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00047402 : JAPAN Kyoto - Two young women dressed as Maikos, Geishas in training.
00047401 : JAPAN Nara, Kansai - The head of a giant bronze Buddha, a "Daibutsu", in Todai-ji Buddhist Temple.
00047400 : JAPAN Tokyo - The Shinjuku Sumitomo skyscraper rises behind the Assembly Hall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Nishi-Shinjuku.
00047399 : JAPAN Tokyo - A middle-aged businessman stares at a billboard advertisement for mobile phones.
00047398 : JAPAN Tokyo - The Shinjuku Sumitomo skyscraper (centre) stands in the distance, viewed from between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (left) and the Shinjuku NS Building (right) in Nishi-Shinjuku.
00047397 : JAPAN Tokyo - The Shinjuku Sumitomo skyscraper (centre) stands in the distance, viewed from between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (left) and the Shinjuku NS Building (right) in Nishi-Shinjuku.
00047396 : JAPAN Tokyo - A modern young woman with dyed hair stands in front of advertising for Nestle Nescafe, which ironically uses the image of a traditional Japanese woman dressed in a Kimono to front a new campaign.
00047395 : JAPAN Tokyo - A businessman uses his Vodafone mobile phone.
00047394 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman, standing below a campaign advertisement, uses her mobile phone outside a McDonald's fast food restaurant.
00047393 : JAPAN Tokyo - A group of men smoke cigarettes in a designated smoking area next to Shibuya Station in Hachiko. Local laws ban smoking in public except in these designated spots.
00047392 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman smokes a cigarette beneath advertising for Louis Vuitton, the luxury fashion brand .
00047391 : JAPAN Tokyo - A group of men smoke cigarettes in a designated smoking area next to Shibuya Station in Hachiko. Local laws ban smoking in public except in these designated spots.
00047390 : JAPAN Tokyo - A Japanese woman, walking through Shinjuku, passes a government banner that displays a strict no smoking law.
00047389 : JAPAN Tokyo - A man walks through the Shinjuku streets wearing a jacket that is emblazoned with no smoking and no littering graphics. Local laws ban smoking in public except in designated spots.
00047388 : JAPAN Tokyo - A group of men smoke cigarettes in a designated smoking area next to Shibuya Station in Hachiko. Local laws ban smoking in public except in these designated spots.
00047387 : JAPAN Tokyo - A man walks through the Shinjuku streets wearing a jacket that is emblazoned with no smoking and no littering graphics. Local laws ban smoking in public except in designated spots.
00047386 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman walks below the face on a huge billboard advertisement whilst out shopping in Shibuya.
00047385 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two businessmen are accosted around midnight by an African man working for a strip show in the Kabukicho red light district of Tokyo.
00047384 : JAPAN Tokyo - A billboard advertisement for a "host" bar, where young men act as entertainers (or gigolos) for modern women, in the Kabukicho entertainment and red light district of Shinjuku.
00047383 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two businessmen stare at poster advertisements for a pornographic cinema in the red light district of Shinjuku.
00047382 : JAPAN Tokyo - A tired businessman, taking the Yamanote line night train home, leans against an information screen as his train approaches Tokyo station.
00047381 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman, carrying a bag emblazoned with the Bonheur logo, waits for a train at Shinjuku station.
00047380 : JAPAN Tokyo - A late businessman runs to make his train after a night out.
00047379 : JAPAN Tokyo - After a night out drinking, office workers bow and say goodnight to their colleagues outside Shimbashi station.
00047378 : JAPAN Tokyo - The hand of a tired businessman, taking the Yamanote line night train home, rests against an information screen as the train approaches Tokyo station.
00047377 : JAPAN Tokyo - A drunk businessman sits on a Shinjuku metro station platform to wait for his train home.
00047376 : JAPAN Tokyo - A small group of young women in Hachiko cross the busy road by Shibuya station as the Yamanote line train passes behind them.
00047375 : JAPAN Tokyo - A drunken youth passes out after drinking too much in an Isakaya bar.
00047374 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young couple walk through the busy shopping district of Shinjuku.
00047373 : JAPAN Tokyo - A group of transvestites, dressed as maids, pictured on the streets of Harajuku.
00047372 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman, listening to her Apple iPod music player, crosses the busy road in Hachiko by Shibuya station.
00047371 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman, walking below a Vodafone sign, crosses the busy road by Shibuya station.
00047370 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young couple with dyed hair walk through the crowds in Shibuya.
00047369 : JAPAN Tokyo - Below billboard advertisements for Vodafone and Nova, two young men walk through the Tokyo shopping district of Shinjuku.
00047368 : JAPAN Tokyo - An "alternative" fashion conscious young woman, dressed as a maid, checks her mobile phone on the streets of Harajuku.
00047367 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two fashion conscious youths, wearing brightly coloured Manga style clothes and rabbit ears, stand amongst the shopping crowds at Omoto Sando.
00047366 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two fashion conscious youths, wearing brightly coloured Manga style clothes and rabbit ears, stand amongst the shopping crowds at Omoto Sando.
00047365 : JAPAN Tokyo - A punk musician passes the ticket machines at Shinjuku station.
00047364 : JAPAN Tokyo - Three young businessmen walk to Shinjuku station after a night out.
00047363 : JAPAN Tokyo - Young women relax behind the window of a stylish cafe in Harajuku.
00047362 : JAPAN Tokyo - A street cleaner uses a steam machine to shift chewing gum from the concourse of Akihabara Station.
00047361 : JAPAN Tokyo - A drunk businessman relaxes in an Isakaya bar in Ginza.
00047360 : JAPAN Tokyo - Three "alternative" fashion conscious youths pose for a photograph at Harajuku.
00047359 : JAPAN Tokyo - An "alternative" fashion conscious youth poses for a photograph at Harajuku.
00047358 : JAPAN Tokyo - An "alternative" fashion conscious youth applies his make up on the streets of Harajuku.
00047357 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two "alternative" fashion conscious youths pose for a photograph at Harajuku.
00047356 : JAPAN Tokyo - Passengers on a train approach Shinjuku station on a rainy day.
00047355 : JAPAN Tokyo - An "alternative" fashion conscious youth, wearing a maid-style outfit, poses for a photograph at Harajuku.
00047354 : JAPAN Tokyo - An "alternative" fashion conscious youth relaxes at Harajuku.
00047353 : JAPAN Tokyo - A group of transvestites, dressed as maids, relax on the streets of Harajuku.
00047352 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman in a denim jacket uses her mobile phone on a Tokyo street.
00047351 : JAPAN Tokyo - A platform guard at Shinjuku metro station tries to close the carriage doors of a crowded night train shortly before one o'clock in the morning.
00047350 : JAPAN Tokyo - A crowded night train, full of people returning home after a night out, leaves Shinjuku metro station.
00047349 : JAPAN Tokyo - A businessman talks on a mobile phone whilst simultaneously checking the figures on a calculator held by his colleague.
00047348 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young man, standing in the Shinjuku crowds, consults his mobile phone.
00047347 : JAPAN Tokyo - A group of young people pass outside a McDonald's restaurant in Shinjuku.
00047346 : JAPAN Tokyo - A businessman stands opposite the Apple Mac (Macintosh) computer store in Ginza, which displays the Apple logo.
00047345 : JAPAN Tokyo - An elderly woman passes below an image of a sleeping baby on a billboard advertisement for luxury apartments. Modern Japan currently has a very low birth rate and a massive ageing population problem.
00047344 : JAPAN Tokyo - A heap of cigarettes collected in an ashtray at a designated smoking area outside Shibuya train station in Hachiko. Local laws ban smoking in public except in designated spots.
00047343 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman, passing Shibuya Station, walks below advertising for Unilever Dove cosmetics and Vodafone mobile phones.
00047342 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two homeless men sleep amongst cardboard boxes at the Nishi-Shinjuku exit of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.
00047341 : JAPAN Tokyo - A homeless man sleeps amongst cardboard boxes underneath the railway lines outside Shimbashi JR station in Tokyo.
00047340 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman uses her Apple Mac (Macintosh) laptop computer after midnight on a street corner in Shinjuku.
00047339 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman, waiting outside Shibuya Station, stands below a billboard for Unilever Dove cosmetics. This local version of a global campaign uses a group of ordinary Japanese women to advertise their products.
00047338 : JAPAN Tokyo - The front of the Apple Mac (Macintosh) computer store in Ginza displays the Apple logo.
00047337 : JAPAN Tokyo - A staff member shows off a new generation of Apple Mac (Macintosh) computer, a laptop with a built-in webcam, at the entrance of the Apple store in Ginza.
00047336 : JAPAN Tokyo - Share prices are displayed in the window of a bank in Shinjuku.
00047335 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman uses her Apple Mac (Macintosh) laptop computer after midnight on a street corner in Shinjuku.
00047334 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman uses her Apple Mac (Macintosh) laptop computer after midnight on a street corner in Shinjuku.
00047333 : JAPAN Tokyo - Commuting businessmen wait to cross the road opposite Shimbashi station.
00047332 : JAPAN Tokyo - A businessman climbs stairs, which have a huge yellow hand painted on them, to the restaurant area in Shinjuku station.
00047331 : JAPAN Tokyo - An ornate Obi is tied around a kimono.
00047330 : JAPAN Tokyo - A small crowd of young women walk below a billboard advertisement in the shopping and entertainment district of Shibuya.
00047329 : JAPAN Kyoto - A young woman dressed as a Maiko, a Geisha in training, takes a photograph with her camera.
00047328 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young couple pose for a photograph next to a memorial shell in Yasukuni Jinja, the controversial Shinto shrine dedicated to those killed fighting on behalf of the Japanese emperor, including some notorious war criminals.
00047327 : JAPAN Tokyo - A crowd of people offer prayers on New Year's Day at the Meiji Shrine, one of the ten most important Shinto shrines in Tokyo. A policeman wears a face mask to protect himself against the coins that are thrown at the shrine for good fortune.
00047326 : JAPAN Tokyo - The view of Mount Fuji from Tokyo city centre at sunset. A construction crane rises above the city in the foreground.
00047325 : JAPAN Nara, Kansai - Japanese rice plants, the most expensive and most heavily protected species of rice in the world. These plants have an almost religious status in Japanese culture.
00047324 : JAPAN Kyoto - Kinjaku-ji Temple in Kyoto, otherwise known as The Golden Temple or The Golden Pavilion, is one of the most celebrated buildings in the city.
00047323 : JAPAN Kyoto - A Mount Fuji shaped mound of sand in the Zen garden of Ginkaku-ji Buddhist Temple.
00047322 : JAPAN Kyoto - A Buddhist monk holds out a begging bowl on a Kyoto street.
00047321 : JAPAN Kyoto - A Buddhist monk holds out a begging bowl on a Kyoto street.
00047320 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman, carrying several shopping bags, talks on her mobile phone as she crosses the Shibuya Hachiko crossing in Tokyo.
00047319 : JAPAN Tokyo - Rush hour commuters wait for the train to arrive at Shinjuku Station, the busiest train station in Tokyo.
00047318 : JAPAN Tokyo - Morning rush hour commuters wait in neat lines for the train to arrive at Shinjuku Station, the busiest train station in Tokyo.
00047317 : JAPAN Tokyo - A schoolgirl waits in a neat line with rush hour commuters at Shinjuku Station, the busiest train station in Tokyo.
00047316 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman is framed by a shaft of sunlight as she walks through the weekend crowds in Ginza, Toyko's most expensive shopping district.
00047315 : JAPAN Tokyo - A fishmonger at Tsukiji Market divides a frozen tuna fish into smaller pieces for his customers.
00047314 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young punk wears a T-shirt emblazoned with a Nazi swastika on the streets of Harajuku.
00047313 : JAPAN Tokyo - An "alternative" youth with dyed hair uses his mobile phone in Shinjuku.
00047312 : JAPAN Tokyo - A young woman checks her mobile phone beneath a billboard advertisement for Unilever Dove cosmetics.
00047311 : JAPAN Tokyo - A teenager, wearing a Manchester United football T-shirt, talks on his mobile phone.
00047310 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two young women, one wearing fishnet stockings and a garter, shop in Shibuya.
00047309 : JAPAN Tokyo - A crowd watches a street performer below the billboards of the Shinjuku shopping district.
00047308 : JAPAN Tokyo - A crowd watches a street performance below the billboards of the Shinjuku shopping district.
00047307 : JAPAN Tokyo - A crowd watches a street performer below the billboards of the Shinjuku shopping district.
00047306 : JAPAN Tokyo - A crowd watches a street performance below the billboards of the Shinjuku shopping district.
00047305 : JAPAN Tokyo - A crowd watches a street performance below the billboards of the Shinjuku shopping district.
00047304 : JAPAN Tokyo - An advertising image of a harrassed salaryman with his neck in a brace appears on a billboard by Shinjuku railway tracks.
00047303 : JAPAN Kyoto - The Zen garden at Tofuku-ji Buddhist Temple.
00047302 : JAPAN Kyoto - Detail of guilding on the Kinjaku-ji Temple in Kyoto, otherwise known as The Golden Temple or The Golden Pavilion and one of the most celebrated buildings in the city.
00047301 : JAPAN Tokyo - An elderly woman.
00047300 : JAPAN Kyoto - The bare rocks and gravel garden of Ryoan-ji Buddhist Temple is the most famous of Kyoto's Zen gardens.
00047299 : JAPAN Tokyo - A man wearing an air-pollution filtering face mask looks out from a moving train on the Yamanote JR line.
00047298 : MACAU China - Tables in the Sands casino, which has the largest casino floor in the world. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047297 : MACAU China - Neon lights on the facade of the Casino Lisboa, one of the city's oldest casinos. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047296 : MACAU China - View over the harbour, with the Macau Sky Tower on the left.
00047295 : MACAU China - The Cotai development, a construction site on reclaimed land between the islands of Taipa and Coloane. The central feature of this vast building site is the 3,000 room Venetian hotel/casino/conference centre owned by the Sands company.
00047294 : MACAU China - Labourers on the Cotai development, a construction site on reclaimed land between the islands of Taipa and Coloane. The central feature of this vast building site is the 3,000 room Venetian hotel/casino/conference centre owned by the Sands company.
00047293 : MACAU China - The Cotai development, a construction site on reclaimed land between the islands of Taipa and Coloane. The central feature of this vast building site is the 3,000 room Venetian hotel/casino/conference centre owned by the Sands company.
00047292 : MACAU China - Neon lights on the facades of the competing Wynn and Lisboa casinos, with a construction site in the foreground. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047291 : MACAU China - Tables in the newly opened Grand Waldo casino, which is owned by the Galaxy Entertainment Group. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047290 : MACAU China - A construction site, with the Wynn casino in the background. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047289 : MACAU China - A crowd watches a display outside the Wynn casino, which has a state-of-the-art fountain with flame throwers. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047288 : MACAU China - Tourists visit the ruins of Macau Cathedral, a legacy of Portuguese colonisation.
00047287 : MACAU China - Neon lights on the facades of the competing Wynn and Lisboa casinos. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047286 : MACAU China - A crowd watches a display outside the Wynn casino, which has a state-of-the-art fountain with flame throwers, and a big screen which advertises luxury brands such as Chanel. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047285 : MACAU China - Pictures of numbered women who work as 'entertainers' in a casino. Prostitution is rife. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047284 : MACAU China - A construction site, with the Macau Sky Tower in the background.
00047283 : MACAU China - A cannon on the ramparts of Macau Monte Fort, a 17th century legacy of Portuguese colonisation. In the background, modern skycrapers dominate the cityscape.
00047282 : MACAU China - A view from Macau Monte Fort, a 17th century legacy of Portuguese colonisation. In the background, modern skycrapers dominate the cityscape.
00047281 : MACAU China - Signs for the competing Wynn and Lisboa casinos. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047280 : MACAU China - Distinctive archictecture, a legacy of Portuguese colonisation.
00047279 : MACAU China - Hostess in an entertainment room of a casino. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047278 : MACAU China - Ciaran Carruthers, senior vice president of the Galaxy Entertainment Group's City Clubs, who operate the newly opened Grand Waldo casino. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047277 : MACAU China - The Sands casino. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047276 : MACAU China - Labourers sit next to a billboard depicting a Venetian gondolier on the site of the Cotai development, a construction site on reclaimed land between the islands of Taipa and Coloane. The central feature of this vast building site is the 3,000 room Venetian hotel/casino/conference centre owned by the Sands company.
