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00060821 : COLOMBIA Sincelejo, Sucre - A child at a water tap in the slums of Sincelejo. Many Colombians are now living in slum areas after fleeing their homes due to political violence. This migration is part of the cycle of violence and forced internal displacement that affects large numbers of people.
00060820 : COLOMBIA Sincelejo, Sucre - A shirtless man in the slums of Sincelejo. Many Colombians are now living in slum areas after fleeing their homes due to political violence. This migration is part of the cycle of violence and forced internal displacement that affects large numbers of people.
00060819 : COLOMBIA Sincelejo, Sucre - A white shirt hanging on a clothesline outside a house in the slums of Sincelejo.
00060818 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - A crowd of men from Tari gather in Mendi for the counting of ballot boxes from three electorates in the Hela region following a ballot dispute during the 2007 general elections. The men travelled for four hours to protest against the transferral of around 200 ballot boxes from Tari to Mendi. The boxes had been held back in Tari for two weeks until a judicial ruling forced the handover and the ballots were moved for counting to Mendi via helicopter and under armed security. Since the dispute appeared to be linked to employment issues rather than voting security, the Electoral Commission later negotiated a compromise whereby more Tari residents would be included in the official Mendi counting process and paid as counting officials.
00060817 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - A portrait of Ivan Homoko. Homoko, a Huil wig man (wigman) from the Hela Huli clan in the Southern Highlands, is the chairman of the Hela Great Council of Chiefs and the chairman of the Southern Highlands Cultural Tourism Board. He works to promote awareness of cultural traditions and encourages tourism. In his own words, Homoko believes in "a 50% traditional and 50% Western way of life". Homoko, who was mainly educated in the SDA church and took an advanced management course in the capital, always wears traditional dress and has participated in around 20 tribal fights.
00060816 : TAJIKISTAN Kurgan Tube Region - Children from Mechnat village gather water at a nearby irrigation channel.
00060815 : IVORY COAST Bouake - A rebel soldier from the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI) controls a crowd with an AK-47 Kalashnikov rifle in central Bouake, during the rebel insurgency that began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00060814 : ANGOLA Luanda - A man holds up a photograph of missing persons. Friends and loved ones displayed photographs of people who had gone missing during the course of the Angolan civil war on Independence Square in the hope that someone might know their whereabouts.
00060813 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A blind woman awaiting surgery. A considerable number of people lost their eyes and many lost their sight due to shrapnel injuries, bullet wounds or rebel torture during the civil war.
00060812 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A blind patient wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the Nike logo awaits surgery. A considerable number of people lost their eyes and many lost their sight due to shrapnel injuries, bullet wounds or rebel torture during the civil war. This man also had his arm amputated by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel forces.
00060811 : KIRIBATI Abaiang - A fisherman from the Outer Islands Fisheries Project (OIFP) holds up a large eel that he has caught after receiving a specific order from a customer who is holding a feast. The OIFP is a Japanese-funded aid project that provided 17 villages on Abaiang with fishing boats. Fish caught by the villagers is chilled and transported to Tarawa for sale.
00060810 : SIERRA LEONE Koidu, Kono district - A mudguard emblazoned with the phrase, 'No Condition Is Permanent', on a truck in the mining town of Koidu.
00060809 : ETHIOPIA Bale Province, Oromia Region - A severely malnourished man resting at Shawe Camp. Around 25,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) took refuge in the camp while waiting for resettlement after being driven from their homes in Harraghe province by a shortage of land and a persistent drought.
00060808 : ANGOLA Luanda - A woman holds up a photograph of a missing person. Friends and loved ones displayed photographs of people who had gone missing during the course of the Angolan civil war on Independence Square in the hope that someone might know their whereabouts.
00060807 : SIERRA LEONE - A man in a wheelchair praying at Mama Dumbwiah's evangelical church, the largest of its kind in Sierra Leone.
00060806 : KIRIBATI South Tarawa - Children prepare fish to cook outside their home at the edge of the lagoon on the low-lying atoll island of Tarawa. A wall of coral rocks has been constructed nearby in a meagre effort to protect their home from the king tide.
00060805 : ROMANIA Sucevita, Bucovina - Romanian Orthodox worshippers praying during Mass at the Sucevita Monastery. The church is well known for its painted frescoes.
00060804 : CHINA Pinxiang, Guangxi - Village chief Lian Zhuang (left) and Lu Shihua take a break from digging a ditch in his village in Pingxiang.
00060803 : RUSSIA Murmansk - Old shipwrecks, some of which contain nuclear waste, waiting to be dismantled in the Barents Sea.
00060802 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A farmer proudly showing off his horse.
