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00029617 : IRELAND Dublin - Women smoking outside a pub. Ireland imposed tough anti-smoking legislation in March 2004, banning smoking in pubs, restaurants and other enclosed workplaces.
00029615 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - Postal delivery van with slogans and name in English and French - Postes Canada and Canada Post. Canada is a bilingual country.
00029614 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - McGill Metro Station, plastered with adverts for Apple iPod MP3 players. Stations such as McGill form an integral part of the Underground City, which connects many buildings in the downtown area, and hosts more than 2,000 shops in a system of over 30km of passages and arcades.
00029610 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - People on the terrace of the White Chalet in Mont Royal Park which has a view over the downtown area.
00029607 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - The dome of Cathedral Marie Reine du Monde reflected in a glass faced skyscraper.
00029606 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - Multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society. People from different ethnic groups waiting to cross road with Chiantown signs behind.
00029605 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - View of downtown, with modern and old architecture, including the dome of the Cathedral (Basilique Marie Reine du Monde) skyscrapers and St. Lawrence River behind.
00029604 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - McGill Metro Station, plastered with adverts for Apple iPod MP3 players. Stations such as McGill form an integral part of the Underground City, which connects many buildings in the downtown area, and hosts more than 2,000 shops in a system of over 30km of passages and arcades.
00029603 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - The Biosphere Museum of Water, a centre dealing with environmental issues and the St. Lawrence River system. It was formerly the Buckminster Fuller Dome of the American Pavilion at the 1967 World's Fair.
00029601 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - Sign at McGill University, in French and English, for parking restrictions. Canada is a bilingual country.
00029599 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - Man crossing snow covered Mont Royal Park with downtown buildings rising behind.
00029598 : IRELAND Dublin - People passing a homeless man begging on the Ha'penny Bridge, the symbol of the city of Dublin.
00029597 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - People on the terrace of the White Chalet in Mont Royal Park which has a view over the downtown area.
00029596 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - Interior of the Basilique Notre Dame. A stained-glass window shows a Christ figure carrying the cross, wearing distinctly Canadian costume in a snow covered landscape.
00029595 : CANADA Montreal, Quebec Province - Fruit and vegetable stall at Jean Talon Market, the largest and most ethnically diverse market in the city.
00029513 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian soldier holding a wreath of flowers for the grave of Yasser Arafat, shortly after he was buried in the Muqata compound.
00029512 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Emotional Palestinians gather around the grave of Yasser Arafat shortly after his burial.
00029511 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound for the burial of Yasser Arafat.
00029510 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Emotional Palestinian soldiers next to the grave of Yasser Arafat, shortly after his burial.
00029509 : INDIA Karnataka - Women of the Chipko movement, which has opposed logging of trees through non-violent resistance.
00029508 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian girl stands next to the wall of the Muqata compound on the day the death of Yasser Arafat was announced. Candles and posters of Arafat were placed in a makeshift shrine.
00029507 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians gathered in the Muqata compound for the burial of Yasser Arafat. Afterwards, youths scramble over a wall as the helicopters which transported the body depart.
00029506 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Emotional Palestinian soldiers gather to pray around the grave of Yasser Arafat shortly after his burial.
00029505 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian boy standing on the wall of the Muqata compound, next to a poster of Yasser Arafat, watches the crowd gathering for his burial.
00029504 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei (aka Abu Ala) (left), prays with other members of the Palestinian Authority next to the grave of Yasser Arafat, shortly after his burial.
00029503 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian guards sit outside the Muqata compound, where posters of Yasser Arafat cover the walls. Arafat was buried a day earlier.
00029502 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound for the burial of Yasser Arafat, including a number of Palestinian gunmen.
00029501 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian artist draws a portrait of Yasser Arafat on the day his death was announced.
00029500 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound for the burial of Yasser Arafat, jostling as his coffin is carried through the crowd.
00029499 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound for the burial of Yasser Arafat, clearing a space as the helicopters arrive carrying the body.
00029498 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian mourner prays next to the grave of Yasser Arafat, a day after his burial.
00029497 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian mourner cries next to the grave of Yasser Arafat, a day after his burial.
00029496 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound for the burial of Yasser Arafat, looking for a good vantage point.
00029495 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound for the burial of Yasser Arafat, jostling as his coffin is carried through the crowd.
00029494 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound for the burial of Yasser Arafat, jostling as his coffin is carried through the crowd.
00029493 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinians bring a wreath of flowers for the grave of Yasser Arafat, on the day he was buried in the Muqata compound.
00029492 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian soldiers in the Muqata compound.
00029491 : INDIA Central Punjab - Deep well providing water to irrigate farmland.
00029490 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian boy holding a fake gun and an olive branch, in homage to Yasser Arafat's famous speech to the United Nations. The boy had come to the Muqata compound with his father to await Arafat's burial. His father said that he wished his son could be like Arafat.
00029489 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian youth in mourning shortly after the burial of Yasser Arafat.
00029488 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian girl cries as she waits outside the Muqata compound prior to the burial of Yasser Arafat.
00029487 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian youth cries in the arms of his friend, shortly after the burial of Yasser Arafat.
00029486 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian soldier guarding the Muqata compound, wearing a black armband after the burial of Yasser Arafat a day earlier.
00029485 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - A Palestinian mourner cries next to the grave of Yasser Arafat, a day after his burial.
00029484 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound ahead of the burial of Yasser Arafat.
00029483 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound ahead of the burial of Yasser Arafat. Mourners wave as two helicopters, one carrying the coffin, come in to land.
00029482 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound, looking for a good vantage point ahead of the burial of Yasser Arafat.
