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.

Roza Salih (right) with Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Chris Stephens (second from right) and SNP volunteers as they post leaflets in a Glasgow suburb for the May 2021 Scottish Parliament elections....

Alex Salmond, head of the new Alba party, in Glasgow to meet party candidates and activists prior to the the May 2021 Scottish Parliament elections in which the new party failed to gain any seats.

A boy on a scooter watches as Alex Salmond, head of the new Alba party, poses for a photo with party candidates and activists prior to the the May 2021 Scottish Parliament elections in which the new p...

Roza Salih with a team of Scottish National Party (SNP) candidates and volunteers canvassing and posting leaflets for the May 2021 Scottish Parliament elections. Roza is an Iraqi Kurd who came to the...

Roza Salih (right) with a team of Scottish National Party (SNP) candidates and volunteers canvassing and posting leaflets for the May 2021 Scottish Parliament elections. Roza is an Iraqi Kurd who came...

Roza Salih (left) with Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Chris Stephens and SNP volunteers as they post leaflets in a Glasgow suburb for the May 2021 Scottish Parliament elections. Roza is an Iraqi Ku...

Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani take part in a parade through the streets of Herat.

A donkey is used to transport ballot materials to a remote polling booth.

Campaign posters for the Green Party (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen) featuring Annalena Baerbock (left) and Katarina Barley a candidate for the SPD for the May 2019 European election.

Markus Soeder, Chairman of the Bavarian Christian Democrats (CSU), speaking to the media following a meeting of the CDU and CSU to approve their joint party platform for 2019 European elections.

The Venator Chemical Plant. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' switched to the Conservatives fo...

People walking dogs towards the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve. In the background are is the closed-down Redcar Steelworks, shut due to the inability to compete with cheaper foreign production, pri...

People walking dogs in the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve. In the background are is the closed-down Redcar Steelworks, shut due to the inability to compete with cheaper foreign production, primaril...

People walking dogs on a beach with the turbines of the offshore windfarm at Seaton Carew rising from the sea beyond. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when...

People on a ride at a fun fair set up on waste ground on the edge of Hartlepool's marina district that was formerly a busy industrial port. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last G...

People at a fun fair set up on waste ground on the edge of Hartlepool's marina district that was formerly a busy industrial port. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Ele...

A family at a fun fair set up on waste ground on the edge of Hartlepool's marina district that was formerly a busy industrial port. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General E...

A Union Jack flag flies over the Heugh Battery Museum, on the Headland, marking the only WW1 battlefield on UK soil. It was here in 1914 that the first British soldier killed on British soil died as a...

A memorial tablet on the Headland marks where the first British soldier was killed on British soil during WW1 by shelling from a German battleship. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in t...

People on the beach which has been exposed by the receding tide. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red W...

Beer drinkers in garden of the Fisherman's Arms pub. British fishing communities, like Hartlepool, were some of the strongest supporters of Brexit but many now feel betrayed as small increases in fish...

Beer drinkers in garden of the Fisherman's Arms pub. British fishing communities, like Hartlepool, were some of the strongest supporters of Brexit but many now feel betrayed as small increases in fish...

A man walks along a street, past a boarded up lock-up at the back of some terraced houses. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in...

Closed shops with the former industrial port area in the background. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Re...

A woman walks through the graveyard at Saint Hilda's church. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall'...

People walk along a path on the waterfront where the beach has been exposed by the receding tide. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring a...

Socially distanced customers drinking outside the Pot House, a waterfront pub. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-...

Georgian houses on the waterfront where the beach has been exposed by the receding tide. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in L...

A sign explaining COVID-19 restrictions in place at a fun fair (before opening) on waste ground. In the background, the three masts of a sailing vessel at the National Museum of the Royal Navy appear...

A discarded sign in a car park that reads: 'Investing In Our Town...Welcome to the home of your future multi-million pound leisure centre and events space'. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, includ...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' s...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' s...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' sw...

An external view of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' s...

People queue to register to vote in local elections.

An anti-apartheid banner calling for 'Youth Action for Democractic Education and Elections'. The poster displays the date of the Sowetto Uprising, June 16, and an artist's version of Sam Nzima's photo...

Ma Zin Mar Wai together with her 6-year-old son Kaung Khant Oo, family members and relatives mourn beside the dead body of Ko Thet Wai (35), a day labourer who died after being shot in the head while...

People hold up their fingers in a gesture to show they voted for the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the 2020 elections, as they gather to protest against the military coup.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

L-R: Michael Kretschmer, Saxony's State Premier, Armin Laschet, North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, Reiner Haseloff, Saxony-Anhalt's State Premier, and Dietmar Woidke, Brandenburg's State premier...

Olaf Scholz, German Minister of Finance and German Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for chancellor, during a digital debate camp at the headquarters of the SPD .

Olaf Scholz, German Minister of Finance and German Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for chancellor, during a digital debate camp at the headquarters of the SPD .

Olaf Scholz, German Minister of Finance and German Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for chancellor, during a digital debate camp at the headquarters of the SPD .

Saskia Esken, co-leader of the German Social Democrats (SPD), during a digital debate camp at the headquarters of the SPD.

Olaf Scholz, German Minister of Finance and German Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for chancellor, during a digital debate camp at the headquarters of the SPD .

Saskia Esken, co-leader of the German Social Democrats (SPD), during a digital debate camp at the headquarters of the SPD.