00047275 : MACAU China - A customer's Rolls Royce car parked at the entrance of the Casino Lisboa, one of the city's oldest casinos. Macau, currently the only part of China to allow gambling, has witnessed a casino boom in recent years which has seen it become the world's top gambling destination in terms of revenue.
00047274 : TAIWAN Taipei - A crowd waits behind a traffic policeman to cross a major road in central Taipei.
00047273 : TAIWAN Taipei - A mother and her daughter look over a bridge in the 228 Memorial Park in downtown Taipei. The park is dedicated to the 228 Massacre of 28th February 1947.
00047272 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 10 year old Veronica Luna studying with her exercise book at school. Her father is a miner and she works as a street vendor selling gelatin in order to subsidise his wage.
00047271 : TAIWAN Taipei - An assistant serves take-away tea in a small branch of Taipei's popular "Ten Ren Tea Shop" chain.
00047270 : TAIWAN Taipei - The view from the observatory on top of the Shin Kong Tower, the second tallest building in Taipei.
00047269 : COLOMBIA Aquitania, Antioquia Department - A soldier from the Contraguerrillas anti-guerilla unit looks towards the village, which is considered the most heavily land-mined area of Colombia. Leftist guerillas have laid mines in order to target the soldiers who are occupying the village.
00047268 : ROMANIA Venus, Black Sea - Woman standing beside a merry-go-round at a funfair. Venus is one of a string of holiday resorts on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera named after planets.
00047267 : TAIWAN Taipei - A middle-aged woman helps her elderly mother across the road in central Taipei.
00047266 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker with a hand scythe. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047265 : TAIWAN Taipei - The Tavern, an "English-style" pub, is popular with visiting businessmen who frequent the place mainly because of its proximity to the World Trade Centre. Taipei has a vibrant nightlife scene with none of the restrictive closing hours that restrain neighbouring Asian capitals.
00047264 : COLOMBIA San Jose de Apartado - Community meeting to discuss the presence of displaced farmers who have come to the community in search of security. Having been declared a peaceful community, the villagers have rejected the notion of military occupation and have vowed to leave San Jose de Apartado to relocate to the new housing if the Colombian troops arrive.
00047263 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Children are given drinks in the creche in the Don Bosco 'Lakay' shelter for street children in the Portail Leogane area of Carrefour district.
00047262 : ROMANIA Venus, Black Sea - Boy playing in the water at an outflow pipe near a concrete pier surrounded by riprap, which prevents erosion of the beach. Venus is one of a string of holiday resorts on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera named after planets.
00047261 : BOLIVIA Potosi - A vendor selling silver from a stall. Silver mining is the town's main industry.
00047260 : TAIWAN Taipei - A relatively new addition to Taipei's public transport network, the MRT underground train system.
00047259 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Voters have their fingerprints taken for electoral registration in the slum of Cite Soleil, in preparation for the country's elections.
00047258 : TAIWAN Taipei - Artists from the Taipei EYE Theatre in performance. The Taipei EYE Theatre practises a combination of ancient Chinese theatre, opera and acrobatics. The theatre aims to reflect the essence of traditional culture in Taiwan.
00047257 : TAIWAN Taipei - Four dancers perform part of the Taipei Dance Circle "baby oil series". The stage and performers are covered in lubricant to provide a mesmerising, ethereal continuum of lithe motion. The Taipei Dance Circle was founded in 1984 by Taiwan-born dancers Liou shaw-lu and Yang wan-jung, who developed their own style of Oriental Modern Dance.
00047256 : COLOMBIA Aquitania, Antioquia Department - Villagers travelling along a rough road.
00047255 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Alberta Benabides wakes up her children Beimar (8), Bimer (6) and Gladys (6) to go to school. Alberta is the widow of a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. She works breaking rocks among the tailings in the compound of a silver mine, where widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00047254 : ROMANIA Costinesi, Black Sea - Sunbathers relax on a stretch of beach in front of a row of painted pedalos. Costinesti is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera which attracts younger tourists.
00047253 : TAIWAN Taipei - The Brown Sugar jazz nightclub in Taipei has a vibrant night-life scene with none of the restrictive closing hours that restrain neighbouring Asian capitals.
00047252 : ROMANIA Mamaia, Black Sea - Holidaymakers at the Acqua Magic water park. Mamaia is the largest holiday resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera. The town has almost no full time residents.
00047251 : ROMANIA Eforie Sud, Black Sea - Woman with a yellow umbrella sitting among a concrete riprap, which protects the beach from erosion. Eforie Sud is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047250 : COLOMBIA Aquitania, Antioquia Department - View over the village and surrounding hills.
00047249 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female grocery stall holder serving a customer.
00047248 : HONG KONG China - A Falun Gong follower practices her technique with Li Hongzhi's video while her 12-year-old son, also a devout follower, does his homework. A poster of Li Hongzhi, the founder of the movement, hangs on the wall. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice of Falun Gong involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047247 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker planting radish seedlings. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047246 : TAIWAN Taipei - Portrait photography at the Sung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines in Taipei's Shilin district.
00047245 : BOLIVIA Potosi - A silver miner purchases supplies at a store on Calle Hernandez, below the Cerro Rico mountain.
00047244 : ROMANIA Costinesi, Black Sea - Boy sitting on a pedalo on the beach. Costinesti is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera which attracts younger tourists.
00047243 : TAIWAN Taipei - Falun Gong practitioners meditate at the entrance to the National Palace Museum.
00047242 : TAIWAN Taipei - Friends relax in the "Combat Zone" bar area, off Chungshan North Road. Taipei has a vibrant night-life scene with none of the restrictive closing hours that restrain neighbouring Asian capitals.
00047241 : HONG KONG China - Annie Kwan assumes a position during a meditation session in Hong Kong's Victoria Park. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice of Falun Gong involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047240 : ROMANIA Costinesi, Black Sea - Callers using public telephone boxes on the seafront. Costinesti is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera which attracts younger tourists.
00047239 : AUSTRALIA Alice Springs, Northern Territory - Eight year old Alexis Abala stands in front of a rockface displaying Yippirringa Aboriginal markings representing 'dreaming' in the MacDonald Ranges. Alexis is half Aboriginal.
00047238 : ROMANIA Eforie Nord, Black Sea - Sunbathers on the beach near a concrete pier with a riprap to protect the beach from erosion. Eforie Nord is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047237 : TAIWAN Taipei - A puppet master from the Toa-Thieu-Thian Puppetry Centre shows off his puppets.
00047236 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Shanty housing in a hillside slum.
00047235 : TAIWAN Taipei - A suckling pig, made from packets of noodles, is assembled at the Baosheng Festival. The festival, organised by Baoan Temple, celebrates the birthday of Baosheng Dadi, the "great lord" of Chinese Medicine.
00047234 : TAIWAN Taipei - A parade float forms part of the Baosheng Festival procession. The festival, organised by Baoan Temple, celebrates the birthday of Baosheng Dadi, the "great lord" of Chinese Medicine.
00047233 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Voting kits and ballot boxes from a Mexican naval ship are unloaded onto United Nations (UN) vehicles in advance of the Haitian elections. MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti) is to be present throughout the proceedings in order to maintain stability.
00047232 : BOLIVIA Potosi - A skeleton hangs from the rear-view mirror in the front window of a taxi. The driver takes local miners to various openings of mine shafts on the Cerro Rico mountain. The death rate among the town's miners is high. Silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust, is not unusual among miners who often contract the disease after having worked some 20 years in the silver mine.
00047231 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - A schoolgirl walks past a mural urging voters to consider the Haitian Social Democrat party in the run-up to the country's elections.
00047230 : TAIWAN Taipei - A Christian denomination church, located right next to government buildings, is just one example of Taipei's religious diversity.
00047229 : TAIWAN Taipei - Shoppers browse the underground shopping mall in Taipei Railway Station.
00047228 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural workers cultivating a potato field. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047227 : TAIWAN Taipei - An owl crossing sign in Yangmingshan National Park.
00047226 : TAIWAN Taipei - A shop assistant serves a customer at a dispensary of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM). TCMs are very popular in Taiwan and seen as a viable alternative to Western medicines.
00047225 : COLOMBIA Sierra Nevada mountains - Women cooking on a stove.
00047224 : COLOMBIA Medellin - Twelve year old Lucas Alejandro Yepes Acebedo lost his legs when he stepped on a landmine. Since then he has attempted suicide twice.
00047223 : HONG KONG China - A passer-by stares at a group of Falun Gong followers practicing meditative positions. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice of Falun Gong involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047222 : ROMANIA Navodari, Black Sea - A group of schoolchildren run along the beach near the Petromedia petrochemical factory. The seaside resort of Navodari on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera was created under the communist regime.
00047221 : ROMANIA Vama Veche, Black Sea - Young holidaymakers drink on the balcony of a bar on the beach. Vama Veche is a popular tourist village on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047220 : TAIWAN Taipei - Students of the National Theatre practise their dance routine in the grounds of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park.
00047219 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - A board featuring a painting of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Cite Soleil, a pro-Aristide slum. Images of Aristide still remain in the city despite his overthrow in 2004.
00047218 : RWANDA Gatsata - 22 year old Honorine Tuyiseng breastfeeds her son Umunezero. Honorine was beaten and raped during the genocide and now lives at a relative's house with her child.
00047217 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Voters collect their identity cards in preparation for voting in the election.
00047216 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - A voter collects his identity card in preparation for voting in the election.
00047215 : CHINA Yilong, Sichuan - 11 year old Chen attends a lesson at her teacher's house in an impoverished village in China's southwestern province.
00047214 : CHINA Beijing - Migrants work sort through the refuse on a municipal rubbish tip in search of articles such as glass and plastics to re sell. Migrants from small villages in southwest China's Sichuan province both live and work at the dump, many hundreds of miles away from home. They form part of a cooperative selling scraps and waste to local farmers and factories.
00047213 : RWANDA Kimisagara - Sisters 12 year old Sophia and 11 year old Claudette bath their youngest sibling Solange (3). Orphaned by the genocide, they live on their own and earn money for food by buying paraffin and decanting it into small bottles to sell.
00047212 : TAIWAN Taipei - A Formosan Blue Magpie in Yangmingshan National Park. The park is a popular bird-watching area.
00047211 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - In the run-up to the elections, a man walks past political graffiti in support of presidential candidate (and subsequent winner) Rene Preval on a wall in the slum of Cite Soleil.
00047210 : ISRAEL - Israeli female soldier.
00047209 : TAIWAN Taipei - A woman waits for her connection outside Taipei Railway Station as a bus and a taxi pass her by.
00047208 : MOROCCO - Girls picking flowers in the desert.
00047207 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) West Bank - Palestinian farmer on the back of a donkey.
00047206 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - 14 year old fisherman Ibrahim gathers his fishing nets on the shores of the lake.
00047205 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - Fishermen bring their boats ashore and gather their nets on the shore of the lake after a day fishing.
00047204 : ROMANIA Mamaia, Black Sea - Young holidaymakers relax at the Kudos bar on the beach. Mamaia is the largest holiday resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera. The town has almost no full time residents.
00047203 : TURKEY - Women with camels in the early morning fog.
00047202 : TAIWAN Taipei - Dancers enjoy the open-air ballroom dance lessons that are held in Youth Park, central Taipei.
00047201 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - An United Nations (UN) official holds a transparent ballot box from a voting kit unloaded from a Mexican navy ship in advance of the Haitian elections. MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti) is to be present throughout the proceedings in order to maintain stability.
00047200 : MOROCCO - Boy carrying a kid goat on his shoulders.
00047199 : AUSTRALIA Queensland - Cumulus clouds in the sky over the coast.
00047198 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land, Northern Territory - Aboriginal children on the beach hunt for edible crabs at the water's edge.
00047197 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 16 year old Macro Benabides enters the Colquechaquita (Anthill of Riches) silver and zinc mine on Cerro Rico mountain. His late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00047196 : TAIWAN Taipei - Four dancers perform part of the Taipei Dance Circle "baby oil series". The stage and performers are covered in lubricant to provide a mesmerising, ethereal continuum of lithe motion. The Taipei Dance Circle was founded in 1984 by Taiwan-born dancers Liou shaw-lu and Yang wan-jung, who developed their own style of Oriental Modern Dance.
00047195 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Father Fabio Calizaya blesses the congregation with a carnation and holy water at the Catholic San Pedro church.
00047194 : CHINA Beijing - A woman holds burning herbal balls to her eyes in order to treat an ocular illness.
00047193 : TAIWAN Taipei - The main gateway to Chiang Kai-shek (CKS) Memorial Park, a central feature of Taipei.
00047192 : TAIWAN Taipei - Dancers enjoy the open-air ballroom dance lessons that are held in Youth Park, central Taipei.
00047191 : ROMANIA Costinesi, Black Sea - Runners on the beach, with the rusting hulk of a Greek ferry in the distance.
00047190 : BOLIVIA Potosi - A miner holding coca leaves in a silver and zinc mine in the Cerro Rico mountain. Miners chew the coca throughout the day to stave off hunger and thirst, allowing them to work throughout the day without pausing for a lunch break.
00047189 : HONG KONG China - Mr Wong, a group treasurer of Falun Gong in Hong Kong, talks to other followers during a prayer session at an apartment in the city. A poster of Li Hongzhi, the founder of the movement, hangs on the wall. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047188 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker with a hoe. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047187 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural workers cultivating a potato field. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047186 : TAIWAN Taipei - The Baosheng Festival is held every year at Baoan Temple, one of Taipei's most active places of worship. The festival celebrates the birthday of Baosheng Dadi, the "great lord" of Chinese Medicine.
00047185 : AUSTRALIA Alice Springs, Northern Territory - Eight year old Alexis Abala, who is half Aboriginal, studies with a classmate during a lesson at Ross Park school.
00047184 : TAIWAN Keelung - Mourners wear sackcloth at a Taoist funeral.
00047183 : COLOMBIA Bogota - Lucho, a former political paramilitary, stands by the window at a safehouse for demobilised paramilitaries and guerillas. The programme, which is run by the Colombian government, aims to reintegrate former fighters into society.
00047182 : AUSTRALIA Alice Springs, Northern Territory - Eight year old Alexis Abala, who is half Aboriginal. She lives with her white mother and stepfather.
00047181 : AUSTRALIA Alice Springs, Northern Territory - Eight year old Alexis Abala, who is half Aboriginal, uses a computer in an IT lesson at Ross Park school.
00047180 : CHINA Beijing - A patient holds her tongue out for the doctor to inspect during a medical check-up.
00047179 : TAIWAN Taipei - The Shin Kong Tower, the second tallest building in Taipei.
00047178 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Villagers in the old town at dusk.
00047177 : RWANDA - 21 year old genocide orphan Angelique Mukamana cries as she looks after her younger siblings. Having left education in order to look after her family she is due to go back to school, yet will be joining a class of 13 year olds in the absence of adult education.
00047176 : COLOMBIA Aquitania, Antioquia Department - A priest blesses soldiers at a Sunday church service. Aquitania is considered the most heavily land-mined area of Colombia, with mines having been placed by left wing guerillas in order to target the soldiers who are occupying the village.
00047175 : HONG KONG China - A policeman stops to read a banner informing passers-by about Falun Gong. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047174 : KUWAIT Kuwait City - View of the city from the National Assembly building.
00047173 : COLOMBIA Sierra Nevada mountains - A soldier from a patrol which is visiting the area to support a crop substitution programme stands in front of a Colombian flag. The initiative aims to end coca production as part of the government-funded Plan Colombia.
00047172 : RWANDA - 21 year old genocide orphan Angelique Mukamana pets a goat which has been sent to her from a 'Send a Cow' aid project. Having left education in order to look after her younger siblings following the death of her parents she is due to go back to school, yet will be joining a class of 13 year olds in the absence of adult education.
00047171 : KUWAIT Kuwait City - Two ministers on the steps of the National Assembly building.
00047170 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - United Nations (UN) peacekeepers stand guard as voting kits and ballot boxes are unloaded from a Mexican naval ship in advance of the Haitian elections. MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti) is to be present throughout the proceedings in order to maintain stability.
