G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. 1972. A woman wounded by an IRA bomb explosion in the city centre, is given first aid. | License

G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. 1972. A wall crumbles down after having been set on fire, presumably by the IRA. | License

EGYPT. Cairo. October 1, 1970. A family mourns the death of President Gamal Abdel NASSER. | License

SOUTH VIETNAM. Tien Giang. Near My Tho. 1973. A bunker inside a peasant hut to be used as shelter in case of incoming artillery fire. The area is controlled by the Vietcongs (communist guerrilla). | License

SOUTH VIETNAM. Kontum. 1972. Early morning mist on a road being cleared of mines. | License

EAST PAKISTAN. Near Burinda. December 1971. Pakistani army at war with India over Bangladesh. Pakistani soldiers drag the corpse of an Indian soldier, killed in a battle. | License

SOUTH AFRICA. Durban. 1978. The Turf Club. Blacks, white and Indian. | License

SOUTH AFRICA. Hamanskraal. 1978. Colonel S.J. MALAN, Director of the Police Academy, with trainees. | License

SOUTH AFRICA. Carltonville. 1978. Black miners from a gold mine in their living quarters. | License

ZAIRE. Kinshasa. At 4am on October 30, 1974, the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship between the American fighters Muhammad ALI and George FOREMAN was held in the "20th May Stadium". The event was co-organised by Zaire's President MOBUTU, and the American boxing promoter Don KING. The fight lasted 8 rounds, with the knock-out of Foreman. Ali was accompanied by his brother RACHAMAN, and his trainer Angelo DUNDEE, and cornerman BUNDINI (Drew Brown). Muhammad Ali avoids a punch from George Foreman. | License

IRAN. Tehran. 1979. Armed militants outside the United States Embassy, where diplomats are held hostage. | License

IRAN. Tehran. February 11, 1980. During the celebrations of the first anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, a young man faints in the dense crowd. | License

CHILE. Santiago. 1983. The army celebrates the 10th anniversary of General Augusto PINOCHET's Coup d'Etat with a parade inside a barrack. | License

MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1983. Wedding procession with a band and villagers carrying gifts. | License

MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1984. Man under a table in the desert. | License

MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1984. Boy wears a mask made of cardboard. | License

FRANCE. Paris. 1985. 19th arrondissement. Yves Saint LAURENT's Winter collection photographed by the Geode dome in Parc de la Villette. | License

MEXICO. State of Guerrero. 1985. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. A woman in a dust storm; a walking tree. | License

MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1985. Children bath and play in the Rio Balsas. | License

MALAYSIA. Near Ipoh. 1987. School children of the al-Arqam Islamic fundamentalist sect. | License

MALI. Village of Severi. 1988. A talibe (student) holds a tablet inscribed with surates from the Koran. The dead bird hanging on the line is used for witchcraft. Black Islam cohabits with animism and carries many pagan rites into its rituals. | License

INDONESIA. Jakarta. 1989. Students of the Al Azhar college attend Friday prayer in the auditorium, which is transformed into a mosque for the occasion. | License

MOROCCO. Jdida. 1991. A woman wears the traditional nigab made of a burnous and a face veil. | License

PALESTINE. Gaza city. 2004. The main road cut by Israeli troops, people and goods have to travel by the beach from Gaza city to Khan Yunis. | License

KUWAIT. 1991. Next to a tank destroyed by US aerial bombing, a dead Iraqi soldier is mummified by drops of oil escaping from wells, set on fire by the soldier's unit before it retreated. | License

SAUDI ARABIA. Mecca. 1992. Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims from all over the world pray on Mount Rahma in the plain of Arafat (where Muslims believe Adam met Eve). Pilgrims dressed in the Ihram (two pieces of unstitched white cloth), gather to show their respect for all forms of life. Water sprinklers refresh pilgrims and trees in the dense heat. | License

AFGHANISTAN. Near Kabul. 1992. A Mujahid of the Hezbi-Islami (Islamic party led by Gulbuddin HEKMATYAR) guards the road to the capital. | License

