Detail of a painted ceiling with an elephant in bagh-e tarikhi-ye fin garden, Isfahan province, Kashan, Iran

African elephant (loxodonta africana) in the water, Rift valley province, Amboseli, Kenya

Cornacs waiting alongside their elephants during jagannath temple festival, Thalassery, India

Row of decorated elephants ridden by priests holding colorful parasol during jagannath temple festival, Thalassery, India

Elephants in moremi wildlife reserve, Botswana

Elephant with paint on its forehead in front of dancing shiva rock cut relief at the enter of brihadishvara temple, Thanjavur, India

Rock cut bas relief on the stairs of a running elephant at the airavatesvara temple, Darasuram, India

Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the savannah, Rift Valley Province, Maasai Mara, Kenya

Tanzania, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, african elephant (loxodonta africana)

Tanzania, Mara, Serengeti National Park, african elephant (loxodonta africana)

Rear view of an afar tribe woman with an elephant femur bone found in a dry river, Afar region, Chifra, Ethiopia

Row of decorated elephants ridden by priests holding colorful parasol during jagannath temple festival, Thalassery, India

Elephant (Loxodonta africana) close up, Kajiado County, Amboseli park, Kenya

Varanasi, India

Tanzania, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, african elephant (loxodonta africana) head skull

Elephants in line in the savannah, Rift Valley Province, Maasai Mara, Kenya

Elephant parade in the street, Maha kumbh mela, Allahabad, India

Close up of decorated elephants with tusks during a parade at jagannath temple festival, Thalassery, India

Man Riding An Elephant, Don Khon, Laos

Tanzania, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, african elephants (loxodonta africana)

Tanzania, Mara, Serengeti National Park, african elephant (loxodonta africana)

Tanzania, Mara, Serengeti National Park, african elephant (loxodonta africana)

African elephant (loxodonta africana) eating grass, Samburu county, Samburu national reserve, Kenya

Baby african elephant (loxodonta africana) running, Rift valley province, Maasai mara, Kenya

Bodi tribe man blowing in an elephant tusk during the kael ceremony, Hana mursi, Omo valley, Ethiopia

Elephants crossing in a dry savannah, Kajiado County, Amboseli park, Kenya

Afar tribe woman with an elephant femur bone found in a dry river, Afar region, Chifra, Ethiopia

Elephant's foot adorned with a collar, Pondicherry, India

Man taking care of an elephant, Periyar, India

Carvings of elephants on carved wall called arjuna's penance, Mahabalipuram, India

Elephant in the savannah, Kajiado County, Amboseli park, Kenya

Jagannath temple festival, Thalassery, India

Tanzania, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, african elephant (loxodonta africana)

Tanzania, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, african elephants (loxodonta africana)

Old India House Building In The Unesco World Heritage Zone, Penang Island, George Town, Malaysia

Elephant mother and her baby in the savannah, Rift Valley Province, Maasai Mara, Kenya