00047169 : TAIWAN Taipei - Commuters hurry down the escalators at an MRT underground train station. The system is a relatively new addition to Taipei's public transport network.
00047168 : CHINA Beijing - Dispensing herbal medicines.
00047167 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - View over the city towards the port.
00047166 : CHINA Beijing - A woman is administered facial acupuncture to treat head problems.
00047165 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - View over the main cemetery.
00047164 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 12 year old Jose Lucas Benabides and his mother Alberta chip away at rocks among the tailings in the compound of a silver mine in the Cerro Rico mountain. His late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00047163 : CHINA Yilong, Sichuan - A brother and sister play in front of a wall in their house. Their family cannot afford much furniture so umbrellas, bags and scarves are hung from the walls instead.
00047162 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Shanty housing in a hillside slum.
00047161 : RWANDA - 21 year old genocide orphan Angelique Mukamana pets a goat with Samantha from a Young Farmers organisation. The goat has been sent to Angelique from the 'Send a Cow' aid project. Having left education in order to look after her younger siblings following the death of her parents she is due to go back to school, yet will be joining a class of 13 year olds in the absence of adult education.
00047160 : CHINA Beijing - A patient is treated using the traditional Chinese fire cupping therapy. Cupping, which uses a flame to create a vacuum inside glass vessels applied to the skin, is a method of acupressure and is used to treat muscular pain and tension.
00047159 : ROMANIA 2 Mai, Black Sea - Girl picking flowers at a nudist beach. 2 Mai is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047158 : AUSTRALIA Alice Springs, Northern Territory - Eight year old Alexis Abala (R) studies an inflatable globe with a teacher and classmates in a geography lesson at Ross Park school. Alexis is half Aboriginal.
00047157 : BOLIVIA Potosi - A statue to a silver miner in the Miners' Plaza in front of the Cerro Rico mountain.
00047156 : ROMANIA Navodari, Black Sea - Woman sunbathing in the early morning sun on the beach. Navodari is a seaside resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047155 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Children in the creche in the Don Bosco 'Lakay' shelter for street children in the Portail Leogane area of Carrefour district.
00047154 : CHINA Beijing - A doctor reads the pulse of a young patient during a medical consultation.
00047153 : NEPAL Chitwan - Woman with a pail of milk from her cow. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047152 : TAIWAN Dansui - A customer receives a scalp massage from a blind masseuse in the seaside resort of Dansui.
00047151 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 6 year old Gladys Benabides with her doll and a puppy. Her late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. She attends San Cristobal school, part of a CARE International project to educate children in the region and offer them the opportunity not to work in the mines.
00047150 : ROMANIA Mamaia, Black Sea - Holidaymakers queue to use the waterslides at the Acqua Magic water park. Mamaia is the largest holiday resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera. The town has almost no full time residents.
00047149 : AUSTRALIA Alice Springs, Northern Territory - Eight year old Alexis Abala and her friends wear face paints as they explore aboriginal markings in MacDonald Ranges. Alexis is half Aboriginal.
00047148 : TAIWAN Keelung - Drinks for the departed are offered at a Taoist funeral in Keelung.
00047147 : COLOMBIA Sierra Nevada mountains - A soldier from a patrol which is visiting the area to support a crop substitution programme walks past a Colombian flag. The initiative aims to end coca production as part of the government-funded Plan Colombia.
00047146 : AUSTRALIA Alice Springs, Northern Territory - Eight year old Alexis Abala paints the face of her friend Terry at Emily Gap in the MacDonald Ranges. Alexis is half Aboriginal.
00047145 : TAIWAN Taipei - Two shop assistants prepare remedies at a dispensary of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM). TCMs are very popular in Taiwan and seen as a viable alternative to Western medicines.
00047144 : TAIWAN Taipei - Tai Chi students practise in Youth Park. The park is a popular place for the city's residents to practise martial arts and exercise.
00047143 : CHINA Beijing - Liu (40) sorts through the refuse on a municipal rubbish tip in search of articles such as glass and plastics to resell. Migrants such as Liu, from small villages in southwest China's Sichuan province both live and work at the dump, many hundreds of miles away from home. They form part of a cooperative selling scraps and waste to local farmers and factories.
00047142 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - Lun Lun, a one month old female panda cub, lies asleep in an incubator. She is the product of an artificial insemination programme. Giant pandas have been recognised as an endangered species, being the rarest in the bear family. Insemination programmes run to encourage growth of the panda population, which is under threat from habitat loss, isolation and poaching.
00047141 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 10 year old Veronica Luna and her brothers. Their father is a miner and she works as a street vendor selling gelatin in order to subsidise his wage.
00047140 : CHINA Yilong, Sichuan - Wei uses strips of bamboo to build a polytunnel for his corn crop at his home.
00047139 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land, Northern Territory - Aboriginal woman Judy Baypungnalala weaving pandanus mats in Ramingining.
00047138 : RWANDA - 12 year old genocide orphan Sophia feeds her youngest sibling Solange (3) with her other sister, 11 year old Claudette. The sisters live on their own and earn money for food by buying paraffin and decanting it into small bottles to sell.
00047137 : RWANDA - Children orphaned by the genocide carry piles of bricks up a hill to build houses.
00047136 : TAIWAN Taipei - The 228 Massacre Monument in 228 Memorial Park commemorates the massacre of 28th February 1947. This mass slaughter of unarmed native Taiwanese by newly-arrived Kuomingtang forces was hushed-up until 1992.
00047135 : TAIWAN Taipei - Tai Chi students practise in Youth Park.
00047134 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 12 year old Jose Lucas Benabides works among the rock tailings in the compound of a silver mine in the Cerro Rico mountain. His late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. He often works with his mother who, since she is a miner's widow, is permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00047133 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - A boy reclines under a mural featuring a painting of a Catholic saint in the slum area of Bel-air.
00047132 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Tombs and gravestones at the main cemetery.
00047131 : NETHERLANDS Pieterburen - A seal undergoes a health check on an orphaned seal pup at the Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, which treats and releases more than 100 wild seals each year. Many seals which are admitted to the hospital are affected by poisonous mercury and chemicals polluting the waters surrounding the northern Dutch islands.
00047130 : TAIWAN Dansui - Customers receive massages from blind masseurs in the seaside resort of Dansui.
00047129 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker planting radish seedlings. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047128 : TAIWAN Taipei - A shop assistant prepares remedies at a dispensary of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM). TCMs are very popular in Taiwan and seen as a viable alternative to Western medicines.
00047127 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker harvesting straw with a hand scythe. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047126 : NEPAL Chitwan - Agricultural workers plant and water radish seedlings on a farm. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047125 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 12 year old Jose Lucas and his mother Alberta Benabides work among the rock tailings in the compound of a silver mine. Alberta's late husband was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00047124 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - Men reading in a Bible studies class at a rehabilitation home run by Victory Outreach, a controversial religious group which proselytises to drug-addicts and sex workers in order to gain members.
00047123 : NEPAL Chitwan - Agricultural workers harvesting cauliflower. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047122 : BOLIVIA Potosi - A drunk miner passes out after a session drinking local beer in a bar on a Saturday afternoon.
00047121 : NETHERLANDS Pieterburen - A two month old orphaned seal pup tries to crawl out of a tub of water at the seal hospital shortly before being released into the Wadden Sea (Waddenzee). The Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre treats and releases more than 100 wild seals each year. Many seals which are admitted to the hospital are affected by poisonous mercury and chemicals polluting the waters surrounding the northern Dutch islands.
00047120 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - Sphinx Valley at the Wadi es Seboua temple, which was built by Pharoah Ramesses II.
00047119 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Houses for miners next to a silver and zinc mine in the Cerro Rico mountain.
00047118 : TAIWAN Taipei - The main gateway to Chiang Kai-shek (CKS) Memorial Park, a central feature of Taipei.
00047117 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Miners playing football on Sunday at the foot of Cerro Rico mountain, where they work throughout the week.
00047116 : CHINA Yilong, Sichuan - A woman stokes the fire with dried straw while her sister cooks on the stove.
00047115 : TAIWAN Taipei - Commuters hurry down the escalators at an MRT underground train station. The system is a relatively new addition to Taipei's public transport network.
00047114 : TAIWAN Taipei - The Presidential Office is a magnificent example of Japanese colonial architecture.
00047113 : ROMANIA Constanta, Black Sea - A host at the dolphinarium, where dolphins in an aquarium perform acrobatic tricks for the audience. Constanta is the largest Romanian seaport on the Black Sea Riviera and attracts many tourists.
00047112 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Rubbish is strewn at the side of the street in the Carrefour area of the city.
00047111 : HONG KONG China - A Falun Gong follower ignores police and continues to hand out flyers informing passers-by about Falun Gong. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047110 : ROMANIA Neptun, Black Sea - A boy stands by the entrance to a public toilet, charging visitors for its use. Neptun is a summer holiday resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera, one of a string of resorts named after planets.
00047109 : TAIWAN Taipei - A customer stares at the myriad of book titles on offer in a bookshop along Chongqing Road.
00047108 : CHINA Beijing - A patient undergoes acupuncture therapy using electrical needles to treat facial paralysis.
00047107 : CHINA Beijing - Patients are administered acupuncture therapy using electrical needles to treat facial paralysis.
00047106 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - Sphinx Valley at the Wadi es Seboua temple, which was built by Pharoah Ramesses II.
00047105 : CHINA Beijing - Patients in a waiting room are administered herbal medicine by intravaenous drip.
00047104 : TAIWAN Taipei - The National Palace Museum (NPM) stands on the edge of the 228 Memorial Park in downtown Taipei.
00047103 : TAIWAN Taipei - A small waterfall nestled in the woodland of Yangmingshan National Park.
00047102 : TAIWAN Taipei - Dragon boat racing on the Bitan River in the Taipei suburb of Hsin Dien.
00047101 : TAIWAN Taipei - An artist from the Taipei EYE Theatre applies make-up before a performance.
00047100 : TAIWAN Taipei - The Shin Kong Tower, the second tallest building in Taipei, with Taipei 101, the tallest, in the far distance.
00047099 : TAIWAN Taipei - Traffic on the streets of downtown Taipei.
00047098 : CHINA Beijing - A woman undergoes hypnosis to cure depression.
00047097 : TAIWAN Keelung - Mourners wear sackcloth at a Taoist funeral.
00047096 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - Two former prostitutes, one Surinamese (left) and the other Ivorian, embrace a 17 year old sex worker. Since working as prostitutes the two women have become members of Victory Outreach, a religious group which proselytises to drug-addicts and sex workers.
00047095 : ROMANIA Mamaia, Black Sea - Cleaner in an overgrown square in the Acqua Magic water park. Mamaia is the largest holiday resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera. The town has almost no full time residents.
00047094 : TAIWAN Taipei - Four dancers perform part of the Taipei Dance Circle "baby oil series". The stage and performers are covered in lubricant to provide a mesmerising, ethereal continuum of lithe motion. The Taipei Dance Circle was founded in 1984 by Taiwan-born dancers Liou shaw-lu and Yang wan-jung, who developed their own style of Oriental Modern Dance.
00047093 : TAIWAN Taipei - The 228 Incident Museum in 228 Park commemorates the massacre of 28th February 1947. This mass slaughter of unarmed native Taiwanese by newly arrived Kuomingtang forces was hushed-up until 1992.
00047092 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker harvesting straw. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047091 : NEPAL Chitwan - Woman making bowls from leaves.
00047090 : ROMANIA Costinesi, Black Sea - Students have their pictures taken beneath a sculpture on the beach. Costinesti is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera which attracts younger tourists.
00047089 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - A voter is photographed and his details logged onto a computer as he is registered to vote in the forthcoming Haitian elections.
00047088 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 6 year old Gladys Benabides with her doll. Her late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. She attends San Cristobal school, part of a CARE International project to educate children in the region and offer them the opportunity not to work in the mines.
00047087 : ROMANIA Navodari, Black Sea - A girl eats candy floss with her friends at the seaside resort of Navodari on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera, which was created under the communist regime.
00047086 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker carrying a load of freshly harvested hay. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047085 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 13 year old Guido Quispe uses a hammer and chisel to chip dynamite holes in the rockface in La Morena 1 mine in the Cerro Rico mountain. The narrow openings in the silver mine are too small to accommodate pneumatic drills, so child workers are favoured for the job.
00047084 : TAIWAN Taipei - A Tai Chi student practises in Youth Park.
00047083 : TAIWAN Taipei - Neon-lit stall selling "binlang" betel nuts, a popular cash crop that is chewed throughout Asia and is thought to contain healing properties. In Taiwan, the nut is often adorned with a variety of additive stimulants.
00047082 : TAIWAN Taipei - The ancient East Gate entrance to the city of Taipei.
00047081 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - The congregation of the evangelical Victory Outreach church prays in church. The controversial religious group proselytises to drug-addicts and sex workers in order to gain members.
00047080 : TAIWAN Taipei - The National Concert Hall building stands in the grounds of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park.
00047079 : TAIWAN Taipei - An assistant in one of the popular "Ten Ren Tea Shop" branches pours a tea sample for a customer.
00047078 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - A woman carries pharmaceutical items past the entrance to the main cemetery.
00047077 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Miners drink local beer in a bar on a Saturday afternoon.
00047076 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land, Northern Territory - Aboriginal woman Rogie Wudam weaving a pandanus mat in Yathalamarra.
00047075 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker planting radish seedlings. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047074 : TAIWAN Taipei - A relatively new addition to Taipei's public transport network, the MRT underground train system.
00047073 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land, Northern Territory - Aboriginal woman Clara weaving a pandanus mat in Ramingining.
00047072 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - Carl blesses a recovering crack addict at a rehabilitation home run by Victory Outreach. Carl is a former drug addict, pimp and armed robber and is training to be a priest. Victory Outreach is a controversial religious group which proselytises to drug-addicts and sex workers in order to gain members.
00047071 : TAIWAN Taipei - A footpath sign in the Guandu Nature Reserve.
00047070 : NEPAL Chitwan - Children walking through a field on the way to school.
00047069 : TAIWAN Taipei - Shoppers browse an underground shopping mall at an MRT underground train station. The system is a relatively new addition to Taipei's public transport network.
00047068 : TAIWAN Taipei - Shopping in the basement of Cherry Hill Antiques arcade.
00047067 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural labourer carrying a basket of newly-harvested straw. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047066 : TAIWAN Taipei - An artist from the Taipei EYE Theatre in performance. The Taipei EYE Theatre practises a combination of ancient Chinese theatre, opera and acrobatics. The theatre aims to reflect the essence of traditional culture in Taiwan.
00047065 : TAIWAN Taipei - The cavernous interior of Taipei Railway Station.
00047064 : AUSTRALIA Elcho island, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory - Tiwi Aboriginal artist Josie Orsto sits on the beach with her husband who holds one of her paintings about the sea.
00047063 : TAIWAN Dansui - Customers receive massages from blind masseurs in the seaside resort of Dansui.
00047062 : TAIWAN Taipei - The Tavern, an "English-style" pub, is popular with visiting businessmen who frequent the place mainly because of it's proximity to the World Trade Centre. Taipei has a vibrant nightlife scene with none of the restrictive closing hours that restrain neighbouring Asian capitals.
00047061 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Rubbish is strewn on the road before the painted walls of the main city cemetery.
00047060 : TAIWAN Taipei - The entrance to the Sung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines in Taipei's Shilin District.
00047059 : TAIWAN Keelung - Offerings of drinks are made at a Taoist funeral in Keelung.
00047058 : TAIWAN Taipei - Customers browse through the myriad of book titles on offer in a bookshop along Chongqing Road.
00047057 : TAIWAN Taipei - A relatively new addition to Taipei's public transport network, the MRT underground train system.
00047056 : TAIWAN Taipei - A crowd of tourists wanders through Yangmingshan National Park.
00047055 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Locals walk down a street towards Cerro Rico mountain.
00047054 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Sellers of cultural souvenirs row out in their boat to sell their items to passengers aboard a Mexican sailing ship, which has arrived in the port to deliver voter kits for the forthcoming elections.
00047053 : TAIWAN Taipei - The map room at the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei's Shilin District.
00047052 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Workers load material onto a truck in the extensive sandstone quarry on the outskirts of the city.
00047051 : TAIWAN Taipei - A tourist has her photograph taken next to a statue in the grounds of the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei's Shilin District.
