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Folklore - Basotho man on horseback, Lesotho

Fashion - Women's ankle strap shoes with silk satin upper, 19th century

Italian Food - Saffron crocus (Crocus sativa) flowers, saffron production, Gran Sasso national park, Abruzzo, Italy

Workers - Cartographer of the Hydrographic Institute of Genoa (Italy), 1936

Snakes and Reptiles - Madagascar Giant Chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus), Chamaeleonidae. Fort Dauphin, Madagascar

Italian Architecture - Telamon at the entrance to Palazzo Vescovile or Bishop's Palace, 1776-1786, Mantua, Italy (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2008)

Historical reenactment - Napoleonic wars, 19th century

Tattoo - Indian woman's hands decorated with mehndi, Varanasi, India

Earth - Archaeological site of Bagan, Myanmar

Vintage Italy - Female children at a summer camp, Genoa (Italy), 1944

Contemporary Architecture - E1-E2 building and UniCredit Pavilion (IBM Studios), Piazza Gae Aulenti complex, Milan, Italy

Creatures of Fortune - Reptiles, Squamata

Botany Pattern - Leaf underside, Cuba

Maps - Carta del Cantino, 1502. Detail: Western Africa, 16th century

Desert and Dunes - Sand dunes near Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia