, spent next to the western Palace Pier at the seaside town of Brighton. Pulling on socks is a young lad from a nearby school whose uniform is a red blazer and striped tie. With their clothing of their friends still lie on the shngle, their afternoon of play day is coming to an end. In the background is the western Palace Pier, a major landmark on this south coast resort. Ofsted's guidelines are that for children of 9-12, a ratio of one adult to 8 young people is a requirement.
    beach_boys-21-08-1992_1.jpg
  • Young Shanghainese woman out shopping for cosmetics at Parksons, one of Shanghais best known department stores in Shanghai, China. This store caters for Western tastes in anything from clothes, to cosmetics, food or electric goods. In such a westernised city, where years ago fashion and modernity did not exist, these places are a Mecca for the young, sometimes affluent youth. Cosmetics are comparatively expensive in Shanghai as in the west, despite the average salary being many times lower. Yet, there is a massive hunger for western goods of all kinds.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 026.jpg
  • The Western Heights of Dover fortification in the morning sunlight stands at the top of the West Cliffs, with residential buildings of Aycliffe below with Shakespeare beach at the bottom.
    UK-Kent-CoastLine-0215.jpg
  • Young Shanghainese women talk while shopping for cosmetics at Parksons, one of Shanghai's best known department stores. This store caters for Western tastes in anything from clothes, to cosmetics, food or electric goods. In such a westernised city, where years ago fashion and modernity did not exist, these places are a Mecca for the young, sometimes affluent youth. Cosmetics are comparatively expensive in Shanghai as in the west, despite the average salary being many times lower. Yet, there is a massive hunger for western goods of all kinds.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 022_1.jpg
  • Young Shanghainese woman is helped by a shop assistant whilst shopping for cosmetics at Parksons, one of Shanghai's best known department stores. This store caters for Western tastes in anything from clothes, to cosmetics, food or electric goods. In such a westernised city, where years ago fashion and modernity did not exist, these places are a Mecca for the young, sometimes affluent youth. Cosmetics are comparatively expensive in Shanghai as in the west, despite the average salary being many times lower. Yet, there is a massive hunger for western goods of all kinds.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 027_1.jpg
  • Young Shanghainese women talk while shopping for cosmetics at Parksons, one of Shanghai's best known department stores. This store caters for Western tastes in anything from clothes, to cosmetics, food or electric goods. In such a westernised city, where years ago fashion and modernity did not exist, these places are a Mecca for the young, sometimes affluent youth. Cosmetics are comparatively expensive in Shanghai as in the west, despite the average salary being many times lower. Yet, there is a massive hunger for western goods of all kinds.
    2005-06-30 shanghai 020_alamy_1.jpg
  • Western dummy covered in dust wearing a red qipao. This belies both a tradition of the qipao and the modern taste for using westernised showroom dummies. Beijing, China.
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  • Viewing deck of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 046.jpg
  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
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  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
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  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
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  • Starbucks Coffee sign in Chinese and English text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
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  • McDonalds sign in Chinese and English text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
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  • Ronald McDonald character sits on a bench on Nanjing Rd. (Nanjing Lu) in the heart of Shanghai's exclusive shopping district. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as China's hunger for western food increases.
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  • Viewing deck of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 049_alamy.jpg
  • Viewing deck of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 047.jpg
  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 045.jpg
  • Viewing deck of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 039.jpg
  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 030.jpg
  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 027_alamy.jpg
  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi and Suzhou Creek in Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 016.jpg
  • View looking from The Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, across the Huang Pu River to Puxi Shanghai’s downtown area in Shanghai, China. The Bund’s western buildings lines the bottom of the view as modern Shanghai’s high-rise skyscraper filled landscape raises up behind.
    2005-07-04 shanghai 015.jpg
  • Starbucks Coffee sign in Chinese and English text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
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  • KFC sign in Chinese and English text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 111_alamy.jpg
  • McDonalds sign in Chinese and English text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 035_alamy.jpg
  • McDonalds sign in Chinese and English text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 031.jpg
  • KFC sign in Chinese and English text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 027.jpg
  • McDonalds sign in Chinese and English text in Shanghai, China. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as Chinas hunger for western food increases.
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  • Usually played in pairs for morning and evenings calls to prayer, preludes, and processions, two western nuns following Tibetan-Buddhism play their Rag-Dung (brass trumpets) in a garden at the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. One nun looks across to check finger positions of her fellow-player and they are sat cross-legged on the lush grass surrounded with flowers and tall plants. The Rag-Dung is the most spectacular of Tibetan ritual copper horns and some are up to twenty feet long. With a deeply resonant sound it is relatively easy to play. Those following this branch of Buddhism arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated Retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation.
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  • A nun practicing Tibetan-Buddhism meditates in silence at a shrine. Seen in almost silhouette, the young woman engages in Puja, or prayer, at the Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist retreat centre in Eskdalemuir, Scotland. She is a western visitor, many of whom have had a troubled youth and are sometimes escaping a criminal past, who arrive in the Scottish wilderness for isolated retreat periods, for short-term spiritual relaxation or to follow Tibetan teaching methods for discovering inner-peace, through prayer and meditation. This Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu School celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007.
