Maria Becker, an ethnic German from the Volga region, with an old songbook, the only family heirloom that survived various deportations and moves. Maria's relatives were tranported from the Volga regi...

Maria Becker, an ethnic German from the Volga region, with an old family portrait. Maria's relatives were deported from the Volga region to Siberia. Her parents moved from Altai to the Kaliningrad reg...

An elderly man buys pork at a wet market.

An elderly woman lies in her bed as she is unable to walk and can't rush to the cellar when sirens announce a possible attack. Usually one of her family stays with her. The risk is great, no one knows...

Veteran Taiwanese artist, Mr. Chao Kei-chih, and one of his pieces of installation art in a former machine-gun post of the underground complex, Stronghold No.77, one of a string of Cold War-era coasta...

Veteran Taiwanese artist, Mr. Chao Kei-chih, and one of his pieces of installation art in a former machine-gun post of the underground complex, Stronghold No.77, one of a string of Cold War-era coasta...

Veteran Taiwanese artist, Mr. Chao Kei-chih, works on one of his pieces during an art festival covering all the Matsu islands and displayed in Stronghold No.77, one of a string of Cold War-era coastal...

Veteran Taiwanese artist, Mr. Chao Kei-chih, displays some of his work during an art festival covering all the Matsu islands and displayed in Stronghold No.77, one of a string of Cold War-era coastal...

Participants in the annual Beigan Marathon (an event that was cancelled last year due to COVID restrictions). Undeterred by the damp, spring weather, old and young alike take part in a variety of dist...

Participants in the annual Beigan Marathon (an event that was cancelled last year due to COVID restrictions) set off from the starting gate. Undeterred by the damp, spring weather, old and young alike...

Participants of all stripes warm-up before competing in the annual Beigan Marathon (an event that was cancelled last year due to COVID restrictions). Undeterred by the damp, spring weather, old and yo...

Participants of all stripes warm-up before competing in the annual Beigan Marathon (an event that was cancelled last year due to COVID restrictions). Undeterred by the damp, spring weather, old and yo...

Pensioners wait at the bus stop near the market In Kurakhovo.

A man sitting on a bench in front of his apartment building where it is now not safe to stay due to Russian shelling. Instead he lives, like his neighbours who stayed in the city, in a basement that s...

Shura (Alexandra) says doesn't want to go anywhere despite the constant bombardment. She does not walk, and she is 80 years old. Her daughter Olya takes care of her, although her mother is grumpy.

A man who arrived too late for the distribution of humanitarian aid, there was no loaf of bread left for him. People are so desperate they try to grab as much bread as possible.

Lida (80) says she is looking for her husband, Vladimir Ivanovich. It has been a month since he was taken to the hospital and she does not know where he is. ''There was shelling and he was hit. They t...

Children train at the military-patriotic club 'Sova'. This is an additional education facility for children aged from 10 to 18 years old. They learn the basics of military training, self-defence techn...

Children train at the military-patriotic club 'Sova'. This is an additional education facility for children aged from 10 to 18 years old. They learn the basics of military training, self-defence techn...

Residents of the village of Krasny Oktyabr, which was subjected to shelling.

A woman prepares vegetables for sale in a back alley market on Nangan, the main island in the Matsu archipelago, a frontline island group belonging to Taiwan that lies just a few miles off the mainlan...

A man drives his rickshaw past a monument in Golmud.

A porter, locally known as a Bon Bon Man, walks past the Chongqing Art Gallery.

A pile of old window frames from a residential building, at the intersection of Popov and Mayakovsky streets, that had its windows blown out during an explosion on the night of 3 July 2022 which the R...

A farmer stands on a boat in a fish pond next to an aqua solar farm. China is the world's largest solar power producer.

A farmer stands next to a fish pond beside an aqua solar farm. China is the world's largest solar power producer.

A man who has been accused of being a witch, undergoing a ritual cleansing to allow him to be reintegrated into his community, at the village of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to thos...

A man who has been accused of being a witch, undergoing a ritual cleansing to allow him to be reintegrated into his community, at the village of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to thos...

Witch doctors Yembe (red bandana), whose real name is Kazungu Karisa, conducts a ritual cleansing to allow an accused witch to be reintegrated into their community. Kaya Godhoma, a refuge built on ho...

A man who has been accused of being a witch, undergoing a ritual cleansing to allow him to be reintegrated into his community, at the village of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to thos...

Witch doctors Yembe (R), whose real name is Kazungu Karisa, conducts a ritual cleansing to allow an accused witch to be reintegrated into their community. Kaya Godhoma, a refuge built on holy ground...