00060801 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A child is dressed up and posed for a portrait at the 'Photo bebe d'or' (Golden Baby Pictures) street photographer's studio in the Bomoi district. The background picture, the most popular the studio has, depicts a European-style fitted kitchen.
00060800 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A young boy singing religious songs at the top of his voice during a singing class at a school in a slum area.
00060799 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A woman speaking to a nurse in the outpatient ward at Bomoi health centre.
00060798 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Missionary sisters on a special charitable ward at Kinshasa General Hospital wash a malnourished and homeless man found on the street.
00060797 : BULGARIA Bansko - A farmer walking in mud guides a donkey loaded with firewood past a truck on a real estate construction site during the property boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU. There has been a resultant conflict between the local farming community and the real estate developers who are buying up the land.
00060796 : ALBANIA Fieri - A garage selling car wheels and tyres advertises its services to passing trade.
00060795 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Villagers build a new school funded by money from a French NGO in a village near Yuwang.
00060794 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A factory belches out thick clouds of fumes near Zhongwei.
00060793 : CHINA Beijing - A girl trains on the balance beam at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060792 : CHINA Beijing - Young gymnasts in training at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060791 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Forestry workers checking the wagons of a steam train on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060790 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Children singing religious songs at the top of their voices during a singing class at a school in a slum area.
00060789 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A bride and groom waiting with their bridesmaids in a hotel lobby for the bridal car to take them to their wedding party.
00060788 : BULGARIA Bansko - A dangerous dog guarding a real estate construction site during the property boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060787 : ALBANIA Fierze - The Albanian national flag flying above the cars on a ferryboat traversing Lake Komani. The ferry, linking Fierze with Bregluma in northern Albania, is the only access to the Tropoja district.
00060786 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A power station on the western bank of the Yellow River in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060785 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - 70 year old Liu Changgui carries water up a narrow dirt path to his home in the hills of rural Shaanxi Province. Northwestern China faces severe water shortages due to overuse and pollution of its already limited supply.
00060784 : CHINA Shanghai - Catholic pilgrims pray in front of a shrine of Jesus Christ at Sheshan, on the outskirts of Shanghai.
00060783 : CHINA Shanghai - A child looks at a boat on display at the 12th China International Boat Show in Shanghai. China is the world's fastest growing market for luxury boats and yachts.
00060782 : CHINA Shanghai - A young woman looks at the blueprint of her recently purchased apartment in Shanghai. While real-estate developers' continued efforts to build for the high-end market push the overall housing price up, demand far outstrips supply on the low-end market in Shanghai and the average citizen finds it hard to afford housing.
00060781 : CHINA Shanghai - A security guard walks past stacks of containers at a holding facility on the outskirts of Shanghai.
00060780 : CHINA Shanghai - A portfolio manager speaks to investors to explain the recent slide and rebound in the Shanghai Index while standing in front of a trading board at a local securities exchange house.
00060779 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Pottery being put on a truck for export. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060778 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A man carries fired clay from a furnace. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060777 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A man preparing pottery to be fired. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060776 : RUSSIA Murmansk - An old lady caressing a puppy. The woman lives in poverty as her pension is worth almost nothing. She tries to meet ends by working as a guard at a shipyard on the Barents Sea.
00060775 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Military recruits prepare to play in a brass band during a university parade.
00060774 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Sister Angele preparing lunch for her patients on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital. Sister Angele considers this ward her life's work.
00060773 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Young onlookers watch a street mechanic fixing a wrecked car.
00060772 : BULGARIA Bansko - A view from the ski lift over a property development construction site during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060771 : ALBANIA Zogaj, Shkoder - Fishermen preparing their nets in small motorboats on Shkodra Lake while local boys fish from a nearby jetty.
00060770 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - An abandoned home in a village near Yuwang.
00060769 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - An elderly villager carries a stack of wheat from a recent harvest.
00060768 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A groundskeeper walks in front of the prayer hall of the Great Mosque in Xi'an.
00060767 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A woman with her wares, vegetables and spices, on her bicycle in a central Hanoi street.
00060766 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060765 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A worker stands by his truck at a coking plant in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060764 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman waters her crops by hand through holes in moisture retaining plastic covers in a village near Yuwang. Ningxia is one of the driest regions on earth.
00060763 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A worker looks at the support pillars constructed for a highway bridge across the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060762 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - Job seekers sit under a blow-up Spiderman figure.
00060761 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - A teary-eyed Catholic nun from Tianshui, Gansu Province, carries a cross while praying on Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060760 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, kneel and pray at Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060759 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - A view of an abandoned building once part of a seaside resort that was neglected in the mid 1990s.
00060758 : CHINA Pinxiang, Guangxi - Pupils at a kindergarten in Pingxiang.
