Medina, Tangier, Morocco, pictured on December 27, 2009. A lamplit corner of the Old Town showing a steep staircase outside a cafe whose tiny door is marked by a signpost. Tangier, the 'White City', gateway to North Africa, a port on the Straits of Gibraltar where the Meditaerranean meets the Atlantic is an ancient city where many cultures, Phoenicians, Berbers, Portuguese and Spaniards have all left their mark. With its medina, palace and position overlooking two seas the city is now being developed as a tourist attraction and modern port. Picture by Manuel Cohen