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00018035 : ETHIOPIA Shebedino - An employee of a local NGO distributes food to a waiting crowd. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018034 : ETHIOPIA Shebedino - People waiting for food distribution. Among the waiting crowd, a woman is breastfeeding her twins. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018033 : ETHIOPIA Shebedino - 4 year old Amarech Gujo is severely malnourished. Her father, Gujo Guto, was so desperate for money that he dismantled the family home, sold it off for scrap and moved the famly into his mother's house. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018032 : ETHIOPIA Shebedino - 4 year old Amarech Gujo is severely malnourished. Her father, Gujo Guto, was so desperate for money that he dismantled the family home, sold it off for scrap and moved the famly into his mother's house. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018031 : ETHIOPIA Shebedino - Sarah Urago with her grandchild. With tears in her eyes, she describes the suffering her family has endured. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018030 : ETHIOPIA Shebedino - With tears in her eyes, Sarah Urago describes the suffering her family has endured. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018029 : ETHIOPIA Shebedino - Sarah Urago with her grandchild. With tears in her eyes, she describes the suffering her family has endured. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018028 : ETHIOPIA Boricha - At the Yirba health clinic, a feeding centre has been established with the support of Unicef and various NGOs. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018027 : ETHIOPIA Boricha - Child with a highly nutritious drink. At the Yirba health clinic, a feeding centre has been established with the support of Unicef and various NGOs. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018026 : ETHIOPIA Boricha - Woman holding a malnourished child in her arms. At the Yirba health clinic, a feeding centre has been established with the support of Unicef and various NGOs. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018025 : ETHIOPIA Boricha - Woman and malnourished child. At the Yirba health clinic, a feeding centre has been established with the support of Unicef and various NGOs. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018024 : ETHIOPIA Boricha - Woman holding a malnourished child in her arms. At the Yirba health clinic, a feeding centre has been established with the support of Unicef and various NGOs. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018023 : ETHIOPIA Boricha - Woman holding a malnourished child in her arms. At the Yirba health clinic, a feeding centre has been established with the support of Unicef and various NGOs. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018022 : ETHIOPIA Shebedino - A crowd of people waiting for food distribution. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018021 : ETHIOPIA Boricha - Woman holding a malnourished child in her arms. At the Yirba health clinic, a feeding centre has been established with the support of Unicef and various NGOs. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018020 : ETHIOPIA Shebedino - 4 year old Amarech Gujo is severely malnourished. Her father, Gujo Guto, was so desperate for money that he dismantled the family home, sold it off for scrap and moved the famly into his mother's house. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018019 : ETHIOPIA Boricha - Woman holding a malnourished child in her arms. At the Yirba health clinic, a feeding centre has been established with the support of Unicef and various NGOs. The severe drought in the south of the country has compounded problems caused by insufficient foreign aid. Around 13 million Ethiopians depend on food aid to survive.
00018018 : PAKISTAN Nr. Peshawar - Girls in a village school, sitting separately from the boys in a corner of the classroom.
00018017 : IRAQ Baghdad - Bride preparing for her wedding with friends at a hairdressing salon.
00018016 : IRAQ Baghdad - Bride preparing for her wedding with friends at a hairdressing salon.
00018015 : NICARAGUA Managua - The National Assembly.
00018014 : NIGERIA Dutsi, Jigawa - High court judge.
00018013 : SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Children learning to play the drums in a 'rosa' - traditional extended community. The recent discovery of huge oil reserves in the Gulf of Guinea is set to make the country one of the richest per capita in the world. In spite of this there are already fears that with the oil money may be accompanied by the twin curses of conflict and corruption.
00018012 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland Great Britain UK - Celtic supporters celebrate victory against Rangers.The 'Old Firm' rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is renowned as the world's most intense football derby.
00018011 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland Great Britain UK - Raucous Celtic supporters mime the shooting of a rifle in Baird's Bar, a famous pub in Glasgow's East End decorated with Celtic memorabilia.The 'Old Firm' rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is renowned as the world's most intense football derby.
00018010 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland Great Britain UK - A Celtic supporter prays during a match against Rangers, with a photograph of Pope John Paul II providing spiritual guidance. The 'Old Firm' rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is renowned as the world's most intense football derby.
00018009 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland Great Britain UK - Three men enjoy a pint in Baird's Bar, a famous pub in Glasgow's East End decorated with Celtic memorabilia.The 'Old Firm' rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is renowned as the world's most intense football derby.
00018008 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland Great Britain UK - Celtic supporters, young and old, in the crowd at a match against Rangers.The 'Old Firm' rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is renowned as the world's most intense football derby.
00018007 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland Great Britain UK - A Celtic supporter prays during a match against Rangers, with a photograph of Pope John Paul II providing spiritual guidance. The 'Old Firm' rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is renowned as the world's most intense football derby.
00018006 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland Great Britain UK - Celtic supporters congregate outside the stadium before a home match against Rangers.The 'Old Firm' rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is renowned as the world's most intense football derby.