00060757 : CHINA Shanghai - New converts get anointed with oil during a mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060756 : CHINA Shanghai - A man looks at dried ducks on sale at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store.
00060755 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong - A man cuts branches of Golden Fruit, known as Abiu in the west, at the New Year flower market in Guangzhou.
00060754 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong - A woman looks at her recently purchased lucky windmill at the New Year flower market in Guangzhou.
00060753 : CHINA Shanghai - A visitor takes a snapshot with his mobile phone of the Yangshan Deep Water Port near Shanghai.
00060752 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Construction of a major road on the outskirts of Hanoi.
00060751 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Road workers repairing the sewage system in the old city district. The wooden houses in this area are awaiting demolition as part of a new property redevelopment project.
00060750 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A tuberculosis (TB) patient resting in an outpatient ward at the Bomoi health centre. Staff working for a Christian organisation distribute medication and supervise the treatment as part of the DOT (Directly Observed Treatment) observation programme run here.
00060749 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslim students play basketball at a Koranic school.
00060748 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - A young couple looks at each other on a bus while their toddler sits in a bamboo basket.
00060747 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - An elderly couple and their granddaughter sitting by the street in Xi'an.
00060746 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A young girl takes a ride in a toy tank at a playground in Xi'an.
00060745 : CHINA Shanghai - A portfolio manager speaks to investors to explain the recent slide and rebound in the Shanghai Index while standing in front of a trading board at a local securities exchange house.
00060744 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Woman carrying cardboard and paper for recycling.
00060743 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A woman puts the finishing touches on pottery outside a store. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060742 : VIETNAM Hanoi - People outside shops in the old city enjoy a short, quiet moment on an otherwise busy Hanoi street.
00060741 : SWEDEN Vaxjo - Bicycles in a city centre street in Vaxjo, the lowest carbon emitting city in Europe.
00060740 : SWEDEN Vaxjo - The Vaxjo Energy bioenergy plant at Sandvik. The factory processes waste from the timber industry (bark and sawdust) to provide a centralised heating system for the whole city. Vaxjo is the lowest carbon emitting city in Europe.
00060739 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Street life in a tiny backstreet in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums.
00060738 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Teenage girls posing for a picture during a university graduation parade.
00060737 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A worker looks on as a crane lifts girders beside support pillars constructed for a highway bridge across the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060736 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - Villagers work to salvage bricks and metal for scrap at a site where traditional cave dwellings are being demolished and new apartments being built near Yanan in rural Shaanxi Province.
00060735 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - Drivers wash their cars in the Yan River in rural Shaanxi Province. Northwestern China faces severe water shortages due to overuse and pollution of its already limited supply.
00060734 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Manzhen works to plant rice in her family's field.
00060733 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060732 : CHINA Guilin, Guangxi - A sign depicting an armed policeman catching a cable thief in Guilin.
00060731 : CHINA Shanghai - New converts pray during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060730 : CHINA Beijing - The new 550,000 square metre headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV). The building, designed by Rem Koolhaas, will be among the first of 300 new towers to be constructed in Beijing's new central business district (CBD). An artist's impression of what it will look like can be seen on a billboard at the bottom of the picture.
00060728 : CHINA Beijing - Young gymnasts in training at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060727 : INDIA Pune (Poona), Maharashtra - Language teacher Mr. Prasad outside a call centre. He teaches employees working in Pune's many call centres how to speak English with an American accent when dealing with American clients.
00060726 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - The gates outside an orphanage run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity on Church Road, Vile Parle (W).
00060725 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Migrant labourers working at a leather tanning factory in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums.
00060724 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A farmer trying to catch his horse in order to hitch it to his hay cart at the end of the day.
00060723 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Workers carrying 50kg bags in the warehouse of a Lebanese trader selling imported dairy products and groceries at Simbazitika market.
00060722 : ALBANIA Fierze - A commemorative plaque memorial by the side of the road. Albania counts one of the highest mortality rates in European driving accidents.
00060721 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - An abandoned cabinet stands on the side of a road in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060720 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A worker walks by the support pillars constructed for a highway bridge across the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060719 : CHINA Shanghai - Pedestrians walk by a stall selling bootleg books in Shanghai.
00060718 : CHINA Shanghai - An employee stacks merchandise at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store.
00060717 : CHINA Shanghai - A view of a half-demolished old neighbourhood and nearby newly built apartments in Shanghai.
00060716 : CHINA Shanghai - Worshippers gather on the first day of the Chinese New Year to make donations to have their names posted on the temple walls at the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai. The first day of the Chinese New Year is one of the most auspicious days in the year to offer incense and prayers.
00060715 : CHINA Beijing - Workers' accommodation and a Chinese traditional style wall on a construction site.
