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00042343 : RUSSIA St Petersburg - Female attendant in the Hermitage Museum.
00042342 : RUSSIA St Petersburg - Escalators in the metro.
00042341 : RUSSIA St Petersburg - Russian Orthodox priest begging at the entrance to Nevsky Prospect metro station.
00042340 : MOROCCO Essaouira - Seagulls flying over the fortifications.
00042339 : RUSSIA St Petersburg - Two men sit on the front step of a house with a cat.
00042338 : MOROCCO Chefchaouen - A farmer on a donkey passes school children in a narrow cobbled street.
00042337 : MOROCCO Fes - A camel's head with a mouth filled with parsley hangs outside a butcher's shop in the medina.
00042336 : BELGIUM Brussels, Flanders - Disused bridge near a power plant in the capital.
00042335 : GUINEA BISSAU Dembel Jumpora - A young girl prepares rice in a clearing among thatched roofs of houses in the Fulani village.
00042334 : BELGIUM Liege, Wallonia - Railway goods yards next to Cockerill-Sambre steel plant.
00042333 : INDIA Dronachellam, Andra Pradesh - A young boy carries a basket of coal used as fuel at the local lime kilns.
00042332 : BELGIUM Antwerp, Flanders - Gay wedding ceremony.
00042331 : INDIA Dronachellam, Andra Pradesh - A young girl sweeps around the base of a lime kiln from where the remains of burnt limestone are extracted.
00042330 : INDIA Dronachellam, Andra Pradesh - Boys at a water pump at the local lime kiln.
00042329 : MOZAMBIQUE Maputo - A Mozambiquan Red Cross theatre group performs a sketch about HIV and AIDS at a school in the outskirts of the city.
00042328 : MOZAMBIQUE Maputo - Children weave baskets at the Boa Esperanza daycentre for street children run by the Mozambican Red Cross.
00042327 : GUINEA BISSAU Dembel Jumpora - A Fulani woman holding her baby returns home after a day harvesting in the fields. The women in Fulani culture do much of the labour intensive agricultural work.
00042326 : BELGIUM Doel, East Flanders - A couple birdwatching under a yellow and red spotted umbrella beside the river Scheldt with Doel nuclear power plant in the distance.
00042325 : RUSSIA St Petersburg - Elderly woman selling goods at the entrance to the metro.
00042324 : BELGIUM Brussels, Flanders - DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) President Joseph Kabila is led past a wall of portraits during his official visit to the Belgian Parliament.
00042323 : BELGIUM Doel, East Flanders - A cow grazes in the long grass next to Doel nuclear power plant.
00042322 : BELGIUM Brussels, Flanders - DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) President Joseph Kabila on an official visit to the Belgian Parliament.
00042321 : BELGIUM Liege, Wallonia - Boy playing on a roof next to Cockerill-Sambre steel plant.
00042320 : BELGIUM Liege, Wallonia - A motorbike drives along the road past Cockerill-Sambre steel plant.
00042319 : GUINEA BISSAU Dembel Jumpora - Fulani villagers from the muslim village study the Koran from wooden tablets as they sit beside a fire.
00042318 : GUINEA BISSAU Dembel Jumpora - A young Fulani boy waits for his sister to collect water near a tree in the early morning.
00042317 : GUINEA BISSAU Dembel Jumpora - A Fulani boy clings to a wooden tablet used to study the Koran, in order to keep warm during an early morning study session. The village boys meet every morning and evening to learn the muslim text.
00042316 : GERMANY Eisenhuttenstadt - Worker in a steel plant.
00042315 : GERMANY Eisenhuttenstadt - A worker resting in a steel plant.
00042314 : MOROCCO Fez - Goat skins are hung out to dry on the walls buildings surrounding a tannery in the medina.
00042313 : GUINEA BISSAU Dembel Jumpora - Male village elders from the Muslim Fulani tribe discuss the eligibility of Fama Jamanka in performing female circumcisions on the young girls of their village.
00042312 : BELGIUM Geraardsbergen, East Flanders - A man smokes a cigarette in the sand bagged doorway of his home during a flood.
00042311 : RUSSIA Valaam Island, Lake Ladoga - Valaam Monastery.
00042310 : BELGIUM - Saint Nicholas (Father Christmas) steps out of a van parked outside a house.
00042309 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - A Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) soldier on his way to peace talks chaired by Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny, and attended by the LRA leader Joseph Kony. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes.
00042308 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) soldiers on their way to peace talks chaired by the Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny, and attended by the LRA leader Joseph Kony. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes.
00042307 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Joseph Kony (centre) sits with his soldiers during peace talks in the bush with the Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes. These are the first photographs to be taken of Joseph Kony in twenty years.
00042306 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - A string of bullets around the neck of a Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) soldier on his way to peace talks with the Southern Sudanese government. The meeting was chaired by the Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny and attended by the LRA leader Joseph Kony. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes.
00042305 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) soldiers on their way to peace talks between the Southern Sudanese government and the LRA. The meeting is to be chaired by Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny and attended by the LRA leader Joseph Kony. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes.
00042304 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Joseph Kony sits with his soldiers during peace talks in the bush with the Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes. These are the first photographs to be taken of Joseph Kony in twenty years.
00042303 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Joseph Kony during peace talks in the bush with the Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes. These are the first photographs to be taken of Joseph Kony in twenty years.