00018005 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland Great Britain UK - Young Celtic supporter, with the club's four-leafed clover badge painted on his face.The 'Old Firm' rivalry between Celtic and Rangers is renowned as the world's most intense football derby.
00018004 : USA Alaska United States of America - Inupiat Eskimo child in Shishmaref, an Inupiat village in Western Alaska.
00018003 : USA Alaska United States of America - Cesar Sam, a native Athabascan Indian, takes her daughter to school by snowmobile in Huslia, interior Alaska.
00018002 : USA Alaska United States of America - An Inupiat Eskimo carries the head of a caribou from the meat store outside his home, Shishmaref.
00018001 : USA Alaska United States of America - Petrol station in Shishmaref, an Inupiat Eskimo village in Western Alaska built on a low barrier island facing the Bering Sea. The villagers face imminent danger as the village is under threat of floods due to global warming.
00018000 : USA Alaska United States of America - Cesar Sam, an Athabascan Indian, takes popsicles out of her freezer, outside her home in Huslia.
00017999 : USA Alaska United States of America - Inupiat Eskimo woman frying whalemeat in Kaktovic, an Inupiat village on the coast of the Arctic Ocean. Many inhabitants of the village work on the North Slope oil fields and are in favour of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
00017998 : USA Alaska United States of America - A frozen river running through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
00017997 : USA Alaska United States of America - Inupiat Eskimo family watching the television, eating a snack of dried whalemeat, in Kaktovic, an Inupiat village on the coast of the Arctic Ocean. Many inhabitants of the village work on the North Slope oil fields and are in favour of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
00017996 : USA Alaska United States of America - Aerial view of frozen lakes, taken on a flight from Fairbanks to a village on the edge of the Arctic circle.
00017995 : USA Alaska United States of America - Inupiat Eskimos playing bingo in the community hall in Huslia.
00017994 : USA Alaska United States of America - Exterior thermometer, Kaktovic.
00017993 : USA Alaska United States of America - Inupiat Eskimo travelling by snow-mobile in Shishmaref village in Western Alaska.
00017992 : USA Alaska United States of America - Whale meat being fried in an Inupiat Eskimo home in Kaktovic.
00017991 : USA Alaska United States of America - Shishmaref, an Inupiat Eskimo village in Western Alaska. Built on a low barrier island facing the Bering Sea, villagers face imminent danger as the village is under threat of flooding due to global warming.
00017990 : USA Alaska United States of America - Father and child picking up their mail from the post office in Huslia.
00017989 : USA Alaska United States of America - A house collapses as the permafrost melts in Fairbanks. Global Warming.
00017988 : USA Alaska United States of America - Cracks appear as permafrost melts on the roads around Fairbanks.
00017987 : USA Alaska United States of America - Preparing a meal of whalemeat and blubber in Kaktovic, an Inupiat Eskimo village on the coast of the Arctic Ocean. Many inhabitants of the village work on the North Slope oil fields and are in favour of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
00017986 : USA Alaska United States of America - White family living in a mainly Inupiat Eskimo Arctic village.
00017985 : USA Alaska United States of America - Boy with huskies in Shishmaref, an Inupiat Eskimo village in Western Alaska.
00017984 : USA Alaska United States of America - Wilson Sam, an Athabascan Indian elder, hunts geese on a dried-up lake near Huslia, interior Alaska.
00017983 : USA Alaska United States of America - Wilson Sam, an Athabascan Indian elder, hunts geese on a dried-up lake near Huslia, interior Alaska.
00017982 : USA Alaska United States of America - White family living in a mainly Inupiat Eskimo Arctic village.
00017981 : USA Alaska United States of America - Alaska Railways train from Anchorage to Fairbanks.
00017980 : USA Alaska United States of America - Mountainous, snowy landscape.
00017979 : USA Alaska United States of America - Promotions at the local Inupiat Eskimo store in Shishmaref, which stocks reindeer meat.
00017978 : USA Alaska United States of America - Inupiat Eskimo children play in the launderette in Shishmaref, which is widely used because there is no plumbed water in any of the houses. Toilet facilities are in a communal block.
00017977 : USA Alaska United States of America - Oil pipeline, Northslope oil fields, Prudhoe Bay.
00017976 : USA Alaska United States of America - Oil pipeline, Northslope oil fields, Prudhoe Bay.
00017975 : USA Alaska United States of America - Oil pipeline, Northslope oil fields, Prudhoe Bay.
00017974 : USA Alaska United States of America - Aerial view of frozen lakes, taken on a flight from Fairbanks to a village on the edge of the Arctic circle.
00017973 : USA Alaska United States of America - Inupiat Eskimo elder, Shishmaref.
00017972 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - 18 year old bride Basira is prepared for her engagement ceremony in Maria's Beauty Parlour. The parlour was reopened after the Taliban left, and business is booming.
00017971 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Women buy gold rings, with their harvest income, in a shop in the market area of central Kabul. Despite the fall of the Taliban, most women still wear the burqa.
