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00054786 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Indian sailors loading South Korean LG washing machines onto a dhow at Dubai Creek dockside for export. A dhow is a traditional Arab sailing vessel used to transport freight.
00054785 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Fashion advertising for a shop selling traditional Arab costume in a Dubai souk.
00054784 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Loading consumer goods onto sailing dhows at Dubai Creek dockside. Goods (mostly from Asian factories) are often exported from Dubai to countries, such as to Iranian and Somali locations, that are off western trading networks but which are still hungry for consumer durables.
00054783 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Loading consumer goods onto sailing dhows at Dubai Creek dockside. Goods (mostly from Asian factories) are often exported from Dubai to countries, such as to Iranian and Somali locations, that are off western trading networks but which are still hungry for consumer durables.
00054782 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Loading consumer goods onto sailing dhows at Dubai Creek dockside. Goods (mostly from Asian factories) are often exported from Dubai to countries, such as to Iranian and Somali locations, that are off western trading networks but which are still hungry for consumer durables.
00054781 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Small Chinese-run business, part of an increasing Chinese presence, in the souks of Deira.
00054780 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Deira, Dubai - Chinese-run store selling underwear in a Dubai souk.
00054779 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Pakistani migrant porter, waiting for business in a souk in the Deira district, consulting his mobile phone.
00054778 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Sign for a clothing store in the Deira souk.
00054777 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Men with boxes of Chinese textiles in a Deira souk. Chinese traders are a steadily growing presence in the city state's souks.
00054776 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - South Asian porter passing a small Chinese business, part of an increasing influx of small Chinese businesses, in the souks of Deira.
00054775 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Chinese woman talking to an Indian employee in a shoe shop selling Chinese shoes, part of an increasing mainland Chinese presence, in the souks of Deira.
00054774 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Pakistani employee (left), a Somalian buyer (right) and Chinese staff behind the desk of a small Chinese business, part of an increasing influx of small Chinese businesses, in a Deira souk.
00054773 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Sign reading 'Camels Only' at the entrance to a race track and training ground for camel racing.
00054772 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Men with boxes of Chinese textiles in a Deira souk. Chinese traders are a steadily growing presence in the city state's souks.
00054771 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Chinese businessman looking out onto a busy nighttime scene from a Chinese restaurant on the edge of the Deira souk district.
00054770 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - View from a Chinese restaurant out onto the busy Deira souk district. Chinese traders and Chinese-run shops are increasing steadily in Dubai's souks.
00054769 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Taking racing camels to a racetrack for a training session, with city skyscrapers rising out of the desert behind.
00054768 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Sign reading 'Camels Only' at the entrance to a race track and training ground for camel racing.
00054767 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Taking racing camels for a training session.
00054766 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Camel trainer (in vehicle) and camels heading for a racing training session, with light shining off the Burj Dubai luxury hotel in the distance behind.
00054765 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Racing camels being taken out for a morning training session. The practice of using children as jockeys officially no longer exists but, whilst now most camel riders are adults, some riders do still appear to be in early adolescence, as here. One solution to the problem has been to ban photography at the racetrack.
00054764 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Taking racing camels to a racetrack for a training session.
00054763 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Taking racing camels to a racetrack for a training session, with city skyscrapers rising out of the desert behind.
00054762 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Taking racing camels to a racetrack for a training session, with city skyscrapers rising out of the desert behind.
00054761 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Taking racing camels to a racetrack for a training session, with city skyscrapers rising out of the desert behind.
00054760 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Training camels for racing - coming to the finish line.
00054759 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Handlers preparing camels for race training.
00054758 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Trainers preparing racing camels for a training session.
00054757 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Racing camels being taken out for a morning training session. The practice of using children as jockeys officially no longer exists but, whilst now most camel riders are adults, some riders do still appear to be in early adolescence, as here. One solution to the problem has been to ban photography at the racetrack.
00054756 : CUBA Havana - Chaotic electrical wiring in an apartment building in Old Havana.
00054755 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Modernisation of camel racing - a robot jockey, one of the responses to an official ban on child jockeys, mounted on a camel's back.
00054754 : CUBA Havana - Coffee Cuban style - private enterprise. People drinking small cups of strong coffee being sold for 1 Cuban peso in a doorway in Old Havana.
00054753 : CUBA Havana - Schoolgirls in Old Havana.
00054752 : THAILAND Bangkok (Krung Thep) - A young boy stands in the mouth of a model shark while having his photo taken at the largest aquarium in South-East Asia.
00054751 : CUBA Havana - Young woman performing Chinese Tai Chi in front of the Capitol building - all part of a state approved programme to improve Chinese-Cuban relations.
00054750 : THAILAND Pattaya, Chonburi (Chon Buri) - An animal handler poses with an orangutan monkey for tourists visiting one of the many sideshows at Sriracha Zoo.
00054749 : THAILAND Bangkok (Krung Thep) - A baby long-tailed macaque monkey in a cage. The young macaque was seized by the Thai Royal Forest Department from a pet shop in an inner city shopping centre.
00054748 : CAMBODIA Koh Kong Province - A ranger's boat from the Cambodian Department of Forestry patrols a river. The Department of Forestry is attempting to stop the poaching and related black market activities in the area by carrying out regular patrols and searches.
00054747 : THAILAND Bangkok (Krung Thep) - A sign outside one of the many restaurants selling shark fin and bird's nest soup in Chinatown.
00054746 : CAMBODIA Bokor - A young sun bear cub packaged in a cardboard box for its journey to the Cambodian capital. The bear was seized from a black market animal trader by the Cambodian Department of Forestry in the southern state of Bokor.
00054745 : CHINA Guangdong Province - A restaurant butcher drags a crocodile off to be slaughtered inside one of the most expensive restaurants in Guangdong.
00054744 : CHINA Guangdong Province - A restaurant butcher prepares to kill a crocodile for lunchtime customers inside one of the most expensive restaurants in Guangdong.
00054743 : CHINA Guangdong Province - A restaurant butcher prepares to kill a crocodile for lunchtime customers inside one of the most expensive restaurants in Guangdong.
00054742 : CHINA Guangdong Province - A restaurant butcher gutting a crocodile inside one of the most expensive restaurants in Guangdong.