00042302 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Joseph Kony during peace talks in the bush with the Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes. These are the first photographs to be taken of Joseph Kony in twenty years.
00042301 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - Vice President of Southern Sudan, Riek Machar Teny (L) meets with leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony (second from right, blue cap), during peace talks in the bush between the Southern Sudanese government and the LRA. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes. These are the first photographs to be taken of Joseph Kony in twenty years.
00042300 : SUDAN Nr Congolese border - Leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony (centre, blue cap) is surrounded by his soldiers during peace talks in the bush between the Southern Sudanese government and the LRA. For the last two decades Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorising the northern provinces of Uganda, abducting over 20,000 children and forcing 1.6 million people to flee their homes. These are the first photographs to be taken of Joseph Kony in twenty years.
00042298 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Mongush Anisja Semis-Oolovna, a shaman, performing a ritual in which he dances with a stick and sprinkles milk to cleanse the earth. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042297 : GERMANY Berlin - The day before the opening of the 2006 football World Cup, a fan shows off a clutch of precious tickets. A sign in the background warns that no more tickets are available.
00042296 : GERMANY Berlin - An illuminated giant football on display beside the Brandenburg Gate during the 2006 World Cup.
00042295 : TIBET Golok region - Teenage Buddhist monks, one on his bicycle, near the monastery in the town of Huashixia.
00042294 : TIBET Golok region - A Buddhist monk at the monastery in the town of Huashixia.
00042293 : TIBET Golok region - Storm clouds in the Golog Shan mountains.
00042292 : TIBET Golok region - Buddhist monks at the monastery in the town of Huashixia.
00042291 : TIBET Golok region - Buddhist monks at the monastery in the town of Huashixia.
00042290 : TIBET Golok region - Storm clouds in the Golog Shan mountains.
00042289 : TIBET Golok region - Buddhist monks at the monastery in the town of Huashixia.
00042288 : TIBET Golok region - A summer rain storm in the town of Dawu.
00042287 : TIBET Golok region - A family riding their yaks, near Huashixia.
00042286 : TIBET Golok region - A Buddhist monk at the monastery in the town of Huashixia.
00042285 : TIBET Golok region - A Buddhist monk at the monastery in the town of Huashixia.
00042284 : TIBET Golok region - A road winding through a valley in the Golog Shan mountains.
00042283 : TIBET Golok region - A Buddhist monk at the monastery in the town of Huashixia.
00042282 : THAILAND Bangkok - Football star Raul advertising Adidas Predator football boots in a sports shop.
00042281 : THAILAND Bangkok - A customer trying on a pair of Adidas Predator football boots in a sports shop.
00042280 : THAILAND Bangkok - A customer trying on a pair of Adidas Predator football boots in a sports shop.
00042279 : THAILAND Bangkok - Richard Moore, an American customer, trying on a pair of Adidas Predator football boots in a sports shop.
00042278 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Shaman Sat Nadejda Mijit-Dorjuyevna, director of the Dungur clinic in Kyzyl. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042277 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Kenin Lopsang in his shaman costume. The bodhran (tambourine) is the shaman's main instrument. It enables him to access knowledge and to pass into different states of consciousness. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042276 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Shaman Grigory Mongush at home in Zelinoie. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042275 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - A sacred shamanic site - an ovaa - in the garden of the Dungur clinic in Kyzyl. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042274 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Kenin Lopsang in his shaman costume. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042273 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - A sacred shamanic site - an ovaa - with offerings left by pilgrims. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042272 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - A sign beside the road to Shadan, with the name of the city in Russian.
00042271 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Sacred objects used for shamanic rituals in the Dungur clinic in Kyzyl. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042270 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - The Ienissei river.
00042269 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - A shamanic ritual in the Dungur clinic in Kyzyl. The shaman is asked by his client for protection against evil spirits and for good fortune. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042268 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - A sacred place for shamanic rituals on the Kyzyl-Shadan road. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042267 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Grigory, a shaman. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042266 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - View across the Ienissei river to a mountain which is sacred to shamans. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042265 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Shaman Dovouou Eker Nokolaevitch in the Dungurclinic in Kyzyl. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042264 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - View of Kyzyl from the south with Soviet-era apartment blocks.
00042263 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - A shamanic ritual in the taiga near Shadan, connecting with the spirit of the trees and of nature. Shaman Mongush Anisja Semis-Oolovna warms and cleans her drum over a fire. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042262 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Small buildings in a place which is sacred to shamans and Buddhists, near Kyzyl.
00042261 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Silver birch trees.
00042260 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Shaman Mongush Anisja Semis-Oolovna (right) performs a ritual with a client in the Dungur clinic in Kyzyl. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042259 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Grigory in his shaman costume. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042258 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Drawings in the home of shaman Grigory, used in shamanic rituals. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042257 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - A shaman (rear) performs a ritual in the Dungur clinic in Kyzyl. The bodhran (tambourine) is the shaman's main instrument. It enables him to access knowledge and to pass into different states of consciousness. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042256 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Young trees alongside the Kyzyl-Erzin road.
00042255 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - A sculpture in the home of shaman Grigory, used in shamanic rituals. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042254 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - The Kyzyl-Erzin road.
00042253 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - View of Kyzyl from the north.
00042252 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Trees against a pink wall in Kyzyl.
