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00009138 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Elsie Ganbada has had health problems with her back and chest, so her family have brought her back to Manikapitji, her country. As part of a traditional Yolngu healing process, she has possum droppings and paperbark leaves rubbed into her body. Aborigines.
00009137 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Elsie Ganbada has had health problems with her back and chest, so her family have brought her back to Manikapitji, her country. As part of a traditional healing process, possum droppings are rubbed into her skin to make her strong. Her totem is the possum. Aborigines.
00009136 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Elsie Ganbada has had health problems with her back and chest, so her family have brought her back to Manikapitji, her country. As part of a traditional healing process, she is inhaling and rubbing against her skin rangan, the young leaves of the paperbark tree. Aborigines.
00009135 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Kids playing with a ngangiyal on the mud flats at Manikapitji, south of Milingimbi. The nyangiyal is a special tent made of woven pandanus, used for what the Aborigines refer to as "women's business". Aborigines.
00009134 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Good spirits and evil spirits are part of everyday life in Aboriginal communities. They believe that the great creation ancestors, the totemic spirits, brought light into the darkness and created the world as it is today. Aborigines.
00009133 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Tony Bangalang with one of his paintings, which is based on a Dreaming about a heroic dingo. He paints with ochres on bark and paper and his work hangs, amongst other places, in the Department of Foreign Affairs building in Canberra. Born in Darwin, he now lives on the outstation at Mikinj Valley. Aborigines.
00009132 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - David Warapuwuy with his daughter Darolyn. "Waterlilies are part of our Dreaming, good tucker too. They grow all year round. We eat every bit of them, flower, stem and corm. When we ran out of flour sometimes my mother made damper from that corm." Aborigines.
00009131 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - David Warapuwuy wearing a waterlily for decoration. "Waterlilies are part of our Dreaming, good tucker too. They grow all year round. We eat every bit of them, flower, stem and corm. When we ran out of flour sometimes my mother made damper from that corm." Aborigines.
00009130 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jimmy Njiminjuma and his family fishing at Mukkamukka. Aborigines.
00009129 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Seymour Wulirri and his siblings fishing at Mukkamukka, named after the call of the tawny frogmouth bird. Aborigines.
00009128 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jill Djalburrburr fishing from a platform at Mukkamukka, which is named after the call of the tawny frogmouth bird. Aborigines.
00009127 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Siblings Romeo and Susannah Nalakandi playing in the sand at Kubumi. Aborigines.
00009126 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Marina Murdilnga and Billy Nalakandi with their children at Kubumi. Aborigines.
00009125 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Gideon and Joshua, their faces decorated with sand and clay. Aborigines.
00009124 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Lachlan, Brendan and friends, their faces and bodies painted with sand. Aborigines.
00009123 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jasper, his face decorated with sand. Aborigines.
00009122 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Roberto cooling down under a hose. Aborigines.
00009121 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jerome and Alberto, their faces and bodies painted with clay. Aborigines.
00009120 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Matthew poses for the camera, his face and body painted up with clay. Aborigines.
00009119 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Michelle, Elvin, Jethro and Franko playing in the creek at Djapidijapin, near Ramingining. The water is cold but there are no leeches or crocodiles so it is a safe place to swim. Aborigines.
00009118 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Romeo Nalakandi in contemplative mood in the creek at Kubumi. Aborigines.
00009117 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Billy Nalakandi with his children Rayhab, Romeo and Susannah in the creek at Kubumi. Aborigines.
00009116 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Children using a forked spear to catch fish at Dukaladjarranj. Aborigines.
00009115 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Brothers Rowen and Matthew with a fish caught using a forked spear. Aborigines.
00009114 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Simon Badari with a painting of kumoken (crocodile) and namarndol (barramundi), totems from his clan country. He paints with ochres on barks and paper. Aborigines.
00009113 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Simon Badari with a painting of kumoken (crocodile) and namarndol (barramundi), totems from his clan country. He paints with ochres on barks and paper. Aborigines.
00009112 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Amy and Justina show off their fishing catch on the beach at Dippirri - wedu, a sort of catfish. Aborigines.
00009111 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Quentin shows off a crab caught on the rocks at Dippirri. Aborigines.
00009110 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Ronnie playing on the beach at Dippirri, covered in sand. Aborigines.
00009109 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Margie Mutiltja with her nephew Simeon on the beach at Dippirri. Aborigines.
00009108 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Alberto (foreground) and Dino paint themselves with mud and play in the shallow sea near Dhabila, while the adults gather mud crabs and other seafood. Aborigines.
00009107 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Sylvia Nupunya on the beach at Sandy Point. The sand is so fine that she uses it to clean her hair. Aborigines.
00009106 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Sylvia Nupunya and her son Dino on the beach at Sandy Point on the north coast. The sand is so fine that she can use it to clean her hair. Aborigines.
00009105 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Following a ceremony on the beach the previous night, a group of Warramiri boys cover themselves in white clay and demonstrate the mukuy (evil spirits) dance. Aborigines.
00009104 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Following a ceremony on the beach the previous night, a group of Warramiri boys cover themselves in white clay to show off their knowledge of the mukuy (evil spirits) dance. Aborigines.
00009103 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Terry Yumbulul, head of the Warramiri people and a prominent artist. Several of his paintings hang in government buildings in Darwin and Canberra. He also works with the government on marine and social issues. Aborigines.
00009102 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Terry Yumbulul, head of the Warramiri people and a prominent artist. Several of his paintings hang in government buildings in Darwin and Canberra. He also works with the government on marine and social issues. Aborigines.
00009101 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Children playing in the sea. Aborigines.
00009100 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Boys practising handstands on the beach at Galiwinku on Elcho Island, off the north-east coast of Arnhemland. Aborigines.