00017970 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Tribeswomen wait in a women's health clinic.
00017969 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - 18 year old bride Basira prepares for her engagement ceremony in Maria's Beauty Parlour. The parlour was reopened after the Taliban left, and business is booming. However, before they leave the premises, most women put back on their burqas.
00017968 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - 18 year old bride Basira and her maids of honour are prepared for her engagement ceremony in Maria's Beauty Parlour. The parlour was reopened after the Taliban left, and business is booming. However, before they leave the premises, the women will put back on their burqas.
00017967 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Taxis line up in the city centre. During the reign of the Taliban there were reputedly just 200 taxis in the city. Now, with post-war reconstruction, business is booming and there are thousands of taxis.
00017966 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A young girl carrying traditional flat bread in a village on the outskirts of Kabul.
00017965 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - 18 year old bride Basira and her maids of honour prepare for her engagement ceremony in Maria's Beauty Parlour. The parlour was reopened after the Taliban left, and business is booming. However, before they leave the premises, the women will put back on their burqas.
00017964 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Tajwar Kakar, teacher, mother and Deputy Minister for Women's Affairs in the new Afghan government.
00017963 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Sign outside Maria's Beauty Parlour, where business is booming.
00017962 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Obstetrician examining a pregnant woman at a women's hospital.
00017961 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Aqila Asdaqe removes her burqa.
00017960 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Tajwar Kakar, teacher, mother and Deputy Minister for Women's Affairs in the new Afghan government.
00017959 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Burqas for sale. Despite the fall of the Taliban, most women still wear the burqa.
00017958 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Girls sit three to a desk at a newly opened girl's high school.
00017957 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A woman buys gold jewellery, with her harvest income, in a jewellery shop in the market area of central Kabul. Despite the fall of the Taliban, most women still wear the burqa.
00017956 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Girls in a maths class at a newly opened girl's high school.
00017955 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - 18 year old bride Basira prepares for her engagement ceremony in Maria's Beauty Parlour, which was reopened after the Taliban left. It is well stocked with Iranian-made cosmetics.
00017954 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A young woman removes the burqa covering her face.
00017953 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Women cooking traditional flat breads in a bakery.
00017952 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Cyclists pass one of the new guest houses which have sprung up across the city.
00017951 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Western-style wedding dresses for hire in a shop in central Kabul.
00017950 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Women try on and buy gold necklaces, with their harvest income, in a jewellery shop in the market area of central Kabul. Despite the fall of the Taliban, most women still wear the burqa.
00017949 : INDIA Rajasthan - Factory in Sanganer producing handmade paper for export. Taking down dried sheets.
00017948 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Worker at the OK Tedi gold mine, with his children.
00017947 : HONG KONG China - Indian women who are migrant domestic workers enjoy their only day of leisure, Sunday.
00017946 : CHINA - Migrant workers at Chengdu railway station.
00017945 : KUWAIT - Migrant labourer working on an oil facility.
00017944 : BANGLADESH Pabna District - Crossing a river in the early morning.
00017943 : RWANDA - Child with malaria, in the Oruckinga refugee camp on the Ugandan border.
00017942 : IRAQ Salahudin, Kurdistan - Wajid Barzani, head of the Kurdish special forces and brother of KDP leader Massoud Barzani. He was injured in a friendly fire incident by American forces on 06/04/2003.
00017941 : ZAMBIA Ndola - A six year old AIDS orphan waits for food at a feeding centre..
00017940 : USA Oahu, Hawaii United States of America - Hawaiian girl at the Polynesian cultural centre.
00017939 : INDONESIA Bali - 'Voice of Stars', a benefit rock concert for victims of the Kuta terrorist bombing in October 2002. High spirits amid tight security as 'God Bless', Java’s equivalent of the Rolling Stones, let rip.
00017938 : INDONESIA Bali - 'Voice of Stars', a benefit rock concert for victims of the Kuta terrorist bombing in October 2002.
00017937 : INDONESIA Bali - Police chief I Made Pastika, who is heading the investigation into the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in the resort of Kuta in October 2002.
00017936 : INDONESIA Bali - 'Voice of Stars', a benefit rock concert for victims of the Kuta terrorist bombing in October 2002.
00017935 : INDONESIA Bali - The terrorist bombing of a nightclub in the resort of Kuta in October 2002 killed over 190 people. Tumini, 27, was in Paddy’s Bar when the bombs went off. Although badly burnt, she survived.
00017934 : INDONESIA Jakarta - Habib Rizieq, Leader of the Front Pembela Islam (FPI - Islamic Defenders Front). The FPI was funded, some say created, by the police in 1997 and was used by the Jakarta police to crack down on democracy demonstrators. A few weeks after the Bali terrorist bombing in October 2002 the militant branch of FPI was dissolved. "We need to cleanse the organisation from infiltrators", says Rizieq, who is a big fan of Osama Bin Laden.
