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00053678 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A street scene - a man passes Fuji and Konica advertisements as he walks through a local market in the snow.
00053677 : AFGHANISTAN Mullah Khail - Two children in the small village of Mullah Khail. The village, which lies two hours north of the capital, has been rebuilt with support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The former residents of Mullah Khail fled from the village during the war and many of the buildings were destroyed. However, the original inhabitants of Mullah Khail are now beginning to return home. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053676 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A pedestrian carrying an umbrella in a Kabul street scene. Snow covers the derelict buildings in the poor neighbourhood, which is home to many Afghan refugees. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001. However, the returnees face terrible living conditions in the country's capital. Many are living in the north of the city without any basic facilities in the derelict shells of buildings that were bombed during the civil war.
00053675 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Children outside the old Ryasat-5 office building on the outskirts of Kabul city centre. More than 800 returned refugees now live without any basic facilities in this building, which was severely damaged during the civil war. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053674 : PAKISTAN Tanda, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - A portrait of a woman living in a shelter provided by the charity ActionAid following the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Six months after the earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people faced new obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities.
00053673 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A street scene - two women wearing burqas pass derelict buildings as they walk through the snow.
00053672 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A view from the roof of the old Ryasat-5 office building of Afghan returnees living amidst the ruins on the outskirts of Kabul. More than 800 returned refugees now live without any basic facilities in this building, which was severely damaged during the civil war. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053671 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Afghan refugees look out from the old Ryasat-5 office building outside Kabul city centre. More than 800 returned refugees now live without any basic facilities in this building, which was severely damaged during the civil war. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053670 : PAKISTAN Tanda, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Women living in a shelter provided by the charity ActionAid following the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Six months after the earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people faced new obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities.
00053669 : PAKISTAN Bazargai, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - A local carpenter carves wood in his store.
00053668 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A woman living in the old Ryasat-5 office building collects some of her belongings from the windowsill before rain begins to fall. More than 800 returned refugees now live without any basic facilities in this building, which was severely damaged during the civil war. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053667 : AFGHANISTAN Shomali Plains - Forty-five-year-old Pekai, a former Afghan refugee, lives in a cave with her husband and their five children. "During the winter, this place is ice cold", Pekai says, "I am not able to feed my children every day." Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001. Some of the returnees are building houses in a deserted area of the Shomali plains. The Afghan government provided this land for the refugees in order to relocate them from the capital. However, most of the returned refugees do not have any money to build homes and so are currently living on this land in plastic tents and in local caves.
00053666 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - People waiting in line to apply for a work permit at the Iranian embassy.
00053665 : PAKISTAN Islamabad - A man pushes a cart past the telegraph poles and electricity pylons near the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) registration centre on the outskirts of Islamabad. There are more than two million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan. The number of refugees returning to their homeland has been dramatically declining in the last year due to renewed fighting in the southern Afghan regions. Moreover, many of the refugees remaining in Pakistan have become a well-integrated part of Pakistani society and are reluctant to be repatriated.
00053664 : AFGHANISTAN Shomali Plains - Forty-five-year-old Pekai, a former Afghan refugee, lives in a cave with her husband and their five children. "During the winter, this place is ice cold", Pekai says, "I am not able to feed my children every day." Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001. Some of the returnees are building houses in a deserted area of the Shomali plains. The Afghan government provided this land for the refugees in order to relocate them from the capital. However, most of the returned refugees do not have any money to build homes and so are currently living on this land in plastic tents and in local caves.
00053663 : PAKISTAN Balakot, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - An elderly survivor of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Six months after the earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people faced new obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities.
00053662 : PAKISTAN Balakot, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - A local butcher cleans up the blood from the street in front of his store.
00053661 : PAKISTAN Balakot, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Local men drink cups of tea and read the newspaper on a median strip in the main street.
00053660 : PAKISTAN Bazargai, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Two young girls, the daughters of Mohid Paristian, stand on the construction site of their new home. Six months after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people faced new obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities. Wealthier families have been able to begin reconstruction of their homes following the earthquake while others are still waiting for government compensation to arrive.
00053659 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Children playing in the mud after a snowfall are seen from the third floor of the old Ryasat-5 office building. More than 800 returned refugees now live without any basic facilities in this building, which was severely damaged during the civil war. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053658 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Two Afghan returnees on the roof of the old Ryasat-5 office building. More than 800 returned refugees now live without any basic facilities in this building, which was severely damaged during the civil war. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053657 : PAKISTAN Bazargai, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - A woman and child from the Munawar family (who number 17 in total) in the makeshift shelter in Bazargai. Six months after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people faced new obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities.
00053656 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Children playing football in a ruin on the outskirts of Kabul. The family have returned to their homeland after many years as refugees. Their father, forty-five-year-old Dawlat Khan, reveals, "I lost my job when we fled from Kabul during the war. When I arrived back home in 2003, I did not have any job. I cannot afford to pay for a house or an apartment, so my family have to live in this ruin." Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001. However, the returnees face terrible living conditions in the country's capital. Many are living in the north of the city without any basic facilities in the derelict shells of buildings that were bombed during the civil war.
00053655 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Forty-year-old Roshengul lives with her seven daughters in a ruin on the outskirts of Kabul. "My husband is dead," she says, "I have to take care of my seven daughters. I wish I had a son, then he could help my getting some money to survive." Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001. However, the returnees face terrible living conditions in the country's capital. Many are living in the north of the city without any basic facilities in the derelict shells of buildings that were bombed during the civil war.
00053654 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Forty-five-year-old Dawlat Khan and his nine children live in a ruin on the outskirts of Kabul. The family returned to their homeland after many years as refugees. "I lost my job when we fled from Kabul during the war", Khan comments. "When I arrived back home in 2003, I did not have any job. I cannot afford to pay for a house or an apartment, so my family have to live in this ruin." Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001. However, the returnees face terrible living conditions in the country's capital. Many are living in the north of the city without any basic facilities in the derelict shells of buildings that were bombed during the civil war.
