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00028436 : USA New York - Man delivering a whole pig to a Canal Street Chinese restaurant, throwing it down into the basement.
00028435 : USA New York - Women and children on a windy day on The Bowery in Chinatown.
00028434 : USA New York - Young woman using mobile phone passing a mural in Chinatown of an old style Chinaman.
00028433 : KENYA Nr. Machakos - Woman selling vegetables in a market.
00028432 : KENYA Machakos - Water cistern collecting rain water.
00028431 : SUDAN South - Feeding centre in Kougor run by the Irish NGO GOAL.
00028430 : MOZAMBIQUE Tete Province - Children scavenging in the dust for food.
00028429 : BURKINA FASO - Djembe drum.
00028428 : SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town - International Women's Day meeting.
00028427 : LESOTHO - Mother and child playing.
00028426 : ECUADOR Quito - Man reading in El Ejido park.
00028425 : JAPAN Okinawa - Post office box on the island of Taketomi.
00028424 : VIETNAM Lao Cai Province - Hmong hill tribespeople at Bac Ha market.
00028423 : INDIA Bombay / Mumbai - Woman surrounded by rubbish in the Dharavi slum.
00028422 : ERITREA Asmara - International Women's Day celebrations.
00028421 : GRENADA - Telephone boxes damaged by Hurricane Ivan, which devastated 90% of the island.
00028420 : GRENADA - A home destroyed by Hurricane Ivan, which devastated 90% of the island.
00028419 : GRENADA - Ras Mervyn Drayton in the ruins of his wooden home, which was blown away with him and his grandfather inside. Hurricane Ivan devastated 90% of the island.
00028418 : GRENADA - The aftermath of Hurricane Ivan, which devastated 90% of the island. In the centre is the island's prison, whose inmates escaped when the storm hit.
00028417 : GRENADA - The aftermath of Hurricane Ivan, which devastated 90% of the island.
00028416 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Mostar - During the Bosnian war, the medieval town of Mostar was split along the Neretva river, with the Muslim community on one side and Bosnian Croats on the other. The magnificent 16th century Ottoman bridge was destroyed in fierce fighting in November 1993, but has been rebuilt, opening in 2004.
00028415 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Mostar - During the Bosnian war, the medieval town of Mostar was split along the Neretva river, with the Muslim community on one side and Bosnian Croats on the other. The magnificent 16th century Ottoman bridge was destroyed in fierce fighting in November 1993, but has been rebuilt, opening in 2004.
00028414 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Mostar - During the Bosnian war, the medieval town of Mostar was split along the Neretva river, with the Muslim community on one side and Bosnian Croats on the other. The magnificent 16th century Ottoman bridge was destroyed in fierce fighting in November 1993, but has been rebuilt, opening in 2004.
00028413 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Mostar - During the Bosnian war, the medieval town of Mostar was split along the Neretva river, with the Muslim community on one side and Bosnian Croats on the other. The magnificent 16th century Ottoman bridge was destroyed in fierce fighting in November 1993, but has been rebuilt, opening in 2004.
00028412 : SOMALIA Bardera - UN peacekeeping troops from Botswana meeting locals. Captain Brewster Matome shakes the hand of a young boy.
00028411 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Mostar - During the Bosnian war, the medieval town of Mostar was split along the Neretva river, with the Muslim community on one side and Bosnian Croats on the other. The magnificent 16th century Ottoman bridge was destroyed in fierce fighting in November 1993, but has been rebuilt, opening in 2004.
00028410 : ETHIOPIA - Orthodox priests.
00028409 : ETHIOPIA Northern Highlands - Priests performing ceremony in a rock-hewn church in Sekota.
00028408 : ETHIOPIA Northern Highlands - The rock-hewn, monolithic church of St. George (13th century) in Lalibela. High in the Amhara Mountains, eleven extraordinary subterranean churches are carved out of volcanic rock. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the churches are believed to have been built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. They are a place of pilgrimage for Ethiopia's Christians, who travel on foot for days or even weeks. The most important festival is Timkat, each January, which is a re-enactment of the baptism of Christ.
00028407 : IRAQ Kalak, Kurdistan - American soldiers, paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne brigade, pass local shepherds as they make their way to the front line. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028406 : IRAQ Qoshtepe, Kurdistan - Peshmergas of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) watch a smoke ring in the sky after the demolition of UXO (unexploded ordnance) left behind by the fleeing Iraqi army, who abandoned their position the previous night. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028405 : IRAQ Khazar, Kurdistan - Wajid Barzani, head of the Kurdish special forces and brother of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Massoud Barzani. He was injured in a friendly fire incident by American forces the following day.
00028404 : IRAQ Diyana, Kurdistan - Iraqi army deserters who are starting to pour into Kurdistan are housed in several tented camps around Diyana. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028403 : IRAQ Kalak, Kurdistan - American soldiers, paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne brigade, pass local shepherds as they make their way to the front line. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028402 : IRAQ Kalak, Kurdistan - American soldiers, paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne brigade, pass local shepherds as they make their way to the front line. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028401 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - Kurdish youths wave the American and Kurdish flags to celebrate the fall of Baghdad that day. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028400 : IRAQ Kirkuk, Kurdistan - Kurds beat a picture of Saddam Hussein with their shoes, on the day that Kirkuk fell. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028399 : IRAQ Kirkuk, Kurdistan - A Kurdish man beats a statue of Saddam Hussein with his shoe, on the day that Kirkuk fell. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028398 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Kurdish Peshmergas guard the edge of the city, along the highway to Iraqi-controlled Mosul.
00028397 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Kurdish shepherds lead their sheep along the highway, passing a road sign at the edge of town.
00028396 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - The last Kurdish checkpoint along the highway to Iraqi-controlled Mosul. A rifle hangs alongside a portrait of Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
00028395 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Kurdish petrol smugglers load fuel from one truck to another.