00029481 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Jerusalem - Palestinian youths participate in a memorial ceremony to Yasser Arafat near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's old city, the day the Palestinian leader's death was declared.
00029480 : SPAIN Benidorm, Costa Blanca - Tourists promenading on the seafront.
00029479 : SOUTH AFRICA - Mother and sick child talking to nurse in hospital.
00029478 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Jerusalem - Palestinian children participate in a memorial ceremony to Yasser Arafat near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's old city, the day the Palestinian leader's death was declared.
00029477 : AUSTRALIA South - Tourists travelling by camper van in the Breakaways Reserve, a unique lunar landscape.
00029476 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Jerusalem - Marwan Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian Fatah movement in the West Bank, at an Israeli court. He was convicted of murder and given five life sentences.
00029475 : USA Los Angeles, California, United States of America - Smog over the city.
00029474 : KENYA Nairobi - Mother breastfeeding baby.
00029473 : KENYA Masai Mara - Masai man taking a tourist on a walking safari.
00029472 : TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Toco, Trinidad - Tourist watching a leatherback turtle which has crawled up on to the beach to lay its eggs.
00029471 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Jerusalem - Palestinian children participate in a memorial ceremony to Yasser Arafat near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's old city, the day the Palestinian leader's death was declared.
00029470 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tourist posing with Mbuti (pygmy) villagers. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00029469 : NEPAL East - Trekker crossing the Burun river en route to Makalu base camp.
00029468 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound, looking for a good vantage point ahead of the burial of Yasser Arafat.
00029467 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound ahead of the burial of Yasser Arafat.
00029466 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian officers sit in the ruins of the Muqata compound, the Palestinian Authority's headquarters, on the day the death of Yasser Arafat was declared.
00029465 : INDIA Rajhastan - Tourist walking across sand dunes in the Thar desert.
00029464 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound ahead of the burial of Yasser Arafat.
00029463 : NORWAY Oslo - Worker in chocolate factory.
00029462 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Amidst chaotic scenes, thousands of Palestinians converge on the Muqata compound ahead of the burial of Yasser Arafat. Here, the crowd gestures the V for victory sign.
00029461 : THAILAND Gulf of Thailand - Tourist lying in crystal clear waters.
00029460 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian officers on guard at one of the entrances to the Muqata compound, the Palestinian Authority's headquarters, on the day the death of Yasser Arafat was declared.
00029459 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei, who is also known as Abu Ala, in his office.
00029458 : ECUADOR Quito - A child looks on during a funeral service in the crypt of Quito's municipal cemetery.
00029457 : BOLIVIA El Alto, La Paz - Cross road in El Alto, once a poor suburb of La Paz and now a city in its own right with a population of over half a million.
00029456 : BOLIVIA Northern Potosi Province - Aymara Indian communities gather for carnival celebrations.
00029455 : BOLIVIA La Paz - A female street sweeper walks by an advertisement for German cosmetics in La Paz city centre.
00029454 : ECUADOR Quito - Evangelist preachers.
00029453 : ECUADOR - Youths at play on the Pacific coast.
00029452 : INDIA Patna, Bihar - Laloo Prasad Yadav, de facto chief minister of Bihar and a member of the lowly Yadav caste.
00029451 : BOLIVIA Northern Potosi Province - The ritual drinking of "chicha" (maize beer) during Aymara Indian carnival celebrations.
00029450 : ECUADOR South - An angel returns home in the back of a Datsun after Christmas celebrations in a small town in Southern Ecuador.
00029449 : ECUADOR Quito - Shoe shiner polishing a businessman's shoes next to an advert for Budget car rental in 'new' Quito.
00029448 : ECUADOR - Clowns participating in the popular sport of bull taunting. The bulls are never killed but injuries to the people are frequent.
00029447 : ECUADOR Quito - Butcher, picador and dead bull, backstage at a bullfight.
00029446 : BOLIVIA Cocacabana, Lake Titicaca - Swimming in Lake Titicaca at Cocacabana during the annual Easter weekend pilgrimage.
00029445 : ECUADOR South East - Logging in the rainforest.
00029444 : BOLIVIA El Alto, La Paz - Couples meet on a Sunday afternoon on a grass verge, one of the few patches of green in El Alto, a poor suburb of La Paz.
00029443 : ECUADOR South - Internally displaced people (IDPs) living in cramped conditions following the conflict between Peru and Ecuador.
00029442 : ECUADOR Quito - Backstage at a bullfight - the butcher's assistant.
00029441 : ECUADOR Chimborazo - Tourists look out on a market and take photographs from the top of a train.
00029440 : ECUADOR Quito - A bullfight - the matador prepares for the final strike.
00029439 : ECUADOR - Children on the Pacific coast.
00029438 : ECUADOR Quito - Backstage at a bullfight - the butcher at work.
00029437 : BOLIVIA Northern Potosi Province - Village scene in an Aymara Indian community.
00029436 : ECUADOR - The popular sport of bull taunting. The bulls are never killed but injuries to the people are frequent.
00029435 : ECUADOR Quito - BMX riders and strollers spend Sunday in one of 'new' Quito's parks.
00029434 : BOLIVIA La Paz - A 'Chola' woman (indigenous people living in towns or cities) in downtown La Paz.
00029433 : ECUADOR Quito - Quito municipal cemetery. Infant mortality rates are still high in most South American states, Ecuador included.
00029432 : BOLIVIA Sucre - A child 'grave cleaner' in the cemetery of Sucre, the old capital of Bolivia.
00029431 : ROMANIA Bucharest - Newspaper stand.
00029430 : BOLIVIA - A woman walks along the edge of Lake Titicaca in Cocacabana during the annual Easter celebrations and pilgrimage.
