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00035059 : JAPAN Kyoto - Archery practitioners line up with their bows during an archery competition at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo.
00035058 : JAPAN Kyoto - A Kyudo practitioner draws his bow and arrow at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035057 : JAPAN Kyoto - A sand garden at the Ginkakuji Buddhist Temple.
00035056 : JAPAN Kyoto - A kyudo practitioner draws her bow and arrow at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035055 : JAPAN Hikone - A Zen monk of the Soto School holds a 'koyusaku' - a stick to wake sleepy meditators - at the Seiryu-ji Temple.
00035054 : JAPAN Kyoto - Sensei Oueda prepares his bow and arrows at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo during the opening ceremony of an archery competition. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035053 : JAPAN Kyoto - A female student at a Kyudo dojo with her bow and arrows. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035052 : JAPAN Kyoto - A kyudo practitioner draws his bow and arrow at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035051 : JAPAN Kyoto - A sand garden and pagoda at the Ginkakuji Buddhist Temple.
00035050 : JAPAN Kyoto - Sensei Oueda draws his bow ready to shoot an arrow at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo during the opening ceremony of an archery competition.
00035049 : JAPAN Kyoto - Detail of a bell rope at the Nashinoki Jinja shrine.
00035048 : JAPAN Kyoto - Reflections of trees in a pool at the Ginkakuji Temple.
00035047 : JAPAN Hikone - A Zen monk of the Soto School prays in front of an altar at the Seiryu-ji Temple
00035046 : JAPAN Kyoto - Kyudo bows are stored in a row at Nakagawa Sensei's Dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035045 : JAPAN Kyoto - An archer draws her bow and arrow at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035044 : JAPAN Kyoto - A detail of a wooden door at the Ginkakuji Buddhist Temple.
00035043 : JAPAN Hakone - A golfer practices his putting technique on a golf course.
00035042 : JAPAN Kyoto - A kyudo practitioner draws his bow and arrow at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035041 : JAPAN Kyoto - Manga comics in a bookshop.
00035040 : JAPAN Kyoto - Bows point towards the floor at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo, during an archery competition.
00035039 : JAPAN Hikone - A Zen monk of the Soto School performs 'gassho' (salutation) at the Seiryu-ji Temple.
00035038 : JAPAN Kyoto - A sand garden at the Daisen-In Temple.
00035037 : JAPAN Kyoto - A box full of arrows sit in Nakagawa Sensei's Dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035036 : JAPAN Kyoto - Students wait to be called before an archery competition at the Kyoto Budo Centre.
00035035 : JAPAN Kyoto - A sand garden at the Ginkakuji Buddhist Temple.
00035034 : JAPAN Kyoto - Tourists inspect a plaque on the floor at the modern Kyoto train station.
00035033 : JAPAN Kyoto - A target full of Kyudo arrows at Nakagawa Sensei's Dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035032 : JAPAN Kyoto - Chibata Kanjuro, a craftsman whose family has been making bows since the 15th century, bends the bamboo frame of a new bow in his workshop.
00035031 : JAPAN Kyoto - A sand garden at the Ryoanji Temple.
00035030 : JAPAN Hikone - The head of a Zen monk of the Soto School, who meditates at the Seiryu-ji Temple.
00035029 : JAPAN Hikone - Zafus (meditation cushions) at the Seiryu-ji Temple.
00035028 : JAPAN Kyoto - Students at a Kyudo dojo with their bows and arrows. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035027 : JAPAN Kyoto - Teenage girls wave from a parked car in the city centre.
00035026 : JAPAN Kyoto - Detail of a sand garden at the Ginkakuji Buddhist Temple.
00035025 : JAPAN Kyoto - Decorated bows lined up at the Nakagawa dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035024 : JAPAN Kyoto - A kyudo practitioner draws her bow and arrow at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035023 : JAPAN Kyoto - An archer readies himself with his bow and arrows before taking aim, at the Kyoto Budo Centre dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035022 : JAPAN Kyoto - Kyudo students line up with their bows and arrows at Nakagawa Sensei's Dojo. Kyudo is the traditional art of Japanese archery.
00035021 : JAPAN Hikone - A Zen monk of the Soto School performs 'gassho' (salutation) at the Seiryu-ji Temple.
00035020 : JAPAN Kyoto - Entrance to the Nashinoki-Jinja shrine.
00035019 : JAPAN Kyoto - A Zen monk of the Soto School meditates in front of the rock garden at the Seiryu-ji Temple.
00035018 : JAPAN Kyoto - Murata Takeshi and Fujita Takehiro wear traditional Kyudo costume at the Nashinoki Jinja Shrine.
00035017 : JAPAN Hikone - Zen monks of the Soto School meditate at the Seiryu-ji Temple.
00035016 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - A rolling landscape of mixed terraced farming of crops including tef (teff) and eucalyptus.
00035015 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - Sadia in her village shop with her son. The shop is run with the help of a community cooperative, which is made up of 30 women.
00035014 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - Sadia in her village shop. The shop is run with the help of a community cooperative, which is made up of 30 women.
00035013 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - Sadia in her village shop. The shop is run with the help of a community cooperative, which is made up of 30 women.
00035012 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - A teacher and students at Dubangat Momicha government-run secondary school, which is the only one in the area. Some classes can consist of up to 180 children.
00035011 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - Students at Dubangat Momicha government-run secondary school, which is the only one in the area. Some classes can consist of up to 180 children.
00035010 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - A scientific diagram of the circulatory system, painted on a wall in Dubangat Momicha government-run secondary school. The mural indicates the main arteries and veins of the heart.
00035009 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - A woman waters young seedlings at the Burka Jalala Tree nursery. The area is a community plantation site, which has been developed in order to provide trees for the regeneration of a badly eroded local hilly area.