00028394 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - A statue guards the Citadel of Erbil.
00028393 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Kurdish petrol smuggler selling fuel at the side of the road.
00028392 : IRAQ Khazar, Kurdistan - Journalists take cover during an Iraqi mortar attack. They were travelling with Kurdish peshmerga fighters and US special forces who were attacking Iraqi positions in the village of Khazar. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028391 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Kitsch carpets for sale next to the Citadel of Erbil.
00028390 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Kurdish men avidly read newspapers to find out the latest news in the build-up to the second Gulf war.
00028389 : IRAQ Khazar, Kurdistan - Kurdish commander of the 17th army Serbest Baberi directs his peshmerga fighters. Together with US special forces, they attacked Iraqi positions in the village of Khazar. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028388 : IRAQ Salahuddin, Kurdistan - Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), speaks at a press conference.
00028387 : IRAQ Khazar, Kurdistan - US special forces soldiers take a break during a lull in the fighting. Together with Kurdish peshmerga fighters they were attacking Iraqi positions in the village of Khazar. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028386 : IRAQ Khazar, Kurdistan - Julian Manyon, a reporter with the British TV company ITN, takes cover during an Iraqi mortar attack. He was travelling with Kurdish peshmerga fighters and US special forces who were attacking Iraqi positions in the village of Khazar. US and British troops invaded Iraq on 20th March with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein. By the 9th April American troops were in the capital and the regime had collapsed ending nearly 25 years of Ba'athist rule.
00028385 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Massoud Barzani (right) and Patiotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Jalal Talabani (left) meet to negotiate a truce between the two competing factions.
00028384 : IRAQ Mosul, Kurdistan - A man wielding a knife runs away with a bag of money after looting a branch of the Central Bank of Iraq in Mosul. After the Iraqi army abandoned the town, a vacuum developed and law and order broke down.
00028383 : IRAQ Salahuddin, Kurdistan - US special envoy for Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad speaks at a press conference.
00028382 : TURKEY Mersin, Icel - Ramazan Durmus waits for a fare in his boat in the southern port of Mersin. Customers are scarce since the embargo against Iraq means that few ships dock here.
00028381 : IRAN Tehran - Father and son next to a crowd of women celebrating the Shia Islamic festival of Ashura.
00028380 : TURKEY Mersin, Icel - Ramazan Durmus waits for a fare in his boat in the southern port of Mersin. Customers are scarce since the embargo against Iraq means that few ships dock here.
00028379 : KENYA Logichoggio - Bags of food being loaded on to transport planes at Logichoggio airport. The planes, operated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP), fly over Southern Sudan dropping food aid. The civil war has displaced the civilian population and created constant food shortages.
00028378 : KENYA Logichoggio - A C-130 Hercules transport plane takes off from Logichoggio airport. The plane, operated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP), is on its way into Southern Sudan to drop food aid. The civil war has displaced the civilian population and created constant food shortages.
00028377 : KENYA Logichoggio - A C-130 Hercules transport plane takes off from Logichoggio airport. The plane, operated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP), is on its way into Southern Sudan to drop food aid. The civil war has displaced the civilian population and created constant food shortages.
00028376 : KENYA Logichoggio - Bags of food being filled for loading on to transport planes at Logichoggio airport. The planes, operated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP), fly over Southern Sudan dropping food aid. The civil war has displaced the civilian population and created constant food shortages.
00028375 : SUDAN South - Food and medicines being unloaded at an airstrip in Lell. The supplies were flown in by an NGO, Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), which flies illegally into rebel-controlled areas on a regular basis.
00028374 : KENYA Logichoggio - Bags of food being loaded on to transport planes at Logichoggio airport. The planes, operated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP), fly over Southern Sudan dropping food aid. The civil war has displaced the civilian population and created constant food shortages.
00028373 : SUDAN South - A C-130 Hercules transport plane, operated by the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP), dropping food aid. Civil war has displaced the civilian population and created constant food shortages.
00028372 : SUDAN South - Food and medicines being unloaded at an airstrip in Akot. The supplies were flown in by an NGO, Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), which flies illegally into rebel-controlled areas on a regular basis.
00028371 : NEPAL - Mount Everest.
00028370 : RUSSIA Chechnya - Demonstration for Chechen independence, held on the anniversary of the Russian invasion. The warlord Shamil Basayev appears on a placard.
00028369 : MADAGASCAR - Typical Highland landscape.
00028368 : MADAGASCAR - Children collecting charcoal for cooking.
00028367 : ANGOLA Luanda - A boy disabled as a result of polio struggles as the goalkeeper in a beach football game.
00028366 : ANGOLA Benguela - Woman disabled as a result of polio.
00028365 : ANGOLA Luanda - Landmine victim sitting on the promenade.
00028364 : ANGOLA Luanda - Containers used for housing in a camp for IDPs (internally displaced people).
00028363 : ARGENTINA Iguassu - The Iguassu (Iguacu) Falls, viewed from the Argentinian side of the Iguassu River on the border between Argentina and Brazil. The waterfall stretches for two and a half miles, plunging 269 feet into the river below.
00028362 : ARGENTINA Iguassu - The Iguassu (Iguacu) Falls, viewed from the Argentinian side of the Iguassu River on the border between Argentina and Brazil. The waterfall stretches for two and a half miles, plunging 269 feet into the river below.
00028361 : ARGENTINA Jujuy - Mineral-rich hills near Jujuy, once mined by the Incas.
00028360 : INDONESIA Ubud, Bali - Making harvest festival offerings at a Hindu temple.
00028359 : INDONESIA Nr. Ubud, Bali - Rice farmer and terraces.
00028358 : BRAZIL Iguassu - The Iguassu (Iguacu) Falls, viewed from the Brazilian side of the Iguassu River on the border between Argentina and Brazil. The waterfall stretches for two and a half miles, plunging 269 feet into the river below.
00028357 : BRUNEI Bandar Seri Bagwan - Sunset after a rainstorm over the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque.
