Women supporters of Afghan parliamentary election candidate Farkhunda Zahra Naderi (not pictured), daughter of Shia Ismaili Muslim leader Sayed Mansoor Naderi, during a campaign rally.

Hauwa Ojeifo counsels a client. Hauwa is a Mental Health Coach, founder of Nigerian mental health organisation She Writes Woman and mental health advocate.

Mental Health Coach, founder of Nigerian mental health organisation She Writes Woman and mental health advocate Hauwa Ojeifo.

Mental Health Coach, founder of Nigerian mental health organisation She Writes Woman and mental health advocate Hauwa Ojeifo.

Mental Health Coach, founder of Nigerian mental health organisation She Writes Woman and mental health advocate Hauwa Ojeifo.

Mental Health Coach, founder of Nigerian mental health organisation She Writes Woman and mental health advocate Hauwa Ojeifo.

Hauwa Ojeifo counsels a client. Hauwa is a Mental Health Coach, founder of Nigerian mental health organisation She Writes Woman and mental health advocate.

Mental Health Coach, founder of Nigerian mental health organisation She Writes Woman and mental health advocate Hauwa Ojeifo.

Mental Health Coach, founder of Nigerian mental health organisation She Writes Woman and mental health advocate Hauwa Ojeifo.

Female police officers training with Kalashnikov rifles. NATO defence ministers have approved a mission to train the Afghan police in paramilitary skills in a bid to cut the force's soaring death rate...

Female police officers training with Kalashnikov rifles. NATO defence ministers have approved a mission to train the Afghan police in paramilitary skills in a bid to cut the force's soaring death rate...

Burqa-clad pedestrians walk along a street. The war-torn country, beset by a decade-long Taliban insurgency and rampant corruption, is one of the world's poorest, with more than a third of the populat...

Aissatou Ndoye harvests hibiscus flowers on her farm near Thies. The flowers will be dried and used to make bissap, one of the country's most popular drinks.

Aissatou Ndoye harvests hibiscus flowers on her farm near Thies. The flowers will be dried and used to make bissap, one of the country's most popular drinks.

Aissatou Ndoye harvests hibiscus flowers on her farm near Thies. The flowers will be dried and used to make bissap, one of the country's most popular drinks.

Men scoop dried hibiscus flowers into a sack on a roof top in the village of Keur Matar Gueye. The flowers will be used to make bissap tea, a popular local infusion.

Men scoop dried hibiscus flowers into a sack on a roof top in the village of Keur Matar Gueye. The flowers will be used to make bissap tea, a popular local infusion.

Men scoop dried hibiscus flowers into a sack on a roof top in the village of Keur Matar Gueye. The flowers will be used to make bissap tea, a popular local infusion.

Aissatou Ndoye harvests hibiscus flowers on her farm near Thies. The flowers will be dried and used to make bissap, one of the country's most popular drinks.

Aissatou Ndoye harvests hibiscus flowers on her farm near Thies. The flowers will be dried and used to make bissap, one of the country's most popular drinks.

A female IDP living in a host community, one of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

Female IDPs living in a host community, some of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

A female IDP and her child who living in a host community, some of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

Female IDPs living in a host community, some of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

In one of Dikwa's IDP camps, up to 6,500 displaced people are struggling to exist in after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

Children in one of Dikwa's IDP camps, up to 6,500 displaced people are struggling to exist in after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

Zahra, who set herself on fire in 2006, reveals her burn scars at a hostel which provides training in vocational skills in Herat. The hostel is run by the Association for Cooperation with Afghanistan...

Female police officers training with Kalashnikov rifles. NATO defence ministers have approved a mission to train the Afghan police in paramilitary skills in a bid to cut the force's soaring death rate...

A widow wearing a burkha begging on a street beside a cobbler and sandal vendor.

Men sit in the seats of a taxi while women and children are transported in its open boot.

A widow selling the only thing she has left, a carpet.

Burkha clad women crowded in to the female section of a mosque in the Chindawol district.

Young women studying in the city's main high school.

A wedding in a village near Andkhoy, and a rare occurrence where men and women are standing together.

A couple fleeing the fighting between Commander Massoud's forces and the Taliban.

Women fleeing with their children from Charikar where there was fighting between the Taliban and forces led by Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Families relax in a novelty paddle boats on Band-e Amir lake.

Traders and shoppers browse the stalls in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). The market is thought to be amongst the largest in Africa, with over 10,000 individual stores.

Families relax in a novelty paddle boat on Band-e Amir lake.

A woman walks through Chandawal a poor Hazara district on Koh-E Asmal hill.

