A Mongolian toddler helps her mother with the laundry by hanging clothes on their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent.
This man is an Aghori, a secretive Hindu sect of holy men known for eating corpses. They believe doing so will make them ageless and give them supernatural powers. The Aghoris are marked by colorful body paint and clothes.
A young monk at the Shwe Yan Pyay monastery in Nyaung Shwe, Myanmar. The monastery was built in the 1800s and is richly decorated with mosaics and golden ornaments.
This photo was taken at a Karo village in the Omo Valley of Ethiopia. The Karo are famous for their skill in body painting. Photographer S. Ram found this "make-up artist" applying paint to a young woman with a Pointillism-like technique.
This man is a Konyak, a tribe located in northeast India and Myanmar. They are recognized by their tattoos, which they have all over their bodies. Facial tattoos are earned for taking an enemy's head. Until recently, they were regarded as war-loving and often attacked nearby villages to take the heads of opposing warriors. The number of heads hung in a Konyak's house indicated the power of the warrior.