100 Countries Visited by
Talaat Qureshi

This mosque is remote and abandoned.

The Kaaba marks the direction (qibla) for all Muslim prayers.

The Corniche by night.

Shop selling dates.

View of the Dome of the Rock and the Church of Mary Magdelane.

The oval Forum viewed in 2019 overlooked by the modern city.

"Legend of the Blind Man and the Bear" by Pootoogook, 1959.

The tower dominates Hellgrimskirkja.

Glaciated mountains.

Kampon Tamoi Mosque overlooks the water village.

The Temple of Jupiter.

The General Post Office is the scene of the 1916 Uprising.

The sea front.

Statue of Skenderbej, national hero of Albanians

Ammonite fossil.

The wide valley around Balzers.

The Sydney Opera House.

The Monastery of Khor Virap with Mount Ararat across the border in Turkey.

A group of churches in the Old City.

The Flame Tower from the palace which is built on the highest point of the old city.

The main entrance used by priests.

The Yateen Mosque in central Manama reflected in a modern glass building.

Man working on a Persian carpet in a shop.

The upper chamber.

The historic centre of Brasov.

Large oak barrels for maturing wine at the underground winery.

Autumn colours and traditional thatched buildings.

The front line.

The port of Monaco is overlooked by the densely packed buildings of La Condamine.

The Char Minar (1807) was a gatehouse, later converted to a madressa.

Sheep grazing near Murghab.

Summer encampment of yurts at Song Kol.

The Golden Man at the Monument to Independence is a symbol of the country.

The House of Sheikh Saeed al-Maktoum with its many wind cooling towers.

View of Shibam and Thilla from Jebel Kawkaban.

The Royal Palace is a unique building.

Electrical demonstration at the Nicola Tesla Museum.

The old walled town on the coast.

The watchtower dominates the fort.

Mavrovo National Park.

Veliko Tarnovo is set on a gorge. It was the former capital of the country.

The theatre is set in a spectacular natural amphitheatre.

Curved narrow street.

1940s style cafe.

The green and gold Winter Palace was home of the tzars between 1762 and 1917 and has 1057 rooms and 117 staircases.

Wooden houses along the river.

View of the lower old town of Tallinn from Toompea Hill.

The colosseum in El Jem was the third largest in the Roman world with a capacity of 30,000.

Maasai Giraffe.

Mount Kilimanjaro overlooking Amboseli National Park and a lone elephant.

The magnificent Mosi-o-Tunya (also known as Victoria Falls).

Sunset on the Zambezi River.

Nesting African Penguin with chick.

The old town has a Turkish feel.

The Old City is centred on the Roman era palace of Diocletian (245 - 313), built in 300 for his retirement.

The Triple Bridge is a symbol of the city.

Violin owned by Johanne Strauss.

Bratislava Castle dates from the 15th century and sits 100m above the River Danube.

The 16th century Cloth Hall.

The beautiful astronomical clock dates from 1410.

The Ossuary Chapel is lined with the bones of thousands of people.

The El Anglo Museum is on the site of the old British meat packing factory.

A sample of beautiful Nanduti lace from the village of Itagua.

Detail from the gate of the ruined Jesuit mission.

Settlement on the banks of the Amazon, the world's longest river (6275km).

Piranha fishing.

Norway's wild central plateau.

Skansen, an open-air folk museum on one of Stockholm's islands.

The organ.

The tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah is the oldest Moghul tomb made entirely of marble.

Waiting for the bus outside a shop.

Toliman Volcano (3158m) over Lake Atitlan.

A stall selling pupusas, tortillas filled with cheese.

Busy bar in the western hills.

Moyagalpa is a small lakeside village.

Rural scene with Arenal Volcano (1633m) erupting.

Ship passing through the the Panama Canal.

The 3rd Century tomb has a central guard flanked by two warriors.

Ortega's Panama hat factory. The hats originated in Ecuador and were made famous during the building of the Panama Canal.

Machu Picchu is set in front of the peak, Huayna Picchu, 300m higher.

Llamas are adapted for life on the highlands at 3500m.

Moai in Rano Raraku Crater.

San Marino is Europe's oldest republic.

The Vatican Museum, previously a palace.

The River Arno and the 14th Century Ponte Vecchio.

Vocalists with a Gamalan orchestra.

Tea plantations.

Doorman.

A view of central Cologne, dominated by the cathedral.

Canal scene.

Cobbled streets in the old city.

The Grand Square is the centre of Brussels.

View from the pyramid.

View of the Three Buttes in late afternoon.

View over Geneva, the largest city in the French speaking region of the country.

Misty view over Paris, the capital of France, dominated by the Eiffel Tower.

Seated man in traditional dress.

A Barbary Ape, the most famous animal on the Rock.

The town of Ronda sits on a steep 130m high outcrop.

Preparing sweets for a wedding.