00054741 : CHINA Kunming, Yunnan Province - Scorpions for sale in the open-air chemist market. Scorpions are traditionally eaten for their vitamins and other health properties.
00054740 : CHINA Mungla - Two women sell a pair of bear claws along with other black market animal products in the Burmese-Chinese border town of Mungla.
00054739 : CHINA Guangdong Province - A restaurant butcher gutting a crocodile inside one of the most expensive restaurants in Guangdong.
00054738 : CHINA Guangdong Province - A restaurant butcher preparing a crocodile for lunchtime customers inside one of the most expensive restaurants in Guangdong.
00054737 : CHINA Guangdong Province - A Tibetan trader selling tiger claws and an assortment of deer horns along with other black market animal parts on the streets of Guangdong.
00054736 : HONG KONG China - Turtles for sale in a market in central Hong Kong.
00054735 : HONG KONG China - Turtles for sale in a market in central Hong Kong.
00054734 : CHINA Shanghai - Shop assistants wearing face masks prepare remedies for customers in a traditional Chinese chemist. Traditional medicines are often made from wildlife products.
00054733 : CHINA Shanghai - Medicinal remedies being prepared for customers in a traditional Chinese chemist. Traditional medicines are often made from wildlife products.
00054732 : NEPAL Birgunj (Birganj) - Cyclists cross the border with India. Birgunj is a key entry point for Nepalese-Indian trading and, likewise, it is also a significant checkpoint for smugglers and black market traders.
00054731 : INDONESIA Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A poacher holds up a fruit bat that he has captured while hunting and will sell for use in traditional medicine preparations. The bats are often used in remedies to treat common colds.
00054730 : INDIA Sundarbans - 42-year-old Asitkumar Mondol has his wounds tended. Asitkumar was attacked by a tiger while foraging for crabs in the mangrove forests of the Sunderbans. He was dragged to safety by a companion and survived horrendous head wounds, but had to wait for eight hours before he could get medical attention. Another of his companions was killed in the attack.
00054729 : INDONESIA Medan, North Sumatra - A sun bear stands on its hind legs in a cage at Medan Zoo.
00054728 : INDIA Kaziranga, Assam - A rhinoceros horn seized by police near Kaziranga National Park. This rhino horn was discovered with another under a kitchen bench in the house of a female gang member of a black market poaching ring. The two horns were from a female rhino and her calf that had been poached from Kaziranga National Park two days earlier.
00054727 : INDIA Kaziranga, Assam - A small gang of black market poachers being questioned by police following the discovery of two rhinoceros horns in the house of a female gang member. The two horns were from a female rhino and her calf that had been poached two days earlier from Kaziranga National Park.
00054726 : INDIA Kaziranga, Assam - A group of rangers beginning their afternoon patrol on elephants in Kaziranga National Park.
00054725 : BURMA Moung La, Myanmar - A man sells wildlife products in the central market.
00054724 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A small sample of the seized black market animal products collected by Scotland Yard's animal protection unit in six months.
00054723 : CAMBODIA Koh Kong Province - A patrol from the Cambodian Department of Forestry crossing a river. The Department of Forestry is attempting to stop black market poaching in the area by carrying out regular patrols and searches.
00054722 : NEPAL Birgunj (Birganj) - Horses and carts cross the border with India. Birgunj is a key entry point for Nepalese-Indian trading and, likewise, it is also a significant checkpoint for smugglers and black market traders.
00054721 : INDONESIA Medan, North Sumatra - A long-tailed macaque monkey is having its tail treated by a tradesman at the market. The animal, which is currently on sale for $10 US, was injured in transit after poachers tied a rope to its tail.
00054720 : INDIA Kaziranga, Assam - A 26-year-old woman cries in the back of a police vehicle, having been arrested in possession of two rhinoceros horns that her brother and husband had poached two days earlier from Kaziranga National Park. On hearing of her arrest, her Muslim husband swiftly divorced her, releasing himself from any marital ties that would link him with the crime. As a result, while the men may receive a warning, the woman faces the death penalty.
00054719 : NEPAL Birgunj (Birganj) - A sign at the border with India. Birgunj is a key entry point for Nepalese-Indian trading and, likewise, it is also a significant checkpoint for smugglers and black market traders.
00054718 : BURMA Thakhilek, Myanmar - The Thailand-Burma border towns of Mae Sae (Mai Sai) and Thakhilek. The river, which marks the boundary of the Thai-Burmese border between Mae Sai and Thakhilek, is shallower during the dry season and often traversed by wildlife poachers and traders trafficking illegal black market goods. The market in Thakhilek has many shops that sell wildlife products.
00054717 : NEPAL Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP) - A small group of Royal Nepalese soldiers riding elephants patrol the Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP) at dawn.
00054716 : INDIA Kaziranga, Assam - A group of rangers on elephants patrol Kaziranga National Park.
00054715 : INDIA Sundarbans, West Bengal - 42-year-old Asitkumar Mondol was attacked by a tiger while foraging for crabs in the mangrove forests of the Sunderbans. He was dragged to safety by a companion and survived horrendous head wounds, but had to wait for eight hours before he could get medical attention. Another of his companions was killed in the attack.
00054714 : BURMA Myanmar - A view of the Salween River, which forms part of the Thai-Burmese border.
00054713 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Homeless people sleeping under the Howrah Bridge, one of the busiest bridges in the world. Some two million people cross the bridge each day.
00054712 : THAILAND Bangkok (Krung Thep) - A pangolin (scaly anteater) that was intercepted with hundreds of others at Bangkok International Airport as part of a crackdown on the black market trafficking in wild animals. A customs official reported that the 102 boxes of pangolin were marked as containing turtles. Pangolins are considered a delicacy in parts of Asia and prized for their use in both traditional medicine and as an aphrodisiac.
00054711 : NEPAL Kathmandu - The Kathmandu Valley.
00054710 : THAILAND Kaeng Krachan - A former black market poacher, who now works as a tracker and conservationist for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), in the jungle of Kaeng Krachan National Park.
00054709 : THAILAND Kanchanaburi - A tourist leads a tiger as it walks freely in the grounds of the Pha Luang Ba Tua temple. The small monastery has become an animal sanctuary for tigers rescued from private zoos and circuses.
00054708 : INDIA Kaziranga, Assam - Two rhinoceros horns from a female rhino and her calf seized by police near Kaziranga National Park. The horns were discovered under a kitchen bench in the house of a female gang member of a black market poaching ring.
