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00050516 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party supporter demonstrates against the 2005 general election results. Voters supporting the CDC presidential candidate George Weah claimed that the elections were fraudulent and protested in the streets by chanting 'No Weah, no peace'. They later rioted in front of the US embassy. Many protestors wore traditional grass headdresses to symbolise their struggle.
00050515 : PAKISTAN Mansehra - A brightly decorated truck drives past a roadside monument destroyed in the 2005 earthquake. The 7.6 magnitude quake that hit the area on 8th October 2005 killed at least 73,000 people.
00050514 : PAKISTAN Siran Valley - Elderly Muslim worshippers praying in the mountains of the Siran Valley.
00050513 : PAKISTAN Darial, Islamabad Capital Territory - A young child watches over a toddler at the Darial refugee camp following the 2005 earthquake. The 7.6 magnitude quake that hit the area on 8th October 2005 killed at least 73,000 people.
00050512 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Young Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) party supporters climb a tree with a campaign placard to help rally support for the CDC presidential candidate, George Weah.
00050511 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Chinese peacekeeping soldiers from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) wait to board a UN helicopter.
00050510 : LIBERIA Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa, consults her Head of Protocol, Eddie Dunn, in her office at the Executive Mansion.
00050509 : LIBERIA Harper, Maryland County - "American colonization" - message on a classroom wall in an abandoned school that was used as a rebel base during the Second Liberian Civil War. Many buildings in Liberia reveal, through graffiti, marks and drawings on their walls, evidence of the horrors and desperation of war.
00050508 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Young men call for water during a Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) political rally held during the 2005 general elections. Huge crowds turned out to support George Weah, the CDC presidential candidate, and many people collapsed due to heat exhaustion throughout the day.
00050507 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A local man throws his arms up in despair as the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel faction lays siege to the country's capital during the 2003 offensive.
00050506 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A woman collapses from heat exhaustion during a Unity Party rally to support presidential candidate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf during the 2005 general elections. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf went on to become the first elected female head of state in Africa and the 24th president of the Republic of Liberia.
00050505 : LIBERIA Tubmanburg (Bomi), Bomi County - Young fighters from the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel faction gather together around an abandoned car in Tubmanburg before the 2003 assault on the country's capital.
00050504 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Two armed fighters from the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel faction wear headgear emblazoned with American Stars and Stripes flag motifs.
00050503 : LIBERIA Monrovia - The Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) building on Randall Street is pictured at dusk.
00050502 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Senator Prince Yormie Johnson at a Senate confirmation hearing in the Capitol building. Johnson was the leader of the INPFL (Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia) rebel faction and is widely believed to be responsible for the extrajudicial torture and killing of President Samuel K Doe in 1990.
00050501 : LIBERIA Monrovia - President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa, attends a reception held in the Executive Mansion, the official residence of the Liberian president, to celebrate her inauguration.
00050500 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Stallholders close down their stands on the corner of Broad Street and Randell Street at dusk in downtown Monrovia.
00050499 : PAKISTAN Balakot, North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) - A brother and sister, the children of local Muslim teacher Mohamed Yussuf, stand together by a cracked wall inside a building damaged by the 2005 earthquake. The 7.6 magnitude quake that hit the area on 8th October 2005 killed at least 73,000 people.
00050498 : PAKISTAN Mansehra - A uniformed soldier stands on guard by a mirror at the front desk of a local hotel lobby.
00050497 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A local girl pleads with "Black Diamond", the rebel leader of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) women's unit, after being caught trying to pass through the LURD frontline.
00050496 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Supporters of the Unity Party's presidential candidate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf campaign outside the old Executive Mansion on Broad Street during the 2005 general elections. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf eventually won the elections to become the first elected female head of state in Africa and the 24th president of the Republic of Liberia.
00050495 : LIBERIA Harper, Maryland County - A young man stands by two ornately carved structural columns at the ruins of the abandoned Masonic temple in Harper.
00050494 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Girls and boys writing verses from the Koran on wooden boards in a Madrassah (Koranic school).
00050493 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Transitional government (TFG) soldiers patrolling the streets of Mogadishu, two weeks after they recaptured the city. Backed by the Ethiopian military, TFG troops quickly took territory previously held by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
00050492 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Girls writing verses from the Koran on wooden boards in a Madrassah (Koranic school).
00050491 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Transitional government (TFG) soldiers patrolling the streets of Mogadishu, two weeks after they recaptured the city. Backed by the Ethiopian military, TFG troops quickly took territory previously held by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). This soldier is looking for any remaining UIC militias still hiding out in the city.
00050490 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - An exhausted camel near a cargo ship in the sea port of Mogadishu. Somalia exports camels to Saudi Arabia for their meat.
00050489 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - An exhausted camel near a cargo ship in the sea port of Mogadishu. Somalia exports camels to Saudi Arabia for their meat.
00050488 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Transitional government (TFG) soldiers patrolling the streets of Mogadishu, two weeks after they recaptured the city. Backed by the Ethiopian military, TFG troops quickly took territory previously held by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
00050487 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Sarah Mohamed (centre) sits with her children in the compound of their house. A few metres from here, on the night of 3rd October 1993, an American helicopter crashed after being shot down by Somali militias (the notorious 'Black Hawk Down' mission). Sarah says that the American soldiers injured in the crash were treated at the scene, but that her severely injured daughter and grandfather were ignored by the American rescuers. Her grandfather died shortly afterwards.