00053653 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A child stands on a staircase in the old Ryasat-5 office building outside Kabul city centre. More than 800 returned refugees now live without any basic facilities in this building, which was severely damaged during the civil war. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053652 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - The old Ryasat-5 office building outside Kabul city centre was totally destroyed during the civil war. More than 800 returned refugees now live without any basic facilities in this building. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053651 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Snow covers derelict buildings in a Kabul street scene. Many of the buildings in the capital were destroyed during the civil war.
00053650 : PAKISTAN Tarnol - Two young Afghan refugees, thirteen-year-old Imran Ullah and twelve-year-old Farman Ullah, work at a local brick factory. The two brothers have to work here in order to support their sick father and their family. There are more than two million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan and around one hundred refugees work in the brick factories to the north of Islamabad.
00053649 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Snow covers the ground outside old Ryasat-5 office building on the outskirts of Kabul city centre. More than 800 returned refugees now live without any basic facilities in this building, which was severely damaged during the civil war. Around 3.7 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland since the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001.
00053648 : PAKISTAN Attock - Afghan refugees making carpets for export to Western countries in a local carpet factory. There are more than two million Afghans refugees still living in Pakistan.
00053647 : PAKISTAN Tarnol - The muddy feet of an Afghan refugee at a brick factory. There are more than two million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan and around one hundred refugees work in the brick factories to the north of Islamabad.
00053646 : PAKISTAN Attock - Afghan refugees making carpets for export to Western countries in a local carpet factory. There are more than two million Afghans refugees still living in Pakistan.
00053645 : PAKISTAN Attock - Coloured thread being prepared by Afghan refugees working in a carpet factory. There are more than two million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan.
00053644 : PAKISTAN Tarnol - An Afghan refugee working at a local brick factory. There are more than two million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan and around one hundred refugees work in the brick factories to the north of Islamabad.
00053643 : PAKISTAN Pokhal, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Two young children sit outside a shelter provided by the charity ActionAid following the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Six months after the earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people faced new obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities.
00053642 : PAKISTAN Tarnol - Afghan refugees working at a local brick factory. There are more than two million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan and around one hundred refugees work in the brick factories to the north of Islamabad.
00053641 : PAKISTAN Bazargai, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Mohid Paristian and his daughters stand on the construction site of their new home. Six months after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people faced new obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities. Wealthier families have been able to begin reconstruction of their homes following the earthquake while others are still waiting for government compensation to arrive.
00053640 : PAKISTAN Pokhal, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Members of the Farooq family living in a shelter provided by the charity ActionAid following the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Six months after the earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people faced new obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities.
00053639 : PAKISTAN Islamabad - Identity cards are issued to Afghan refugees at The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) registration centre on the outskirts of Islamabad. The ID cards enable the refugees to stay in Pakistan for three more years, but Pakistan has stipulated that all of the remaining 2.4 million refugees must have returned to their homeland by 2009. The number of refugees returning to their homeland has been dramatically declining in the last year due to renewed fighting in the southern Afghan regions. Moreover, many of the refugees remaining in Pakistan have become a well-integrated part of Pakistani society and are reluctant to be repatriated.
00053638 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A street scene - a group of veiled women enter a rundown building.
00053637 : PAKISTAN Tarnol - Afghan refugees working at a local brick factory. There are more than two million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan and around one hundred refugees work in the brick factories to the north of Islamabad.
00053636 : PAKISTAN Tarnol - An Afghan refugee working at a local brick factory. There are more than two million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan and around one hundred refugees work in the brick factories to the north of Islamabad.
00053635 : NIGERIA Lagos - A child carries cassava on her head in the Ajegunle slum.
00053634 : NIGERIA Lagos - Chief Balle Ausoeli-Aura sits in his house in the Arokomanah area of the Ajegunle slum.
00053633 : NIGERIA Lagos - A woman sells oranges in the Ajegunle slum.
00053632 : NIGERIA Lagos - Children in the Ajegunle slum.
00053631 : NIGERIA Lagos - A child walks next to an open sewer in the Ajegunle slum.
00053630 : NIGERIA Lagos - A market in the Ajegunle slum.
00053629 : NIGERIA Lagos - Street scene in the Ajegunle slum.
00053628 : NIGERIA Lagos - Pedestrians pay $0.04 to walk across a wooden bridge in the Ajegunle slum, avoiding the rubbish dumped below.
00053627 : NIGERIA Lagos - Yetunde Oni eating at The Palms shopping mall.
00053626 : NIGERIA Lagos - Street scene in the Ajegunle slum.
00053625 : NIGERIA Lagos - Mrs Remi Adiukwu Bakare, the Progressive People's Alliance (PPA) party's candidate for Governor of Lagos State at a campaign stop in the Ajegunle slum.
00053624 : NIGERIA Abuja - Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari appears at a meeting of opposition candidates.
00053623 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man does a traditional dance which involves swinging a chicken for Mrs Remi Adiukwu Bakare, the Progressive People's Alliance (PPA) party's candidate for Governor of Lagos State at a campaign stop in the Ajegunle slum.
00053622 : BELGIUM - Cyclist Tom Boonen is one of the world's best professional road racers and the 2005 World Road Race Champion.
00053621 : NIGERIA Abuja - Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari.
00053620 : NIGERIA Lagos - Women sing for Mrs Remi Adiukwu Bakare, the Progressive People's Alliance (PPA) party's candidate for Governor of Lagos State at a campaign stop in the Ajegunle slum.
00053619 : NIGERIA Lagos - Men receive money for doing a traditional dance which involves swinging a chicken for Mrs Remi Adiukwu Bakare, the Progressive People's Alliance (PPA) party's candidate for Governor of Lagos State at a campaign stop in the Ajegunle slum.
00053618 : BELGIUM - Cyclist Tom Boonen is one of the world's best professional road racers and the 2005 World Road Race Champion.