00017933 : INDONESIA Java - Lulu Jamaluddin, 27, the younger brother of Imam Samudra, who is under arrest and believed to be a regional co-ordinator of the Bali terrorist bombing in October 2002. Lulu, a delivery boy in Serang, south of Jakarta, says: "People around here are religious, my brother and I used to pray together five times a day."
00017932 : INDONESIA Bali - Following the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in the resort of Kuta in October 2002, tourism on the island went into sharp decline. Speedy peers out across an almost empty beach. He hires out surfboards to tourists. "Normally during the peak season", he says, "you wouldnt see the sand for all the people." But now business is slow and if he gets two clients a day, then he considers himself lucky.
00017931 : INDONESIA Bali - Following the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in the resort of Kuta in October 2002, tourism on the island went into sharp decline. Dani Neuman comes to pray each morning at the plot where Paddy’s Club once stood. Dani works at a shop that sells trinkets to the tourists, but she hasn’t had any customers for several days. Things have got so bad that she had to sell her wedding ring in order to buy food for her family.
00017930 : INDONESIA Bali - At Uluwatu Cliff Temple the famous Monkey Dance is performed to dwindling numbers of tourists. Following the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in the resort of Kuta in October 2002, tourism on the island went into sharp decline.
00017929 : INDONESIA Bali - Police chief I Made Pastika shows staff from the US embassy around the plot where the Sari Club stood. The nightclub in Kuta was destroyed in a terrorist bombing in October 2002.
00017928 : INDONESIA Jakarta - Shanty town along the railway track at Senen contrast with newly-built apartment blocks on Jakarta’s Golden Mile.
00017927 : INDONESIA Jakarta - Shanty towns in the Senen district. People living on railway tracks.
00017926 : INDONESIA Bali - An almost empty beach in Nusa Dua, western Bali. Following the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in the resort of Kuta in October 2002, tourism on the island went into sharp decline.
00017925 : INDONESIA - Indonesian media coverage in the aftermath of the terrorist bombing of Bali in October 2002 has sometimes been of dubious quality, and has provoked outrage abroad. Here, Amrozi, the man believed to have planted the bomb outside a nightclub in Kuta, graces the cover of Forum magazine, under the headline 'Superstar Amrozi'.
00017924 : INDONESIA Bali - Hadji Bambang, security chief at ‘Voice of Stars’, a benefit rock concert for victims of the Kuta terrorist bombing in October 2002.
00017923 : INDONESIA Bali - Empty restaurants along Jimbaran Beach. Following the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in the resort of Kuta in October 2002, tourism on the island went into sharp decline.
00017862 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - MAG (Mines Advisory Group) deminers prepare a controlled demolition of cleared landmines and unexploded ordnance. Decades of civil war between government FAA (Força Armada Angolana) forces and UNITA rebels have littered Angola with landmines and UXOs, crippling and impoverishing the population.
00017861 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - A MAG (Mines Advisory Group) deminer placing a bounding fragmentation mine into the demolition pit. Bounding fragmentation mines are usually linked to a trip wire which initiates the mine. This type of mine jumps into the air to a height of approximately one metre and explodes, sending shrapnel in a 360 degree radius. It has a killing range of 30 metres.
00017860 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - MAG (Mines Advisory Group) deminers prepare a controlled demolition of cleared landmines and unexploded ordnance. Decades of civil war between government FAA (Força Armada Angolana) forces and UNITA rebels have littered Angola with landmines and UXOs, crippling and impoverishing the population.
00017859 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - MAG (Mines Advisory Group) deminers prepare a controlled demolition of cleared landmines and unexploded ordnance. Decades of civil war between government FAA (Força Armada Angolana) forces and UNITA rebels have littered Angola with landmines and UXOs, crippling and impoverishing the population.
00017858 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - MAG (Mines Advisory Group) deminers clear land suspected of containing mines and unexploded ordnance. Decades of civil war between government FAA (Força Armada Angolana) forces and UNITA rebels have littered Angola with landmines and UXOs, crippling and impoverishing the population.
00017857 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - MAG (Mines Advisory Group) deminers marking mine fields near heavily populated areas. Decades of civil war has riddled Angola with landmines which have crippled the people and prevented much needed land from being cultivated.
00017856 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - A landmine victim dances during festivities for the International Day of the Disabled. In a country that has been wracked by decades of civil war, this day takes on particular significance. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have riddled Angola with unexploded ordnance, impoverishing and crippling its people.
00017855 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Landmine victims are omnipresent in Angolan society. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have riddled Angola with unexploded ordnance, impoverishing and crippling its people.
00017854 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Landmine victims are omnipresent in Angolan society. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have riddled Angola with unexploded ordnance, impoverishing and crippling its people.
00017853 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - A landmine victim being fitted with a prosthetic leg at the Vietnam Veterans Association Foundation (VVAF) workshop. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have riddled Angola with unexploded ordnance, impoverishing and crippling its people.
00017852 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Landmine victims being fitted with prosthetic legs at the Vietnam Veterans Association Foundation (VVAF) workshop. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have riddled Angola with unexploded ordnance, impoverishing and crippling its people.