00009099 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Tom Noytuna using a newly-installed public telephone box at Korlobidahdah. He says "This one new telephone, this one good story for us. When kids get sick, we telephone clinic, they send truck with medecine. And good for ceremony business too. Every outstation has telephone now, so easy to talk to everyone, make sure everyone turns up for ceremony." Aborigines.
00009098 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Mishak frying eggs over a fire for breakfast. Aborigines.
00009097 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Drinking kava, a drink which was introduced in the 1980s by missionaries as a substitute for alcohol. The root of a Polynesian shrub is dried and mixed with water to make the intoxicating drink. Aborigines.
00009096 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Teenage girls playing the tambourines and dancing at Ramingining. The local community was founded in the early 1970s and now has a population of 750, of which a third have chosen to live on outstations in their own country. Aborigines.
00009095 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - The Ramingining community was founded in the early 1970s and now has a population of 750, of which one third have chosen to live on outstations in their own country. Here two children play with the community telephone. Aborigines.
00009094 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Andrew Margululu and friends with their instruments at his outstation. They are members of the 750-strong Ramingining community, of which a third have chosen to live on outstations in their own country. Aborigines.
00009093 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Richard Birrin Birrin playing pool under a tree at Nangalala. Aborigines.
00009092 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Women using a computer in the library in Ramingining. The community was founded in the early 1970s and now has a population of 750, of which one third have chosen to live on outstations in their own country. Aborigines.
00009091 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Health worker Gladys Wamati at the clinic in Ramingining. The community was founded in the early 1970s and now has a population of 750, of which one third have chosen to live on outstations in their own country. Aborigines.
00009090 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - George Gurralang and his daughter Andrea, carrying hunting spears, Coca Cola and a Sony video camera. He says "I just got video camera for recording our culture. I'm making video of everything - hunting, gathering, ceremony, basketball, way people living - so we can show the young people in the future." Aborigines.
00009089 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Charlie carrying hunting spears, washing powder and his daughter, near Mormega outstation. Aborigines.
00009087 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - A whistling kite is rescued after falling from its nest near Milmilngkan. Aborigines.
00009086 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Moses Kurlbakurlba lighting up a cigarette on his return from a successful buffalo hunt. The meat is carried like a shirt on his back. Aborigines.
00009085 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Abraham Mongkorrerre, Seymour Wulirra, Moses Kurlbakurlba, Kennedy Yiddunu and Adam Wularri, returning from a successful buffalo hunt with the meat on their backs. Aborigines.
00009084 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Michael, Jacob and Justin playing with a toy 'wheelie' at Ramingining. Aborigines.
00009083 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - An abandoned truck at Kakodbebuldi outstation. The number of vehicles - mostly 4WDs - in Arnhemland is said to be doubling every year. Oscar Kawurlkku says "Today everyone want truck. Plenty people got truck now but always worrying for that truck. Everyone taking it, breaking down, fixing it up, always thinking for that truck, too much worry. Sometimes I'm thinking just walking was better. More peaceful." Aborigines.
00009082 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - George Milpurrurru's art is held in over a dozen collections in Australia and overseas. He says "Nhulmarmar, my father, taught me to paint when I was a boy. He told me, 'You only paint your own totems, the stories that belong to our family, our ancestors. No one can paint other people's Dreamings.'" Aborigines.
00009081 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - George Milpurrurru's art is held in over a dozen collections in Australia and overseas. He says "I am traditional owner for this Ganalbingu country near Murwangi in Arafura swamp. Ganalbingu means magpie goose, and I painting this story of my land. Nhulmarmar, my father, taught me to paint when I was a boy. He told me, 'You only paint your own totems, the stories that belong to our family, our ancestors. No one can paint other people's Dreamings.'" Aborigines.
00009080 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Baskets woven from pandanus plants. The products are sold throughout Australia by arts and crafts organisations. Aborigines.
00009079 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Women with mats and baskets woven from pandanus. The products are sold throughout Australia by arts and crafts organisations. Aborigines.
00009078 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Women from Ramingining preparing pandanus at Djakilwirrka. Four species of the plant are used to make mas and baskets which are sold throughout Australia by arts and crafts organisations. Aborigines.
00009077 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - A woman weaving a basket with pandanus. Aborigines.
00009076 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Yellow root, which is used to dye pandanus, a plant which is used to make mats and baskets. These are sold through arts and crafts organisations throughout Australia. Aborigines.
00009075 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Dyeing pandanus, a plant which is used to make mats and baskets. These are sold through arts and crafts organisations throughout Australia. Aborigines.
00009074 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Women from Ramingining preparing pandanus at Djakilwirrka. Four species of pandanus are used to make mats and baskets which are sold through arts and crafts organisations throughout Australia. Aborigines.
00009073 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - A girl gathering pandanus at Djakilwirrka. Four species of pandanus are used to make mats and baskets which are sold through arts and crafts organisations throughout Australia. Aborigines.
00009072 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - A girl cutting pandanus, a plant which is used to make mats and baskets. These are sold through arts and crafts organisations throughout Australia. Aborigines.
00009071 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Clara Matlangadtji and others from Ramingining searching for yellow root, which is used to make dye. The best time to look for it is after the bush has been burnt off. Aborigines.
00009070 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Alena, from Kurrurldul. Aborigines.
00009069 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Children from Ramingining school stamp out a bushfire which was approaching their classroom. Aborigines.
00009068 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Elsie Ganbada with her catch, a mundukul freshwater python. Aborigines.
