[caption id="attachment_55245702" align="alignnone" width="618"] Sultan Abdul Hamid opening Turkish parliament, 10 December 1908. From drawing by H.W…

[caption id="attachment_55245684" align="alignnone" width="620"] Buckets of pearls at the V&A's Pearls exhibition (James Hanna/V&A/Qatar…

[caption id="attachment_55245659" align="alignnone" width="620"] Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters light up flares during a demonstration…

[caption id="attachment_55245665" align="alignnone" width="620"] A female worker prepares parts of Kalashnikov machine guns at the Kalashnikov…

[caption id="attachment_55245654" align="alignnone" width="594"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the 68th Session of the United Nations General…

[caption id="attachment_55245627" align="alignnone" width="620"] Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a press statement at his office, following U.S…

[caption id="attachment_55245621" align="alignnone" width="594"] Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman (C) sits amidst members of the Yemeni military…

[caption id="attachment_55245600" align="alignnone" width="594"] A child pulls a suitcase as Syrian refugees arrive in Turkey at the Cilvegözü…

[caption id="attachment_55245592" align="alignnone" width="620"] Russias President Vladimir Putin walks past US President Barack Obama as he arrives…

[caption id="attachment_55245575" align="alignnone" width="620"] Former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad (R) with his youngest brother Rifaat (L) at a…