00029429 : BOLIVIA Northern Potosi Province - An Aymara Indian youth listens to his radio.
00029428 : ECUADOR Quito - Picador with a dead bull, backstage at a bullfight.
00029427 : ECUADOR - Peasant farmer working in the potato harvest.
00029426 : ECUADOR - Indian women and children in the South West Ecuadorian Selva.
00029425 : BOLIVIA - The beach at Cocacabana on Lake Titicaca, a popular destination during the long Easter weekend.
00029424 : ECUADOR Quito - Street scene in 'old' Quito.
00029423 : ECUADOR Quito - Father Christmas greets children in a shopping centre, in the midst of a display sponsored by MasterCard.
00029422 : ECUADOR South - An angel returns home in the back of a Datsun after Christmas celebrations in a small town in Southern Ecuador.
00029421 : ECUADOR South - Co-operative miners at work in the Nambija gold mines. The land is owned by the military, which grants concessions to local co-ops and, increasingly, to multinational mining companies.
00029420 : BOLIVIA La Paz - Young "Cholo" couple (indigenous people living in towns or cities) in a park in central La Paz.
00029419 : ECUADOR South East - Oil and gas exploitation.
00029418 : ECUADOR - The popular sport of bull taunting. The bulls are never killed but injuries to the people are frequent.
00029417 : BOLIVIA La Paz - A solitary worshipper kneels in prayer in front of the La Paz cathedral.
00029416 : ECUADOR South - Mary, Joseph and Jesus joining in Christmas celebrations in a small town in southern Ecuador.
00029415 : ECUADOR Quito - Behind the scenes at a bullfight, the butchers wait for the next bull.
00029414 : IVORY COAST Abidjan - Guinness sign.
00029413 : BOLIVIA Sucre - Drunken men dance in the street during carnival in Sucre, the old capital of Bolivia.
00029412 : BOLIVIA - The body of Rosendo "Chino" Oluri (57), a market porter killed by riot police while participating in a demonstration protesting against the privatisation of the National Oil and Gas company.
00029411 : ECUADOR Quito - Clearing up after a bullfight.
00029410 : ECUADOR Chimborazo - Beggar accosting an American tourist.
00029409 : BOLIVIA Cocacabana, Lake Titicaca - A young boy takes shelter during a rain shower on "Cavaria Hill". This has been a religious site for at least a millennium for three different faiths - the Aymara people, the Inca and the Catholic faith.
00029408 : BOLIVIA Northern Potosi Province - Carnival festivities celebrated by an annual gathering of ten indigenous Aymara Indian communities.
00029407 : ECUADOR - Clowns participating in the popular sport of bull taunting. The bulls are never killed but injuries to the people are frequent.
00029406 : BOLIVIA - Funeral of Rosendo "Chino" Oluri (57), a market porter killed by riot police while participating in a demonstration protesting against the privatisation of the National Oil and Gas company.
00029405 : ECUADOR Quito - Child working in a wholesale butcher's.
00029404 : ECUADOR Quito - Private security guard in a shopping centre at Christmas.
00029403 : BOLIVIA - The preparation of "chicha" (maize beer) in an Aymara Indian community for carnival festivities.
00029402 : BOLIVIA La Paz - A public worker's strike protesting against the privatisation of the National Oil and Gas company.
00029401 : ECUADOR Quito - One child labourer serves another - an ice cream seller and shoe shine boy.
00029400 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Bottling Guinness in the Sierra Leone Brewery.
00029399 : BOLIVIA Northern Potosi Province - Ten Aymara Indian communities gather each year for carnival celebrations in Northern Potosi Province.
00029398 : BOLIVIA Lake Titicaca - A family takes advantage of the long Easter weekend holiday at Cocacabana on Lake Titicaca to make some extra cash by selling candyfloss.
00029397 : BOLIVIA El Alto, La Paz - Street scene in El Alto, once a poor suburb of La Paz and now a city in its own right with a population of over half a million.
00029396 : ECUADOR South - Co-operative miners at the Nambija gold mines. The land is owned by the military, which grants concessions to local co-ops and, increasingly, to multinational mining companies.
00029395 : ECUADOR - Farm hands on a local estate during harvest.
00029394 : ECUADOR Quito - A shoe shine boy looks on at a demonstration against the privatisation of the state electrical company.
00029393 : ECUADOR South - 'Piniatata' during Christmas celebrations in a small town.
00029392 : ECUADOR Chimborazo - Peasant farmer selling crops at market.
00029391 : BOLIVIA Northern Potosi Province - A yellow flag hung outside an Aymara Indian home signifies that "chicha" (maize beer) is available inside.
00029390 : INDIA Patna, Bihar - Laloo Prasad Yadav, de facto chief minister of Bihar and a member of the lowly Yadav caste. He is holding a lathi, a bamboo stick which is the ancient implement of the Yadavs.
00029389 : ECUADOR Quito - Street scene.
00029388 : BOLIVIA Lake Titicaca - A pilgrim from La Paz takes a rest after having walked for three days to the Cocacabana shrine on Lake Titicaca.
00029387 : ECUADOR Quito - Municipal traffic policeman.
00029386 : BOLIVIA - Riot police take a break near the market during a public worker's strike protesting against the privatisation of the National Oil and Gas company.
00029385 : ECUADOR Quito - Traffic jam in 'old' Quito.
00029384 : ECUADOR Quito - Backstage at a bullfight - the butcher at work.
00029383 : BOLIVIA El Alto, La Paz - Two women walk along railway tracks next to trucks lined up at the wholesale market in El Alto.