00035008 : ETHIOPIA Nanno Jelala area, Deder district, Eastern Highlands - Women and girls collect water at an enclosed village spring, which provides for both people and animals.
00035007 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - A woman waters young seedlings at the Burka Jalala Tree nursery. The area is a community plantation site, which has been developed in order to provide trees for the regeneration of a badly eroded local hilly area.
00035006 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - A woman waters young seedlings at the Burka Jalala Tree nursery. The area is a community plantation site, which has been developed in order to provide trees for the regeneration of a badly eroded local hilly area.
00035005 : ETHIOPIA Genandachella Village, Deder district, Eastern Highlands - 18 year-old Alfia Abrahim Mussa, wearing a Camel T-shirt, runs a shop near the local school and sells supplies to students during breaktimes.
00035004 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - A woman waters young seedlings at the Burka Jalala Tree nursery. The area is a community plantation site, which has been developed in order to provide trees for the regeneration of a badly eroded local hilly area.
00035003 : ETHIOPIA Genandachella Village, Deder district, Eastern Highlands - Women plant seedlings at a a community tree nursery funded by the British tea company Taylors of Harrogate.
00035002 : ETHIOPIA Genandachella Village, Deder district, Eastern Highlands - Usmael Mohammad, a coffee farmer, with a bunch of harvested coffee bean branches.
00035001 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - A rolling landscape of mixed terraced farming of crops including tef (teff) and eucalyptus.
00035000 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - Women plant seedlings at a a community tree nursery funded by the British tea company Taylors of Harrogate.
00034999 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap), Angkor - Amputee mine victims play music for tourists near the ruins of the Angkor temples.
00034998 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap), Angkor - A man and child on a motorbike pass a stretch of the ancient ruins. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034997 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap), Angkor - Carved stone heads at the ancient ruins. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034996 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap), Angkor - Tourists take photographs at sunset. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034995 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap), Angkor - Silhouette of the ancient ruins. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034994 : CAMBODIA Angkor Wat, Angkor - Reflection of the largest temple of the Angkor complex. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034993 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap), Angkor - A stone carving among the ancient ruins. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034992 : CAMBODIA Angkor Wat, Angkor - A bas-relief carving, the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls of the temple and narrates stories from Hindu mythology.
00034991 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap), Angkor - Ancient ruins. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034990 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap), Angkor - Carved stone walls among the ancient ruins. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034989 : CAMBODIA Angkor Wat, Angkor - Mother and child among the ancient ruins. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034988 : CAMBODIA Angkor - Stone heads of Bodhisattva Avilokiteshvara at the Bayon Temple. The temples at Angkor were constructed at the height of the Khmer civilization. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee declared the whole city of Angkor a World Heritage Site.
00034987 : CAMBODIA - Sunset and boat at Ton Le Sap Lake, which is a natural reservoir linked to the Mekong River.
00034986 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - A Savanna Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), with three Wattled Starlings (Creatophora cinerea) on its back.
00034985 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - The African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) sitting on the remains of its prey, a Lesser Flamingo.
00034984 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - A Tawny Eagle (Aquila Rapax).
00034983 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) seen through the legs of a Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis).
00034982 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - The Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius).
00034981 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - The colourful Superb Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) sitting on a shrub.
00034980 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - Thousands of Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor), in the great rift valley lake.
00034979 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - The National Park is well known for the thousands of flamingos that visit. The area is at risk of air and water pollution from the nearby town of Nakuru.
00034978 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - Female Impalas (Aepyceros melampus).
00034977 : KENYA Amboseli National Park - A group of young and adult African Elephants (Loxodonta africana).
00034976 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - Three Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) standing in a lake.
00034975 : KENYA Lake Nakuru National Park - A Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and a Plains Zebra (Equus burchellii).
00034974 : KENYA Amboseli National Park - Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus), one grooming itself, on the edge of Lake Conch.
00034973 : ETHIOPIA Central Highlands - Farmer Abra Rejani at his reservoir. He benefits from an Oxfam community water management system of irrigation and improved seed distribution, which can triple crop yields and provide food and water for animals in the area.
00034972 : KENYA Amboseli National Park - A common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) eating vegetation in Lake Conch.
00034971 : KENYA Amboseli National Park - A female lion (Panthera leo).
00034970 : KENYA Tsavo East National Park - A Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) calling.
00034969 : ETHIOPIA Delanta Plateau, Central Highlands - Making injera, the distinctive flat bread of Ethiopia.
00034968 : ETHIOPIA Delanta Plateau, Central Highlands - Making injera, the distinctive flat bread of Ethiopia.
00034967 : ETHIOPIA Delanta Plateau, Central Highlands - Making injera, the distinctive flat bread of Ethiopia.
00034966 : ETHIOPIA Deder district, Eastern Highlands - Students at Dubangat Momicha government-run secondary school, which is the only one in the area. Some classes can consist of up to 180 children.
00034965 : ETHIOPIA Delanta Plateau, Central Highlands - Wife of farmer Abra Rejani prepares lunch and coffee on the hearth in the centre of the living space. Their circular house is constructed from stones and mud with a thatched roof.
00034964 : ETHIOPIA Delanta Plateau, Central Highlands - Farmer Abra Rejani and his family at home. His wife prepares lunch and coffee on the hearth in the centre of the living space. Their circular house is constructed from stones and mud with a thatched roof.
00034963 : ETHIOPIA Delanta Plateau, Central Highlands - The family of farmer Abra Rejani at home, where his wife prepares lunch and coffee on the hearth in the centre of the living space. Their circular house is constructed from stones and mud with a thatched roof.
00034962 : ETHIOPIA Central Highlands - View over the River Telyan in the dry season.
