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00013745 : KENYA Bondo, Nyanza Province - Funeral preparations in the Luo community for Jarred Apamo, who has died of AIDS. According to ancient Luo customs, the deceased must be buried at their birthplace. A symbolic home is being built there by clan members before the funeral.
00013744 : KENYA Bondo, Nyanza Province - Funeral preparations in the Luo community. Dorcas Apamo’s husband Jarred has died of AIDS, and the man wearing the cap has been selected to ‘cleanse’ her. According to ancient Luo customs, a widow is obliged to have sex with a specialised ‘cleanser’ to be purified. She is then inherited as a wife by her brother in law. The consequence of the ritual is that AIDS has taken on epidemic proportions in the tribe.
00013743 : KENYA Homa Bay, Nyanza Province - Volunteers with KENWA (Kenya Network of Women with AIDS) demonstrating the use of condoms. These women have all been re-married after the death of their first husbands.
00013742 : KENYA Nairobi - Men drinking locally-produced beer in a bar in Kibera.
00013741 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - Commuters wait for a tube train at Farringdon underground station during the morning rush hour.
00013740 : UNITED KINGDOM Middlesborough, England Great Britain UK - Employment in the town's chemical, steel and ship-building industries has declined dramatically in recent years.
00013739 : UNITED KINGDOM Middlesborough, England Great Britain UK - Sohir Uddin, 21, one of the last two tenants on his street in the town’s South Bank district, is the main carer for his four younger siblings. Almost all the houses in the street are boarded up. Employment in the city's steel, ship-building and chemical industries has declined dramatically in recent years.
00013738 : UNITED KINGDOM South Cambridgeshire, England Great Britain UK - Greenfield development of 3000 houses, a supermarket, high street, business park and primary school. This part of the country has become known as Silicon Fen due to the number of information and bio-technology companies setting up close to the university town of Cambridge.
00013737 : UNITED KINGDOM Middlesborough, England Great Britain UK - Housing awaiting probable demolition in an area of "low demand" in the South Bank district. Employment in the town's chemical, steel and ship-building industries has declined dramatically in recent years.
00013736 : UNITED KINGDOM Middlesborough, England Great Britain UK - Elaine Leyshon, 24, one of the last tenants in Aire Street, in the town's South Bank district, is on sickness benefit and looks after her 16 year old brother.
00013735 : UNITED KINGDOM Middlesborough, England Great Britain UK - A street sign is all that remains of a network of Victorian terraced housing in the South Bank district demolished because nobody wanted to live there. Employment in the city's steel, ship-building and chemical industries has declined dramatically in recent years.
00013734 : UNITED KINGDOM England Great Britain UK - An unemployed ex-coal miner in the job centre in The Forge community centre, Norton Grange, Stockton-on-Tees.
00013733 : UNITED KINGDOM South Yorkshire, England Great Britain UK - An English Partnership hoarding at the derelict site of the former Grimethorpe colliery. The town lost its major source of employment when the pit closed in 1993, soon followed by the coal-fired power station and the Coalite coking works. English Partnership is the government agency responsible for regional economic regeneration.
00013732 : UNITED KINGDOM South Yorkshire, England Great Britain UK - Derelict pub in the ex-mining town of Grimethorpe. Since the colliery, the town's main employer, closed in 1993 parts of Grimethorpe have declined dramatically.
00013731 : UNITED KINGDOM South Yorkshire, England Great Britain UK - Children in the ex-mining town of Grimethorpe. The community lost its major source of employment when the colliery closed in 1993, soon followed by the coal-fired power station and the Coalite coking works.
00013730 : UNITED KINGDOM South Yorkshire, England Great Britain UK - The derelict shell of Grimethorpe’s coal-fired power station, which was closed along with the town’s colliery in 1993.
00013729 : UNITED KINGDOM Liverpool, England Great Britain UK - Urban decay: a street of empty houses in Liverpool 8. The city's population has fallen by a third over the last thirty years as traditional industries have gone into decline.
00013728 : UNITED KINGDOM Liverpool, England Great Britain UK - Urban decay: a street of empty houses in Liverpool 8. The city's population has fallen by a third over the last thirty years as traditional industries have gone into decline.
00013727 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England Great Britain UK - Urban decay: a street of boarded-up derelict houses in Salford. A council employee sprays weedkiller.
00013726 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England Great Britain UK - Urban decay: a street of boarded-up derelict houses in Salford.
00013725 : SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg - An old woman living amongst the rubbish in the centre of Africa's most powerful financial district.
00013724 : INDIA - Bollywood film crew shooting dancers for the movie 'Giveta Kaidi'.
00013723 : INDIA - Bollywood film crew shooting a movie - actors Sahiba and Jaydeep roll around for the cameras.
00013722 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Bollywood film crew shooting a movie at Mehboob Studios.
00013721 : ZIMBABWE - Sugar cane cutter on his bicycle, on the Mkwasine estate.
