Fiat ‘Bambino’, Ragusa in Sicily, Italy, 2017

A man and car in the Italian city

World Trade Center, New York, US, 2001

Firefighters clean up debris at ground zero

Sharbat Gula, known as ‘Afghan Girl’, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1984

‘The green-eyed Afghan girl became a symbol in the late 20th century of strength in the face of hardship. Her tattered robe and dirt-smudged face have summoned compassion from around the world; and her beauty has been unforgettable. The clear, strong green of her eyes encouraged a bridge between her world and the west. And likely more than any other image, hers has served as an international emblem for the difficult era and a troubled nation.’ (Quote from a Phaidon 55 book on McCurry)

Ahmadi oilfields, Kuwait, August 1991

The environmentalists Rick Thorpe and Michael Bailey of Earthtrust examine a field where the ground has been encrusted with oil

Boy rests against a cow, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2013

As Nepal’s national animal, cows roam freely and are considered sacred by the 80% of Nepalis who are Hindu

Man in street walking beneath airplane, Rybinsk, Russia, 2015

The city has been a leading aviation manufacturing centre since the 1920s, and this plane is a monument to workers who made jet engines

Family rides a donkey, Maimana, Afghanistan, 2003

This father in northern Afghanistan is taking his children home from a trip to the market. There is evidence that this ancient town was inhabited as early as 1200BC

Mother and child looking in through a taxi window, Bombay, India, 1993

Jam-packed and alive with commerce, the city attracts newcomers by the hundreds each day. Arriving with little more than dreams, some hit it big. Others remain on the outside looking in: half of Bombay’s 13 million people live on the streets or in ramshackle huts, and thousands – like this woman and child – survive only by begging

Breakfast tea being passed between cars on the railway between Peshawar and Lahore, Pakistan, 1983

Two waiters pass a tea tray between carriages on a moving train