A security guard makes an announcement to people queuing at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution centre near Madina Bazaar in central Kabul.

Taliban guards at a checkpoint on a road outside Kabul.

A Taliban guard at the site of the Bamiyan Buddhas.

Taliban guards at the site of the Bamiyan Buddhas.

A Taliban guard at the site of the Bamiyan Buddhas.

Taliban flags fly above the security gate at the entrance to the Ibn Sina drug addiction hospital.

A Taliban security person at a checkpoint.

Police addressing voters on security and safety measures as they go and exercise their right to vote.

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (SPD), poses for media after the recording of a television speech addressing the nation on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis.

Olaf Scholz, Chancellor (SPD) and Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, (Green Party), during a security cabinet meeting with members of the Federal Government on the security situat...

Olaf Scholz, Chancellor (SPD), during a security cabinet meeting with members of the Federal Government on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis at the Chancellor's office.

Olaf Scholz, Chancellor (SPD), during a security cabinet meeting with members of the Federal Government on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis at the Chancellor's office.

Olaf Scholz, Chancellor (SPD), Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, (Green Party), and Christian Lindner, German Federal Minister of Finance FDP (f.l.t.r.), during a security cabine...

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (SPD), poses for media after the recording of a television speech addressing the nation on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis.

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (SPD), poses for media after the recording of a television speech addressing the nation on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis.

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (SPD), poses for media after the recording of a television speech addressing the nation on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis.

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (SPD), poses for media after the recording of a television speech addressing the nation on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis.

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (SPD), poses for media after the recording of a television speech addressing the nation on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis.

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (SPD), poses for media after the recording of a television speech addressing the nation on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis.

Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (SPD), poses for media after the recording of a television speech addressing the nation on the security situation concerning the Ukrainian crisis.

Two policemen wearing tactical gear patrol a square.

A soldier smokes a cigarette at a blockpost in the lines facing Izium, which is held by Russian forces, north of Barvinkove a frontline town.

The caged turnstile at the entrance to Deheisha camp.

A heavy Israeli security presence at the Damascus Gate as young men are barred from going to the Al Aqsa mosque for Friday prayers.

A man sits on a step next to sandbags and anti tank 'hedgehogs' on a street in central Kyiv while locals go about their daily lives.

Elderly retail investors monitor and trade stocks at a security exchange house.

A soldier checks women at a checkpoint.

The Princess Olha (Olga) Monument in front of St Michael's Cathedral in central Kyiv has been covered up with sandbags in anticipation of Russian airstrikes.

Elderly retail investors monitor and trade stocks at a security exchange house.

St Michaels Cathedral with the Princess Olga monument sandbagged for protection from air strikes.

Kyiv's central Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) has been fitted out with sandbags and anti-tank 'hedgehogs' in anticipation of an advance by Russian forces. Locals go about their daily lives...

Parts of central Kyiv have been fitted out with sandbags and anti-tank 'hedgehogs' in anticipation of an advance by Russian forces. Locals go about their daily lives despite the war.

A monument in Lviv is protected by sandbags and a cage made out of scaffolding to avoid damage in case of a Russian airstrike.

Security personnel stand guard in the newly opened Terminal 2 of the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.

Security personnel stand guard in the newly opened Terminal 2 of the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.

A security guard walks along the promenade near the Shenzhen Bay Bridge.

A woman holds a baby in an exercise yard next to a barbed wire fence near the border with Hong Kong.

A van moves down an access road alongside a swimming pool and a barbed wire fence near the border with Hong Kong.

A swimming pool beside a barbed wire fence near the border with Hong Kong.

Blankets airing on a washing line attached to a barbed wire fence near the border with Hong Kong.

A barbed wire fence stands near the border with Hong Kong.

Men rides past a barbed wire fence near the border with Hong Kong.

Elderly retail investors monitor and trade stocks at a security exchange house.

Elderly retail investors monitor and trade stocks at a security exchange house.

Elderly retail investors monitor and trade stocks at a security exchange house.

A woman walks on the North Korean side of the border fence in the town of Hyesan, seen from across the border in Changbai.

A woman walks on the North Korean side of the border fence in the town of Hyesan, seen from across the border in Changbai.

A soldier walks on the North Korean side of the border fence in the town of Hyesan, seen from across the border in Changbai.

A barbed wire fence running along the border crossing in the town of Changbai on China's border with North Korea.

A view of the border crossing in Changbai, on China's side of the frontier with North Korea.

A soldier, stands and looks on as women wash clothes through a hole broken through the frozen surface of the Yalu River in Hyesan, North Korea, seen from across the border in Changbai.

A soldier in the town of Hyesan, North Korea, seen from across the border in Changbai.

Women, overseen by a soldier, wash clothes through a hole broken through the frozen surface of the Yalu River in Hyesan, North Korea, seen from across the border in Changbai.

Security personnel march through the grounds of the Great Hall of the People.

Cyclists on the North Korean side of the border fence in the town of Hyesan, seen from across the border in Changbai.

A soldier, stands and looks on as women wash clothes through a hole broken through the frozen Yalu River in Hyesan, North Korea, seen from across the border in Changbai.