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  • Pepsi cola sign in Chinese text on Nanjing Rd. (Nanjing Lu) in the heart of Shanghai's exclusive shopping district. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as China's hunger for western food increases.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 038_alamy_1.jpg
  • McDonalds sign in Chinese and English text on Nanjing Rd. (Nanjing Lu) in the heart of Shanghai's exclusive shopping district. There are hundreds of fast food stores throughout Shanghai as China's hunger for western food increases.
    2005-07-03 nanjing lu 2 030_alamy_1.jpg
  • Sainsburys delivery truck passes along the A40 Western Avenue with residential houses either side at Greenford on 4th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The A40 is one of the main roads in and out of the capital.
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  • Traffic along the A40 Western Avenue with residential houses either side at Greenford on 4th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The A40 is one of the main roads in and out of the capital.
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  • A remote desert railway now missing its iron rails, stolen in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, near Bagdad, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The desert lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south and is now patrolled by armed police convoys.
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  • A remote bus shelter in a desolate desert landscape near Bagdad, Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. The desert lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) and measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and 25 km (16 mi) from north to south and is patrolled by armed police convoys.
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  • A farming family tend onions and other vegetables in fertile fields where agriculture is important for survival, at Bedhal in Dahkla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt where the availability of water determines the agricultural economic life in an oasis village. Dakhla Oasis consists of several communities, along a string of sub-oases. The main settlements are Mut (more fully Mut el-Kharab and anciently called Mothis), El-Masara, Al-Qasr, Qalamoun, together with several smaller villages. Some of the communities have identities that are separate from each other. Qalamoun has inhabitants that trace their origins to the Ottomans.
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  • A string of rock-hard locally produced 'chhugho' dried yak cheese for sale at a roadside stall in Western Bhutan.
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  • A view of Thimphu from the Buddha Dordenma, Western Bhutan. Thimphu is the capital city and also the name of the valley which has an average elevation of 2300m. With an estimated population of around 100,000 Thimphu is Bhutan's largest city. Rapid expansion following rural exodus has resulted in rebuilding in the city centre and mushrooming suburban development elsewhere. By regulation, all buildings are required to be designed in traditional style with Buddhist paintings and motifs.
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  • A Layap woman from Laya holds a ball of sheep wool which was spun using a drop spindle called a Yoekpa, Punakha, Western Bhutan. The Layap are inhabitants of the northernmost region of Bhutan. Their clothes are woven from yak hair and wool. They are a semi-nomadic tribe whose source of livelihood is dependent on yaks and sheep the products of which they barter with the people of Punakha for daily necessities. Given the geographic isolation of many of Bhutan's villages, there are 16 different dialects and 14 regional groups in the country. Many tribes have kept alive their distinct cultural identities through their dress, language and traditions over the years.
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  • Women relaxing at Gasa tsachhu (hot springs) in Jigme Dorji National Park, Western Bhutan. At Gasa hot springs there are five pools with water temperature ranging from mild to extremely hot. During the winter months when farming work is done, families from all over Bhutan come here to relax in the restorative pools for many days.
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  • Families relaxing at Gasa tsachhu (hot springs) in Jigme Dorji National Park, Western Bhutan. At Gasa hot springs there are five pools with water temperature ranging from mild to extremely hot. During the winter months when farming work is done, families from all over Bhutan come here to relax in the restorative pools for many days.
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  • Families relaxing at Gasa tsachhu (hot springs) in Jigme Dorji National Park, Western Bhutan. At Gasa hot springs there are five pools with water temperature ranging from mild to extremely hot. During the winter months when farming work is done, families from all over Bhutan come here to relax in the restorative pools for many days.
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  • Lit by early sun that filters through mountain peaks to this remote village near Ulleri, in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal, we see the veranda of a tea shop that serves weary travellers trekking the Annapurna Circuit and traditional doko basket. Villages such as these partly-depend on the agriculture of rice-growing and also on the passing tourist trade. Western trekkers walk through these tiny communities on their way up the series of climbing trails of the Annapurna Conservation Sanctuary, a sometimes gruelling walk from the low hills of Pokhara to the higher altitudes of Annapurna, the (26,000 feet (8,000 metre) peak - and beyond. Tea houses are dotted along the trail offering lodging, refreshments and basic, but delicious food to the weary traveller and the landscapes are often shared with local livestock.
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  • Western woman as a desktop photo for PC laptops for sale inside e-plaza digital square shopping mall. Zhongguancun or Zhong Guan Cun, is a technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China. It is situated in the northwestern part of Beijing city. Zhongguancun is very well known in China, and is often referred to as China's Silicon Valley. This is Beijing's computer district with numerous tech companies offices situated here amongst the many malls which sell electronics and electrons equipment of all kinds. The tech park started as a small office where two decades ago some students from a nearby university decided that computer equipment may be a thing of the future so set up a small company. It has expanded in this time to  cover many square kilometres.
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  • Sainsburys delivery truck passes along the A40 Western Avenue with residential houses either side at Greenford on 4th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The A40 is one of the main roads in and out of the capital.
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  • Traffic along the A40 Western Avenue with residential houses either side at Greenford on 4th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The A40 is one of the main roads in and out of the capital.
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  • Traffic along the A40 Western Avenue with residential houses either side at Greenford on 4th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The A40 is one of the main roads in and out of the capital.
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