00054707 : NEPAL Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP) - A boatman on the river at the Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP) at dawn. Boats are used as a common mode of transport during the wet season as the roads often become impassable.
00054706 : THAILAND Bangkok (Krung Thep) - Mr. Prasert Sri Yongtong stands between two huge elephant tusks. He has about 3,000 to 4,000 pieces, ranging from horns and elephant skulls to the extinct Schomburgk's horn, in his collection, which is probably one of the most extensive of its kind in the world.
00054705 : VIETNAM Hanoi - The blood, bile and heart of a snake are served for consumption at a city restaurant. The snake is cut open while it is still alive to remove its heart, blood and bile. The animal's organs are eaten in the belief that they increase sexual libido.
00054704 : INDIA Sundarbans, West Bengal - A woman and her daughter fishing with nets along the river. The woman's late husband was killed by a tiger along this same stretch of water two years earlier while he was out fishing. Tiger attacks are commonplace in the Sunderbans area and some 50-60 people are killed each year following tiger attacks in the delta region.
00054703 : CHINA Guangdong Province - Tibetan traders selling tiger claws and an assortment of deer horns along with other black market animal parts on the streets of Guangdong.
00054702 : BURMA Moung La, Myanmar - A woman sells wildlife products in the central market in the Chinese-Burmese border town of Moung La.
00054701 : BURMA Moung La, Myanmar - Traders sell wildlife products in the central market in the Chinese-Burmese border town of Moung La.
00054700 : INDIA Sundarbans, West Bengal - A portrait of a young girl. The girl's father was killed by a tiger two years earlier along the same stretch of water that she now fishes on. Tiger attacks are commonplace in the Sunderbans area and some 50-60 people are killed each year following tiger attacks in the delta region.
00054699 : INDIA Sundarbans, West Bengal - A portrait of a young girl. The girl's father was killed by a tiger two years earlier along the same stretch of water that she now fishes on. Tiger attacks are commonplace in the Sunderbans area and some 50-60 people are killed each year following tiger attacks in the delta region.
00054698 : THAILAND Isaan Region - Prawing Klinkai, a former black market ivory poacher, who now works as a tracker and conservationist for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), on patrol in Khao Yai National Park. Khao Yai is one of the biggest national parks in Thailand.
00054697 : INDONESIA Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A young poacher holds up a fruit bat that he has captured while hunting and will sell for use in traditional medicine preparations. The bats are often used in remedies to treat common colds.
00054696 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Women in headscarves shopping at downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054695 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Women wearing Muslim headscarves out shopping on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman downtown.
00054694 : CHINA Beijing - The Mega Tower, China World Trade Center Phase 3 will be 300m high on completion and will contain a five-star hotel and premium-grade corporate office spaces. This prestigious project designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is situated in the Central Business District and is expected to be completed in 2009.
00054693 : CHINA Beijing - A peeling poster showing the planned skyline of the Central Business District in 2008. Many of the buildings are presently under construction.
00054692 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Man roasting chestnuts in the crowded Jalan Petaling Chinatown market.
00054691 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Female prisoners in a literacy class run by Tata Consulting at Hyderabad Central Prison. The women in white saris are sentenced prisoners while the women in civilian clothes are awaiting trial, which can take up to one year in Andhra Pradesh.
00054690 : GREENLAND Ilulissat - Icebergs float in the entrance to the famous tourist destination of the Ilulissat ice fjord on the coast of Greenland.
00054689 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Mother and grandmother, wearing Muslim headscarves, dressing children who have been playing in a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054688 : GREENLAND Ilulissat Glacier - A small fishing boat, which works out of the port of Ilulissat sails, past the famous icebergs that calve from the Ilulissat Glacier.
00054687 : INDIA Ekbalpur, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - The Beby family - Banno Begum with her daughters, Sanno and Sakila Beby, on the bed and her son, Mohammed, and his children sitting on the floor. Seven people live in this small two-room apartment in Ekbalpur, a poor predominantly Muslim neighbourhood.
00054686 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Traffic downtown, with the colonial era architecture of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building on Merdaka Square behind.
00054685 : INDIA Bhavanipur, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Prity Channa washing dishes in the tiny courtyard outside her home.
00054684 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Female prisoners in a literacy class at Hyderabad Central Prison. The women can wear civilian clothes while awaiting trial, which can take up to one year in Andhra Pradesh.
00054683 : MALAYSIA Kelantan State - Woman attending to a rubber tree in a plantation, with its white sap clearly visible.
00054682 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Sentenced female prisoners in white saris embroidering saris for commercial companies while on a skills training programme at Hyderabad Central Prison.
00054681 : INDIA New Delhi - A warning notice in the window of a diagnostic clinic at the Yusuf Sarai Market in south Delhi. The sign, which states that prenatal gender determinations are against the law, indicates that the clinic will not test for the sex of an unborn child.
00054680 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Female inmates worshipping at a shrine to Shirdi Sai at Hyderabad Central Prison. The woman in white is a sentenced prisoner, the other is still awaiting trial. Shirdi Sai was a guru who is regarded by both his Hindu and Muslim followers as a saint.
00054679 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Brother and sister playing in an artificial waterfall at a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054678 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Boy playing in an artificial waterfall at a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054677 : MALAYSIA Pahang State - Youth carrying palm fruit on a plantation that produces palm oil, a major agricultural export.
00054676 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian national flag flying in front of colonial era architecture of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building on Merdaka Square downtown.
00054675 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - City view - colonial era architecture of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building on Merdaka Square, with modern high-rise architecture behind, including the Menara Kuala Lumpur (KL Tower).
00054674 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - A class of children in a private school at Hyderabad Central Prison. Jailed women can have their children living with them at the prison while they are serving their sentence. The children's admission and monthly school fees (adm. 10,000 rs, 250 rs monthly) are paid by the prison authorities.
00054673 : INDIA Kalighat, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - 17-year-old Sakila Beby, a young female boxer and one of the Beby twins, training at her boxing club.
00054672 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Child with a balloon in a luxury shopping mall.
00054671 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Female prisoners in a literacy class run by Tata Consulting at Hyderabad Central Prison. The women in white saris are sentenced prisoners while the women in civilian clothes are awaiting trial, which can take up to one year in Andhra Pradesh. Women can have their children living with them at the prison.
