A person writes graffiti chalk messages of disdain in Gaelic following the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth, at the British Embassy in Washington, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Logo of the state-run bank Ziraat Bank is pictured at its headquarters in Istanbul March 15, 2015. Under President Tayyip Erdogan, an authoritarian leader with roots in Islamist politics and an aversion to usury, Turkey is hoping it can turn disdain for traditional banks among the pious into a boom in Islamic finance, where, instead of interest, banks charge service fees and depositors share in bank profits. Two state-run banks - Halkbank and Ziraat Bank - are pushing ahead with plans to launch Islamic units this year, joining four existing private Islamic lenders. Ziraat, Turkey's largest unlisted lender, is due to launch its Islamic business in May. To match TURKEY-BANKS/ REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO) 

The logo of state-run bank Vakifbank is seen at its headquarters in Istanbul March 15, 2015. Under President Tayyip Erdogan, an authoritarian leader with roots in Islamist politics and an aversion to usury, Turkey is hoping it can turn disdain for traditional banks among the pious into a boom in Islamic finance, where, instead of interest, banks charge service fees and depositors share in bank profits. Two state-run banks - Halkbank and Ziraat Bank - are pushing ahead with plans to launch Islamic units this year, joining four existing private Islamic lenders. Ziraat, Turkey's largest unlisted lender, is due to launch its Islamic business in May, while Halkbank has said it expects to have its business ready by the end of this year. Turkey's banking regulator also this month approved the establishment of an Islamic lender indirectly related to state-run bank Vakifbank, the third new entrant. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO POLITICS) 

The headquarters of state-run bank Vakifbank is seen in Istanbul March 15, 2015. Under President Tayyip Erdogan, an authoritarian leader with roots in Islamist politics and an aversion to usury, Turkey is hoping it can turn disdain for traditional banks among the pious into a boom in Islamic finance, where, instead of interest, banks charge service fees and depositors share in bank profits. Two state-run banks - Halkbank and Ziraat Bank - are pushing ahead with plans to launch Islamic units this year, joining four existing private Islamic lenders. Ziraat, Turkey's largest unlisted lender, is due to launch its Islamic business in May, while Halkbank has said it expects to have its business ready by the end of this year. Turkey's banking regulator also this month approved the establishment of an Islamic lender indirectly related to state-run bank Vakifbank, the third new entrant. The slogan on the building reads: " Our job is to empathise with you because it's your place". REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

An Afghan girl sits amongst burning garbage dump in Kabul December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY) 

A grave digger sleeps near the graves of Ebola victims at a cemetery in Freetown, December 17, 2014.
The death toll in the Ebola epidemic has risen to 6,915 out of 18,603 cases as of Dec. 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. There are signs that the increase in incidence in Sierra Leone has slowed, although 327 new cases were confirmed there in the past week, including 125 in the capital Freetown, the WHO said in its latest update. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Ivan Abrosimov, 78, a member of a local winter swimmers' club, does push-ups in the waters of Yenisei River in sub-zero temperatures in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Children play in the murky waters of an open drainage being repaired by workers in Manila September 8, 2014. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY POVERTY) 

Vendors sell food and vegetables along a train station outside Yangon August 20, 2014. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS FOOD) 

Women sell betel leaves between trains, at a train station outside Yangon August 20, 2014. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) 

A man rests in a mud pit near the main stage at the Woodstock Festival in Kostrzyn-upon-Odra, close to the Polish-German border, August 2, 2014. Some 500,000 people attended the festival that is the brainchild of Polish journalist and social campaigner Jerzy Owsiak. He initiated the event to say thank you to those who donated money to his GOCC charity organisation that delivers medical care for children. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (POLAND - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) 

A bull stands inside a shop selling clothes at Varanasi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, June 20, 2014. Picture taken June 20, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY ANIMALS) 

A man travels on top of a train carriage in Cairo July 15, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: TRANSPORT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A man sits with an umbrella during a rainstorm at Times Square in New York July 15, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A boy dives into a crater filled with water in Aleppo's al-Shaar district July 10, 2014. Activists said the crater was caused by barrel bombs dropped by forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY) 

A cattle keeper puts his head under a stream of cattle urine to dye his hair in Minkaman, Lakes State, June 25, 2014. About 94,000 people have sought refuge in Minkaman after fighting broke out in neighbouring states, according to the International Organisation for Migration. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY POVERTY) 

A boy searches for coins thrown by devotees as religious offerings in a polluted water channel near a temple in Kolkata June 5, 2014. Thursday marks this year's World Environment Day. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY POVERTY) 

