Iran
An Iranian teacher proudly watches her pupils, as they gaze up at Esfahan's Masjed-e Imam southern cupola, some 33 meters above them.
Tayyip Erdogan
20 Jul 2004, PARIS, France --- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) talks with French President Jacques Chirac at the Elysees Palace in Paris, July 20, 2004. Erdogan is on a three-day visit to France where he will hold talks focussing on Turkish membership of the European Union. --- Image by © Mal Langsdon/Reuters/Corbis
Vladimir Putin
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshchenko arrive on January 18, 2009 to address the press after negotiations in Moscow. Russia and Ukraine were set to finalize a deal to get natural gas flowing again, but the European Union remained sceptical about an imminent end to its worst-ever gas crisis. AFP PHOTO / RIA NOVOSTI / POOL / ALEXEY DRUZHININ (Photo credit should read ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