00013720 : MOZAMBIQUE Nampula - Children carrying freshly-cut sugar cane.
00013719 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. Olodum is one of the most popular bloco-afro groups, with hundreds of drummers, singers and dancers. They are based in Pelourinho, the historical centre of the city.
00013718 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. Five o'clock in the morning at Campo Grande, and the Il Aiy float passes through streets still thronged with crowds. The woman elected this year's goddess of ebony moves her gracious body.
00013717 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers in Pelourinho. In this old part of the city the streets are too narrow for the trio electrico floats, so the parade has a more traditional character.
00013716 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. A float crawls along the thronged streets. Over two million people gather to watch and join in the festivities, with the number of foreign visitors having surpassed that for the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
00013715 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers in Pelourinho. In this old part of the city the streets are too narrow for the trio electrico floats, so the parade has a more traditional character.
00013714 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - The carnival parade reaches Ocean Avenue. Over two million people gather to watch and join in the festivities, with the number of foreign visitors having surpassed that for the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
00013713 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival parade passing along Ocean Avenue, overlooking the beach.
00013712 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - View of the bay and the lighthouse.
00013711 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. A trio electrico float parades through the thronged city streets. Over two million people gather to watch and join in the festivities, with the number of foreign visitors having surpassed that for the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
00013710 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. February in Brazil stands for carnival. During this summer month the country goes crazy in an explosion of dance, music, laughter, alcohol and love.
00013709 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. Crowds gather to watch and join in with the festivities. In the background, some of the ten thousand police and soldiers who watch over proceedings.
00013708 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. Pagode music is a modern variation on samba, mostly sung by bodybuilders with flashy white teeth accompanied by fake blonde dancers. The lyrics are extremely simple: the biggest hit during the 2001 carnival talks about hitting a girl's face and then kissing her mouth.
00013707 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers huddle in telephone booths to avoid the rain.
00013706 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. The carnival in Salvador is famous for the Afro-blocos, where performers dress in traditional African clothes and sing about Afro-Bahian culture.
00013705 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. Young and old gather to watch and join in with the performers.
00013704 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. Young and old congregate to watch the performers pass by.
00013703 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers. While everyone else goes crazy in an explosion of dance, music, laughter, alcohol and love, one man retains a sober expression.
00013702 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Carnival performers in Pelourinho. In this old part of the city the streets are too narrow for the trio electrico floats, so the parade has a more traditional character.
00013701 : BANGLADESH Rangpur Province - Simulated childbirth at a training course for village midwives run by RDRS, a local NGO. Kurigram district.
00013700 : RUSSIA Nazran, Ingushetia - A young Chechen girl stands in the crowded hallway of a train wagon that has been her home for over two years. Her family, like thousands of others, are refugees fleeing war in Chechnya. Her mother has shaved her head because of contagious diseases and infections among the refugees, who live in close communal conditions with little or no sanitation.
00013699 : RUSSIA Chechnya - A woman searching for missing relatives unzips bodybags holding the remains of unidentified people from a mass grave. In February 2001 Russian authorities disclosed the location of the grave in the grounds of their main army base at Khan Cala. The military authorities claimed that the bodies were those of kidnappers and bandits but international agencies were denied access to the site.
00013698 : RUSSIA Chechnya - A Chechen man being treated in hospital after suffering severe burns from an explosion when Russian shells landed in his street in Sernovodsk.
00013697 : RUSSIA Chechnya - An elderly Russian woman, left homeless and alone when war broke out in Grozny, now living in a deserted old folks home. She worked in the Grozny train station for 23 years selling tickets. She has adopted three cats found on the street.
00013696 : RUSSIA Nazran, Ingushetia - A young Chechen girl stands in the crowded hallway of a train wagon that has been her home for over two years. Her family, like thousands of others, are refugees fleeing war in Chechnya. Her mother has shaved her head because of contagious diseases and infections among the refugees, who live in close communal conditions with little or no sanitation.
00013695 : RUSSIA Chechnya - Human remains with cords tied around the wrists, discovered in a mass grave in Grozny in February 2001. After much public pressure the Russians disclosed the location of the grave on the grounds of their main army base at Khan Cala. The Russians claimed that the bodies found in this mass grave were of kidnappers and bandits, but many civilians sought to find their loved ones. International agencies were denied access to the site.
00013694 : RUSSIA Chechnya - A Chechen woman showing the passports of her missing sons during a gathering of women searching for arrested and missing male relatives in central Grozny. Their protest was timed to coincide with International Womens' Day, a Soviet-era holiday to honour women of the USSR.
00013693 : RUSSIA Chechnya - Young Russian conscripts in an army truck, just before their unit entered Grozny at the beginning of the Russian offensive to retake the city.