00047050 : TAIWAN Taipei - Nature enthusiasts gather around the telescopes in the viewing area of Guandu Nature Reserve Headquarters.
00047049 : TAIWAN Taipei - The Tavern, an "English-style" pub, is popular with visiting businessmen who frequent the place mainly because of it's proximity to the World Trade Centre. Taipei has a vibrant nightlife scene with none of the restrictive closing hours that restrain neighbouring Asian capitals.
00047048 : TAIWAN Taipei - A team with disabilities play cards before taking part in the dragon boat races at Taipei's Dajia Riverside Park. Dragon boat races are held annually in Taipei around the end of May and officially herald the start of the summer season.
00047047 : HONG KONG China - A group of Falun Gong followers stage a peaceful demonstration on the Hong Kong waterfront on the eve of a United Nations vote on China's human rights record. Some participants read a book by the founder of the movement, Li Hongzhi, while others display posters showing photographs of alleged victims of police torture. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice of Falun Gong involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047046 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - In the run-up to the Haitian elections, posters of exiled dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier have appeared around the city, despite Duvalier not being an official candidate. His supporters argue that he should be allowed to return to the country.
00047045 : TAIWAN Taipei - Taipei's South Gate, a remnant of the outer limit of the ancient city.
00047044 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Alberta Benabides holds a rock containing silver ore, which she has collected from among the tailings in the compound of a silver mine. Her late husband was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00047043 : ROMANIA Eforie Nord, Black Sea - Young men recline on a concrete riprap which protects the beach from erosion. Eforie Nord is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047042 : NEPAL Chitwan - Agricultural workers harvesting cauliflower. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047041 : TAIWAN Taipei - The "Blue Highway" bicycle pathway, viewed here from Guandu Matzu Temple, runs alongside the river and the mangrove swamps near Guandu.
00047040 : HONG KONG China - A Falun Gong follower assumes a sitting position during a meditation session in Hong Kong's Victoria Park. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice of Falun Gong involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047039 : HONG KONG China - Falun Gong followers assume the lotus sitting position during a meditation session in Hong Kong's Victoria Park. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice of Falun Gong involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047038 : ROMANIA Eforie Sud, Black Sea - Couple sitting on a concrete pier among the riprap, which protects the beach from erosion. Eforie Sud is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047037 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - A guard stands in a doorway in the historic Nubian temple of maharakka on the shore of Lake Nasser.
00047036 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - Guards at the entrance to the Nubian temple of Derr.
00047035 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 12 year old Jose Lucas Benabides uses a pickaxe to dig among the rock tailings in the compound of a silver mine where he works with his mother Alberta. His late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00047034 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Alberta Benabides throws broken rocks onto a pile among the tailings in the compound of a silver mine. Her late husband was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00047033 : ROMANIA Eforie Nord, Black Sea - Couple sitting at the edge of a headland overlooking a concrete pier used by sunbathers. Eforie Nord is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047032 : MALAWI Nyamitutu village - Village children.
00047031 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker planting radish seedlings. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00047030 : MOZAMBIQUE Quelimane - Schoolchildren are encouraged to draw their experience of the civil war for a war therapy session.
00047029 : TAIWAN Taipei - An advert for the Microsoft Xbox games console outside Nova, a shopping arcade in central Taipei for computers and other hi-tech electronic goods.
00047028 : TAIWAN Taipei - The mausoleum in Chiang Kai-shek (CKS) Memorial Park, a central feature of Taipei.
00047027 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - A guard sleeps in an abandoned Russian cruise boat, which was used to transport engineers working on the translocation of the rock temples at Abu Simbel. The UNESCO-supervised operation to move the colossal carved rock temples at Abu Simbel began in 1963, before the spring floodwaters were due to build up behind the Aswan High Dam the following year and flood the ancient archaeological site.
00047026 : TAIWAN Taipei - Shoppers browse a bargain basement clothing store in Yuanling Street.
00047025 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 12 year old Jose Lucas Benabides (R) sits in a lesson at San Cristobal school, in a classroom which he shares with his younger siblings. He attends school only sporadically on account of working in the silver mines to subsidise his mother's earnings and consequently struggles to keep up with his younger classmates. His late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Cristobal school is part of a CARE International project to educate children in the region and offer them the opportunity not to work in the mines.
00047024 : ROMANIA Eforie Nord, Black Sea - Man reading a books as he sunbathes on a concrete pier surrounded by a riprap and water pipes. Eforie Nord is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047023 : TAIWAN Taipei - Nuns collect alms at the Baosheng Festival. The festival is organised by Baoan Temple to celebrate the birthday of Baosheng Dadi, the "great lord" of Chinese Medicine.
00047022 : TAIWAN Taipei - The Bank of Taiwan in central Taipei is a fine example of Japanese colonial architecture.
00047021 : CHINA Beijing - A patient undergoing acupuncture treatment with burning herbal balls to enhance its effectiveness.
00047020 : CHINA Beijing - A man walks past over a pile of glass bottles for recycling in a municipal rubbish tip.
00047019 : HONG KONG China - Primary school teacher Lau practices Falun Gong meditation at home while her daughter Fanty prepares for an exam. Also known as Falun Dafa, the practice of Falun Gong involves a series of five meditaiton exercises to achieve a higher moral awareness. The movement has proved particularly controversial since it was suppressed by the Chinese government on account of its alleged illegal activities. Practitioners of Falun Gong claim that the Chinese government and police force has committed human rights abuses against the group in an attempt to marginalise the movement.
00047018 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land, Northern Territory - Aboriginal boys play with a turtle in the sea off the coast.
00047017 : TAIWAN Taipei - The National Theatre stands in the grounds of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park.
00047016 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 12 year old Jose Lucas Benabides displays his exercise book at San Cristobal school, in a classroom which he shares with his younger siblings. He attends school only sporadically on account of working in the silver mines to subsidise his mother's earnings and consequently struggles to keep up with his younger classmates. His late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Cristobal school is part of a CARE International project to educate children in the region and offer them the opportunity not to work in the mines.
00047015 : CHINA Beijing - Wei carries bags of refuse which he has collected at the rubbish dump, while his daughter walks behind. He works sorting through the refuse in search of articles such as glass and plastics to resell. Migrants from small villages in southwest China's Sichuan province both live and work at the dump, many hundreds of miles away from home. They form part of a cooperative selling scraps and waste to local farmers and factories.
00047014 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 12 year old Jose Lucas Benabides (R) sits in a lesson at San Cristobal school, in a classroom which he shares with his younger siblings. He attends school only sporadically on account of working in the silver mines to subsidise his mother's earnings and consequently struggles to keep up with his younger classmates. His late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Cristobal school is part of a CARE International project to educate children in the region and offer them the opportunity not to work in the mines.
00047013 : COLOMBIA Sierra Nevada mountains - Soldiers patrolling the area to support a crop substitution programme pass a villager. The initiative aims to end coca production as part of the government-funded Plan Colombia.
00047012 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Children in the creche in the Don Bosco 'Lakay' shelter for street children in the Portail Leogane area of Carrefour district.
00047011 : ROMANIA Costinesi, Black Sea - A couple kiss beside Vraja Marii.
00047010 : COLOMBIA San Jose de Apartado - Eight year old Jilmadis holds a picture of her father, Luis Eduardo Guerra, a community leader who was killed in February 2005 along with his partner, his eight year old son and five others. Having been declared a peaceful community, the villagers have rejected the notion of military occupation and have vowed to leave San Jose de Apartado if the Colombian troops arrive. The Colombian army have planned to occupy the village for security reasons after the murder of eight of the community members, although villagers believe that it was the army itself who was responsible for the killings. The military blame the leftist FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerillas.
00047009 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - A stone statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II lies in the sand near the Wadi es Seboua temple.
00047008 : TAIWAN Longdong Bay - Rock climbing at Longdong Bay on Taiwan's Northeast Coast.
00047007 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - A painting of the Haitian hip-hop star Wyclef Jean in Cite Soleil, the pro-Aristide slum where many operations are run by gangs and there is an absence of municipal authority.
00047006 : TAIWAN Taipei - Tai Chi students practise in Youth Park.
00047005 : TAIWAN Taipei - A old man rests on a bench in Youth Park with his fan.
00047004 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Women and their children outside the Miners' New Seed Evangelical Methodist church. The church is still being built and despite the congregation being still small, the protestant evangelical movement is spreading across the predominantly Catholic Latin America.
00047003 : ROMANIA Navodari, Black Sea - Young couple with friends near a water park. Navodari is a seaside tourist resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00047002 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Alberta Benabides breaks rocks among the tailings in the compound of a silver mine. Her late husband was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00047001 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - A male giant panda is sedated as a specimen is taken as part of an artificial insemination programme. Giant pandas have been recognised as an endangered species, being the rarest in the bear family. Insemination programmes run to encourage growth of the panda population, which is under threat from habitat loss, isolation and poaching.
00047000 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 13 year old Guido Quispe stands outside the entrance to the La Morena 1 mine in the Cerro Rico mountain. The narrow openings in the silver mine are too small to accommodate pneumatic drills, so child workers are favoured for the job.
00046999 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 12 year old Jose Lucas Benabides chews coca leaves among the tailings in the compound of a silver mine, where he works with his mother. The leaves stave off hunger and thirst, allowing him to work throughout the day without pausing for a lunch break. His late father was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00046998 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land, Northern Territory - Dhuwarrwarr Marika, an Aboriginal artist from Yirrkala sits on the beach with one of her paintings.
00046997 : TAIWAN Taipei - The view of Taipei 101, which became the world's tallest building when it was unveiled in late 2003, from the observatory on top of the Shin Kong Tower, the second tallest building in Taipei.
00046996 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - A drug addict smokes crack as evangelical Christians pray for him. The evangelists are former addicts and are members of the controversial religious group Victory Outreach, which proselytises to drug-addicts in order to gain members.
00046995 : TAIWAN Taipei - A Taiwanese man plays darts in the "Combat Zone" bar area, off Chungshan North Road. Taipei has a vibrant night-life scene with none of the restrictive closing hours that restrain neighbouring Asian capitals.
00046994 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Shanty dwellings in the slum area of the city.
00046993 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - Members of Victory Outreach pray for their leader, Carl, at a rehabilitation home run by the group. Carl is a former drug addict, pimp and armed robber and is training to be a priest. Victory Outreach is a controversial religious group which proselytises to drug-addicts and sex workers in order to gain members.
00046992 : BOLIVIA Potosi - A bag containing coca leaves hangs from the belt of a miner inside the Colquechaquita (Anthill of Riches) silver and zinc mine on Cerro Rico mountain. They chew the coca throughout the day to stave off hunger and thirst, allowing them to work throughout the day without pausing for a lunch break.
00046991 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - An evangelical procession sings as it makes its way up Boulevard Dread Wilmen in the slum area of Cite Soleil. Many operations in the neighbourhood are run by gangs and there is an absence of municipal authority.
00046990 : BOLIVIA Potosi - A group of Catholic worshippers carry a crucifix through the town on a Sunday.
00046989 : ROMANIA Neptun, Black Sea - Young women take part in an aerobics class on the beach in the afternoon. Neptun is one of a string of holiday resorts on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera named after planets.
00046988 : NEPAL Chitwan - A woman preparing lunch on a farm as her child sits next to her.
00046987 : TAIWAN Taipei - A small temple in downtown Taipei, one of many traditional buildings affected by urban expansion, is now dwarfed by a concrete flyover.
00046986 : TAIWAN Taipei - Four dancers perform part of the Taipei Dance Circle "baby oil series". The stage and performers are covered in lubricant to provide a mesmerising, ethereal continuum of lithe motion. The Taipei Dance Circle was founded in 1984 by Taiwan-born dancers Liou shaw-lu and Yang wan-jung, who developed their own style of Oriental Modern Dance.
00046985 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female grocery stall holder.
00046984 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Angry investors protest the collapse of a banking pyramid scheme outside government offices.
00046983 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker with a hoe. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00046982 : NEPAL Chitwan - Woman weaving a straw mat.
00046981 : TAIWAN Taipei - Shoppers browse the underground shopping mall in Taipei Railway Station.
00046980 : ROMANIA Vama Veche, Black Sea - A woman dances naked in a field at the 'Freedom Parade'. Known as a sanctuary for nudists, Vama Veche is a popular tourist village on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00046979 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural labourer carrying a basket of newly-harvested straw. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00046978 : TAIWAN Taipei - An artist from the Taipei EYE Theatre in performance. The Taipei EYE Theatre practises a combination of ancient Chinese theatre, opera and acrobatics. The theatre aims to reflect the essence of traditional culture in Taiwan.
00046977 : BOLIVIA Potosi - 16 year old Marco Benabides clears dirt from his respirator in the Colquechaquita (Anthill of Riches) silver and zinc mine on Cerro Rico mountain. The dust in the face mask collects while drilling dynamite holes in the mine rockface. Marco's father died of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust, which is not unusual among miners who often contract the disease after working some 20 years in the mine.
00046976 : TAIWAN Taipei - These models from Toa-Thieu-Thian Puppetry Centre show the stages of progress in creating a puppet head from right (beginning block) to left (completed head).
00046975 : TAIWAN Taipei - The rooftop detail of the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei's Shilin District.
00046974 : NEPAL Chitwan - Milking a cow. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00046973 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker receiving money for her produce. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00046972 : RWANDA Kimironko - Orphaned siblings 19 year old Donatila Gahongayire and 17 year old brother Claver with their 7 year old HIV positive nephew, Clement. Their younger sister was raped during the genocide, contracted HIV and died, leaving her son in the care of her siblings. Clement died in hospital two weeks after the photograph was taken.
00046971 : RWANDA Kimisagara - 12 year old orphan Sophia, who looks after her younger sisters, 11 year old Claudette and 3 year old Solange (3). Orphaned by the genocide, the sisters live on their own and earn money for food by buying paraffin and decanting it into small bottles to sell.
00046970 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - Hieroglyphic carvings on the wall in the temple of Dakka in Nubia.
00046969 : NEPAL Chitwan - Female agricultural worker carrying a basket of newly-harvested cauliflower. Women in the region share farm labour with men, though often perform the more menial tasks. Over 80% of the Nepali population work in agriculture.
00046968 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Officials from the United Nations (UN) carry voting kits and transparent ballot boxes from a Mexican naval ship in advance of the Haitian elections. MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti) is to be present throughout the proceedings in order to maintain stability.
00046967 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - An abandoned Russian cruise boat, which was used to transport engineers working on the translocation of the rock temples at Abu Simbel. The UNESCO-supervised operation to move the colossal carved rock temples at Abu Simbel began in 1963, before the spring floodwaters were due to build up behind the Aswan High Dam the following year and flood the ancient archaeological site.
00046966 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - Farmers drive a tractor transporting water to the fields surrounding the abandoned country home of former president Anwar al-Sadat.
00046965 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - A fisherman on the lake hits the water with a stick to drive the fish in the direction of their nets.
00046964 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - View over Lake Nasser.
00046963 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Behind a wire fence a man wades back to shore after fishing outside the main port near Cite Soleil.
00046962 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - A man carrying plastic bottles walks past a UN (United Nations) peacekeeping armoured vehicle in the slum of Bel-air. The UN is to be present throughout the upcoming election proceedings in order to maintain stability.
00046961 : NETHERLANDS Pieterburen - 'Adoptive parents' of rehabilitated seals from the Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre release their animals into the wild at Wadden Sea (Waddenzee). The centre treats and releases more than 100 wild seals each year. Many seals which are admitted to the hospital are affected by poisonous mercury and chemicals polluting the waters surrounding the northern Dutch islands.
00046960 : BOLIVIA Potosi - Alberta Benabides breaks rocks among the tailings in the compound of a silver mine. Her late husband was a miner who died 5 years ago of silicosis, a respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust. Widows of miners are permitted to scour the discarded rocks in search of silver ore to sell.
00046959 : COLOMBIA Medellin - 39 year old farmer Luis Alfonso Quintero Ramierez is seen by a nurse on a ward in University Hospital of St. Vincent de Paul. He lost his left leg and may still lose his right after stepping on a landmine as he walked through his fields.
00046958 : TAIWAN Taipei - Dragon boat races are held annually in Taipei around the end of May and officially herald the start of the summer season.
