Photo Essays

Anchar, a densely-populated, working-class area of Srinagar, is a pocket of resistance to India's revocation in early August of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the country's only Muslim-majority state. By Danish Siddiqui

Female bodybuilders are used to prejudice, not to mention being in the minority. But in Iran, their sister athletes also have to live with exclusion. Shirin Nobahari is one who is not going to be deterred. By Stephanie Hoppner

Sheikh Hussein is a town in the Oromia region in south-eastern Ethiopia. The tomb of the 13th century Sufi Sheikh Hussein who introduced Islam to the area and is said to have performed many miracles is still visited by thousands of people. By Eric Lafforgue

Mohammed Alaa al-Jaleel says: "If you feel compassion towards people, you should feel compassion towards all living things." The Syrian rescues cats from the ruins left behind by the civil war - first in Aleppo and now in Idlib. By Rahel Klein and Anas Alkharboutli

Amid growing tension, representatives from various religions and beliefs around the world gathered this week in the German town of Lindau, on the shores of Lake Constance, for The Religions for Peace 10th World Assembly. By Ayu Purwaningsih

Within eyeshot of the Bosnian-Croatian border, thousands of refugees are camping in squalor on a former garbage site. Their supplies are scarce. Photographer Dirk Planert was among them

As the first phase of President Donald Trumpʹs peace plan gets underway, talk of Middle East peace is in the air again. Bearing witness to the difficulty of the task are the scars left by wars past across the landscape of Israel, the Palestinian Territories and the Golan Heights. By Stephen Farrell

Women have been the driving force behind the months of protest that resulted in the ousting of Sudan's long-term president, Omar al-Bashir, in a coup d'état. They continue to protest for peaceful change and are willing to accept great hardships along the way. 

Following the violent crackdown on the protest camp in Khartoum, the tension between the civilians and military became even more strained. Yet the stalemate appears over – for now. Here's a chronology of events. By Kersten Knipp

Due to its copious oil reserves, Libya was one of North Africa's richest states. Following the toppling of long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the country was plunged into chaos. As a result of the ongoing civil war, large swathes of Libya could now even run out of drinking water. By Lisa Hanel