00034961 : ETHIOPIA Delanta Plateau, Central Highlands - Farmer Yematain Deribein with his crops grown on an Oxfam agricultural scheme.
00034960 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Orthodox church service.
00034959 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Billboard with an image of a car crash.
00034958 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Orthodox church service.
00034957 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Orthodox church service.
00034956 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Orthodox church service.
00034955 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Orthodox church service.
00034954 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Orthodox church service.
00034953 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Marketplace.
00034952 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Orthodox church service.
00034951 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - One of the gates of the Old City, which is a medieval walled, Islamic city.
00034950 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Unloading sacks of salt.
00034949 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Mural painting of a woman on a wall in the Old City, a medieval walled, Islamic city.
00034948 : ETHIOPIA Harar, Eastern Highlands - Traditional upper class house in this medieval Islamic city.
00034947 : KENYA Watamu, Indian Ocean Coast - A wooden walkway bridge towards a bird hide over mangrove trees on the North coast.
00034946 : KENYA Nairobi National Park - A Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) looking for prey on grassland.
00034945 : KENYA Watamu, Indian Ocean Coast - Fossils of corals on the North coast.
00034944 : KENYA Amboseli National Park - Three Oryxes, or Beisa (Oryx gazella), standing on the dry Lake Amboseli.
00034943 : KENYA Amboseli National Park - A group of pelicans on the shore of Lake Conch at dusk, overshadowed by Mount Kilimanjaro.
00034942 : KENYA Amboseli National Park - A male African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) on the plains in front of Mount Kilimanjaro.
00034941 : MALI Boron - A family eats a breakfast of millet cooked with milk, after the women have collected water.
00034940 : MALI Boron - A young girl collects water with other local women. It can become contaminated when it is transported in the open containers, which are also used for washing dishes and people.
00034939 : MALI Boron - A woman collects water at a well in a region where the water infrastructure barely supports the 5,000 inhabitants.
00034938 : MALI Segu�benou village, Dogon valley - 13 year-old Marietou and her younger sisters collecting water. Marietou goes to the well five or six times a day. Her sisters, the youngest barely six years old, carry small, yet symbolic amounts of water home, in order to practice what will one day become part of their daily routine.
00034937 : MALI Segu�benou village, Dogon valley - 13 year-old Marietou collecting water from the well, a task she carries out five or six times a day.
00034936 : MALI Socoura district, nr Mopti - Women dance to celebrate the opening of a new well in a village in the delta of the River Niger. Previously, the villagers collected increasingly polluted and unsafe water from the river itself.
00034934 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - New born baby.
00034933 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A stone statue of an Abyssinian lion, The Lion of Judah, next to the National Theatre on Churchill Road.
00034932 : INDIA Talakhali village, Orissa - Randai Purty (25) with Basu (3 months).
00034931 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Mother and father with their new born baby.
00034930 : INDIA Similia Village, Orissa - Laxmi Dehuey collects water from the well, just one day before giving birth. She continued to perform her daily tasks throughout her pregnancy.
00034929 : INDIA Similia Village, Orissa - A woman with iron pills, administered during pregnancy for women suffering from iron-deficiency anaemia. The condition can lead to tiredness and excessive bleeding after delivery.
00034928 : MALI Dialakoroba - Woman carrying water home on her head. The women collect 20 litres of water at a time, which weighs 20kg.
00034927 : MALI Dialakoroba - A woman carries water back to her home, in a region where most people would rely on 10 litres each per day. The water collected is used for drinking, washing and cooking.
00034926 : MALI Dialokoroba - A community well. Water is a huge problem here as the land is elevated and so it is expensive to build wells.
00034925 : MALI Koro, Dogon valley - A woman and baby at a traditional well. Women in the region work constantly collecting water and firewood. Sometimes they have to walk 15km per day to find a suitable well and may have to wait up to 10 hours in a queue to draw the water.
00034924 : MALI Dogon valley - A sand storm on the Bandiagara escarpment.
00034923 : MALI Madougou village, Dogon valley - Girls drawing water from a well in the early morning.
00034922 : MALI Dogon valley - The edge of a traditional well. The gouges in the wood upon which the bucket rope rests show the weight of water that the women pull up from the well.
00034921 : MALI Seguebenou village, Dogon valley - 13 year-old Marietou and her younger sisters collecting water. Marietou goes to the well five or six times a day. Her sisters, the youngest barely six years old, carry small, yet symbolic amounts of water home, in order to practice what will one day become part of their daily routine.
00034920 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Julienne Duvalier (18) and daughter Marie (2) at the Jaime Mota regional hospital. Marie has a respiratory disease and needs urgent treatment, so is being given antibiotics intravenously.
00034919 : SUDAN Nr. Gereida, South Darfur - A nomadic family travelling by camel. Eleven months ago the village of Kulaykili was attacked and destroyed by Janjaweed militias. The black population, mainly farmers, have fled and nomads of Arab origin have moved in.
00034918 : SUDAN Nr. Gereida, South Darfur - A nomadic family pitch their tent. Eleven months ago the village of Kulaykili was attacked and destroyed by Janjaweed militias. The black population, mainly farmers, have fled and nomads of Arab origin have moved in.
00034917 : SUDAN Nr. Gereida, South Darfur - Portraits of former rulers on the walls of a history classroom in an abandoned school. Eleven months ago the village of Kulaykili was attacked and destroyed by Janjaweed militias. The black population, mainly farmers, have fled and nomads of Arab origin have moved in.
00034916 : SUDAN Northern Darfur - Jan Pronk (right), special representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Sudan, consults colleagues before flying by helicopter for a meeting with Suleyman, a commander with the SLA (Sudanese Liberation Army). Pronk hopes to encourage peace talks between the government and rebels to end the conflict in Darfur.