00029382 : BOLIVIA Lake Titicaca - Easter weekend in Cocacabana on Lake Titicaca. This has been a religious site for at least a millennium for three different faiths - the Aymara people, the Inca and the Catholic faith. The local shaman conducts rites which are a mixture of all three and are guaranteed to improve anything from one's financial status to one's fertility.
00029381 : BOLIVIA El Alto, La Paz - Shoe shine boys polish the shoes of members of the El Alto municipal band.
00029380 : ECUADOR South - Co-operative miners at work in the Nambija gold mines. The land is owned by the military, which grants concessions to local co-ops and, increasingly, to multinational mining companies.
00029379 : BOLIVIA Sucre - A drunk dances in the street during carnival in Sucre, the old capital of Bolivia.
00029378 : ECUADOR - The popular sport of bull taunting. The bulls are never killed but injuries to the people are frequent.
00029377 : COLOMBIA Nr. Buibdo - Small scale gold mine in the Choco rainforest.
00029376 : BOLIVIA Northern Potosi Province - The preparation of "chicha" (maize beer) in an Aymara Indian community for carnival festivities.
00029375 : BOLIVIA Sucre - Carnival in the streets of Sucre, Bolivia's former capital.
00029374 : ECUADOR Quito - Child labourer next to Christmas trees.
00029373 : ECUADOR South East - Oil and gas exploitation.
00029372 : ECUADOR Quito - Children in a nursery school organised by working mothers.
00029371 : BOLIVIA Lake Titicaca - Easter weekend in Cocacabana on Lake Titicaca. This has been a religious site for at least a millennium for three different faiths - the Aymara people, the Inca and the Catholic faith. The local shaman conducts rites which are a mixture of all three and are guaranteed to improve anything from one's financial status to one's fertility.
00029370 : BOLIVIA - Riot police during protests against the privatisation of the National Oil and Gas companies line up in front of a sign for a medical centre providing X-rays.
00029369 : INDIA Patna, Bihar - Laloo Prasad Yadav, de facto chief minister of Bihar and a member of the lowly Yadav caste. He is holding a lathi, an 8 foot bamboo stick which is the ancient implement of the Yadavs.
00029368 : BOLIVIA Cocacabana, Lake Titicaca - A pilgrim takes shelter from the rain during Easter festivities at Cocacabana on Lake Titicaca. This has been a religious site for at least a millennium for three different faiths - the Aymara people, the Inca and the Catholic faith.
00029367 : ECUADOR Quito - Private security guard in a shopping centre, looking out over a Christmas display sponsored by Coca Cola.
00029366 : BOLIVIA Nr. Sucre - Children taking part in 'Via Crucis' Easter celebrations.
00029365 : SOUTH AFRICA - Black and white children.
00029364 : BOLIVIA El Alto, La Paz - Street scene in El Alto, once a poor suburb of La Paz, now officially recognised as a town in its own right. Most of El Alto's population descend 600m every day to work in the capital.
00029363 : ROMANIA Bucharest - Newspaper seller.
00029362 : ECUADOR Quito - Market porter.
00029361 : BOLIVIA Lake Titicaca - The beach at Cocacabana on Lake Titicaca, a popular destination during the long Easter weekend.
00029360 : ECUADOR Quito - Crowd at a fireworks display.
00029359 : BOLIVIA El Alto, La Paz - A young couple embrace on a Sunday afternoon on a grass verge, one of the few patches of green in El Alto, a poor suburb of La Paz and now a separate municipality although it still lacks basic infrastructure.
00029358 : BOLIVIA Northern Potosi Province - An Aymara Indian man drinking "chicha" (maize beer) in the village store.
00029357 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - A young man performs a traditional dance in Tarawa. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029356 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - Women perform a traditional dance in Tarawa. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029355 : EGYPT Cairo - Man adjusting satellite dish, with television linked up, on balcony of old building close to Midan Ataba.
00029354 : EGYPT Cairo - Delivery truck for Nestle bottled water outside shop with awning also advertising Nestle products.
00029353 : EGYPT Cairo - New Apple Macintosh computer in its box, on top of taxi stuck in rush hour traffic.
00029352 : EGYPT Cairo - Dog sellers at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market.
00029351 : EGYPT Cairo - Old magazines for sale at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market, one carrying an image of President Nasser on its cover.
00029350 : EGYPT Cairo - Couple with purchases in a bag between them at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market.
00029349 : EGYPT Alexandria - Fishing boats in the city's inner harbour, with the Fort of Qaitbay behind, which stands on the site of the ancient lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
00029348 : EGYPT Alexandria - Young women passing the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina), which is decorated with alphabetic inscriptions.
00029347 : EGYPT Alexandria - Walkway piercing the facade of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina), which is decorated with alphabetic inscriptions.
00029346 : EGYPT Alexandria - Detail of the southern facade of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina), which is decorated with alphabetic inscriptions.
00029345 : EGYPT Alexandria - Students studying in the main hall of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina).
00029344 : EGYPT Alexandria - Alexandria boat-building yard, with apartment buildings behind. Most of the boats are destined to be used in Egypt's burgeoning Red Sea tourism industry.
00029343 : EGYPT Alexandria - Cutting timber at Alexandria boat building yard. Most of the boats are destined to be used in Egypt's burgeoning Red Sea tourism industry.
00029342 : EGYPT Alexandria - Interior of the main hall of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina).
00029341 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - Women perform a traditional dance in Tarawa. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029340 : EGYPT Alexandria - Muslim students wearing headscarves consulting books in the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina).
00029339 : EGYPT Alexandria - Antiques seller having breakfast outside his shop in an alleyway in the Attareen District.
00029338 : EGYPT Alexandria - Mosque and buildings on the edge of the Attareen District.