00028356 : BRUNEI - A man washes his hands before Friday prayers at Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, putting his mobile phone in his hat for safekeeping.
00028355 : BRUNEI - Testing the clarity of water at a shrimp farm.
00028354 : BURMA Myawadi, Kayin State - 14 year old child labourer.
00028353 : BURMA Myawadi, Kayin State - Woman with betel paste on her cheeks.
00028352 : BURMA Myawadi, Kayin State - Street children sleep in the Myawadi Four Corners temple.
00028351 : BURMA Myawadi, Kayin State - Monks working to build an extension to their monastery at the 'Crocodile Temple'.
00028350 : BURMA Myawadi, Kayin State - Monks working to build an extension to their monastery at the 'Crocodile Temple'.
00028349 : BURMA Myawadi, Kayin State - Monk being driven past an anti drugs sign.
00028348 : ZAMBIA Nr. Lusaka - Evangelical Christians praying.
00028347 : BURMA Myawadi, Kayin State - Unloading imports brought across the friendship bridge from Thailand.
00028346 : CAMBODIA Angkor Wat, Angkor - Apsara carving.
00028345 : CAMBODIA Angkor Thom, Angkor - Young monk.
00028344 : CHINA Leshan, Sichuan Province - Dafu, a giant Buddha image carved into a mountainside.
00028343 : COLOMBIA Bucaramanga - Rolling cigars by hand.
00028342 : COLOMBIA San Augustin, Huila - Precolumbian zoomorphic statues.
00028341 : COLOMBIA Cartagena - The medieval walled city of Cartagena.
00028340 : COLOMBIA Caldas - Harvesting sugar cane manually.
00028339 : COLOMBIA Mompox, Bolivar - Portrait of Momposino.
00028338 : COLOMBIA Leticia, Amazonas - Children separating rice from its husks.
00028337 : COLOMBIA El Retiro, Antioquia - Man drinking coffee.
00028336 : COLOMBIA - Playing "Vallenatos" folkloric love songs at the Valledupar festival.
00028335 : COLOMBIA Sosa, Boyaca - Boyaca woman and son gardening.
00028334 : COLOMBIA - A bugle call at sunrise begins each day at Tolemaida Commando base.
00028333 : CUBA Havana - Young girl playing on brass lion.
00028332 : COLOMBIA Tunja, Boyaca - Steel worker at Paz del Rio.
00028331 : ZAMBIA Kitwe - Classroom of girls orphaned by AIDS.
00028330 : CUBA Havana - Partagas cigar factory.
00028329 : CUBA Havana - Colonial architecture - balcony life.
00028328 : CUBA Havana - Live music at street cafe.
00028327 : CUBA Havana - Hanging out on the Malecon (promenade).
00028326 : CUBA Havana - Live music at street cafe.
00028325 : CUBA Havana - Havana skyline with Capitol.
00028324 : CUBA Havana - Capitol seen from restaurant.
00028323 : CUBA Havana - Second hand book stall.
00028322 : CUBA Havana - Havana skyline with Capitol at left.
00028321 : CUBA Havana - Old timers while away the afternoon.
00028320 : CUBA Havana - Colonial architecture, restored with the aid of Unesco.
00028319 : CUBA Havana - Havana skyline, including Opera House and Capitol.
00028318 : CUBA Havana - Dilapidated colonial architecture.
00028317 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo - Aerial view of the Faro de Colon (Columbus Lighthouse).
00028316 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo - Aerial view of the town.
00028315 : EGYPT Aswan - Visitors at the Aga Khan Mausoleum.
00028314 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo - Aerial view of the town.
00028313 : EGYPT Giza, nr. Cairo - Camel at the Pyramids.
00028312 : EGYPT Nr. Luxor - Temple of Kom Ombo.
00028311 : EGYPT Cairo - A young couple chat on a rampart overlooking Sultan Hassan Mosque.
00028310 : INDIA Nr. Jaipur, Rajasthan - Boy herding water buffalo.
00028309 : EGYPT - Tourists visit Abu Simbel.
00028308 : INDIA Kolkata (Calcutta) West Bengal - Pilgrims perform puja during the last day of the Kumbh Mela festival, on the ghats of the Hooghly river.
00028307 : INDIA Jodhpur, Rajasthan - Local woman in the window of her blue-painted home, characteristic of central Jodhpur.
00028306 : MADAGASCAR Ambositre - Tribeswoman breastfeeding her baby boy whilst performing farm work.
00028305 : MADAGASCAR Ambositre - Young Malagasy girl carrying cattle feed in a basket.
00028304 : MEXICO Taxco - Tourists in a silver jewellery shop.
00028303 : MADAGASCAR Ambositre - Young boy carrying a hoe for ploughing a rough field.
00028302 : MEXICO Mexico City - The University of Mexico, famous for its 1960s architecture.
00028301 : MEXICO San Cristobal, Chiapas - Indians practice acupuncture.
00028300 : MEXICO Mexico City - Murals by Diego Rivera at the University of Mexico, famous for its 1960s architecture.
00028299 : MEXICO Mexico City - Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Moon.
00028298 : MOROCCO Fez - Tanneries processing leather.
00028297 : MOROCCO Fez - The Royal Palace.
00028296 : MOROCCO Fez - The Karouine mosque in the old city.
00028295 : MOROCCO Essaouira - Afternoon shadows on the walls of the medina.
00028294 : NEPAL - Moonrise over Mount Everest and the Kumbu Himal.
00028293 : MOROCCO Marrakech - Djemma el Fna, the city's central square.
00028292 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Family portrait.
00028291 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Portrait.
00028290 : PERU Cuzco region - Inca staircase near Winay Wayna, Machu Pichu.
00028289 : PERU Cuzco region - Ollantaytambo, an Incan village.
00028288 : SAUDI ARABIA Najran - Woven bowls.