00050486 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Arrival hall at Mogadishu international airport. Before obtaining an entry stamp, visitors have to declare what types of weapon they wish to bring in to the country atÊ the customs and immigration counter.
00050485 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Transitional government (TFG) soldiers patrolling the streets of Mogadishu, two weeks after they recaptured the city. Backed by the Ethiopian military, TFG troops quickly took territory previously held by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
00050484 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Fishing boats in the port, which is surrounded by buildings damaged during the civil war.
00050483 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - A young shepherd collecting leaves from a tree for his sheep.
00050482 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Girls and boys writing verses from the Koran on wooden boards in a Madrassah (Koranic school).
00050481 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Girls and boys writing verses from the Koran on wooden boards in a Madrassah (Koranic school).
00050480 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Girls and boys writing verses from the Koran on wooden boards in a Madrassah (Koranic school).
00050479 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Transitional government (TFG) Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Mohammed Aidid (right) visits the Madina hospital in Mogadishu. Two weeks earlier, TFG troops backed by the Ethiopian military had quickly captured the city and other territory previously held by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). Aidid is a former warlord and son of the feared Mohamed Farrah Aidid (Aideed), who was killed in 1996. In the background, a billboard advertises Telcom Somalia, a privately-owned telecommunications network operator.
00050478 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - A burnt out car in front of a pharmacy.
00050477 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Transitional government (TFG) soldiers patrolling the streets of Mogadishu, two weeks after they recaptured the city. Backed by the Ethiopian military, TFG troops quickly took territory previously held by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
00050476 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Transitional government (TFG) soldiers patrolling the streets of Mogadishu, two weeks after they recaptured the city. Backed by the Ethiopian military, TFG troops quickly took territory previously held by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). Here, they pass a takeaway joint named after Arsenal football club.
00050475 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A volunteer working for the St Mungo's homeless charity helps a destitute man sleeping in an underground car park.
00050474 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A Muslim woman wearing a niqab veil passes a community centre in Tower Hamlets.
00050473 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Unemployed men browse the notices posted on the vacancy boards in a London job centre.
00050472 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Social housing on the Bemerton Estate in Islington.
00050471 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Young Londoners having fun in the Lucky Voice Karaoke Bar in Soho.
00050470 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A bus and a cyclist passes a red and white 'C' demarking the congestion charge traffic zone in Central London. The zone was introduced to encourage increased use of public transport and cycling.
00050469 : UNITED KINGDOM Salisbury Plain, England, Great Britain, UK - A military tank passes a warning sign on Salisbury Plain, one of the largest Ministry of Defence (MOD) training areas in the UK.
00050468 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - The Air France Concorde Alpha Echo aeroplane takes off from Heathrow on its first commercial flight since August 2000.
00050467 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Young Londoners having fun in the Lucky Voice Karaoke Bar in Soho.
00050466 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), formerly the Department of Social Security (DSS), benefits office on Barking Road in East London.
00050465 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A number 38 routemaster bus passes a congestion charge warning notice displayed at a bus stop in Central London. The charge was introduced to encourage increased use of public transport.
00050464 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Young Londoners having fun in the Lucky Voice Karaoke Bar in Soho.
00050463 : UNITED KINGDOM Essex, England, Great Britain, UK - Traffic queues at the Thurrock Services Esso petrol station on the M25 as drivers panic-buy during the 2000 UK fuel blockade.
00050462 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Young Londoners having fun in the Lucky Voice Karaoke Bar in Soho.
00050461 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Sir Howard Davies, Director of the London School of Economics (LSE) and former Chairman of the Financial Services Authority.
00050460 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - A wealthy woman demonstrates bad posture in a class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050459 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Young ladies take a flower arranging class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050458 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A St Mungo's Street Outreach volunteer drives two homeless men, one of them injured, to a shelter.
00050457 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A cyclist passes Battersea Power Station.
00050456 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Young Londoners having fun in the Lucky Voice Karaoke Bar in Soho.
00050455 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A commuter leans against a Borough tube station sign to read a book whilst waiting for a Transport for London (TfL) underground train.
00050454 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A protestor jumps onto an expensive Jaguar car in Great Castle Street during the May Day anti-capitalism and anti-globalisation protest march.
00050453 : UNITED KINGDOM Rutland, England, Great Britain, UK - Two ducks waddle past an elderly couple sitting on deckchairs in the sunshine at Rutland Water.
00050452 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Wealthy ladies take a DIY class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050451 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - An elderly couple wait to be collected from the Outpatients Department at Lewisham Hospital.
00050450 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - A wealthy woman practises her deportment in a class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050449 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Protestors jump onto an expensive Jaguar car in Great Castle Street during the May Day anti-capitalism and anti-globalisation protest march.
00050448 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Prisoners are moved between cells at Wormwood Scrubs prison.
00050447 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Schoolboys pass a community centre in Tower Hamlets.
00050446 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A cyclist at Elephant & Castle passes a red and white 'C' demarking the congestion charge traffic zone in Central London. The zone was introduced to encourage increased use of public transport and cycling.
00050445 : UNITED KINGDOM Cambridgeshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Telegraph poles stand over flooded farmland near the River Cam.