00013692 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Every Saturday, hundreds of Kinois come to be baptised in the River Ndjili. Even if they have been baptised before, they come back to try their luck with another church. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013691 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Money collected from worshippers during a mass at the 'Palais du Peuple' delivered by the renowned priest Sikatenda. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013690 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Money collected from worshippers during a mass at the 'Palais du Peuple' delivered by the renowned priest Sikatenda. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013689 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A large crowd at a mass delivered by the renowned priest Sikatenda at the 'Palais du Peuple'. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013688 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - The renowned priest Sikatenda delivers mass at the 'Palais du Peuple'. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013687 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - The renowned priest Sikatenda pictured during mass at the 'Palais du Peuple'. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013686 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - The renowned priest Sikatenda pictured during mass at the 'Palais du Peuple'. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013685 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - The renowned priest Sikatenda pictured during mass at the 'Palais du Peuple'. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013684 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - The renowned priest Sikatenda pictured during mass at the 'Palais du Peuple'. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013683 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - The renowned priest Sikatenda pictured during mass at the 'Palais du Peuple'. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013682 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Worshippers hold up a redundant wheelchair, its occupant apparently cured, during a mass at the 'Palais du Peuple' organised by the renowned priest Sikatenda. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013681 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Mass at the 'Palais du Peuple', organised by the renowned priest Sikatenda. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013680 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Mass at the 'Palais du Peuple', organised by the renowned priest Sikatenda. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013679 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - An HIV-positive woman attends mass with the renowned priest Sikatenda. Previously a nurse, Sikatenda says he received a message from God that he should instead cure people by building a church. He claims to have cured many people with fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013678 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A billboard outside the church run by the renowned priest Kibila says “If your God is dead, try mine.” If worshippers are not lucky in one church, they try to get their miracle in another. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013677 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A worshipper bows down next to an electric guitar, during mass in the Evangelical Centre of the Revival. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013676 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Mass in the Evangelical Centre of the Revival. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013675 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A priest regales passengers on a city bus. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013674 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Every Sunday afternoon thousands of people from different churches gather in an old factory to hear preachers from the Mama Olangi Ministry. The Ministry is particularly popular amongst women searching for a husband. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013673 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Every Sunday afternoon thousands of people from different churches gather in an old factory to hear preachers from the Mama Olangi Ministry. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013672 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Healing session in the Mama Olangi hospital. The medical staff use a mix of medication and prayers to treat their patients. They claim that hundreds of people have been cured of fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013671 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Healing session in the Mama Olangi hospital. The medical staff use a mix of medication and prayers to treat their patients. They claim that hundreds of people have been cured of fatal diseases. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013670 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A church in the Matete district which specialises in healing ‘witches’, particularly children. Ma Jolie, the priest, claims a special gift: by praying she can ascertain those who are tainted by witchcraft. The hype over child witches is out of control in the city: a series of innocuous events in a family home, such as a broken-down fridge, can result in one of the children being castigated as an evil influence. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013669 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A church in the Matete district which specialises in healing ‘witches’. Ma Jolie, the priest, claims a special gift: by praying she can ascertain those who are tainted by witchcraft. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013668 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Mass in the ‘Miracle Centre’ run by the renowned priest Kutino, who has become the most successful priest in the country. On the wall, next to the word 'accompli' (established), crutches are hung up as proof of the miracles that have taken place here. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013667 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Mass in the ‘Miracle Centre’ run by the renowned priest Kutino, who has become the most successful priest in the country by virtue of outlandish promises of material gain to his believers. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013666 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Mass in the ‘Miracle Centre’ run by the renowned priest Kutino, who has become the most successful priest in the country by virtue of outlandish promises of material gain to his believers. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013665 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Worshippers at a night-time mass led by the renowned priest Kibila. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013664 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Thousands of people attend an open-air mass at the 'Palais du Peuple' led by the renowned priest Kafuta. Even President Kabila is reputed to be a member of the church of Kafuta. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013663 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Thousands of people attend an open-air mass at the 'Palais du Peuple' led by the renowned priest Kafuta. Even President Kabila is reputed to be a member of the church of Kafuta. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013662 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Stall selling Christian posters. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013661 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A girl looks down from her home above a church building. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013660 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Youths singing and dancing by the riverbank. Every Saturday, hundreds of Kinois come to be baptised in the River Ndjili. Even if they have been baptised before, they come back to try their luck with another church. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013659 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Every Saturday, hundreds of Kinois come to be baptised in the River Ndjili. Even if they have been baptised before, they come back to try their luck with another church. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013658 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Every Saturday, hundreds of Kinois come to be baptised in the River Ndjili. Even if they have been baptised before, they come back to try their luck with another church. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013657 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Every Saturday, hundreds of Kinois come to be baptised in the River Ndjili. Even if they have been baptised before, they come back to try their luck with another church. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013656 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Every Saturday, hundreds of Kinois come to be baptised in the River Ndjili. Even if they have been baptised before, they come back to try their luck with another church. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013655 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Every Saturday, hundreds of Kinois come to be baptised in the River Ndjili. Even if they have been baptised before, they come back to try their luck with another church. Religion is a flourishing business in poverty-ridden Kinshasa. Over 2000 Pentecostal churches have sprung up over the last few years, promising miracles but delivering little to alleviate the hopelessness of the worshippers. Some of the charismatic preachers, however, have amassed huge personal fortunes. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00013654 : CHINA Shanghai - Coca-cola umbrellas stand over food stalls on the Bund, with the Pudong new financial district and the Orient TV tower on the far side of the Huangpu River.