00029337 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - Men perform a traditional dance in Tarawa. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029336 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - Men and women perform a traditional dance in Tarawa. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029335 : EGYPT Alexandria - Shopkeeper having tea break, using a car as a table top, in the Attareen antiques district.
00029334 : EGYPT Alexandria - Muslim students wearing headscarves consulting books in the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina).
00029333 : EGYPT Alexandria - Students using computers in the main hall of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina).
00029332 : EGYPT Alexandria - Female Muslim students wearing headscarves studying in the main hall of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina).
00029331 : EGYPT Cairo - Boy at toy stall at the crowded Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market.
00029330 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - A man and woman hold a sign before performing a traditional dance in Tarawa. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029329 : EGYPT Alexandria - Students using computers in the main hall of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina).
00029328 : EGYPT Cairo - Rush hour traffic at sunset on Tahrir Bridge over the Nile (leading to Gezira Island).
00029327 : EGYPT Cairo - Rush hour traffic at sunset on Tahrir Bridge over the Nile (leading to Gezira Island).
00029326 : KENYA Nairobi - Fashion designer Martha Gakii presents the new Kenyan National Dress in a sewing studio. She was one of the nine designers asked to create a concept for the National Dress.
00029325 : EGYPT Cairo - Employee changing hand-painted posters for Egyptian risque film at cinema close to Midan Ataba.
00029324 : EGYPT Cairo - Felucca on the Nile downtown, by rush hour traffic on Tahrir Bridge at sunset.
00029323 : EGYPT Cairo - Employee with company logo on his jacket at entry to Coca Cola delivery yard in the South of the city.
00029322 : EGYPT Cairo - Crowds at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's massive Friday market, with the Mohammed Ali mosque in the Citadel behind.
00029321 : EGYPT Cairo - Rush hour traffic crossing from Nile bridge, at Midan Saad Zaghloul on Gezira Island, with the New Opera House behind at right.
00029320 : EGYPT Cairo - Happy consumers - couple sitting in the back of a hired Suzuki pick-up taking home their new Zanussi washing machine.
00029319 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - A woman performs a traditional dance in Tarawa. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029318 : EGYPT Cairo - Crowds at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's massive Friday market, which takes place around and under the autostrada.
00029317 : EGYPT Cairo - Market stall selling onions and garlic in the Darb Al-Ahmar district of the city.
00029316 : EGYPT Cairo - Camels on a wall, by a butcher's shop, indicating that he sells camel meat.
00029315 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - Men and women perform a traditional dance in Tarawa. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029314 : EGYPT Alexandria - Old colonial era villa overshadowed by apartment buildings, part of the rapid expansion of this city of 5 million people. The Mediterranean is just visible behind.
00029313 : EGYPT Alexandria - Reflection in window of the colonial era Cecil Hotel of Alexandria's main waterfront square, complete with palm trees and statue of Saad Zadhloul, who led an independence movement in the 1920s, and after whom the square is named.
00029312 : EGYPT Cairo - Halal butcher with his knife at meat market by Midan Ataba.
00029311 : EGYPT Cairo - Tourists in the Egyptian Museum.
00029310 : EGYPT Cairo - Tourists in the Egyptian Museum.
00029309 : EGYPT Cairo - Pedestrian passing McDonald's fast food delivery scooters downtown.
00029308 : EGYPT Cairo - Woman using public telephone by downtown belle epoque buildings.
00029307 : EGYPT Cairo - Tourists in the Egyptian Museum.
00029306 : EGYPT Cairo - Tourists in the Egyptian Museum. Statues of servants at work visible in display cases.
00029305 : EGYPT Cairo - Westernised Egyptian wearing "U.S.A." emblazoned top using his mobile telephone as he walks in traffic.
00029304 : EGYPT Cairo - Portrait of stall holder at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market.
00029303 : EGYPT Cairo - Mobile telephone seller at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market.
00029302 : EGYPT Cairo - People eating in McDonald's fast food restaurant with global advertising slogan in English "I'm Lovin' it" across window.
00029301 : EGYPT Alexandria - Family on the public plaza of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) with the sloping roof of the main building behind.
00029300 : EGYPT Alexandria - The public plaza of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) with the sloping roof of the main building behind.
00029299 : EGYPT Cairo - Advertising for mobile telephones on old building close to Midan Ataba.
00029298 : EGYPT Cairo - Muslim shop owner and staff praying downtown in the foyer of a shopping arcade.
00029297 : EGYPT Alexandria - Family on the public plaza of the new Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) with the sloping roof of the main building behind.
00029296 : EGYPT Cairo - Bookshop window display in the Islamic City, which includes books such as "Islam and sex" in English.
00029295 : EGYPT Cairo - Food seller at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market, carrying dishes and bread.
00029294 : EGYPT Cairo - Stripping out old computers, to resell the parts at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market.
00029293 : EGYPT Cairo - Underwear for sale at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market.
00029292 : EGYPT Cairo - Muslim man praying in car park.
00029291 : EGYPT Alexandria - Fashion advertising showing woman wearing Muslim headscarf in the city centre.
00029290 : EGYPT Alexandria - Illuminated advertising for McDonald's fast food restaurant on the Corniche.
00029289 : EGYPT Alexandria - McDonald's fast food delivery scooter in traffic.
00029288 : EGYPT Alexandria - Modern secular Egyptian couple dancing in the Cap d'Or bar after midnight, one of few remaining places to drink alcohol in the city.
00029287 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - Men and women beat a drum and sing, making music for a traditional dance. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029286 : EGYPT Cairo - Pollution from small scale industry in the Islamic City.
00029285 : EGYPT Alexandria - Modern secular Egyptian couple dancing in the Cap d'Or bar after midnight, one of few remaining places to drink alcohol in the city.