00050444 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - The layout of proposed modular space-saving accommodation is exhibited at the Ideal Homes Exhibition. The flats are intended to provide quality affordable housing for key workers such as nurses and teachers.
00050443 : UNITED KINGDOM Devon, England, Great Britain, UK - The decaying sea defences along Slapton Sands beach mark the erosion occuring along this coastline.
00050442 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - A wealthy woman demonstrates proper posture in a class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050441 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Young ladies take a fashion class in colour schemes run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050440 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Cell inmates at Pentonville prison lie on their beds reading tabloid newspapers.
00050439 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A CCTV camera surveys the grounds around the reverently named Gagarin House on Winstanley Estate in Battersea.
00050438 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain, UK - Post-regeneration Glasgow - a young boy plays on railings outside a new housing block in the Gorbals district.
00050437 : UNITED KINGDOM South Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain, UK - A car park attendant collects the shopping trolleys outside the Asda Wal-Mart Supercentre supermarket at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol.
00050436 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Polluted skies over a London cityscape.
00050435 : UNITED KINGDOM Devon, England, Great Britain, UK - A father oversees his children playing in a sandpit at Blackpool Sands in South Devon. The beach has been awarded Blue Flag status (EC standard) for its cleanliness and management.
00050434 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Wealthy young ladies practise correct posture and deportment in a class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050433 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A young butler carrying a silver tea tray waits in attendance at a wealthy Knightsbridge residence.
00050432 : UNITED KINGDOM East Sussex, England, Great Britain, UK - Two fishermen repair a fishing net near the boats on the beach at Hastings.
00050431 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Wealthy young ladies practise correct posture and deportment in a class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050430 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Young ladies take a wine tasting class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050429 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Two ramblers walk amongst the trees in Epping Forest during the autumn.
00050428 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Businessmen on a cigarette break.
00050427 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A baby in a pushchair cries as it is enveloped in exhaust fumes from a passing car.
00050426 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Railway passengers are escorted from one of the trains involved in the 2001 rush hour train collision near the infamous 1967 Hither Green rail crash site in South London.
00050425 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - City commuters cross London Bridge on their way to work.
00050424 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Taxis drive over red and white 'C' road markings indicating the boundaries of the congestion charge traffic zone in Central London.
00050423 : UNITED KINGDOM Greater Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - The Millennium Bridge at Salford Quays.
00050422 : UNITED KINGDOM Surrey, England, Great Britain, UK - Labourers, working below motorway signs for Heathrow airport, repair the busy M25 motorway near the A3 Guildford junction.
00050421 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Children play with stilts and a skipping rope in the playground of an inner city school in Newham.
00050420 : UNITED KINGDOM Essex, England, Great Britain, UK - A man leaves his car to talk on his mobile phone whilst waiting in a traffic queue outside a Shell petrol station in Barking as drivers panic-buy during the 2000 UK fuel blockade.
00050419 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A young prostitute solicits clients on a street corner in the King's Cross area.
00050418 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Rush hour commuters vie for space on an overcrowded Transport for London (TfL) underground tube train.
00050417 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Young ladies take a class in table manners run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050416 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Ten-year-old Oliver Dewdney plays with a football below a Liverpool F.C. flag that is hanging in his bedroom.
00050415 : UNITED KINGDOM Cornwall, England, Great Britain, UK - Turbines on a wind farm in the Cornish hills.
00050414 : UNITED KINGDOM East Sussex, England, Great Britain, UK - A fireman wades through the floodwaters outside residential housing in Malling (Lewes).
00050413 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Londoners, including native New Yorkers living in London, attend a vigil for 9/11 victims shortly after the al Qaeda terrorist attacks. Some carry American Stars and Stripes flags.
00050412 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Tourists look up at the London Eye from the South Bank. The Big Ben bell tower stands across the river at Westminster.
00050411 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Young Londoners having fun in the Lucky Voice Karaoke Bar in Soho.
00050410 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Wealthy ladies practise correct posture and deportment in a class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050409 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Railtrack contractors work on a railway line near Cricklewood.
00050408 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A Muslim family pass a pile of litter scattered around the rubbish bins outside the flats on Ocean Estate in Tower Hamlets.
00050407 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A father carries his toddler daughter through flood waters along Waveley Road in Gants Hill, East London.
00050406 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain, UK - A wealthy young lady practises her deportment in a class run by The Finishing Academy school of etiquette at the Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich.
00050405 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Children play on their bikes outside Ocean Estate in Tower Hamlets.
00050404 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - The sunken amphitheatre, known as "The Scoop", stands near Tower Bridge outside London's City Hall. The rounded glass City Hall building, which opened in July 2002, is now home to the Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the GLA (Greater London Authority).
00050403 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Routemaster buses pass the entrance to Piccadilly Circus underground tube station.
00050402 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Social housing on the Bemerton Estate in Islington.
00050401 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A Routemaster bus passes the entrance to Piccadilly Circus underground tube station.
00050400 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - An elderly woman with a Zimmer frame warms herself by an electric heater.
00050399 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Tourists cross London's Millennium Bridge. The bridge, designed by Sir Norman Foster, links St Paul's Cathedral and the City of London with the South Bank. The £18 million bridge (nicknamed the Wobbly Bridge) was closed just days after being opened due to an unexpected swaying motion produced by the sheer number of pedestrians visiting the site.
00050398 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Two uniformed police officers pass a group of youths as they patrol Lewisham High Street.