A bride and groom jump for a picture in front of barricades outside a regional government building seized by pro-Russian armed men in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine April 22, 2014. An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine was faltering on Monday, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A pro-Russian armed man allows a local boy to hold a machine gun, while standing guard outside the mayor's office in Slaviansk, April 20, 2014. Pro-Russian authorities in eastern Ukraine presented identity documents, maps and a business card to support their view that Ukrainian far-right nationalists had carried out a deadly attack early on Sunday.
The nationalists and authorities in Kiev said it was a staged display to conceal the hand of Russian secret services in the gunfight, in which at least three people were killed. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A boy with a toy gun poses for a picture in front of barricades at the police headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk, April 17, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Ukraine's government needs to provide guarantees to its Russian-speaking population in the east of the country to resolve the crisis. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Men rest after salvaging metal on the 30th floor of the "Tower of David" skyscraper in Caracas February 3, 2014. It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet a 45-storey skyscraper in the center of Venezuela's capital Caracas is no five-star hotel or swanky apartment block: it is a slum, probably the highest in the world. Dubbed the "Tower of David", the building was intended to be a shining new financial center but was abandoned around 1994 after the death of its developer - banker and horse-breeder David Brillembourg - and the collapse of the financial sector. Squatters invaded the huge concrete skeleton in 2007, then-president Hugo Chavez's socialist government turned a blind eye, and now about 3,000 people call the tower their home. Picture taken February 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A man takes a shower as policemen patrol during an operation at the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro, March 30, 2014. Federal troops and police occupied the Mare slums complex on Sunday to help quell a surge in violent crime following attacks by drug traffickers on police posts in three slums on the north side of the city, government officials said. Less than three months before Rio welcomes tens of thousands of foreign soccer fans for the World Cup, the attacks cast new doubts on government efforts to expel gangs from slums using a strong police presence. The city will host the Olympics in 2016. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY SPORT SOCCER) 

A man does pull-ups as part of his morning exercise on a hazy day in Hefei, Anhui province March 30, 2014. China's plan for a market in air pollution permits promises to help clean up its air cheaply, but the move could prove just as useless as previous environmental policies unless the government stamps out lax enforcement and spotty data. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT HEALTH) 

Residents react as policemen take position during an operation in the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro March 26, 2014. Brazil will deploy federal troops to Rio de Janeiro to help quell a surge in violent crime following attacks by drug traffickers on police posts in three slums on the north side of the city, government officials said on Friday.
Less than three months before Rio welcomes tens of thousands of foreign soccer fans for the World Cup, the attacks cast new doubts on government efforts to expel gangs from slums using a strong police presence. The city will host the Olympics in 2016. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Residents observe a police officer take up position during an operation at the Mare slums complex in Rio de Janeiro March 25, 2014. Brazil will deploy federal troops to Rio de Janeiro to help quell a surge in violent crime following attacks by drug traffickers on police posts in three slums on the north side of the city, government officials said on Friday. Less than three months before Rio welcomes tens of thousands of foreign soccer fans for the World Cup, the attacks cast new doubts on government efforts to expel gangs from slums using a strong police presence. The city will host the Olympics in 2016. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: CRIME LAW) 

Police use a water cannon to disperse a demonstrator during a protest against a trade pact with mainland China, near Taiwan's government headquarters in Taipei, March 24, 2014. Hundreds of demonstrators occupied part of the headquarters on Sunday night in protest against the controversial trade pact with mainland China. President Ma Ying-jeou says the pact with Taiwan's main export market is essential for the island's prosperity. However, the main opposition party says it could hurt small service companies, and many others are reluctant to let China expand its influence over a fiercely independent and democratic territory that China still sees as a renegade province. REUTERS/Edward Lau (TAIWAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (R) holds the hand of a leprosy-affected patient during his visit to a leprosy colony in New Delhi March 20, 2014. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION HEALTH SOCIETY) 

A zookeeper walks with Marjan, a male lion, inside his cage in Kabul's zoo, March 18, 2014. Marjan was donated to the zoo by an Afghan businessman who kept him illegally at his house for a year. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A boy photographs military personnel, believed to be Russian servicemen, standing outside the territory of a Ukrainian military unit in the village of Perevalnoye outside Simferopol, March 4, 2014. President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops that took part in military exercises in central and western Russia to return to base after completing their training, Russian news agencies quoted the Kremlin spokesman as saying on Tuesday. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Riot police patrol the Santinho beach next the Costao do Santinho hotel ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes ( BRAZIL - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP) 

A woman sits on a bench on a flooded Thames riverside path in Staines, southern England February 17, 2014. Engulfing towns and countryside, floods have triggered the biggest rescue operation in Britain since World War Two. Tens of thousands have been left without power, others evacuated from their homes after the wettest January on record pushed river banks to breaking point. There is now concern that the unrelenting bad weather could be severe enough to dent Britain's economic recovery. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Villagers sit and chat, as Mount Sinabung spews ash, at Beras Tepu village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province February 7, 2014. Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupted and killed at least 15 people on the western island of Sumatra on Sunday, the first time it is known to have claimed any lives, local newspaper reported. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