Boys and girls study in a clandestine school where the windows were covered up to hide their activity. The Taliban had closed down the girls' schools in Herat 18 months earlier, but the community set...

The faithful embrace the flags of mourning of Muharram during Shia celebrations of Ashura in Muharram, the first month of the lunar Islamic calendar.

The faithful embrace the flags of mourning of Muharram during Shia celebrations of Ashura in Muharram, the first month of the lunar Islamic calendar.

A woman and a child walk through the snow.

A market set up on a road lined with buildings heavily damaged during the Afghan-Soviet war.

A teacher reads to children in a public primary school in the village of Sourgou.

A Yazidi family bury the remains of a young male relative, one of 103 people from the village murdered by ISIS in 2014. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were dumped by ISIS, the vic...

A Yazidi family bury the remains of a relative, one of 103 people from the village murdered by ISIS in 2014. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were dumped by ISIS, the victim's remai...

People walking through the heavily-secured market area in downtown Afrin.

Yazidi women comfort each other as the family bury the remains of a relative, one of 103 people from the village murdered by ISIS in 2014. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were dump...

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

Stall holders and shoppers in the al-Shorja market which remained busy during early 2021 despite COVID-19 still being present in the country. The government's restrictions to control the spread of COV...

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

People crossing the tracks at Kamalapur Railway Station (officially known as Dhaka railway station).

People crossing the tracks at Kamalapur Railway Station (officially known as Dhaka railway station).

Yazidi women burn incense as they wait for the funeral procession for the 103 Yazidis from the village of Kocho killed by ISIS in 2014 to pass by. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they w...

A man helps a woman on to the platform after crossing the tracks at Kamalapur Railway Station (officially known as Dhaka railway station).

A man helps a woman on to the platform after crossing the tracks at Kamalapur Railway Station (officially known as Dhaka railway station).

Yazidi women burn incense as they walk ahead of the funeral procession for the 103 Yazidis from the village of Kocho killed by ISIS in 2014. Having been exhumed from the mass graves where they were du...

A woman looks out of a train carriage window at Kamalapur Railway Station (officially known as Dhaka railway station).

A woman sits by an open door on a train carriage at Kamalapur Railway Station (officially known as Dhaka railway station).

Women learning how to sew at vocation and education centre funded by Turkey.

A woman adjusts her face mask while looking at her mobile phone at Kamalapur Railway Station (officially known as Dhaka railway station).

People standing beside a poster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Kamalapur Railway Station (officially known as Dhaka railway station).

Women attended a Turkish language class at a vocation and education centre funded by Turkey.

Stall holders and shoppers in the crowded Arabi market which remained busy during early 2021 despite COVID-19 still being present in the country. The government's restrictions to control the spread of...

A teacher walks between desks at the public primary school in the village of Sourgou.

Customers sitting at outside tables at the Ridha Alwan cafe in Karada on a busy Sunday evening. The government's restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 are loosely implemented and many people...

People walking through the heavily-secured market area in downtown Afrin.

A stall selling fried snacks in the heavily-secured market area in downtown Afrin.

A stall selling candy floss in the heavily-secured market area in downtown Afrin.

A Hazara woman in a refugee camp.

Friends and relatives mourn beside the coffin of U Khin Maung Latt (58), a local National League for Democracy (NLD) leader during his funeral service. According to a Facebook post made by the elected...

Female friends and relatives recite Islamic prayers beside the coffin of U Khin Maung Latt (58), a local National League for Democracy (NLD) leader during his funeral service. According to a Facebook...

A elderly woman in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from Bihar in India after p...

A elderly woman sitting on a stoop in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from Bih...

An elderly woman climbs a flight of stairs in a building in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not...

An elderly woman sleeping in a doorway in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from...

A woman and a boy together in a room, where the woman is sewing fabric, in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here...

A woman and a boy sit together in a room dominated by a large bed in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly...

A woman prepares food in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from Bihar in India a...

A woman and child in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from Bihar in India after...

An elderly woman in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from Bihar in India after...

A woman and a boy sit together in a tiny room dominated by a hard bed in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mo...

A woman with a face veil in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from Bihar in Indi...

A woman wearing red in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from Bihar in India aft...

An elderly ywoman watches a girl playing laughing while playing with a balloon in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who move...

An elderly woman in the urban refugee camp popularly known as 'Geneva Camp'. The people living in the area are related to Muslims who moved here mostly, but not exclusively, from Bihar in India after...

People wait as security forces blocked off the Sule Square during anti-coup protests.

Mina Jahangir, a cousin, scatters flower petals on the grave of Shamim Azhar (58) following his funeral. Azhar died at home and his body lay undiscovered for two months as England progressed through v...