00042251 : RUSSIA Tuva Republic, Tuvinskaya, Siberia - Shaman Kouenlar Ai-Souon Soyanovna in the Dungur clinic in Kyzyl. Shamans, religious figures called upon to explain and solve misfortunes that strike their community, have existed in this region for centuries. According to the shamanic worldview, the world is divided into a real world and an invisible one, the latter being a projection of the real world inhabited by spirits whose actions influence the life of humans. Shamans are believed to have the power to see the invisible world and communicate with spirits.
00042250 : THAILAND Bangkok - The faces of football stars David Beckham and Michael Ballack on an Adidas billboard.
00042249 : THAILAND Bangkok - Adidas Predator football boots on display in a sports shop. The boots, which are made from kangaroo leather, are worn by a number of football superstars sponsored by Adidas.
00042248 : THAILAND Bangkok - The label on a pair of Adidas Predator football boots describes the qualities of the kangaroo leather which they are made from. The boots are worn by a number of football superstars sponsored by Adidas.
00042247 : THAILAND Bangkok - Adidas Predator football boots on display in a sports shop. The boots, which are made from kangaroo leather, are worn by a number of football superstars sponsored by Adidas.
00042246 : IRAN Tehran - Shoppers in the busy bazaar in the centre of the city.
00042245 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - Kangaroo carcasses waiting to be boned in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry.
00042244 : IRAN Tehran - Murals commemorating soldiers who lost their lives in the Iraq-Iran war. The text reads; 'The wounded are even more glorious than the martyrs.'
00042243 : IRAN Tehran - Mural featuring the phrase 'Frugality is an Unending Treasure' on the side of a building in the city centre.
00042242 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Adidas Teamgeist footballs being manufactured at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 balls each day. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042241 : IRAN Tehran - Mural commemorating a young soldier from the Basij army unit, a Paramilitary branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, who was killed in the Iran-Iraq war and has since gained the status of a martyr. On the barrel of his gun is fastened a picture of Ayatollah Khomeini.
00042240 : KENYA Nairobi - People sit at the edge of a muddy thoroughfare which is lined with small shops in the Kibera slum. With over a million inhabitants, it is one of the largest slums in Africa. The streets often flood during the rainy season as there is little sanitation or adequate infrastructure.
00042239 : IRAN Tehran - Motorcycles drive down a busy street during rush hour in the city centre.
00042238 : SUDAN Bor - Dinka tribespeople on a barge returning displaced persons from Juba to their homeland of Bor after the civil war wave as they pass a settlement on the edge of the River Nile. The resettlement programme is organised by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration). Tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople are among the estimated 3.8 million people displaced during the two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army).
00042237 : IRAN Tehran - A mural on the side of a building commemorating the life of Rahman Dadman, the former Iranian Minister for Transport who died in an aeroplane crash in 2001.
00042236 : IRAN Tehran - An Anti-American mural outside the former US embassy featuring the image of an American fighter plane dropping bombs and doves nesting among flowers.
00042235 : SUDAN Bor - Cattle are tethered to posts on a Dinka settlement.
00042234 : IRAN Tehran - A portrait of a victim of the Iran-Iraq war stands in a graveyard built in memory of those who died in the conflict.
00042233 : IRAN Mount Tachol, Nr Tehran - Iranian skiiers wait with their snowboards and skis for the cable car in a ski resort.
00042232 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Rattanapohn Thongdee, 28 and pregnant, is an employee of Molten Thailand, which has a factory near Bangkok which produces between 1000 and 1500 Adidas Teamgeist balls each day. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042231 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - The carcasses of kangaroos shot by Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather. The heads, tails and feet are discarded.
00042230 : CHINA Wuhu, Anhui Province - An engineer at work on a car bonnet on the assembly line of Geely Automobile Holdings company, which deals with the manufacture of cars and their components.
00042229 : SUDAN Rumbek - Boy wearing a T-shirt bearing the Sudanese flag and text reading 'My country New Sudan is the best'. New Sudan is also known as the region of Southern Sudan, to which the Sudanese government agreed to give autonomy in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005.
00042228 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Workers on the locomotive assembly line at the state-owned Datong Electric Locomotive Company, which operates in conjunction with several western partners. China's growing economy has created an increasing demand for faster and more powerful railway engines to transport freight and passenegers across its expanding train network.
00042227 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather.
00042226 : IRAN Mount Tachol, Nr Tehran - Iranian tourists on the snowy hill outside the lodge of a ski resort.
00042225 : CHINA Shanghai - A group of uniformed police officers walk down the street having been deployed in anticipation of anti-Japanese demonstrations in the city.
00042224 : CHINA Shanghai - A technician works on a giant piston at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company. China is the world's third largest shipbuilding nation.
00042223 : IRAN Tehran - A motorbike sidecar with a sticker featuring the image of the Shia martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali (Husayn ibn Ali), believed to be the grandson of the prophet Muhammad.
00042222 : SUDAN Juba - Dinka women stop to collect water before boarding a barge travelling up the River Nile, on their return journey to their homeland of Bor after the civil war. The resettlement programme is organised by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration). Tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople are among the estimated 3.8 million people displaced during the two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army).
00042221 : CHINA Shanghai - A man raises his arm while standing across the street from the Jin Mao Grand Hyatt Tower in the Pudong financial district.
00042220 : IRAN Tehran - Mural depicting religious martyr Dr. Fayoz Baksh (L) and Ayatollah Mohammad Dr. Beheshti (R), one of the original members of the Council of Revolution of Iran who was assassinated in a bomb attack during a party conference.