00050397 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Victorian houses in Highbury.
00050396 : LEBANON Beirut - A survivor sits amongst the rubble of a collapsed building, which is now adorned with anti-American graffiti. The city suffered heavy damage when it was bombed by the Israeli military during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
00050395 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A mother and daughter from El Gueza village.
00050394 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A small sign indicates the type of millet seed planted in an IFAD-funded crop trialling programme at El Gueza. The project's aim is to determine which crop varieties are best suited to the dry sub-Saharan Sahel lands of southern Niger.
00050393 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A young boy plays with a stick and wheel in Dan Bako village.
00050392 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A new well under construction in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, is funding the construction of this well along with six others in the area.
00050391 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - The huts of Dan Kada village.
00050390 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Nariama Sayabou carries her baby daughter through Dan Bako village.
00050389 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A dog chases a car as it passes a village on the outskirts of Aguie.
00050388 : LEBANON Beirut - Relatives of Hezbollah (Hizbollah) 'martyrs' wave flags and posters of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at a political rally.
00050387 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A community grain bank granary in the village of El Gueza.
00050386 : NIGER Jiratawa, Maradi - A farmer works on an IFAD-supported agricultural project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several irrigation programmes in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050385 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Villagers from the Dan Kada community.
00050384 : NIGER Jiratawa, Maradi - An intensive farming nursery supported by IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development). IFAD, a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050383 : LEBANON Beirut - A young woman surfs the internet on a computer in a city cafe.
00050382 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Tchima Jigo sells firewood in Nakikarchi village.
00050381 : LEBANON Beirut - A pedestrian casts a shadow on the wall below a graffiti mural of a man playing football with a bomb.
00050380 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Traders from the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region drive their carts home at the end of market day in Aguie.
00050379 : LEBANON Dahiya (Dahieh), Beirut - Survivors pick through the rubble of their apartment buildings in Haret Hreik, a residential Shi'ite neighbourhood in southern Beirut and formerly the home of the Islamist Hezbollah (Hizbollah) headquarters. The area was bombed by the Israeli military during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
00050378 : NIGER Illela Region - Storm clouds gather over Farabani village as local children return home.
00050377 : NIGER Niamey - Muslim worshippers pray at the Grand Mosque.
00050376 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers sowing millet seed.
00050375 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A young woman collects water from a well in Guidan Tanko.
00050374 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - An irrigation channel helps to water crops on an IFAD-supported agricultural project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several irrigation programmes in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050373 : NIGER Illela Region - The "half moon" anti-desertification measures trialled by the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in the Illela Region. The crescent-shaped excavations are designed to catch excess surface water after heavy rain and to provide shelter from the wind for young seedlings.
00050372 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - An irrigation channel helps to water crops on an IFAD-supported agricultural project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several irrigation programmes in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050371 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Villagers attend a meeting of regional community officials in the village of Dan Bako.
00050370 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Tassiou and his friends carry their weeding hoes home to their village after a long day tending to their millet crop.
00050369 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Tiny peppers are grown on an IFAD-supported agricultural irrigation project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050368 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers pump water from a borehole well in order to irrigate the crops on an IFAD-supported irrigation project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several irrigation programmes in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050367 : LEBANON Beirut - A sculpture monument dedicated to the Ayatollah Khomeini is damaged following the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict. The Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah (Hizbollah) is backed by Iran.
00050366 : NIGER Illela Region - Rainclouds gather over Farabani village as a storm brews in the Illela Region.
00050365 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local women Hadiza Adamou and Saa Sayabou are pictured in Dan Bako village.
00050364 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A young girl collects millet from a community grain bank in the village of El Gueza.
00050363 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmer Ibrahim Mohamedou waters his plants with a watering can at an IFAD-supported nursery, part of an anti-desertification programme near the village of Zabon Mousso. Ibrahim, who has been working on nursery projects such as this one for over ten years, says of his work: 'I am always encouraged to continue this work when I see my trees growing big. When people don't look after them it makes me very angry'.
00050362 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A group of children socialise together at the end of a busy market day.
00050361 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A local farmer tends to his plants at an IFAD-supported nursery. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050360 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Tiny peppers are grown by local farmers on an IFAD-supported agricultural irrigation project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050359 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Village grain bank granaries.
00050358 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Two young boys carry a large basket of millet through their village while another feeds horned cattle.
00050357 : LEBANON Beirut - Ghassan Youssef poses with his wife in their home.
00050356 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Hinda Salha cooks a meal over a small fire outside her home in Dan Saga village.
00050355 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers sowing millet seed.
00050354 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Sale Tari tends his Acacia trees using a natural regeneration technique. As well as providing a regenerative supply of firewood, the trees act as windbreaks to prevent wind erosion and stabilise the dry land in the sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050353 : NIGER Tahoua Region - Youths weed a millet plantation near Guida Iddran village.
00050352 : NIGER Niamey - Pedestrians and motorcyclists on the streets of the capital at dusk.
00050351 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - The Inoussa family own about two hectares of land in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region. Their property yields about two tonnes of millet, which is enough food for the family to live on for seven months.
00050350 : NIGER Illela Region - The "half moon" anti-desertification measures trialled by the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in the Illela Region. The crescent-shaped excavations are designed to catch excess surface water after heavy rain and to provide shelter from the wind for young seedlings.