00017851 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Landmine victims learning to walk with newly fitted prosthetic legs at the Vietnam Veterans Association Foundation (VVAF) workshop. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have riddled Angola with unexploded ordnance, impoverishing and crippling its people.
00017850 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - A landmine victim being fitted with a prosthetic leg at the Vietnam Veterans Association Foundation (VVAF) workshop. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have riddled Angola with unexploded ordnance, impoverishing and crippling its people.
00017849 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Landmine victims waiting at the Vietnam Veterans Association Foundation (VVAF) workshop to have prosthetic limbs fitted. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have riddled Angola with unexploded ordnance, impoverishing and crippling its people.
00017848 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Landmine victims are omnipresent in Angolan society. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have riddled Angola with unexploded ordnance, impoverishing and crippling its people.
00017847 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - A child is treated at the civil hospital after having stepped on a landmine, losing a foot. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have impoverished Angola and crippled its people.
00017846 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - A boy and his mother at the civil hospital. The child was injured when he and his friends were playing with unexploded ordnance. One boy was killed, another lost part of his leg and the others suffered minor injuries. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have impoverished Angola and crippled its people.
00017845 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - The remains of a South African military cargo plane, shot down during the war, in the town centre.
00017844 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Preachers lead a Sunday prayer service at an Evangelical church. Religious life is vibrant in Angolan culture and is the only source of hope for many people in a country impoverished and crippled by civil war.
00017843 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have impoverished Angola and crippled its people. Eight years ago the water treatment station of Luena was attacked and mined by UNITA. The town has been without running water ever since. People must take paths through mined areas to obtain water from the river for drinking, cooking bathing and washing.
00017842 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have impoverished Angola and crippled its people.
00017841 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - People eke out a meagre existence by selling what they can grow or collect in the bush at the central market. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have impoverished Angola and crippled its people.
00017840 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - A woman planting seeds next to a mine field. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government forces and UNITA rebels have impoverished Angola and crippled its people. Landmines contaminate the countryside and render much-needed land useless.
00017839 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Food being distributed at the government-run MINARS reception centre for internally-displaced people (IDPs). During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, many of whom had been fleeing the fighting for months and were on the verge of starvation, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017838 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - The government-run MINARS reception centre for internally-displaced people (IDPs). During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017837 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - A pregnant woman and her child arrive by a government military truck from a UNITA-held area. During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, many of whom had been fleeing the fighting for months, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017836 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Civilians from UNITA-held areas being brought by government soldiers to the advanced command post. During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017835 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Civilians evacuated from UNITA-held areas being questioned by government soldiers. During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017834 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Civilians evacuated by helicopter from UNITA-held areas as the government army makes advances. During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017833 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Soldiers and their family members at the advanced command post military hospital. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) forces and UNITA rebels have impoverished Angola and crippled its people. The government had mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017832 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Officers visit soldiers at the government's advanced command post military hospital. The soldiers stepped on landmines or were injured during fighting at the front against UNITA rebels. Despite vast reserves of petroleum, diamonds and natural resources, decades of fighting between FAA (Força Armada Angolana) forces and UNITA rebels have impoverished Angola and crippled its people.
00017831 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - An FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldier during military operations against UNITA rebels near the front line. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017830 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers detonate anti-tank mines during a training exercise at the advanced command post military base in preparation for deployment to the front. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017829 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers during military operations against UNITA rebels near the front line. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017828 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers during military operations against UNITA rebels near the front line. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017827 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers during military operations against UNITA rebels near the front line. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017826 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers during military operations against UNITA rebels near the front line. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017825 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers during military operations against UNITA rebels near the front line. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017824 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers during military operations against UNITA rebels near the front line. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017823 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers during military operations against UNITA rebels near the front line. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017822 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers undertake a training exercise at the advanced command post military base as they prepare for deployment to the front. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017821 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - Young FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government conscripts undertake training exercises at the advanced command post military base as they prepare for deployment to the front. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017820 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers on a training exercise at the advanced command post military base preparing for deployment to the front. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017819 : ANGOLA Luena, Moxico Province - FAA (Força Armada Angolana) government soldiers on a patrol near the front during military operations against UNITA rebels. After several failed peace initiatives the government mounted a major offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi had been confirmed to be located, in an attempt to end the decades-long civil war by military means. Savimbi was killed in February 2002.
00017818 : ANGOLA Muachimbo - Camp for internally-displaced people (IDPs). During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, many of whom had been fleeing the fighting for months and were on the verge of starvation, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017817 : ANGOLA Muachimbo - Internally-displaced people (IDPs). During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, many of whom had been fleeing the fighting for months and were on the verge of starvation, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017816 : ANGOLA Muachimbo - Internally-displaced people (IDPs). During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, many of whom had been fleeing the fighting for months and were on the verge of starvation, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017815 : ANGOLA Muachimbo - Internally-displaced people (IDPs). During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, many of whom had been fleeing the fighting for months and were on the verge of starvation, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017814 : ANGOLA Muachimbo - Internally-displaced people (IDPs). During the Angolan government's decisive offensive against UNITA in the eastern province of Moxico, where rebel leader Jonas Savimbi was eventually killed, the government conducted a scorched earth strategy of displacing the civilian population, many of whom had been fleeing the fighting for months and were on the verge of starvation, placing them in rudimentary camps and burning fields and villages to flush out the rebels. This strategy added to the millions of people already displaced by years of war and provoked a serious famine in many parts of the country.