00034915 : SUDAN Nr. Gereida, South Darfur - A nomadic family travelling by camel. Eleven months ago the village of Kulaykili was attacked and destroyed by Janjaweed militias. The black population, mainly farmers, have fled and nomads of Arab origin have moved in.
00034914 : SUDAN Nr. El Fasher, Northern Darfur - Jan Pronk (right), special representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Sudan, consults colleagues after flying by helicopter for a meeting with Suleyman, a commander with the SLA (Sudanese Liberation Army). Pronk hopes to encourage peace talks between the government and rebels to end the conflict in Darfur.
00034913 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Meselech Kafiyalew, an assistant in a jewellery shop.
00034912 : SUDAN Nr. El Fasher, Northern Darfur - Jan Pronk, special representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Sudan, meeting Suleyman (right), a commander with the SLA (Sudanese Liberation Army). Pronk hopes to encourage peace talks between the government and rebels to end the conflict in Darfur.
00034911 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Bengam Matthias, an athletics coach.
00034910 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Gabre Jesus, a deacon who earns a living by blessing pedestrians.
00034909 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Sultan Nasir, a shoeshine boy.
00034908 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Meskel Daniel, a tourist guide, waiting for clients in front of the Sheraton Hotel.
00034907 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Mitiku Tefera (left), a butcher, with his colleagues.
00034906 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Nigatua Molla, who sells snacks in front of the Sheraton Hotel.
00034905 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Sofya Tadesse, a waitress.
00034904 : INDIA Dakhinadosi village, Orissa - A pregnant woman reads to her children in an ante-natal clinic while waiting for them to be weighed and vaccinated by a nurse. The concrete room is used as a creche in the mornings.
00034903 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - An Abyssinian lion which used to belong to the late emperor Haile Selassie, but now lives in a zoo.
00034902 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A man having his photograph taken with an Abyssinian lion which used to belong to the late emperor Haile Selassie, but now lives in a zoo.
00034901 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Cabral - A young mother and baby rest on beds in the municipal hospital, which has no paediatrician. Most of the girls that visit the hospital are adolescent mothers.
00034900 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Penuela - Nancy Mercedes Florian (46) with her grandchild Walner (2) and husband Bernado (47).
00034899 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Alicia Gomez (25) sits in hospital with her daughters Margarita (4) and Mariselli (2) while they receive treatment for pneumonia.
00034898 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Cabral - Maria Jimenez (17) breastfeeds her son Uberto (1). Fela (19) accompanies her daughter Alejandra (3) in recovery in the municipal hospital.
00034897 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Penuela - Anita (23) plays outside with her children Jose Antonio (1), Anibelis (6), Temisto (4) and Jose Miguel (6). She takes care of her five children at home, so cannot work.
00034896 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Penuela - Argeni Moises Urbaez (6) eats his usual rice and beans in the doorway to his house while dogs wait in the street for left over food.
00034895 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Penuela - Samuel Espaillat and Javier Soriano ( both 6) play on a scooter in a puddle after the rain.
00034894 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC La Penuela - Bolivia Feliz (25) and her baby son Joseph Lopez (11 months) return from shopping. Bolivia uses a shower cap to protect Joseph from the rain.
00034893 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Penuela - Nelson Ferrera (63) has a shave while his granddaughter Camila (2) eats, sitting on his lap. Nelson prepares his grandchildren's meals whilst their parents are away at work. He also tells them stories.
00034892 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC nr Penuela - Farmer Ernesto Ogando Feliz (46) sits outside his house in La Loma with his daughter Paulina (3).
00034891 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Jainal, (9) collects plastic, paper and other recyclable materials from the rubbish dumps and markets around his home. He spends the little money he earns on food.
00034890 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A one-room slum house with a narrow corridor and a small clay cooking stove.
00034889 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Kadija (9) and Mobina (3) beg at the local market for the rest of their family. Collectively they earn between 50p � �1.30 a day.
00034888 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A woman washes clothing and kitchen utensils in a community water supply, where a �drop latrine� empties directly into a large stagnant pond of water, thick with sewage and rubbish.
00034887 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A family pick over the local rubbish dump, scouring for items which they can sell to earn money for food.
00034886 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Women buying green vegetables at the food market.
00034885 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Rice cooks on a small clay cooking stove.
00034884 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Fatima prepares food in her one-room shack in a central city slum, which she shares with her husband and her daughter. The corrugated iron walls separates the family from their neighbours.
00034883 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A dwelling of one room, costing �4 in rent per month, which is inhabited by a family of seven.
00034882 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Amin (7), with two small fish that he has earned by begging at the market.
00034881 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A young boy eats a snack of dhal, onion and a quarter of an egg, bought with money earned from the morning's labour.
00034880 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - The discarded feet, skin and wings of a butchered chicken bought cheaply at a market, which will form the evening meal for a family living in poverty.
00034879 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Children walk through the streets with sacks, collecting discarded plastic, paper and other recyclable materials which they will sell to local recycling merchants.
00034878 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A garment factory that produces clothes for export. The waste products spill into a stagnant pond.
00034877 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Rahala and her family left their village in Western Bangladesh, heading to the city. Rahala's husband has been hospitalised and she has to look after the children herself.
00034876 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Mariam Issa with the youngest of her six children. They have lived in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for eleven months. They live in a tent constructed from sticks, rags and some canvas donated by an NGO. They had to flee their home when Janjaweed militias attacked and destroyed their village.
00034875 : ERITREA Keren region - A female farm worker learning to drive a tractor on the Elabered Estate, the country's largest horticultural farm and the biggest employer in the region with 600 workers. Recently privatised and recovering from 30 years of neglect, Elabered produces citrus fruits, vegetables, pork and dairy products.
00034874 : NIGERIA - Primary school children singing during an assembly.
