In Kathmandu, Nepal, Holi is a celebration of spring and change.
Here, we see Sona celebrating the popular Hindu festival of colors, which encourages people to forgive and ask to be forgiven. It’s ultimately the time when evil loses and good wins.
In the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador, tradition and modern life are slowly colliding.
Here we see a beautiful Amazonian tribal native, who sat on a tree while wearing a wedding dress. Notice how she’s combined the modern look of a typical wedding dress with the traditional style of her people? That’s so trendy!
The heat in Omo Valley, Ethiopia, can be extremely cruel to the natives.
Due to the high temperatures, it’s not uncommon to find some of the locals wearing nothing but beautiful jewelry around their necks. Just ask this lovely young woman from the Daasanach tribe, whose people have valued their isolation for several generations.
In Cape Town, South Africa, all dreams are possible as long as you have determination.
Jade, whose green eyes are simply haunting, took out a loan to buy herself a professional camera. Someday, she hopes she’ll be able to travel the world and take photographs to share with everyone. But with that piercing gaze, we have no doubt that her determination will help her achieve that goal.
It seems like the women’s movement is in full force in Pushkar, India.
When Mihaela Noroc traveled to India, she was pleasantly surprised to see that more and more women like this one, had joined the public forces, proving that beauty and authority truly go hand in hand.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia proved that some women are still pressured to look a certain way.
This lovely young woman is wearing a traditional Mongolian outfit known as a deel. But despite the subdued nature of the style, she has still managed to shine in a place where equality and diversity still has a long way to go.
In Pyongyang, North Korea, this woman is a symbol of strength and guidance.
As a guide in a military museum, this beauty represents the kind of positive changes that are slowly changing the way societies around the world are looking at women when it comes to equality.