In the heat of of the afternoon sun a woman prepares fish for market on Negombo beach in the west of Sri Lanka. Working in temperatures in the high thirties she has to contend with the smell of the catch and ever present scavenging crows.
Children take time out from Sunday School to pose for the camera at the famous Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple in Columbo Sri Lanka.
A young Elephant cools off from the heat by covering itself in mud from a small pool in Udawalawe National Park in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.