00009067 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Monica sets fire to dry grass at Manikapitji at the beginning of the dry season. Burning off while the ground is still damp keeps the fire under control and prevents it becoming too hot. Her grandmother Elsie Ganbada says "This is good time for burning off, for cleaning the country, making it safe. Burning off makes new shoots grow, good too for hunting goanna, snake, wallaby." Aborigines.
00009066 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Monica and her brother Alberto hunting turtles in the Arafura Swamp. Aborigines.
00009065 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - A long-necked turtle caught by children hunting in a swamp at Milmilngkan. Aborigines.
00009064 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Children hunting for turtles. The coastal swamps of Arnhemland, like this one at Bulkay, are flooded for many months of the wet season, producing a natural habitat for wildfowl. As the swamps dry out they become abundant hunting grounds. Aborigines.
00009063 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Julie Djulibing takes her grandchildren hunting in a paperbark swamp near Mulgurram in Arafura country, searching for turtles and other bush tucker. Aborigines.
00009062 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - John Mawurndjul with his wife Kay Lindjuwanga and their children Ananiah and Meniah at Mumeka. John is a distinguished Aboriginal artist who represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1997. Aborigines.
00009061 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - John Mawurndjul, a distinguished Aboriginal artist who represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1997. Aborigines.
00009060 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Judy Baypungnala cooking an ibis shot by her husband. Aborigines.
00009059 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Monica eating sugarbag, honey produced by native bees which is found in hollow branches or trees. Aborigines.
00009058 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Valerie with her catch, a goanna. Her grandfather David Malangi is teaching her to hunt. David says "I worrying for these young people, always playing video, too tired for hunting. When I was young man, my brothers, my cousins and I, we were hunting all the time, hunting with spear, stalking wallaby or goose, fishing barramundi or crocodile. We got so close we could stun six geese with one spear. Now, I'm teaching the young ones, explaining them the seasons, when to hunt turtle, how to follow the track of goanna and wallaby, so they know how to find bush tucker proper Yolngu way." Aborigines.
00009057 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Alberto with his catch, an ibis. His grandfather David Malangi is teaching him to hunt. David says "I worrying for these young people, always playing video, too tired for hunting. When I was young man, my brothers, my cousins and I, we were hunting all the time, hunting with spear, stalking wallaby or goose, fishing barramundi or crocodile. We got so close we could stun six geese with one spear. Now, I'm teaching the young ones, explaining them the seasons, when to hunt turtle, how to follow the track of goanna and wallaby, so they know how to find bush tucker proper Yolngu way." Aborigines.
00009056 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - David Malangi teaching his grandsons to hunt near Yathalamarra, in his mother's country. Aborigines.
00009055 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - David Malangi teaching his grandson Daniel to hunt near Yathalamarra, in his mother's country. Aborigines.
00009054 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Shirley Muyku and May Yamangarra. Shirley went on to train as a health worker at Batchelor College near Darwin. May went to college in Queensland and is currently employed at the clinic in Ramingining. Aborigines.
00009053 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Dino admires the goanna his brother Alberto has caught. Aborigines.
00009052 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Roderick Maralngurra, a distinguished artist, paints with ochres on bark and paper. He says "This is my painting of Naworro, spirit ancestor of my clan country who travelled through our land a long time ago." Aborigines.
00009051 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Roderick Maralngurra, a distinguished artist, paints with ochres on bark and paper. He says "This is my painting of Naworro, spirit ancestor of my clan country who travelled through our land a long time ago." Aborigines.
00009050 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jeremiah with Mico Rostrin at Dukaladjarranj, an important Dreaming site in Rembarrnga country. They consider themselves custodians of this sacred place. Aborigines.
00009049 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jeremiah at Dukaladjarranj, an important Dreaming site in Rembarrnga country. Aborigines.
00009048 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Rock painting in Anbangbang shelter at Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu National Park. Aborigines.
00009047 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Donald Gurmurdul with his sons Vincent and Nathan at Injalak, an important site for the Kunwinjku people. Donald says "I am traditional owner for this place, Injalak. My grandparents lived in these rock shelters. I bring my sons Nathan and Vincent here to show them these paintings so they will know this place, know the stories of our ancestors. Some of these paintings are very old, thousands of years old. Maybe those ancestors painted on the rock while waiting for rain to stop. Maybe they were telling story about hunting or the Mimih spirits. So many paintings, sometimes one on top of another." Aborigines.
00009046 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Matthew, Rowen and Jeremiah at Dukaladjarranj, their bodies and faces painted up with pipeclay. Aborigines.
00009045 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Brothers Thomas, Brian and Rowen play the didgeridoo and clap sticks at Wulk in western Arnhemland. Aborigines.
00009044 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Children painted up, for fun and to ward off evil spirits. Yikarrakkal. Aborigines.
00009043 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Bill Namundja, the tour guide at Injalak, an important rock-art site in western Arnhemland. Aborigines.
00009042 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Youths out hunting. Aborigines.
00009041 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Young boy lighting a small bush fire, to prevent larger fires spreading. Aborigines.
00009040 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - David Malangi walking in the billabong at Yathalamarra. Aborigines.
00009039 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Mishak, Matthew and Jeremiah playing sticks and didgeridoo at Dukaladjarranj. Aborigines.
00009038 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Richard Birrin Birrin with his son Jazmin, painted for his initiation ceremony. Aborigines.
00009037 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jazmin being painted for his initiation ceremony at Yathalamarra. Aborigines.
00009036 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Aboriginal art: 'Frilled lizards' by Andrew Margululu. Aborigines.
00009035 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Aboriginal art: 'Crocodile' by George Milpurrurru. Aborigines.
00009034 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Aboriginal art: 'Hollow Log Story' by Andrew Margululu. Aborigines.
00009033 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Painting by Jimmy Njiminjuma showing cross-hatching (raark). Aborigines.