00034873 : GAMBIA - One of the 'bumsters' - young men who hang around on the beach and try to sell their wares - and sometimes themselves - to foreign women. Many young Gambian men earn a living by selling sex to female tourists.
00034872 : NIGERIA Benin City, Edo State - Primary school class.
00034871 : GAMBIA - Lone women are a familiar sight on the beaches here. The 'bumsters' will soon approach and try to sell their wares - and sometimes themselves. Many young Gambian men earn a living by selling sex to female tourists.
00034870 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Mariam Issa preparing food for her family. They survive on the meagre rations donated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP). According to WFP statistics the average dry content of a ration is 300 grams per person per day. Mariam and her six children have lived in this camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for eleven months. They had to flee their home when Janjaweed militias attacked and destroyed their village.
00034869 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Mariam Issa preparing food for her family. They survive on the meagre rations donated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP). According to WFP statistics the average dry content of a ration is 300 grams per person per day. Mariam and her six children have lived in this camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for eleven months. They had to flee their home when Janjaweed militias attacked and destroyed their village.
00034868 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Trinity Cathedral, where the late Emperor Haile Selassie is buried, is a place of pilgrimage for devotees of Rastafarianism.
00034867 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Mariam Issa eating a meal with her family from a single pot. They survive on the meagre rations donated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP). According to WFP statistics the average dry content of a ration is 300 grams per person per day. Mariam and her six children have lived in this camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for eleven months. They had to flee their home when Janjaweed militias attacked and destroyed their village.
00034866 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Jewellery outlets in a modern shopping mall.
00034865 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Children in school uniform drinking clean tap water.
00034864 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - The luxurious Sheraton Hotel.
00034863 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Young long distance runners in training.
00034862 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Meskel Square in the city centre.
00034861 : BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro - View of the city and the statue of Christ the Redeemer, from Pao de Azucar.
00034860 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - A camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled their homes after being attacked by Janjaweed militias.
00034859 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Mariam Issa (left) and other women collecting water from taps installed by international aid agencies. Mariam and her six children have lived in this camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for eleven months. They had to flee their home when Janjaweed militias attacked and destroyed their village.
00034858 : GERMANY Essen - Election poster of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of the SPD, creatively vandalised by the addition of an Adolf Hitler moustache. The slogan says "To create jobs you need courage to reform."
00034857 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Meskel Square in the city centre.
00034856 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Professional and amateur athletes training in Meskel Square early in the morning.
00034855 : NIGERIA Kaduna - Primary school pupils.
00034854 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - New public toilets built by the NGO WaterAid in the slums, a vast improvement on the previous unsanitary conditions.
00034853 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Mariam Issa and her six children have lived in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for eleven months. They had to flee their home when Janjaweed militias attacked and destroyed their village.
00034852 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Mesfin Tegene, Vice Minister for Water in the Ethiopian government.
00034851 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A young boy holding his nose in an unsanitary toilet block.
00034850 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Workers from the NGO WaterAid collecting rubbish in the slums. The women wear protective masks due to the unsanitary conditions.
00034849 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - New public toilets built by the NGO WaterAid in the slums, a vast improvement on the previous unsanitary conditions.
00034848 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Workers from the NGO WaterAid collecting rubbish in the slums. The women wear protective masks due to the unsanitary conditions.
00034847 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Workers from the NGO WaterAid collecting rubbish in the slums. The women wear protective masks due to the unsanitary conditions.
00034846 : KENYA Maai Mahiu, Rift Valley - A man having his shoes shined in Maai Mahiu, a village in the Rift Valley which is situated on a major highway linking Kenya with surrounding countries. What was once a quiet village has become a hive of activity, with almost all economic activity now focused on the passing truck drivers.
00034845 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Bunia, Ituri Province - A young boy watches a convoy of United Nations vehicles from MONUC, the UN Mission in Congo. Following violent clashes between the Hema and Lendu tribes, the European Union launched its first ever military operation outside Europe, to bolster the UN force. 1500 troops, mostly from France, were deployed to protect civilians and restore order in Bunia. Around 300,000 residents of the town had fled the fighting, and only 10,000 remained, mostly in and around the UN buildings. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00034844 : KENYA Nairobi - Amina Shikandu with her new born baby son in the maternity ward of a hospital in Nairobi.
00034843 : KENYA Nairobi - Amina Shikandu with her new born baby son in the maternity ward of a hospital in Nairobi.
00034842 : KENYA Maai Mahiu, Rift Valley - Maai Mahiu, a village in the Rift Valley which is situated on a major highway linking Kenya with surrounding countries. What was once a quiet village has become a hive of activity, with almost all economic activity now focused on the passing truck drivers. At the side of the road are a kiosk shaped like a Coca Cola bottle and several hotels, bars and shops. In the distance are the mountains of the Great Rift Valley. Early in the morning, when the trucks have left, the centre of the village is empty and most of the villagers who worked through the night are asleep.
00034841 : KENYA Maai Mahiu, Rift Valley - Police at a roadblock just outside Maai Mahiu, a village in the Rift Valley which is situated on a major highway linking Kenya with surrounding countries. What was once a quiet village has become a hive of activity, with almost all economic activity now focused on the passing truck drivers. The local police check traffic, searching for weapons, incomplete paperwork or faulty vehicles, and taking bribes to let the drivers pass.
00034840 : KENYA Maai Mahiu, Rift Valley - Maai Mahiu, a village in the Rift Valley which is situated on a major highway linking Kenya with surrounding countries. What was once a quiet village has become a hive of activity, with almost all economic activity now focused on the passing truck drivers. Men read a newspaper next to a kiosk shaped like a Coca Cola bottle.
