Conflict Pictures

Bands of Christian fighters travel across the desert in pickup trucks bearing large wooden crosses.

David Sim Nov 22, 2016

There is an overwhelming sense of uncertainty as Iraqi special forces press ahead with their offensive on the Islamist group's last big stronghold in Iraq.

Alex Wheeler Nov 17, 2016

Arizona Border Recon conduct reconnaissance operations along a 52-mile desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley.

David Sim Nov 17, 2016

Once the capital of an empire stretching across the ancient Middle East, Nimrud was looted and ransacked by the militants.

David Sim Nov 15, 2016

Moments of tragedy and tension in ongoing fight to liberate Iraq's second city from jihadists.

David Sim Nov 15, 2016

Homes, schools and places of worship have disappeared or have enormous holes blasted into their walls.

David Sim Nov 14, 2016

Church bells rang out for the first time in two years in the town on the outskirts of Mosul.

David Sim Oct 31, 2016

The tunnels were found in the villages of Bartella and Bazaia, roughly four miles east of Mosul.

Alex Wheeler Oct 27, 2016

Most residents are refusing to leave the rebel-held eastern area as there are no guarantees they won't be arrested.

David Sim Oct 21, 2016

Fighting is concentrated on a cluster of uninhabited towns and villages littered with roadside bombs planted by Daesh.

David Sim Oct 20, 2016

Landmines and booby traps suggest the advance into Mosul will be slow and dangerous.

David Sim Oct 19, 2016

The UN is bracing for the world's biggest humanitarian effort in the battle for Mosul, which could leave up to a million people homeless.

David Sim Oct 17, 2016

Russian jets have resumed heavy bombing of rebel-held areas of Aleppo after several days of relative calm.

David Sim Oct 12, 2016

Students throw stones at private security guards and police detonate stun grenades in continuing row over fees.

David Sim Oct 10, 2016

Families and ativists were forced to disperse as they made their way to Ankara train station.

Alex Wheeler Oct 10, 2016

Major towns and cities across Ethiopia's Oromia region are experiencing unrest and widespread violent protests.

David Sim Oct 10, 2016

Intensive care wards in hospitals are filled with emaciated and stunted children.

David Sim Oct 05, 2016

South African police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas at rock-throwing students.

David Sim Oct 04, 2016

Nish Nalbandian's book, A Whole World Blind, depicts fighters on the front line, as well as everyday people eking out a living amid the ruins.

David Sim Oct 04, 2016

Jeroen Oerlemans is the third journalist to be killed in Libya this year.

David Sim Oct 04, 2016

Both countries claim Kashmir as their own, with each governing separate areas of the state.

Alex Wheeler Sep 29, 2016

Colombian president Santos and Farc leader Timochenko use pen made from a bullet to sign peace deal ending 52-year war that killed quarter of a million people.

David Sim Sep 27, 2016

Shia militia, Sunni Arab tribesmen, Kurdish fighters and US special forces prepare to retake Mosul from Isis.

David Sim Sep 26, 2016

Graphic images show rescue workers and civilians pulling out bodies – many of them young children and babies.

David Sim Sep 23, 2016

Created in 1980, the award honours efforts that prize founder, philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, felt were being ignored by the Nobel Prizes.

David Sim Sep 22, 2016

Protests turn violent amid the deadly police shooting of a black man and the wildly different versions of what happened.

David Sim Sep 22, 2016

Residents could be seen wandering through the ashes and remains of tents, trailers and containers in which they once lived.

Alex Wheeler Sep 20, 2016

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said attacks were carried out by either Syrian or Russian aircraft.

David Sim Sep 20, 2016

Anti-Kabila protest turns violent, killing at least 17 people including three policemen, one of whom was reportedly burned alive.

David Sim Sep 19, 2016

Most have known only the armed fight against the system. What will happen to them once they are part of the system?

David Sim Sep 19, 2016