Tourists pose for a photo in a flooded St. Mark's Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice January 31, 2014. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri (ITALY - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TRAVEL) 

A three-wheeler carrying a family moves past a Kashmiri protester throwing a stone towards the Indian security personnel during a protest in Srinagar January 31, 2014. Shops and other business establishments remained closed in Srinagar on Friday following a shutdown called by the separatists to protest against Indian Army's decision to close an alleged fake encounter case against five soldiers in connection with the killings of five civilians in March 2000 at Pathribal, in south of Srinagar, local media reported. REUTERS/Danish Ismail (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Members of local winter swimming club Alexander Klyukin (L) and Vladimir Korabelnikov warm up on the bank of the Yenisei River ahead of their weekly bathing session, in a temperature of around minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit), in the town of Divnogorsk, 38 km south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, January 31, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) 

Members of a local winter swimming club Alexander Klyukin (L) and Vladimir Korabelnikov jump into the Yenisei River during their weekly bathing session, in a temperature of around minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit), in the town of Divnogorsk, 38 km south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, January 31, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Children play along a street amid damaged buildings in the besieged area of Homs January 27, 2014. The United States called on the Syrian government on Monday to allow aid convoys into the Old City of Homs, where "people are starving", and said that all civilians must be allowed to leave the besieged area freely. The evacuation of women and children from rebel-held Homs, as proposed by the Damascus delegation at peace talks, is "not sufficient" and not an alternative to badly-needed aid, it said. REUTERS/Thaer Al Khalidiya (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

A family stands while watching Mount Sinabung volcano spew ash at Berastepu village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, January 9, 2014. About 20,000 villagers have been evacuated since authorities raised the alert status for Sinabung to the highest level in November 2013, local media reported on Monday. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

A farmer uses a wooden stick to clean ash from Mt Sinabung Mountain from his onion plantation at Payung village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, January 9, 2014. About 20,000 villagers have been evacuated since authorities raised the alert status for Sinabung to the highest level in November 2013, local media reported on Monday. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

Two men walk during a sandstorm in Bangui, Central African Republic, December 1, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Children play basketball at an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city November 24, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, the most powerful storm to make landfall this year on November 8, killed more than 5,200 people, displaced 4.4 million and destroyed an estimated 12 billion pesos ($274 million) worth of crops and infrastructure. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A worker transports materials through flooded St. Mark's Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri (ITALY - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

Students take part in morning exercises at a school at Berastepu village, as Mount Sinabung spews ash in the backgorund, in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province November 7, 2013. Mount Sinabung continued to spew volcanic ash on Thursday as thousands of residents remained in temporary shelters fearful of more eruptions. Mount Sinabung's last eruption on Tuesday lasted about 20 minutes and sent volcanic ash 3,000 metres into the sky from its crater, authorities said, adding that there were no casualties as everyone in the nearby villages had been moved to shelters. Authorities have put the area surrounding the 2,460-metre high volcano on alert level three, recommending people not to be within a radius of three kilometres from the crater. The students pictured are attending a school outside of the evacuation area. REUTERS/Tarmizy Harva (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION SOCIETY) 

Belgian riot police are covered with foam sprayed by Belgian firefighters during a protest for better work conditions in central Brussels October 7, 2013. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon at the Justice Palace, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo September 29, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) 

A worker sprays pesticide on his vegetable crops while Mount Sinabung spews ash and hot lava as it erupts in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province September 15, 2013. Around 1,000 people from six villages have been evacuated from their homes to a safety area after the volcano erupted and no casualties are reported, local media said on Sunday. REUTERS/YT Haryono (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE) 

A couple embraces next to a beggar in downtown Mexico City September 3, 2013. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Residents eat in a flooded "carinderia", a local restaurant, after monsoon rains reinforced by tropical storm Trami, in Masantol, Pampanga, north of Manila, August 21, 2013. At least 10 people were killed by flooding in several parts of the country, disaster officials said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

Police officials expel members of the public after they wore red clown noses during the debate to vote on a motion of confidence in Lisbon July 30, 2013. Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho ruled out any backtracking on its bailout terms on Tuesday as his revamped government easily won a confidence vote intended to show it has repaired an internal rift over austerity. A dozen protesters in the parliament's gallery put on red clown noses to show their disdain for the vote. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST) 

