Two girls dressed in pinkl pass an old drinking fountain, decorated with tiles, in the casbah.

A homeless man sleeps on the seafront near a row of French colonial-era buildings.

Children play in the remains of buildings in the casbah area that have collapsed due to neglect.

Men gather on the seafront near a row of French colonial-era buildings.

A street vendor selling nuts at a flea market at the entrance to the lower casbah near Bab El Oued.

A man selling cigarettes outside the Cafe d'Orient in the casbah area.

A youth waves a crutch while socialising with friends on an arcaded shopping street in the the lower casbah.

A stall selling head scarves and clothes within a market in an arcade in the the lower casbah.

Night dresses displayed on a stairway leading to a pedestrian underpass on Place du 1 Novembre in the city centre. The white building in the background is the a branch of the National Bank.

Fishermen's houses built on rocks on the Mediterranean shore front.

Youths play pool on an open-air tables.

Youths play pool on a table set up within a building's sea front gallery.

Two men weaving carpets in a karavansaray in the city's old bazaar.

A ray of sunlight enters the city's old bazaar, the economic heart of the city. Tabriz is a predominantly Azerbaijani city in the north of Iran.

La Grande Poste in the city centre, built in the Neo-Moorish style in 1910 by the French architects Voinot and Toudoire.