00009032 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Aboriginal rock art: male and female Namarakin spirits painted at Sorcery Rock. Aborigines.
00009031 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Aboriginal rock art: figures painted at Nourlangie Rock. Aborigines.
00009030 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Aboriginal rock art. Mandarrk's Rainbow Serpent at Dukaladjarranj. Aborigines.
00009029 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Aboriginal rock art. Barramundi in X-ray style and female and male figures at Nanguluwarr. Aborigines.
00009028 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Balandika tries his hand at photography. Aborigines.
00009027 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Fishing at sunset. Aborigines.
00009026 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Tom Noytuna using a newly-installed public telephone box at Korlobidahdah. He says "This one new telephone, this one good story for us. When kids get sick, we telephone clinic, they send truck with medicine. And good for ceremony business too. Every outstation has telephone now, so easy to talk to everyone, make sure everyone turns up for ceremony." Aborigines.
00009025 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Girls with painted faces. Aborigines.
00009024 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Playing some music down by the billabong. Aborigines.
00009023 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Returning from a successful hunting trip. Aborigines.
00009022 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jane having her face painted. Aborigines.
00009021 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Darren being painted by his father. Aborigines.
00009020 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - A Rembargna dancer performs with clap sticks at an initiation ceremony in Nangalala. Aborigines.
00009019 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - A group of dancers and elders covered with white clay for an initiation ceremony in Nangalala. Aborigines.
00009018 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - George Milpurrurru making a didgeridoo, showing his son how it is done in order to pass on his traditional culture. Aborigines.
00009017 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Johnny Bungawuy going hunting. Aborigines.
00009016 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Kids catching hermit crabs on the sea shore at Dippirri, on the north coast. Aborigines.
00009015 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Pounding yellow ochre from stringy bark into fibre to make ceremonial adornments such as bands for the arms, head and waist. Aborigines.
00009014 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Abraham Seymour and friends drinking from the Liverpool river, using a traditional Aboriginal technique which does not disturb the water. Aborigines.
00009013 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Aborigine men in Groote Eylandt employed by Gemco mining. Aborigines.
00009012 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Ramingining dancers at Groote Eylandt. Aborigines.
00009010 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Bones of the deceased are placed in a hollow log decorated with the person's clan totems and dreaming symbols, then left in a cave in order that they can return to their ancestors. Aborigines.
00009009 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jackie paints a bark and listens to the radio under a single bough shelter in Kalobidahdah. Aborigines.
00009008 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Four young boys painted for their initiation ceremony in Nangalala. Aborigines.
00009007 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Oscar with his carved Mimi spirits, near Mormega. Aborigines.
00009006 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Quartz-like stone tools from this cave in Rembargna country have been traded across northern and central Australia for thousands of years in exchange for boomerangs and pitjirri. Aborigines.
00009005 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Abraham Seymour and friends drinking from the Liverpool river, using a traditional Aboriginal technique which does not disturb the water. Aborigines.
00009004 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Final stages of an initiation ceremony in Nangalala. Aborigines.
00009003 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Boys are carried to the ceremony ground to "be made men" - circumcised and initiated into tribal law. Aborigines.
00009002 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Five young initiates lying on the ground in preparation for their circumcision and initiation into tribal law. Aborigines.
00009001 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Madawilli and Bulun Bulun being painted with their clan totemic symbol, sugar-bag dreaming, for their initiation ceremony. Aborigines.
00009000 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Didgeridoo player at an initiation ceremony for young boys at Nangalala. Aborigines.
00008999 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Madawilli, covered with red ochre in preparation for being painted for his initiation ceremony. Aborigines.
00008998 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Jungaga is painted with white ochre before his initiation ceremony at Nangalala. Aborigines.
00008997 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Bark paintings of kangaroo and rainbow serpent by Jimmy Njimininuma in Mormega. Aborigines.
00008996 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Johnny Bulun Bulun making a bark painting. Aborigines.
00008995 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Malangi’s painting palette, made up of red and yellow ochre, black charcoal and white clay, ground and mixed with water and rorchid juice for bark painting. Aborigines.
00008994 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Johnny Bungawuy with seven of his eleven wives and seven of his 52 children. Aborigines.
00008993 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - George Milpurrurru and his sons hunting magpie goose and whistling duck in Arafura swamp. Aborigines.
00008992 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Tradtionally fire has been the only land management tool used by the Aborigines. George Milpurrurru and his sons start a burn-off at the end of the dry season to reduce the risk of severe bush fire when the lightning strikes in November. It ends as planned at the other side of Gatji billabong. Peter tries to catch fish with a spear. Aborigines.
00008991 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Traditionally fire has been the only land management tool used by the Aborigines. George Milpurrurru and his sons start a burn-off at the end of the dry season to reduce the risk of severe bush fire when the lightning strikes in November. Burning-off also provides a good chance to hunt, as shown by Darrell, Peter and Frank here. Aborigines.
00008990 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Tradtionally fire has been the only land management tool used by the Aborigines. George Milpurrurru and his sons start a burn-off at the end of the dry season to reduce the risk of severe bush fire when the lightning strikes in November. Aborigines.
00008989 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Birpirri retreives a magpie goose shot by her husband , near Noangalala. Aborigines.
00008988 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Muyku having a thoughtful moment. Aborigines.
00008986 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Tiwi men painting up for a ceremony on Groote Eylandt. Aborigines.
00008985 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - George Milpurrurru, renowned artist and elder of the Ganalbingu clan. Aborigines.
00008984 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Aboriginal family silhouetted by the sunset at Dippirri. Aborigines.
00008983 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - After a successful hunt the Milpurrurru boys hold up a goanna to show their mother waiting on the Arafura plain below. Aborigines.