00042219 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - A labour union representative observes female workers on the production line at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 Adidas Teamgeist balls each day. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042218 : SUDAN Juba - Dinka children collect buscuits at a stop along the route of a barge travelling up the River Nile, as it returns Dinka tribespeople to their homeland of Bor after the civil war. The resettlement programme is organised by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration). Tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople are among the estimated 3.8 million people displaced during the two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army).
00042217 : CHINA Shanghai - A police officer directs traffic in front of freight containers at the entrance of the Yangshan Deep Water Port.
00042216 : CHINA Taigu County, Shanxi Province - A farmer rides a rickshaw past a PetroChina petrol station.
00042215 : SUDAN Bor - A herd of cattle on a Dinka settlement along the River Nile.
00042214 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - A kangaroo carcass being skinned in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry. Bill has been skinning kangaroos all his working life - 35 years. The kangaroo leather is salted and sent to a tannery that sells about 70% of it skins to Adidas, to be made into football boots and other sporting goods.
00042213 : CHINA Shanghai - A man uses his mobile phone while standing in front of a billboard advertising cosmetics.
00042212 : KENYA Nairobi - A man suffering from tuberculosis (TB) holds his prescription of anti-TB drugs. He sits on the edge of his bed in his one roomed house in the Kibera slum, where the disease is common among inhabitants on account of the slum's proximity to congested streets, lack of adequate sanitation and overcrowding.
00042211 : IRAN Tehran - Devotional banners bearing images of the Golden Dome, on sale on a stall in the city's busy bazaar.
00042210 : IRAN Tehran - Man in a shop selling goldfish and toys in preparation for Norooz, the Iranian New Year. The festival marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated by having a bowl of goldfish on the table.
00042209 : IRAN Tehran - Motorbikes parked outside a branch of the Bank Saderat Iran.
00042208 : IRAN Tehran - Bird cages and vases are among the ornaments displayed in a tea shop in the city centre.
00042207 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - The paw of a freshly killed kangaroo shot by Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather. The heads, tails and feet are discarded.
00042206 : CHINA Shanghai - A young woman smokes a cigarette as she sits in a restaurant.
00042205 : IRAN Tehran - Mural depicting Ayatollah Mohammad Dr. Beheshti, one of the original members of the Council of Revolution of Iran who was assassinated in a bomb attack during a party conference.
00042204 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - Kangaroo carcasses in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry. The kangaroo leather is salted and sent to a tannery that sells about 70% of it skins to Adidas, to be made into football boots and other sporting goods.
00042203 : KENYA Kisumu - A young woman sits at the bonnet of a car in the garage where she is being professionally trained and works as a mechanic.
00042202 : CHINA Shanghai - A dock worker stands in front of a stack of freight containers on the dockside at the Yangshan Deep Water Port.
00042201 : IRAN Tehran - A mural featuring supreme leader Ali Khamenei (L) and spiritual leader of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini (R).
00042200 : CHINA Nr Shuozhou, Shanxi Province - A mechanical digger tips a bucket of rubble onto a caterpillar truck at the Antaibao coal mine. With an annual output of 15 million metric tons, Antaibao is the largest open mine in China.
00042199 : SUDAN Juba - Dinka children at a stop along the route of a barge travelling up the River Nile, as it returns Dinka tribespeople to their homeland of Bor after the civil war. The resettlement programme is organised by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration). Tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople are among the estimated 3.8 million people displaced during the two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army).
00042198 : IRAN Tehran - Young men look at the sale items in the window of a shoe shop selling Pierre Cardin footwear.
00042197 : SUDAN Bor - Children run alongside the riverbanks of the Nile, chasing a barge as it returns Dinka tribespeople to their homeland of Bor after the civil war. The resettlement programme is organised by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration). Tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople are among the estimated 3.8 million people displaced during the two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army).
00042196 : CHINA Ningbo, Zhejiang Province - An engineer at work on car doors on the assembly line of Geely Automobile Holdings company, which deals with the manufacture of cars and their components.
00042195 : IRAN Tehran - A mural commemorating a father and his four sons who lost their lives in various battles during the Iraq-Iran war and have since gained the status of martyrs.
00042194 : IRAN Tehran - A mural depicting banners and a tulip field, commemorating the lives of soldiers who lost their lives in the Iraq-Iran war. The text written in yellow at the top of the wall reads; 'Every Martyr is a Flag for the Independence and Honour of this Country.'
00042193 : CHINA Shanghai - Construction workers with a rickshaw transport equipment through a housing construction site in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement on the outskirts of the city has been designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00042192 : CHINA Shanghai - A music producer works on a computer in a recording studio during the recording of the theme tune for the 'Market Place' American Public Media programme.
00042191 : SUDAN Bor - Huts and a herd of cattle on a Dinka settlement along the River Nile.
00042190 : TIBET Lhasa - Construction workers lay steel rods along a wall on a building site for new apartments near the Potala Palace.
00042189 : CHINA Shanghai - Various-sized steel pipes in a shop.
00042188 : KENYA Nairobi - Camilita Ajiambo Siata, who works for a Nairobi internet provider as a website designer sits on the sofa at home in a poor area of the city as her sister, who is unemployed, stands in the doorway. Photographs of family members hang on the wall.