00060714 : CHINA Beijing - The Hong Luo Club House on the outskirts of Beijing. The building was designed by the MAD architectural firm.
00060713 : CHINA Beijing - Artwork commenting on China's transition to consumerism, placing Chinese soldiers and peasants alongside the fashion brand Christian Dior, on display at the 4th China International Gallery Exposition 2007 (CIGE 2007). The Chinese art market has seen a meteoric rise in recent years with foreign art collectors flocking to buy works from Chinese galleries and artists.
00060712 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - The rooftops of Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Most of the slum housing in this area is being demolished to make way for new high-rise buildings.
00060711 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - Bill and Maggie Wareham shop in the Calangute fish market. The British expatriates (both 55) moved to India after retirement.
00060710 : RUSSIA Murmansk - Women selling pigs' heads and other pork products on a street stall.
00060709 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A striking advertisement on the side of a tram.
00060708 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Wrecked cars and broken furniture at a waste dump next to demolished buildings. The area is soon be cleared to make way for new property developments.
00060707 : ALBANIA Gjirokastra (Gjirokaster) - The owner of an antiques shop talking to a neighbour at his store in the centre of Gjirokastra. The buildings in this town are protected by UNESCO World Heritage.
00060706 : ALBANIA Qyrsac - A man driving a horse and carriage next to a railway road.
00060705 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A worker squats at the construction site of the futuristic new City Hall complex. Chengdu has been picked as the centre for development in China's western region and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060704 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - A woman tends to eucalyptus saplings at the Shankou Nursery near Beihai.
00060703 : CHINA Beijing - A peasant returns from tending to the newly planted grass just below the new highway and metro line that lead to Beijing's new airport.
00060702 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Busy intersection in Hanoi, full of people on motorcycles.
00060701 : SWEDEN Hammarby Sjostad, Stockholm - A five-a-side football pitch and recreational area in Hammarby Sjostad. The Hammarby Sjostad district, a former brownfield site, is now being redeveloped to provide environmentally friendly, ecologically sustainable residential housing. When completed, the development will include around 9,000 apartments for approximately 20,000 residents. The development, which is expected to be finished in 2015, will be one of Stockholm's largest eco projects.
00060700 : SWEDEN Hammarby Sjostad, Stockholm - New apartments in Hammarby Sjostad. The Hammarby Sjostad district, a former brownfield site, is now being redeveloped to provide environmentally friendly, ecologically sustainable residential housing. When completed, the development will include around 9,000 apartments for approximately 20,000 residents. The development, which is expected to be finished in 2015, will be one of Stockholm's largest eco projects.
00060699 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker supervising the steel melting process in a furnace at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060698 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - The receptionist at a printing factory calling the manager to announce the arrival of visitors.
00060697 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A farmer trying to catch his horse in order to hitch it to his hay cart at the end of the day.
00060696 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - An old woman in a wheelchair on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital.
00060695 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A porter smoking a cigarette while carrying goods at Simbazitika market.
00060694 : ALBANIA Fieri - A farmer tends to a herd of sheep grazing on an oilfield.
00060693 : CHINA Ningming, Guangxi - A farmer holds up a handful of star anise fruits in the mountains around Ningming County.
00060692 : CHINA Shanghai - A man stands on a pedestrian bridge overlooking a half-demolished old neighbourhood next to newly built apartments in Shanghai.
00060691 : INDIA Agra, Uttar Pradesh - A view of the Taj Mahal.
00060690 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Busy intersection in Hanoi, full of people on motorcycles.
00060689 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Busy intersection in Hanoi, full of people on motorcycles.
00060688 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Yousuf, a migrant labourer, working at the bakery in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. He receives a wage of around $2 a day.
00060687 : ROMANIA Surdesti, Maramures County - A woman from a farming family hitches horses to a cart.
00060686 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A malnourished and homeless man resting on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital. His feet are covered with ulcers and sand fleas.
00060685 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Doctor Constant is pictured with one of his young patients. The young girl, who is suffering from a type of tuberculosis (TB) affecting her bones, wears a cast to prevent deformation of her vertebral (spinal) column.
00060684 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A woman with a severe eye inflammation (which has caused blindness) receives medical treatment at the Mobayi health centre.
00060683 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A Catholic priest blessing believers at church.
00060682 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A wall full of locked up water faucets in Xi'an. Each faucet belongs to an individual family living nearby.
00060681 : CHINA Shanghai - Worshipers hold Paschal candles during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060680 : CHINA Shanghai - A chef sits on a chair on a street in Shanghai.
00060679 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Supermodel Gisele Bundchen at a promotional event announcing a sponsorship deal between Ebel watches and Arsenal football club.
