Twenty-three years after it was eradicated in the United States, polio still stalks Pakistan, one of three countries left in the world where the devastating disease is still endemic. Photographer Diego Ibarra Sánchez documented Pakistan's struggle to get a handle on the disease.
Afghan boxer Sadaf Rahimi's path to London has ended after the International Boxing Association decided on July 18 that she could not compete, citing concerns that boxing against opponents of much higher standards might threaten her safety in the ring.
Yuri Kozyrev visited Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, and saw a Kabul that has been shaped by war.
By the end of 2014, Afghanistan's armed forces will take over security from the international troops that have been stationed here for more than a decade. Adam Ferguson captures the Afghan National Army in training.
TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev captures the tense atmosphere of Change Square, the locus of anti-government protests in Yemen’s capital, which has become a veritable tent city.
