Former Afghan president Hamed Karzai during a press conference.

Two miners examine emeralds extracted from a makeshift emerald mine in the Panjshir Valley. On the wall behind them is a rug woven with the image of Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Ahmad Shah Massoud at his Jangalak base in the Panjshir Valley.

Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, flying his helicopter as co-pilot.

Ahmad Shah Massoud waiting for the helicopter to take him to other fronts where his forces are fighting the Taliban, rests on a vantage point above the city of Taloqan after his forces regained contro...

Ahmad Shah Massoud (L) on the frontline at Bangi.

Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud shows some emeralds that the people of the Panshir valley gave him. The emeralds will be sold to Polish buyers for around one million USD.

Ahmad Shah Massoud stands on high ground above the city of Taloqan. The night before the Taliban had violated a ceasefire and attempted to take the city. Massoud is pacing back and forth on the roof o...

Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch historian and political philosopher, photographed in Brussels, Belgium.

Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch historian and political philosopher, photographed in Brussels, Belgium.

Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch historian and political philosopher, photographed in Brussels, Belgium.

Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch historian and political philosopher, photographed in Brussels, Belgium.

Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch historian and political philosopher, photographed in Brussels, Belgium.

Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch historian and political philosopher, photographed in Brussels, Belgium.

Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch historian and political philosopher, photographed in Brussels, Belgium.

Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch historian and political philosopher, photographed in Brussels, Belgium.

Luuk van Middelaar, Dutch historian and political philosopher, photographed in Brussels, Belgium.

Pope Francis holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.

Pope Francis leaves the Church of Immaculate Conception, in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh, where he held mass.

Pope Francis is welcomed to the Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad during the first Papal visit to Iraq.

Pope Francis waves from his motorcade to the crowds of people who have come to see his visit to Erbil.

Pope Francis holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.

Crowds of people welcome Pope Francis to the Church of Immaculate Conception, in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh, where he was due to hold mass.

Pope Francis is welcomed to the Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad during the first Papal visit to Iraq.

Pope Francis holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.

Pope Francis meets clergy in the Church of Immaculate Conception, in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh, where he was due to hold mass.

Pope Francis is welcomed to the Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad during the first Papal visit to Iraq.

Pope Francis holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.

Pope Francis holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.

Pope Francis holds mass in the Church of Immaculate Conception in the mainly Christian town of Qaraqosh.

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

A memorial for Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels at the Marx-Engels-Forum.

A memorial for Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels at the Marx-Engels-Forum.

A memorial for Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels at the Marx-Engels-Forum.

A memorial for Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels at the Marx-Engels-Forum.

Pope Francis speaks with various religious leaders after speaking at what is traditionally considered the birthplace of Abraham.

Security personnel gather around Pope Francis as he gets into his car after speaking at what is traditionally considered the birthplace of Abraham.

A digital billboard depicting Pope Francis meeting with Nechirvan Barzani, the President of the Kurdish region of Iraq, on the side of a road in Erbil on the morning the Pope was due to arrive in the...

Graca Machel, at her home sitting beside a portrait of her former husband President Samora Machel, who died in an aircrash in 1986. Graca Machel married President Nelson Mandela in 1998.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro in Chipping Campden.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro in Chipping Campden.

Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick talks to officers during a police crowd control exercise on a purpose built street at the Metropolitan Police training centre in Gravesend.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro in Chipping Campden.

Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick looks on as instructors brief officers during a police crowd control exercise at the Metropolitan Police training centre in Gravesend.

Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick looks on during a police crowd control exercise at the Metropolitan Police training centre in Gravesend.

Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick at the Metropolitan Police training centre in Gravesend.

Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick at the Metropolitan Police training centre in Gravesend.

Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick at the Metropolitan Police training centre in Gravesend.

Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick at the Metropolitan Police training centre in Gravesend.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro in Chipping Campden.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro in Chipping Campden.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro in Chipping Campden.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro in Chipping Campden.

Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick watches a police crowd control exercise conducted by officers in riot gear on purpose built streets at a training centre in Gravesend.

Youth protestors at Myaynigone junction drop onions in the road and stage fainting, muscle cramps and other ploys to block the roads as they demonstrate against the military coup.

Actor Pyay Ti Oo addresses a huge crowd gathered in the city centre around Sule Square to protest the 1 February 2021 military coup and to show their support for the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Portraits of Aung San Suu Kyi being sold for 1000 Kyats, next to a protest poster in the city centre.

Actress Paing Phyoe Thu makes the three fingers protest gesture as a huge crowd gathered in the city centre around Sule Square to protest the 1 February 2021 military coup and to show their support fo...

People hold up pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi as a huge crowd gathered in the city centre around Sule Square to protest the 1 February 2021 military coup and to show their support for the Civil Disobedi...

People hold up pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi as a huge crowd gathered in the city centre around Sule Square to protest the 1 February 2021 military coup and to show their support for the Civil Disobedi...

Party members from the National League for Democracy (NLD) march with NLD flags and pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi as a huge crowd gathered in the city centre around Sule Square to protest the 1 Februar...

A large portrait of Yasser Arafat displayed across a street in the Al Buss Palestinian refugee camp. It was established in 1939 during the French mandate to shelter refugees from Armenia. In 1948 and...

A young Muslim couple are photographed beside the statue of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri at the spot where he was killed by a car bomb in 2005.

A propaganda poster of Ayatollah Khomeini in the Shia Hezbollah-supporting district of Ghobeyreh.

A canary sits in a cage, in the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in west Beirut, hanging beneath faded posters featuring Yasser Arafat.

A large portrait of Yasser Arafat displayed across a street in the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp.

A flag featuring a portrait of Yasser Arafat flies over a former children's playground, surrounded by war-damaged buildings and construction sites near the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in West Bei...

A bust of former Taiwanese President and Kuomingtang leader, Chiang Kai-shek, at entrance to the Kinmen High School in Jincheng town, the island's main settlement.

A statue of Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Chinese Nationalist (Kuomingtang) forces, in Jincheng, the main town on Kinmen Island. Despite the fashion for images of CKS to be removed in recent year...

A statue of Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Chinese Nationalist (Kuomingtang) forces, in Jincheng, the main town on Kinmen Island. Despite the fashion for images of CKS to be removed in recent year...

An NLD (National League for Democracy) banner, featuring a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, hangs over a street where it was displayed by residents to show their support for democracy and their oppositio...

An NLD (National League for Democracy) banner, featuring a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, hangs over a street where it was displayed by residents to show their support for democracy and their oppositio...

Hameda Ben Amor, a rapper known by his stage name El General, in the cafe he opened after the 2011 revolution. His protest song 'Rais Lebled', which was released in November 2010, took aim at Presiden...

Author Kazuo Ishiguro photographed in Chipping Campden.

Hameda Ben Amor, a rapper known by his stage name El General. His protest song 'Rais Lebled', which was released in November 2010, took aim at President Ben Ali and was adopted as the 'Anthem of the T...

The Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan President Chian...

Visitors at the Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan Pre...

Visitors at the Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan Pre...

The Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan President Chian...

The Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan President Chian...

Visitors at the Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan Pre...

Hissene Ndombet, singer and leader of the Chari Jazz, Chad's longest running band who have been around for 45 years, stands on the banks of the river Chari. The name of the band was choosen by the fir...

The Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan President Chian...

The Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan President Chian...

The Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan President Chian...

The Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan President Chian...

Visitors at the Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan Pre...

Visitors at the Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan Pre...

The Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan President Chian...

Visitors at the Cihu Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Sculpture Garden. A total 152 statues of the former president of the ROC (Republic of China), Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek's son, former Taiwan Pre...