00060678 : INDIA Pune (Poona), Maharashtra - Telephone operators working in a call centre dealing with American clients. A map of the United States is on the wall.
00060677 : ROMANIA Voronet, Bucovina - Grandmothers travelling in the back of a car with their granddaughter after attending Sunday Mass.
00060676 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A train driver waiting by a steam train for instructions from a sawmill factory on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060675 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A malnourished and homeless man resting on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital. His feet are covered with ulcers and sand fleas.
00060674 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A worker digs a ditch on the construction site of the futuristic new City Hall complex. Chengdu has been picked as the centre for development in China's western region and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060673 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060672 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - Huang Liangdong plants eucalyptus saplings near Beihai.
00060671 : CHINA Nanning, Guangxi - Commuters on bicycles and motorbikes ride past a Chevrolet car advert.
00060670 : CHINA Ningming, Guangxi - Farmers pick star anise fruit while climbing trees in the mountains around Ningming County.
00060669 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Army Museum in Hanoi. A man photographs an American Huey helicopter used in the Vietnam war.
00060668 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Pottery protruding from a basket. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060667 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Transporting pottery on a motorcycle. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060666 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - Bill and Maggie Wareham shop in the Calangute market. The British expatriates (both 55) moved to India after retirement.
00060665 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - Bill and Maggie Wareham relaxing outside the building where they own a terrace apartment. The British expatriates (both 55) moved to India after retirement.
00060664 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Smoke bellows out from a coking plant in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060663 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Workers shovel hay in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060662 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Children play in a village near Yuwang.
00060661 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman works in her wheat field on the bank of the Yellow River near Zhongwei, with the encroaching desert looming in the background.
00060660 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman works in her wheat field with the construction site of a bridge looming in the background on the bank of the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060659 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslims pray at the Xiguan Mosque.
00060658 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - An elderly man looks down onto an almost dry Yan River in Yanan. Northwestern China faces severe water shortages due to overuse and pollution of its already limited supply.
00060657 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - Workers extricate building materials for scrap from an old apartment building that is being demolished. Chengdu has been named as the major development centre in China's western regions and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060656 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A young boy tries to snatch a mobile phone from the ear of his annoyed grandmother.
00060655 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Manzhen walks towards her village home.
00060654 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, pray on Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060653 : CHINA Guilin, Guangxi - A man chats on his mobile phone while looking at his savings booklet at a Bank of China in Guilin.
00060652 : CHINA Nanning, Guangxi - Cleaners scale down a Wal-Mart sign while cleaning the exterior of a shopping centre.
00060651 : CHINA Beijing - A young boy trains at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060650 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A woman with balloons crosses a busy road in the centre of Hanoi.
00060649 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Communist poster for the National Assembly election held on May 20, 2007. Ho Chi Minh can be seen in front, casting his vote.
00060648 : BULGARIA Bansko - Artificial snow on a ski slope near a property development construction site during the real estate boom in Bankso. A warm winter meant a bad season and little natural snow for the resort. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060647 : ALBANIA Zogaj - Boys from the village of Zogaj on the edge of Shkodra Lake during a day of fishing.
00060646 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslims pray at the Xiguan Mosque.
00060645 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslims cleanse themselves before noon prayers at the Xiguan Mosque.
00060644 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060643 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060642 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060641 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction worker carries a ladder across a busy street in Shanghai.
00060640 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - Contract workers dig holes to plant eucalyptus saplings near Beihai.
00060639 : CHINA Shanghai - Pedestrians walk by a stall selling bootleg music CDs in Shanghai.
00060638 : CHINA Beijing - Writing saying 'Goodbye' in Chinese with the date next to it on the wall outside two homes in a hutong near Tiananmen Square. Many of these older settlements are being demolished to make way for new developments as part of the government's push to modernise the city.
00060637 : CHINA Beijing - A tourist shop selling communist propaganda films near Tiananmen Square.
00060636 : CHINA Beijing - A group of old men from a local hutong community enjoying the evening by Hou Hai Lake (Houhai Lake). The lake is brightly lit by the burgeoning nightlife that now surrounds it. This hutong is one of the few settlements that remains after many of the older communities were demolished to make way for new leisure developments as part of the government's push to modernise the city.
00060635 : INDIA Goa - Women pass signs advertising property and local crafts.
00060634 : ROMANIA Maramures County - A young Romanian Orthodox girl kisses another on the head during the funeral procession of her deceased grandfather.
00060633 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - Two village girls dressed up in traditional clothes and modern high heels walking through the streets of Budesti.
00060632 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - A pair of fashionable sandals sit on a muddy bank left behind by their owner who is planting rice in a paddy field.