00028287 : SAUDI ARABIA Riyadh - Government buildings.
00028286 : SAUDI ARABIA Abha - Flower person.
00028285 : SAUDI ARABIA Najran - Bedouin man.
00028284 : SAUDI ARABIA Najran - Oasis.
00028283 : SAUDI ARABIA Riyadh - Al Musmak Fort.
00028282 : SAUDI ARABIA Najran - Daggers being traded in the market.
00028281 : SAUDI ARABIA Abha - Flower person.
00028280 : SAUDI ARABIA Najran - Inside the adobe fort of Ibn Madi.
00028279 : SAUDI ARABIA Najran - Adobe fort of Ibn Madi.
00028278 : SAUDI ARABIA Riyadh - Modern 'bedu' style architecture on the outskirts of the city.
00028277 : SAUDI ARABIA Najran - Harvesting dates.
00028276 : ST. LUCIA Castries - View of Castries harbour.
00028275 : THAILAND Bangkok - Construction site with Baiyoke tower beyond.
00028274 : THAILAND Bangkok - Construction site with Baiyoke tower beyond.
00028273 : THAILAND Bangkok - Fire in urban slum area near Sathorn, possibly started deliberately to clear land for greedy landlords to construct high rise buildings.
00028272 : THAILAND Kanchanaburi - The public give alms to Buddhist monks at dawn on the King's birthday.
00028271 : UZBEKISTAN Bukhara - Ornate interior of a medresa, restored with the help of Unesco.
00028270 : ZAMBIA Kitwe - AIDS orphan waiting for food at a help centre.
00028269 : ZAMBIA Lusaka - AIDS orphan at a help centre.
00028268 : IRAQ Najaf - Soldiers in Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army move to reinforce a front line position. The old city has been under siege from US forces for weeks.
00028267 : ZAMBIA Kitwe - Four siblings orphaned by AIDS.
00028266 : IRAQ Najaf - Soldiers in the new Iraqi army supporting US troops in their battle against Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army. US soldiers conducted the majority of operations in the battle for Najaf with Iraqi soldiers providing rear support and securing areas after the ceasefire.
00028265 : IRAQ Najaf - A tired soldier from Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army takes a break from front line fighting in the basement of a building being pummelled by US tank shells. The old city has been under siege from US forces for weeks.
00028264 : IRAQ Najaf - Fighters in Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army walk through the alleyways of the old city to front line positions. The old city has been under siege from US forces for weeks.
00028263 : AFGHANISTAN Gardez - Badrai (left) receives her electoral registration card after registering to vote in the forthcoming presidential election. Out of all provinces that are providing registration sites for women, Gardez has the least participation due to security issues.
00028262 : IRAQ Najaf - Soldiers in the new Iraqi army supporting US troops in their battle against Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army. US soldiers conducted the majority of operations in the battle for Najaf with Iraqi soldiers providing rear support and securing areas after the ceasefire.
00028261 : IRAQ Najaf - Mehdi army fighters watch the arrival of pilgrims answering the call of Ayatolla Al Sistani to converge on the city. Al Sistani had brokered a ceasefire following a three week siege by US forces against Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army, who were holed up in the old city. An announcement from the Imam Ali shrine asked the soldiers to turn in their weapons and leave the city.
00028260 : AFGHANISTAN Gardez - Negar holds her electoral registration card after registering to vote in the forthcoming presidential election. Out of all provinces that are providing registration sites for women, Gardez has the least participation due to security issues.
00028259 : AFGHANISTAN Gardez - A woman receives her electoral registration card after registering to vote in the forthcoming presidential election. Out of all provinces that are providing registration sites for women, Gardez has the least participation due to security issues.
00028258 : CHILE Los Lagos - The Osorno volcano (2660m), viewed from a ferry flying the Chilean flag on Lake Esmeralda (also known as All Saints lake).
00028257 : CHILE Los Lagos - Alpaca llama.
00028256 : CHILE Los Lagos - Tourist with video camera filming a waterfall on the Petrohue river.
00028255 : CHILE Los Lagos - Peulla, a village with 80 inhabitants near Lake Esmeralda (also known as All Saints lake). At the left is a petal of the Pangue, an edible plant native to the region.
00028254 : CHILE Los Lagos - A girl at the Angelmo fish market in the village of Puerto Montt.
00028253 : CHILE Los Lagos - Small boat on Lake Esmeralda (also known as All Saints lake).
00028252 : CHILE Los Lagos - A barman mixing Pisco Sour coctails in the Pazos restaurant in Puerto Montt.
00028251 : CHILE Los Lagos - Scarecrow on a path along the Petrohue river.
00028250 : CHILE Los Lagos - Traffic passing the Church of the Holy Heart (built in 1915) in Puerto Varas.
00028249 : CHILE Los Lagos - A bar in Frutillar, a village with many people of German descent. The German migrant community was established here in 1853.
00028248 : CHILE Los Lagos - Typical Chilean baking in a restaurant in Ralun.
00028247 : CHILE Los Lagos - Two sightseers descend from the top of the Osorno volcano (2660m).
00028246 : CHILE Los Lagos - Monte Perdido (The Lost Mountain) seen from Lake Esmeralda (also known as All Saints lake).
00028245 : CHILE Los Lagos - Fishermen on Lake Llanquihue.
00028244 : ETHIOPIA Gondar - The city of Gondar, viewed from the 17th century castle of Emperor Fasilidas.
00028243 : CAMBODIA Ta Sanh, Samlaut district - Comrade Duch (real name Kaing Guek Eav) confesses to mass murder. As chief executioner of the Khmer Rouge when they were in power he was responsible for the S-21 detention centre at Tuol Sleng, where over 16,000 people were killed between 1975 and 1979. Photographer Nic Dunlop unearthed Duch working with the American Refugee Committee in 1999. He is currently awaiting trial.