00008982 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - George Milpurrurru, one of the most prominent Aboriginal artists, starts a new bark painting watched closely by his son Graham, who is now a painter himself. Aborigines.
00008981 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Johnny Bungawuy paints 'sugar-bag dreaming' on a piece of bark in his bough shelter near Nangalala. Aborigines.
00008980 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Kids gather around a bough shelter in Kalobidahdah to meet the photographer and her son, try out photography and read a magazine article about Aborigines. Aborigines.
00008979 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Mandarg, a renowned artist and elder of the Rembargna clan, and also a much feared medicine man, with his family at Kalobidahdah. Man holding baby on left of picture is painted white to drive away evil spirits. Aborigines.
00008978 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Kids playing at Kalobidahdah outstation. Bark huts are a traditional form of shelter. Aborigines.
00008977 : AUSTRALIA Arnhem Land Northern Territory - Two kids at Kalobidahdah outstation. Bark huts are a traditional form of shelter. Aborigines.
00008975 : LAOS Salavan Province - Coffee grower spreading coffee beans to dry in the sun in a village populated by the Katu minority.
00008974 : ZIMBABWE Bindura - A teacher helping his pupils to learn to use computers at an SOS secondary school.
00008973 : MALAWI - A girl washing her hands outside a latrine.
00008934 : INDIA Andhra Pradesh - Villagers crowd into a television repair shop to watch a cricket match.
00008933 : UKRAINE - Testing radioactivity at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The Geiger counter reading is fifty times above normal levels.
00008932 : USA Southern California United States of America - Solar electric power station.
00008931 : USA California United States of America - Wind farm generating electricity in the Alto Mont Pass.
00008930 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - Greenpeace members protesting against pollution in front of a government building.
00008929 : RUSSIA Komi Republic - A leaking oil pipeline causing serious pollution in the surrounding tundra.
00008928 : AZERBAIJAN Baku - The deserted oil fields of Bibi-Eibat, now abandoned and terribly polluted.
00008927 : YEMEN - A camel on drought-ridden earth.
00008926 : ITALY Genoa - Nuns gather in a monastery to pray for world debt relief prior to the G8 summit and massive anti-globalisation demonstrations in the centre of the city.
00008925 : TURKEY Istanbul - Kids throwing rocks and playing next to an abandoned ship.
00008924 : CAMBODIA - A crowd of refugees recently returned from Thailand are held back by a policeman as they wait to greet King Norodom Sihanouk. A helicopter was returning him from exile to become head of state again.
00008923 : BURMA (Myanmar) - Karenni soldiers returning from the front line with the body of a dead comrade. They take a long-tail boat down the river back to their camp, close to the border with Thailand.
00008922 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA - Bodies dumped next to a deserted house along the road to Vitez. They had been left there during the previous night. War crimes.
00008921 : THAILAND Bangkok - Wooden phallus amulets which give spiritual protection.
00008920 : THAILAND Chiang Mai - Buddhist monk watching a soap opera on television.
00008919 : KUWAIT - Gulf War wreckage on the road towards Basra, Iraq.
00008918 : LEBANON Beirut - Men smoking and watching football on the television on the Corniche.
00008917 : VIETNAM Nr. Hanoi - Family watching television.
00008916 : SUDAN South - Children collecting water from a tap in Chukudum with the Christian church in the background.
00008915 : SUDAN South - A boy clutching his bible at an outdoor Catholic church service conducted by Father Placido Alema. Narus, Eastern Equatoria.
00008914 : BURKINA FASO Ouagadougou - Etienne Zombra, his kids and the neighbours' kids watching television.
00008913 : ANGOLA Luanda - Maria Lydia, 15, watching television with her siblings. She would like to be a doctor but has not been to school since 1998 because the fees are too high.
00008912 : INDONESIA - 'I love Islam': a car sticker reflects the rising awareness of religion in the country.
00008911 : INDONESIA Jakarta - Friday prayers at the Istiqlal mosque.
00008910 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Inside a brothel on the Falkland Road, the most notorious red-light district of the city. The women on the left is the madam, and the picture on the wall is of her predecessor, who originated the brothel. On the right is a former prostitute, now employed by the anti-Aids organisation IHO, visiting the brothel to encourage the use of condoms.
00008909 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Prostitutes on the Falkland Road, the most notorious red-light district of the city. They stand with their children in front of the 'cage', which acts a home as well as a brothel. Many of the women are HIV positive.
00008908 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Prostitutes on the Falkland Road, the most notorious red-light district of the city. Many of the women are HIV positive.
00008907 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Teacher and pupils in a school for orphans and abandoned children.
00008906 : BURKINA FASO Dedougou - Water well built with foreign aid.
00008905 : MALI Niger river area - A young mother breastfeeding as she learns the alphabet in a village school.
00008904 : MALI - A mother with a newborn baby in a village hospital.
00008903 : POLAND Warsaw - Stocking up on supplies at the Makro cash and carry supermarket.
00008902 : POLAND Pila - Production line in a Philips light bulb factory.
00008901 : PORTUGAL Ribatejo - Child labourer at the end of a working day in the fields.
00008900 : AFGHANISTAN Pul-e-Khumri - Mother and child amongst a group of refugees fleeing the fighting in Kabul.
00008899 : AFGHANISTAN - Northern Alliance soldiers relaxing close to the front line north of Kabul.
00008898 : AFGHANISTAN - A wounded Taliban soldier lies on a blood-stained mattress.
00008897 : AFGHANISTAN Dansjir valley - Villagers taking part in a ceremony at the base of the valley.