00042187 : SUDAN Bor - A Dinka man on a barge returning displaced persons from Juba to their homeland of Bor after the civil war waves as he passes a settlement on the edge of the River Nile. The resettlement programme is organised by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration). Tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople are among the estimated 3.8 million people displaced during the two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army).
00042186 : CHINA Shuozhou, Shanxi Province - A farmer walks past a corn field close to the cooling towers, chimneys and electricity pylons of Shengtou No. 2 Power Station.
00042185 : CHINA Shanghai - An elderly woman reads a book titled 'Life' at the 2005 Shanghai Book Fair.
00042184 : KENYA - Students from AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) lay the concrete foundation of a well in a village. One of the aims of AMREF is to provide water supplies to communities whose means of collecting water would otherwise involve a long and arduous walk.
00042183 : IRAN Tehran - A mural painted on the side of a housing block with the image of a soldier with his hands tied together, commemorates soldiers who lost their lives in the Iran-Iraq war. The phrase 'Long Live the Memory of the Brave' is featured in the painting.
00042182 : CHINA Zhangqiu, Shandong Province - Farmers unload corn husks onto a large mound before they are used for resin extraction at the Hualin Wood Products Company. The company makes furniture and flooring from scrap wood.
00042181 : KENYA Nr Eldoret - Kenyan-born long distance runner Lornah Kiplagat (centre) in training with two running partners. The athlete, who has Dutch nationality, spends most of the time in Kenya in order to train at the high altitude of her village, which is 2,400 metres above sea level.
00042180 : CHINA Quanzhou, Guangxi - A boy receives a haircut on the last market day before Chinese New Year.
00042179 : CHINA Shanghai - A salesman talks to potential customers at the annual property buyers' fair as they stand next to a scale model and urban plan of modern building developments.
00042178 : IRAN Tehran - A mural, commemorating the life of Commander Mojtaba Hashemi, a member of Fadaiyan Islam (Martyrs for Islam) anti-government militant organisation who was killed in the Iran-Iraq war and has since gained the status of a martyr.
00042177 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Adidas Teamgeist footballs being manufactured at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 balls each day. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042176 : IRAN Tehran - A mural on the side of a building commemorating the life of Rahman Dadman, the former Iranian Minister for Transport who died in an aeroplane crash in 2001.
00042175 : CHINA Guilin, Guangxi Province - Pedestrians wade through the shallows of the Lijiang River (Li River) as a bamboo raft cruises nearby.
00042174 : CHINA Nr Datong, Shanxi Province - A team of labourers work on reinforcing the foundation of a railway track.
00042173 : CHINA Shanghai - 7 year old Gao Xinyi organises her notebooks in her bed room.
00042172 : KENYA Nairobi - A technician in a tuberculosis (TB) laboratory managed by AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) uses a microscope to study sputum samples collected from inhabitants of the Kibera slum, while a patient deposits his samples through the hatch. TB is a common disease among inhabitants of the slum on account of its proximity to congested streets, lack of adequate sanitation and overcrowding.
00042171 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - A worker directs the lowering of a locomotive's chassis at the state-owned Datong Electric Locomotive Company, which operates in conjunction with several western partners. China's growing economy has created an increasing demand for faster and more powerful railway engines to transport freight and passenegers across its expanding train network.
00042170 : CHINA Quanzhou, Guangxi - Jiang Yejuan kills a chicken, collecting its blood in a bowl in preparation for the Chinese New Year's celebratory dinner.
00042169 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - Workers stand over a set of train wheels at the state-owned Datong Electric Locomotive Company, which operates in conjunction with several western partners. China's growing economy has created an increasing demand for faster and more powerful railway engines to transport freight and passenegers across its expanding train network.
00042168 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Adidas Teamgeist footballs being manufactured at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 balls each day. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042167 : SUDAN Bor - A herd of cattle on a Dinka settlement along the River Nile.
00042166 : IRAN Tehran - Shoppers outside a shopping centre making purchases in preparation for Norooz. The festival marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian New Year.
00042165 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Roadkill - a kangaroo run over by a car. The state of Western Australia has an estimated kangaroo population of 7,500,000, nearly four times its human population.
00042164 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - A gun mounted inside the pickup cab of Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather.
00042163 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - Kangaroo skins piled up in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry. The kangaroo leather is salted and sent to a tannery that sells about 70% of it skins to Adidas, to be made into football boots and other sporting goods.
00042162 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - A traffic sign warns drivers of kangaroos crossing the road. The state of Western Australia has an estimated kangaroo population of 7,500,000, nearly four times its human population.
00042161 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - Kangaroo meat waiting to be packaged in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry.
00042160 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - The Adidas Teamgeist football is manufactured at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 balls each day. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042159 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather.
00042158 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - Kangaroo carcasses waiting to be boned in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry.
00042157 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Bill Henderson, head of Adidas Asia. The company's supplier, Molten Thailand, has a factory near Bangkok which produces between 1000 and 1500 Teamgeist balls each day. The Adidas Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042156 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Roadkill - a kangaroo run over by a car. The state of Western Australia has an estimated kangaroo population of 7,500,000, nearly four times its human population.
00042155 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - A kangaroo carcass being skinned in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry. Bill has been skinning kangaroos all his working life - 35 years. The kangaroo leather is salted and sent to a tannery that sells about 70% of it skins to Adidas, to be made into football boots and other sporting goods.