00054670 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Female prisoners in a literacy class at Hyderabad Central Prison. The women can wear civilian clothes while awaiting trial, which can take up to one year in Andhra Pradesh.
00054669 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Father with his son at a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054668 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Little India - Indian entertainment store selling imported Bollywood movies with one being played (showing a love scene) on a Sony television in the window.
00054667 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Children swimming and playing in an artificial waterfall at a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054666 : GREENLAND - Chunks of ice fall from the edge of a glacier as the sun warms its face on the coast of Greenland.
00054665 : INDIA Rohtak District, Haryana - Young unmarried men in the village of Sunderpur. There is currently a gender imbalance in Haryana of approximately 70 females to 100 males. Many of these young men will therefore not be able to find local brides.
00054664 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - The Petronas Twin Towers.
00054663 : GREENLAND Helheim Glacier - The 'calving' edge of Helheim Glacier on the coast of Greenland, the point where the glacier meets the sea. Pieces of ice break off into the sea and form bergs.
00054662 : GREENLAND - Chunks of ice fall from the edge of a glacier as the sun warms its face on the coast of Greenland.
00054661 : GREENLAND - Glacial landscape on the South East coast of Greenland, showing broken and melting ice.
00054660 : GREENLAND Helheim Glacier - The 'calving' edge of Helheim Glacier on the coast of Greenland. Pieces of ice break off into the sea and form bergs.
00054659 : GREENLAND - An aerial view of a glacier, showing moraine deposits and exposed bedrock.
00054658 : GREENLAND - Icebergs off the coast of Greenland weathered by the winds into complex shapes.
00054657 : INDIA Bhavanipur, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - The Channa family at home.
00054656 : GREENLAND - Icebergs off the coast of Greenland.
00054655 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - 21-year-old Shapna with her 3-year-old son and her 18-month-old daughter at Hyderabad Central Prison. Shapna, who is accused of theft, is currently awaiting trial. Her husband was recently killed in a shoot-out after committing a robbery. Women can have their children living with them at the prison while they are awaiting trial, which can take up to one year, and they wear civilian clothes until sentenced.
00054654 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Contrast between the Petronas Twin Towers (and a luxury hotel) with a nearby slum housing area.
00054653 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - People eating and drinking at tables at a mostly Chinese night food market on Jalan Alor in the Golden Triangle.
00054652 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Women awaiting trial sit with their young children outside the cells at Hyderabad Central Prison. Women can have their children living with them at the prison while they are awaiting trial, which can take up to one year, and they wear civilian clothes until sentenced.
00054651 : INDIA Kalighat, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Two young female boxers, 17-year-old Sanno Beby and 14-year-old Prity Channa, in a training fight.
00054650 : CHINA Beijing - Memorial at a communal compound in Ya Yun Cun celebrating the 1990 Asian Games.
00054649 : CHINA Beijing - Zhu Jiang Luo Ma Jia Yuan Gardens, a residential estate whose name translates as Zhu Jiang Roman Gardens. The name and architectural style is drawn from Western influences and aims to target the middle and upper classes as potential residents. The average price per square metre in this estate is approximately 10,000 Yuan (1,000 Euro).
00054648 : CHINA Beijing - Women and children outside a residential compound with a construction site in the background. Environmental laws state that new construction projects should set aside at least 30% of the land for green space (which equates to approximately two square metres per person).
00054647 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Young women in headscarves shopping for clothes at downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054646 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Stallholder adjusting a Muslim headscarf for sale while decorating a mannequin at the downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054645 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Female inmates with their children in an alley between cellblocks at Hyderabad Central Prison. Jailed women can have their children living with them at the prison while they are serving their sentence. The women in white saris are sentenced prisoners. The inmates can wear civilian clothes while awaiting trial, which can take up to one year in Andhra Pradesh.
00054644 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Desserts for sale as snacks on a stall at the downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054643 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Man openly selling counterfeit Hollywood movies on DVD and music CDs at Jalan Petaling Chinatown market.
00054642 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Chinatown view showing a mix between traditional architecture of shophouses and modern high-rise office buildings behind.
00054641 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Chinese eating at outdoor tables at a mostly Chinese night food market on Jalan Alor in the Golden Triangle.
00054640 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Server at a Chinese food stall (selling pork liver noodles) at a mostly Chinese night food market on Jalan Alor in the Golden Triangle.
00054639 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Evening rush hour - people going to catch a bus.
00054638 : INDIA Kalighat, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - 17-year-old Sakila Beby, a young female boxer, training at her boxing club.
00054637 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Chinese traders, openly selling counterfeit Hollywood movies on DVD and music CDs, counting their profits by their stalls at Jalan Petaling Chinatown market.
00054636 : GREENLAND - A dense piece of an iceberg on Greenland.
00054635 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Multi-ethnic society - Malay, Indian and Chinese people waiting at a bus stop during rush hour downtown.
00054634 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Woman wearing a Muslim headscarf holding her hand to her face to protect against traffic pollution as she waits to cross a main road downtown.
00054633 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Muslim woman, wearing a headscarf, with her baby at a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054632 : CHINA Beijing - Construction site in Wangjing, Chaoyang district. This area is the largest residential district in the city is also becoming an important business centre.
00054631 : CHINA Beijing - Construction site of a new real estate development named 'SOHO'. The Western name aims to target the middle and upper classes as potential residents.
00054630 : GREENLAND - Scientist attending to cameras, which collect data about glaciers on the ice cap, in Eastern Greenland. They are powered by a small solar panel that feeds a rechargeable cell in the camera case. The scientist can later piece together time-lapse images of the glacier, which will show any recession in its position.
00054629 : GREENLAND - A snow-white iceberg off the coast of Greenland, containing a tiny melt pool. The inside is weathered by the melted ice and the outside by the fierce Atlantic waves and wind.
00054628 : MALAYSIA Butterworth, Penang State - Ship docked by oil containers.
00054627 : CHINA Beijing - A traditional Beijing courtyard, of a type that is fast disappearing. Duan Qi Rui Fu was built at the end of the Qing dynasty and was the residence of the King's relatives. During the Communist Revolution these buildings were used as offices by the army. At present the courtyard houses are home to 122 ordinary families. The place is rundown, and the courtyard is not as old as the surrounding buildings. The government has issued warnings that the houses are a fire hazard and would like the families to move out.
