Conflict zones

Wreaths laid in memory of those killed attempting to cross into West Berlin at a preserved section of the wall in Bernauerstrasse. Berlin, Germany, August 2011

A view of Dora and the Dora expressway next to Bilat al-Shuhada, a school that was hit by an Iranian rocket in 1987. Baghdad, Iraq, January 2012

A wall running through the Shia Sadr City in Baghdad. The wall was erected by the US Army to protect an area from attacks by the Mahdi Army. Iraq, January 2012

The terminal at Nicosia International Airport abandoned during the civil war in Cyprus in 1974. Since then, it has been part of the United Nations buffer zone between the south of the island, which is controlled by the government of Cyprus, and the north, controlled by the Turkish administration. Cyprus, February 2012

A corrugated-iron barrier forms part of a ‘peace line’ in Torrens Crescent, northwest Belfast. Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 2007

Moroccans pushing bundles of clothing towards a border entrance to Morocco from the Spanish exclave of Mellila on the north African coast. The fence was erected in the last decade to prevent immigration from Africa to the European Union. Mellila, Morocco, March 2009

South (foreground) and North Korean military police at the barracks where the armistice between North and South Korea was signed in 1953. The kerb marks the demarcation line between the two countries. Panmunjom, Demilitarised Zone, Korea, September 2009

South Korean military police officers stand in the barracks where the armistice between North and South Korea was signed in 1953. Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone, Korea. September 2009

The observation platform next to the Freedom Bridge between North and South Korea. Imjingak, Paju, South Korea, September 2009

A section of the Israeli-built West Bank Barrier in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Abu Dis. Occupied Palestinian territories, March 2004

The Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev in the West Bank seen from the Palestinian refugee camp of Shuafat. Occupied Palestinian territories, November 2009

The Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev in the West Bank seen from the Palestinian refugee camp of Shuafat. Occupied Palestinian territories, November 2009

Protection wall of the Kibbutz Netiv Ha’asara against small arms fire from the Gaza Strip. Israel, November 2010