00028242 : CAMBODIA Ta Sanh, Samlaut district - Comrade Duch (real name Kaing Guek Eav) confesses to mass murder. As chief executioner of the Khmer Rouge when they were in power he was responsible for the S-21 detention centre at Tuol Sleng, where over 16,000 people were killed between 1975 and 1979. Photographer Nic Dunlop unearthed Duch working with the American Refugee Committee in 1999. He is currently awaiting trial.
00028241 : CAMBODIA - Vann Nath, a painter, holds up his mugshot, taken when he was a prisoner of the Khmer Rouge. He was one of only seven people who survived incarceration in the notorious S-21 detention centre at Tuol Sleng, where over 16,000 inmates were killed between 1975 and 1979. He survived because the Khmer used him to paint portraits of Pol Pot.
00028240 : CAMBODIA - Khmer Rouge soldiers at Preah Vihear on the Thai border.
00028239 : UKRAINE Odessa - Couple looking out over the city at night.
00028238 : UKRAINE Odessa - Young girls sing during a concert at the Literature Museum.
00028237 : UKRAINE Odessa - Night view of the port of Odessa.
00028236 : UKRAINE Odessa - Odessa's Philharmonic Orchestra performing a concert in the former stock exchange building.
00028235 : UKRAINE Odessa - Classical Greek columns.
00028234 : UKRAINE Odessa - Night view of a street in central Odessa.
00028233 : UKRAINE Odessa - The Odessa Steps, made famous in Sergei Eisenstein's film 'Battleship Potemkin'.
00028232 : UKRAINE Odessa - The Odessa Steps, made famous in Sergei Eisenstein's film 'Battleship Potemkin'.
00028231 : UKRAINE Odessa - The audience gathers to hear Odessa's Philharmonic Orchestra performing a concert in the former stock exchange building.
00028230 : UKRAINE Odessa - A bride posing for wedding photos in front of the opera house.
00028229 : UKRAINE Odessa - Dima, a young student at Hlasunov music school, poses during a concert.
00028228 : UKRAINE Odessa - Sailor sweeping the deck of his ship in the port of Odessa.
00028227 : ETHIOPIA Tigray region - One of the huge granite stelae (obelisks) in the ancient city of Axum (Aksum), which dates from around 100BC.
00028226 : IRAQ Mosul, Kurdistan - A mortar bomb lies in the grass in the Iraqi Republican Guard's barracks in Mosul, abandoned earlier that month.
00028225 : USA New York, United States of America - Boots representing (and including) the boots of fallen soldiers from the New York area, laid out by Iraq Veterans Against the War, have been set out in Union Square Park in Manhattan to protest against the Republican National Convention being held in the city.
00028224 : IRAQ Anab, Halabja, Kurdistan - Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) peshmerga fighting Ansar al-Islam forces.
00028223 : IRAQ Kirkuk, Kurdistan - 10 year old Khadab found a cache of munitions in a school in Kirkuk. He was terribly injured after trying to burn gunpowder and explosives taken from the ordnance. In a period of a week, 52 people have been killed and 63 injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Kirkuk. The vast majority of the victims are children.
00028222 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - Hazhar (10) has been working for the last five years, selling cigarettes, biscuits and chewing gum. Currently he cleans shoes, earning 10-15 Dinars (£1-£1.50) per day.
00028221 : USA New York, United States of America - Demonstration against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028220 : USA New York, United States of America - Demonstration against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028219 : USA New York, United States of America - Demonstration against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028218 : USA New York, United States of America - Alex Ryabov, 21, right, and Rob Sarra, 32, left, both retired from the US Marines. Having served in Iraq, they are now part of the Iraq Veterans Against the War group, and have come to Union Square Park to speak out. During the Republican National Convention, an estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028217 : USA New York, United States of America - Earl and Lenita Unruh, delegates from Blossom, Texas, on their way to the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden.
00028216 : USA New York, United States of America - Eighth Avenue is closed off for the duration of the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden, the building on the left.
00028215 : USA New York, United States of America - Dave Custodio, who came from California to protest outside the Republican National Convention, rests in Union Square Park. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028214 : USA New York, United States of America - Homeland security - Officer Centuro of the 16th Precinct stands guard at Fox News TV headquarters in Manhattan. It was believed Fox might be a target for people demonstrating against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028213 : USA New York, United States of America - Homeland security - an officer from the Federal Protective Service, armed with a non-lethal weapon, guards a corner on Sixth Avenue during demonstrations against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028212 : ANGOLA - Women selling maize at market.
00028211 : SUDAN North West Darfur - A rebel soldier of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) sits next to one of 12 bodies found in a remote area. According to local people they were executed in April this year after the Sudanese army and Janjaweed Arab militias attacked a market place. Two months later the SLA took control of the area and discovered the bodies. According to them they didn't bury the bodies, against Islamic tradition, in order to preserve some evidence of the atrocities committed by the Janjaweed and Sudanese government.
00028210 : ROMANIA - Young Roma gypsy people in the market.
00028209 : SUDAN North West Darfur - A rebel soldier of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) prays next to one of 12 bodies found in a remote area. According to local people they were executed in April this year after the Sudanese army and Janjaweed Arab militias attacked a market place. Two months later the SLA took control of the area and discovered the bodies. According to them they didn't bury the bodies, against Islamic tradition, in order to preserve some evidence of the atrocities committed by the Janjaweed and Sudanese government.
00028208 : SUDAN North West Darfur - A young boy looks over the remains of his house. Only the outer stone walls of the houses remain after Janjaweed Arab militias attacked the village in April. Most of its inhabitants fled and are now in refugee camps. This boy's family had to stay in the area because they had no animals to make the week long journey to the border, and some members of the family were too old to walk. They hid for months, surviving on little food. With the area now under the control of the SLA (Sudanese Liberation Army) they feel safer and have returned to the village.
