Enrique Lopez-Tapia / A child sitting by wall with empty glass bottles, in the small village of Khumnu. Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women reaping the harvest in the fields adjacent to the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fishermen on raft, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Rhzophora mangrove trees, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.

Staffan Widstrand / Mangrove planting team from CRINEO planting Mangrove trees (Rhizophora) Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, February 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Thuli Maya Fuyal, widow, in her small room in Kathmandu. In Nepal women who lose their husbands lose their own identity. Are rejected and forced to leave their homes. In many cases, they become victim...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Rita Pudel, widow, with her son, in the room that serves as a shelter. In Nepal women who lose their husbands lose their own identity. Are rejected and forced to leave their homes. In many cases, they...

Axel Gomille / Zebu cattle (Bos primigenius indicus) holy cow, walking past Sadhu or holy man, Varanasi, India

Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Goat keeper with baby and domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India

Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Camel herder with Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India

Axel Gomille / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), temple elephant gives blessings to pilgrims at the ruins and temple complex of Hampi, Karnataka, India

TJ Rich / Street vendor selling coconuts and lottery tickets, Petta district, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Young girl selling cashews at roadside, Gampaha, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Mine workers dredging for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Miner panning for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Miners panning for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Miners sorting gravel while panning for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Miner panning for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Gemstone miner preparing to descend mine shaft with only candles for light and no safety equipment. Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Man firewalking during festival, Kandy, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Vegetable market, Pettah, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Portrait of Vedda tribesman carrying axe, Dambana, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Vegetables for sale at market, Pettah, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

Loic Poidevin / Man praying at temple on banks of the Ganges, Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India, March 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Priests in organe and gold robes conducting religious festival on banks of the Ganges, Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India, March 2014.

Loic Poidevin / People placing lanterns on the river, an offering to the Ganges during religious festival. Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India, March 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Portrait of priest with painted face wearing turban, Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India, March 2014l.

Loic Poidevin / Woman wearing sari embracing child, Varanasi, Uttah Pradesh, India, March 2014.

Loic Poidevin / Portrait of armed ranger, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, March 2014.

Axel Gomille / Kumbh Mela, a large Hindu pilgrimage, in which Hindus gather to bathe in the Ganges, Haridwar, India. April 2010.

Axel Gomille / Pilgrims praying at the Ganges river, Varanasi, India. February 2012.

Axel Gomille / Kumbh Mela, a large Hindu pilgrimag, iin which Hindus gather to bathe in the Ganges, Haridwar, India. April 2010.

Axel Gomille / Kumbh Mela, a large Hindu pilgrimage, in which Hindus gather to bathe in the Ganges, Haridwar, India. April 2010.

Axel Gomille / Taj Mahal, local women entering, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, April 2010.

Axel Gomille / Busy riverside scene with women washing clothes on the side of the Ganges, Varanasi, Ghats, Uttar Pradesh, India, February 2012.

Axel Gomille / Villager putting food out for Demoiselle cranes with pigeons arriving first. Rajasthan, India. February 2012.

Axel Gomille / Female pilgrims at the ruins and temple complex in Hampi, former capital of the Vijayanagar kingdom, Karnataka, India, April 2010.

Axel Gomille / Female pilgrim bathing in the Ganges river, Varanasi, India. February 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Children from a village school in Sri Lanka, March 2005.

David Tipling / Man transporting chickens on a tricycle to market in a New Delhi suburb, India, November 2010.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman winnowing wheat from chaff, Ghandruk Village (at 1990m). Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man ploughing the ground with two oxen. Ghandruk Village (at 1990m). Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman winnowing wheat from chaff. Ghandruk Village (at altitude of 1990m) Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / A child drinking by wall with empty glass bottles, in the small village of Khumnu. Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Porters carrying baggage in the Modi Khola river valley. Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Porters carrying loads across swing bridge in front of waterfall in the Modi Khola river valley. Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Child handling oxen whilst threshing grain. Annapurna Sanctuary, central Nepal, November 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Girls preparing vegetables, with domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in a Tharu village outside the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Boy standing by animal relief sculptures on mud of house wall, in indigenous Tharu village, Terai, Bardia National Park, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / A woman and a child carrying animal fodder on their heads, Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women reaping the harvest in the fields adjacent to the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women reaping the harvest in the fields adjacent to the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / People riding Domestic Indian elephants (Elephas maximas) crossing the river Geruwa in the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / An elephant keeper cleaning a domestic Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man with garland of marigolds applying coloured paste to womans head during the celebration of Diwali / Tihar (the festival of lights) taken in a small village around the Royal Chitwan National Park,...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Family celebration of Diwali / Tihar (the festival of lights) taken in a small village around the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman having paste applied to her forehead during the celebration of Diwali / Tihar (the festival of lights) taken in a small village around the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman having paste applied to her forehead during the celebration of Diwali / Tihar (the festival of lights) taken in a small village around the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Family celebrating Diwali / Tihar (the festival of lights) taken in a small village around the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Domestic Asian elephants (Elephas maximas) used for riding safaris with their keepers, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tharu man driving cart pulled by bullocks, through fields around Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tharu man driving cart pulled by bullocks, through fields around Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal. October 2011.

Enrique López-Tapia / Sita, widow, with her children, Goma, Anish and Aarati, in the room that serves as a home, in Namaskar Association ‘House of Widows'. Culturally in Nepal women lose many rights when they become widow...

Enrique López-Tapia / Kanchi Tamang, widow, in her small room in Kathmandu, in Namaskar Association ‘House of Widows'. Culturally in Nepal women lose many rights when they become widows and may be treated badly by their fa...

Enrique López-Tapia / Rabina, widow, in the room that serves as a shelter with her two children, Subin and Sahan, in Namaskar Association ‘House of Widows'. Culturally in Nepal women lose many rights when they become widow...

Ernie Janes / Tea (Camellia sinensis) harvesting in Sri Lanka, March 2013