00053617 : NIGERIA Lagos - Mrs Remi Adiukwu Bakare, the Progressive People's Alliance (PPA) party's candidate for Governor of Lagos State at a campaign stop in the Ajegunle slum. At the right is Chief Nwajiofor Okoli.
00053616 : NIGERIA Abuja - Presidential candidate Pat Utomi.
00053615 : NIGERIA Abuja - Presidential candidate Pat Utomi speaks with the press.
00053614 : NIGERIA Abuja - Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari.
00053613 : NIGERIA Lagos - Campaign posters for presidential candidate Pat Utomi.
00053612 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - An election observer photographs the palace of a prominent political figure in the ruling PDP, People's Democratic Party, after it was burned by opposition supporters who believed ballot boxes were being stuffed inside during gubernatorial elections.
00053611 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - A destroyed car outside the palace of a prominent political figure in the ruling PDP, People's Democratic Party. The palace and car were burned by opposition supporters who believed ballot boxes were being stuffed inside during gubernatorial elections.
00053610 : NIGERIA Yola, Adamawa state - President Olesegun Obasanjo.
00053609 : NIGERIA Yola, Adamawa state - President Olesegun Obasanjo (right) and Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
00053608 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - A poster warning against political corruption, on the day of governorship and state legislative elections and a week before the presidential ballot.
00053607 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - A man flees on his bicycle, carrying leaves to indicate peace, after police fired into the air and fired tear gas outside an election office in Warri on the day of governorship and state legislative elections. Almost all polling stations in the city failed to open.
00053606 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Soldiers remove burning tyres from a road near an election office in Warri, on the day of governorship and state legislative elections. Almost all polling stations in the city failed to open.
00053605 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - A burnt out car in Warri, on the day of governorship and state legislative elections. Almost all polling stations in the city failed to open.
00053604 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - A man uses his thumbprint to vote in governorship and state legislative elections.
00053603 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Poll workers count ballot papers at an election office in Warri following governorship and state legislative elections. It was unclear where the ballots had come from as almost all polling stations in the city had failed to open.
00053602 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Men wait in line to vote in governorship and state legislative elections. Most other polling stations in the city failed to open.
00053601 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Men wait in line to vote in governorship and state legislative elections. Most other polling stations in the city failed to open.
00053600 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - An election official prepares ballots at an election office in Warri on the day of governorship and state legislative elections.
00053599 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Soldiers remove burning tyres from a road near an election office in Warri, on the day of governorship and state legislative elections. Almost all polling stations in the city failed to open.
00053598 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - People flee after police fired into the air and fired tear gas outside an election office in Warri on the day of governorship and state legislative elections. Almost all polling stations in the city failed to open.
00053597 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - A man casts his ballot in governorship and state legislative elections.
00053596 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Poll workers count ballot papers at an election office in Warri following governorship and state legislative elections. It was unclear where the ballots had come from as almost all polling stations in the city had failed to open.
00053595 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - People flee after police fired into the air and fired tear gas outside an election office in Warri on the day of governorship and state legislative elections. Almost all polling stations in the city failed to open.
00053594 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - An elderly man votes in governorship and state legislative elections.
00053593 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Ballot papers sit in a ballot box following governorship and state legislative elections.
00053592 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Poll workers count ballot papers at an election office in Warri following governorship and state legislative elections. It was unclear where the ballots had come from as almost all polling stations in the city had failed to open.
00053591 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - A poll worker looks over the register of voters on the day of governorship and state legislative elections. Each voter is registered with a thumbprint.
00053590 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Soldiers remove burning tyres from a road near an election office in Warri, on the day of governorship and state legislative elections. Almost all polling stations in the city failed to open.
00053589 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Assisted by an election official, a man uses his thumbprint to vote in governorship and state legislative elections.
00053588 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - A poll worker carries a ballot box into an election office for counting following governorship and state legislative elections. It was unclear where the ballots had come from as almost all polling stations in the city had failed to open.
00053587 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Poll workers count ballot papers at an election office in Warri following governorship and state legislative elections. It was unclear where the ballots had come from as almost all polling stations in the city had failed to open.
00053586 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Poll workers count ballot papers at an election office in Warri following governorship and state legislative elections. It was unclear where the ballots had come from as almost all polling stations in the city had failed to open.
00053585 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - Poll workers count ballot papers at an election office in Warri following governorship and state legislative elections. It was unclear where the ballots had come from as almost all polling stations in the city had failed to open.
00053584 : NIGERIA Warri, Delta State, Niger Delta - An election official prepares ballots at an election office in Warri on the day of governorship and state legislative elections.
00053582 : RUSSIA Moscow - OMON Special Forces confront a crowd of peaceful protesters, including Garry Kasparov (man with hands in the air), leader of the United Civil Front group (part of the opposition coalition The Other Russia). Kasparov and about 170 other activists were arrested moments later as they gathered for a forbidden anti-Kremlin demonstration in central Moscow. The former chess champion was freed several hours later after being fined $40 for public order offences. The demonstration, one in a series of so-called Dissenters' Marches, protested against the government crackdown on political dissent.
00053581 : RUSSIA Moscow - OMON Special Forces beat a crowd of peaceful protesters with truncheons. Police detained Garry Kasparov, leader of the United Civil Front group (part of the opposition coalition The Other Russia), and about 170 other activists as they gathered for a forbidden anti-Kremlin demonstration in central Moscow. The demonstration, one in a series of so-called Dissenters' Marches, protested against the government crackdown on political dissent.
00053578 : RUSSIA Moscow - OMON Special Forces beat a crowd of peaceful protesters with truncheons. Police detained Garry Kasparov, leader of the United Civil Front group (part of the opposition coalition The Other Russia), and about 170 other activists as they gathered for a forbidden anti-Kremlin demonstration in central Moscow. The demonstration, one in a series of so-called Dissenters' Marches, protested against the government crackdown on political dissent.