00034839 : KENYA Maai Mahiu, Rift Valley - Maai Mahiu, a village in the Rift Valley which is situated on a major highway linking Kenya with surrounding countries. What was once a quiet village has become a hive of activity, with almost all economic activity now focused on the passing truck drivers. A bus stop next to a kiosk shaped like a Coca Cola bottle.
00034838 : KENYA Maai Mahiu, Rift Valley - At a driving school, theoretical questions are explained using toy trucks. The instructor says more and more residents of Maai Mahiu want to learn how to drive and become truck drivers. The village in the Rift Valley is situated on a major highway linking Kenya with surrounding countries. What was once a quiet village has become a hive of activity, with almost all economic activity now focused on the passing truck drivers.
00034837 : KENYA Nairobi - New born baby Debrah Matei Mwololo with her parents Christina and Joseph. Debrah was born on May 12 2005 in the Frepals clinic in the Kibera slums.
00034836 : KENYA Maai Mahiu, Rift Valley - Jeremiah Mwaura watches as his wife and daughter sort harvested potatoes. After the road through the area became a major highway, most of his fellow farmers sold their plots to traders who built shops and hotels for passing truck drivers.
00034835 : KENYA Nairobi - New born baby Debrah Matei Mwololo, who was born on May 12 2005 in the Frepals clinic in the Kibera slums.
00034834 : KENYA Nairobi - New born baby Debrah Matei Mwololo with her mother Christina. Debrah was born on May 12 2005 in the Frepals clinic in the Kibera slums.
00034833 : KENYA Funyula - A phone booth operator dialling a telephone, trying to make a connection for a waiting customer. He is operating a handset which is modified to function as a GSM wireless phone. The area has only recently received cellular coverage, so telecoms companies including Celtel and Safaricom are fighting for a share of the new market.
00034832 : KENYA Funyula - A young man making a mobile telephone call after buying credit at a dealer. Advertisements on the wall inform customers of the latest offers from companies including Celtel and Safaricom. The area has only recently received cellular coverage, so the telecoms companies are fighting for a share of the new market.
00034831 : KENYA Funyula - A phone booth operator dialling a telephone, trying to make a connection for a waiting customer. He is operating a handset which is modified to function as a GSM wireless phone. The area has only recently received cellular coverage, so telecoms companies including Celtel and Safaricom are fighting for a share of the new market.
00034830 : GAMBIA - A couple walking along the beach. Many young Gambian men earn a living by selling sex to female tourists.
00034829 : KENYA Funyula - A man making a telephone call at a phone booth run by Douglas Oduori (left). He is operating a handset which is modified to function as a GSM wireless phone. The area has only recently received cellular coverage, so telecoms companies including Celtel and Safaricom are fighting for a share of the new market.
00034828 : KENYA Mombasa - An office dealing with child abuse and violence against women at a police station in Mombasa. Under pressure from human rights organisations, the Kenyan police have opened special departments dealing with rape, sexual and domestic violence and related problems. Most of the police officers are women, and they receive special training.
00034827 : GAMBIA - Tourist drinking a cocktail. Lone women are a familiar sight on the beaches here. The 'bumsters' will soon approach and try to sell their wares - and sometimes themselves. Many young Gambian men earn a living by selling sex to female tourists.
00034826 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Women carrying water collected from taps installed by international aid agencies in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). They fled their homes after being attacked by Janjaweed militias.
00034825 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Women leaving a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) to collect firewood. Outside the boundaries of the camp, where a state of lawlessness exists, they risk being attacked and raped by roaming militants. They fled their homes after being attacked by Janjaweed militias.
00034824 : GAMBIA - A tourist sits on the beach with her local 'boyfriend'. Many young Gambian men earn a living by selling sex to female tourists.
00034823 : KENYA Nairobi - Githae Kiereini, marketing manager at National Industrial Credit (NIC) Bank, a local institution. He was educated in the UK.
00034822 : KENYA Nairobi - Tom Ogwang, owner of a stall selling cigarettes such as Sportsman, soft drinks such as Coca Cola and chewing gum. He managed to save a little money to start his business despite his poor background.
00034821 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Mariam Issa (left) and other women collecting water from taps installed by international aid agencies. Mariam and her six children have lived in this camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for eleven months. They had to flee their home when Janjaweed militias attacked and destroyed their village.
00034820 : GERMANY Essen - Election poster of Angela Merkel of the CDU, creatively vandalised by the addition of an Adolf Hitler moustache.
00034819 : USA New York, United States of America - Crystal meth has been blamed for an increase in HIV cases amongst New York's gay community.
00034818 : SUDAN South - Sijjin Kuang, here with his mother Akol Mading, was born in a mud hut on the outskirts of Rumbek on 16th May 2005. His umbilical cord was cut with a dirty razor, which resulted in tetanus. He was not swaddled properly and caught an infection of the airways. He was bitten by mosquitoes on the day he was born and is thought to have caught malaria. On the evening of May 23rd he developed a high fever, which triggered a heart attack and killed him. One in four children in south Sudan dies before five, mainly from preventable or easily treated diseases.
00034817 : SUDAN Nr. El Fasher, Northern Darfur - Jan Pronk, special representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Sudan, inspects a guard of honour of African Union (AU) peacekeeping soldiers. 7,000 AU troops are tasked with keeping the peace in Darfur.
00034816 : SUDAN South - Sijjin Kuang was born in a mud hut on the outskirts of Rumbek on 16th May 2005. His umbilical cord was cut with a dirty razor, which resulted in tetanus. He was not swaddled properly and caught an infection of the airways. He was bitten by mosquitoes on the day he was born and is thought to have caught malaria. On the evening of May 23rd he developed a high fever, which triggered a heart attack and killed him. One in four children in south Sudan dies before five, mainly from preventable or easily treated diseases.