00042154 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Kangaroo carcasses hang from a pickup belonging to Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather.
00042153 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - A kangaroo tries to outrun Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather.
00042152 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - Kangaroo carcasses in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry. The kangaroo leather is salted and sent to a tannery that sells about 70% of it skins to Adidas, to be made into football boots and other sporting goods.
00042151 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - A freshly killed kangaroo shot by Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather.
00042150 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - A kangaroo carcass being skinned in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry. Bill has been skinning kangaroos all his working life - 35 years. The kangaroo leather is salted and sent to a tannery that sells about 70% of it skins to Adidas, to be made into football boots and other sporting goods.
00042149 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Wimon Kanjun, 37, is a team leader at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 Adidas Teamgeist balls each day. She is one of the oldest employees at the factory. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042148 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - A kangaroo carcass being skinned in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry. The kangaroo leather is salted and sent to a tannery that sells about 70% of it skins to Adidas, to be made into football boots and other sporting goods.
00042147 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - Dog biscuits and other pet food products, including kangaroo meat, on sale at an abattoir.
00042146 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Roadkill - a kangaroo run over by a car. The state of Western Australia has an estimated kangaroo population of 7,500,000, nearly four times its human population.
00042145 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - A young female kangaroo that was rescued by Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. He found the kangaroo on the side of a country road four years ago after her mother was killed by a vehicle.
00042144 : AUSTRALIA Perth, Western Australia - Kangaroo carcasses in an abattoir which supplies meat for the pet food industry. The kangaroo leather is salted and sent to a tannery that sells about 70% of it skins to Adidas, to be made into football boots and other sporting goods.
00042143 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - A worker at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 Adidas Teamgeist balls each day. She is the oldest employee at the factory. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042142 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - A freshly killed kangaroo is loaded onto the back of a pickup by Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather.
00042141 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - Kangaroo carcasses hang from a pickup belonging to Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather.
00042140 : AUSTRALIA Western Australia - The carcass of a kangaroo shot by Rob Everington, a professional licensed kangaroo hunter. On an average night Rob kills around 40 kangaroos, earning him around $1000 AUD for one night's work. Kangaroos are hunted for their meat and their skins, which produce high quality leather.
00042139 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Saard Chartmontri, 23, works for a subcontractor at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 Adidas Teamgeist balls each day. He is one of the few male employees at the factory. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042138 : NORWAY Oslo - An Afghan asylum seeker is taken to hospital by paramedics after being on hunger strike for five days. He was amongst a group of about 60 Afghan asylum seekers, mainly Hazaras, on a hunger strike outside a church in central Oslo, protesting after being refused asylum and threatened with deportation.
00042137 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Adidas Teamgeist footballs being checked for air leaks at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 balls each day. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042136 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Adidas Teamgeist footballs being manufactured at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 balls each day. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042135 : THAILAND Nr. Bangkok - Adidas Teamgeist footballs being manufactured at the Molten Thailand factory near Bangkok, which produces between 1000 and 1500 balls each day. The Teamgeist football was created for the 2006 World Cup tournament.
00042134 : INDIA Bombay / Mumbai - MF Husain, often regarded as India's greatest modern painter, at his studio in Bombay.
00042133 : INDIA Bombay / Mumbai - MF Husain, often regarded as India's greatest modern painter, at his studio in Bombay. Before him is a picture of his muse Maduri Dixit, a Bollywood film actress.
00042132 : PAKISTAN Lahore - Imran Khan, the former captain of the Pakistan international cricket team and current member of the National Assembly, watches his nephews playing cricket.
00042131 : SUDAN Longochok, Upper Nile - Man suffering from Kala Azar (leishmaniasis) is being treated in a health centre after being referred by outreach medical staff from Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF).
00042130 : KENYA Nairobi - A prisoner held in remand is seen by a health worker while a prison guard looks on, in a medical clinic specialising in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB), which is common in overcrowded jails. The clinic is run by German NGO Malteser and AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation).
00042129 : IRAN Tehran - A mural on the side of a building commemorating the life of an engineer on an oil rig who was killed in an explosion.
00042128 : IRAN Tehran - Hotel canteen with a banner featuring a portrait of spiritual leader of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini.
00042127 : CHINA Shanghai - Stop road sign ouside high-rise office buildings in the Pudong financial district of the city.
00042126 : CHINA Wuxi, Jiangsu Province - Workers at the Suntech factory assemble solar panels.
00042125 : IRAN Tehran - Shopping in the town centre in preparation for Norooz. The festival marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian New Year.
00042124 : CHINA Shanghai - An advertisement billboard depicting a man being photographed by a mobile phone while playing golf stands among high-rise office buildings.
00042123 : KENYA Nairobi - Camilita Ajiambo Siata, who works for a Nairobi internet provider as a website designer, stands on the roof of her house in a poor area of the city. Camilita earns to support her whole family.
00042122 : CHINA Nr Guilin, Guangxi Province - A farmer carries bales of hay from a rice harvest through a field.
00042121 : SUDAN Bor - A young woman attached to an intravenous drip convalesces from an illness she has suffered throughout the journey on a barge travelling up the River Nile, as it returns Dinka tribespeople from Juba to their homeland of Bor after the civil war. The resettlement programme is organised by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration). Tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople are among the estimated 3.8 million people displaced during the two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army).
