Iraq. Basra governorate. Basra. 2004. An armed member of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army stands guard over the Central Sunni mosque, where Friday prayers are being performed.
Photograph: Abbas/Magnum Photos
Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, Second Intifada
Photo credit: Paolo Pellegrin, Magnum Photography
Inmates at Attica State Prison in Attica, N.Y., raise their hands in clenched fists in a show of unity, Sept. 1971, during the Attica uprising, which took the lives of 43 people (Photo AP Photo).