00028207 : SUDAN North West Darfur - A rebel soldier of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) sits next to one of 12 bodies found in a remote area. According to local people they were executed in April this year after the Sudanese army and Janjaweed Arab militias attacked a market place. Two months later the SLA took control of the area and discovered the bodies. According to them they didn't bury the bodies, against Islamic tradition, in order to preserve some evidence of the atrocities committed by the Janjaweed and Sudanese government.
00028206 : SUDAN North West Darfur - Abdal Karim (6) holds his younger brother as their father examines the remains of their house. Only the outer stone walls of the houses remain after Janjaweed Arab militias attacked the village in April. Most of its inhabitants fled and are now in refugee camps. This family had to stay in the area because they had no animals to make the week long journey to the border, and some members of the family were too old to walk. They hid for months, surviving on little food. With the area now under the control of the SLA (Sudanese Liberation Army) they feel safer and have returned to the village.
00028205 : SUDAN North West Darfur - One of 12 bodies found in a remote area. According to local people they were executed in April this year after the Sudanese army and Janjaweed Arab militias attacked a market place. Two months later the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) took control of the area and discovered the bodies. According to them they didn't bury the bodies, against Islamic tradition, in order to preserve some evidence of the atrocities committed by the Janjaweed and Sudanese government.
00028204 : SUDAN North West Darfur - Burned village in North West Darfur. Only the outer stone walls of the houses remain after Janjaweed Arab militias attacked the village in April. Most of its inhabitants fled and are now in refugee camps.
00028203 : SUDAN North West Darfur - A young boy looks over the remains of his house. Only the outer stone walls of the houses remain after Janjaweed Arab militias attacked the village in April. Most of its inhabitants fled and are now in refugee camps. This boy's family had to stay in the area because they had no animals to make the week long journey to the border, and some members of the family were too old to walk. They hid for months, surviving on little food. With the area now under the control of the SLA (Sudanese Liberation Army) they feel safer and have returned to the village.
00028202 : SUDAN North West Darfur - Bohid Ali Hamid (91) talks about the attack on his village by Janjaweed Arab militias in April this year. Most of his neighbours fled and are now in refugee camps. Bohid's family had to stay in the area because he was too old to walk. They hid for months, surviving on little food. With the area now under the control of the SLA (Sudanese Liberation Army) they feel safer and have returned to the village.
00028201 : SUDAN North West Darfur - Burned village in North West Darfur. Only the outer stone walls of the houses remain after Janjaweed Arab militias attacked the village in April. Most of its inhabitants fled and are now in refugee camps.
00028200 : SUDAN North West Darfur - Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) soldiers examine an unexploded bomb, used by government forces in their attacks on villages in Darfur. Two rebel movements, the SLA and the JEM, have been attacking government targets. In response to this the government mobilised an Arab militia - the Janjaweed - to fight the rebels. The militias have been accused of numerous human rights abuses and over a million civilians have fled their homes.
00028199 : USA New York, United States of America - Protesters fill up Seventh Avenue in Manhattan for a demonstration against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028198 : USA New York, United States of America - Protesters expressing their minds on their T-shirts in a demonstration against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028197 : USA New York, United States of America - Protesters fill up Seventh Avenue in Manhattan for a demonstration against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. Mock coffins symbolise the increasing death toll of American soldiers killed in the Iraqi war. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028196 : USA New York, United States of America - NYPD officers in Union Square watch as protesters demonstrate against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028195 : USA New York, United States of America - Protesters fill up Seventh Avenue in Manhattan for a demonstration against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028194 : USA New York, United States of America - Chanti Owen and Mark Bennett pose in Union Square Park after a demonstration against the Republican National Convention taking place in the city. An estimated 250,000 people took to the streets to show their anger at president George Bush.
00028193 : IRAQ Najaf - A woman pleads for the fighting to end in the old city of Najaf, where she lives. Very few civilians remain in the medina, where Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army are holding out against US forces.
00028192 : IRAQ Najaf - Fighters in Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army wait in a basement for their rotation in front line fighting duty as the building is filled with dust from exploding US tank shells.
00028191 : IRAQ Najaf - An American tank passes a tethered donkey on the outskirts of the old city as they close in on Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army.
00028190 : IRAQ Najaf - A fighter in Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army prepares to fire a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) at a US tank. The old city has been under siege from US forces for weeks.
00028189 : IRAQ Najaf - In the wake of a ceasefire agreement, civilians venture into the covered market in the old city, which was damaged in US air strikes. The area had been under siege from US forces for weeks, with fighters of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army offering stiff resistance.
00028188 : IRAQ Najaf - An injured Mehdi army fighter is taken for outside medical attention in the first hours after a ceasefire agreement came into effect. The area had been under siege from US forces for weeks, with fighters of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army offering stiff resistance.
00028187 : IRAQ Najaf - Civilians ask American soldiers for permission to retrieve the dead and injured from the northern front line outside the old city of Najaf. They were denied access to the area during this discussion and told to wait until US troops withdrew. The area had been under siege from US forces for weeks, with fighters of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army offering stiff resistance.
00028186 : RUSSIA Ufa, Bashkortostan - Women carrying water her garden near the village of Novi Tscherkassi. In the background is the large petrol refinery of Ufa. Over the decades the soil has been poisoned by the pollution of heavy industry and by a local phenol disaster some years ago. Poor people grow crops and consume them anyway, as they have no choice.
00028185 : INDIA Jaisalmer, Rajasthan - Woman wearing silver bangles.
00028184 : HAITI - Clinic dispensing drugs.
00028183 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant youth from Anhui Province picking over rubbish taken off trains in sub-zero temperatures, behind Beijing's main railway station.
00028182 : CHINA Beijing - Man selling children's toys on Jianguomenwai Dajie.
00028181 : CHINA Beijing - Aspirational name for new development in the CBD (Central Business District) - "Prosper".
00028180 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant construction labourer from Henan Province on commercial development site, on what was once hutong housing in Chaoyang, the area now designated as the city's Central Business District (CBD).