00013653 : VIETNAM Ky Anh - Rice harvest.
00013652 : JAPAN Tokyo - Shopping crowds in Shinjuku.
00013651 : JAPAN Tokyo - Shopping crowds in Shibuya.
00013650 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - Competitors in the Spartakiad, a sporting event contested by countries east of the Iron Curtain.
00013649 : BURKINA FASO Po - Exhausted cyclists at the end of the Tour du Faso, Africa’s greatest cycle race, which lasts for thirteen days and over 1300km. Local rider Hamado Pafadnam (right) finished seventh, behind six European professionals.
00013646 : GUINEA BISSAU - Fulani child silhouetted behind a sheet in the village of Dembel Jumpora.
00013645 : GUINEA BISSAU - Fulani child swimming in a pond near the village of Dembel Jumpora, situated in the hot and humid east of the country.
00013644 : INDIA Rajasthan - Holi Festival: camel rider throwing purple powder into the air. The festival celebrates good harvests and the fertility of the land.
00013643 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - British Marines, in the country on a peacekeeping mission, waiting with their equipment in a hangar at Lungi airport.
00013642 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A woman selling goods in the shadow of a burnt-out car. Large parts of the city were destroyed by rebel forces before they retreated.
00013641 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - Homeless man sleeping rough in Soho with his pet dog.
00013640 : UNITED KINGDOM Lancashire, England Great Britain UK - Eco-warriors protesting against the building of the M65 motorway.
00013639 : UNITED KINGDOM Lancashire, England Great Britain UK - Eco-warriors protesting against the building of the M65 motorway. Environmental protesters climbed trees and dug underground tunnels in an attempt to prevent the destruction of the wooded landscape.
00013638 : UNITED KINGDOM Surrey, England Great Britain UK - Fox hunting protest. A steward employed by the hunt (left) attacks a saboteur.
00013637 : UNITED KINGDOM Lancashire, England Great Britain UK - Eco-warrior protesting against the building of the M65 Motorway. Environmental protesters climbed trees and dug underground tunnels in an attempt to prevent the destruction of the wooded landscape.
00013636 : UNITED KINGDOM Surrey, England Great Britain UK - Fox hunting protest. One of the Guildford hunt saboteurs confronts a police officer.
00013635 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - ‘Munstonia’, the last squatted house on the route of the M11 link road, which was built despite the efforts of protesters.
00013634 : UNITED KINGDOM Kent, England Great Britain UK - Fox hunting. Members of the South Down & Eridge hunt.
00013633 : UNITED KINGDOM England Great Britain UK - Fox hunting. Members of the Crawley & Horsham hunt.
00013632 : UNITED KINGDOM Surrey, England Great Britain UK - Fox hunting.
00013631 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - A quarter of a million people attend a ‘countryside march’. Among them are pro-foxhunting campaigners protesting at government plans to ban blood sports.
00013630 : ALBANIA - Farming family working in the field.
00013629 : ALBANIA - Harvest.
00013628 : RWANDA - New recruits at an army training camp.
00013627 : RWANDA Kigali - Rebel fighters of the RPF (Rwandese Patriotic Front). Six hundred rebels are barracked in the parliamentary building, which they have turned into a fortress, while delays in the implementation of the Arusha peace accord continue. Kigali is tense with ambushes and grenade attacks common, despite the presence of 2500 UN peacekeeping troops.
00013626 : RWANDA Kigali - Rebel fighters of the RPF (Rwandese Patriotic Front).
00013625 : MOZAMBIQUE Tete - Local doctor injecting a baby, as part of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) vaccination programme. Lido, Angonia.
00013624 : MOZAMBIQUE Metangula - Girl carrying mud brick.
00013623 : JORDAN - Boy in primary school.
00013622 : TAIWAN Hsin Chu - ACER computer factory in the Hsin Chu Science Park.
00013621 : TANZANIA Mkomazi - Masai people.
00013620 : TANZANIA Nr. Mkomazi - Masai women walking to Kisiwani to sell cow's milk.
00013619 : SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town - An elderly woman voting in the country's first multiracial election.
00013618 : INDONESIA - Scientist reading a DNA print-out in a biotechnology laboratory.
00013617 : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Nr. Santo Domingo - Child looking through a fence at the Columbus Lighthouse, built in 1992 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of his landing in the Americas, and the site of the explorer’s bones.