Olaf Scholz, German Minister of Finance and German Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for chancellor, during a digital debate camp at the headquarters of the SPD .

Friedrich Merz, candidate for leader of the CDU during a streamed question and answer session with CDU members at Konrad Adenauer Haus, the CDU party headquarters.

L-R: Friedrich Merz, candidate for leader of the CDU and Norbert Roettgen, candidate for leader of the CDU during a streamed question and answer session with CDU members at Konrad Adenauer Haus, the C...

Friedrich Merz, candidate for leader of the CDU during a streamed question and answer session with CDU members at Konrad Adenauer Haus, the CDU party headquarters.

L-R: Friedrich Merz, candidate for leader of the CDU, Norbert Roettgen, candidate for leader of the CDU and Armin Laschet, candidate for leader of the CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier du...

L-R: Friedrich Merz, candidate for leader of the CDU, Norbert Roettgen, candidate for leader of the CDU and Armin Laschet, candidate for leader of the CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier du...

L-R: Friedrich Merz, candidate for leader of the CDU, Norbert Roettgen, candidate for leader of the CDU and Armin Laschet, candidate for leader of the CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier du...

L-R: Norbert Roettgen, candidate for leader of the CDU, Friedrich Merz, candidate for leader of the CDU and Armin Laschet, candidate for leader of the CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier du...

L-R: Norbert Roettgen, candidate for leader of the CDU, Friedrich Merz, candidate for leader of the CDU and Armin Laschet, candidate for leader of the CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier du...

L-R: Friedrich Merz, candidate for leader of the CDU, Norbert Roettgen, candidate for leader of the CDU and Armin Laschet, candidate for leader of the CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier du...

Norbert Walter-Borjans, co-leader of the German Social Democrats (SPD), during a digital debate camp at the headquarters of the SPD.

Norbert Walter-Borjans, co-leader of the German Social Democrats (SPD), during a digital debate camp at the headquarters of the SPD.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Armin Laschet, party leader of the conservative party CDU and North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier, during a press conference at the 'Bundespressekonferenz' about coal phase-out laws.

Sgt. B. Kennerly of the Capitol Police, swears in members of the US National Guard as Capitol Police Officers until 24 January 2021. In response to the invasion on 6 January 2021 by a pro-Trump mob, t...

Military personnel rest inside the Capitol. Following the invasion by pro-Trump supporters on 6 January 2021, and in preparation for Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 January 2021, both National Guard an...

A window at the Capitol left broken and blood-smeared after the invasion by a pro-Trump mob on 6 January 2021. The Supreme Court building can be seen in the background. In preparation for Joe Biden's...

A shattered window at the Capitol, damaged during the invasion by a pro-Trump mob on 6 January 2021. The Supreme Court building can be seen in the background. In preparation for Joe Biden's inaugurati...

Shattered windows at the Capitol, damaged during the invasion by a pro-Trump mob on 6 January 2021. The Supreme Court is the building in the background on the left. In preparation for Joe Biden's inau...

A window at the Capitol left broken and blood-smeared after the invasion by a pro-Trump mob on 6 January 2021. The Supreme Court building can be seen in the background. In preparation for Joe Biden's...

A window at the Capitol left broken and blood-smeared after the invasion by a pro-Trump mob on 6 January 2021. The Supreme Court building can be seen in the background. In preparation for Joe Biden's...

A door at the Capitol that has been boarded up after its glass was broken during the invasion by a pro-Trump mob on 6 January 2021. In preparation for Joe Biden's inauguration, on 20 January 2021, bot...

Military personnel guard the Capitol following the invasion by pro-Trump supporters on 6 January 2021. Both National Guard and US Army troops have been billeted in the US Capitol in preparation for Jo...

Military personnel rest near the Capitol. Following the invasion by pro-Trump supporters on 6 January 2021, and in preparation for Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 January 2021, both National Guard and...

Razor-wire on top of fencing erected around the Capitol building to protect the 20 January 2021 inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden, following the violent invasion by pro-Trump supporters on 6 J...

Razor-wire on top of fencing erected around the Capitol building to protect the 20 January 2021 inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden, following the violent invasion by pro-Trump supporters on 6 J...

Contractors fix razor-wire on top of fencing erected around the Capitol building to protect the 20 January 2021 inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden, following the violent invasion by pro-Trump s...

Military personnel at the Capitol where, following the violent invasion by pro-Trump supporters on 6 January 2021, both National Guard and US Army troops have been billeted to protect Joe Biden's inau...

Military personnel rest near the Supreme Court. Following the violent invasion of the Capitol building by pro-Trump supporters on 6 January 2021, and in preparation for Joe Biden's inauguration on 20...

Military personnel rest near the Supreme Court. Following the violent invasion of the Capitol building by pro-Trump supporters on 6 January 2021, and in preparation for Joe Biden's inauguration on 20...

The Capitol flag flies at half-mast on the orders of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in honour of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick who died from injuries recieved during the invasion of the Capitol by...

Military personnel guard the Capitol following the invasion by pro-Trump supporters on 6 January 2021. Both National Guard and US Army troops have been billeted in the US Capitol in preparation for Jo...

Military personnel rest inside the Capitol. Following the invasion by pro-Trump supporters on 6 January 2021, and in preparation for Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 January 2021, both National Guard an...