00029284 : EGYPT Alexandria - Modern secular Egyptian couple dancing in the Cap d'Or bar after midnight, one of few remaining places to drink alcohol in the city.
00029283 : EGYPT Cairo - Young women out shopping, by Muski.
00029282 : EGYPT Alexandria - Modern secular Egyptian couple dancing in the Cap d'Or bar after midnight, one of few remaining places to drink alcohol in the city.
00029281 : EGYPT Alexandria - Image of President Hosni Mubarak by the Corniche.
00029280 : EGYPT Alexandria - Veiled Muslim woman, an increasingly common sight in the city.
00029279 : EGYPT Cairo - Pollution from small scale industry in the Islamic City with minarets (including the pair that stand on Bab Zuweyla, the Southern gate).
00029278 : EGYPT Cairo - High rise apartment buildings in the predominantly middle class district of Maadi, in the south of the city.
00029277 : EGYPT Cairo - Painting of Mecca and the Hajj (showing the circulation of the Kaabah) outside home of someone who has made the pilgrimage - and who went there by boat - in the Islamic City.
00029276 : EGYPT Cairo - High rise apartment buildings in the predominantly middle class district of Maadi, in the south of the city.
00029275 : EGYPT Alexandria - Old colonial era villa overshadowed by apartment buildings, part of the rapid expansion of this city of 5 million people. The Mediterranean is just visible behind.
00029274 : EGYPT Alexandria - Dusk view of Alexandria's main waterfront square, complete with palm trees and statue of Saad Zadhloul, who led an independence movement in the 1920s, and after whom the square is named.
00029273 : EGYPT Alexandria - Dusk view of Alexandria's main waterfront square, complete with palm trees and statue of Saad Zadhloul, who led an independence movement in the 1920s, and after whom the square is named.
00029272 : EGYPT Alexandria - Shop selling chandeliers copied from antiques, in the Attareen District.
00029271 : EGYPT Alexandria - View over high rise apartment buildings covered in satellite dishes, to the Mediterranean Sea. The city of Alexandria now has a population of 5 million, and growing.
00029270 : EGYPT Alexandria - View over high rise apartment buildings covered in satellite dishes, to the Mediterranean Sea. The city of Alexandria now has a population of 5 million, and growing.
00029269 : EGYPT Cairo - Boys in a back street of the Islamic City, with the minarets of Bab Zuweyla, the southern gate, rising behind.
00029268 : EGYPT Cairo - Downtown Cairo reflected in a dirty window.
00029267 : EGYPT Cairo - Contrasting advertising on downtown rooftops facing onto Tahrir Square - one for the Vodafone mobile telephone network using football star Ronaldo, and one for Saudi Arabian Airlines using an image of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
00029266 : EGYPT Cairo - Pigeons for sale at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's massive Friday market.
00029265 : EGYPT Cairo - Minarets of Al Azhar, the most important mosque in Egypt, at dusk.
00029264 : EGYPT Cairo - Domes and minarets of Al Azhar, the most important mosque in the country.
00029263 : EGYPT Cairo - Tea stall with television in a market in the Islamic City.
00029262 : EGYPT Cairo - Pigeons for sale at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's massive Friday market.
00029261 : EGYPT Cairo - Crowds at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's massive Friday market.
00029260 : EGYPT Cairo - Porter with a heavy load negotiating street flooded with water after rain storm, because of blocked drains, in the Islamic City.
00029259 : EGYPT Cairo - Shepherd with flock of sheep which has been brought to the city for slaughter, just outside the Northern walls of the Islamic City.
00029258 : EGYPT Cairo - Adjusting window display of fashion store downtown.
00029257 : EGYPT Cairo - Images in window of photographer's studio, dating from a more permissive era.
00029256 : EGYPT Cairo - Locally produced alcohol, with familiar-seeming names on display in shop window. Sale is very restricted, and imported brands prohibitively expensive.
00029255 : EGYPT Cairo - Man smoking cigarette at dusk.
00029254 : EGYPT Alexandria - Making thick rope from old pieces of twine at Alexandria boat building yard.
00029253 : EGYPT Alexandria - Decorated storeroom at Alexandria boat building yard.
00029252 : EGYPT Cairo - The twin minarets above Bab Zuweyla, the southern gate into the Islamic City, reflected in window of mini van, waiting to carry commodities purchased in the souks.
00029251 : EGYPT Cairo - Pollution from small scale industry in the Islamic City rising up to obscure minarets (including the pair that stand on Bab Zuweyla, the Southern gate).
00029250 : EGYPT Cairo - Detail of one of the twin minarets above the southern gate of the Islamic CIty (Bab Zuweyla).
00029249 : EGYPT Alexandria - Ornate European clock in the window of an antiques shop in the Attareen District, a legacy from Alexandria's days as a cosmopolitan entrepot.
00029248 : EGYPT Alexandria - General view of the Attareen District, home to a whole antiques industry.
00029247 : EGYPT Cairo - Woman in a back street of the Islamic City, with the minarets of Bab Zuweyla, the southern gate, rising behind.
00029246 : EGYPT Cairo - Advertising for Seiko and Unilever brand Lipton tea.
00029245 : EGYPT Alexandria - Setting up display for antiques shop in an alley of the Attareen District.
00029244 : EGYPT Alexandria - Colonial era buildings, a legacy of when the city was a cosmopolitan port.
00029243 : EGYPT Cairo - Veiled women checking visa in passport after leaving travel agency.
00029242 : EGYPT Cairo - Passengers in shared taxi.
00029241 : EGYPT Cairo - Women talking as they walk in the Islamic City.
00029240 : EGYPT Alexandria - Reflection in puddle of decaying old colonial era buildings, a reminder of when the city was a cosmopolitan port.