00060631 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A muslim woman counts a wad of RMB (Chinese renminbi) bills at the souvenir shop of the Great Mosque in Xi'an.
00060630 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker raises a ladder on a street in Shanghai.
00060629 : CHINA Shanghai - A couple discuss renovation plans with a contractor at their recently purchased apartment in Shanghai. While real-estate developers' continued efforts to build for the high-end market push the overall housing price up, demand far outstrips supply on the low-end market in Shanghai and the average citizen finds it hard to afford housing.
00060628 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Men transporting goods on motorcycles in the centre of Hanoi. Traffic congestion has led to a ban on lorries during the day, leading to a large number of goods being transported this way.
00060627 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Construction of a major road on the outskirts of Hanoi.
00060626 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060625 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060624 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Woman cleaning pottery during production. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060623 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Woman cleaning pottery during production. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060622 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Pots being taken down from the kiln. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060621 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A basket of pot handles. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060620 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A man putting pottery in baskets ready for transportation. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060619 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - Villagers work to salvage bricks and metal for scrap at a site where traditional cave dwellings are being demolished and new apartments being built near Yanan in rural Shaanxi Province.
00060618 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - Villagers work to salvage bricks and metal for scrap at a site where traditional cave dwellings are being demolished and new apartments being built near Yanan in rural Shaanxi Province.
00060617 : CHINA Shanghai - A migrant worker installs lighting for a store in Shanghai.
00060616 : CHINA Shanghai - A small child plays in a car while his parents shop for a vehicle at a Buick dealership owned and operated by Dongchang Autos.
00060615 : CHINA Shanghai - Worshipers hold Paschal candles during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060614 : CHINA Beijing - Workers install roof panels onto a new building at a site in Beijing.
00060613 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong - Migrant workers walking towards the entrance of the train station in Guangzhou.
00060612 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong - A man with a baby rushes towards a departure exit at the train station in Guangzhou.
00060611 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A yellow "snackcar", fast-food vehicle, stands out amongst the motorcycles in Hanoi.
00060610 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Communist poster for the National Assembly election held on May 20, 2007 hangs in front of a public telephone and an upmarket store selling Clinique beauty products.
00060609 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Army Museum in Hanoi. Two schoolgirls sit underneath the propeller of an American aircraft downed during the Vietnam war.
00060608 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060607 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060606 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060605 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - British expatriate Paul Park (40) relaxing at the Banana Moon restaurant cum bar, which he owns.
00060604 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A Lebanese shop selling imported dairy products at Simbazitika market. With inflation devaluating the Congolese currency every day, goods have to be paid for with a bundle of notes.
00060603 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man carries an armful of suits down a shopping street in Yinchuan.
00060602 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A power station on the western bank of the Yellow River in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060601 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Farmers work to plant rice in the paddies flooded with water from the nearby Yellow River while the dry and barren walls of the Loess Plateau looms in the distance near Zhongwei. While only having 4% of the population that lives along the river, Ningxia claims 18% of the river's total water usage.
00060600 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A rubbish collector walks under a statue of a waving Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) in Tianfu Square.
00060599 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A squad of armed police patrols the grounds under a statue of a waving Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) in Tianfu Square.
00060598 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Manzhen and her uncle Tang Yonggoa work to plant rice in their family's field.
00060597 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A group of young performers walk under the city walls after participating in a youth festival performance.
00060596 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - An army band trumpeter gets ready to perform at a promotional event in Xi'an.
00060595 : CHINA Shanghai - A view of the unfinished Shanghai World Financial Centre. Designed by Mori Buildings, it will be the tallest building in Asia upon completion at 472 metres.
00060594 : CHINA Shanghai - A woman shops for underwear at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store.
00060593 : CHINA Shanghai - Two female dock workers stop and chat in front of stacks of containers at a port near the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai.
00060592 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker hoses stacks of containers while standing on a disinfectant truck at the Yangshan Deep Water Port near Shanghai.
00060591 : CHINA Beijing - Eight year old Zhang Yu in training at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060590 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A lady wearing a pink fashion outfit walks by a bar in the commercial centre of Kazan.
00060589 : BULGARIA Bansko - Tourists on a winter holiday walking by an advertisement for a weekly property seminar during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060588 : ALBANIA Lake Ohrid - Laundry drying at the edge of Lake Ohrid, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the Gramoz mountains.
00060587 : ALBANIA Sarande - Men playing dominoes in a bar on market day.
00060586 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Two workers push a cart down the street at an apartment complex near a power plant in Yinchuan.
00060585 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man stands in front of his home in a village near Yuwang.
00060584 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - View of a village near Yuwang.
00060583 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Manzhen works to plant rice in her family's field.