00008896 : AFGHANISTAN Pul-e-Khumri - Northern Alliance soldiers close to the front line
00008895 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the city as the Taliban take over, taking as many possessions as they can. The damaged former Royal Palace is in the background.
00008894 : AFGHANISTAN Nr. Kabul - Taliban soldiers with rifles sitting on top of a tank.
00008893 : AFGHANISTAN Nr. Kabul - Civilians inspecting the body of a dead Taliban soldier near the front line.
00008892 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A man visiting a grave in a 'Martyr's cemetery'.
00008891 : AFGHANISTAN - Refugees from the fighting - the elderly, women and children - fleeing on a bus.
00008890 : AFGHANISTAN North - A truck carries Northern Alliance soldiers towards the front line.
00008889 : AFGHANISTAN Pul-e-Khumri - Ethnically Tajik internally displaced persons (IDPs) escape across the Hindu Kush fleeing the Taliban onslaught.
00008888 : AFGHANISTAN North - A truck carrying Northern Alliance soldiers towards the front line.
00008887 : AFGHANISTAN - Northern Alliance soldiers close to the front line.
00008886 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Civilians sitting by the side of the road in the ruins of Kabul.
00008885 : PORTUGAL Lisbon - Cape Verdian immigrants living in the slums.
00008884 : PORTUGAL Lisbon - Cape Verdian immigrants living in the slums.
00008883 : PORTUGAL Lisbon - Cape Verdian immigrants living in the slums.
00008882 : SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - Freshly-caught fish for sale on the beach. 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.
00008881 : MALI Nr. Hombori - Traditional mud dwelling made of clay, termite dust and dung. Desertification is a growing problem in the Sahel region.
00008880 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Taliban fighter.
00008879 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Taliban fighter.
00008878 : AFGHANISTAN Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province - Mujahedin soldiers.
00008877 : AFGHANISTAN Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province - Mujahedin soldiers.
00008876 : SOUTH AFRICA Transkei - Xhosa woman.
00008875 : SRI LANKA Colombo - Children in an orphanage resting after dinner.
00008874 : PAKISTAN - Zemana, an 11 year old refugee from Afghanistan.
00008873 : AFGHANISTAN - Female refugees.
00008872 : AFGHANISTAN - Eight year old Hawah, a refugee from Hazarajat, Daikundi.
00008871 : AFGHANISTAN Pul-e-Khumri - A young girl and her family, refugees from the fighting in Kabul.
00008870 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Taliban fighter.
00008869 : AFGHANISTAN - Jumbesh militia forces, loyal to General Abdul Rashid Dostam, now one of the most senior figures in the Northern Alliance.
00008868 : AFGHANISTAN Bagram - Northern Alliance fighters loyal to the late Ahmed Shah Massoud stand over the dead body of a Taliban.
00008867 : AFGHANISTAN Arghandab - Young Mujahedin child soldier.
00008866 : PAKISTAN Birrir Valley - Kalash (Black Kafir) drinking wine (illegal to Muslims in Pakistan).
00008865 : ETHIOPIA - Malnourished child at a screening for supplementary food distribution.
00008864 : IRAN Isfahan - Beautiful mosaics in the interior of Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque on Imam Square. It took 20 years to build, finishing in 1620.
00008863 : MALI Douentza - Dogon women listening to the radio as they work.
00008862 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Muslim man reading the newspaper in the Kalbadevi district of the city.
00008861 : BELARUS Visokoye - Elderly women collecting mushrooms from a radioactive forest, resulting from the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
00008860 : UKRAINE Ivankiv - A child holds his drawing of the Chernobyl disaster, in the UNESCO Centre on the edge of the 30km exclusion zone.
00008859 : INDIA Kashmir - Hizbul Mujahedin guerillas at prayer in the Pir Panjal mountains, with their weapons close at hand.
00008858 : RWANDA Kigali - The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) has taken control over almost all the country. A man suspected of being a member of the Interahamwe Hutu death squads lies injured after being attacked by Tutsis. Western photojournalists take pictures of him.
00008854 : INDIA Anjar, Gujarat - Devastation caused by the 2001 earthquake. While rescuers continue looking for remaining bodies, work goes on to make the demolished buildings safe.
00008853 : INDIA Anjar, Gujarat - Devastation caused by the 2001 earthquake. A man looking for the materials to build a makeshift shelter.
00008852 : INDIA Anjar, Gujarat - Devastation caused by the 2001 earthquake. A dead body is stretchered away. The fast reaction by the Indian army was largely due to the fact that Bhuj had a large military base situated on its outskirts. It was in this region that the last war between India and Pakistan took place.
00008851 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Veiled woman and child walking through the ruined city.
00008849 : AFGHANISTAN Arghandab - Mosque school.
00008848 : INDONESIA Sumatra - Military troops and civilians praying together in a mosque.
00008847 : BANGLADESH Sandwip Isles - Muslim man praying on a ferry.
00008846 : PAKISTAN Sindh - Pakistan is very proud of its status as the only Muslim nuclear power, a pride which manifests itself in sculptures, murals and merchandising paraphernalia depicting its Ghauri and Shaheen missiles. Here, a petrol tanker is painted with a portrait of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of the country's nuclear programme. AQ Khan remains a national hero despite having confessed to being part of a clandestine international network of nuclear weapons technology proliferation.
00008845 : PAKISTAN Sindh - Pakistan is very proud of its status as the only Muslim nuclear power, a pride which manifests itself in sculptures, murals and merchandising paraphernalia depicting its Ghauri and Shaheen missiles. Here, a petrol tanker is painted with a portrait of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of the country's nuclear programme. AQ Khan remains a national hero despite having confessed to being part of a clandestine international network of nuclear weapons technology proliferation.
00008844 : PORTUGAL Ribatejo - Co-operative farming.