00028179 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant labourers at work on a construction site for commercial development in the area designated bythe government as the Central Business District (CBD), on what was once hutong housing.
00028178 : CHINA Beijing - Beijing Fortune Plaza real estate development. Construction site for commercial development in the area that the government has designated the Central Business District (CBD).
00028177 : CHINA Beijing - Dense pollution haze which closed the airport for 24 hours, contrasting with hoardings showing the Temple of Heaven and other monuments with clear blue skies, on exterior of a construction site which is part of the designated Central Business District (CBD) on what was once hutong housing.
00028176 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians (and pedestrian controller in centre with hat) and skyscraper (China World Trade Centre) on Jianguomenwai Dajie, in what has now been designated as the Central Business District (CBD)
00028175 : CHINA Beijing - Girl coming out of shopping centre into the winter cold, next to an advertisement for shoes using an image of a rock guitarist.
00028174 : CHINA Beijing - Security guard outside Mercedes-Benz car dealership.
00028173 : CHINA Beijing - People checking out the Mini Cooper, just arrived in a BMW car showroom.
00028172 : CHINA Beijing - Employee cleaning window of BMW car showroom on Jianguomenwai Dajie.
00028171 : CHINA Beijing - Advertisement for Sony Ericsson picture messaging mobile telephones in the window of a phones retailer.
00028170 : CHINA Beijing - Advertisement for Motorola mobile telephones at a bus stop.
00028169 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant waiting for bus with his bedding in an IKEA sack.
00028168 : CHINA Beijing - Girl wearing Christmas hat playing with child in fresh snow.
00028167 : CHINA Beijing - Shopping mall entrance decorated with images of Santa Claus (Father Christmas). Christians make up only a tiny percentage of the population, but most of the world's Christmas decorations (not to mention toys) are made in China.
00028166 : CHINA Beijing - Billboard proclaiming a vision of the main Olympic Games site, in the north of the city. Beijing will play host to the Olympics in 2008.
00028165 : CHINA Beijing - Young women wearing hired Imperial-style costume have photos taken in front of the Wumen gate of the Forbidden City, despite fresh winter snow and sub-zero temperatures.
00028164 : CHINA Beijing - Young women wearing hired Imperial-style costume preparing to have photos taken in front of the Wumen gate of the Forbidden City, despite fresh winter snow and sub-zero temperatures.
00028163 : CHINA Beijing - Young women wearing hired Imperial-style costume preparing to have photos taken in front of the Wumen gate of the Forbidden City, despite fresh winter snow and sub-zero temperatures.
00028162 : CHINA Beijing - Migrants from Henan province living illegally on the fringe of the capital, living in huts and producing vegetables.
00028161 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant family living on land soon to be cleared for the 2008 Olympic Games. They live illegally in improvised shelters and grow their own vegetables.
00028160 : CHINA Beijing - Condom machine on exterior of public toilets. Despite the government's stringent birth control policies, there has been an explosion in STDs and HIV infection in the country.
00028159 : CHINA Beijing - Woman selling vegetables at poor street market in remaining hutong area. The money pouch round her neck reads "Friends are flowers that never fade".
00028158 : CHINA Beijing - Main alley of the Silk market (Xiushui market) on Jianguomenwai Dajie, famous for its discounted brand name goods, many of which are counterfeit.
00028157 : CHINA Beijing - Unloading Buddha head in the snow at Panjiayuan, the main antiques market in the city, selling a mixture of genuine and fake goods.
00028156 : CHINA Beijing - Putting newly arrived religious statues in position at Panjiayuan, the main antiques market in the city, selling a mixture of genuine and fake goods.
00028155 : CHINA Beijing - Unloading Buddha head in the snow at Panjiayuan, the main antiques market in the city, selling a mixture of genuine and fake goods.
00028154 : CHINA Beijing - Beijing West railway station.
00028153 : CHINA Beijing - Bus passengers in rush hour.
00028152 : CHINA Beijing - Bicycles in morning rush hour downtown.
00028151 : CHINA Beijing - Cyclists and their shadows crossing new highway, late afternoon.
00028150 : CHINA Beijing - Newly arrived migrants, with their belongings in sacks, confused by the big city traffic.
00028149 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant with cardboard collected to sell for recycling.
00028148 : CHINA Beijing - View over the rooftops of the Forbidden City, with the Western Hills on the horizon.
00028147 : CHINA Beijing - Labourers and polluting factory.
00028146 : CHINA Beijing - Patriotic crowds on Tiananmen Square waiting in front of Tiananmen Gate for a flag-lowering ceremony at dusk.
00028145 : CHINA Beijing - PLA soldiers with fixed bayonets performing drill in the grounds of the Forbidden City.
00028144 : CHINA Beijing - Young man dressed up with fashionable hairstyle posing in front of PLA soldiers, most of whom are of peasant background, on guard in front of Tiananmen Gate.
00028143 : CHINA Beijing - Suspended window cleaner on exterior of new office development downtown - the closest migrants usually get to office work.
00028142 : CHINA Beijing - Street official next to advertising posters for lingerie.
00028141 : CHINA Beijing - Child wearing American flag patterned clothing sitting on his father's shoulders in crowds by Tiananmen Gate.
00028140 : CHINA Beijing - The pleasures of Western-style consumerism: exhausted husband during the sales at Ikea. In Chinese, Ikea's name means 'Easy Home'.
00028139 : CHINA Beijing - Boy eating French fries outside McDonald's fast food restaurant downtown on Wangfujing.
00028138 : CHINA Beijing - Advertising billboard for Hennessy Cognac.
00028137 : CHINA Beijing - Unhappy young woman crying while using mobile telephone.
00028136 : CHINA Beijing - Woman shopper taking a break outside shop with lingerie advertising in window.
00028135 : CHINA Beijing - Men playing mahjong (mah jong) in lane (hutong) in a remaining old quarter of Beijing, with quilts hanging to air in the sunshine. Small amounts of money are usually gambled on the game, but the stakes are kept out of sight.