00034815 : SUDAN South - Sijjin Kuang was born in a mud hut on the outskirts of Rumbek on 16th May 2005. His umbilical cord was cut with a dirty razor, which resulted in tetanus. He was not swaddled properly and caught an infection of the airways. He was bitten by mosquitoes on the day he was born and is thought to have caught malaria. On the evening of May 23rd he developed a high fever, which triggered a heart attack and killed him. One in four children in south Sudan dies before five, mainly from preventable or easily treated diseases.
00034814 : SUDAN South - Sijjin Kuang was born in a mud hut on the outskirts of Rumbek on 16th May 2005. His umbilical cord was cut with a dirty razor, which resulted in tetanus. He was not swaddled properly and caught an infection of the airways. He was bitten by mosquitoes on the day he was born and is thought to have caught malaria. On the evening of May 23rd he developed a high fever, which triggered a heart attack and killed him. One in four children in south Sudan dies before five, mainly from preventable or easily treated diseases.
00034813 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Women leaving a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) to collect firewood. Outside the boundaries of the camp, where a state of lawlessness exists, they risk being attacked and raped by roaming militants. They fled their homes after being attacked by Janjaweed militias.
00034812 : GAMBIA - Emmy, a Dutch tourist in her late sixties, and Buba, 28. Two years ago, Emmy, who had been married 29 years but was about to get divorced, came here on holiday. Buba was an employee at her hotel and they fell in love. After two return visits and completing her divorce, Emmy moved to Gambia and she and Buba got married and set up home here.
00034811 : NIGERIA Lagos - Primary school pupil.
00034810 : SUDAN Gereida, South Darfur - Mariam Issa preparing food for her family. They survive on the meagre rations donated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP). According to WFP statistics the average dry content of a ration is 300 grams per person per day. Mariam and her six children have lived in this camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) for eleven months. They had to flee their home when Janjaweed militias attacked and destroyed their village.
00034809 : GAMBIA - 'Bumsters' - young men who hang around on the beach and try to sell their wares - and sometimes themselves - to foreign women. Many young Gambian men earn a living by selling sex to female tourists.
00034808 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A member of the Carthusian Monks of Charterhouse, a silent order.
00034807 : INDIA Gubbegaddi village, Karnataka - People of the Appiko / Chipko movement embrace trees in their forests to protect them from loggers.
00034806 : AZERBAIJAN - Villagers eating poached caviar.
00034805 : JAPAN Kashiwazaki, Niigata - Sign beside the Sea of Japan detailing the evacuation procedure should a tsunami strike.
00034804 : AFGHANISTAN - A woman in a burqa in the midst of a group of boys playing football.
00034803 : NORWAY Oslo - Statues by the sculptor Gustav Vigeland in the Vigelandsparken sculpture park.
00034802 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Woman at a traditional African-style street food stall.
00034801 : GAMBIA - A tourist clasps her new lover's hand; her ring symbolises her marriage to Africa. Many young Gambian men earn a living by selling sex to female tourists.
00034800 : GUINEA BISSAU Dembel Jumpora - Fulani child Awa Balde cries after being circumcised. In the village of Dembel Jumpora, female genital mutilation (FGM) is still practised.
00034799 : GAMBIA - Isha and her husband Tupac (29). Isha Jallow (38) arrived in Gambia in February as Sharon from Nottingham. On her first night at the Banna beach hotel Sharon met Tupac and they spent much of her holiday together. Two months later Sharon returned, converted to Islam and married Tupac. Now on her third visit, she is arranging a visa for Tupac so that she can bring him to the UK.
00034798 : GAMBIA - Carol (51) with her lover Lamin (30). Carol initially came to Gambia on holiday with her husband. She met Lamin at a nightclub and on her return to England they started writing to each other. Now, on her third trip, Carol has left her husband at home. He knows nothing about Lamin.
00034797 : GAMBIA - Emmy, a Dutch tourist in her late sixties, and Buba, 28. Two years ago, Emmy, who had been married 29 years but was about to get divorced, came here on holiday. Buba was an employee at her hotel and they fell in love. After two return visits and completing her divorce, Emmy moved to Gambia and she and Buba got married and set up home here.
00034796 : GAMBIA - The authorities have created a uniformed band of official tourist guides , who are stationed near the hotels and are supposed to make simple, polite approached to tourists. This is in contrast to the 'bumsters' - young men who hang around on the beach and try to sell their wares - and sometimes themselves - to foreign women.
00034795 : BURMA Pyay (Prome), Bago (Pegu) Division, (Myanmar) - Elephants logging teak trees.
00034794 : BURMA Pyay (Prome), Bago (Pegu) Division, (Myanmar) - The huge Buddah image of Paya Sehtatgyi.
00034793 : BURMA Pyay (Prome), Bago (Pegu) Division, (Myanmar) - Burmese man smoking a Cheerot, the local cigar.
00034792 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - Routine health examinations and studies of radioactive contamination in food take place in the village of Nowoe Mesto. Most of the rural population eats the food from the earth which is still highly polluted by radioactivity. The region has experienced a radioactive fallout greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034791 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - Routine health examination and control of thyroid cancer in the village of Nowoe Mesto, where cases of thyroid illness and cancer are extremely high. The region has experienced a radioactive fallout greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034790 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - Routine health examinations and studies of radioactive contamination in food take place in the village of Nowoe Mesto. Most of the rural population eats the food from the earth which is still highly polluted by radioactivity. The region has experienced a radioactive fallout greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034789 : RUSSIA Bryansk, nr Chernobyl - A 17 year old woman undergoes a procedure where the thyroid is punctured, for the control of thyroid cancer, in an area where cases of thyroid illness and cancer are extremely high. The region has experienced a radioactive fallout greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034788 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - Photographs of liquidators who worked in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster who have since died. A rally takes place on the 19th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in an area where the radioactive fallout was greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034787 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Billboards belie the truth of the situation at the entrance of the Freeport, taken by LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) forces during the attack on Monrovia.
