A view of Amman.

Jordanian special forces during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have committed over USD200 million to training...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Jordan's King Abdullah II (far left) inaugurated the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) at a ceremony attended by top US Army General David Petraeus (far right). Jordan and t...

Jordan's King Abdullah II (third from right, red beret) during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have committed o...

Jordanian special forces and trainers from the US on a shooting-range during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States ha...

Military representatives from countries around the world are shown new techniques and technologies in counter-insurgency operations during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Traini...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

HRH Prince Hamzah Bin Al Hussein (centre, black beret) during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have committed ov...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

US Army General David Petraeus speaking at the opening ceremony of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have committed over USD200...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

A shooting-range at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have committed over USD200 million to training special forces for counter-...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Military representatives from countries around the world, including China, were present during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and th...

Military representatives from countries around the world, including Tanzania, were present during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Jordanian special forces and trainers from the US on a shooting-range during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States ha...

A shooting-range of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have committed over USD200 million to training special forces for counter-...

Jordanian special forces and trainers from the US on a shooting-range during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States ha...

Jordanian special forces and trainers from the US on a shooting-range during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States ha...

Jordanian special forces and trainers from the US on a shooting-range during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States ha...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Military representatives from countries around the world were present during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States ha...

Military representatives from countries around the world were present during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States ha...

Jordan's King Abdullah II during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have committed over USD200 million to training...

US Army Major General (retired) Gary Harrell, Director of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC), on a Segway with a shooting-range in the background. Jordan and the United S...

Jordanian special forces and trainers from the US on a shooting-range during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States ha...

Jordanian special forces simulate a hostage release operation during the opening of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) near Amman. Jordan and the United States have commi...

Allenby Street in central Tel Aviv. The building on the left is the Gottgold building, built in 1935 by architect Yehuda Magidovitch, and on the right is the Poliashuk building, built in 1934 by archi...

Bauhaus building built in 1934 by the architect Zvi Spokoini in front of a parking lot on Hissin Street. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of...

A man prepares for the city's celebrations, putting lamps in trees on Rotschildt Boulevard. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus poi...

Renovated Bauhaus building on Rotschildt Boulevard. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the Bau...

A man paints the roof of a Bauhaus building in Dizengoff Circus. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In...

Neglected Bauhaus building near the Mediterranean Sea. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the...

Bauhaus building on Begin Boulevard built by architects Joseph Cashdan and Elisa Shimshoni, with high rise glass tower in the background. In 2009 the city of Tel Aviv celebrates its centenary, and the...

Bauhaus bank building on Lilienblum Street built in 1937 by architect Dov Kozinsky. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of t...

Renovated Bauhaus building of Haaretz newspaper, built in 1934 by architects Josef and Ze'ev Berlin. Behind is a much later Bauhaus imitation. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired ar...

Neglected Bauhaus building on Dizengoff Circus. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the Bauhaus...

Bar in the Bauhaus style in the centre of Tel Aviv. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the Bau...

Cinema Chen (left) built in 1945 by architect Arieh Sharon. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003...

Neglected Bauhaus building near Dizengoff Circus. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the Bauha...

Detail of a neglected Bauhaus building on Yahuda Halevi Street. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In...

Bauhaus buildings on Yahuda Halevi Street. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the Bauhaus neig...

Detail of a typical Bauhaus banister. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the Bauhaus neighbour...

Tel Aviv's Bauhaus Museum, which opened in 2008. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the Bauhau...

Cinema Esther built in 1940 by architect Genia Averbuch in Dizengoff Circus, with the new skyline behind. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of...

Cinema Esther built in 1940 by architect Genia Averbuch in Dizengoff Circus. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the cele...

Glass and steel high rise tower in the centre of the city.

A poster of the city on a fence of a construction site in the centre of town.

Stairwell in the Bauhaus building Cinema Esther, built in 1940 by architect Genia Averbuch. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus poi...

Stairwell of a Bauhaus building. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the Bauhaus neighbourhoods...

Detail of a Bauhaus banister. 2009 is the city's centenary, and the Bauhaus inspired architecture of the city will be one of the focus points of the celebrations. In 2003 the Bauhaus neighbourhoods of...

New high rise towers in Tel Aviv.

New high rise towers in Tel Aviv.

Women and children stand on the porch by the steps outside a brick building.

In Bangassou, four children talk to a man in a wooden hut who is selling batteries and solar power to charge mobile phones.

A young child with his front teeth missing, stands, arms outstreched, in a group of other smiling, orphaned children

A man leaning on his bicycle stands talking to another man next to the Roman Catholic church.

A man suffering from severe stomach pains caused by drinking infected water lies on the ground in front of the hospital.

Men, women and children cross the river Mbari near Bangassou with their bicycles and other belongings in a large wooden canoe.

A military Gendarme carrying a gun stands outside a tin-roofed hut at a border crossing point .

A man carrying two children on the back of his motorbike crosses a bridge over a wide river while a woman walks in the other direction carrying food in a bowl on her head.

Teenagers pass the time on the streets of Nablus.

The old town of Nablus.

Palestinian police and army at a checkpoint in Nablus.

Salah Al-Masri in front of his house in Nablus. Salah Al-Masri is the outspoken head of a wealthy and highly regarded family who believes the police could, if they wanted, remove gangsterism from the...

Salah and Assma Al-Masri ouside their home in Nablus. Salah Al-Masri is the outspoken head of a wealthy and highly regarded family who believes the police could, if they wanted, remove gangsterism fro...

Machmud Gemayel with his family in their home in Nablus. Machmud's two eldest sons gave their lives to become 'martyrs'.

An elderly man walks through the old city of Nablus.

Cars and pedestrians move through the centre of Nablus.

The old city of Nablus.

Mahir Fares, ex-militia chief of Nablus, with his wife Nil and daughter Rita.

Mahir Fares, ex-militia chief of Nablus, with his wife Nil and daughter Rita.

Salah Al-Masri sits with his wife Assma and son Hikmat. Salah Al-Masri is the outspoken head of a wealthy and highly regarded family who believes the police could, if they wanted, remove gangsterism f...

Posters of 'martyrs' on arches in the old city of Nablus

Armed members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade on the streets of Nablus.

Palestinian police in the old city of Nablus.

A child wearing ripped clothes stands up in front of a store waiting for a small donation.

Two children bathing in the river.

In front of shelves of food a shop worker stands behind the counter where cooking oil and bottled water are being displayed for sale.

A mother breastfeeds her child whilst preparing a meal.

A young boy from the country's Ouham province.

A woman takes her turn to collect water from a polluted well near her village while other villagers look on.

A vendor with his medicines strapped to his bike, rides down the road near Bossembele.