00054626 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Cook at a Chinese food stall (pork liver noodles stall) at a mostly Chinese night food market on Jalan Alor in the Golden Triangle.
00054625 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Assembly at a Chinese high school in Chinatown.
00054624 : INDIA Bohar, Rohtak District, Haryana - 20-year-old Punam, her husband 38-year-old Jaikisham and their two-year-old daughter, Sonia, on the porch of their home in the village of Bohar. Jaikisham bought his wife from another state for 20,000 rs. There is currently a gender imbalance in Haryana of approximately 70 females to 100 males and many young men cannot find local brides.
00054623 : CHINA Beijing - The construction site of the 2008 Olympic Games stadium, designed in the style of a bird's nest by architects Herzog & de Meuron. The national stadium is being built with 36 km of unwrapped steel, with a weight of 45,000 tonnes.
00054622 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - People eating and drinking at tables at a mostly Chinese night food market on Jalan Alor in the Golden Triangle.
00054621 : INDIA New Delhi - A warning notice in the window of a diagnostic clinic at the Yusuf Sarai Market in south Delhi. The sign, which states that prenatal gender determinations are against the law, indicates that the clinic will not test for the sex of an unborn child.
00054620 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Multi-ethnic society - Malay, Indian and Chinese people waiting at a bus stop downtown.
00054619 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - 40-year-old Chinamma and her two-year-old son Saraswati at Hyderabad Central Prison. Chinamma, who is accused of robbery after working as a maidservant, is currently awaiting trial. Women can have their children living with them at the prison while they are awaiting trial, which can take up to one year, and they wear civilian clothes until sentenced.
00054618 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - 24-year-old Rosa and her one-year-old son, Banni, at Hyderabad Central Prison. Rosa, who was homeless, is currently awaiting trial for robbery. Rosa likes the security of prison life and its regular meals. Women can have their children living with them at the prison while they are awaiting trial, which can take up to one year, and they wear civilian clothes until sentenced.
00054617 : INDIA Bhavanipur, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Joshnajana oversees her daughter, Prity Channa, washing dishes in the tiny little courtyard outside their home.
00054616 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Multi-ethnic society - Malay, Indian and Chinese people during rush hour downtown.
00054615 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Young Muslim woman writing SMS text messages on her mobile telephone.
00054614 : INDIA Rohtak District, Haryana - 20-year-old Punam, her husband 38-year-old Jaikisham and their two-year-old daughter, Sonia, on the porch of their home in the village of Bohar. Jaikisham bought his wife from another state for 20,000 rs. There is currently a gender imbalance in Haryana of approximately 70 females to 100 males and many young men cannot find local brides.
00054613 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Stall selling sunglasses at the downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054612 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Assembly at a Chinese high school in Chinatown.
00054611 : INDIA Kalighat, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - 17-year-old Sanno Beby holds a punch bag steady for 20-year-old Noor Faroze. Noor is currently the most promising female boxer at the club.
00054610 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Muslim girl wearing a headscarf playing in an artificial waterfall at a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054609 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Muslim boy playing in an artificial waterfall at a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054608 : CHINA Beijing - Private security guards being trained at a residential compound. According to the Ministry of Public Security there are more security guards employed in the private sector than there are national troops.
00054607 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Women wearing traditional clothing, including Muslim headscarves, going home from work.
00054606 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Young women wearing Muslim headscarves downtown.
00054605 : GREENLAND - Chunks of ice fall from the edge of a glacier on the coast of Greenland.
00054604 : INDIA Kalighat, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - The Beby twins, two young female boxers, watching a training boxing fight with their friends at the entrance to the training hall.
00054603 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Snack food for sale at the downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054602 : INDIA New Delhi - Advertisements for diagnostic clinics and abortions at Yusuf Sarai Market in south Delhi.
00054601 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Contrast between the Petronas Twin Towers (and a luxury hotel) with a nearby slum housing area.
00054600 : CHINA Beijing - A recently demolished building in Wangjing, Chaoyang district, soon to become another high-rise construction site. This area is the largest residential district in the city is also becoming an important business centre.
00054599 : MALAYSIA Kelantan State - Woman attending to a rubber tree in a plantation, with its white sap clearly visible.
00054598 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang - An Indian man sleeping rough outside a Buddhist temple with ornate painted decorations. Georgetown has a majority Chinese population.
00054597 : CHINA Beijing - The last days of a small water station that once supplied mineral water to a surrounding village. Now the village has been demolished and replaced by new residential estates, the water station is no longer required. The high rise behind the water station forms part of a residential estate in the suburbs of Beijing whose name in Chinese tranlates as 'The Silver Collared Worker International Compound'.
00054596 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Juice stall at the downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054595 : INDIA Kalighat, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Two young female boxers, Sanno and Sakila Beby, practise shadow boxing. The 17-year-old twins have been boxing since they were very young.
00054594 : CHINA Beijing - Temporary accommodation for construction workers at the Motorola building site in Wangjing, soon to be their headquarters in Beijing. Wangjing, in Chaoyang district, is the largest residential area in the city is also becoming an important business centre.
00054593 : GREENLAND - A detail of melting ice on an iceberg.
00054592 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Jalan Petaling Chinatown market. Man with souvenir stall and Malaysian flag flying over the crowds in the market, which is mostly dedicated to illegal counterfeit (pirated) goods.
00054591 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Jalan Petaling Chinatown market. Taxis waiting for customers as crowds flock to the market, which is mostly dedicated to illegal counterfeit (pirated) goods.
00054590 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang - Woman applying her make-up before performing in a Chinese Opera during Chinese New Year celebrations in Georgetown.
00054589 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Chinese woman setting up her stall of counterfeit brand name (Louis Vuitton) handbags at Jalan Petaling Chinatown market.
00054588 : GREENLAND Nr. Timmiarmiut - Scientist Jason Box from the Byrd Polar Research Centre drills a long hole in the ice to extract ice core samples. These enable him to map precipitation and melt levels, building a map of weather and climate changes over a period of years in a local area south of Timmiarmiut, north of Kap Cort Adelaer, on the South Eastern tip of Greenland.