00060582 : CHINA Shanghai - A migrant worker rests with his belongings under a large sign for an office development in Shanghai.
00060581 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - Contract workers during their lunch break near Beihai.
00060580 : CHINA Shanghai - A man carries his grandson on his back.
00060579 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A man waters a field on the outskirts of Hanoi.
00060578 : VIETNAM Hanoi - People on motorcycles at a busy intersection in the center of Hanoi. Some wear face masks to protect themselves against dust and pollution.
00060577 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Man transporting goods on a motorcycle in the centre of Hanoi. Traffic congestion has led to a ban on lorries during the day, leading to many goods being transported this way.
00060576 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Migrant labourers working in an embroidery workshop at a factory in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. They live as well as work at this factory.
00060575 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Villagers playing cards in the local pub after a hard day's work in the forest.
00060574 : BULGARIA Bansko - A grandmother pushing her grandchild in a pram past new apartments that are being marketed to foreign tourists during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060573 : ALBANIA Gjirokastra (Gjirokaster) - A hairdresser with his last customer of the day. The buildings in this town are protected by UNESCO World Heritage.
00060572 : ALBANIA Vlore - The skeletal frame of a disused factory that has been closed for twenty years. Unemployed workers have almost entirely dismantled the concrete building over the years to reclaim and sell the steel and other recyclable materials.
00060571 : ALBANIA Ura Vajgurore - Local boys playing on a disused storage tank at an old oil depot. The factory has been closed since the collapse of the communist regime.
00060570 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman waters her crop by hand through holes in moisture retaining plastic covers while her children watch in a village near Yuwang. Ningxia is one of the driest regions on earth.
00060569 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman waters her crops by hand through holes in moisture retaining plastic covers in a village near Yuwang. Ningxia is one of the driest regions on earth.
00060568 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A group of migrant workers carry their belongings past a miniature, and not very accurate, copy of Tiananmen Square, in Yinchuan.
00060567 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man reads a book while providing a warning to pedestrians in front of an open manhole in Yinchuan.
00060566 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A worker stands on a pile of bricks at the construction site of the futuristic new City Hall complex. Chengdu has been picked as the centre for development in China's western region and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060565 : CHINA Shanghai - New converts get anointed with oil during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060564 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Army Museum in Hanoi. A group of women stand around a map showing the North Vietnamese attack on Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war.
00060563 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - The rooftops of Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, at night. Most of the slum housing in this area is being demolished to make way for new high-rise buildings.
00060562 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A worker takes an afternoon nap at a scrap shop in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Nearly all of Mumbai's scrap comes to Dharavi for recycling.
00060561 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A female worker at the Norilsk Nickel factory walking home with an Estee Lauder bag. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060560 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Teenage girls on the way to a school party in a bus full of balloons.
00060559 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Two university medical students practising surgery on the dismembered leg of a corpse. Most of the corpses used by the students are those of people whose body was not claimed by their relatives after death (usually prisoners or the homeless).
00060558 : ROMANIA Bucovina - Farmers pitching hay onto a horse-drawn carriage to transport it to their farm during the haying season.
00060557 : ROMANIA Bucovina - A young girl with her baby sister at the gate to their family farm.
00060556 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A forester travelling on the daily steam train on the Mocanita railway into the forest near the Ukrainian border. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060555 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Sister Angele comforts 21-year-old Christine on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital. Christine suffers from severe anaemia and the wounds on her feet are not healing due to her illness. Sister Angele considers this ward her life's work.
00060554 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A farmer and his wife stand on the embankment of his rice paddies flooded with water from the nearby Yellow River near Zhongwei. While only having 4% of the population that lives along the river, Ningxia claims 18% of the river's total water usage.
00060553 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslim student waits while adults exit the prayer hall at the Xiguan Mosque.
00060552 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A boy eats a popsicle near a line of mannequins displaying clothes for sale in Chengdu.
00060551 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A man carrying mannequin parts past a line of mannequins displaying clothes for sale in Chengdu.
00060550 : CHINA Shanghai - Two grandparents push a child in a stroller while covering him with a jacket to provide shade on a street in Shanghai.
00060549 : VIETNAM Hanoi - The wreckage of a US warplane from the Vietnam war, outside the Army Museum in Hanoi.
00060548 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A fisherman's catch in a plastic bag hanging by the side of the Volga river.
00060547 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A terminally ill tuberculosis (TB) patient resting below a mosquito net on a dirty mattress in a slum house. The family has no money to provide the woman with more medical treatment.
00060546 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Children jumping on a garbage truck to hitch a free ride to the Simbazitika market.
00060545 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A tuberculosis (TB) patient taking her daily treatment in an outpatient ward at the Bomoi health centre. Staff working for a Christian organisation distribute medication and supervise the treatment as part of the DOT (Directly Observed Treatment) observation programme run here.