00013616 : DOMINICA - Tourist taking picture of local boy.
00013615 : ST. LUCIA - Children playing on the beach while tourists return to their boat after visiting Soufriere's 'drive-in volcano'.
00013614 : CHINA Shenzhen - Modern young Chinese women shopping downtown in the country's richest city.
00013613 : CHINA Shenzhen - Construction worker looking out from a building site, with mural showing the world coming to Shenzhen. Guangdong Province.
00013612 : CHINA Shenzhen, Guangdong Province - Windows of the World theme park. Tourists pass the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower.
00013611 : CHINA Shenzhen - Farmers watering vegetable crops on fast-disappearing arable land, as new urban developments rise behind. Guangdong Province.
00013610 : CHINA Shenzhen - Migrant labourers stand with their baggage at side of highway, in search of work. Guangdong Province.
00013609 : CHINA Shenzhen - Migrant woman working on a sewing machine in a factory. Guangdong Province.
00013608 : CHINA Shenzhen - Kettle production line in a household electronics factory, producing goods for both the Chinese and export market. Guangdong Province.
00013607 : CHINA Shenzhen - Young migrant woman working in an electonics factory, which produces goods for export to the USA, Japan and Europe. Here she is constructing a sandwich toaster. Guangdong Province.
00013606 : CHINA Shenzhen - Young migrant woman working in an electonics factory, which produces goods for export to the USA, Japan and Europe. Here she is constructing a sandwich toaster. Guangdong Province.
00013605 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Plucked chickens for sale at market. Guangdong Province.
00013604 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Cyclists waiting at a traffic light next to a poster promoting the one-child family. Guangdong Province.
00013603 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Western-style wedding dresses for sale at night-time fashion market. Guangdong Province.
00013602 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Fishermen unloading fresh catch from their boats to take to market, while docked in the city centre on the Pearl River. Guangdong Province.
00013601 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Minor confrontation between a cyclist and a taxi driver, perhaps distracted from the road by advertising for Triumph lingerie, or even Mitsubishi electrical goods. Guangdong Province.
00013600 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Poor women collecting rubbish to sell for recycling from the side of a railway line. Guangdong Province.
00013599 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Tired migrants, newly-arrived from the countryside, rest by the side of the road downtown. Guangdong Province.
00013598 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Three generations of women - grandmother, mother and baby daughter in the Children's Park. Guangdong Province.
00013597 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Man using modern-style public telephone box carrying advertisement for Ericsson mobile phones. Guangdong Province.
00013596 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Migrant family from the countryside sleeping on street. Guangdong Province.
00013595 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Customer and stallholder smoking at food market. Guangdong Province.
00013594 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Share investors looking at prices in a broker's office. Guangdong Province.
00013593 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Share investors looking at prices in a broker's office. Guangdong Province.
00013592 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Night-time fashion market being set up. Guangdong Province.
00013591 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Night-time fashion market being set up. Guangdong Province.
00013590 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Second hand electronics/computer market. Guangdong Province.
00013589 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Rush hour cyclists crossing Remnin Bridge downtown. Guangdong Province.
00013588 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Rolls Royce car parked on the street. Guangdong Province.
00013587 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Rabbits for sale at market. Guangdong Province.
00013586 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Pregnant woman out shopping. Guangdong Province.
00013585 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Propaganda notice showing valiant police fighting criminals. Guangdong Province.
00013584 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Propaganda poster showing valiant police arresting criminal. Guangdong Province.
00013583 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Ducks for sale at market. Guangdong Province.
00013582 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Pedestrians crossing Renmin Bridge, wearing USA and 'Stoned Again' T-shirts. Guangdong Province.
00013581 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Peacocks roam around the entrance to a luxury restaurant. They are on the menu for 1,000 Yuan (roughly US$120). Guangdong Province.
00013580 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Propaganda mural promoting the one-child family. Guangdong Province.
00013579 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Propaganda poster showing happy family with single child. Guangdong Province.
00013578 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Cyclists in front of a poster promoting the one-child family. Guangdong Province.
00013577 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Old man begging (unsuccessfully) from young man in crowds outside Guangzhou railway station. Guangdong Province.
00013576 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Door girls for nightclub. Guangdong Province.
00013575 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Newly-arrived migrant carries his possessions in sacks near the main railway station. Guangdong Province.
00013574 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Newly-arrived migrant carries his belongings through crowds outside the main railway station. Guangdong Province.
00013573 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Beggar sleeping with her daughter on pavement of Beijing Lu, one of the main shopping streets in the city centre. Guangdong Province.
00013572 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Woman using mobile phone on the back of her boyfriend’s motorbike. Guangdong Province.
00013571 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Migrants from the countryside sheltering from the summer heat under a flyover close to the main railway station, waiting for offers of work. Guangdong Province.