00042120 : CHINA Laiwu, Shandong Province - A female employee operates machinery at the Golden Era Carpet Factory.
00042119 : CHINA Zhangqiu, Shandong Province - Workers stack wooden boards at the Hualin Wood Products Company, which makes furniture and flooring from scrap wood.
00042118 : CHINA Shanghai - 7 year old Gao Xinyi talks on the telephone to her mother while the family's housekeeper folds laundry.
00042117 : SUDAN Bor - View over the water of the River Nile.
00042116 : CHINA Shanghai - A technician examines a gearbox at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company. China is the world's third largest shipbuilding nation.
00042115 : CHINA Shanghai - A sign welcoming visitors to Anting New Town on the outskirts of the city which is nearing completion. Designed by the German architectural firm Albert Speer and Partner, the new development is one of several satellite towns surrounding the city which have a European theme.
00042114 : IRAN Tehran - Traffic lights at a junction in the city centre with a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini on an apartment block. Snow-capped mountains overlook the city.
00042113 : CHINA Quanzhou, Guangxi - The head and blood of a pig sit in buckets after a pig is slaughtered by a family in prepearation for the Chinese New Year's celebrations.
00042112 : SUDAN Juba - Dinka woman who is accomodated at an old school-house by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration) as she and other Dinka families make their return journey to their homeland of Bor after the civil war. The two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army) has displaced around 3.8 million people, tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople among them.
00042111 : IRAN Tehran - A young man stands beside a stall selling men's shirts next to a tiled wall in the city's busy bazaar.
00042110 : IRAN Tehran - A mural entitled 'Shahid' (martyr) depicting the prophet Mohammed receiving the body of a soldier killed in the Iran-Iraq war.
00042109 : KENYA Nairobi - Blood samples from patients from the Kibera slum are placed on glass slides over a sink before being tested for tuberculosis (TB) in a laboratory managed by AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation). TB is a common disease among inhabitants of the slum on account of its proximity to congested streets, lack of adequate sanitation and overcrowding.
00042108 : SUDAN Thonyor, nr Leer - A male patient waits for treatment in a health clinic run by Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF).
00042107 : IRAN Tehran - An Anti-American mural outside the former US embassy, featuring Persian stars and the silhouette of a gun with the design of the stars and stripes of the American flag.
00042106 : SUDAN Bor - Dinka people in the medical centre aboard a barge travelling up the River Nile, as it returns Dinka tribespeople from Juba to their homeland of Bor after the civil war. The resettlement programme is organised by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration). Tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople are among the estimated 3.8 million people displaced during the two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army).
00042105 : CHINA Shanghai - Portrait of a dock worker at a coal shipping depot supplying the local power plants. China consumes two thirds of the world's total coal supply, almost half of which is used by the country's numerous coal-burning power plants.
00042104 : CHINA Shanghai - A man uses his mobile phone as he stands in front of a large urban plan at a property buyers' show.
00042103 : TIBET Lhasa - A flock of vultures wait as the village blacksmith acts as the ceremonial 'rogyapa', breaking the bones of a corpse during a sky burial.
00042102 : SUDAN Bor - Dinka tribesman with mud markings on his face.
00042101 : KENYA Nairobi - A technician in a tuberculosis (TB) laboratory managed by AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) studies sputum samples on a glass slide collected from patients in the Kiberia slum. TB is a common disease among inhabitants of the slum on account of its proximity to congested streets, lack of adequate sanitation and overcrowding.
00042100 : CHINA Shanghai - Security guards hold back media representatives and photographers during the grand opening of China's first Ferrari merchandise store.
00042099 : KENYA Molo - Women harvesting Pyrethrum flowers to be sold to the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya on a plantation. The seeds of the Pyrethrum when crushed produce oil which is used in the manufacture of botanical insecticides.
00042098 : TIBET Lhasa - A Tibetan blacksmith performs the role of 'rogyapa', carving up the feet of a corpse during a sky burial.
00042097 : CHINA Shanghai - Diners sit in a McDonald's fast food restaurant in front of a mural featuring Ronald McDonald windsurfing on the Huangpu River.
00042096 : IRAN Tehran - A mural commemorating soldiers who lost their lives in the Iraq-Iran war and have since gained the status of martyrs.
00042095 : CHINA Zhangqiu, Shandong Province - A worker seasons wooden boards at the Hualin Wood Products Company, which makes furniture and flooring from scrap wood.
00042094 : KENYA Nairobi - A doctor examines an X-ray of the chest of a patient suffering from tuberculosis (TB) at Mbagati Hospital. Many of the patients who visit the hospital for treatment live in the Kibera slum, where the disease is common on account of its proximity to congested streets, lack of adequate sanitation and overcrowding.
00042093 : IRAN Tehran - Queueing for tickets at the subway station.
00042092 : IRAN Tehran - Large banner hanging from a building, featuring the image of supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
00042091 : IRAN Tehran - A mural commemorating the lives soldiers who were killed and injured in the Iraq-Iran war. The text reads; 'The wounded are even more glorious than the martyrs'.
00042090 : TIBET Lhasa - A group of pilgrims watch as a monk performs the traditional cham dance during a Tibetan New Year celebration at Samya Monastery.
00042089 : CHINA Beijing - Construction workers ride their bicycles past cranes on the construction site of the aquatic centre for the 2008 Olympic Games.