00046957 : COLOMBIA Medellin - 39 year old farmer Luis Alfonso Quintero Ramierez lies in a hospital bed on a ward in University Hospital of St. Vincent de Paul. He lost his left leg and may still lose his right after stepping on a landmine as he walked through his fields.
00046956 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - The captain of a boat on Lake Nasser steering his vessel. His boat delivers ice to fishermen on the lake in order to keep the fish cool.
00046955 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - The sculpted figures at the entrance to the monument of Pharaoh Ramesses II at Abu Simbel. The temples date from the 13th century BC and consist of two adjacent sanctuaries; one dedicated by pharaoh Ramesses II to his wife Nefertari and the Goddess Hathor and another serving as a monument to the pharaoh himself. A UNESCO-supervised operation to move the colossal carved rock temples began in 1963, before the spring floodwaters were due to build up behind the Aswan High Dam the following year and flood the ancient archaeological site.
00046954 : EGYPT Lake Nasser - A fisherman on the lake proudly displays a large Nile perch which he has caught.
00046953 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Brightly painted buses called Tap-taps make their way through the city's streets.
00046952 : TAIWAN Taipei - The 228 Massacre Monument in 228 Memorial Park commemorates the massacre of 28th February 1947. This mass slaughter of unarmed native Taiwanese by newly-arrived Kuomingtang forces was hushed-up until 1992.
00046951 : TAIWAN Taipei - Dancers enjoy the open-air ballroom dance lessons that are held in Youth Park, central Taipei.
00046950 : COLOMBIA Bogota - View from the window of a safehouse for demobilised paramilitaries and guerillas. The programme, which is run by the Colombian government, aims to reintegrate former fighters into society.
00046949 : NETHERLANDS Pieterburen - An albino seal who has been admitted to Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre with lung worms bobs up for air in a pool. The centre treats and releases more than 100 wild seals each year. Many seals which are admitted to the hospital are affected by poisonous mercury and chemicals polluting the waters surrounding the northern Dutch islands.
00046948 : TAIWAN Taipei - A cyclist uses one of the new bicycle paths in the Xinyi business district. The bicycle paths are part of a recent initiative to organise Taipei's traffic flow. Around 2500 kms of such track are expected to be built across the nation in the next few years.
00046947 : NETHERLANDS Pieterburen - An orphaned seal pup lies in the solarium after feeding in the Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, which treats and releases more than 100 wild seals each year. Many seals which are admitted to the hospital are affected by poisonous mercury and chemicals polluting the waters surrounding the northern Dutch islands.
00046946 : ROMANIA Eforie Nord, Black Sea - Tourists make their way back from the beach past a bather wearing a towel featuring a topless woman. Eforie Nord is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea Riviera.
00046945 : TAIWAN Taipei - The ancient East Gate entrance to the city of Taipei.
00046944 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - A protester wearing a Tony Blair mask and the message 'Impeach Blair' during a demonstration outside the Labour party conference.
00046943 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - Protesters, some from the Respect party, implore Tony Blair to resign during a demonstration outside the Labour party conference.
00046942 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - Protesters implore Tony Blair to 'Just go!' during a demonstration outside the Labour party conference.
00046941 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - 'Fuck for peace' - a protester caricatures the close relationship between Tony Blair and George Bush during an anti-war demonstration outside the Labour party conference.
00046940 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - A protester caricatures the close relationship between Tony Blair and the USA during an anti-war demonstration outside the Labour party conference.
00046939 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - Protesters urge the sacking of Tony Blair during an anti-war demonstration outside the Labour party conference, denouncing him as a war criminal for his actions over Iraq.
00046938 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - A British Muslim man among protesters imploring Tony Blair to resign during a demonstration outside the Labour party conference.
00046937 : PAKISTAN Shalabagh, Azad Kashmir - A woman waits to see a doctor in a medical clinic funded by the charity ActionAid. One year after an earthquake struck the region, hundreds of thousands of people face many obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046936 : LEBANON Tyre (Sur) - Khadis Banjk (90) fled her home in the village of Gaitj to take shelter in the Haji Maryam school, which had become a temporary refuge for 368 people (103 families). They were among thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in schools during 34 days of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah (Hizbollah).
00046935 : PAKISTAN Balakot, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Tents and temporary shelters cover the landscape in Balakot. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046934 : LEBANON Tyre (Sur) - United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) trucks carry UNHCR aid supplies to Tyre during 34 days of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah (Hizbollah).
00046933 : PAKISTAN Dhaki Marvania, Azad Kashmir - Saima Sain Khan (20), an electrican trained by the charity ActionAid, stands in her workshop/store in Dhaki Marvania. One year after an earthquake struck the region, hundreds of thousands of people face many obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046932 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - A coal seller warms himself by a fire. He spends his days distributing coal to various shops and homes in the area. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China.
00046931 : PAKISTAN Jaba, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Musarat Nazir (31) washing dishes in a tent village in Jaba. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046930 : CHINA Shanxi Province - Workers at a small coal mine. In the distance miners tip coal from train carriages down the side of the embankment. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China.
00046929 : CHINA Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan - The grandmother of the Chen family, who suffers from heart problems, sits at home in an area which is due to be demolished to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The family survive on state benefits as most of them have contracted illnesses through work.
00046928 : PAKISTAN Pokhal, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Maulana Shahm-sur-rahman (65), a local mullah, sits with his family inside their shelter in Pokal. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046927 : PAKISTAN Pokhal, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Children sit inside their family's shelter in Pokal. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046926 : LEBANON Tyre (Sur) - Children witness the hand-out of basic aid supplies by the UNHCR, which was working in cooperation with the local authorities. They were among thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in schools during 34 days of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah (Hizbollah).
00046925 : PAKISTAN Dhaki Marvania, Azad Kashmir - Families in the earthquake affected village of Dhaki Marvania sit amongst their temporary shelters. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046924 : LEBANON Tyre (Sur) - A girl and boy on the stairs of the Haji Maryam school, which had become a temporary home to 368 people (103 families). They were among thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in schools during 34 days of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah (Hizbollah).
00046923 : PAKISTAN Shalabagh, Azad Kashmir - A woman and her baby leave a local medical clinic funded by the charity ActionAid. One year after an earthquake struck the region, hundreds of thousands of people face many obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046922 : PAKISTAN Dhaki Marvania, Azad Kashmir - Saima Sain Khan (20, left), an electrican trained by the charity ActionAid, sits in her workshop/store in Dhaki Marvania. One year after an earthquake struck the region, hundreds of thousands of people face many obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046921 : PAKISTAN Pokhal, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Muhannad Ifaq (55) sits with his son inside their shelter in Pokal. Muhannad's wife died when their home collapsed as an earthquake struck the region. One year later, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046920 : PAKISTAN Shalabagh, Azad Kashmir - Fhaheen Bibi (25) stands with her baby outside their temporary shelter in Shalabagh. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046919 : LEBANON Tyre (Sur) - A woman washing dishes in poor sanitary conditions in a hallway of the Haji Maryam school, which had become a temporary home to 368 people (103 families). They were among thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in schools during 34 days of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah (Hizbollah).
00046918 : PAKISTAN Shalabagh, Azad Kashmir - A women works on embroidery in a workshop funded by the charity ActionAid. One year after an earthquake struck the region, hundreds of thousands of people face many obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046917 : PAKISTAN Shalabagh, Azad Kashmir - A woman nurses her baby, who is suffering from scabies and rashes, in a medical clinic funded by the charity ActionAid. One year after an earthquake struck the region, hundreds of thousands of people face many obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046916 : PAKISTAN Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir - A father and daughter cook outside their shelter in a tent village in Muzaffarabad. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046915 : PAKISTAN Shalabagh, Azad Kashmir - Women work on sewing machines in a workshop funded by the charity ActionAid. One year after an earthquake struck the region, hundreds of thousands of people face many obstacles in rebuilding their shattered communities. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046914 : CHINA Wushan, Sichuan Province - Migrant labourers returning home after a day's work. Many migrant workers are employed in manually demolishing towns along the Yangtze river to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046913 : PAKISTAN Jaba, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Musarat Nazir (31) lives in a tent village in Jaba. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046912 : RUSSIA Moscow - Guus Hiddink, the coach of Russia's national football team.
00046911 : CHINA Chongqing - Children on the sandbanks of the Chaotianmen docks on the Yangtze river. The beach is used as a recreational area but will soon be submerged with the imminent rise in the river's water level after the completion of the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046910 : PAKISTAN Pokhal, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Muhannad Ifaq (55) sits with his son inside their shelter in Pokal. Muhannad's wife died when their home collapsed as an earthquake struck the region. One year later, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046909 : PAKISTAN Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir - A girl sits outside her family's shelter in a tent village in Muzaffarabad. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046908 : CHINA Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan Province - A family of migrant workers in their temporary accommodation. They are employed to help in the demolition of towns along parts of the Yangtze river. The purpose of dismantling buildings in the cities is to clear an area which will eventually be submerged by the imminent rising water level after the completion of the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046907 : PAKISTAN Pokhal, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Labourers rebuild a destroyed home in Pokal. Only the rich have had the money to rebuild. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046906 : CHINA Zigui, Hubei Province - Migrant workers from surrounding villages carry a telegraph pole during the demolition of towns along the Yangtze river to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046905 : CHINA Sichuan Province - Two men on an old passenger boat on the Yangtze river near the Three Gorges.
00046904 : CHINA Yun Yang, Sichuan Province - A migrant worker carries the belongings of passengers boarding buses to relocate to the new city further up the hill. Residents of the old part of the city are being relocated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the Yangtze river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046903 : CHINA Sichuan Province - View along the Yangtze river towards the Three Gorges in the spring before the water level's imminent rise after the completion of the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046902 : CHINA Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan - The only remaining family in a residential block watch as their building begins to be dismantled. Many families have been relocated as their homes are demolished to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046901 : RUSSIA Moscow - Guus Hiddink, the coach of Russia's national football team.
00046900 : PAKISTAN Pokhal, Allai Valley, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Children sit inside their family's shelter in Pokal. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046899 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Temporary residential quarters for night-shift workers at a state-owned coal mine.
00046898 : CHINA Nr Datong, Shanxi Province - Migrant workers shovel coal into horse-drawn carts at a coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046897 : PAKISTAN Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir - A family watches television in a tent village in Muzaffarabad. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046896 : CHINA Shanxi Province - 16 year old Lao Liu larks about with a friend on a day off from their jobs in a coal mine.
00046895 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - A family in the living quarters of their house. In the centre of the room is a typical stove which heats the home and is used for cooking.
00046894 : CHINA Nr Datong, Shanxi Province - Icicles hang from a roof as migrant workers shovel coal at a mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046893 : CHINA Nr Tai Yuan, Shanxi Province - Coal miners socialise at a games hall on the outskirts of the city.
00046892 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Female workers at a coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046891 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Migrant workers collect coal from a heap at a mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046890 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Workers at a large state-owned coal mine, which is a major contributor to air pollution in the region. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046889 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - A migrant labourer smokes a cigarette at a large state-owned coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046888 : CHINA Tai Yuan, Shanxi Province - A coal miner plays pool after work in a social club.
00046887 : CHINA Tai Yuan, Shanxi Province - Workers queue to enter a games hall for a karaoke night during the Chinese New Year period.
00046886 : CHINA Shanxi Province - 16 year old Lao Liu on a day off from his job in a coal mine.
00046885 : CHINA Shanxi Province - 16 year old Lao Liu plays with his friends on some farmland overlooking a coal mining village. Although still a teenager, Lao is employed at the coal mines.
00046884 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Resident workers of a large state-owned coal mine walk through a tunnel beneath railway tracks used to carry coal. Entire communities live on the site of the almost self-contained coal mining compound.
00046883 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - View over the polluted skyline of the city. Rain in the area is often laden with dust particles from the local mining activities, falling as 'black rain'. Sulphur dioxide and soot caused by coal combustion are two major air pollutants, resulting in the formation of acid rain. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China.
00046882 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Worker on a night shift tends to the large furnaces which burn coal to provide hot water for the state run mining compound. Industrial boilers and furnaces consume almost half of the coal which China produces and of all the provinces, Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China.
00046881 : CHINA Shanxi Province - Miners wait 350 metres underground next to a track for a train to take them back to the surface of the mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046880 : CHINA Shanxi Province - Scavengers from a nearby village wait beside a train track to collect remaining lumps of coal from the carriages as they return to the state-owned coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046879 : CHINA Shanxi Province - A miner uses a head torch as he works in the darkness, 350 metres underground in the shaft of the state-run coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046878 : CHINA Shanxi Province - A mural painting of green meadows on a wall stands in front of a bleak coal mining landscape.
00046877 : CHINA Shanxi Province - Miners walk along a train track leading back to the surface after a shift in the coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046876 : CHINA Shanxi Province - A worker stands by the conveyor belt in a small coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046875 : CHINA Shanxi Province - Migrant workers collect coal from a heap at a mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046874 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - A coal seller. He spends his days distributing coal to various shops and homes in the area. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China.
00046873 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - A worker stands by the conveyor belt in a small coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046872 : CHINA Tai Yuan, Shanxi Province - Coal worker smoking a cigarette in a mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046871 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Worker in a small coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046870 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Worker on a night shift tends to the large furnaces which burn coal to provide hot water for the state run mining compound. Industrial boilers and furnaces consume almost half of the coal which China produces and of all the provinces, Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China.
00046869 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Deep inside a mine shaft coal miners rest in a waiting room. They wait for a train that will pick them up and drop them at a lift that will take them back up to the surface again. On average these workers are paid about 3000 RMB (£230) per month. Many of these workers suffer respiratory illneses at an early age.
00046868 : CHINA Hubei Province - A displaced family sleep on the stairwell of a boat travelling on the Yangtze river to the eastern seaboard, where they are hoping to resettle and find work.
00046867 : CHINA Badong, Hubei Province - Few remaining inhabitants of the town sit in a bar. Most of the local community has been relocated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046866 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - A large coal burning furnace used to provide hot water for the state run mining compound. Industrial boilers and furnaces consume almost half of the coal which China produces and of all the provinces, Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China.
00046865 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Miner at the state owned coal mine. Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in China. The rate of coal mining in the country is increasing from an annual production of over 2 billion tons in order to cater for China's rapid economic growth.
00046864 : CHINA Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan Province - Walking through the rubble of a demolished housing block, which was evacuated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The purpose of dismantling buildings in the city is to clear an area which will eventually be submerged by the reservoir and to prevent relocated families from returning to their old houses.
00046863 : CHINA Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan Province - The Chen family enjoy a meal together to celebrate being allocated a new home by the authorities who are relocating families in their housing block. Their home is due to be demolished to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046862 : CHINA Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan Province - The last inhabitants of the town walk through the rubble of a demolished housing block, which was evacuated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The purpose of dismantling buildings in the city is to clear an area which will eventually be submerged by the reservoir and to prevent relocated families from returning to their old houses.
00046861 : CHINA Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan Province - One of the last inhabitants of the town walks past the rubble of a demolished housing block, which was evacuated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The purpose of dismantling buildings in the city is to clear an area which will eventually be submerged by the reservoir and to prevent relocated families from returning to their old houses.
00046860 : CHINA Fuling District, Sichuan Province - Families walk back to the their homes in the new district on the hillside. The darker buildings are all that remain of the old city after it was cleared. The reclaimed land is to protect the rest of the city from the imminent rise in the Yangtze river's water level after the completion of the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046859 : CHINA Fuling District, Sichuan Province - Recently arrived settlers visit the riverbanks by the newly built docks. Land here has been reclaimed and the docks built to accommodate the imminent rise in the Yangtze river's water level after the completion of the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046858 : CHINA Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan Province - A woman with an umbrella walks along a street alongside the Wanzhou bridge. The old part of the city has been evacuated to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046857 : CHINA Zigui, Hubei Province - The remains of a house overlooking the Yangtze river. The building was partially demolished to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046856 : CHINA Yun Yang, Sichuan Province - Departing inhabitants of the town. Residents of the old part of the city are being relocated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the Yangtze river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046855 : CHINA Yun Yang, Sichuan Province - Labourers unload sacks of salt from a nearby barge.
00046854 : CHINA Chongqing - A woman walks over pebbles in the shallows of the Yangtze river, the water level of which will rise dramatically with the completion of the Three Gorges Dam.