00017813 : ANGOLA Kuito - Destroyed buildings in the city centre. Following the death of Jonas Savimbi, a cease fire was signed on the 4th of April, 2002 ending 27 years of civil war in Angola. The conflict has devastated the country and provoked a humanitarian disaster. Little remains of the country's infrastructure, towns, hospitals or schools.
00017812 : ANGOLA Kuito - Apartment buildings destroyed during the war continue to be inhahabited. Following the death of Jonas Savimbi, a ceasefire was signed on the 4th of April, 2002, ending 27 years of civil war in Angola. The conflict has devastated the country and provoked a humanitarian disaster. Little remains of the country's infrastructure, towns, hospitals or schools.
00017811 : ANGOLA Kuito - People suffering from severe malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre.
00017810 : ANGOLA Kuito - The body of an adolescent who has just died of malnutrition and other underlying diseases is carried from the intensive care unit at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre.
00017809 : ANGOLA Kuito - A building destroyed during the war. Following the death of Jonas Savimbi, a ceasefire between UNITA rebels and the government armed forces was signed on the 4th of April, 2002 ending 27 years of civil war in Angola. The conflict has devastated the country and provoked a humanitarian disaster. Little remains of the country's infrastructure, towns, hospitals or schools.
00017808 : ANGOLA Kuito - Destruction in the city centre. 27 years of civil war has devastated the country and provoked a humanitarian disaster in Angola. Little remains of the country's infrastructure, towns, hospitals or schools.
00017807 : ANGOLA Sambotto - A third of Angola's population has been displaced by the war. Tens of thousands will be returning to their villages from IDP camps before the rainy season begins to start planting. However, in the remote villages like this one, many inaccessable during the rainy season, there is nothing to eat, no seeds to plant, no medical care and the land is riddled with landmines.
00017806 : ANGOLA Sambotto - A third of Angola's population has been displaced by the war. Tens of thousands will be returning to their villages from IDP camps to start planting before the rainy season begins. However, in the remote villages like this one, inaccessable during the rainy season, there is nothing to eat, no seeds to plant, no medical care and the land is riddled with landmines.
00017805 : ANGOLA Sambotto - A third of Angola's population has been displaced by the war. Tens of thousands will be returning to their villages from IDP camps to start planting before the rainy season begins. However, in remote villages like this one, many inaccessable during the rainy season, there is nothing to eat, no seeds to plant, no medical care and the land is riddled with landmines.
00017804 : ANGOLA Sambo, Huambo Province - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) doctor Rosa Giliberti screens children for cases of severe malnutrition in a remote village. Serious cases will be transported to a therapeutic feeding centre. A "blanket" food distribution is given out to children at risk of malnutrition.
00017803 : ANGOLA Sambo, Huambo Province - Demobilized UNITA soldiers during the selection process for integration into the Angolan government armed forces (FAA). There are 4045 demobilized soldiers and 25,000 family members living in this quartering area. 156 will be integrated into the army, the rest will return to civilian life.
00017802 : ANGOLA Sambo, Huambo Province - Demobilized UNITA soldiers during the selection process for integration into the Angolan government armed forces (FAA). There are 4045 demobilized soldiers and 25,000 family members living in this quartering area. 156 will be integrated into the army, the rest will return to civilian life.
00017801 : ANGOLA Sambo, Huambo Province - Demobilized UNITA soldiers sing and dance "La Rumba" at a dawn assembly in their quartering area. 4045 demobilized soldiers and their 25,000 family members live in the quartering area waiting to be integrated into the government armed forces or to return to civilian life.
00017800 : ANGOLA Sambo, Huambo Province - Demobilized UNITA soldiers sing and dance "La Rumba" at a dawn assembly in their quartering area. 4045 demobilized soldiers and their 25,000 family members live in the quartering area waiting to be integrated into the government armed forces or to return to civilian life.
00017799 : ANGOLA Sambo, Huambo Province - A quartering area for more than 4000 demobilized UNITA soldiers and their families in a remote village. The area will see a huge influx of people displaced by the war as they return to their former village, however there is no food, no seeds for planting and the area is heavily mined.
00017798 : ANGOLA Sambo, Huambo Province - A quartering area for more than 4000 demobilized UNITA soldiers and their families in a remote village. The area will see a huge influx of people displaced by the war as they return to their former village, however there is no food, no seeds for planting and the area is heavily mined.