00013570 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Dangerous work for migrant construction labourers, topping off a skyscraper, on an edge with no protection and a drop of over 30 floors. Guangdong Province.
00013569 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Migrants who have come 'Down Ocean' in search of work in the big city - newly-arrived peasants from the countryside gather in a crowd outside the main railway station, with their belongings in sacks. Guangdong Province.
00013568 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Migrant labourers on construction site downtown. Guangdong Province.
00013567 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Newly-arrived migrants sleep with their baggage outside the main railway station. Guangdong Province.
00013566 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Dangerous work for migrant construction labourers, topping off a skyscraper, on an edge with no protection and a drop of over 30 floors. Guangdong Province.
00013565 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Man in peasant hat washing luxury Mercedes car. Guangdong Province.
00013564 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Man in peasant hat washing luxury Mercedes car. Guangdong Province.
00013563 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Police leading an arrested man away by his hair. Guangdong Province.
00013562 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Cyclist passing advertising billboard for Honda motorbikes and scooters. Guangdong Province.
00013561 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Youth selling cheap black market batteries on the street. Guangdong Province.
00013560 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Young girl drinking can of Coca Cola. Guangdong Province.
00013559 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Fresh fish unloaded from boats on Pearl River on way to market. Guangdong Province.
00013558 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Fishermen unloading fresh fish from their boats to take to market, while docked in city centre on the Pearl River. Guangdong Province.
00013557 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Fish stall at market. Guangdong Province.
00013556 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Family on motorbike. Guangdong Province.
00013555 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Motorbikes emitting polluting exhaust fumes in rush hour. Guangdong Province.
00013554 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Transporting live ducks and chickens by motorbike. Guangdong Province.
00013553 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Dangerous work for migrant construction labourers, topping off a skyscraper, on an edge with no protection and a drop of over 30 floors. Guangdong Province.
00013552 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Cyclists’ rush hour. Guangdong Province.
00013551 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Cyclists and high-rise buildings. Guangdong Province.
00013550 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Man cycling with his pet dog. Guangdong Province.
00013549 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Crippled beggar on street. Guangdong Province.
00013548 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Food stall, selling cooked meat and fowl. Guangdong Province.
00013547 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Construction labourers looking out over the city from a half-completed skyscraper. Guangdong Province.
00013546 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Migrant labourers working on construction site on land cleared downtown. Guangdong Province.
00013545 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Advert for the Chinese football league, which is sponsored by Marlboro cigarettes. China is the world's largest consumer of tobacco. Guangdong Province.
00013544 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong Province - Elephant ride with machine gun in a children's park.
00013543 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Father and daughter with live chicks bought at market in plastic bag. Guangdong Province.
00013542 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Plucked chickens for sale at market. Guangdong Province.
00013541 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Plucked chickens for sale at market. Guangdong Province.
00013540 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Customer helping herself to hot chillies in a cheap restaurant serving dumplings. Guangdong Province.
00013539 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Couple buying pirated CDs on the street. Guangdong Province.
00013538 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Girls working on a promotion for Budweiser beer. Guangdong Province.
00013537 : CHINA - Labourers on bridge under construction on the Pearl River Delta.
00013536 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Migrants from rural areas working as construction labourers. Guangdong Province.
00013535 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Birth control mural promoting the one-child family, next to Marlboro advert in a hole-in-the-wall shop selling cigarettes. Guangdong Province.
00013534 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Man with bicycle passing an advert for Honda motorbikes. Guangdong Province.
00013533 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Amputee beggar crawling through shopping crowds downtown. Guangdong Province.
00013532 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Orphaned baby girls being adopted by Americans, waiting in the White Swan Hotel as the families go through visa processing. Guangdong Province.
00013531 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Amputee beggar crawling through shopping crowds downtown. Guangdong Province.
00013530 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - American Christian couple with their newly adopted Chinese baby girl, waiting in Guangzhou for passport processing. Guangdong Province.
00013529 : CHINA Guangzhou (Canton) - Alternative nightclub dancefloor, where locals mix with African students. Guangdong Province.
00013528 : MALI Mopti - Natural salt from the Sahara being sold at market.
00013527 : MALI Mopti - Natural salt from the Sahara being sold at market.
00013526 : MALI Mopti - Salt trader at the waterfront market.
00013524 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - British Muslims in the crowd at an anti-war demonstration during the conflict in Afghanistan...
00013523 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - British Muslims, Socialists and others in the crowd at an anti-war demonstration during the conflict in Afghanistan...
00013522 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - British Muslims, Socialists and others in the crowd at an anti-war demonstration during the conflict in Afghanistan...
00013521 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - British Muslims, Socialists and others in the crowd at an anti-war demonstration during the conflict in Afghanistan...
00013520 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - British Muslims, Socialists and others in the crowd at an anti-war demonstration during the conflict in Afghanistan...
00013519 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - British Muslims in the crowd at an anti-war demonstration during the conflict in Afghanistan...