00054587 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - A class of children in a private school at Hyderabad Central Prison. Jailed women can have their children living with them at the prison while they are serving their sentence. The children's admission and monthly school fees (adm. 10,000 rs, 250 rs monthly) are paid by the prison authorities.
00054586 : CHINA Beijing - A residential block in Wangjing, Chaoyang district, the largest residential area in the city which is also becoming an important business centre.
00054585 : CHINA Beijing - Serviced apartments catering for top business professionals living in the Central Business District.
00054584 : CHINA Beijing - The Mega Tower, China World Trade Center Phase 3 will be 300m high on completion and will contain a five-star hotel and premium-grade corporate office spaces. This prestigious project designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is situated in the Central Business District and is expected to be completed in 2009.
00054583 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Young women waiting for snacks to be prepared at a stall in the downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054582 : CHINA Beijing - A residential estate surrounding a school compound and football pitch in the city centre. In some cases real estate developers plan for schools to be built in new residential developments, adding to the value of the apartments.
00054581 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Sentenced female prisoners in white saris learning sewing and embroidery while on a skills training programme at Hyderabad Central Prison.
00054580 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Young women waiting for snacks to be prepared at a stall in the downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054579 : CHINA Beijing - A view from a luxury hotel in the west of the city onto its compound, adorned with an ornate gold sculpture. Many real estate developers imitate Western architectural styles to appeal to rich Chinese customers.
00054578 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Boy playing in an artificial waterfall at a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054577 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Multi-ethnic society - Malay, Indian and Chinese people waiting at a bus stop during rush hour downtown.
00054576 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Woman wearing Muslim headscarf downtown during evening rush hour.
00054575 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - People waiting for buses downtown, with young women wearing Muslim headscarves and girls in Western-style clothing.
00054574 : GREENLAND Ilulissat Glacier - A small fishing and whaling boat, which works out of the port of Ilulissat, sails past the famous icebergs that calve from the Ilulissat Glacier.
00054573 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - A father sleeping while a Chinese family group take a break in a shopping mall.
00054572 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - A father sleeping while a Chinese family group take a break in a shopping mall.
00054571 : GREENLAND Nr. Timmiarmiut - Scientist Jason Box from the Byrd Polar Research Centre drills a long hole in the ice to extract ice core samples. These enable him to map precipitation and melt levels, building a map of weather and climate changes over a period of years in a local area south of Timmiarmiut, north of Kap Cort Adelaer, on the South Eastern tip of Greenland.
00054570 : GREENLAND Narsaq - A fisherman in a tiny boat. An iceberg floats in the bay, houses in the Greenlandic town of Narsaq are in the background.
00054569 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Street scene showing multi-ethnic society downtown.
00054568 : CHINA Beijing - Security guards being trained in front of Pan Pan, the mascot for the 1990 Asian Games, just outside a residential estate.
00054567 : GREENLAND Narsaq - An iceberg floats in the bay, houses in the Greenlandic town of Narsaq are in the background.
00054566 : MALAYSIA Penang - Businessman making offerings and paying for prayers by monks and priests at a Chinese Buddhist temple.
00054565 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang - Giant dragon incense sticks burning outside a city temple at Chinese New Year. Georgetown has a majority Chinese population.
00054564 : CHINA Beijing - Western-styled residential compound. Real estate developers who want to cater to the middle and upper classes design residential estates that mimic Western styles.
00054563 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Multi-ethnic society. Indian man reading a magazine at a newsstand, displaying Malay, Indian and Chinese language publications, in Little India.
00054562 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Freshly painted traditional Chinese architecture in Chinatown.
00054561 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Physical education class at a Chinese high school in Chinatown.
00054560 : GREENLAND Nr. Timmiarmiut - Scientist Jason Box from the Byrd Polar Research Centre drills a long hole in the ice to extract ice core samples. These enable him to map precipitation and melt levels, building a map of weather and climate changes over a period of years in a local area south of Timmiarmiut, north of Kap Cort Adelaer, on the South Eastern tip of Greenland.
00054559 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Sentenced female prisoners in white saris sewing uniforms for commercial company employees while on a skills training programme at Hyderabad Central Prison.
00054558 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Sales assistants standing at the entry to a women's clothing shop, next to models displaying dresses, on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054557 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang - Chinese Opera performer during Chinese New Year celebrations in Georgetown, seen from the stage wings.
00054556 : GREENLAND Nr. Timmiarmiut - A lonely scientist on top of a glacier covered with snow just south of Timmiarmiut, north of Kap Cort Adelaer, on the South Eastern tip of Greenland.
00054555 : GREENLAND - Aerial view of a glacier on Greenland, showing the exposed bedrock and the calving front.
00054554 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - The Petronas Twin Towers at sunset.
00054553 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - View from the edge of the city showing electricity pylons and the Petronas Twin Towers rising behind.
00054552 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Traffic jam on the highway during morning rush hour, with construction in process.
00054551 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Mixed downtown architecture, ranging from the Petronas Twin Towers (rear left) to colonial era church in foreground, with LRT trains at centre.
00054550 : GREENLAND Greenland ice sheet, Western side. - A hole in the ice made by a scientist's ice corer, the different coloured rings are caused by the varying rates of snowfall and compression over each year.
00054549 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Children on their way to elementary school in the back of a school bus outside the Women's Department at Hyderabad Central Prison. Jailed women can have their children living with them at the prison while they are serving their sentence.
00054548 : INDIA Rohtak District, Haryana - 38-year-old Vedpal and his 24-year-old wife, Bassanti. Vedpal could not find a wife locally and so paid 40,000 rs to a bride broker to find him a wife in another state. There is currently a gender imbalance in Haryana of approximately 70 females to 100 males and many young men cannot find local brides. The trafficking of brides and the employment of bride brokers has developed into a profitable trade in some rich northern Indian states.
00054547 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Old Muslim beggar at the downtown Saturday night Pasar Malam (night market) close to Little India and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
00054546 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Multi-ethnic society - Malay, Indian and Chinese people waiting at a bus stop during rush hour downtown.
00054545 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Multi-ethnic society - Malay, Indian and Chinese people waiting at a bus stop during rush hour downtown.