00050349 : LEBANON Beirut - Dentist Jamal Bizri is served by waiters while eating at a shoreline restaurant with his wife and two young sons.
00050348 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A woman from Sankanta village collects water from a large puddle after heavy rain. The nearest well is over a kilometre away.
00050347 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers tend their plants at an IFAD-supported nursery. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050346 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A camel herder leads his camels to water at Zabon Mousso well.
00050345 : LEBANON Bent Jbail, Nabatiye Governorate - A mural painting of the Hezbollah (Hizbollah) leader Hassan Nasrallah stands in Bint Jbeil. The town suffered heavy damage when it was contested by Israeli and Hezbollah forces during the 2006 conflict.
00050344 : NIGER Jiratawa, Maradi - An irrigation channel helps to water crops on an IFAD-supported agricultural project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several irrigation programmes in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050343 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Saa Adamou and Dize Ibrahim carry containers of water on their heads through Dan Bako village.
00050342 : LEBANON Markaba - Ali Chehimi stands with his mother at their home in Markaba. The house was badly damaged but is still standing after the village was attacked by the Israeli military during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
00050341 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmer Iro Mallam Galadima holds two Acacia saplings that he has grown from seed on an IFAD-supported agricultural irrigation project that works to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity. The trees, now ready for planting, will be used as windbreaks to prevent wind erosion and stabilise the dry land.
00050340 : NIGER Illela Region - Rain collects in a crater during a storm in Farabani village.
00050339 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Wada Chaibou returns home to her family in Tapkin Gao village with a bowl of fresh milk after visiting a local market.
00050338 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Nana Badama prepares a meal using a huge cooking pot outside her home in Dan Saga village.
00050337 : NIGER Illela Region - The "half moon" anti-desertification measures trialled by the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in the Illela Region. The crescent-shaped excavations are designed to catch excess surface water after heavy rain and to provide shelter from the wind for young seedlings.
00050336 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Small signs indicate the different types of millet and groundnut seed planted in an IFAD-funded crop trialling programme at El Gueza. The project's aim is to determine which crop varieties are best suited to the dry sub-Saharan Sahel lands of southern Niger.
00050335 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Hinda Salha grinds millet to make an edible "kalebash" paste outside her home in Dan Saga village.
00050334 : NIGER Niamey - Newly planted trees acting as windbreaks help to prevent wind erosion of the sub-Saharan desert dunes just outside the capital.
00050333 : LEBANON Beirut - Ghada Radwan, a physiotherapist, sits with her boyfriend in a cafe.
00050332 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Tchima Jigo sells firewood in Nakikarchi village.
00050331 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Farmers on an IFAD-supported irrigation project pump water from a borehole well in order to irrigate their land. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several irrigation programmes in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050330 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers sow millet seed in a field near Guidan Tanko village.
00050329 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Women carrying bowls of fresh milk on their heads return home after visiting a local market.
00050328 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers tend to the crops grown on an IFAD-supported agricultural irrigation project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050327 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Two women carrying buckets on their heads collect water at Bougouzawa village.
00050326 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Two young girls carrying plates on their heads sell snacks at a local market.
00050325 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Nana Badama (left) and Hinda Salha (right) grind millet to make an edible "kalebash" paste in Dan Saga village.
00050324 : LEBANON Tyre (Sur) - Two women take a group of children swimming at the beach.
00050323 : LEBANON Beirut - Fisherman Fadi Husseini sits on one of the gutted boats strewn around the harbour. The 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict took a heavy toll on Lebanon's fishing industry, with many boats destroyed.
00050322 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Nana Ado grinds millet in Damama village.
00050321 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Nana Badama (left) and Hinda Salha (right) grind millet to make an edible "kalebash" paste in Dan Saga village.
00050320 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmer Ibrahim Mohamedou waters his plants with a watering can at an IFAD-supported nursery, part of an anti-desertification programme near the village of Zabon Mousso. Ibrahim, who has been working on nursery projects such as this one for over ten years, says of his work: 'I am always encouraged to continue this work when I see my trees growing big. When people don't look after them it makes me very angry'.
00050319 : LEBANON Beirut - A group of men smoke Marlboro cigarettes and a hookah (narguile) pipe on the Corniche seafront.
00050318 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers Ousman Abdou holds a nearly ripe melon that he has grown from seed on an IFAD-supported agricultural irrigation project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050317 : LEBANON Markaba - A veiled woman passes the rubble of collapsed buildings in Markaba. The village suffered heavy damages when it was attacked by the Israeli military during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
00050316 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Nana Ado grinds millet in Damama village.
00050315 : LEBANON Beirut - Barber Mohamed Mehdi prepares to cut a customer's hair while his client watches TV.
00050314 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Two women collect water from a well in Nakikarchi village.
00050313 : NIGER Tahoua Region - Youths weed a millet plantation near Guida Iddran village.
00050312 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A local farmer tends to his plants at an IFAD-supported nursery. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050311 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Young cattle are tethered nearby village women, Nana Badama (left) and Hinda Salha (right), working in Dan Saga village. The women are grinding millet to make an edible "kalebash" paste.
00050310 : NIGER Niamey - A Fula (Fulani) mother is pictured on the sub-Saharan desert plains with her baby daughter.
00050309 : NIGER Niamey - Newly planted trees acting as windbreaks help to prevent wind erosion of the sub-Saharan desert dunes just outside the capital.