Members of the public wear red clown noses during the debate to vote on a motion of confidence in Lisbon July 30, 2013. Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho ruled out any backtracking on its bailout terms on Tuesday as his revamped government easily won a confidence vote intended to show it has repaired an internal rift over austerity. A dozen protesters in the parliament's gallery put on red clown noses to show their disdain for the vote. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

People stand under a pre-election billboard for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) featuring Prime Minister Hun Sen and other officials as they wait for their transport to their provinces from the suburbs of Phnom Penh July 27, 2013. Hun Sen has been premier for 28 years, bringing stability after years of war and the genocidal late-1970s regime of the Khmer Rouge but, his critics say, he has shown disdain for democracy through the intimidation of opponents and electoral fraud. Cambodia will hold general elections on July 28. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

People stand near a pre-election billboard for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) featuring Prime Minister Hun Sen and other officials as they wait for their transport to their provinces from the suburbs of Phnom Penh July 27, 2013. Hun Sen has been premier for 28 years, bringing stability after years of war and the genocidal late-1970s regime of the Khmer Rouge but, his critics say, he has shown disdain for democracy through the intimidation of opponents and electoral fraud. Cambodia will hold its general elections on July 28. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

People stand under a pre-election billboard for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) featuring prime minister Hun Sen and other officials as they wait for transport to their provinces from the suburbs of Phnom Penh July 27, 2013. Hun Sen has been premier for 28 years, bringing stability after years of war and the genocidal late-1970s regime of the Khmer Rouge but, his critics say, he has shown disdain for democracy through intimidation of opponents and electoral fraud. Cambodia will hold its general elections on July 28. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

A boy throws a banana after collecting it from the polluted waters of river Sabarmati, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad July 18, 2013. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A view showing one of the entrances to Bab al-Aziziya, Muammar Gaddafi's former Tripoli compound July 17, 2013. The 6 sq km (2.5 sq mile) complex, a city within a city from which Gaddafi orchestrated eccentric defiance of Western powers and disdain for his own people for four decades, is to be turned into a public park, Tourism Minister Ikram Abdusalam Bash Imam said on July 16, 2013. The complex was first bombed by U.S. jets in 1986 in retaliation for the Libyan bombing of a discotheque in Berlin - but finally pulverised in August 2011 when NATO warplanes bombed it to help rebels to seize control of the capital. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS TRAVEL) 

A view of Bab al-Aziziya, Muammar Gaddafi's former Tripoli compound July 17, 2013. The 6 sq km (2.5 sq mile) complex, a city within a city from which Gaddafi orchestrated eccentric defiance of Western powers and disdain for his own people for four decades, is to be turned into a public park, Tourism Minister Ikram Abdusalam Bash Imam said on July 16, 2013. The complex was first bombed by U.S. jets in 1986 in retaliation for the Libyan bombing of a discotheque in Berlin - but finally pulverised in August 2011 when NATO warplanes bombed it to help rebels to seize control of the capital. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS TRAVEL) 

A view showing one of the entrances to Bab al-Aziziya, Muammar Gaddafi's former Tripoli compound July 17, 2013. The 6 sq km (2.5 sq mile) complex, a city within a city from which Gaddafi orchestrated eccentric defiance of Western powers and disdain for his own people for four decades, is to be turned into a public park, Tourism Minister Ikram Abdusalam Bash Imam said on July 16, 2013. The complex was first bombed by U.S. jets in 1986 in retaliation for the Libyan bombing of a discotheque in Berlin - but finally pulverised in August 2011 when NATO warplanes bombed it to help rebels to seize control of the capital. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS TRAVEL) 

A view of Bab al-Aziziya, Muammar Gaddafi's former Tripoli compound July 17, 2013. The 6 sq km (2.5 sq mile) complex, a city within a city from which Gaddafi orchestrated eccentric defiance of Western powers and disdain for his own people for four decades, is to be turned into a public park, Tourism Minister Ikram Abdusalam Bash Imam said on July 16, 2013. The complex was first bombed by U.S. jets in 1986 in retaliation for the Libyan bombing of a discotheque in Berlin - but finally pulverised in August 2011 when NATO warplanes bombed it to help rebels to seize control of the capital. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS TRAVEL) 

A view of Bab al-Aziziya, Muammar Gaddafi's former Tripoli compound July 17, 2013. The 6 sq km (2.5 sq mile) complex, a city within a city from which Gaddafi orchestrated eccentric defiance of Western powers and disdain for his own people for four decades, is to be turned into a public park, Tourism Minister Ikram Abdusalam Bash Imam said on July 16, 2013. The complex was first bombed by U.S. jets in 1986 in retaliation for the Libyan bombing of a discotheque in Berlin - but finally pulverised in August 2011 when NATO warplanes bombed it to help rebels to seize control of the capital. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS TRAVEL)