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. 1992. A wedding by proxy: the woman's fiancé, who migrated to Germany, is present only in the photograph. | License

MALI. Bamako. 1994. At sunrise, a fisherman in his boat on the river Niger. | License

PHILIPPINES. Pampanga district. Village of Santa Lucia. 1995. Crucifixion of a fidel on Good Friday. | License

SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town. 1999. Every Sunday, at dawn, priests of the Zion Church, from the Khayelitsha black township, take their newly converted congregation to the sea to be baptised through immersion. | License

JAPAN. Tokyo. 2000. White doves are kept at the Yasukuni Shinto shrine, dedicated to military personnel killed during Japan's wars. They are regarded as spirits of the departed. | License

RUSSIA. Moscow. 2001. Russian shaman Vera SAZHINA rids a patient of evil spirits using her "dungur", a flat drum. She performs the ritual in a small forest. | License

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. 2001. A woman in a burqah, the full Islamic veil, has come to pay her respects to the dead at the Shi'ite shrine of Sakhi Jan. | License

MALI. Mopti. 2002. City dwellers by the river Niger at dawn. | License

MALI. Village of Senedongo. 1996. A Dogon Christian boy prepares a fowl for cooking. Animal sacrifices are part of Dogon animist rituals. | License

MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1983. A bull's head after slaughter, a hungry dog, a hat on a pole. | License

MEXICO. Mexico City. November 1, 1984. A little girl holds skulls over her eyes. Skulls are part of the ritual of the Day of the Dead. | License

IRAQ. Baghdad. 2003. A bronze head of President Saddam HUSSEIN is paraded in the streets after US troops occupied the capital. | License

INDONESIA. Surabaya. 2004. Muslim students wearing the jilbab (religious scarf), which is part of their uniform. | License

MYANMAR. Mandalay. 2009. At dawn a monk goes begging for alms. | License

THAILAND. Bangkok. 1982. A Buddhist monk talks to his disciple under folded mosquito nets. | License

CHINA. Tibet. Near Lhasa. 2009. Shamanic-looking oovas (piles of stones) dedicated to spirits cohabit with Buddhist prayer flags. Milk is offered to the stones by pilgrims. | License

KOREA. 2007. The Haeinsa monastery houses the Tripitaka Koreana, the largest, most complete set of Buddhist scriptures in existence, written on ancient wooden tablets. At dawn, monks and novices sweep the grounds of the monastery. | License

JAPAN. Tokyo. 2000. The Meiji Shinto shrine. A couple in formal traditional clothes poses for photographs before the wedding ceremony. | License

SRI LANKA. Colombo. 2013. The Hindu temple Shiva Subramaniya celebrates its annual festival. A devotee, suspended by hooks inserted in his flesh, follows the Golden Chariot, housing a resident deity, which is paraded in the streets of the neighbourhood. | License

INDIA. West Bengal. Tarapith. 2011. Temple dedicated to goddess Maatara, an avatar of Kali. Devotees pay respect to Charan, the goddess's feet. | License

INDIA. Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi. 2011. After a dip in the river Ganges, women pilgrims dry their saris. | License

INDIA. Rajasthan. Udaipur. 2013. Horse. | License

UKRAINE. Dnipropretovsk. 2015. A Jewish wedding takes place in the Menorah Jewish Center. The bride tries on the nuptial veil. | License

ETHIOPIA. Gondar. 2015. A Jewish family which, after having abandoned its good village life, is still hoping to emigrate to Israel. They are called "Falash Mura". Three generations of women drink coffee in the grandmother's hut. Incense is burned. | License

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 2016. The Jewish sect of the BELZ celebrate Purim with a 'tish' – a symbolic partaking of bread and fish in a large stadium-like room under their synagogue. | License

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 2016. The Jewish sect of the BELZ celebrate Purim with a 'tish' – a symbolic partaking of bread and fish in a large stadium-like room under their synagogue. | License