00050308 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmer Issa Tchibaou holds two Acacia sapling plants at the IFAD Village Nursery Project plantation near Nakikarchi Village. As well as providing a regenerative supply of firewood, the trees act as windbreaks to prevent wind erosion and stabilise the dry land in the sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050307 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Children weed a freshly sown millet field.
00050306 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmer Ibrahim Mohamedou waters his plants with a watering can at an IFAD-supported nursery, part of an anti-desertification programme near the village of Zabon Mousso. Ibrahim, who has been working on nursery projects such as this one for over ten years, says of his work: 'I am always encouraged to continue this work when I see my trees growing big. When people don't look after them it makes me very angry'.
00050305 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers sowing millet seed.
00050304 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Nana Badama (left) and Hinda Salha (right) grind millet to make an edible "kalebash" paste in Dan Saga village.
00050303 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers tend to their crops grown on an IFAD-supported agricultural irrigation project. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050302 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A local farmer waters his Acacia, Neme and Baobab tree saplings with a watering can at the IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development ) Village Nursery Project in Nakikarchi.
00050301 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A handmade sign indicates the type of millet seed planted in an IFAD-funded crop trialling programme at El Gueza. The project's aim is to determine which crop varieties are best suited to the dry sub-Saharan Sahel lands of southern Niger.
00050300 : NIGER Niamey - Newly planted trees acting as windbreaks help to prevent wind erosion of the sub-Saharan desert dunes just outside the capital.
00050299 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local farmers tends to the plants at an IFAD-supported nursery. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the dry sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050298 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A woman carrying a baby collects animal fodder on the outskirts of Bougouzawa village.
00050297 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Nana Badama (left) and Hinda Salha (right) from Dan Saga village hold grains of millet in their outstretched hands.
00050296 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Nana Badama prepares a meal using a huge cooking pot outside her home in Dan Saga village.
00050295 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Local women attend a women's community meeting in Dan Bako village.
00050294 : LEBANON Beirut - Theatre actress Taghrid Choucair (centre) walks along the Corniche seafront with her friends.
00050293 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A young boy leans on a sign designating an IFAD Project for the Promotion of Local Initiatives for Development in Aguie (PPILDA) nursery site. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN agency established to finance agricultural projects in developing countries, runs several programmes that work to combine environmental protection with agricultural productivity in the sub-Saharan Sahel region.
00050292 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - Hinda Salha cooks a meal over a small fire outside her home in Dan Saga village.
00050291 : NIGER Illela Region - The "half moon" anti-desertification measures trialled by the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in the Illela Region. The crescent-shaped excavations are designed to catch excess surface water after heavy rain and to provide shelter from the wind for young seedlings.
00050290 : NIGER Aguie (Sahel Region) - A community grain bank granary in the village of El Gueza.
00050289 : NIGER Illela Region - Rainclouds gather over Farabani villagers as a storm brews in the Illela Region.
00050288 : LEBANON Beirut - A man wearing a striped shirt stands next to a Benetton clothes advertisement hanging near offices in the city's commercial district.
00050287 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - Steelworker Lalit Singh (pictured wearing a checked yellow shirt) sits with his family in their home. Lalit, a fourth generation employee at Tata Steel, and his family live in subsidised housing provided by his employer.
00050286 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - A shishya from a Gurukul school offers shlokas (prayers) beside the holy River Ganges.
00050285 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - A steelworker wearing a Tata construction helmet at the Tata Steel factory covers his face with cloth to protect himself from the heat of a nearby furnace. Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is India's largest private steel manufacturer.
00050284 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A uniformed security guard stands outside a local branch of Deutsche Bank, one of the largest multinational investment banks in the world.
00050283 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A uniformed security guard stands next to advertising posters outside a local branch of Deutsche Bank, one of the largest multinational investment banks in the world.
00050282 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - A monk meditates on the stony riverbanks of the River Ganges (the Ganga).
00050281 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - Pilgrims cross the recently built Ram Jhula (also known as the Sivananda Jhula) suspension bridge over the River Ganges.
00050280 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - Pilgrims cross the recently built Ram Jhula (also known as the Sivananda Jhula) suspension bridge over the River Ganges.
00050279 : SPAIN Murcia Province (Costa Blanca) - Construction cranes loom above a new property development in San Javier. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited amenities in the area. Much of the new housing is sold to foreign buyers who predominatly use or rent the properties as holiday homes.
00050278 : SPAIN Nr. Orihuela, Murcia Province (Costa Blanca) - Electricity pylons surround a canal transporting water from the Tagus (Tajo) river. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area.
00050277 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A security guard watches over shoppers leaving the Matunga branch of the Sahakari Bhandar supermarket chain. The formerly state-managed department store has been recently renovated by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest private sector company.
00050276 : SPAIN Nr. Mazarron, Murcia Province (Costa Calida) - Anti-construction graffiti protesting against the increasing tourist-centred urbanisation of the area is painted onto a wall along the seafront. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited amenities in the area.
00050275 : SPAIN Nr. Mazarron, Murcia Province (Costa Calida) - A building notice stands on the construction site of a water desalination factory funded by the European Union (EU). In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area.
00050274 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - A Hindu pilgrim floats a diya candle on the holy River Ganges (the Ganga).