00013518 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England Great Britain UK - British Muslims, Socialists and others in the crowd at an anti-war demonstration during the conflict in Afghanistan...
00013517 : BANGLADESH - Family in the Genara resettlement camp. It was built for Bihari ‘refugees’ who opted to stay loyal to Pakistan after Bangladeshi independence in 1971. They have been trapped in Bangladesh ever since.
00013516 : RWANDA Nr. Butare - Young refugee girl caring for her sister.
00013515 : MADAGASCAR Tamatare - Schoolgirls learning how to use condoms.
00013514 : MADAGASCAR Tamatare - Schoolgirls learning how to use condoms.
00013513 : BURMA Nr. Pegu (Myanmar) - Forced labour - children working on a road project.
00013512 : MALAWI - Shepherd child using a parasol to block out the sun.
00013511 : MALAWI - Villagers collecting water at the well.
00013510 : MALAWI - Farmer with maize.
00013509 : MACEDONIA - Farmer giving his horse a full load.
00013508 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - Anti-globalisation demonstration. Protesters call for Third World debt to be dropped and criticise the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
00013507 : UGANDA Gulu - Boys aged between 13 and 17 in an open-air mathematics class at a UNICEF-assisted centre run by GUNSCO, a local NGO. The scheme provides psychological counselling, vocational training and other assistance to former abductees of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army. The kidnapping of children to serve as soldiers or sex slaves has split up hundreds of families.
00013506 : UGANDA Gulu - A girl works at a sewing machine, part of a skills training workshop at a UNICEF-assisted centre run by GUSCO, a local NGO. The scheme provides psychological counselling, vocational training and other assistance to former abductees of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army. The kidnapping of children to serve as soldiers or sex slaves has split up hundreds of families.
00013505 : UGANDA Gulu - A girl uses markings made in the earth to count, during a class at the UNICEF-assisted Pabbo camp for internally displaced people. The abduction of children by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army to serve as soldiers or sex slaves has split up hundreds of families.
00013504 : UGANDA Gulu - As his wife looks on, a man from the Acholi ethnic group sits with his baby son outside their home.
00013503 : UGANDA Gulu - A girl sits outside Gulu Hospital with her baby brother strapped to her back. The abduction of children by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army to serve as soldiers or sex slaves has split up hundreds of families.
00013502 : SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg - Women's groups protest outside a Soweto township police station against escalating rape.
00013501 : VIETNAM Thai Binh Province - Vegetable harvest in the fields of Tan Hoa, near the estuary of the Red River to the south-east of Hanoi.
00013500 : ZAMBIA Lusaka - Prostitute smoking a cigarette in her room.
00013499 : BURKINA FASO - Family listening to the radio in their village compound.
00013498 : POLAND Warsaw - Roma gypsy children playing the accordion and asking for change from passengers on the tram.
00013497 : NICARAGUA - Bus on the road from Dacia to Waslala.
00013496 : ZAMBIA - Villagers attending a meeting to discuss healthcare.
00013495 : LESOTHO Mafeteng - The 'Riders for Health' project - nurses use motorbikes to make remote home visits.
00013494 : SUDAN Yirol, Rumbek district - Dinka boys with their favourite cows. In the dry season, the Dinka migrate with their cattle to the rivers. Years of civil war have forced them to fall back on their traditional lifestyle.
00013493 : ZAMBIA - Mothers and children attend a mobile health clinic.
00013491 : SUDAN South - Displaced person at Aswa refugee camp in Nimule.
00013490 : MEXICO Chiapas - Young woman.
00013489 : HAITI Port-au-Prince - Women's rights rally held on Mother’s Day.
00013488 : EL SALVADOR Chalatenango - FMLN girl soldier.
00013487 : UNITED KINGDOM Edinburgh, Scotland Great Britain UK - 15 year old teenage mother and child living on the Wester Hailes estate.
00013486 : CAMBODIA Kandal Province - 14 year old Cambodian soldier.
00013485 : ROMANIA - Roma gypsy children, 30km north of Bucharest.
00013484 : ROMANIA - Roma gypsy boy with his father and horse, 30km north of Bucharest.
00013483 : SUDAN South - Malnourished prisoners of war held by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in Kachanga. Hafiz Ahmad Amdan is 19 years old and was forcibily recruited by the Sudanese government army.
00013482 : SUDAN South - Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) troops on the frontline near Kit.
00013481 : RWANDA - Refugee smoking pipe.
00013480 : BANGLADESH Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - Young mother and child, among thousands of people displaced by cyclones.
00013479 : MEXICO Oaxaca State - Shepherd boy with flock of sheep.
00013478 : SOMALILAND - Father and son.
00013477 : SOMALILAND - Women operators at Somaliland Telecom's exchange.