00046853 : CHINA Yun Yang, Sichuan Province - Departing inhabitants of the town. Residents of the old part of the city are being relocated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the Yangtze river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046852 : CHINA Zigui, Hubei Province - Migrant worker leaving Zigui after the town's recent demolition. The purpose of dismantling buildings in the city is to clear an area which will eventually be submerged by the rising waters of the Yangtze river on the completion of the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046851 : CHINA Mao Ping, Hubei Province - Children climbing steps in the city, which was recently built to accommodate relocated residents of towns along the Yangtze river. Towns were cleared in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046850 : PAKISTAN Penyali, Azad Kashmir - A woman makes tea inside her temporary shelter in Penyali. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046849 : CHINA Chongqing - New tower block construction in the mist.
00046848 : CHINA Mao Ping, Hubei Province - Man walking through the snow towards his home in the new city. Mao Ping was built to accomodate relocated residents of the old town Zigui, which was submerged in 2005 by rising waters of the Yangtze river in Three Gorges Dam project.
00046847 : CHINA Chongqing - Businessmen park their car at night on Chaotianmen docks before visiting a floating restaurant on the Yangtze river.
00046846 : CHINA Wushan, Sichuan Province - One of the final families to leave the old town stands with their belongings overlooking the Yangtze river. Residents of the old part of the city are being relocated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046845 : CHINA Wushan, Sichuan Province - A man walks past a plaque on a wall in the evacuated old city. The mural marks the height which the water level of the Yangtze river will reach in the first stage of the Three Gorges Dam project.
00046844 : CHINA Chongqing - Migrant workers wait to eat at a cheap restaurant.
00046843 : CHINA Yichang, Hubei Province - Housing for workers on the Three Gorges Dam project. A series of electricity pylons have been constructed alongside in preparation for transporting the electricity generated by the hydroelectric power station.
00046842 : CHINA Chongqing - Workers in a small privately owned noodle factory.
00046841 : CHINA Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei Province - Workers on the Three Gorges Dam return home after a day's work.
00046840 : CHINA Yichang, Hubei Province - Migrants from a nearby town wait for buses to take them to another port town. Residents of settlements along the Yangtze river are being relocated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046839 : CHINA Fengjie, Sichuan Province - Waiting for boats at the old docks along Yangtze river near the Three Gorges. The lower-lying areas of the old town will be inundated with the river's rising water level on the completion of the Three Gorges Dam.
00046838 : CHINA Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei Province - Construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.
00046837 : CHINA Hubei Province - Families share a cabin on board a boat travelling on the Yangtze river to the eastern seaboard in search of work.
00046836 : CHINA Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei Province - Workers on the Three Gorges Dam relax at the end of the day.
00046835 : CHINA Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei Province - Workers on the Three Gorges Dam relax at the end of the day.
00046834 : CHINA Badong, Hubei Province - Two brothers playing at home in Badong, where their family is among the last inhabitants of the town. Most of the local community has been relocated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046833 : CHINA Fengjie, Sichuan Province - Migrant labourers having a dinner break. Many workers are employed in manually demolishing towns along the Yangtze river to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas. The purpose of dismantling buildings in the city is to clear an area and to prevent relocated families from returning to their old houses.
00046832 : CHINA Badong, Hubei Province - Woman leaning on a table in Badong, where her family is among the last inhabitants of the town. Most of the local community has been relocated in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046831 : CHINA Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei Province - Woman with an umbrella walking past the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam.
00046830 : CHINA Badong, Hubei Province - Migrant workers from surrounding villages dismantle a recently vacated building. Houses in towns along the Yangtze river are being demolished to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas. The purpose of dismantling buildings in the city is to clear an area and to prevent relocated families from returning to their old houses.
00046829 : CHINA Badong, Hubei Province - Migrant workers dismantling a recently vacated building. The workers supplement their poor income by selling scrap metal and bricks salvaged from demolition sites. Houses in towns along the Yangtze river are being demolished to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, which will raise the water levels of the river and inundate lower-lying areas.
00046828 : CHINA Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei Province - A worker carries shovels on his way home after a day's work at the Three Gorges Dam construction site.
00046827 : CHINA Yichang, Hubei Province - Migrant workers at the Three Gorges Dam construction site.
00046826 : CHINA Sichuan Province - A peasant farmer works in his field where he grows cash crops. Many agricultural workers are reluctant to relocate in order to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project, as much of the land which will be flooded by the rising waters of the Yangtze river is highly fertile.
00046825 : PAKISTAN Penyali, Azad Kashmir - A girl stands outside her family's tent in Penyali. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046824 : CHINA Wanzhou District, Wanxian, Sichuan - Reservoir and cranes on the horizon at the Three Gorges Dam, which is to be used as a hydroelectric power station and flood defence on the Yangtze river.
00046823 : PAKISTAN Jaba, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) - Two girls fetch water from a tap in a tent village in Jaba. One year after an earthquake struck the region, thousands of people are still waiting for compensation while living in tents and temporary shelters. At least 73,000 were killed by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on 8th October 2005.
00046822 : RUSSIA Moscow - A mourner holds a cross at the funeral of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046821 : RUSSIA Moscow - The body of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya is borne in before her funeral service at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046820 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners attend the funeral of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. Before the burial, thousands of well-wishers filed past her body. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046819 : RUSSIA Moscow - An Orthodox priest conducts the funeral of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046818 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners attend the funeral of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. Before the burial, thousands of well-wishers filed past her body. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046817 : RUSSIA Moscow - The daughter of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya attends her funeral at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046816 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners attend the funeral of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046815 : RUSSIA Moscow - The body of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya is borne in before her funeral service at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. Before the burial, thousands of well-wishers filed past her body. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046814 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners attend the funeral of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046813 : RUSSIA Moscow - An Orthodox priest leads the funeral procession for murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046812 : RUSSIA Moscow - An Orthodox priest conducts the funeral of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046811 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners attend the funeral of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. Before the burial, thousands of well-wishers filed past her body. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046810 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners attend the funeral of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery. Before the burial, thousands of well-wishers filed past her body. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya, and many believe her killing was connected to her investigative work.
00046809 : RUSSIA Moscow - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in October 2006. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046808 : RUSSIA Moscow - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in October 2006. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046807 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers patrol the city after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046806 : THAILAND Bangkok - Military top brass stand in the wings as General Sonthai Boonyaratglin appears in front of the media for the first time after leading a bloodless military coup which ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046805 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers patrol the city after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046804 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers and tanks cordon off and surround Government House after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra. The action came with the endorsement of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, seen in a photograph here.
00046803 : THAILAND Bangkok - General Sonthai Boonyaratglin appears in front of the media for the first time after leading a bloodless military coup which ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046802 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers patrol the city after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046801 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers cordon off and surround Government House after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046800 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers patrol the city after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra. The troops wore yellow ribbons to signify their loyalty to King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
00046799 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers patrol the city, followed by a brigade of photographers, after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046798 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers patrol the city after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046797 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers and tanks cordon off and surround Government House after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046796 : THAILAND Bangkok - The media wait for General Sonthai Boonyaratglin to appear for the first time after he led a bloodless military coup which ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046795 : THAILAND Bangkok - Soldiers cordon off and surround Government House after a bloodless military coup ousted the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.
00046794 : RUSSIA Moscow - The hole of a bullet that killed journalist Anna Politkovskaya. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a murder many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046793 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners lay flowers outside the home of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a killing many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046792 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners pay tribute outside the home of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a killing many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046791 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners pay tribute outside the home of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya, one wearing a gag which says 'Silence' to symbolise the death of press freedom. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a killing many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046790 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners lay flowers outside the home of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a killing many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046789 : RUSSIA Moscow - Vyacheslav Raskinsky, Moscow's first deputy prosecutor, investigating the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a murder many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046788 : RUSSIA Moscow - Investigators remove the body of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a murder many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046787 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners pay tribute outside the home of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya, one wearing a gag which says 'Silence' to symbolise the death of press freedom. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a killing many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046786 : RUSSIA Moscow - Police cordon off the area outside the home of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a killing many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046785 : RUSSIA Moscow - Vyacheslav Raskinsky, Moscow's first deputy prosecutor, talks to the press as police investigate the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a murder many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046784 : RUSSIA Moscow - Mourners lay flowers outside the home of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya. She was shot twice, once in the head, in an elevator in her apartment block, in a killing many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00046783 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - An American soldier from the 'Battle Company' army unit and an Afghan soldier question a local man after their unit was ambushed in the Hazarbus Valley.
00046782 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Tourists search for opals on the ground around a disused mine shaft. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046781 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046780 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Statue of an opal miner, a digger and part of a spaceship that was used on the set of a film, in the town which is the opal mining capital of Australia.
00046779 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh warming up with the assistance of his trainer Biranchi Das. Budhia has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046778 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns read the sutra at night in a convent.
00046777 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh with his trainer Biranchi Das. Budhia has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner. Das, who rescued Budhia from poverty, has been accused of exploiting his talent for fame and financial gain and endangering the child's health.
00046776 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner, puts on his training shoes.
00046775 : AUSTRALIA Oodnadatta, South Australia Province - A disused train track overgrown with scrub remains on the outskirts of this remote village.
00046774 : SPAIN Madrid - Women going to the kindergarten of Soto del Real prison to pick up their babies before returning to their cells. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046773 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner, attracts a crowd while out training.
00046772 : SPAIN Madrid - Resting time for babies in the kindergarten of Soto del Real prison. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046771 : SPAIN Madrid - Soto del Real prison. Inmate Soledad Gimenez (32) gave birth to her baby, now aged four months, in prison. She was convicted of possession of drugs. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046770 : SPAIN Madrid - Soto del Real prison. Two Cuban inmates in the kindergarten with their children. Both were convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs into Spain. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046769 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Trainers stretch and massage four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046768 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner, attracts a crowd while out training.
00046767 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046766 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh warming up with the assistance of his trainer Biranchi Das. Budhia has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046765 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - A sign reading 'Keep off the grass' stands at the edge of a parched putting green on a dry golf course.
00046764 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner. As Budhia runs, his trainer Biranchi Das cycles alongside with a stopwatch.
00046763 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - A wrecked and abandoned car painted with the sign 'Opal Buyer' in the desert near Coober Pedy. The area is the capital for opal mining in Australia.
00046762 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - German miner Jurgen Feldheim drills for opal 30 metres underground. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046761 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046760 : SPAIN Seville, Andalucia - Photographs and letters pinned to the wall of a family cell at Alcala de Guadaira prison. Amaya Encarnacion shares the cell with her young daughter Maria, and the letters are from Maria's father, who is incarcerated in another prison. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046759 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046758 : AUSTRALIA Lake Hart, South Australia Province - A man walks across Lake Hart, a dry salt lake that occasionally floods.
00046757 : AUSTRALIA Lake Torrens, Nr Andamooka, South Australia Province - Kangaroo footprints on Lake Torrens, a 5,700 square kilometre closed basin which, through evaporation of the saline water, has become a dry salt lake.
00046756 : AFGHANISTAN Day Chopan, Baylough, Zabul Province - Soldiers from the Afghan National Army (ANA) carry out joint operations with American soldiers at a temporary US military base.
00046755 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh warming up with the assistance of his trainer Biranchi Das. Budhia has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046754 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046753 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Nakos Kyrtzaliotis, a Greek opal miner, and central member of the community in the area, which is considered the capital for opal mining in Australia.
00046752 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns read religious texts in the convent.
00046751 : SPAIN Madrid - A mother and baby in Aranjuez prison, which contains a number of family cells where couples can live together with their children, until the children reach the age of three.
00046750 : SPAIN Madrid - Aranjuez prison contains a number of family cells, where couples can live together with their children, until the children reach the age of three. A bottle of milk sits on a bedside table in cell 108.
00046749 : AUSTRALIA Oodnadatta, South Australia Province - A graveyard with the graves of the first settlers to this remote village.
00046748 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046747 : SPAIN Seville, Andalucia - A duckling and a dinosaur - toys in one of the family cells at Alcala de Guadaira prison. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046746 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046745 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046744 : AFGHANISTAN Day Chopan, Baylough, Zabul Province - American soldiers arrive at a temporary military base by Chinook helicopter.
00046743 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - 21 year old Peter Ikonomopoulos is the owner of the only pizzeria in the town. Although his is the third generation of a Greek family who moved to Australia before he was born, he feels more Greek than Australian.
00046742 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - The entrance to an underground art gallery.
00046741 : AFGHANISTAN Qalat, Zabul Province - An American soldier plays football with a boy in a local primary school, near where the army has a military base.
00046740 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner. As Budhia runs, his trainer Biranchi Das cycles alongside with a stopwatch.
00046739 : SPAIN Madrid - Juan Carlos Borrayo with his baby son in Aranjuez prison. The jail contains a number of family cells, where couples can live together with their children, until the children reach the age of three.
00046738 : AUSTRALIA Woomera, South Australia Province - Solitary tree in the Australian outback.
00046737 : SPAIN Seville, Andalucia - Two inmates with their children at Alcala de Guadaira prison. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046736 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - The Dog Fence, which was placed to separate cattle and sheep land and to prevent dingos from entering the sheep enclosure.
00046735 : AFGHANISTAN Qalat, Zabul Province - An American soldier plays basketball with a young girl at a local primary school, near where the army has a military base.
00046734 : SPAIN Madrid - Gypsy couple Ramona Montoya (31) and Manuel Munoz (32) with their nine month old baby Marina in Aranjuez prison. The jail contains a number of family cells, where couples can live together with their children, until the children reach the age of three. Ramona and Manuel have three older children.
00046733 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns in the dining room of the convent.
00046732 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh warming up with the assistance of his trainer Biranchi Das. Budhia has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046731 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - American soldiers from the The 'Battle Company' army unit arrive at a temporary military base in a Chinook helicopter by night.
00046730 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns laugh during a debating session at night in a convent.
00046729 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - A remains of a truck, partially covered by waste material from opal mining activity. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046728 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - A sign warning of the dangers of unmarked holes in an area pitted with mine shafts. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046727 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - German miner Jurgen Feldheim enters the bottom of the opal mine shaft, 30 metres underground. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046726 : SPAIN Seville, Andalucia - Veronica Gabriela Albarracin (31), a pregnant Argentinian inmate being held at Alcala de Guadaira prison while awaiting trial on drugs charges. Children are allowed to live with their mothers in Spanish prisons up to the age of three, but Veronica has still to decide whether to raise her baby behind bars. "I am struggling to choose between two kinds of barbarity - a child growing up in prison or growing up without its mother."
00046725 : AUSTRALIA Lake Torrens, Nr Andamooka, South Australia Province - Lake Torrens, a 5,700 square kilometre closed basin which, through evaporation of the saline water, has become a dry salt lake.
00046724 : AFGHANISTAN Day Chopan, Baylough, Zabul Province - American military commanders wait for instructions at a temporary base in the small village.
00046723 : AFGHANISTAN Qalat, Zabul Province - A Christmas tree decorated with photographs of wanted Taliban members at a US military base.
00046722 : SPAIN Seville, Andalucia - Two inmates with their children at Alcala de Guadaira prison. Carmen Berraquero (left) with her son Francisco and Gema Garcia Campo (right) with her ten day old baby Ismael. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046721 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - German miner Jurgen Feldheim lowers himself into the shaft of an opal mine. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046720 : AFGHANISTAN Andar, Zabul Province - American soldiers on patrol in a temporary US military base. The 'Battle Company' army unit has rented a compound from one of the local villagers.
00046719 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - The grave of a miner, Karl Bratz, who died of cancer, is adorned with beer bottles and a beer keg.
00046718 : AFGHANISTAN Andar, Zabul Province - An American soldier on patrol at sunset in a temporary US military base. The 'Battle Company' army unit has rented a compound from one of the local villagers.
00046717 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns at early morning prayer in the convent.
00046716 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Australian miner Andrew Girvan displays his collection of opal mined in the surrounding area. Coober Pedy is considered the opal capital of Australia.
00046715 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Postman Derik Rowi climbs into the cab of his truck in which he makes 12 hour trips across the Australian desert delivering post to remote farmers in the outback.
00046714 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - A painted tyre stands on the roadside at the exit from a farm in the outback.
00046713 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns at prayer in a convent.