00054544 : GREENLAND Nr. Timmiarmiut - Scientist Jason Box from the Byrd Polar Research Centre drills a long hole in the ice to extract ice core samples. These enable him to map precipitation and melt levels, building a map of weather and climate changes over a period of years in a local area south of Timmiarmiut, north of Kap Cort Adelaer, on the South Eastern tip of Greenland.
00054543 : GREENLAND Equip Sermia - The sheer edge of the Equip Sermia glacier that calves into a fjord within the cluster of islands to the East of the famous Disko Bay. The glacier was photographed from the air on the West Greenland coast.
00054542 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Young Muslim woman writing SMS text messages on her mobile telephone.
00054541 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Contrasting lifestyles - girl wearing traditional Muslim clothing and a modern punk with dyed hair getting off a bus.
00054540 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Muslim girl playing in an artificial waterfall at a popular paddling pool in a landscaped park.
00054539 : GREENLAND - A small iceberg being hauled out of the water for use in scientific reseach on the coast of Greenland.
00054538 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Portrait of a young woman wearing a Muslim headscarf.
00054537 : GREENLAND Equip Sermia - The sheer edge of the Equip Sermia glacier that calves into a fjord within the cluster of islands to the East of the famous Disko Bay. The glacier was photographed from the air on the West Greenland coast.
00054536 : GREENLAND Equip Sermia - The sheer edge of the Equip Sermia glacier that calves into a fjord within the cluster of islands to the East of the famous Disko Bay. The glacier was photographed from the air on the West Greenland coast.
00054535 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - To mark the 4th anniversary of the Sudanese conflict, protesters held a 'Day for Darfur' around the world. In Whitehall, in front of Downing Street, a giant hour glass filled with fake blood was inverted to make the point that time is running out. Children hold their own hour glasses.
00054534 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - To mark the 4th anniversary of the Sudanese conflict, protesters held a 'Day for Darfur' around the world. In Whitehall, in front of Downing Street, a giant hour glass filled with fake blood was inverted to make the point that time is running out.
00054532 : CHINA Shanghai - Children play before the opening of the first Toys "R" Us store in mainland China.
00054531 : CHINA Shanghai - A man walks past a Guangdong Development Bank advertisement. A group of investors led by Citigroup have acquired a controlling stake in the GDB, the first time a foreign-led consortium has won the right to manage a major Chinese bank.
00054530 : CHINA Shanghai - A sales person assists a prospective buyer at a real estate expo. The city's per capita amount of land is approximately one twentieth of the national average. Subsequently, Shanghai has been designated as a testing ground for a more centralized, and hopefully more effective, vertical land administration system.
00054529 : CHINA Guangxi Province - Scenery along the Li River between Guilin and Yangshuo that is also depicted on the back of a 20 RMB bill.
00054528 : CHINA Shanghai - A monkey handler leads a group of monkeys down the street.
00054526 : CHINA Shanghai - A homeless man sleeping outside a storefront.
00054525 : CHINA Shanghai - A man cleans the sign of an Agricultural Bank of China branch.
00054524 : CHINA Shanghai - Metal toys and other children's wares from the 1970s and 80s on sale at the Dongtai antiques market.
00054522 : CHINA Shandong Province - Cricket collectors compare their purchases in their hotel room near Yanzhou. Every August tens of thousands of cricket enthusiasts from major cities flock to rural Shandong, a place famed for its strong and ferocious crickets, to look for champions. The crickets, some fetching hundreds even thousands of dollars, are then fought in late September, drawing what insiders estimate to be some 25 to 35 million dollars a year.
00054521 : CHINA Beijing - A soldier and a woman stand in front of Tiananmen.
00054520 : CHINA Yangquan, Shanxi Province - A walkway with the almost dry Tao River on the one side and a ten-kilometre long city beautification project, which cost 12 million USD, on its right. The demand for water in Yangquan often exceeds the supply.
00054519 : CHINA Shenzhen, Guangdong Province - Pedestrians walk through the downtown area of the city at night.
00054516 : CHINA Shanghai - Visitors stand in front of the neon light installation called "Landscape: A Tribute to Huang Binhong" by Shen Fan at the Shanghai Art Museum. The exhibit is part of the Shanghai Biennale.
00054515 : CHINA Gaotang, Guangdong Province - A woman harvests rice with a sickle in a village field near Gaotang Township.
00054514 : CHINA Taizhou, Zhejiang Province - Forty-eight-year-old Li Rifu looks at Geely salesman Wang Jingping filling out a purchase order form at the automaker's dealership, which is attached to its factory complex in Taizhou.
00054512 : CHINA Shandong Province - Cricket collectors compare their purchases in their hotel room near Yanzhou. Every August tens of thousands of cricket enthusiasts from major cities flock to rural Shandong, a place famed for its strong and ferocious crickets, to look for champions. The crickets, some fetching hundreds even thousands of dollars, are then fought in late September, drawing what insiders estimate to be some 25 to 35 million dollars a year.
00054508 : CHINA Shanghai - A Buddhist monk shops for groceries at a high-end supermarket.
00054506 : CHINA Taizhou, Zhejiang Province - Forty-eight-year-old Li Rifu and his son Li Fengyang listen to Geely salesman Wang Jingping showing the features of a Geely car at the automaker's dealership, which is attached to its factory complex in Taizhou.
00054505 : CHINA Yangquan, Shanxi Province - A man stands on a street next to a coal burning power plant. A survey from China's State Environmental Protection Agency shows that the province of Shanxi contains the top three cities with the worst air pollution in China. The city of Yangquan, which is reported to have the second worst case of air pollution in the country, has a very high concentration of power plants using readily available coal to supply China's major cities with electricity.
00054504 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker operates a lift with the Jin Mao Grand Hyatt building in the background.
00054503 : CHINA Shanghai - A couple look at apartment models at a real estate expo. The city's per capita amount of land is approximately one twentieth of the national average. Subsequently, Shanghai has been designated as a testing ground for a more centralized, and hopefully more effective, vertical land administration system.
00054501 : CHINA Shenzhen, Guangdong Province - An artist and his two children eat dinner in his studio at Dafen Village near Shenzhen. The village houses some 6,000 painters and produces near 80% of the world's made-to-order and stock oil paintings.
00054500 : CHINA Shanghai - A view of Pudong at night.
00054499 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong Province - An audience eagerly grabs for boxes of supposedly "giveaway" shampoo, which later turned out to be sale items, at a square in Guangzhou.