A soldier, stands and looks on as women wash clothes through a hole broken through the frozen Yalu River in Hyesan, North Korea, seen from across the border in Changbai.

A security guard stands at the entrance hall of an iTutorGroup office. After seeing raid growth and investment, China's online tutoring sector has all but vanished after a series of government crackdo...

Employees work inside Iflytek Co.'s regional headquarters. Iflytek, which specialises in voice recognition, has been blacklisted by the U.S. government on the 'Entity List' for human rights violations...

Employees work inside Iflytek Co.'s regional headquarters in Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Iflytek, which specializes in voice recognition, has been blacklisted by the U.S. government o...

Employees work inside Iflytek Co.'s regional headquarters in Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Iflytek, which specializes in voice recognition, has been blacklisted by the U.S. government o...

Employees work inside Iflytek Co.'s regional headquarters. Iflytek, which specialises in voice recognition, has been blacklisted by the U.S. government on the 'Entity List' for human rights violations...

A display inside Iflytek Co.'s regional headquarters. Iflytek, which specialises in voice recognition, has been blacklisted by the U.S. government on the 'Entity List' for human rights violations.

Employees work inside Iflytek Co.'s regional headquarters. Iflytek, which specialises in voice recognition, has been blacklisted by the U.S. government on the 'Entity List' for human rights violations...

An employee passes a display inside Iflytek Co.'s regional headquarters. Iflytek, which specialises in voice recognition, has been blacklisted by the U.S. government on the 'Entity List' for human rig...

A woman walks past Czech hedgehogs, an anti-tank structures that block the street.

An employee checks in while standing under a portrait of Chairman Mao at Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd.'s Baiyunshan plant.

Swiss President Ignacio Cassis, accompanied by security and his ambassador to the UN, leaving the UN Human Rights Council after addressing its opening session, taking place in the shadow of the Russia...

An employee stands at a facial recognition station before entering a JD.com Inc. Unmanned Convenience Store inside the company's headquarters. JD.com is China's second-largest online platform and has...

Ukrainian soldiers scan the horizon at a checkpoint on a frontline position in the northern region of Kyiv.

Ukrainian soldiers scan the horizon at a checkpoint on a frontline position in the northern region of Kyiv.

Press Conference at the UN in Geneva given by US Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Ms Usra Zeya, on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A Press Conference at the UN given by US Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Ms Usra Zeya, on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

An officer in the Ukrainian airforce, who gave his military codename as Kr@am.

Lesia Revenok (41) and her two teenage children arrive at Kyiv train station. They managed to escape the besieged city of Chernihiv earlier that morning, a now dangerous journey that involves crossing...

Police carry out security checks on some of the steady stream of civilians who arrived in minivans and ambulances, some injured, at an aid station in north west Kyiv, having being evacuated from the b...

The head of security and one of the station directors described how retreating Russian forces bound and took, as prisoners, the Ukrainian National Guards who were on duty at site when Russia took cont...

Territorial Defence Volunteers at a checkpoint in western Kyiv.

The mayor of Kiev, former heavyweight boxing champion, Vitali Klitschko, speaks with a member of the emergency services at the scene of a burning apartment block that was hit by Russian shelling earli...

The defaced statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky lies in the undergrowth behind Kiev History Museum. From 1917 until his death in 1926 'Iron Felix' established and led the first state security organisations, o...

A service held to consecrate the original site of St Michael's monastry in Kiev, demolished by Stalin during the 1930s. Attended by President Kuchma and his secret service agents, this event was seen...

People show their documents to the military before boarding a train bound for Poland from Lviv station.

Two women, who had just been evacuated from the frontline town of Irpin, try to make their pet dogs comfortable having reached safety on the outskirts of Kyiv. As heavy fighting continued in nearby Ir...

As heavy fighting continued in the nearby town of Irpin, a steady stream of tired, mainly elderly, civilians were evacuated to safety. They gathered at an aid station on the outskirts of Kyiv where th...

Two women, who had just been evacuated from the frontline town of Irpin, embrace having reached safety on the outskirts of Kyiv. As heavy fighting continued in nearby Irpin, a steady stream of tired,...

A group of people who had just been evacuated from the frontline town of Irpin reach safety on the outskirts of Kyiv. As heavy fighting continued in Irpin, a steady stream of tired, mainly elderly, ci...

Two women, who had just been evacuated from the frontline town of Irpin, embrace having reached safety on the outskirts of Kyiv. As heavy fighting continued in nearby Irpin, a steady stream of tired,...

Two women, who had just been evacuated from the frontline town of Irpin, embrace having reached safety on the outskirts of Kyiv. As heavy fighting continued in nearby Irpin, a steady stream of tired,...

As heavy fighting continued in the nearby town of Irpin, a steady stream of tired, mainly elderly, civilians were evacuated to safety. They gathered at an aid station on the outskirts of Kyiv where th...

As heavy fighting continued in the nearby town of Irpin, a steady stream of tired, mainly elderly, civilians were evacuated to safety. They gathered at an aid station on the outskirts of Kyiv where th...