00053577 : RUSSIA Moscow - OMON Special Forces form a barricade against a crowd of peaceful protesters. The demonstration, one in a series of so-called Dissenters' Marches, protested against the government crackdown on political dissent. Police detained Garry Kasparov, leader of the United Civil Front group (part of the opposition coalition The Other Russia), and about 170 other activists as they gathered for a forbidden anti-Kremlin demonstration in central Moscow.
00053574 : RUSSIA Moscow - OMON Special Forces beat up Thomas Peters, a German photographer with the Reuters agency, as he tries to cover a protest march. A Benetton shop is the unlikely backdrop. The demonstration, one in a series of so-called Dissenters' Marches, protested against the government crackdown on political dissent. Police detained Garry Kasparov, leader of the United Civil Front group (part of the opposition coalition The Other Russia), and about 170 other activists as they gathered for a forbidden anti-Kremlin demonstration in central Moscow.
00053573 : NIGERIA Lagos - A woman prepares food for sale outside her house.
00053572 : NIGERIA Lagos - Cattle market.
00053571 : NIGERIA Lagos - One of Femi Kuti's backup dancers in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053570 : NIGERIA Lagos - One of Femi Kuti's backup dancers in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053569 : NIGERIA Lagos - A leader of an Evangelical Celestial Christian church leads prayers on Easter Sunday.
00053568 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A woman's cheeks show traditional markings.
00053567 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053566 : NIGERIA Ibadan - Women wait to have their children circumcised. Female genital mutilation (FGM).
00053565 : NIGERIA Lagos - A leader of an Evangelical Celestial Christian church spreads incense before Easter Sunday prayers.
00053564 : NIGERIA Lagos - A woman hanging her washing in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053563 : NIGERIA Lagos - Women and child outside a house.
00053562 : NIGERIA Lagos - A boy sells drinking water in single serving plastic bags called 'pure water'. Each bag costs $0.04.
00053561 : NIGERIA Lagos - School children studying intently.
00053560 : NIGERIA Lagos - Children travel by pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053559 : NIGERIA Lagos - Boy in a pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053558 : NIGERIA Lagos - School children studying intently.
00053557 : NIGERIA Lagos - Passengers board minibuses in the evening rush hour.
00053556 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A traditional doctor prepares instruments used in circumcision of boys and girls. Female genital mutilation (FGM).
00053555 : NIGERIA Lagos - Advertisement for 33 beer.
00053554 : NIGERIA Lagos - A girl carries eggs to market.
00053553 : NIGERIA Lagos - A sewage collection truck.
00053552 : NIGERIA Lagos - Cattle being unloaded at a market.
00053551 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man repairs mobile telephones.
00053550 : NIGERIA Lagos - A woman collects water from a distribution point.
00053549 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053548 : NIGERIA Lagos - Children at a musical instrument and generator shop.
00053547 : NIGERIA Lagos - An auto mechanic sits at his shop reading a newspaper.
00053546 : NIGERIA Lagos - Cattle market.
00053545 : NIGERIA Lagos - Cattle market.
00053544 : NIGERIA Lagos - Cattle being unloaded at a market.
00053543 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man receives a shave.
00053542 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man looks down on Oshodi market.
00053541 : NIGERIA Lagos - Buses and crowds of people in Oshodi market.
00053540 : NIGERIA Lagos - Women collect water from a distribution point.
00053539 : NIGERIA Lagos - Cattle being unloaded at a market.
00053538 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man receives a shave.
00053537 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti and his backup dancers in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053536 : NIGERIA Lagos - Children sell vegetables.
00053535 : NIGERIA Lagos - Buses and crowds of people in Oshodi market.
00053534 : NIGERIA Lagos - One of Femi Kuti's backup dancers in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053533 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti and his backup dancers in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053532 : NIGERIA Lagos - Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP).
00053531 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053530 : NIGERIA Lagos - Busy street scene, including a minibus and a Pepsi Cola truck.
00053529 : NIGERIA Lagos - A boy sells snacks as passengers board minibuses in the evening rush hour.
00053528 : NIGERIA Lagos - Children play football in the Ajegunle slum. The building behind bears a warning that 'this house is not for sale', and that anyone who claims to be selling it is committing fraud - '419' in local parlance. Nigeria is notorious for its spate of '419' crime, which refers to an article in the country's criminal code outlawing junk email fraud. Such scams, in which foreigners are promised a share of non-existent fortunes, are estimated to be one of Nigeria's largest foreign currency earners.
00053527 : NIGERIA Lagos - A local chief stands in front of his house.
00053526 : NIGERIA Lagos - Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) goes to a rally in Abeokuta in traditional Yoruba dress.
00053525 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man bathes in the Makoko district. A wealthy family nearby sold him the fresh water.
00053524 : NIGERIA Lagos - Skyline of Lagos Island.
00053523 : NIGERIA Lagos - Children eat in the Ajegunle slum.
00053522 : NIGERIA Lagos - A boy selling toys.
00053521 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A woman is decoratively cut on the arm.
00053520 : NIGERIA Lagos - Tomatoes and peppers are sold at a market. One of the vendors has a T-shirt from the campaign of Babatunde Fashola, gubernatorial election candidate in Lagos State for the Action Congress (AC) party.
00053519 : NIGERIA Lagos - A woman sells insect repellent incense on the street.
00053518 : NIGERIA Lagos - A BBC film crew in Oshodi Market.
00053517 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053516 : NIGERIA Lagos - A seamstress at work in a tailor's shop.
00053515 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053514 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man bathes in the Makoko district. A wealthy family nearby sold him the fresh water.
00053513 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A truck burns after a traffic accident.
00053512 : NIGERIA Lagos - Women and children travel by pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053511 : NIGERIA Lagos - A leader of an Evangelical Celestial Christian church closes his office door before going to church on Easter Sunday.
00053510 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053509 : NIGERIA Ibadan - Women hold a baby girl still as she is circumcised. Her face is bloodied from ritual scarring. Female genital mutilation (FGM).
00053508 : NIGERIA Lagos - Advertisement for the Presidential and Vice Presidential campaigns of Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua and Goodluck Jonathan of the People's Democratic Party, candidates in the 2007 election.