00008843 : USA South Carolina United States of America - Long-term care for elderly patients with dementia at the Van Kershaw County Memorial Hospital in Camden.
00008842 : USA United States of America - Home-based care for the elderly.
00008841 : USA South Carolina United States of America - Long-term care ward for elderly patients with dementia in the Van Kershaw County Memorial Hospital in Camden.
00008840 : USA South Carolina United States of America - Elderly woman in a long-term care ward for patients with dementia, in the Kershaw County Memorial Hospital in Camden.
00008839 : BURMA Mandalay (Myanmar) - 10 year old child labourer working in a quarry. Children work for between 7 and 16 hours a day, for which they are paid about 60 Kyat.
00008838 : IVORY COAST Abidjan - Father with his daughters.
00008837 : BRAZIL - Young girl.
00008836 : BRAZIL Sao Paulo State - A woman ironing her daughter's clothes in the wooden shack, or barracao, in which they live by the side of a road.
00008835 : BRAZIL - Three generations of a poor family.
00008834 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Destroyed cityscape.
00008833 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Girl fetching water in the ruins of the city.
00008832 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Transport by donkey and cart through the ruins of the city.
00008831 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Early morning in Kabul: men gather by the roadside, shortly after the Taliban took the city.
00008830 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Boys with fresh Naan breads in the devastated remains of the ol town, shortly after the Taliban took the city.
00008829 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Hazara children in war-torn Kabul, shortly after the Taliban took the city.
00008828 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Boy collecting firewood.
00008827 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Refugees leaving the city after renewed fighting.
00008826 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Dancing in the street - even the street vendors can't resist the music. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00008825 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - After nightfall, the people of Kinshasa forget their problems in a cocktail of drink, music and dance. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00008824 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - People dancing in a nightclub. In this country everything, from birth to death, is accompanied by music. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00008823 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Rehearsal in a small bar. In every neighbourhood young musicians perform daily with the hope that they will become famous one day. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00008822 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - The central market. Musicians perform during the New Year period in order to make some money. A boy wears a replica football shirt of France's David Ginola. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00008821 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Girls prepare for the night. They can spend all afternoon working on each other's hair and every different style has a name. For women there is le rasta, gros bb (thick streaks), banane (in the shape of the fruit), kumba ngai na top (take me to the top: hair dressed towards the front and upwards). Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00008820 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Children crowding around to watch a music performance. In this country everything, from birth to death, is accompanied by music. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00008819 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Happy children in the crowd at a music performance. Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).
00008818 : AFGHANISTAN - General Ahmed Shah Massoud, 'The Lion of Panshir'.
00008817 : AFGHANISTAN - General Ahmed Shah Massoud, 'The Lion of Panshir'.
00008816 : AFGHANISTAN - General Ahmed Shah Massoud, 'The Lion of Panshir', and supporters.
00008815 : AFGHANISTAN - Mujahedin fighters loyal to General Ahmed Shah Massoud.
00008814 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - A survey being undertaken by a group led by Olivier Bancoult to record the history of each family in the 6000-strong Ilois community. The Ilois were deported from the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. The Chagos community live in the slums of Port Louis, where drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife.
00008813 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - An Ilois family in their home in the slums of Port Louis. The roof is leaking after heavy rains. Drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife in the area where they live. The Ilois were deported from the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands.
00008812 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - Some of the 6000 Ilois people queueing up to be surveyed by a team led by community spokesman Olivier Bancoult, recording the history of each family. The Ilois were deported from the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. The Chagos community live in the slums of Port Louis, where drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife.
00008811 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - A traditional Ilois fisherman in the polluted harbour of Port Louis. The Ilois were deported from the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands.
00008810 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - Olivier Bancoult, spokesman for the Ilois people, pictured during the survey which he undertook to record the history of each family in his community. The Ilois were deported from the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. The Chagos community live in the slums of Port Louis, where drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife.
00008809 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - An Ilois family outside their home in the Cassis slum in Port Louis. A boy shows off his gymnastic skills. The Ilois were deported from the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. The Chagos community live in the slums of Port Louis, where drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife.
00008808 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - An Ilois grandmother with her family outside their home in the Cassis slum. The Ilois were deported from the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands.
00008807 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - Ilois people being surveyed by a team directed by community leader Olivier Bancoult, recording their family histories. The Ilois were deported from the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. The Chagos community lives in the Rouge Bois slum in Port Louis, where drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife.
00008806 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - Ilois people being surveyed by a team directed by community leader Olivier Bancoult, recording their family histories. The Ilois were deported from the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. The Chagos community lives in the Rouge Bois slum in Port Louis, where drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife.
00008805 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - A woman shows her British passport. She is a part of the Ilois community from the Chagos Islands who were deported to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. The Chagos community lives in the Rouge Bois slum in Port Louis, where drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife.
00008804 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - A girl hanging out washing in Rouge Bois, one of the city's worst slums. She is a descendant of the Chagos Islanders who were deported to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. The Chagos community lives in the slums of Port Louis, where drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife.
00008803 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - A woman stands in the doorway of her flooded home after heavy rains. She was one of the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands who were deported to Mauritius to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. The Chagos community lives in the Rouge Bois and Cassis slums of Port Louis, where drugs, prostitution and unemployment are rife.
00008802 : MAURITIUS Port Louis - Grandfather, born on Diego Garcia, with his granddaughter, born in Mauritius after the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were deported to make way for an American military base in the 1960s. They are now suing for compensation in Britain and the USA, and for the right to return to the islands. For now the Ilois people live in the Rouge Bois and Cassis slums of Port Louis.
