In a monastery near Kathmandu, nuns painstakingly create beautiful sand mandalas before destroying them.

Cannabis farming has a long tradition in northern Morocco: some 300,000 families have long made a living from growing the plant.

For centuries, the inhabitants of the Danish island of Læsø have covered the roofs of their houses with dried-out seaweed. 

The katana, the legendary samurai sword, embodies Japanese culture, spirituality, and discipline.