In this picture taken on July 10, 2023, women belonging to the “Meira Paibis”, a group of women representing Meitei society, hold torches during a demonstation demanding for the restoration of peace in India's north-eastern Manipur state in Imphal, following ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Supporters of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni celebrate his election victory in Kampala, Uganda February 20, 2016. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni extended his 30-year rule on Saturday, winning an election that international observers said lacked transparency and his main opponent, who was placed under house arrest, denounced as a sham. (Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Members of the Bolivarian National Guard who joined Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido fire into the air to repel forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro who arrived to disperse a demonstration near La Carlota military base in Caracas on April 30, 2019. Guaido – accused by the government of attempting a coup Tuesday – said there was “no turning back” in his attempt to oust President Nicolas Maduro from power. (Photo by Federico Parra/AFP Photo)

A protester is taken away by policewomen after storming into the government headquarters in Hong Kong September 27, 2014. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

A woman walks up the steps decorated ahead of the Chinese New Year festival in Beijing, China, Thursday, January 12, 2017. The Chinese Lunar New Year is the most important holiday for Chinese and hundreds of millions are expected to return to their hometown to spend the new year with their family and relatives. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

Women stand on the “martyrs' bridge” spanning the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, February 24, 2023. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)

Costumed children from the local Shade performance group perform their show during the annual Brixton Burn in Johannesburg, South Africa, 28 August 2021. The annual event is run by members of the “Afrikaburn” community which is a regional event of “Burning Man” in the United States. (Photo by Kim Ludbrook/EPA/EFE)

North Korea has closed its borders in fear of the spread of the Ebola virus. But at a time when the secretive state was still welcoming tourists, former aid worker Andrew Macleod made the journey to the repressive nation. Andrew's holiday snaps and camera footage provide a unique insight into the reclusive country, where he came across deserted motorways, metro stations plastered with propaganda and attractive border guards. Here: a female traffic police officer in the snow in February 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Andrew Macleod/Barcroft Media)