00050273 : SPAIN San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia Province (Costa Calida) - Construction cranes loom above the golf course of a new apartment complex in Los Alcazares. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area.
00050272 : SPAIN Mazarron, Murcia Province (Costa Calida) - A shepherd tends to his goats.
00050271 : CHINA Kunming, Yunnan Province - The legs of a young woman dancing on a platform in a discotheque where prostitutes often solicit clients. Although prostitution is illegal and both the women and their clients risk fines (5000 and 2000 yuan respectively) or even a three-month jail sentence, it is estimated that there are almost half a million women working as prostitutes in the province of Yunnan alone.
00050270 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Security guards watch over shoppers leaving the Matunga branch of the Sahakari Bhandar supermarket chain. The formerly state-managed department store has been recently renovated by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest private sector company.
00050269 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - Steelworkers wear visors to protect themselves whilst working at the Tata Steel factory. Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is India's largest private steel manufacturer.
00050268 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - A steelworker from the Tata Steel industrial plant sits with his family in their home. Tata Steel, the pioneering steel manufacturer renowned for its commitment to social causes and emphasis on employee welfare, is India's largest private steel manufacturer.
00050267 : SPAIN Almeria Province (Costa de Almeria) - The controversial Hotel Algarrobico at El Algarrobico beach. Building work on the 411-room hotel began without planning permission, and hence illegally, on parkland bordering the protected Cabo de Gata reserve, one of the few undeveloped areas of this coastline. However, following pressure from environmental campaigners, the regional government halted work on the half-built hotel in 2006 and ordered it to be demolished.
00050266 : SPAIN Garrucha, Almeria Province (Costa de Almeria) - A swimming pool under construction on a property development site overlooking the sea. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited amenities in the area. Much of the new housing is sold to foreign buyers who predominantly use or rent the properties as holiday homes.
00050265 : SPAIN Nr. Orihuela, Murcia Province (Costa Blanca) - A construction worker drives a cement mixer beneath the huge pipes transporting water from the Tagus (Tajo) river to irrigate the surrounding land. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area.
00050264 : SPAIN Carboneras, Almeria Province (Costa de Almeria) - Water sprinklers irrigate a golf course at a holiday resort. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area.
00050263 : SPAIN Nr. Orihuela, Murcia Province (Costa Blanca) - A billboard advertising a new property development stands next to a stop sign near a housing construction site. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited amenities in the area. Much of the new housing is sold to foreign buyers who predominantly use or rent the properties as holiday homes.
00050262 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - A shishya from a Gurukul school offers shlokas (prayers) beside the holy River Ganges.
00050261 : SPAIN Alicante Province (Costa Blanca) - New high-rise apartment buildings tower above nearby salt lake grounds. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area.
00050260 : SPAIN Alicante Province (Costa Blanca) - A billboard advertising a new housing development stands on a construction site in an undeveloped area. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited amenities in the area. Much of the new housing is sold to foreign buyers who predominantly use or rent the properties as holiday homes.
00050259 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A street scene reflected in the window of a branch of Deutsche Bank, with an advertisement depicting a rural Indian landscape.
00050258 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - Shishyas from a Gurukul school offer shlokas (prayers) beside the holy River Ganges.
00050257 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - Molten steel is rolled into huge coils of steel sheet inside the Tata Steel factory. Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is India's largest private steel manufacturer.
00050256 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - Tora, a Japanese yoga student, meditates beside the River Ganges (the Ganga).
00050255 : SPAIN Benidorm (Costa Blanca) - Tourists lying on their towels sunbathe among the parasol umbrellas at the beach.
00050254 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi Province - A young woman sings into a microphone at a karaoke bar where young prostitutes solicit clients. Many of the karaoke bars in China run brothels. Although prostitution is illegal and both the women and their clients risk fines (5000 and 2000 yuan respectively) or even a three-month jail sentence, the number of women working in prostitution appears to be on the increase.
00050253 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - Large coils of steel sheet wait to be dispatched at the Tata Steel factory. Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is India's largest private steel manufacturer.
00050252 : SPAIN Almeria Province (Costa de Almeria) - Tall cacti plants grow along the edge of the Desert Springs holiday resort and golf course near Cabo de Gata. It only rains 10-12 days a year in this region so the resort's water sprinklers are left on twenty-four hours a day in order to turn the arid desert earth into golf course grass. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area.
00050251 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - A shishya from a Gurukul school offers shlokas (prayers) beside the holy River Ganges.
00050250 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - Shishyas from a Gurukul school offer shlokas (prayers) on the riverbanks of the holy River Ganges.
00050249 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi Province - Two women entertain a man at a karaoke bar where young prostitutes solicit clients. Many of the karaoke bars in China run brothels. Although prostitution is illegal and both the women and their clients risk fines (5000 and 2000 yuan respectively) or even a three-month jail sentence, the number of women working in prostitution appears to be on the increase.
00050248 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Security guards watch over shoppers leaving the Matunga branch of the Sahakari Bhandar supermarket chain. The formerly state-managed department store has been recently renovated by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), India's largest private sector company.
00050247 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - The wives of steelworkers on the Tata Steel Domestic Management Programme (DMP) visit the factory so that they can better appreciate their husbands' work. Tata Steel, the largest private steel company in India, is renowned for its commitment to social causes and emphasis on employee welfare.