A man who has been accused of being a witch in the village of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Nd...

Veterans of the Second World War on an excursion in the exhibition centre of military equipment of the Patriot Park.

A man who has been accused of being a witch in the village of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Nd...

Duni Nzahi Mseche (89) sits in front of his shelter in Kaya Godhoma, a refuge built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Ndege, provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft. Two ye...

A man who has been accused of being a witch, undergoing a ritual cleansing to allow him to be reintegrated into his community, at the village of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to thos...

A man who has been accused of being a witch, undergoing a ritual cleansing to allow him to be reintegrated into his community, at the village of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to thos...

A man who has been accused of being a witch in the village of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Nd...

Retired photographer Mr. Chen Yi-pan stands beside his studio camera with his favourite hand-painted backdrop, in Tien Ao village. Chen used to make a good living taking portraits of the many ROC troo...

Duni Nzahi Mseche (89) sits in front of his shelter in Kaya Godhoma, a refuge built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Ndege, provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft. Two ye...

Duni Nzahi Mseche (89) sits in front of his shelter in Kaya Godhoma, a refuge built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Ndege, provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft. Two ye...

Retired photographer Mr. Chen Yi-pan stands beside his studio camera with his favourite hand-painted backdrop, in Tien Ao village. Chen used to make a good living taking portraits of the many ROC troo...

A man who has been accused of being a witch in the village of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Nd...

An abandoned old cinema that used to host screenings and performances for the troops stationed on frontline Xiju islet. Like many businesses, it went into decline after the standing-down of many of th...

Duni Nzahi Mseche (89) sits in front of his shelter in Kaya Godhoma, a refuge built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Ndege, provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft. Two ye...

Duni Nzahi Mseche (89) sits in front of his shelter in Kaya Godhoma, a refuge built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Ndege, provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft. Two ye...

A woman at the sanctuary of Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides refuge to those accused of witchcraft built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Ndege, who looks after those accused of...

A man who has been accused of being a witch blows a ritual trumpet in Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft built on holy ground near the remote village of Mri...

A man who has been accused of being a witch carries a ritual trumpet in Kaya Godhoma, a refuge which provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft built on holy ground near the remote village of M...

Duni Nzahi Mseche (89) sits in front of his shelter in Kaya Godhoma, a refuge built on holy ground near the remote village of Mrima wa Ndege, provides sanctuary to those accused of witchcraft. Two ye...

Witch doctors Yembe (L), whose real name is Kazungu Karisa, conducts a ritual cleansing to allow an accused witch to be reintegrated into their community. Kaya Godhoma, a refuge built on holy ground...

Aleksandr Kaidalov (70) outside his son's house at 23 Mayakovskaya Street destroyed by the shock wave from the explosion of a Tochka-U missile on the night of 3 July 2022. Government services say the...

A boat in a fish pond next to an aqua solar farm. China is the world's largest solar power producer.

A man rides a bike past residential buildings in Xiongan. Over a year ago, President Xi Jinping designated Xiongan a new high-tech city. Things are off to a slow start, and locals tell of shut down fa...

Aleksandr Kaidalov (70) at his son's house at 23 Mayakovskaya Street destroyed by the shock wave from the explosion of a Tochka-U missile on the night of 3 July 2022. Government services say they wil...

A man works in a corn field in front of buildings in Xiongan. Over a year ago, President Xi Jinping designated Xiongan a new high-tech city. Things are off to a slow start, and locals tell of shut dow...

Aleksandr Kaidalov (70) at his son's house at 23 Mayakovskaya Street destroyed by the shock wave from the explosion of a Tochka-U missile on the night of 3 July 2022. Government services say they wil...

Dreams, a film by Karen Shakhnazarov, is digitally restored at the Mosfilm studios. As foreign film companies stopped movie rentals to Russian cinemas old restored films take their place.

Corn crops grow in a field in front of residential buildings. Over a year ago, President Xi Jinping designated Xiongan a new high-tech city. Things are off to a slow start, and locals tell of shut dow...

Ivan Artyukh, a Kaliningrad businessman who restored the oldest restaurant in the city of Neman, organised the production of cheeses according to old European recipes, and is restoring the largest cas...

Mrs Wang (88) has lived in Qinbi Village all her life. Qinbi is a cluster of traditional Fujianese-style stone houses, home to fishermen and smugglers, that have been renovated over the past 25 years...

Fisherman, Mr. Huang Pong-wu, now retired. He's a fountain of knowledge about the old ways of fishing in this community which used to support hundreds of fishing boats, but nowadays only two.