00046712 : AUSTRALIA Nr Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - The Moon Plain, a desert landscape which was used for a car chase in the making of the film Mad Max III.
00046711 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - American military commander Captain Josh McGary, the commander of 'Battle Company' talks to elderly villagers about the US Army's mission in the region, following an ambush in the Hazarbus Valley.
00046710 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Entrance of Crocodile Harry's dugout, decorated with models of a crocodile and a mermaid. Harry is a Latvian baron who emigrated to Australia in the 1940s and spent 13 years hunting crocodiles before digging for opals in the town, which is considered the capital for opal mining in Australia.
00046709 : SPAIN Madrid - Soto del Real prison. Inmate Crissa Melissa Pinaca (26), a Honduran who was convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs into Spain, with her baby. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046708 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Australian miner Andrew Girvan stands with his pick in an opal field near the town. He does not have the necessary machinery to mine underground so intead specialises in noodling, searching for remaining opal among disused mine shafts.
00046707 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Trainers stretch and massage four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner.
00046706 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - View over mine shafts near Coober Pedy. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046705 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns are offered bread in the dining room of the convent.
00046704 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - Elderly man with sheep on the outskirts of town.
00046703 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - A shop assistant holds a tray of polished opals in Opal cave in Coober Pedy, which is considered the opal capital of Australia. The precious stones have been mined in the area and are worth half a million US dollars.
00046702 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - Tuk-Tuk driver cleans the windscreen on his parked vehicle beneath a billboard featuring paintings of President Hamid Karzai (L) and a local governor.
00046701 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - American commander Lieutenant Colonel Stammer of the US Army sits with a girl in a classroom of the local school near where the army has a military base. The footballs have been donated to the school by the commander's wife.
00046700 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - Children hold a box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes given to them by American soldiers in an area where the US Army have set up a temporary military base.
00046699 : AFGHANISTAN Andar, Zabul Province - Local boy and elderly men.
00046698 : AUSTRALIA Glendambo village, South Australia Province - A welcome sign at the entrance to the village in the Australian outback, which announces the population as being 22,500 sheep, 2 million flies and 30 humans.
00046697 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - Veterinarians from an American Village Medical Outreach (VMO) team take hold of a cow for deworming at temporary military base run by the US Army.
00046696 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A street vendor sells produce beneath billboards advertising Roshan mobile telecommunications and Samsung.
00046695 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Painting depicting a miner. This is the opal mining capital of the world. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046694 : AFGHANISTAN Qalat, Zabul Province - An American soldier patrols the provincial capital, where the US Army operates a military base.
00046693 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Underground Serbian Orthodox church. Half of the population of the area lives in dugouts to shelter from the extreme climate.
00046692 : AFGHANISTAN Andar, Zabul Province - American soldiers distribute clothing to local children, in an area where the 'Battle Company' army unit has rented a compound from one of the local villagers.
00046691 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns make decorative clay figurines of Buddha.
00046690 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Crocodile Harry in his dugout, which is a common form of housing in the area as it provides shelter from the extreme climate. Harry is a Latvian baron who emigrated to Australia in the 1940s and spent 13 years hunting crocodiles before digging for opals in the town, which is considered the capital for opal mining in Australia.
00046689 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Tourists join postman Derik Rowi in his truck on a 12 hour trip across the desert as he delivers post to remote farmers in the outback.
00046688 : AFGHANISTAN Day Chopan, Baylough, Zabul Province - American military commander Captain Josh McGary drinks tea with village authorities to discuss local politics, in an area where the US Army have set up a temporary military base.
00046687 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - Clemens Toussaint, a German art detective who is searching for paintings missing from the Jacques Goudstikker collection, which was seized by the Nazis during World War II (WW2). Goudstikker was a Jewish art dealer who was forced to flee Amsterdam in 1940. The painting is Toussaint's latest find, 'The Resurrection' by Thomas de Keijser, painted in 1635. In the background is a portrait of a young lady, an early work by Nicolaes Maes painted in 1655.
00046686 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns shovel clay with which they make figurines of Buddha.
00046685 : AFGHANISTAN Andar, Zabul Province - American soldiers warm themselves beside a campfire at night as they patrol a temporary US military base. The 'Battle Company' army unit has rented a compound from one of the local villagers.
00046684 : AFGHANISTAN Day Chopan, Baylough, Zabul Province - A veterinarian from an American Village Medical Outreach (VMO) team deworms a goat at temporary military base run by the US Army.
00046683 : AUSTRALIA Nr Andamooka, South Australia Province - Australian miner Andrew Girvan smokes a cigarette at the entrance to an opal mine. He does not have the necessary machinery to mine underground so intead specialises in noodling, searching for remaining opal among disused mine shafts.
00046682 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - A patch of synthestic grass is laid on a dry golf course in an area which experiences low rainfall and high temperatures in the summer.
00046681 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Tourists listen to a guide talking about the opal mining industry at a disused mine shaft. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046680 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - Man herding sheep at sunset.
00046679 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner. As Budhia runs, his trainer Biranchi Das cycles alongside with a stopwatch.
00046678 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - The salt and pepper mountains in the Painted Desert.
00046677 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Entrance to a dugout, a house built underground to protect against the extreme weather conditions and inhabited by people who have moved to the area for the opal mining. The area is the capital for opal mining in Australia.
00046676 : SPAIN Madrid - Soto del Real prison. A child in the kindergarten, brightly decorated with a painting of Cinderella. More than 200 women live with their children in Spanish jails. Children can live with their mothers in prison up to the age of three.
00046675 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Australian miner Andrew Girvan searches for opal at the entrance to an opal mine. He does not have the necessary machinery to mine underground so intead specialises in noodling, searching for remaining opal among disused mine shafts.
00046674 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Postman Derik Rowi sits in his underground dugout, which is a common form of housing in the area as it provides shelter from the extreme climate.
00046673 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Yveline, a French bar owner, holds a bearded dragon lizard as she reclines in a room in the Radeka's Downunder Dugout Motel. The motel is Coober Pedy's first underground hotel.
00046672 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - A woman tries a ring on her finger at Opal cave in Coober Pedy, which is considered the opal capital of Australia.
00046671 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - Yveline, the French owner of the bar in the Radeka's Downunder Dugout Motel, entertains customers with her bearded dragon lizard. The motel is Coober Pedy's first underground hotel.
00046670 : AFGHANISTAN Andar, Zabul Province - A local boy watches and laughs as American soldiers blow up tree trunks in a field where villagers have been complaining about dead stumps. The 'Battle Company' army unit has set up a temporary military base in a compound rented from one of the local villagers.
00046669 : AUSTRALIA Lake Torrens, Nr Andamooka, South Australia Province - Footprints on Lake Torrens, a 5,700 square kilometre closed basin which, through evaporation of the saline water, has become a dry salt lake.
00046668 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - German miner Jurgen Feldheim sits on the bonnet of his truck holding a bag filled with stones after a day mining in an opal mine. There are over 250,000 mine shafts in the area, which is the opal capital of Australia.
00046667 : AUSTRALIA Coober Pedy, South Australia Province - The Painted Desert.
00046666 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - American soldiers warm themselves beside a campfire at night as they patrol a temporary US military base. The 'Battle Company' army unit has rented a compound from one of the local villagers.
00046665 : INDIA Bhubaneswar, Orissa - Four year old Budhia Singh, who has achieved a series of extraordinary athletic feats and become famous as the world's youngest marathon runner, is wiped down by his trainer Biranchi Das.
00046664 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - American commander Lieutenant Colonel Stammer of the US Army and his interpreter talks with the headmistress of a local primary school, near where the army has a military base.
00046663 : AFGHANISTAN Day Chopan, Baylough, Zabul Province - A mother and child receive a health check from an American Village Medical Outreach (VMO) team at a temporary military base run by the US Army.
00046662 : AFGHANISTAN Nr Qalat, Zabul Province - An American soldier sits in the back of a Chinook helicopter as it flies back to the US military base at Qalat.
00046661 : AFGHANISTAN Zabul Province - A mother and child receive a health check from an American Village Medical Outreach (VMO) team at a temporary military base run by the US Army.
00046660 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns talk in the convent.
00046659 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - An exiled Tibetan nun walks across the room after a meditation session in a convent.
00046658 : INDIA Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh - Exiled Tibetan nuns stand in lines in the courtyard of a convent.
00046657 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A worker packages handmade shuttlecocks at a workshop for 'Skylark' branded badminton shuttlecocks.
00046656 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A taxi driver sits on the boot of his car waiting for a customer.
00046655 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Clay portraits of Harry Potter at an artisan's workshop wait to be made into badges for a Bengali festival. The pottery specialises in making effigies from clay and straw for pujas.
00046654 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - An Indian man and a Chinese man read their newspapers together.
00046653 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - An Indian man and a Chinese man read their newspapers together.
00046652 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Rickshaw wallah pulling his vehicle past New Market in the centre of the city.
00046651 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - The Chinese owner of a tannery helps his workers use machinery that gauges the thickness of a leather pelt.
00046650 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A Chinese woman rides in back of a rickshaw pedalled by Indian man.
00046649 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A worker clears away cups after a tasting session in the tea tasting rooms at an auction house.
00046648 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A worker clears away cups after a tasting session in the tea tasting rooms at an auction house.
00046647 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Political graffiti on a wall alongside a religious statue in an alleyway.
00046646 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A worker pours hot water onto tea leaves in preparation for a tasting session in the tea tasting rooms at an auction house.
00046645 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Stall in the early morning flower market near Howrah Bridge.
00046644 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A Hindu monk checks if his robe is dry as it hangs over the railings in the courtyard of a small temple.
00046643 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Crowds buying flowers in the daily early morning market near the Howrah Bridge.
00046642 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Man displaying his garlands of flowers in the early morning flower market near Howrah Bridge.
00046641 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Man transporting a new Sony TV home on the back of a rickshaw.
00046640 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Shoppers use an escalator in a shopping centre in the Salt Lake suburb of the city.
00046639 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Cups of sample teas at the tea tasting rooms at an auction house.
00046638 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A statue depicting 'Science' above the Writers' Building, the secretariat of the West Bengal State government.
00046637 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A potter crafts biodegradable mud tea cups, which are used for serving chai.
00046636 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A billboard advertising housing loans and featuring a young couple stands at the edge of a lake near the Science Park in the Salt Lake suburb.
00046635 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Swastika sign above entrance to a Hindu temple.
00046634 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Locally produced Tiffin Cake.
00046633 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A technician fixes a client's broken mobile phone at his small stall in the city centre.
00046632 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Diners are served a meal by an Indian waiter at a Chinese restaurant.
00046631 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Street lined with food stalls in a market behind Tippu Sultan Mosque.
00046630 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Muslim leaders take part in a hunger strike at the Tippu Sultan Mosque in the city centre. The protest was called to denounce alleged violence towards Muslims by the Indian army in Gujarat.
00046629 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A man drinks chai tea from a traditional and biodegradable mud cup.
00046628 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Chinese restaurant alongside an Indian convenience store in Chinatown in the Tangra district.
00046627 : VIETNAM Cantho, Hau Giang Province, Mekong Delta - Floating market.
00046626 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A rickshaw wallah transports mattresses on his vehicle past market stalls on a main street.
00046625 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Children stand around a boy on a motorbike in the Shova Bazaar, an area where artisans work making effigies from clay and straw. The statues are used in major festivals (pujas) and traditionally set adrift in the Hooghly River.
00046624 : VIETNAM Phan Thiet, Thuan Hai Province - Workers transporting salt using yokes at a salt farm.
00046623 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A potter lifts a tray of hand-crafted mud tea cups onto supporting poles beside a river for drying. The biodegradable cups are used for serving chai.
00046622 : VIETNAM Vung Tau, Vung Tau Special Economic Zone - Fishermen repair their nets after returning from sea.
00046621 : VIETNAM My Tho, Tien Giang Province, Mekong Delta - Cargo boats on a canal.
00046620 : KENYA - Salt gardens on Magadi Lake.
00046619 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - A man pours a glass of sherry during the procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046618 : USA Utah, United States of America - Magnesium extraction on the Big Salt Lake.
00046617 : TANZANIA - Pattern formed in salty mud on Lake Natron.
00046616 : IRAQ - Water drainage on the Mesopotamian plains.
00046615 : IRAN Azarbaijan province - Fields and meadows near Tabriz.
00046614 : NAMIBIA - Desert sand dunes and clay ponds near Sossusvlei.
00046613 : GERMANY Cologne - Kissing couples amongst hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046612 : GERMANY Cologne - Two Italian girls follow prayers at the Malienfield. They were amongst hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046611 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - A little girl dressed up in a traditional flamenco dress, accompanied by her parents during the procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046610 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - Men on horseback and a quad bike during the procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046609 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - The procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046608 : JAPAN Shikoku - Sandbanks off Nio-cho.
00046607 : USA Louisiana, United States of America - Cleaning of industrial effluence near Baton Rouge.
00046606 : GREENLAND - An iceberg in Disko Bay.
00046605 : AUSTRALIA New South Wales - Eucalyptus trees in a wheat field.
00046604 : USA Washington, United States of America - Harvesting lentils in a field in the Palouse Hills.
00046603 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - Men waiting for the beginning of the procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046602 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - Children eat crisps as they hitch a lift during the procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046601 : FIJI - Coral atoll of Wailagi Lala on the Lau archipelago.
00046600 : THE BAHAMAS - Sand bank behind a cay, an insular coral reef.
00046599 : ICELAND - Ponds of meltwater on the Long Glacier.
00046598 : USA Florida, United States of America - Rubbish tip used for dumping tomatoes, pumpkins and other waste fruit near Homestead.
00046597 : GERMANY Cologne - Hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046596 : USA Wyoming, United States of America - The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park.
00046595 : NETHERLANDS Rotterdam - The funeral ceremony of a 21 year old Surinamese Hindu woman. Relatives pray as her coffin is pushed into the furnace at a crematorium.
00046594 : NETHERLANDS Rotterdam - The funeral ceremony of a 21 year old Surinamese Hindu woman. Relatives pass in front of the coffin before her cremation.
00046593 : GERMANY Cologne - A crowd outside Cologne cathedral, amongst hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046592 : GERMANY Cologne - Spectators try to get a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI as he makes his first foreign visit. Hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visited Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046591 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - A torero on horseback during the procession of the Virgin de la Alegria. Wind turbines provide a backdrop.
00046590 : GERMANY Cologne - Obese Americans, amongst hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046589 : USA Massachusetts, United States of America - Cranberry harvest near Plymouth.
00046588 : NETHERLANDS 's-Hertogenbosch, Brabant - A young man wearing a 'Gsus' T-shirt receives the eucharist during a mass at St. Jan's cathedral. Six hundred young people had gathered in Den Bosch before setting out on a pilgrimage to Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046587 : USA Texas, United States of America - Harvesting cotton in a field.
00046586 : NETHERLANDS Rotterdam - The funeral ceremony of a 21 year old Surinamese Hindu woman. Make-up is applied before her cremation.
00046585 : GERMANY Cologne - Hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046584 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Muddy ponds near Morawa.
00046583 : USA California, United States of America - Algae near Point Conception.
00046582 : GERMANY Cologne - Americans in straw hats, amongst hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046581 : GERMANY Cologne - A man wearing lederhosen, amongst hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046580 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - The procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046579 : NETHERLANDS 's-Hertogenbosch, Brabant - Six hundred young people gather for a mass at St. Jan's cathedral in Den Bosch before setting out on a pilgrimage to Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046578 : NETHERLANDS Rotterdam - The funeral ceremony of a 21 year old Surinamese Hindu woman. Relatives observe the body in the coffin before her cremation.
00046577 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - A horseman in traditional dress makes a call on his mobile phone during a break from the procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046576 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - A horseman in traditional dress makes a call on his mobile phone and drinks a glass of sherry during a break from the procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046575 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - The procession of the Virgin de la Alegria. Young women pass the virgin on a moped as she is pulled the other way by a tractor.
00046574 : GERMANY Cologne - Hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046573 : GERMANY Cologne - Two Congolese women amongst hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046572 : GERMANY Cologne - Following prayers by candlelight at the Malienfield. They were amongst hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visiting Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046571 : GERMANY Cologne - Pope Benedict XVI, on his first foreign visit, waves to crowds from his Popemobile as it passes a branch of McDonald's. Hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims from around the world visited Cologne for World Youth Day (WYD), an annual gathering of Catholic young people.
