Sterlets swim at a black caviar farm. The diamond sturgeon or Danube sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), is one of 19 living species of the Acipenseridae family. They are endemic to the Pontic Casp...

A tourist poses for a picture on a swing-seat in the sea in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A tourist stands on a swing in the sea off Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A woman and children enjoying a pleasure cruise from Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Three women enjoy the beach facilities in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Tourists pose for photographs beneath a sign for the Paradise resort in Hurgarda, a Red Sea town popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A group of tourists take a selfie on the deck of a yacht taking tourists on a pleasure cruise from Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

People sunbathe on the deck of a yacht taking tourists on a pleasure cruise from Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Tourists wade in the shallow waters at a beach resort in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A tourist poses on a heart-shaped seat beside the beach in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Tourists sleeping beneath a beach shelter in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A tourist poses for a picture on a swing-seat beside the beach in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A tourist stands beside sun shelters on a beach in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Tourists drinking cocktails in the sea in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A tourist stands on a swing on a beach in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A tourist on the beach in Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A woman with a baby on her lap sits among passengers enjoying a pleasure cruise from Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Yachts taking tourists on a pleasure cruise from Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A woman sleeps on the deck of a yacht taking tourists on a a pleasure cruise from Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Tourists take pictures of each other on the the deck of a yacht in the sea off Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

The Hellenic Red Cross treat an Afghan man in Molyvos harbour after the boat he was using to enter Greece from Turkey had engine trouble, and he spent three hours in the sea enduring cold temperatures...

A total of 20 Afghan citizens were rescued by the Turkish coastguard from two life rafts drifting in the northern Aegean Sea, in the black depths of night. In the port of Dikili, they are given food,...

Using red light so as not to disturb her or other laying turtles, Soirfane 'Laforce' Hamdia, a guide, watches as a green sea turtle lays her eggs above the high tide line on a beach in Itsamia on the...

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...

Monks swing inscence burners as they perform midnight prayers at the Monastery of St Paul the Anchorite, also known as the Monastery of the Tigers, a Coptic Orthodox monastery dating back to the 4th C...

A large art installation of a red pumpkin by artist Yayoi Kusama at the Benesse Art House as part of the Setouchi Triennial contemporary art festival beside the Seto Inland Sea.

A red Lada waits in front of an old 'Disko Klub' on a Caspian Sea beach.

A red Lada parked on the shore of the Black Sea.

ROC Navy personnel carry away the official red carpet following a presidential visit to their base in the southern port of Kaohsiung for the inauguration ceremony of two newly-commissioned Perry Class...

A mural from Herge's book The Red Sea Shark's painted on a wall at Chez Tintin, a bar on the banks of the Congo River.

Benjamin Kahn sits on the shore of the Red Sea, moments after returning from a dive near his Coral World Underwater Observatory Marine Park.

The Red Sea at sunrise.

Yachts moored at a Red Sea marina in Israel's southern-most port/resort city of Eilat.

Benjamin Kahn sits on the shore of the Red Sea, moments after returning from a dive near his Coral World Underwater Observatory Marine Park.

Five year old Ahmed stands in front of the community toilet in the Lavrio refugee camp. The physical conditions in the camp resemble a slum. Thirty four year old Jihan left Damascus with her sons Ahm...

Thirty four year old Jihan eats a meal with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad aged five and seven in the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape the conflict. Jihan i...

Thirty four year old Jihan with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad aged five and seven in the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape the conflict. Jihan is nearly bli...

Thirty four year old Jihan in the Lavrio refugee camp. Jihan left Damascus with her husband Ashraf, to escape the conflict. Both husband and wife have extremely limited vision. Starting from the Turk...

Ahmed and Mohammad aged five and seven in the Lavrio refugee camp where they live with their parents who both have extremely limited vision. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape...

Ahmed and Mohammad aged five and seven play on their bed in the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape the conflict. Jihan is nearly blind, both husband and wi...

Thirty four year old Jihan with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad aged five and seven on a jetty near the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape the conflict. Jihan...

Thirty four year old Jihan sits in a cafe at the Lavrio refugee camp while her son Ahmed tries to get her attention. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape the conflict. Jihan is n...

Thirty four year old Jihan shopping in a small grocery store with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad aged five and seven. They are living close by in the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's...

Thirty four year old Jihan with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad aged five and seven on a jetty near the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape the conflict. Jihan...

Thirty four year old Jihan with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad, aged five and seven, play in their one rooim home in the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape th...

Thirty four year old Jihan plays with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad, aged five and seven, near their home in the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape the confl...

Thirty four year old Jihan with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad, aged five and seven, play with a dog in the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape the conflict. J...

Thirty four year old Jihan with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad, aged five and seven, on a jetty near their home in the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with Jihan's husband Ashraf, to escape the...

An old pier stands, some distance from the water, to the north of the Dead Sea. In the 1950s the sea maintained it size as the in flow of water roughly equalled the amount lost. However, since the 196...

Thirty four year old Jihan with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad aged five and seven in the Lavrio refugee camp. They left Damascus with her husband Ashraf, to escape the conflict. Both husband and wife ha...

