At his home on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan

A Muslim community leader sits in Bossangoa during a meeting with humanitarian staff. People here said their number one priority was security, before even food aid.

WWII veteran at his home in Shropshire, England

"I've been a fisherman since I was a child. My father was a fisherman. I do this because I have nothing else." — Goma, D. R. Congo

Dr. Joseph Nindorera at his home in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Amimata, advocating for greater HIV awareness

Feature-writer and journalist, in Berlin

Technical director and founder of Leti Games — Nairobi, Kenya

The political campaigner and founder of Minhaj ul-Quran, at his office in Lahore, Pakistan

Tribal scarring — Bentiu, South Sudan

Gay-rights campaigner — Nairobi, Kenya

Miss. Ndoke was just 12 years old when CNDP rebels entered her family's home in 2008, raping and subsequently killing her mother — eastern D. R. Congo

* name changed

Libyan geologist, caught up in revolution — Benghazi, Libya

The Sudanese singer, photographed during the Mogadishu Music Festival

Fighter with the Maï-Maï Nyatura — eastern D. R. Congo

Twenty year-old soldier with the Somali National Army. Mogadishu, Somalia

The former pirate "king-pin" is photographed at his home in Mogadishu, July 2013, prior to his arrest in Belgium.

A child celebrates the end of Ramadan with a toy gun in northern Syria

Goat-herders bringing their animals to a scheme that will see them paid for their animals, and then provided with their meat, during the drought in 2011 — Northern Kenya

The bodyguard of former M23 president, Bishop Jean-Marie Runiga

An APCLS Mai-Mai commander, near to the village of Shasha, in eastern D. R. Congo

Managing Director, BoConcept Nairobi

A Congolese lady sits on a bed in a dilapidated room in the Kiliwa health centre — northern D. R. Congo

On the launch of the "Ibn Walid" katiba — Marea, northern Syria

A Somali who has walked for days to reach the Kenyan refugee camp of Dadaad — photographed near the Somali border, where he still has over 100km to walk to Dadaab

Waiting for hair extensions to be fitted — Lubumbashi, D. R. Congo

A policeman stands in riot gear during South Sudan's Independence Day, July 9th 2011

The brother of the late Aboud Rogo — near Mombasa, Kenya

Mrs. Cecilia lost three sons when they were abducted by the LRA in 1996. "Up to now, I don't know where they are," she says, "my mind can never be peaceful" — northern Uganda

Overlooking the town of Bunagana in eastern D. R. Congo on the Ugandan border