I visited a blessing ceremony in Xiahe, Tibet. Monks from the monastery sip on an elixir of tea and herbs. They walk past a crowd and spit the concoction onto the waiting pilgrims. The gathered people were pushing each other to get a chance to catch some of the spray on their face. I have never seen anything like it.

A lone tea picker at a tea estate in Assam, India.

A mother points out an item to her child in a temple in Bagan, Myanmar.

Young monks in Tawang, India try and stay awake during the morning prayer ceremony.

A boy in Jaipur, India getting dusted with powdered dye.

Women in Assam, India spreading nutrients in a tea estate.

An elderly woman in Ziro, India. Most of the old women in Ziro have nose plugs and face tattoos. The practice began as a way to make women ugly so rival tribes would be less inclined to steal them. However, over time, the nose disks and tattoos became signs of beauty.

An aged headhunter near Mon, Nagaland in the Northeast of India. He said he took five  heads when he was younger.

A young girl I encountered in a slum in Mumbai.

A man lights his cigarette after a long day in the fields outside Jaipur, India.