00053507 : NIGERIA Lagos - Mother and child in a pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053506 : NIGERIA Lagos - School children studying intently.
00053505 : NIGERIA Ibadan - Women hold a baby girl still as she is circumcised. Her face is blackened from ritual scarring. Female genital mutilation (FGM).
00053504 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A baby boy is held still while he is circumcised and ritually cut.
00053503 : NIGERIA Lagos - Children stand in front of a shop selling Nollywood movies on DVD and Sim cards for mobile telephone networks.
00053502 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A baby boy screams while being circumcised.
00053501 : NIGERIA Lagos - Pirogues in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053500 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti and his backup dancers in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053499 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man carries a sewing machine on his shoulder.
00053498 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A baby boy is carried after being circumcised.
00053497 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A baby girl is given a potion to calm her after being circumcised. Female genital mutilation (FGM).
00053496 : NIGERIA Lagos - Boy in a pirogue.
00053495 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man receives a shave.
00053494 : NIGERIA Lagos - Congregants arrive at an Evangelical Celestial Christian church for Easter Sunday prayers.
00053493 : NIGERIA Lagos - Advertisement for Peak milk products.
00053492 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man paddles down a canal between houses built on stilts.
00053491 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man irons clothing to earn money. The iron is heated by hot coals, rather than electricity.
00053490 : NIGERIA Lagos - Vender selling newspapers in traffic.
00053489 : NIGERIA Lagos - A seamstress at work in a tailor's shop.
00053488 : NIGERIA Lagos - A boy kisses a younger sibling.
00053487 : NIGERIA Lagos - Fisherman and his daughter in a boat.
00053486 : NIGERIA Lagos - Fisherman and his daughter in a boat.
00053485 : NIGERIA Lagos - A boy plays with a tyre in the Ajegunle slum.
00053484 : NIGERIA Lagos - Neighbourhood table tennis champions play ping pong in the Ajegunle slum.
00053483 : NIGERIA Lagos - Improvised housing built on stilts beneath electricity pylons.
00053482 : NIGERIA Ibadan - Women hold a baby girl still as she is circumcised. Female genital mutilation (FGM).
00053481 : NIGERIA Lagos - Buses and crowds of people in Oshodi market.
00053480 : NIGERIA Lagos - A girl emerges from her house, next to small shops and an advert for Pepsi Cola.
00053479 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man travelling by pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053478 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man walks passed a flooded street.
00053477 : NIGERIA Lagos - Passengers board buses and minibuses in the evening rush hour.
00053476 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053475 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti and his backup dancers in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053474 : NIGERIA Lagos - Women pay $0.04 to walk across a wooden bridge in the Ajegunle slum, avoiding the rubbish dumped below.
00053473 : NIGERIA Lagos - Boys, one wearing an English football shirt, play billiards in the street.
00053472 : NIGERIA Lagos - Boy in a pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053471 : NIGERIA Lagos - A boy carries water on his head.
00053470 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti and his backup dancers in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053469 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053468 : NIGERIA Lagos - A portrait of Fela Kuti, left, and another musician hanging at The New Africa Shrine.
00053467 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053466 : NIGERIA Lagos - Skyline of Lagos Island.
00053465 : NIGERIA Lagos - Improvised housing alongside a creek.
00053464 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man makes a mobile telephone call in the Ajegunle slum.
00053463 : NIGERIA Lagos - Girl in a pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053462 : NIGERIA Lagos - Pirogues on a creek, next to improvised housing built on stilts.
00053461 : NIGERIA Lagos - Mother and child in a pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053460 : NIGERIA Lagos - Cattle market.
00053459 : NIGERIA Lagos - Tomatoes and peppers are sold at a market.
00053458 : NIGERIA Ibadan - Women wait to have their children circumcised. Female genital mutilation (FGM).
00053457 : NIGERIA Lagos - Lumber yard on a creek, next to improvised housing built on stilts beneath electricity pylons. Lagos suffers severe power shortages and brownouts. Many residents receive electricity for only a few hours per week.
00053456 : NIGERIA Lagos - Baling out a pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053455 : NIGERIA Lagos - Congregants arrive at an Evangelical Celestial Christian church for Easter Sunday prayers.
00053454 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A baby boy is held still while he is circumcised.
00053453 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man has his toenails clipped in the Ajegunle slum.
00053452 : NIGERIA Lagos - Motorcycles, cars and buses in a traffic jam. The city is plagued by an inadequate and crumbling road system.
00053451 : NIGERIA Lagos - Mother and child in a pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053450 : NIGERIA Lagos - Boy in a pirogue in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053449 : NIGERIA Lagos - Men play checkers.
00053448 : NIGERIA Ibadan - Skyline of the city.
00053447 : NIGERIA Lagos - A pirogue passes a riverside billboard advertising the mobile telephone operator Celltel.
00053446 : NIGERIA Lagos - A tailor works on a stoop outside a youth centre.
00053445 : NIGERIA Lagos - Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) goes to a rally in Abeokuta in traditional Yoruba dress.
00053444 : NIGERIA Lagos - Improvised housing built on stilts alongside a creek, beneath electricity pylons. Lagos suffers severe power shortages and brownouts. Many residents receive electricity for only a few hours per week.
00053443 : NIGERIA Lagos - Skyline of Lagos Island with a collapsed building at right.
00053442 : NIGERIA Lagos - Women carry firewood through piles of rubbish.
00053441 : NIGERIA Lagos - Femi Kuti in concert at The New Africa Shrine.
00053440 : NIGERIA Lagos - School children studying intently.
00053439 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A baby boy screams after being circumcised.
00053438 : NIGERIA Lagos - Motorcycles, cars and buses in a traffic jam. The city is plagued by an inadequate and crumbling road system.
00053437 : NIGERIA Lagos - Bank buildings of UBA Bank, Union Bank and First Bank are seen in the city skyline.
00053436 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A man reads the newspaper in the back of a car.
00053435 : NIGERIA Lagos - A girl walks through piles of rubbish.