00028134 : CHINA Beijing - People playing game of Chinese chequers with an audience in a hutong in a remaining old quarter of the city.
00028133 : CHINA Beijing - People on ice watching others swimming in icy water, in a hole smashed into the frozen Qianhai lake. Many people swim every day throughout the winter, despite temperatures as low as -10 degrees celsius. Drum (right) and Bell (left) towers behind.
00028132 : CHINA Beijing - Woman butcher in discussion with customer at morning market.
00028131 : CHINA Beijing - Butcher's stall at morning market, with server pointing to cut of pork for customer.
00028130 : EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Rural housing.
00028129 : EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Catholic church in Ebebiyin.
00028128 : EQUATORIAL GUINEA - The seafront at Bata.
00028127 : EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Children in Evinayong.
00028126 : EQUATORIAL GUINEA - The beach at Bata.
00028125 : EQUATORIAL GUINEA - River crossing.
00028111 : SIERRA LEONE Nr. Port Loko - Transplanting rice seedlings in swamp.
00028109 : IRAQ Najaf - A fighter in Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army prepares to fire a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) at a US tank. The old city has been under siege from US forces for weeks.
00028108 : IRAQ Najaf - A civilian outside his home on the front lines of fighting between Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army and US forces in the old city. A car burns on the street corner behind him after being hit by US tank fire.
00028107 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - British television journalist Jonathan Dimbleby interviews Meles Zenawi, prime minister of Ethiopia.
00028106 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) during a meeting on the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, at the conference of the African Union (AU).
00028105 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Meles Zenawi, prime minister of Ethiopia.
00028104 : ETHIOPIA Mekele, Tigray - Female worker using a metal saw in the Mesfin Industrial Engineering factory, which produces oil containers for Shell. Mesfin Industrial Engineering is part of the Effort Association, which belongs to the TPLF, the main political party of Tigray.
00028103 : ETHIOPIA Mekele, Tigray - Factory of the Mesfin Industrial Engineering company. Assembly hall where ready-made Volvo trucks are fitted for cargo. Mesfin Industrial Engineering is part of the Effort Association, which belongs to the TPLF, the main political party of Tigray.
00028102 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Nigerian delegates at an African Union (AU) conference.
00028101 : ETHIOPIA Mekele, Tigray - Factory of the Mesfin Industrial Engineering company. Assembly hall where ready-made Volvo trucks are fitted for cargo, and containers are made for the oil industry. Mesfin Industrial Engineering is part of the Effort Association, which belongs to the TPLF, the main political party of Tigray.
00028100 : ETHIOPIA Mekele, Tigray - Cement factory, part of the Effort Association, which belongs to the main political party TPLF of Tigray. The company produces high quality cement for export, but since the closure of the Eritrean border in 2001 production has gone down to 40 percent of the available capacity.
00028099 : ETHIOPIA Nr. Mekele, Tigray - Road construction between Mekelle and Adigrat.
00028098 : ETHIOPIA Mekele, Tigray - Cement factory, part of the Effort Association, which belongs to the main political party TPLF of Tigray. The company produces high quality cement for export, but since the closure of the Eritrean border in 2001 production has gone down to 40 percent of the available capacity.
00028097 : ETHIOPIA Asegeda, Tigray - Farmers and donkey.
00028096 : ETHIOPIA Mekele, Tigray - Cement factory, part of the Effort Association, which belongs to the main political party TPLF of Tigray. The company produces high quality cement for export, but since the closure of the Eritrean border in 2001 production has gone down to 40 percent of the available capacity.
00028095 : ETHIOPIA Nr. Mekele, Tigray - Farmer in front of his new irrigation system, in which a pond is pumped full of water by solar energy.
00028094 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, Gambian president, at an African Union (AU) conference.
00028093 : SUDAN Garsila, Darfur - Internally displaced (IDP) woman. Up to a million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants.
00028092 : ETHIOPIA Asegeda, Tigray - Reforestation project.
00028091 : SUDAN Garsila, Darfur - Staff of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) using laptop computers in their quarters.
00028090 : SUDAN Garsila, Darfur - Internally displaced (IDP) people taking shelter in a school building. These women are too old to walk again, but they will have to leave as the school holidays are nearly over. Up to a million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants.
00028089 : SUDAN Garsila, Darfur - Internally displaced (IDP) woman. Up to a million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants.
00028088 : SUDAN Garsila, Darfur - Internally displaced people (IDPs) taking shelter in a school building. Up to a million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants.
00028087 : SUDAN Garsila, Darfur - Internally displaced persons (IDPs). Up to a million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants.
00028086 : SUDAN Garsila, Darfur - Internally displaced (IDP) man taking shelter in a school building. Too old to walk again, he will have to leave as the school holidays are nearly over. Up to a million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants.
00028085 : SUDAN Khartoum - Shopping mall.
00028084 : SUDAN Garsila, Darfur - Internally displaced people (IDPs) bring their malnourished children to a therapeutic feeding centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Holland. Up to a million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants.
00028083 : SUDAN Al Fasher, Darfur - United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan meeting the residents of a camp for internally-displaced people (IDPs). Up to a million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants.
00028082 : CHAD Nr. Barak - Refugees in temporary shelters. Those who have recently fled across the Sudanese border have told of major attacks on villages in the border area. Most of the recent arrivals are staying at the border, waiting for the UNHCR to transfer them to refugee camps further inside Chad.
00028081 : CHAD Nr. Barak - Hawa Abdullahi (15) was shot in the arm during an attack on her village in Darfur. Four of her brothers died in the attack by Janjaweed militants. Refugees who recently fled across the Sudanese border have told of major attacks on villages in the border area. Most of the recent arrivals are staying at the border, waiting for the UNHCR to transfer them to refugee camps further inside Chad. <