00013476 : ERITREA - Eritrean soldiers on guard duty at the Tsorona frontline. The man on the right is from the Beni Amir ethnic group. During a three-day battle here in Spring 1999 an estimated 10,000 Ethiopian soldiers lost their lives.
00013475 : ERITREA Gash Bharka Province - Eritrean soldier (member of the Beni Amir ethnic group).
00013470 : SOMALIA - Child soldier testing his rifle.
00013463 : SIERRA LEONE - Mother and daughter.
00013462 : SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Father and child. 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.
00013457 : MOZAMBIQUE Gaza - Armando Nhakume, once a RENAMO soldier, now captured by and fighting with the government forces. He was kidnapped by RENAMO from his primary school in the village of Maciene.
00013456 : SUDAN Nimule - Wounded Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier at Nimule health centre, evacuated from Aswa hospital due to government bombing raids.
00013455 : SUDAN Parajok - Akwot Nago fled with 42,000 others from the well-provisioned displaced people's camp at Atepi after government air raids and an attack by renegade rebels. His family pushed him on a bicycle for eleven days; his daughter in law had a miscarriage on the way and five of the family are missing.
00013454 : UNITED KINGDOM Lancashire, England Great Britain UK - Eco-warriors protest against the construction of the M65 motorway, with one climbing a tree to delay the project.
00013453 : VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) - School for street children, where they learn to read and write and are taught handicraft skills. The project is supported by Swedish Save the Children Fund.
00013452 : PERU Surco, Lima - Mass wedding. Following the ceremony, the 400 newly-weds take to the floor for a traditional dance.
00013450 : CHINA - The Great Wall of China.
00013449 : CHINA - The Great Wall of China.
00013448 : CHINA Simatai - Safety sign for tourists visiting the Great Wall of China.
00013447 : ALGERIA In Salah - Boy playing.
00013446 : ALGERIA In Salah - Camel legs for sale outside a butcher's shop.
00013445 : ALGERIA In Salah - The inhabitants of houses on the edge of town have been forced to abandon their homes...
00013444 : ALGERIA In Salah - The Sahara desert encroaching on the edge of the city.
00013443 : ALGERIA Hassi Ghanem - The national colours of Algeria fly outside a remote village.
00013442 : ALGERIA In Salah - Boy collecting dates from a lush oasis in the Sahara desert.
00013441 : AZERBAIJAN Baku - Construction of the new Azeri National Bank headquarters.
00013440 : AZERBAIJAN - Neftjanye Kamni ('Oil Rocks') in the Caspian Sea, the oldest and biggest oil rig complex in the world.
00013439 : AZERBAIJAN Baku - Workers in an oil field which has been producing for over 100 years.
00013438 : AZERBAIJAN Barda - Azeri refugee family.
00013437 : AZERBAIJAN Apsheron - Refugee children playing football during a school lunch break.
00013436 : RUSSIA Moscow - Ice fisherman on the frozen Moskva River, fishing for carp.
00013435 : RUSSIA Moscow - Plastic Father Christmas tempting shoppers in the GUM department store.
00013434 : RUSSIA Moscow - Young lovers dancing next to a Christmas tree in the GUM shopping centre.
00013433 : RUSSIA Moscow - Bureau de Change in the Arbat district. The rouble-dollar exchange rate is fluctuating wildly.
00013432 : LATVIA Riga - Latvians protest against Russia's remaining influence in the Baltic region.
00013431 : LATVIA Riga - Latvians protest against Russia's remaining influence in the Baltic region.
00013430 : INDONESIA West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Man with a parrot on his shoulder, near the port in Merauke.
00013429 : INDONESIA West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Pupils cleaning their classroom at a public primary school in Merauke. The school has many Papuan pupils.
00013428 : INDONESIA West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Roman Catholic primary school in Buti, a fishing village east of Merauke, on the south coast of West Papua. The class is crowded because one of the teachers is on maternity leave.
00013427 : TOGO Lome - Voodoo trance ceremony.
00013426 : CUBA Havana - Men fishing from rocks as the sun sets on the city skyline.
00013425 : CUBA Pinar del Rio - Woman working in a small cigar factory.
00013424 : CUBA Havana - Old American car passing along the Malecon.
00013423 : BANGLADESH Jhitka. Manikganj - A boy with a punting stick to manoeuvre his small wooden boat.
00013422 : YUGOSLAVIA Belgrade, Serbia - Street cafes in the city centre.
00013421 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - Elderly couple in a soup kitchen run by the Red Cross. Many of the clients are Russian pensioners unable to leave Tajikistan due to lack of money.
00013420 : INDIA Maharashtra - Vegetable seller reading the newspaper while he awaits his train into Bombay.
00013419 : NIGERIA Lagos - City skyline.
00013418 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Ancient ruins of Angkor Wat at sunrise.
00013417 : THAILAND Mae Hong Son Province - A 9 year old Karenni guerilla fighter with an M16 rifle in a rest camp on the Thai/Burma frontier.
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