Conflict Pictures

Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of the attacks which killed 2,996 people and injured more than 6,000.

The al-Qaeda assault, where 2,996 people died, remains the worst on US soil since Pearl Harbour in 1941.

The violence highlights the precariousness of security in the capital just a month before a conference in Brussels where the Afghan government can set out its vision on reform.

Bread and drinkable water are in short supply in the once-thriving town.

The coordinated operation comes four days after a suicide bomber killed 54 people at a wedding in Gaziantep.

From mausoleums in Timbuktu to ancient monuments in Palmyra and the Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan.

Sirte is the militant group's last bastion in the country, having been occupied since 2015.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan said Islamic State was probably behind the attack.

Scenes like the air strike that wounded Omran Daqneesh are all too common in Syria.

Pro-government forces have encircled the militants in a shrinking section of the centre of Daesh's former North African stronghold.

Scenes of joy as the Syrian town on Manbij is liberated from Daesh control.

Place de la Republique's Marianne statue was a colourful, poignant tribute to victims. Not any more.

The blasts come just days before the anniversary of the Erawan Shrine bombing, which killed 20 people and injured over 100.

Photos of the military campaigns to recapture major Isis strongholds in Syria, Libya and Iraq.

Goran Tomasevic's photographs show Libyan government forces battling Islamic State in Sirte.

Rebel forces are trying to open a new route for a quarter of a million civilians in Aleppo who are under siege.

Photo of couple went viral but leader determined to stamp out trade. 770 people killed in police operations.

The priest was killed by two French citizens while leading morning mass in the nearby town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray.

Israeli troops kill Hamas militant suspected of drive-by attack that killed Rabbi Michael Mark.

At least 44 people are dead and over 100 injured.

Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic accompanies forces as they advance towards the centre of Sirte.

Many small, almost unbearably poignant, tributes have been left at the spots where people lost their lives

Erdogan supporters have held rallies across the country in favour of Turkish president.

At least 84 people have been killed, including 12 children, while 18 are in a critical condition

Images on social media using #JeSuisNice and #PrayForNice pay tribute to those involved in terror attack.

The first funerals for police officers killed by Micah Johnson draw thousands of mourners.

Loyalists have marched through Belfast and other cities in Northern Ireland to mark the Twelfth of July.

Wani was shot dead by security forces on 8 July, along with two other militants.

Jeff J Mitchell photographs the crew onboard HMS Vigilant, one Britain's four Vanguard-class submarines.

Tensions have risen after the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and a sniper attack in Dallas.