00017797 : ANGOLA Caala, Huambo Province - A woman weeps for her child, who has died of malnutrition, as the coffin is taken from the church to be buried. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a cease fire was signed in April 2002.
00017796 : ANGOLA Caala, Huambo Province - A mother mourns for her child who has died of malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017795 : ANGOLA Caala, Huambo Province - A mother mourns for her child who has died of malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017794 : ANGOLA Caala, Huambo Province - A mother mourns for her child who has died of malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017793 : ANGOLA Caala, Huambo Province - A birthday party for a girl who rediscovered her family ten years after being separated by the war. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017792 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - Children suffering from malnutrition collect stray beans after a food distribution at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017791 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A supplementary food distribution to families ready to go back to their homes from a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017790 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A supplementary food distribution to families ready to go back to their villages from a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017789 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A mother comforts her child, suffering from severe malnutrition in the intensive care unit at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017788 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from severe malnutrition in the intensive care unit at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017787 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - Children suffering from malnutrition brought to a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre are weighed and measured upon arrival. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017786 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from severe malnutrition is measured after arriving at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017785 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from severe malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017784 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from severe malnutrition arrives from a remote area at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017783 : ANGOLA Menga - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) "blanket" food distribution to children at risk of malnutrition in a quartering area for demobilized UNITA soldiers and their families. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017782 : ANGOLA Menga - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) "blanket" food distribution for children at risk of malnutrition in a quartering area for demobilized UNITA soldiers and their families. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017781 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A medical technician examines a child suffering from severe malnutrition in the intensive care unit at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017780 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from severe malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017779 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - Children suffering from severe malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017778 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from severe malnutrition in the intensive care unit at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017777 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from severe malnutrition is cared for by medical personnel in the intensive care unit at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017776 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from severe malnutrition being treated by medical personnel in the intensive care unit at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017775 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - Doctors examine a child suffering from severe malnutrition in the intensive care unit at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017774 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from severe malnutrition is carried to the intensive care unit at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017773 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - People suffering from malnutrition and their families at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017772 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A boy suffering from Kwashiorkor (extended stomach) malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017771 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A child suffering from Kwashiorkor (extended stomach) malnutrition at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017770 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - Women with their severely malnourished children after arriving at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017769 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A severely malnourished child and his mother at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017768 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A severely malnourished child being treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017767 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - Doctor Nils Hennig treats a severely malnourished child at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017766 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - Mothers attempt to feed their severely malnourished children at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017765 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A severely malnourished child is treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017764 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A severely malnourished child is treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017763 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A mother with her severely malnourished children at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017762 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - Severely malnourished children at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategies of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017761 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - Severely malnourished children at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategy of the government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017760 : ANGOLA Bailundo, Huambo Province - A severely malnourished child at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) therapeutic feeding centre. The military strategy of government armed forces and UNITA rebels toward the civilian population has caused widespread devastation and a serious famine situation in the country. Aid organizations have had access to large portions of the country only after a ceasefire was signed in April 2002.
00017759 : ERITREA - Carl Hodges, a scientist in charge of seawater farms.
00017758 : MONGOLIA Nr. Ulaan Bator - Portrait of a young man.
00017757 : ARMENIA - Mount Ararat seen from the Armenian side.
00017756 : ARMENIA - A livestock market with Mount Ararat as its backdrop.
00017755 : INDIA Kochi (Cochin), Kerala - The Matancherry synagogue, which is at the centre of the 'Jewtown' district.
00017754 : INDIA Kochi (Cochin), Kerala - Street sign in the 'Jewtown' district.
00017753 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - British-born Bengali children study the Koran at a mosque in Oldham. A generation of Muslims is growing up separated from the indigenous society. They go to predominantly Asian schools and hang out with Asian friends. Often the only contact between the two communities is through uncertain glances on the street or in local tabloids. Although the atmosphere on the streets seems friendly, few people dare to step out of their own territory for fear of assault. Stuck in a Western society but feeling unwelcome and without many chances to escape from the ghetto, many youngsters seek identity in fundamentalist Islam.
00017752 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - British-born Pakistani children study the Koran at a mosque in Oldham. Their teacher is Imam Shafiq ur Rehman, a Pakistani cleric who is now in custody pending deportation to Pakistan for allegedly sponsoring terrorism in Kashmir.
00017751 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - British-born Pakistani children study the Koran at a mosque in Oldham. Their teacher is Imam Shafiq ur Rehman, a Pakistani cleric who is now in custody pending deportation to Pakistan for allegedly sponsoring terrorism in Kashmir.
00017750 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - Imam Shafiq ur Rehman, a Pakistani cleric who is now in custody pending deportation to Pakistan for allegedly sponsoring terrorism in Kashmir. Rehman, a soft-spoken Pakistani, has been leading prayers and teaching the Koran to children in an Oldham mosque since his arrival in Britain seven years ago. He is now accused of fundraising and recruiting in Britain for a Kashmiri independence group in Pakistan. Rehman admits only sending money for building hospitals and schools and putting British Muslims in touch with the group.