00053434 : NIGERIA Lagos - Passengers board minibuses in the evening rush hour, next to a market with adverts for cough syrup, painkillers and Marlboro cigarettes.
00053433 : NIGERIA Lagos - A boy selling toys passes a rubbish-strewn canal.
00053432 : NIGERIA Lagos - Freighters in Lagos harbour.
00053431 : NIGERIA Lagos - A minibus driver watches the world go by.
00053430 : NIGERIA Lagos - School children studying intently.
00053429 : NIGERIA Lagos - A woman has her hair braided in the Ajegunle slum.
00053428 : NIGERIA Ibadan - A baby girl is given a potion to calm her after being circumcised. Female genital mutilation (FGM).
00053427 : NIGERIA Lagos - A woman stands in front of her shop in a market.
00053426 : NIGERIA Lagos - Pirogues on a creek, next to improvised housing built on stilts beneath electricity pylons. Lagos suffers severe power shortages and brownouts. Many residents receive electricity for only a few hours per week.
00053425 : NIGERIA Lagos - Pirogues in the Makoko district, where houses are built on stilts.
00053424 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man sells underwear and shirts on the street.
00053423 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - The famous Kapel Muur second to last hill in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. A strong rider can pull away at this point and races are often won or lost here.
00053422 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - The famous Kapel Muur second to last hill in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. A strong rider can pull away at this point and races are often won or lost here.
00053421 : FRANCE Haveluy - A cobbled section on the route of the Paris-Roubaix cycle race.
00053420 : BELGIUM Edelare, East Flanders - Elderly cafe owners in their bar on the route of the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. The bar is packed on race day.
00053419 : SLOVENIA Lake Bohinj - The clear waters of Lake Bohinj.
00053418 : BELGIUM Brakel, East Flanders - A woman cyles along part of the route of the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycling race in wet and windy weather, which is typical of the race itself.
00053417 : BELGIUM Brakel, East Flanders - Fans of the Belgian cyclist Peter van Petegem in their club cafe.
00053416 : NETHERLANDS - Ben de Lizer (born 1920), an East Indian war veteran, worked as a professional soldier before and after World War II (WW2). He was left for dead by Japanese forces while fighting in 1942 but recaptured and subsequently worked on the railroad at Pekanbaru during 1944. He comments, 'I never ever think about that war. I want to forget the whole thing, you know, but then again, what you really want to forget, you remember best. But in the event the whole thing were to start all over again, if my country were to need me again, then I'd join up again, no doubt...I'm not sure what makes people act this way. It's all because of the war. It's because I've already killed people, I think. But death doesn't scare me anymore. If you've got to die, then you've got to die.' After the war, Ben fought in the Indonesian War of Independence (Indonesian National Revolution).
00053415 : BELGIUM - A portrait of Eddy Merckx wearing one of the original cycling tops that he wore when he raced for Team Molteni in the 1970s. Considered by many to be the greatest cyclist of all time, Eddy Merckx won the Tour de France five times (in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974). He might also have won in 1975 if he hadn't been punched by a spectator on the Puy de Dome and broken a cheekbone in a crash. Even so, Merckx still managed to come second. A true "Flandrien", he was also a winner of many of the one-day classics including two Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) and three Paris-Roubaix races. He continues to hold the record for most career victories by a professional cyclist with 525 victories out of 1582 starts, an incredible 33% win rate. Merckx was nicknamed "the cannibal" because he refused to ride tactically, preferring to go flat out at all times. He won races by riding away from the opposition, breaking away unexpectedly early and winning races alone.
00053414 : NETHERLANDS Nijmegen - An abattoir worker slaughtering pigs at a slaughterhouse in the city.
00053413 : BELGIUM Erembodegem, East Flanders - A local steward waits for the annual cycle race to pass.
00053412 : MACEDONIA Skopje - Roma gypsy singer Esma Redzepova practising with her accordionist, Simoeone, in her living room at home.
00053411 : MACEDONIA Ohrid - The chaplain prepares the altar for mass in the Christian Orthodox church of Sta Bogorodica Kamensko.
00053410 : FRANCE Roubaix - Cyclist Nico Verhoenen, exhausted and caked in mud, in a changing cubicle at the end of the Paris-Roubaix one-day cycle race. This event is one of the most demanding in the sport.
00053409 : SLOVAKIA Gabcikovo Dam - The Gabcikovo dam on the River Danube has caused severe environmental damage to areas along the Hungarian-Slovakian border.
00053408 : INDONESIA Java - Ngadiyo (born 1912), a former romusha (a civilian forced labourer of Asian ethnicity), was interned at a Japanese forced labour camp during World War II (WW2) and subsequently worked on the notorious Burma (Death) Railway. He recalls, 'Out of the group of 200 men that I came with from Singapore, maybe 70 men returned alive. If you didn't work hard enough or didn't follow orders, they'd beat you with a rubber truncheon or with whatever was at hand.' Ngadiyo now works as a farmer and owns a small plot of land. He comments, 'What I've gone through is an important experience in my life, but it hasn't really caused me any problems. I used to dislike the Japanese intensely, but not later on. I couldn't do anything constructive with that hatred; there was no way to vent it. Therefore it was better to be resigned.'
00053407 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - The famous Kapel Muur second to last hill in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. A strong rider can pull away at this point and races are often won or lost here.
00053406 : POLAND Biebrza National Park - A fisherman fishing along Biebrza River in Biebrza Valley National Park.
00053405 : BELGIUM - A portrait of Alberic "Briek" Schotte (1919 - 2004), a Belgian professional cyclist and the greatest of his generation. He was never the most stylish of riders, but he had incredible stamina. His endurance earned him the nickname 'Iron Briek' and a reputation as one of the true hard men of cycling. Briek was twice World Champion (in 1948 and 1950) and finished second in the epic 1948 Tour de France. His speciality was competing in the classic one-day races over the cobbles of Northern France and Flanders. He won the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) in 1942 and 1948, the Paris-Tours in 1946 and 1947 and the Paris-Brussels race in 1946 and 1952. Rather symbolically, he died within minutes of the start of the 2004 Ronde van Vlaanderen.
