War damaged apartment blocks, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom), completed in the Baroque style in 1905, a Protestant church, damaged in World War 2, repaired between 1975 and 1993, seen from the River Spree, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Destroyed houses from ISIS, Mosul, Iraq, Middle East

A Japanese Jake seaplane, shot down during World War II, lies on the seafloor of Palau's lagoon. Many planes and dozens of large ships were sunk around Palau during the war.

A Japanese Jake seaplane, shot down during World War II, lies on the seafloor of Palau's lagoon. Many planes and dozens of large ships were sunk around Palau during the war.

Mosul, Iraq, Middle East

Destroyed houses from ISIS, Mosul, Iraq, Middle East

War damaged apartment block, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

War damaged building, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Bomb damaged buildings, Beirut, Lebanon, Middle East

Man selling cucumbers from wheel barrow in street near war damaged building, Central Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

War damaged building, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Tram and war damaged buildings, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Destroyed old house full of bullet holes in the former war zone of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Scars of war on a house near Karlovac, Croatia, Europe

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

A Second world War lookout post leaning alarmingly and about to tumble over the edge of the cliff near Aldbrough on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.

Broken chair by Daniel Berset, commissioned by Handicap International urging governments to sign Mine Ban Treaty, Place des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Damaged turbine of B 52 Bomber

Low angle view of a US navy missile, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Islands, USA

Low angle view of a missile, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Islands, USA

Germany, Berlin, Schlossplatz, Humboldt Box, Information museum on the re-construction of Berlin City Palace which was damaged in World War 2 and razed by the GDR.