00046570 : SPAIN Seville, Andalucia - Women dance Sevillanas, a folky flamenco performed at fiestas.
00046569 : SPAIN Seville, Andalucia - Women dance Sevillanas, a folky flamenco performed at fiestas.
00046568 : SPAIN El Almarchal, Andalucia - Wine is served during a break from the procession of the Virgin de la Alegria.
00046567 : JAPAN Nagasaki - Crude oil tanker in a dry dock.
00046566 : GERMANY Maschen - Trains parked on the tracks at a railway yard.
00046565 : CHINA Manchuria - Brick factory.
00046564 : VIETNAM Vinh Long, Cuu Long Province, Mekong Delta - Women selling fruit in the market.
00046563 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A man shepherds his flock of sheep through the streets of the city for grazing in Maidan Park.
00046562 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Women unload leather pelts from a lorry at a Chinese-owned tannery in the city's Tangra district.
00046561 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A family enjoy a meal in a Chinese restaurant.
00046560 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - An effigy made from clay and straw in a workshop in the Shova Bazaar. The statues are used in major festivals (pujas) and traditionally set adrift in the Hooghly River.
00046559 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A man uses a mobile phone as he and other passengers travel on a bus.
00046558 : JAPAN - Floating tree trunks being stored in Hiroshima Bay.
00046557 : USA Idaho, United States of America - Floating tree trunks being sorted on the Coeur d'Alene lake.
00046556 : KENYA - Flamingos on Bogoria Lake.
00046555 : HONG KONG China - Traditional junks moored in Aberdeen Harbour.
00046554 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Boats moored on the Red River near the Long-Bien Bridge.
00046553 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A large public health poster advertising a blood serum testing centre is carried across the street.
00046552 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Students paint at their easels in a life-drawing class at an arts school.
00046551 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Shop selling flags and banners in the old quarter of the city.
00046550 : VIETNAM Bai Chai Town, Halong Bay, Quang Ninh Province - Chinese sailing junks on the Gulf of Tonkin.
00046549 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Young girl with friends.
00046548 : VIETNAM Hoa Lu, Ha Nam Ninh Province - Woman rowing a boat between the cliffs on the Red River.
00046547 : VIETNAM Moc Chau Village, Son La Province - Ethnic Hmong (Miao) children on their way to a school supported by a UNICEF educational programme.
00046546 : VIETNAM Lai Chau Town, Lai Chau Province - Young ethnic Zao woman.
00046545 : VIETNAM Sa Pa Village, Hoang Lien Son Province - Elderly ethnic Zao woman at the market.
00046544 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A chai vendor hands a cup of tea to a customer in a traditional and biodegradable mud cup.
00046543 : VIETNAM Dai Lanh, Khanh Hoa province - Fishing village, on the South China Sea.
00046542 : VIETNAM Qui Nonh, Binh Dinh Province - Women using a bucket to transfer water onto paddy fields from an irrigation channel.
00046541 : VIETNAM Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province - Fishing boats moored in the harbour.
00046540 : VIETNAM Phan Rang, Thuan Hai Province - Farmers threshing paddy.
00046539 : VIETNAM Long Hoa, Tay Ninh Province - Cao Dai members at prayers during a ceremony in their cathedral. Cao Dai is a relatively new monotheistic religion which engages in nonviolence, vegetarianism and prayer as part of its many ethical practices.
00046538 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Effigies made from clay and straw in the Shova Bazaar. The statues are used in major festivals (pujas) and traditionally set adrift in the Hooghly River.
00046537 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A musician in a wedding band musician drinks chai tea from a traditional biodegradable mud cup.
00046536 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Man reading an English language daily newspaper on the street, next to a mural featuring the hammer and sickle of the ruling West Bengali communist party.
00046535 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Traffic in front of the ornate Tippu Sultan Mosque.
00046534 : PHILIPPINES - Fishing traps in the Luzon Bay lagoon.
00046533 : JAPAN - Bamboo floats for pearl mussels in Ago Bay.
00046532 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Boys and young men wash at a communal water pump on the street.
00046531 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Customers drinking tea next to a pile of traditional and biodegradable mud cups next chai stall.
00046530 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Worker using a paint spray gun to blacken bleached leather pelts at a Chinese-owned tannery in the city's Tangra district.
00046529 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Crowds buying flowers in the daily early morning market near the Howrah Bridge.
00046528 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Men manoeuvre a large mirror in a narrow alleyway.
00046527 : VIETNAM Cantho, Tien Giang Province, Mekong Delta - Woman rowing a boat across the river.
00046526 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Workers process leather pelts at a Chinese-owned tannery in the city's Tangra district.
00046525 : USA Utah, United States of America - Bingham Canyon (copper) mine.
00046524 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Eating dumplings with chopsticks in a Chinese restaurant in the Tangra district, which is popular among the Chinese community.
00046523 : MEXICO Nr Mexico City - Soda production using saline water in a dehydration spiral at El Caracol, on the dry and desertified lake bed of Texcoco.
00046522 : EGYPT - Sand dunes advancing over fields in the Dakhla oasis in the Libyan Desert.
00046521 : SPAIN Andalucia - Farm house near Jerez de la Frontera.
00046520 : NEW ZEALAND North Island - Kiwi fruit plantation near Te Puke.
00046519 : USA California, United States of America - Almond plantation in San Joaquin valley.
00046518 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A chicken vendor marks his accounts book as he sits next to a basket of cockerels on the street.
00046517 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Children perform a dance during lessons in the Chinese school in Tangra, a district which has a large Chinese community.
00046516 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Boys unloading sacks of flour from the back of a truck.
00046515 : CANADA Alberta - Lake in a forest in Banff National Park.
00046514 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A teacher helps a student during an infant class in the Chinese school in Tangra, a district which has a large Chinese community.
00046513 : AUSTRALIA Gove, Northern Territory - Skeletal trees in red mud.
00046512 : ALGERIA - Cultivated bowl in the 'souf' oasis region of the Sahara desert.
00046511 : PERU - Moving sand dunes in the desert near Pisco.
00046510 : CHINA Liaoning province, Manchuria - Corn plantation.
00046509 : SYRIA - Fields in the basalt desert of Hauran.
00046508 : JAPAN Tokyo - Traffic and a pedestrian crossing at a crossroads in the city centre.
00046507 : SPAIN Seville, Andalucia - Matador and bull in the centre of the ring during a bullfight.
00046506 : IRAN Kerman Province - Caravan of camels in the desert.
00046505 : USA California, United States of America - Volleyball and basketball players on the courts in a high school.
00046504 : USA Pasadena, California, United States of America - Overview of the stadium and crowd during an American football match between the University of Michigan and the University of California.
00046503 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A barber stands in the doorway to his shop.
00046502 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A man walks past a traffic sign urging drivers to adhere to the speed limit on a main road in the city.
00046501 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A man carries cardboard past a traffic sign urging drivers to adhere to the speed limit on a main road in the city.
00046500 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A little boy holds a football as he sits next to his Indian carer in the infant class of a Chinese school in Tangra, a district which has a large Chinese community.
00046499 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A little boy holds a football in the infant class of the Chinese school in Tangra, a district which has a large Chinese community.
00046498 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - An artisan at work making effigies from clay and straw in the Shova Bazaar. The statues are used in major festivals (pujas) and traditionally set adrift in the Hooghly River.
00046497 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Members of the resident Chinese community play mahjong (mah jong) at home in the Chinatown district of the city.
00046496 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Men bathe in the Hooghly River beside the Howrah Bridge.
00046495 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Workers process leather pelts at a Chinese-owned tannery in the city's Tangra district.
00046494 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A potter muxes raw clay with his feet for use in crafting biodegradable mud tea cups, which are used for serving chai.
00046493 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A worker at a 'Skylark' branded handmade badminton shuttlecock workshop drills holes in a cork head for the stems of feathers.
00046492 : JAPAN Yokohama - Industrial roof.
00046491 : ANTARCTICA - The Icebreaker 'USS Glacier' in McMurdo Sound.
00046490 : TUNISIA Ez Zahra - Weekly market in Ez Zahra.
00046489 : USA California, United States of America - Wet carpets laid over wet concrete during the construction of a motorway bridge near Santa Barbara.
00046488 : ARGENTINA - Pattern made in a field during the harvest in the Pampas.
00046487 : BRAZIL - Electricity pylon and Ipe tree in a field in Sao Paulo state.
00046486 : USA California, United States of America - Strawberry plantation near Carlsbad.
00046485 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Elderly man wearing an Arsenal Football Club badge on his shorts sits in front of a wall bearing the hammer and sickle of the ruling West Bengali communist party.
00046484 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A worker at the 'Skylark' branded shuttlecock factory cuts, sorts and attaches feathers to handmade badminton shuttlecocks.
00046483 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Information boards at a shopping centre in the Salt Lake suburb of the city.
00046482 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A man measures out a tea leaves at a commercial tea warehouse in the city.
00046481 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A rickshaw wallah carries a Chinese child to school in his vehicle.
00046480 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Watering hole for sheep with a curved water collection basin.
00046479 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A street typist works on a document for a customer near the main area of government offices in the city.
00046478 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A street typist works on a document for a customer near the main area of government offices in the city.
00046477 : USA Washington, United States of America - Growing wheat and peas in the Palouse region.
00046476 : USA Washington, United States of America - Farm near Pomeroy.
00046475 : USA Hawaii, United States of America - Pineapple plantation on Lanai.
00046474 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Chef preparing snacks on a streetside stall.
00046473 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Technicians repair mobile phones in a streetside workshop.
00046472 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Watering hole used by sheep at the foot of the Stirling mountain range.
00046471 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A couple walk among shoppers in a shopping centre in the Salt Lake suburb of the city.
00046470 : NEW ZEALAND North Island - Sheep pass through a fence into a field.
00046469 : USA Minnesota, United States of America - Spreading slurry and manure on fields near Rochester.
00046468 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Shoppers use an escalator in a shopping centre in the Salt Lake suburb of the city.
00046467 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Young musicians from a wedding band in the Salt Lake suburb of the city.
00046466 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A rickshaw driver waits for customers in front of a shopping centre in the Salt Lake suburb of the city.
00046465 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A film poster featuring Bollywood movie actress Ashwarya Rai is displayed next to a vegetable stall at the market.
00046464 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Chinese schoolchildren travel to school on a rickshaw in Chinatown in the Tangra district.
00046463 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A worker at a workshop smoothes the hand-carved cork heads of a 'Skylark' branded badminton shuttlecock.
00046462 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Artisans paint models made from clay and straw in the Shova Bazaar.
00046461 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Children learn simple Chinese characters during a lesson in the Chinese school in Tangra, a district which has a large Chinese community.
00046460 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A teacher helps a student during an infant class in the Chinese school in Tangra, a district which has a large Chinese community.
00046459 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A man drinks chai tea from a traditional and biodegradable mud cup.
00046458 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Workers lay out bleached leather pelts to dry in the sun at a Chinese-owned tannery in the city's Tangra district.
00046457 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Traffic passes a colonial era building which houses the headquarters of the HSBC bank.
00046456 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - An artisan at work making effigies from clay and straw in a workshop in the Shova Bazaar. The statues are used in major festivals (pujas) and traditionally set adrift in the Hooghly River.
00046455 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A rickshaw wallah pulls passengers through traffic in the street.
00046454 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Pedestrians pass a colonial era building in the city centre.
00046453 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Workers at the 'Skylark' branded shuttlecock factory glue feathers to the base of handmade badminton shuttlecocks.
00046452 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A young Chinese girl holds up her hands displaying Indian henna designs during a wedding celebration at a Chinese restaurant.
00046451 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A family walk through a shopping centre in the Salt Lake suburb of the city.
00046450 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A cyclist and a rickshaw pass a public health poster urging the use of condoms for an AIDS awareness campaign in the Salt Lake suburb.
00046449 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Chai vendor selling tea from a stall next to painted images in honour of late members of the Gandhi family, former Prime Minister Indira Ghandi (top) and Rajiv Ghandi.
00046448 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Crowds buying flowers in the daily early morning market near the Howrah Bridge.
00046447 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A potter crafts biodegradable mud tea cups, which are used for serving chai.
00046446 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Rows of clay portraits of Harry Potter at an artisan's workshop wait to be made into badges for a Bengali festival. The pottery specialises in making effigies from clay and straw for pujas.
00046445 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A decorator supported by unstable scaffolding paints the facade of a newly built property in the Salt Lake suburb of the city.
00046444 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A Bata shoe shop in the centre of town.
00046443 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Men shepherd their flocks of sheep along the central Chowringhee Road.
00046442 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Bridge over the Howrah River at sunset.
00046441 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A chai vendor boils a pan of tea at his stall.
00046440 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A Chinese customer orders an Indian style breakfast from Indian couple on a stall in the early morning market in Tangra district, which has a large Chinese community.
00046439 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Boy frying Chinese bread sticks for sale as snacks in the market in the Tangra district, which has a large Chinese community.
00046438 : SWITZERLAND Berne - Houses in the old part of the city.
00046437 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A Chinese man gives his Indian friend a lift on his motorbike past the small Kali Shrine which marks the centre of Chinatown. The Tangra district has a large Chinese community.
00046436 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Neon sign of a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown in the city's Tangra district.
00046435 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Women unload leather pelts from a lorry at a Chinese-owned tannery in the city's Tangra district.
00046434 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Clay portraits of Harry Potter at an artisan's workshop wait to be made into badges for a Bengali festival. The pottery specialises in making effigies from clay and straw for pujas.
00046433 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - An artisan at work making effigies from clay and straw in the Shova Bazaar. The statues are used in major festivals (pujas) and traditionally set adrift in the Hooghly River.
00046432 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Neon lights advertising a Chinese restaurant.
00046431 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Discarding a traditional and biodegradable mud cup in which chai is served.
00046430 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A statue depicting 'Agriculture' above the Writers' Building, the secretariat of the West Bengal State government.
00046429 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - The owner of a Chinese restaurant stands at its entrance in Chinatown in the city's Tangra district.
00046428 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A woman walks past a public health poster urging the use of condoms for an AIDS awareness campaign in the Salt Lake suburb.
00046427 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A drinks stall selling mango lassi.
00046426 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Man looking out from the window of an old wooden house.
00046425 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A rickshaw wallah sleeps on the pavement next to his vehicle.
00046424 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Chinese Buddhist statues sit above a Coca Cola sign on a drinks cabinet in a Chinese restaurant.
00046423 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Workers unload boxes from a tricycle.
00046422 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Passengers in an Ambassador taxi driving through the city streets.
00046421 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Vendors make bouquets of sunflowers in the early morning flower market near Howrah Bridge.
00046420 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A potter cuts clay from a lump for use in crafting biodegradable mud tea cups, which are used for serving chai.
00046419 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Street traffic passes the entrances of bars and Chinese restaurants set up by the chinese community in the city.
00046418 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Biodegradable pottery tea cups are delivered to a chai stall.
00046417 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A man walks past a movie poster advertising an upcoming western film at a cinema.
00046416 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - The owner of a popular Chinese restaurant in the city's Chinatown takes control of the cooking in the kitchen.
00046415 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Boys do their exercises at Kalighat cricket club before a game.
00046414 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Pedestrians cross a busy street during the evening rush hour in the city centre.
00046413 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Technicians repair mobile phones in a streetside workshop.
00046412 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A sign for HSBC bank near a mosaic mural and street market at a Metro Station in the city centre.
00046411 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A rickshaw driver rests with his vehicle in front of an advert for a luxury housing development.
00046410 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A couple travel in a rickshaw through the traffic.
00046409 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Men carry a wardrobe on their heads across the street.
00046408 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Young boy eating mango in the Shova Bazaar, an area where artisans work making effigies from clay and straw.
00046407 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - Technicians fix customers' mobile phones at a roadside workshop in the city centre.
00046406 : MALI - Labbezanga village, on an island in the river Niger.
00046405 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal - A man with a bicycle transports a tricycle laden with straw-packaged clay pottery through the road in the city centre.
00046404 : MOROCCO Fez - The narrow streets of the medina (old city) of Fes-al-Bali, the larger of the two medinas of Fes.
00046403 : MEXICO Nayarit - Mexcaltitan in a lagoon on the pacific coast.

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