Thirty four year old Jihan in the Livrio refugee camp. She left Damascus, to escape the conflict, with her husband Ashraf and their sons Ahmed and Mohammad aged five and seven. Both husband and wife h...

Altaf prepares food in the kitchen of the apartment that he and his son share with a few others. He lives a clandestine existence as although a red card holder Athens is one of the cities where he is...

Thirty four year old Jihan walks around Livrio refugee camp with her sons Ahmed and Mohammad aged 5 and 7. Jihan is nearly blind and only able to see shadows. Along with her husband, who is also part...

Altaf stares out of the window in the apartment that he and his son share with a few others. He lives a clandestine existence as although a red card holder Athens is one of the cities where he is not...

Thirty four year old Jihan, sitting outside in Lavrio refugee camp, calls her husband in Denmark. She left Damascus, to escape the conflict, with her husband Ashraf and their sons Ahmed and Mohammad a...

Stockmen herd sheep and goats onto the Al-Baraka 5 in Berbera Port. The animals are bound for Saudi Arabia to feed pilgrims on the annual Hajj. The ship holds 84,879 sheep and goats and this will be i...

Stockmen herd sheep and goats onto the Al-Baraka 5 in Berbera Port. The animals are bound for Saudi Arabia to feed pilgrims on the annual Hajj. The ship holds 84,879 sheep and goats and this will be i...

Stockmen herd sheep and goats onto the Al-Baraka 5 in Berbera Port. The animals are bound for Saudi Arabia to feed pilgrims on the annual Hajj. The ship holds 84,879 sheep and goats and this will be i...

Stockmen herd sheep and goats onto the Al-Baraka 5 in Berbera Port. The animals are bound for Saudi Arabia to feed pilgrims on the annual Hajj. The ship holds 84,879 sheep and goats and this will be i...

A man holds on to a jetty that extends into the Red Sea from the shore.

A man dives into the Red Sea from a jetty that extends from the shore.

A woman sits in a chair in the shallows of the Red Sea off the coast of Aqaba.

A Nigerian passport at the Migrant's Museum where activist Giacomo Sferlazzo displayed objects he found in the wrecks of migrant boats after they made the precarious sailing from the Libyan coast.

Nora El-KouKhou (centre wearing as red jacket) is stopped by a Spanish border policeman as she tries to be first in line to cross the Moroccan-Spanish border. Hundreds of people work ferrying heavy lo...

Nora El-KouKhou (centre wearing as red jacket) tries to climb a wall to escape from a stampede as hundreds of porters try to get first in line to cross the Moroccan-Spanish border. Hundreds of people...

A red light illuminates a stairwell on the Mary Maersk container ship. The Mary Maersk is one of 20 identical Triple E Class cargo ships ordered by the Danish shipping company Maersk. Weighing in at 5...

30 year old Abdelah Omar who arrived from Somalia at the beginning of June 2012. During the journey he was attacked by smugglers and injured his left leg. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has...

26 year old Hamda arrived from Somalia in 2010 leaving her son in Mogadishu. She has been unable to find work in Yemen which has an unemployment rate of around 35% and is the poorest country in the Mi...

22 year old Halima Abdi arrived in Yemen by boat from Ethiopia in 2010. During the journey one of her sons died. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns over the record numbers o...

27 year old Safia Omar, a single mother of three, fled the war in Somalia after her parents were killed and has lived in Yemen since 2005 where she has been unable to find work. Yemen has an unemploym...

25 year old Kaltum Abdurahman soon after giving birth. She is from Ogaden in Ethiopia and has lived in Yemen since 2008, where she has been unable to find work. Yemen has an unemployment rate of aroun...

Drawings made by children at a school that caters for refugees. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns over the record numbers of Ethiopians and Somalis flocking to Yemen, despi...

A woman waits to see a doctor in a medical center for refugees in Sanaa. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns over the record numbers of Ethiopians and Somalis flocking to Yem...

Nadia Ahmad (42) a refugee who fled her native Somalia, with her four children, after her husband was killed in that country's decades long war. She has been unable to find work in Yemen which has an...

Children writing on sheets of paper at a school catering for migrants, most of whom are from Somalia. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns over the record numbers of Ethiopian...

A young man stairs through a wire fence while queuing for food in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agenc...

A family walking between two rows of tents in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised...

Women and children collecting water from a well in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has r...

A young girl collects water from a well in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised co...

A group of boys sit on the floor of a tent that is used as a school in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee...

A group of girls sit on the floor of a tent that is used as a school in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee...

A girl in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns over the record numbers of...

Three young children lie on matresses outside a tent in in Kharaz refugee camp where summer temperatures can reach 50 degrees Celsius. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of who...

Children playing football in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns over th...

A child standing at the edge of Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns over...

A woman inside her dwelling at the Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns o...

Children playing in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns over the record...

A woman and her three children outside the tent that is their home in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mainly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee A...

Children playing in Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 mostly Somali migrants, half of whom are children. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has raised concerns over the record...

A large group of newly arrived men, mostly from Somalia, wait to be processed at Kharaz refugee camp. The camp holds roughly 15,000 people and is sited deep in the desert 136 kilometres from Aden. The...