00050246 : SPAIN Nr. Orihuela, Murcia Province (Costa Blanca) - A pipe transporting water from the Tagus (Tajo) river to irrigate the surrounding land leaks from one of its connections. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area.
00050245 : SPAIN Nr. Orihuela, Murcia Province (Costa Blanca) - Huge pipes transport water from the Tagus (Tajo) river to irrigate the surrounding land. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area.
00050244 : SPAIN Alicante Province - The cracked earth of a dry water reservoir in the mountains. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited water supplies in the area. Scientists believe that one third of the country could become desert within the next fifty years.
00050243 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - The wives of steelworkers on the Tata Steel Domestic Management Programme (DMP) visit the factory so that they can better appreciate their husbands' work. Tata Steel, the largest private steel company in India, is renowned for its commitment to social causes and emphasis on employee welfare.
00050242 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - Pilgrims praying on the riverbanks of the holy River Ganges (the Ganga).
00050241 : SPAIN Almeria Province (Costa de Almeria) - A derelict building on the Cabo de Gata nature reserve falls into disrepair. Water shortages in the area have made it difficult to sustain a livelihood here and impossible to cultivate the surrounding land.
00050240 : SPAIN Almeria Province (Costa de Almeria) - The controversial Hotel Algarrobico at El Algarrobico beach. Building work on the 411-room hotel began without planning permission, and hence illegally, on parkland bordering the protected Cabo de Gata reserve, one of the few undeveloped areas of this coastline. However, following pressure from environmental campaigners, the regional government halted work on the half-built hotel in 2006 and ordered it to be demolished.
00050239 : SPAIN Garrucha, Almeria Province (Costa de Almeria) - A swimming pool on a new apartment complex overlooking the sea. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited amenities in the area. Much of the new housing is sold to foreign buyers who predominantly use or rent the properties as holiday homes.
00050238 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - The wives of steelworkers on the Tata Steel Domestic Management Programme (DMP) visit the factory so that they can better appreciate their husbands' work. Tata Steel, the largest private steel company in India, is renowned for its commitment to social causes and emphasis on employee welfare.
00050237 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - The wives of steelworkers on the Tata Steel Domestic Management Programme (DMP) visit the factory so that they can better appreciate their husbands' work. Tata Steel, the largest private steel company in India, is renowned for its commitment to social causes and emphasis on employee welfare.
00050236 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - The wives of steelworkers on the Tata Steel Domestic Management Programme (DMP) visit the factory so that they can better appreciate their husbands' work. Tata Steel, the largest private steel company in India, is renowned for its commitment to social causes and emphasis on employee welfare.
00050235 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - A steelworker (in silhouette) and a cyclist pass the hazard warning signs posted outside the Tata Steel factory. Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is India's largest private steel manufacturer.
00050234 : SPAIN Altea, Alicante Province (Costa Blanca) - A billboard advertising a new holiday apartment complex stands on a development site. In recent years there has been an explosion of controversial tourist-focused developments in Spain's arid southeastern region causing environmental degradation and placing enormous pressure on the limited amenities in the area. Much of the new housing is sold to foreign buyers who predominantly use or rent the properties as holiday homes.
00050233 : CHINA Kunming, Yunnan Province - A young woman dances on a platform in a discotheque where prostitutes often solicit clients. Although prostitution is illegal and both the women and their clients risk fines (5000 and 2000 yuan respectively) or even a three-month jail sentence, it is estimated that there are almost half a million women working as prostitutes in the province of Yunnan alone.
00050232 : INDIA Hrishikesh (Rishikesh), Uttaranchal State - Pilgrims offer a lamp to the holy River Ganges (the Ganga) during evening prayer.
00050231 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - A young steelworker stands next to huge coils of steel sheet waiting for dispatch at the Tata Steel factory. Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is India's largest private steel manufacturer.
00050230 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - Steelworkers cycle past a smelting plant on their way to work at the Tata Steel factory. Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is India's largest private steel manufacturer.
00050229 : SPAIN Benidorm (Costa Blanca) - The high-rise tower blocks along Benidorm's coastline illuminated at night.
00050228 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - The wives of steelworkers on the Tata Steel Domestic Management Programme (DMP) visit the factory so that they can better appreciate their husbands' work. Tata Steel, the largest private steel company in India, is renowned for its commitment to social causes and emphasis on employee welfare.
00050227 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A local branch of Deutsche Bank, one of the largest multinational investment banks in the world.
00050226 : INDIA Bangalore, Karnataka - Rita Samson, a tutor working for the online tutoring company TutorVista, helps British school pupils with their homework from a call centre in Bangalore.
00050225 : SPAIN Murcia Province (Costa Calida) - Anti-construction graffiti protesting against the increasing tourist-centred urbanisation of the region is painted onto a nature trail placard at Cabo Cope, a protected coastal area.
00050224 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - The wives of steelworkers on the Tata Steel Domestic Management Programme (DMP) visit the factory so that they can better appreciate their husbands' work. Tata Steel, the largest private steel company in India, is renowned for its commitment to social causes and emphasis on employee welfare.
00050223 : INDIA Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), Jharkhand State - Steelworkers ride their bicycles to work at the Tata Steel factory. Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is India's largest private steel manufacturer.
00050222 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A uniformed security guard watches over a transaction at a local branch of Deutsche Bank, one of the largest multinational investment banks in the world.
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