00029239 : EGYPT Cairo - Child minding stall with second-hand TV for sale at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market.
00029238 : EGYPT Cairo - Pedestrians walking next to Al Azhar road in the Islamic City.
00029237 : EGYPT Alexandria - Couple promenading on the Mediterranean waterfront of Alexandria (the Corniche) at sunset.
00029236 : EGYPT Alexandria - People promenading on the Mediterranean waterfront of Alexandria (the Corniche) at sunset, with young women wearing Muslim headscarves.
00029235 : EGYPT Cairo - Women on central reservation of Al-Geish road approaching Midan Ataba, one of the busiest commercial areas of the city.
00029234 : EGYPT Cairo - Man and woman in discussion outside the Al Hussein mosque after Friday prayers.
00029233 : EGYPT Alexandria - Amusement complex called 'Sinbad', to attract Saudi holidaymakers.
00029232 : EGYPT Cairo - Silhouettes of Mamluk domes and minarets below the Citadel at dusk.
00029231 : EGYPT Cairo - View at sunset across the city skyline, with minarets, high rise buildings and the pyramids.
00029230 : EGYPT Cairo - Downtown cityscape showing diverse building styles, and advertising hoardings on rooftops.
00029229 : EGYPT Cairo - Contrasting advertising on downtown rooftops facing onto Tahrir Square - including one for the Vodafone mobile telephone network using football star Ronaldo, and one for Saudi Arabian Airlines using an image of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
00029228 : EGYPT Cairo - Advertising billboard on downtown rooftops for Saudi Arabian Airlines using an image of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
00029227 : EGYPT Cairo - Neon advertising for Sanyo on a building facing onto Tahrir Square.
00029226 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - A young man performs a traditional dance in Tarawa. Kiribati is a nation of 33 coral atolls scattered about the equator, inhabited by about 77,000 people. It is a society with little in the way of painting or carving. In place of these, dance has become the receptacle for oral history, music, poetry, and movement. Dance relates the myths of creation and immigration, and the great battles of Kiribati history.
00029225 : EGYPT Cairo - Middle class romance - Egyptian lovers in a discreet corner of the rooftop bar at the Nile Hilton.
00029224 : EGYPT Cairo - Boats on the Nile in the centre of Cairo, with the pyramids clearly visible behind.
00029223 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Legislative council Ahmed Qurei (aka Abu Ala) (left) and the Palestinian prime minister-designate Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) (right), during the meeting of the Palestinian Legislative Council to approve the new cabinet.
00029222 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat smiles at supporters during a pro-Arafat rally at his compound.
00029221 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives for a parliamentary session after the parliament approved his new position as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority.
00029220 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, surrounded by his security guards, flashes the "V" sign to his supporters during a pro-Arafat rally at his compound.
00029219 : SERBIA Belgrade - Svetlana 'Ceca' Raznatovic, whose 'Turbofolk' music has made her the biggest pop star in the Balkans, at Obilic football ground. Her husband, the notorious warlord Arkan, bought the club in the 1990s and she took over its running after he was assassinated in 2000.
00029218 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Saudi family alongside a portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan in a shopping centre. Renowned as the father of the nation, he was president from the UAE's formation in 1971 until his death in 2004.
00029217 : SERBIA Belgrade - Svetlana 'Ceca' Raznatovic, whose 'Turbofolk' music has made her the biggest pop star in the Balkans, at her home in Belgrade. She is the widow of the notorious warlord Arkan, who was assassinated in 2000.
00029216 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Journalist Hamida Ghafour stands amidst a group of US Marines during a briefing at the Bagram air base.
00029215 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Journalist Hamida Ghafour interviewing people outside Bagram air base.
00029214 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - Around 20,000 people took to the streets of Amsterdam to protest at the murder of outspoken film maker Theo van Gogh earlier that day. Van Gogh, who had made a controversial film about Islamic culture, was shot dead as he cycled through the city. "Help Us" the posters say.
00029213 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Ras Al-Khaimah - An image of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan above a row of shops. Renowned as the father of the nation, he was president from the UAE's formation in 1971 until his death in 2004.
00029212 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - Around 20,000 people took to the streets of Amsterdam to protest at the murder of outspoken film maker Theo van Gogh earlier that day. Van Gogh, who had made a controversial film about Islamic culture, was shot dead as he cycled through the city.
00029211 : SERBIA Belgrade - Svetlana 'Ceca' Raznatovic, whose 'Turbofolk' music has made her the biggest pop star in the Balkans, at her home in Belgrade. She is the widow of the notorious warlord Arkan, who was assassinated in 2000.
00029210 : SERBIA Belgrade - Svetlana 'Ceca' Raznatovic, whose 'Turbofolk' music has made her the biggest pop star in the Balkans, on the roof of her home in Belgrade. She is the widow of the notorious warlord Arkan, who was assassinated in 2000.
00029209 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - Around 20,000 people took to the streets of Amsterdam to protest at the murder of outspoken film maker Theo van Gogh earlier that day. Van Gogh, who had made a controversial film about Islamic culture, was shot dead as he cycled through the city.
00029194 : EGYPT Siwa Oasis - Children in back of pick-up truck.
00029189 : EGYPT Giza, nr. Cairo - Tourists on a camel being overtaken by a Landrover.
00029188 : EGYPT Alexandria - Branch of Banque Misr, an Egyptian bank.
00029187 : IRAQ Al Nagar - Women's ward in Al-Nagar hospital. A major problem in Iraqi hospitals is the shortage of beds. In this ward two or in some cases three patients share one bed.
00029186 : JAPAN - Small post office on the island of Taketomi, off Okinawa.