00042088 : IRAN Tehran - An Anti-American mural outside the former US embassy, depicting the Statue of Liberty with the face of a skull, standing in front of the red stripes of the American flag.
00042087 : CHINA Wuxi, Jiangsu Province - Workers at the Suntech factory assemble solar panels.
00042086 : IRAN Tehran - A mural featuring supreme leader of Iran Ali Khamenei (L) and spiritual leader of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini (R).
00042085 : KENYA Nairobi - Shopkeepers sit in the middle of a muddy thoroughfare which is lined with small shops in the Kibera slum. With over a million inhabitants, it is one of the largest slums in Africa. The streets often flood during the rainy season as there is little sanitation or adequate infrastructure.
00042084 : CHINA Quanzhou, Guangxi - Crowds pack a narrow shopping street on the last market day before the Chinese New Year.
00042083 : CHINA Shanghai - Students learn how to meet and introduce each other formally during a promotional lesson in corporate and social etiquette.
00042082 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker wearing protective clothing operates machinery in the clean room of the Parlex (Shanghai) Circuit Company. The American company, which manufactures flexible printed circuits (FPC) for electronic equipment, has established itself in China in order to take advantage of the cheaper labour.
00042081 : CHINA Shanghai - Women carrying baskets for transporting aggregate on a housing construction site in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement on the outskirts of the city has been designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00042080 : CHINA Shanghai - Plaza 66, a modern high-rise office and retail building stands alongside a more classical style of architecture in the city.
00042079 : KENYA Nr Eldoret - Kenyan-born long distance runner Lornah Kiplagat. The athlete, who has Dutch nationality, spends most of the time in Kenya in order to train at the high altitude of her village, which is 2,400 metres above sea level.
00042078 : CHINA Xiamen, Fuijan Province - A couple have their wedding pictures taken in front of a church in which they will be married on Gulangyu Island.
00042077 : CHINA Yangshuo, Guangxi Province - View of housing and moored boats at the edge of the Lijiang River (Li River), overlooked by mountains.
00042076 : CHINA Suzhou, Jiangsu Province - Sewing machinists work on the assembly line at the Neo leather bag factory.
00042075 : SUDAN Longochok, Upper Nile - Tina, a nurse from Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) examines a patient at a small medical station.
00042074 : CHINA Beijing - Construction workers apply cement to a wall surrounding a new building development.
00042073 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A street key cutter reads a newspaper outside a tailor's shop whose sign features an image of a man wearing a suit.
00042072 : IRAN Tehran - A billboard featuring a painting of present supreme leader of Iran Ali Khamenei (L) and spiritual leader of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini (R) in the centre of the city.
00042071 : CHINA Shanghai - View of the Anting New Town on the outskirts of the city. Designed by the German architectural firm Albert Speer and Partner, the new development is one of several satellite towns surrounding the city which have a European theme.
00042070 : CHINA Shanghai - Jenny Williams, an instructor at the June Yamada Academy, teaches a student how to eat pasta in the correct manner during a class in table manners and eating etiquette.
00042069 : CHINA Shanghai - Pedestrians walk across the road in the Pudong financial district, away from the Oriental Pearl tower in the distance.
00042068 : CHINA Beijing - A construction worker walks along a steel beam on a building site for the Olympic aquatic centre.
00042067 : CHINA Datong, Shanxi Province - View of the shanty town in the old city.
00042066 : CHINA Shanghai - A man crosses the road at Anting New Town on the outskirts of the city. Designed by the German architectural firm Albert Speer and Partner, the new development is one of several satellite towns surrounding the city which have a European theme.
00042065 : CHINA Suzhou, Jiangsu Province - A sewing machinist at work on the assembly line at the Neo bag factory.
00042064 : KENYA Nairobi - View over the corrugated iron roofs of the Kibera slum. With over a million inhabitants, it is one of the largest in Africa.
00042063 : CHINA Shanghai - A shabby dormitory to house building workers stands next to a newly built villa on a housing construction site in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement on the outskirts of the city has been designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00042062 : IRAN Tehran - Snack stall selling the local version of doughnuts.
00042061 : CHINA Nr Datong, Shanxi Province - A team of labourers work on reinforcing the foundation of a railway track.
00042060 : CHINA Shanghai - A member of exhibition staff at a property buyers' fair answers the questions of a visitor as they stand next to a scale model of urban building developments.
00042059 : CHINA Shanghai - A female student is given a lift on the back of her friend's bicycle at Fudan University.
00042058 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Man carrying a wooden board along the street with his pith helmet placed on top.
00042057 : CHINA Shanghai - View of the Anting New Town on the outskirts of the city. Designed by the German architectural firm Albert Speer and Partner, the new development is one of several satellite towns surrounding the city which have a European theme.
00042056 : CHINA Shanghai - A electronics stall selling Casio products stands in front of the Jin'an Buddhist temple.
00042055 : SUDAN Juba - Dinka families are temporarily accomodated in an old school-house by the IOM (International Organisation for Migration) as they make their return journey to their homeland of Bor after the civil war. The two-decade long conflict between the government and the SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army) has displaced around 3.8 million people, tens of thousands of Dinka tribespeople among them.
00042054 : CHINA Shanghai - Woman using a mobile phone next to other passengers on the subway.
00042053 : CHINA Shanghai - Traffic congestion on a highway in the centre of the city.
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