00017749 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - A Bangladeshi man addresses a group of British-born Muslims during a community meeting. Young Muslims grow up separated from the indigenous society. They go to predominantly Asian schools and hang out with Asian friends. Often the only contact between the two communities is through uncertain glances on the street or in local tabloids. Although the atmosphere on the streets seems friendly, few people dare to step out of their own territory for fear of assault. Stuck in a Western society but feeling unwelcome and without many chances to escape from the ghetto, many youngsters seek identity in fundamentalist Islam.
00017748 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - British-born Bangladeshis in a supermarket in Oldham, an impoverished town which was the scene of riots between white and Asian youths in the summer of 2001. Young Muslims grow up separated from the indigenous society. They go to predominantly Asian schools and hang out with Asian friends. Often the only contact between the two communities is through uncertain glances on the street or in local tabloids. Although the atmosphere on the streets seems friendly, few people dare to step out of their own territory for fear of assault. Stuck in a Western society but feeling unwelcome and without many chances to escape from the ghetto, many youngsters seek identity in fundamentalist Islam.
00017747 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - A ‘good’ British-born Bangladeshi boy confronts ‘bad’ boys in Oldham, where riots between white and Asian youths took place in the summer of 2001. Many people from the Muslim community say they do not feel British, and the war in Afghanistan only confirmed the West's animosity towards Islam. Living in a state of segregation from the wider community, the old and young, good and bad are pushed towards fundamentalism by a shared sense of alienation in a Western society that they feel is oppressive, both locally and around the world.
00017746 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - British-born Pakistani youths, so-called ‘Plastic Gangstas’, from Bradford hang out on the beach in Blackpool, beneath the famous tower. A generation of Muslims is growing up separated from the indigenous society. They go to predominantly Asian schools and hang out with Asian friends. Often the only contact between the two communities is through uncertain glances on the street or in local tabloids. Stuck in a Western society but feeling unwelcome and without many chances to escape from the ghetto, many youngsters seek identity in fundamentalist Islam.
00017745 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - British-born Pakistani youths, so-called ‘Plastic Gangstas’, from Bradford hang out on the beach in Blackpool. A generation of Muslims is growing up separated from the indigenous society. They go to predominantly Asian schools and hang out with Asian friends. Often the only contact between the two communities is through uncertain glances on the street or in local tabloids. Stuck in a Western society but feeling unwelcome and without many chances to escape from the ghetto, many youngsters seek identity in fundamentalist Islam.
00017744 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - Esmot (in white) and Abdallah. Here, a generation of Muslims is growing up separated from the indigenous society. They go to predominantly Asian schools and hang out with Asian friends. Often the only contact between the two communities is through uncertain glances on the street or in local tabloids. Although the atmosphere on the streets seems friendly, few people dare to step out of their own territory for fear of assault. Stuck in a Western society but feeling unwelcome and without many chances to escape from the ghetto, many youngsters seek identity in fundamentalist Islam.
00017743 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - British-born Pakistanis hang out in Bradford, scene of heavy rioting between white and Asian youths in the summer of 2001. A generation of Muslims is growing up separated from the indigenous society. They go to predominantly Asian schools and hang out with Asian friends. Often the only contact between the two communities is through uncertain glances on the street or in local tabloids. Stuck in a Western society but feeling unwelcome and without many chances to escape from the ghetto, many youngsters seek identity in fundamentalist Islam.
00017742 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - British-born Pakistanis hang out in Bradford, scene of heavy rioting between white and Asian youths in the summer of 2001. A generation of Muslims is growing up separated from the indigenous society. They go to predominantly Asian schools and hang out with Asian friends. Often the only contact between the two communities is through uncertain glances on the street or in local tabloids. Stuck in a Western society but feeling unwelcome and without many chances to escape from the ghetto, many youngsters seek identity in fundamentalist Islam.
00017741 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - A mother hurries her daughters along the street. A generation of Muslims is growing up separated from the indigenous society. They go to predominantly Asian schools and hang out with Asian friends. Often the only contact between the two communities is through uncertain glances on the street or in local tabloids. Although the atmosphere on the streets seems friendly, few people dare to step out of their own territory for fear of assault. Stuck in a Western society but feeling unwelcome and without many chances to escape from the ghetto, many youngsters seek identity in fundamentalist Islam.
00017740 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - An elderly Pakistani man reads the newspaper outside his home next to a disused cotton mill. Here in Bradford, the heartland of the Industrial Revolution, a mutual feeling of suspicion and fear has emerged between the white and Asian communities. Older residents recall with some fondness when white and Asian men lived and worked side by side in textile mills. But with the collapse of manufacturing in the region, white families moved out of the neighbourhood while the Asians stayed behind relying on small retail or catering businesses.
00017739 : UNITED KINGDOM Northern England Great Britain UK - A Bangladeshi family in their home in Oldham, an impoverished town which was the scene of rioting between Muslim and white youths in the summer of 2001. Many people from the Muslim community say they do not feel