00053404 : BELGIUM Nazareth, East Flanders - Fans watch a cycle race during Nazareth's kermis (village fete). Cycling races are often the centrepieces of Flemish annual fairs.
00053403 : BELGIUM Izegem, West Flanders - Soigneur Jef D'Hunt with Australian cyclist Baden Cooke. A soigneur is a non-riding member of a cycling team whose role is to provide support for the cyclists. Their duties include preparing the team's food, transport and supplying post-ride massages and personal encouragement. Riders have a close bond with their soigneurs. The soigneur is the one person in a team on whom the cyclists can always rely.
00053402 : LITHUANIA Near Alytus - A tethered horse in a dandelion field. Since privatisation, the fields in the Baltic states rarely have fences because they are too expensive. Animals are therefore often chained to a pin in the ground and have to be moved regularly to ensure that they have access to fresh grass.
00053401 : BELGIUM - A portrait of Freddy Maertens, the Belgian cycling champion of the 1970s and 1980s and one of the most enigmatic riders of his time. He could win 50 races one year, virtually none the following year and then win a world championship and eight stages of the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders). Maertens career was dogged by doping scandals but he has always denied such accusations.
00053400 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - The famous Kapel Muur second to last hill in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. A strong rider can pull away at this point and races are often won or lost here.
00053399 : FRANCE Haveluy - A retired Polish coal miner (this region was once France's main coal producing area) drains water from the Paris-Roubaix cycling route before an inspection by the race director. The miner was concerned that the race might be cancelled due to the appalling weather and took it upon himself to clear a part of the course.
00053398 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - The famous Kapel Muur second to last hill in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. A strong rider can pull away at this point and races are often won or lost here.
00053397 : POLAND Near Lomza - Trees in the woods near Lomza.
00053396 : BELGIUM - Kasseien cobblestones paving part of the route in the Paris-Roubaix cycling race.
00053395 : MACEDONIA Ohrid - A priest holding mass in the Christian Orthodox church of Sta Bogorodica Kamensko.
00053394 : BELGIUM Ghent (Gent), East Flanders - Flemish cycle track racing star Etienne de Wilde, a specialist in the Zesdaagse six-day indoor cycling races, at the Kuipke velodrome. Track cycling is hugely popular in Belgium, providing its fans with a mix of sport, entertainment, food and beer.
00053393 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - The famous Kapel Muur second to last hill in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. A strong rider can pull away at this point and races are often won or lost here.
00053392 : LATVIA Ligatne - An elderly farming couple, Russian Leonard (76) and Latvian Vija (66), with their granddaughter, Kamena (18), in the kitchen of their wooden house.
00053391 : SLOVENIA Lake Bohinj - Clean water - a small river near Lake Bohinj.
00053390 : MACEDONIA Gostivar - Worshippers at a local mosque. Both ethnic Albanian and Turkish Muslims attend this mosque and relations between these two groups are tense.
00053389 : MACEDONIA Skopje - A boy doing acrobatics outside Kale fortress. The site overlooks several new developments in the city, such as the Macedonian National Theatre (white building, centre) and Macedonia's TV company (apartment block, left).
00053388 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - The famous Kapel Muur second to last hill in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. A strong rider can pull away at this point and races are often won or lost here.
00053387 : BELGIUM Zomergern, Flanders - Local women watch cyclists in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders).
00053386 : MACEDONIA Gostivar - A Turkish Macedonian tailor in front of a Turkish nationalistic 'Grey Wolves' poster in his shop.
00053385 : VIETNAM Cam Pha - A miner carrying coal to be weighed at the end of the day. Wages at the mine are set according to individual production. The coalmines in Cam Pha, which employ approximately 27,000 people, are one of the country's biggest employers.
00053384 : BELGIUM Brasschaat, Flanders - A podium for the winners of a children's cycle race at a village fair. Cycling races are often the centrepieces of Flemish annual fairs.
00053383 : HUNGARY Nr. Kerekegyhaza - Horned cattle on a slaughter farm in Kunpuszta.
00053382 : MACEDONIA Gostivar - A patisserie and cafe run by Turkish Macedonians.
00053381 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - A female patient undergoes a combination of acupuncture and heat therapy at the Chengdu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Both traditional and modern western medicines are practised at this general hospital.
00053380 : BELGIUM Ghent (Gent), East Flanders - Fans at Gent indoor cycle track during the Zesdaagse (six-day) indoor cycle meeting in the Kuipke velodrome. Track cycling is hugely popular in Belgium.
00053379 : BELGIUM Marke-Kerkem, Flanders - An official waiting to stop traffic during the Driedaagse van De Panne (the De Panne three-day cycle race). The event is preparation for the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) race that takes place the following week.
00053378 : MACEDONIA Skopje - New apartment blocks rise over a street in the old quarter of the city, which is predominantly occupied by ethnic Albanians.
00053377 : BELGIUM Zomergern, Flanders - Local women watch cyclists in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders).
00053376 : MACEDONIA Skopje - A portrait of Roma gypsy singer Esma Redzepova standing in the living room of her home in Skopje. A painting of Alexander the Great hangs on the wall behind.
00053375 : POLAND - A farmer and his horse ploughing a field.
00053374 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - The famous Kapel Muur second to last hill in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. A strong rider can pull away at this point and races are often won or lost here.
00053373 : INDONESIA Sumatra - Damin (born 1916), a former romusha (a civilian forced labourer of Asian ethnicity), was interned at a Japanese forced labour camp during World War II (WW2) and subsequently worked on the notorious Sumatra (Pekanbaru) Railway. He recalls, 'Altogether I was a romusha for over a year, maybe two. Many of my fellow villagers died, on one particular day four all at once.' After the war, Damin, who is also known as mbah ubi (Grandpa Sweet Potato), became a farmer and now also owns a stand of rubber trees. He comments, 'All those people who died, in combat or otherwise, are like pebbles that got stuck in the sieve. I am a grain of sand that slipped through.'