Adam Abdullah (75) lives on the edge of the rapidly diminishing Lake Chad on the outskirts of Melea. A decade ago his cattle died in a famine. "There used to be water all around here, but I have watch...

Adam Abdullah (75) lives on the edge of the rapidly diminishing Lake Chad on the outskirts of Melea. A decade ago his cattle died in a famine. "There used to be water all around here, but I have watch...

71-year-old cattle breeder Moussa Sy, whose family farm is next to the site, was instrumental in persuading his fellow herders to allow the Great Green Wall to be planted here. The Great Green Wall...

Confused patients ask for information at the mass COVID-19 vaccination centre established at Epsom Racecourse.

Gordon Osborne (86), who had a COVID-19 vaccination today, and his wife Penny (80) walking on Epsom Downs where a mass vaccination centre has been established at Epsom Racecourse.

A couple head back to their car at the mass vaccination centre established at Epsom Racecourse after having COVID-19 vaccinations.

71-year-old cattle breeder Moussa Sy, whose family farm is next to the site, was instrumental in persuading his fellow herders to allow the Great Green Wall to be planted here. The Great Green Wall...

Adam Abdullah (75) lives on the edge of the rapidly diminishing Lake Chad on the outskirts of Melea. A decade ago his cattle died in a famine. "There used to be water all around here, but I have watch...

Adam Abdullah (75) lives on the edge of the rapidly diminishing Lake Chad on the outskirts of Melea. A decade ago his cattle died in a famine. "There used to be water all around here, but I have watch...

Staley (83) and Vera (85) Idell, from Banstead, leaving the mass vaccination centre established at Epsom Racecourse after having COVID-19 vaccinations.

Staley (83) and Vera (85) Idell, from Banstead, leaving the mass vaccination centre established at Epsom Racecourse after having COVID-19 vaccinations.

The elderly people of Avdiivka carry home plastic bags with humanitarian aid brought by the Christian Church of Awakening. The population of Avdiivka before Russia's invasion was around 20,000, now ju...

Residents with food packages distributed after a service by the Christian Church of Awakening at the Rubin Theatre. The population of Avdiivka before Russia's invasion was around 20,000, now just 3,00...

Vera Travianko (69) leaves her elderly neighbour's partially destroyed house, having brought her food. The Kyiv suburb of Horenka was heavily contested and therefore badly destroyed during the six wee...

Odette Dobson (86) waits for her vaccination in the car park at the mass vaccination centre established at Epsom Racecourse.

Priest Leonid of the Christian Church of the Awakening giving a mass service at the Rubin Theatre. After the service people will receive a package of food. The population of Avdiivka before Russia's i...

A woman is praying during a mass run by the Christian Church of Awakening in the Rubin Theatre. After the service people will receive a package of food. The population of Avdiivka before Russia's inva...

People attending a mass run by the Christian Church of Awakening in the Rubin Theatre. After the service people will receive a package of food. The population of Avdiivka before Russia's invasion was...

Civilians who have remained in the city living in the candle lit basement of an apartment block in Lysychansk.

Civilians who have remained in the city living in the candle lit basement of an apartment block in Lysychansk.

Zinaida Kostenko (67) tends to her flowers beside a large bomb crater full of water. Russian forces indiscriminately bombed Moshchun and much of Kyiv's northern suburbs as they pushed towards the capi...

An elderly man with cataracts in both eyes at a displaced persons camp Leer town. Since the end of 2013, conflict has cost almost 400,000 lives and left six million people, of a population of 11 mill...

A elderly woman waits to be seen outside the Medair clinic in Padeah. Since the end of 2013, conflict has cost almost 400,000 lives and left six million people, of a population of 11 million, desper...

Three day old baby Juma lies on a bed beneath a mosquito net at the Medair clinic. He weighs 1.6 kg and is kept in isolation to prevent him picking up infections from other patients. Since the end of...

Rasha holds her severely malnourished children, Ibrahim Baniker, who weighs 6kg at 2 years (L), and 3 month old Fatna who weighs 5kg, at the Medair clinic. Since the end of 2013, conflict has cost al...

A elderly woman waits to be seen outside the Medair clinic in Padeah. Since the end of 2013, conflict has cost almost 400,000 lives and left six million people, of a population of 11 million, desper...

An old wooden house stands beside the new border fence built between Poland and Belarus. In the autumn of 2021 there were clashes between Polish police and migrants trying to cross the Polish border...

Village elders discuss the situation they find themselves in. Jipril Farah: ''We are overwhelmed, there are so many people coming. It has never been like this before. People are very worried about the...