00054496 : CHINA Shanghai - A woman holding a shopping list stands by a market stall selling meat.
00054495 : CHINA Yangquan, Shanxi Province - A power plant and its surrounding regions seen through thick smog. A survey from China's State Environmental Protection Agency shows that the province of Shanxi contains the top three cities with the worst air pollution in China. The city of Yangquan, which is reported to have the second worst case of air pollution in the country, has a very high concentration of power plants using readily available coal to supply China's major cities with electricity.
00054494 : CHINA Shanghai - A man smokes a cigarette behind his vegetables at a market.
00054493 : CHINA Shanghai - A couple push a stroller through a market.
00054492 : CHINA Shanghai - A man rearranges his vegetables at a market.
00054489 : CHINA Shandong Province - Farmers crowd near a table of cricket collectors to offer their recent catches at a night cricket market dubbed the "lit market" near Yanzhou. Every August tens of thousands of cricket enthusiasts from major cities flock to rural Shandong, a place famed for its strong and ferocious crickets, to look for champions. The crickets, some fetching hundreds even thousands of dollars, are then fought in late September, drawing what insiders estimate to be some 25 to 35 million dollars a year.
00054488 : CHINA Taizhou, Zhejiang Province - A worker passing rows of cars below a row of Chinese characters on the wall that read, 'Geely sedans walk all over the world', at the Geely Automobile Factory.
00054486 : CHINA Yanzhou, Shandong Province - A chimney from a small village factory bellows out a thick cloud of black smoke into the morning sky.
00054485 : CHINA Shenzhen, Guangdong Province - The city seen through a haze at dusk.
00054483 : CHINA Shanghai - A view from the Jin Mao Tower's 88th floor observation deck brings to life the immensity of the city's urbanisation.
00054482 : CHINA Taizhou, Zhejiang Province - Workers take a training session test at the Geely Automobile Factory.
00054481 : CHINA Shanghai - A man peddles his goods (strapped into his belt) while holding a mannequin head.
00054480 : CHINA Shanghai - A People's Liberation Army (PLA) officer chats on his mobile phone outside of the railway station in Shanghai.
00054477 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker dangles over the road while fixing a power line.
00054475 : CHINA Shanghai - A man wearing a hammer and sickle shirt waiting to get on the subway.
00054472 : CHINA Shenzhen, Guangdong Province - The city of Shenzhen seen from above.
00054471 : CHINA Shenzhen, Guangdong Province - Artist Wen Xiaoqiang paints a replica of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa in his tiny studio at Dafen Village near Shenzhen. Wen specialises in painting the Mona Lisa and has painted over 100 of them in the past two years. Dafen village houses some 6,000 painters and produces near 80% of the world's made-to-order and stock oil paintings.
00054470 : CHINA Quzhou, Zhejiang Province - The Quzhou Chemical Factory seen at night.
00054469 : CHINA Shanghai - Soon-to-be weds wait for a photographer to take their wedding pictures on a street.
00054468 : CHINA Shanghai - Seventy-seven-year-old retired police officer Chen Alu goes to have a work unit sponsored physical examination. Most state-run companies and institutions pay for their retired former employees to have a physical check-up every year.
00054467 : CHINA Beijing - A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier stands guard at Tiananmen Square with the Monument to the People's Heroes in the background.
00054465 : CHINA Quzhou, Zhejiang Province - A elderly farmer carrying a sop bucket walks near pipings at the Quzhou Juhua Chemical Factory.
00054463 : CHINA Shanghai - Laundry poles on a building in Shanghai.
00054461 : CHINA Shanghai - Shoppers walk past large posters advertising items on sale in front of a Hualian GSM Supermarket, one of several hypermarket chains owned by the Chinese retail conglomerate Shanghai Bailian Group.
00054458 : CHINA Ningbo, Zhejiang Province - Workers on the assembly line at the Geely Automobile Factory.
00054457 : CHINA Shanghai - A man asks questions at an information booth for education in the UK at the 2006 International Education Fair. There is increasing pressure on students to obtain a career edge by studying overseas. China now has more than 300,000 students studying abroad.
00054455 : CHINA Shanghai - Konami hostesses take a break at the 2006 China Joy Digital Entertainment Expo. China has one of the fastest growing online gaming markets in the world.
00054453 : CHINA Yangquan, Shanxi Province - A power plant and its surrounding regions seen through thick smog. A survey from China's State Environmental Protection Agency shows that the province of Shanxi contains the top three cities with the worst air pollution in China. The city of Yangquan, which is reported to have the second worst case of air pollution in the country, has a very high concentration of power plants using readily available coal to supply China's major cities with electricity.
00054452 : CHINA Shenzhen, Guangdong Province - Visitors have their pictures taken with waxwork figures of Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher at an exhibition on the history of Hong Kong.
00054451 : CHINA Shanghai - A wall with many number eights stands near a new housing development. The number eight is often considered to be lucky as it is phonetically similar to the word 'to prosper' in Chinese.
00054450 : CHINA Shanghai - A Buddhist monk shops for groceries at a high-end supermarket.
00054448 : CHINA Beijing - Afternoon commuters ride their bicycles near the Tiananmen Square.
00054446 : CHINA Shanghai - A young girl points to the tiger tattoo of a young woman on a subway train.
00054445 : CHINA Shanghai - Two migrant workers take a break on top of their belongings outside of the railway station in Shanghai. According to the State Population and Family Planning Commission, China's migrant population has reached 150 million and has doubled in the past 10 years.
00054444 : CHINA Shanghai - Workers make backpacks at the Xinxin Bag Factory.
00054443 : CHINA Shanghai - Shoppers go through the checkout counters at a GSM Hualian Supermarket, one of several hypermarket chains owned by the Chinese retail conglomerate Shanghai Bailian Group.
00054442 : CHINA Shanghai - Commuters in a subway train carriage.
00054441 : CHINA Quzhou, Zhejiang Province - A cyclist peddles a bike on a muddy track near the Quzhou Juhua Chemical Factory.
00054439 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong Province - Workers walk across a construction site in front of a bank building.
00054438 : CHINA Yangquan, Shanxi Province - A man strolls down a walkway with the almost dry Tao River on the one side and a ten-kilo