A diaspora is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin. The word is used in reference to people who identify with a specific geographic location, but currently reside elsewhere.
India has the world's largest annual out-migration. Pictured at Ricoh Coliseum, in Toronto, Canada, on April 15, 2015
The Mexican diaspora is the world's second-largest diaspora; pictured is Mexican day celebrations in Germany.
Emigrants Leave Ireland depicting the emigration to America following the Great Famine in Ireland
The Chinese diaspora is the world's third largest; Paifang (torna) gateway at Sydney Chinatown in Australia.
The Jewish diaspora or exile is the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancient ancestral homeland and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe.
Scene from Lachish Relief: Judahites from Lachish in Assyrian captivity, playing a later form of the Egyptian lyre
Expulsion of French Jews, 1182