Photo Essays

Photojournalist Karlos Zurutuza travelled through the northern Syrian border area following the Turkish invasion. He met families on the run and lonely men left behind in the villages.

The attempted attack on a synagogue in Halle is not the first in recent years. Even after the horrors of the Nazi era, anti-Semitic incidents occur in Germany — on individuals, memorials and Jewish places of worship. By Bettina Baumann

Iraqis ushered in October with anti-government protests in Baghdad. These quickly deteriorated into violent confrontations resulting in hundreds of injuries and dozens of deaths. Unease remains in several cities. By Cristina Burack

Thousands of followers from the Mouride brotherhood descended on to Dakar from across Senegal for the inauguration of the Massalikul Jinaan or 'Pathways to Heaven' mosque. By Maya Hautefeuille

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