00053372 : NETHERLANDS - Chris Moonen (born 1917), an East Indian war veteran and former prisoner of war (POW), was interned at a Japanese forced labour camp during World War II (WW2) and subsequently worked on the notorious Burma (Death) Railway. He recalls, 'The thing I learnedÉwas to stay on the lookout and to count the days. And trying to figure out what his [the guard's] weak spot was. That was something you had to exploit right away...I quickly adapted myself to living in the bush. There were not that many Dutchmen who felt comfortable in the utan...sixty feet into the jungle and they'd be lost already. Not me though. I could just walk in and then as easily walk out again.' Originally a carpenter by trade, the Great Depression forced him to sign up with the colonial KNIL army. In 1942 he was shipped out to become a forced labourer in the Japanese POW camps. After the war he worked as a ship's carpenter, a concierge and a chauffeur. He comments, 'I rarely get excited about things anymore. Things such as r
00053371 : NETHERLANDS - Willem Van Hasselt (born 1911), an East Indian war veteran and former prisoner of war (POW), was interned at a Japanese forced labour camp during World War II (WW2) and subsequently worked on the notorious Burma (Death) Railway. He recalls, 'Everything in your life was turned topsy-turvy. You asked yourself if things could ever be set straight again...I can't remember ever having undergone anything evil at their hands. A few unpleasant things, sure, but I've always tried to imagine what we would have done if we had been the victors and we had had to deal with them, what would I have done in their place?' After the war, Willem returned to the Netherlands and became the director of a travel agency. He comments, 'During those years I had the feeling, "We'll just have to endure this for a while, but our time will come and then we'll settle our score with you." But when the war was over and done with, I had so many different things on my mind that I've not gotten around to getting excited a
00053370 : BELGIUM Nazareth, East Flanders - A woman stands with her bike watching the start of a village cycling race. Cycling races are often the centrepieces of Flemish annual fairs.
00053369 : BELGIUM Schellebelle, East Flanders - Fans watch a cycle race during the annual kemese (fair). Cycling races are often the centrepieces of Flemish annual fairs.
00053368 : BELGIUM Snellegem, West Flanders - Fans with their bikes watch riders in a cycle race during the annual kermis (village fete). Cycling races are often the centrepieces of Flemish annual fairs.
00053367 : INDONESIA Sumatra - Mohamed Nur (born 1919), a former romusha (a civilian forced labourer of Asian ethnicity), was interned at a Japanese forced labour camp and subsequently worked on the notorious Sumatra (Pekanbaru) Railway during World War II (WW2). He recalls, 'We got sick and there was no medicine, and many of us died, especially from malaria. Of the 500, maybe 100 survived. I lost my father and my brother. They disappeared and never returned...After six months, only six of the 13 men from my village were left alive. That's when we fled, together. That was dangerous, but so was staying.' After the war, he worked as a farmer and a fisherman but retired about two years ago. He comments, 'I find it very important to talk about this, for other people have to hear about this. Particularly teachers, so that they may tell about this part of history.'
00053366 : BELGIUM - A portrait of Alberic "Briek" Schotte (1919 - 2004), a Belgian professional cyclist known as the greatest of his generation. He was never the most stylish of riders, but he had incredible stamina. His endurance earned him the nickname 'Iron Briek' and a reputation as one of the true hard men of cycling. Briek was twice World Champion (in 1948 and 1950) and finished second in the epic 1948 Tour de France. His speciality was competing in the classic one-day races over the cobbles of Northern France and Flanders. He won the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) in 1942 and 1948, the Paris-Tours in 1946 and 1947 and the Paris-Brussels race in 1946 and 1952. Rather symbolically, he died within minutes of the start of the 2004 Ronde van Vlaanderen.
00053365 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - The famous Kapel Muur second to last hill in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycle race. A strong rider can pull away at this point and races are often won or lost here.
00053364 : INDONESIA Java - Dulrahman, nicknamed Sidul, (born 1920), a former romusha (a civilian forced labourer of Asian ethnicity), worked on the notorious Burma (Death) Railway as one of the prisoners of war (POWs) during World War II (WW2). He recalls, 'We were just skin and bones and we'd lost all strength...if we did anything wrong, they'd beat us up vigorously with their rubber truncheons. That was no joke. If you got beaten with that truncheon it would remove your skin when bouncing back and that caused a lot of pain.' Dulrahman now works as a farmer and owns just over an acre of land. He comments, 'I still think about it a lot and I often talk about it with my children and grandchildren...I tell them these things so that they will treat other people well, not oppress or hurt them.'
00053363 : MACEDONIA Skopje - The Mustapha Pasha mosque.
00053362 : FRANCE De Panne - A farmer and his children have climbed into the scoop of a bulldozer to get a better view of the riders in the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) cycling race as they pass their farm.
00053361 : MACEDONIA Tetovo - Ethnic Albanian students from the "illegal" University of Tetovo sitting in a local cafe. The area is predominantly occupied by ethnic Albanians.
00053360 : BELGIUM Ghent (Gent), East Flanders - Firing the starting gun for a race in the Zesdaagse (six-day) cycling races held annually in the Kuipke velodrome. Track cycling is hugely popular in Belgium. However, it can also be a very dangerous sport. Spanish rider Isaac Galvez was involved in a serious crash in which he received critical injuries during the 2006 Zesdaagse meeting. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but died on the way there.
00053359 : LATVIA Near Barbele - A ruined state farm and flour factory.
00053358 : POLAND Leba - The Walking Dunes near the coast of the Baltic Sea.
00053357 : POLAND Biebrza National Park - Land half-used for wetland pasture in Biebrza National Park.
00053356 : INDONESIA Near Padang, Sumatra - Women planting young rice plants in a paddy field.
00053355 : FRANCE Bos van Wallers - A cobbled section on the route of the Paris-Roubaix cycle race.
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