A demon’s lightbulb eyes burn in Thailand’s most brutal hell garden - Wat Mae Kaet outside Chiang Mai.

Thailand, Chiang Mai, Wat Mae Kaet

The afternoon sun peeks behind a mosaic-encrusted column on the roof of La Pedrera in Barcelona, Spain.

Spain, Barcelona, La Pedrera

Two roosters battle in a remote village in the mountains of southern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Indonesia, Tana Toraja

Hundreds of impatient moped riders rev and honk as they wait for roads to reopen after a New Year celebration in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

A statue of Sigmund Freud hangs above the cobblestoned streets of Prague’s Old Town.

Czech Republic, Prague

Eagle Rock in the Valle de Rocas (Valley of Rocks) near Uyuni in Bolivia.

Bolivia, Valle de Rocas, Eagle Rock

Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, southern Argentina.

Argentinia, Beagle Channel, Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse

When you’re visiting Seoul in South Korea, it’s easy to work out which number to call if you’re in trouble.

South Korea, Seoul

A pile of melted audio cassettes in a museum at the foot of Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano.

Indonesia, Java, Mount Merapi

A vintage car on the streets of Montevideo in Uruguay.

Uruguay, Montevideo

Skulls of defeated warriors are displayed in Monsopiad Cultural Village near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia.

Malaysia, Sabah, Monsopiad Cultural Village

A stunning Tigre mask in the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City.

Mexico, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Popular

This artwork on the corner of Bernauer Straße and Strelitzer Straße in Berlin, Germany, represents a watchtower used by East German border guards before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Germany, Berlin

A sexy cake topper in Brooklyn’s most offbeat museum, The City Reliquary.

USA, New York City, The City Reliquary

A forgotten statue, covered in lichen, peers from the undergrowth in Singapore’s beleaguered cemetery, Bukit Brown.

Singapore, Bukit Brown cemetery

A row of human skulls in Bori’ Parinding in Tana Toraja, Indonesia.

Indonesia, Tana Toraja, Bori’ Parinding

A Takin, the national animal of Himalayan mountain kingdom, Bhutan.

Bhutan, Thimphu, Motithang Takin Preserve

This serene Buddha head entwined in tree roots is one of Thailand’s most iconic sights. The Buddha head is in 14th century temple Wat Mahathat, in the city of Ayutthaya.

Thailand, Ayutthaya, Wat Mahathat

A wild Komodo dragon drools and licks the air with its huge forked tongue on the island of Rinca, Indonesia.

Indonesia, Komodo National Park

A narrow tunnel running around the perimeter of Pampus, an artificial island and late 19th-century sea fort in the IJmeer near Amsterdam.

Netherlands, Amsterdam, Pampus

Metal faces representing victims of World War II in the Jüdisches Museum (Jewish Museum) in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, Germany.

Germany, Berlin, Jüdisches Museum

Looking up into the trees as I hike through the forests of Bhutan’s wonderfully-named Bumthang district.

Bhutan, Bumthang

The corpses of a father and son are exhumed during a death ritual in the highlands of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Indonesia, Tana Toraja, ma’nene ritual

The crypts below the Basílica y Convento de San Francisco (Saint Francis Monastery) in Lima, Peru, house the remains of over 25,000 bodies.

Peru, Lima, Basílica y Convento de San Francisco

The crimson waters of Bolivia’s Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon), a shallow salt lake in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve.

Bolivia, Laguna Colorada

A curious girl from an isolated tribe comes to say hello, deep in the heart of the West Papua jungle.

West Papua, Korowai tribe

That isn’t water in this artsy fountain – it’s mercury.

Spain, Barcelona, Fundacio Joan Miro

The red square of Superkilen in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen shimmers after an unexpected downpour.

Denmark, Copenhagen, Superkilen

A view across the Atacama Desert, just before the sun sets and the temperature plummets.

Chile, Atacama Desert

A mantis in the West Papuan jungle.

West Papua, Korowai tribe

An extraordinarily gory statue of Jesus in Puebla Cathedral, Mexico.

Mexico, Puebla, Puebla Cathedral

A proud grandfather shows his family’s latest addition to the statue of a ghost bride at Wat Mahabut temple in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thailand, Bangkok, Wat Mahabut

During the annual Druk Wangyel Tshechu festival near Thimphu, Bhutan, members of the Royal Bhutan Army perform traditional masked dances.

Bhutan, Thimphu, Druk Wangyel Tshechu festival

A St Andrew’s cross spider spins an intriguing web in the Angkor temple complex, Cambodia.

Cambodia, Angkor Wat

A young man and his dead grandfather join a video chat in the highlands of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Indonesia, Tana Toraja, ma’nene ritual

The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel in Shanghai, China, is found under Oriental Pearl Tower. It whisks passengers to the other side of the river through a tunnel pulsing with lights and video screens.

China, Shanghai, Bund Sightseeing Tunnel

A man in the remote highlands of Sulawesi, Indonesia, moves the skulls of his grandparents from their tomb to a newly built mausoleum near his village.

Indonesia, Tana Toraja, ma’nene ritual

A grinning carpenter in a remote Thai village greets me as I explore the mountains around Chiang Mai.

Thailand, Chiang Mai

Lines of identical graves in Yin Foh Kuan Cemetery, Singapore.

Singapore, Yin Foh Kuan Cemetery

A Republic of Korea soldier of the United Nations Command Security Battalion guards an empty platform at Dorasan Station, North Korea.

South Korea, Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

This fiery vent at the summit of ‪the Pacaya volcano, Guatemala, ‬is like a window into hell.

Guatemala, Pacaya volcano

A view across the golden Punakha Valley from the top of the Khamsum Yulley Namgyal Chorten, Bhutan.

Bhutan, Punakha Valley

Dancers dressed as a Barong take part in a mesmerising performance in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud

A devotee with metal loops hooked through the flesh of his back takes part in the annual Thaipusam procession in Singapore.

Singapore, Thaipusam

Fushimi Inari is the most famous Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto, Japan.

Japan, Kyoto, Fushimi Inari

Hidden in a strip of jungle at the northern tip of Singapore – a short distance from the causeway connecting Singapore and Malaysia – urban explorers can find a mysterious tunnel that’s been abandoned for over 70 years.

Singapore, Marsiling Tunnel

A snow monkey watches tourists taking photos at Jigokudani Monkey Park in Japan.

Japan, Yamanouchi, Jigokudani Monkey Park

A man removes the body of his dead grandmother from her grave in the highlands of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Indonesia, Tana Toraja, ma’nene ritual

A singer from Japanese electronic pop duo FEMM performs on top of a gigantic plastic cake in the Kawaii Monster Cafe in Harajuku, Japan.

Japan, Tokyo, Kawaii Monster Cafe

A pair of scissors embedded in a human skull at the Shanghai Museum of Public Security, China.

China, Shanghai, Shanghai Museum of Public Security