00034786 : LIBERIA Monrovia - LURD forces (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) advance on the capital. One of the most influencial weapons in the rebel forces are the 12.7 belt-fed anti aircraft guns mounted onto the backs of pick-up trucks.
00034785 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Body of a LURD fighter (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) who died during the attack on Monrovia.
00034784 : LIBERIA Monrovia - LURD fighters (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) mortar government positions while civilians flee.
00034783 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A dead government soldier lies at the motorway intersection for Hotel Africa during the LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) offensive on Monrovia. During a four-hour exchange of fire, LURD forces managed to punch a hole through Government defences to reach an advanced group of fighters in the city.
00034782 : LIBERIA Monrovia - After walking for four hours, the advancing army is attacked by government forces. A casualty of the confrontation lies under a 12.7 anti aircraft gun.
00034781 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Civilians flee as LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) rebels open fire to stop them looting during the attack on Monrovia.
00034780 : LIBERIA Monrovia - While pushing through the government positions in Virginia on the outskirts of Monrovia, LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) forces take cover from enemy fire behind a building.
00034779 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A young girl caught in the cross-fire. Over 3,000 people gathered at the Club Beer factory during the rebel advance on the capital. Caught amidst the fighting, they remained here until government forces launched a counter attack that pushed LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) fighters out of the city again.
00034778 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Displaced people flee the fighting in the capital and arrive at the relative safety of the Club Beer factory in the district of Duala. They remained for one day before being forced to flee the fierce onslaught of a Government counter-offensive.
00034776 : LIBERIA Monrovia - During a government counter-offensive on LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) positions in Monrovia, 3,000 displaced people, who have been hiding from fighting at the Club Beer factory in Duala, begin to flee with their possessions. Most of Liberia is empty, with civilians either in refugee camps outside the country or in displaced camps in the capital.
00034775 : LIBERIA Tubmanburg - A wounded LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) fighter is brought back from Kley Junction after an exchange of fire.
00034774 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A wounded fighter at a makeshift military hospital. As there is a high number of casualties during the attack most people have to make do with paracetamol for the treatment of gunshot wounds.
00034773 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A member of the AA (Anti Aircraft) brigade exchanges a brief word with his girlfriend during heavy fighting in the capital.
00034772 : BURMA Pyay (Prome), Bago (Pegu) Division, (Myanmar) - Ox cart in water.
00034771 : BURMA Bagan (Pagan), Magwe Division, (Myanmar) - Cows pass the PayaThonzu Temples which are topped with restored Lotus buds.
00034770 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - A rally takes place on the 19th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in an area where the radioactive fallout was greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034769 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - A sign warns of radioactive pollution in the woods around Novozybkov, an area where the radioactive fallout was greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034768 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - Farmer with his horse on a field near Novozybkov. Most of the rural population in the area eats the food from the still highly radioactive earth, which experienced a radioactive fallout greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034767 : LIBERIA Tubmanburg - 'Black Diamond', wearing the yellow T-shirt, is a notorious and tough woman fighter with LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy). She poses with other women fighters before setting off for an attack on the capital.
00034766 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - Treatment of mentally and physically disabled children in the NGO Radimitschi. The region has experienced a radioactive fallout greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034765 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - Routine health examinations and studies of radioactive contamination in food take place in the village of Nowoe Mesto. Most of the rural population eats the food from the earth which is still highly polluted by radioactivity. The region has experienced a radioactive fallout greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034764 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - A woman collects water in the village of Nowoe Mesto near Novozybkov. Most of the rural population eats the food from the earth which is still highly polluted by radioactivity. The region has experienced a radioactive fallout greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034763 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - A destroyed school in the ghost town of Smersk, in an area where the radioactive fallout was greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034762 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - A sign warns of radioactive pollution in the woods around Novozybkov, an area where the radioactive fallout was greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034761 : LIBERIA Monrovia - LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) fighter with injured foot at a makeshift battlefield hospital in the capital.
00034760 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A man lies dying after being hit in the head by a bullet during the advance on the capital. The lack of medical supplies and trained doctors means that survival of a serious wound is difficult.
00034759 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - Treatment of mentally and physically disabled children in the NGO Radimitschi. The region has experienced a radioactive fallout greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034758 : RUSSIA Novozybkov, nr Chernobyl - A rally takes place on the 19th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in an area where the radioactive fallout was greater than in Chernobyl itself. The health and environmental impacts following the nuclear accident in April 1986 have been devastating, with many people being forced to move away from the region where their families had lived for generations. Cancer and related illnesses, along with the ecological imbalances which are the result of radioactivity, have affected almost the entire local population.
00034757 : LIBERIA Tubmanburg - "God is good to me. God can help me. Thank you. Lawrance Sumo." Many buildings in Liberia reveal, through graffiti, marks and drawings on their walls, evidence of the horrors and desperation of war.
00034756 : LIBERIA Monrovia - LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) fighters pose for the camera at a base in the Monrovian district of Duala.
00034755 : LIBERIA Tubmanburg - A Sierra Leonian fighter, trained by the British army in Sierra Leone, parades himself before the advance on the Liberian capital. The conflict cannot be viewed as isolated problem, since the cycle of violence generated by warlords ends up affecting the whole region.
00034754 : LIBERIA Tubmanburg - A LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) Commander threatens to shoot as he starts to round up fighters in order to protect the route to Kley Junction. While most young people willingly take part in the war, forced conscription happens on both sides.
00034753 : LIBERIA Tubmanburg - A LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) fighter cleans his AK47 assault rifle in preparation for a renewed attack on the capital.
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