00060544 : BULGARIA Bansko - A tourist holds a young child up to watch the real estate construction work from a hotel room during the property boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060543 : ALBANIA Fierze - A small boat crossing Lake Komani. Only a few farming families live in isolation on the riverbanks of the lake and some of the houses are only reachable by boat.
00060542 : ALBANIA Valbone - A man loading sand from the riverbanks of the Valbona River onto his horse. The sand is being transported uphill from the river to the road to be used in the construction of a house.
00060541 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A tourist rides a camel up a sand dune next to the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060540 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Yonggao has lunch at his family home.
00060539 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - 17 year old Deng Yan looks on as her grand-uncle Tang Yonggao rubs his face after a morning of work in the rice paddies.
00060538 : CHINA Shanghai - A car owner waiting for his car to be serviced plays videogames and gets a massage at a Buick dealership owned and operated by Dongchang Autos.
00060537 : CHINA Beijing - The new 550,000 square metre headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV). The building, designed by Rem Koolhaas, will be among the first of 300 new towers to be constructed in Beijing's new central business district (CBD).
00060536 : CHINA Beijing - The 4th China International Gallery Exposition 2007 (CIGE 2007). The Chinese art market has seen a meteoric rise in recent years with foreign art collectors flocking to buy works from Chinese galleries and artists.
00060535 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060534 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - An old lady talking to her neighbour outside the wooden houses on the outskirts of Kazan.
00060533 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A drunk man with a beer bottle in the village pub.
00060532 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A worker on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060531 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A campaign poster of Jean-Pierre Bemba, former vice-president and leader of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo), is still on view at Simbazitika market following the 2006 democratic elections. Kinshasa is Bemba's political stronghold.
00060530 : ALBANIA Ura Vajgurore - Local boys playing football at an old, disused oil depot. The factory has been closed since the collapse of the communist regime.
00060529 : CHINA Beijing - A motivational slogan encouraging worker efficiency, safety and quality (throughout the 100-day short-term target) inside Beijing's new airport. The airport, which is still under construction, was designed by Norman Foster.
00060528 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Man transporting water on a motorcycle in the center of Hanoi. Traffic congestion has led to a ban on lorries travelling during the day, leading to a large number of goods being transported this way.
00060527 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Pottery shop. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060526 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A migrant family, who have lived in the Dharavi slums for generations, eating a meal at home. Dharavi is one of Asia's largest slums.
00060525 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Mayuri, a housewife living in the Dharvi slum, embroiders clothes at home to generate a small part-time income. Dharavi is one of Asia's largest slums.
00060524 : INDIA Panaji (Panjim), Goa - Rajan Ghate, a local politician, is campaigning against foreigners buying property in Goa.
00060523 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker supervising the steel melting process in a furnace at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060522 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A passenger drinking beer on a tram carriage.
00060521 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Factory workers returning home by bus.
00060520 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A man drinking a beer on a terrace amidst fridges emblazoned with publicity for various drinks brands.
00060519 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Forest police controlling the Ukrainian-Romanian border in a police van that has been adapted to run along the Mocanita railway tracks. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania.
00060518 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A mother waiting with her sick child to see a doctor at the hospital.
00060517 : BULGARIA Bansko - Real estate construction workers queuing at a food stall for their lunch during the property boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060516 : ALBANIA Valbone - The daughter of a farming family helps to feed the lambs in the evening on a farm in the isolated Valbona village, high up in the Valbone valley.
00060515 : ALBANIA Bajram Curri - Local boys playing football on a field near an old, disused concrete factory.
00060514 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A pipe discharges waste water near to a chemical factory in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060513 : CHINA Beijing - The entrance to Beijing's new airport. A plane comes in to land at the current airport in the distance. The new airport, which is still under construction, was designed by Norman Foster.
00060512 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker supervising the steel melting process in a furnace at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060511 : RUSSIA Murmansk - A local man outside rows of garages near apartment blocks in the city. The local men of Murmansk have an unlikely passion - they love escaping to their garages, which are often built far away from the apartment blocks where they live, to fix their cars, relax and socialise. A resident explains, 'They call them seashells. I don't know why because they are so ugly and seashells are so pretty.'
00060510 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A forestry worker walking to the passenger wagon of a steam train on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060509 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A woman going into ecstasies while singing during Sunday Mass.
00060508 : ALBANIA Korce (Korca) - A prostitute smoking a cigarette in a slum housing a Roma gypsy community behind the old market.
00060507 : ALBANIA Bajram Curri - A boy jumps onto his horse in a field near an old, disused concrete factory.
00060506 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, kneel and pray on the top of Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of