Conference Centre

Urinals, with some blocked off to maintain social distancing, on the M20 motorway in Maidstone, Kent, England. Photo: John Sibley/Reuters.

Meeting Without Knowing It

A public toilet in a residential area for migrant workers in 史各庄村 (Shǐgèzhuāng Village), 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: Reuters.

Passepartout

Italy’s northern city of Reggio Emilia declared its intention to follow the footsteps of Germany, where the unisex public toilets are already at work since long time. Reggio Emilia’s Mayor, Democratic Party (PD) member Luca Vecchi, called the newly approved protocol — the first in its genre all over the country — a step forward on the way of granting “full rights and equal dignity for all people” regardless of their gender in public institutions such as city halls, schools, universities, and hospitals.

The sign used to mark gender-neutral toilets at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU) in Turku, Finland. Credit: Åbo Akademi University.

A Story Told In Twilight

• Solemn opening ceremony of first public toilet in Azerbaijan takes place under national anthem, armenpress.am, May 4, 2016

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Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Cosplay actors pose for photos in a glass public toilet to mark World Toilet Day in 长沙 (Chángshā), 湖南省 (Húnán province), China on November 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Getty Images.

The Pit Stop of Doom

A public toilet in Diepsloot, South Africa. Photo: Jennifer van den Bussche.

An urgent appeal! The Referee accidentally dropped his own iPhone down the toilet!

Community toilets in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, typically consist of a hole in the floor.

Winterreise

A toilet by the wall barrier near the Rafah crossing point into Egypt from Gaza. Photo: David Levene for The Guardian.

Winter is coming (but he forgot his wallet)

A cashier awaits clients as she sells tickets to a public toilet in central Kiev, Ukraine. Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters.

Stairway to Heaven

An abandoned toilet on the banks of the Mekong river in Laos. The degradation of the water, vital as an economic lifeline for 60 million people, is a great concern for the six Asian nations it flows through. Photo: Barbara Walton/EPA.

Arcovazzi’s Colonial Development and Welfare Acts

There is little privacy in these public latrines in Kroo Bay, Freetown, Sierra Leone. There is also a security issue, especially for women needing to go to the toilet at night, according to a report by Amnesty International. Photo: Anna Jefferys/IRIN.

Network of suppliers

A poster illustrates the business venture between UMAWA and its customers in a pit-latrine-emptying venture in Kigamboni district, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo: WaterAid/Christina Chacha.

They Can’t Wait!

A huge inflatable toilet was installed outside United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, United States, to mark World Toilet Day 2014. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images.

En busca del paraíso

Mexico City’s lavatories may not cope with its creaking sewage system, but what they lack in efficiency they make up for in creative design. “Incredible improvisation... Unlike most European and U.S. cities, Mexico has no rules to dictate public sanitation design”, says Kurt Hollander, who must also be credited for the above picture.

Arcovazzi’s Letterhead

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Arcovazzi’s World

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Arcovazzi, Terror of the West

In some countries toilet facilities were racially segregated. In this image, taken in 1943 in the United States, two toilet huts are labelled “white” and “coloured”. Photo: akg-images.

Advice to a young woman at service

Danny, the toilet attendant, relies on tips and selling splashes of scent… Up All Night: The Nightclub Toilet. Photo: Channel 4.

A Door to Anywhere

好事情永远不会发生在你的舒适区。
Hǎo shìqíng yǒngyuǎn bù huì fāshēng zài nǐ de shūshì qū.
Great things never came from comfort zones.

A campaign outside the House of Parliament for better public toilets in the runup to the 2005 general election in London, United Kingdom. Photo: Martin Godwin for The Guardian.