Four sisters plait each other's hair in the town of Kut, Iraq. 

An Asian elephant stands visibly traumatised, chained to a temple pillar following a six-hour procession. It was paraded through the streets of Varanasi, noisy with crowds and rocketing fireworks, in the build up to Diwali, the festival of lights. The elephant was swaying and its bloodshot eyes swirled, as its owner looked on anxiously. There are an estimated 3,600 domesticated Asian elephants in India, belonging either to the government, wealthy families or temples and used in festivals throughout the year. They are an endangered species, their wild counterparts under threat from habitat loss and conflict with humans in agricultural areas.

A man weeps inside a Masjid in the city of Leh in Ladakh.

Basra train platform. The night train from Baghdad to Basra is all that remains of a one-time rich heritage of passenger rail travel in Iraq. An early tram system was replaced in 1914 by an Ottoman track running north from Baghdad, and eight years later the invading British constructed a narrow-gauge line to connect the southern port city of Basra.

Rwanduz, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Babylon, Iraq

Al Hillah, Iraq

Nuns at Hariri Stadium during Pope Francis' visit in Iraq

Aisha and her daughter in an IDP camp on the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan

Khushboo is from the Musuhar caste, one of the most marginalised communities in India. The threat of child marriage and trafficking is critically high amongst these communities. Female empowerment organisations like Nari Gunjun provide support, safe houses and education for young girls. Khushboo now lives at Nari Gunjun's boarding school in Bihar and has won nationally in karate.

My mother, Camilla

Among cole flowers in Rojava, Syria

Calcutta, India

Diyarbakir, Turkey

Yazidi sisters from Sinjar

Boys play inside a washing vat in Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai

Dusk at a local pilgrim's route through Al Hillah. 

An Orthodox priest sits inside Archangels’ church, built in the 13th Century, at Bachkovo Monastery in Bulgaria. It is one of the oldest and largest monasteries in Europe. On assignment with SUITCASE Magazine.

An Afghan man stands in The Calais Jungle, a term coined by the residents living there, in Northern France, which was home to thousands of refugees.

Lake Malawi, Malawi

My grandmother, Caroline, under the shade of a willow tree.

Jaipur, India

Children play in the Euphrates near Kefal during the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq.

Baghdad, Iraq

Finn, my nephew, at home.

Sun bear in Medan, Sumatra. Sun bears are the world’s rarest bears, yet are commonly exploited for their gall bladders and bile. In traditional Chinese medicine the bile is thought to treat a range of ailments, from hangovers to hepatitis. Cubs are farmed, sometimes living permanently with a catheter used to drain the bile.

Ghazale receiving an eye test at a hospital in Qom, Iran.

An Iranian nurse prepares a mammogram machine in Qom, Iran.

Baghdad train station, Iraq

A rural pilgrim route in Al Hillah, Iraq at dusk. Pilgrims continue to walk late into the night, some walking from as far as Basra to reach Karbala. [2017]