00029185 : FRANCE Paris - Exiled American Democrats attend an all-night live broadcast of the third and final presidential debate between George Bush and John Kerry at Carr's Irish Restaurant in Paris.
00029184 : FRANCE Paris - Exiled American Democrats attend an all-night live broadcast of the third and final presidential debate between George Bush and John Kerry at Carr's Irish Restaurant in Paris.
00029183 : FRANCE Paris - Exiled Americans attend a rally at the Tour Eiffel organised by Democrats Abroad to "send a message home" to vote for John Kerry and John Edwards in the US presidential election.
00029182 : IRAQ Baghdad - Young women shopping with their mothers and friends in the wealthy neighbourhood of Zayuna on Rubae Street. In the wealthier districts of Baghdad, less conservative dress and behaviour is common, but young women are rarely seen alone or in the company of men who are not their relatives.
00029181 : GHANA Lusaka - An Ashanti chief at the 10th Anniversary AGM of Kuapa Kokoo (a cocoa farmers' co-operative), a vast public meeting attended by 2,000 cocoa farmers.
00029180 : IRAQ Baghdad - Young women shopping in the wealthy neighbourhood of Zayuna on Rubae Street, one using a mobile telephone. In the wealthier districts of Baghdad, less conservative dress and behaviour is common, but young women are rarely seen alone or in the company of men who are not their relatives.
00029179 : IRAQ Baghdad - Young women shopping in the wealthy neighbourhood of Zayuna on Rubae Street. In the wealthier districts of Baghdad, less conservative dress and behaviour is common, but young women are rarely seen alone or in the company of men who are not their relatives.
00029178 : IRAQ Baghdad - Young women at the Baghdad Hunting Club after a women's swimming session when only female members of the club are allowed to use the pool.
00029177 : IRAQ Baghdad - Women demonstrate in Firdous Square under the banner of the Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq, rallying for greater security for women on the streets and demanding that US forces leave the country.
00029176 : IRAQ Baghdad - Women demonstrate in Firdous Square under the banner of the Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq, rallying for greater security for women on the streets and demanding that US forces leave the country. The organisation is led by Janar Mohammed (second left).
00029175 : IRAQ Baghdad - University students at a restaurant popular among young, middle class Baghdadis. Women are far less active and spend more time at home than they did before the war due to the lack of security in the city. Kidnapping the children of wealthy or middle class families for money is not uncommon.
00029174 : IRAQ Baghdad - A young woman preparing for her wedding in a salon in Sadr City. Growing conservativism in social circles and the rising influence of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army have seen some salon owners being threatened. Part of the Mehdi Army's policing involves enforcing moral conduct.
00029173 : IRAQ Baghdad - Women walking at dusk in the Sadr City district.
00029172 : IRAQ Baghdad - This bride will not show her face after leaving a beauty salon until she reaches the privacy of a family gathering, while adverts on salon doors have had veils painted onto women's portraits. Growing conservativism in social circles and the rising influence of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army have seen some salon owners being threatened. Part of the Mehdi Army's policing involves enforcing moral conduct.
00029171 : IRAQ Baghdad - Women on their way to a henna party, the Iraqi equivalent of a bridal shower, after they have had make-up applied in a salon in Sadr City.
00029170 : IRAQ Baghdad - A women browses rental wedding gowns at a bridal shop in Sadr City.
00029168 : IRAQ Baghdad - The five-year-old daughter of a martyr in Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army wears the hijab and a long black gown called "abaya", uncommon dress for a girl so young, at a discreet Medhi Army rally.
00029167 : IRAQ Baghdad - Fashion designer Afra Alani (centre) during a show of her designs at the private Baghdad Hunting Club.
00029164 : GHANA - A cocoa farmer carries dried beans home to be put into sacks and weighed. The villagers of Domebra sell part of their crop under a fair trade initiative, which not only pays the farmers a fixed rate for their cocoa beans, regardless of fluctuating market prices, but a 'social premium' of $150 a tonne which helps fund community projects.
00029162 : GHANA - A freshly picked cocoa pod has been split using a cutlass to show the cocoa beans inside. It takes two to three years for the trees to bear fruit and three to four months for the pods to reach this ripe, yellow stage. The white milky seeds or beans are then wrapped in plantain leaves to ferment in the shade - the most crucial process in cocoa farming. The villagers of Domebra sell part of their crop under a fair trade initiative, which not only pays the farmers a fixed rate for their cocoa beans, regardless of fluctuating market prices, but a 'social premium' of $150 a tonne which helps fund community projects.
00029161 : GHANA - A democratically elected recorder, an official trusted by the villagers, weighs sacks of cocoa beans. A 25kg weighing stone is used to check the scales are accurate. Prior to 1993, middlemen buying on behalf of Cocobod (the government's cocoa marketing body) fixed the scales to cheat the cocoa farmers out of a fair price. The villagers of Domebra sell part of their crop under a fair trade initiative, which not only pays the farmers a fixed rate for their cocoa beans, regardless of fluctuating market prices, but a 'social premium' of $150 a tonne which helps fund community projects.
00029160 : GHANA - A cocoa farmer lays out beans on giant tables made of rush matting to dry in the intense Ghanaian sun. After six days they will have developed a full flavour. The villagers of Domebra sell part of their crop under a fair trade initiative, which not only pays the farmers a fixed rate for their cocoa beans, regardless of fluctuating market prices, but a 'social premium' of $150 a tonne which helps fund community projects.
00029159 : GHANA - These cocoa beans have been laid out to dry on rush matting for six days to develop a full flavour. The beans are then roasted and processed into chocolate. The villagers of Domebra sell part of their crop under a fair trade initiative, which not only pays the farmers a fixed rate for their cocoa beans, regardless of fluctuating market prices, but a 'social premium' of