00008801 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Prostitutes at the entrance to a liquor shop in Dhaka's Tanbazar red-light district. Alcohol is banned in Muslim Bangladesh.
00008800 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Young prostitutes at the entrance to a brothel in Dhaka's Tanbazar red-light district.
00008799 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A prostitute looks through a grill over a stairwell in a brothel in Dhaka's Tanbazar red-light district.
00008798 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Prostitute in Ali Baba Mansions - a brothel in the Tanbazar red-light district of Dhaka.
00008797 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Even during flooding prostitutes continue to ply their trade in Dhaka's Tanbazar red-light district.
00008796 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Prostitute and customer in a brothel in the Tanbazar red-light district.
00008795 : SOMALIA - Child soldier.
00008794 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam, including 51m litres of Agent Orange. Laboratory tests have proved that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant.Cam Lo district, just south of the former North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas. Nguyen Thi Quynh Phuong (5), here with her sister Nguyen Thi Duong (6) and mother Hoang Thi Suong (27), is a possible victim. Her mother says "when the weather changes, Phuong has epilepsy, especially in summer. She has no sense of taste, can't understand or speak.”
00008793 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam, of which 51m litres was Agent Orange. Laboratory tests have proven that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant.Cam Lo district, just south of the former North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas.Ho Van Thach (10), here with his sister Ho Thi Thiet (6), mother Dang Thi Kim Yen (34) and father Ho Van Thanh (36), is a possible victim. His father says: "Thach can't recognise anything. His legs and arms can move, he can't speak. When he feels hungry, he cries. His eyes look normal. For all personal activities he needs help. He can't sit in bed."Both of his grandfathers were soldiers in the South-Vietnamese army.
00008792 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam, of which 51m litres was Agent Orange. Laboratory tests lhave proven that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant.Cam Lo district, just south of the old North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas. Ho Van Thach (10), here with his sister Ho Thi Thiet (6), mother Dang Thi Kim Yen (34) and father Ho Van Thanh (36), is a possible victim. His father says: "Thach can't recognise anything. His legs and arms can move, he can't speak. When he feels hungry, he cries. His eyes look normal. For all personal activities he needs help. He can't sit in bed."Both of his grandfathers were soldiers in the South-Vietnamese army.
00008791 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam, of which 51m litres was Agent Orange. Laboratory tests led to the conclusion that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant. Cam Lo district, just south of the old North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas. Nguyen Thi Nhu (2), here with her (single) mother Nguyen Thi Dien (38) and her brothers Nguyen Duc Hien (left, 12) and Nguyen Duc Luong (right, 6), is a possible victim. In background are her grandmother, nephew and a neighbour. Her mother says: "Hien and Luong are normal. Nhu only lies in bed.She doesn't feel hungry or full, can't understand, needs help with all personal activities. She can't speak, but she can cry". They live in Cam Chinh commune in Cam Lo.
00008790 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam, of which 51m litres was Agent Orange. Laboratory tests led to the conclusion that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant. Cam Lo district, just south of the old North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas. Le Thi Duong (12) is a possible victim. Father Le Van Trang (shopkeeper, 42) says "Duong can recognise absolutely nothing. She can only lie in bed. All her activities are in bed. She can't speak, but she can cry."They live in the Cam Chinh commune in Cam Lo.
00008789 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam, of which 51m litres was Agent Orange. Laboratory tests led to the conclusion that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant. Cam Lo district, just south of the old North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas. Ho Viet Dung (7 months), here with his mother Nguyen Thi Hang (22), is a possible victim. His father, Ho Viet Hung (24), says "Until now Dung has had normal health. Unfortunately he has a hare lip." Both of Dung’s grandfathers were North-Vietnamese soldiers.
00008788 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam,of which 51m litres was Agent Orange. Laboratory tests have proven that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant. Cam Lo district, just south of the old North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas. Tran Huu Long (3) is a possible victim. His aunt Tran Thi, who is running this kindergarten, says "When Long was born, one leg was longer than the other. His right hand moves better than his left. He can't stand without help, but he can hear, understand and crawl." He lives with his parents, who are farmers, in the Cam Chinh commune in Cam Lo.
00008787 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam, of which 51m litres was Agent Orange. Laboratory tests led to the conclusion that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant.Cam Lo district, just south of the old North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas. Nguyen Duy Khanh (20), here with his mother Phan Thi Nghia and father Nguyen Tuan , is a possible victim. Phan says: "Khanh can hear, and stand up and walk a little, but only with support. He can understand a little bit, but he can't speak except for the word 'mother'. He doesn't feel pain, cold or heat. He can sometimes eat by himself. Khanh doesn't control his urination and defecation. He is now 20 years old, but looks like a child of 6".
00008786 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam, of which 51m litres was Agent Orange. Laboratory tests led to the conclusion that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant. Cam Lo district, just south of the old North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas. Tran Dinh Ca (boy, 6, centre) is a possible victim. His sister Tran Thi Sau (5, right) and brother Tran Dinh Quyen (3, left) are OK. Their mother says: "Ca can't understand, speak, hear nor walk or stand. He can't eat by himself. He just lies in bed all the time. Ca has no feeling of pain, or cold and heat. He just shakes his head and grinds his teeth all the time. He doesn't react to noise, and his hands and legs are always in slight convulsions." They live in Cam Hieu commune.
00008785 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surface of South Vietnam, of which 51m litres was Agent Orange. Laboratory tests led to the conclusion that the dioxins can lead to birth defects and genetic damage in animals. Vietnamese and other researchers found higher rates of congenitally malformed babies among people who had been sprayed with this defoliant.Cam Lo district, just south of the old North-South border, was one of the most heavily sprayed areas. Tran Thi Thao (7), here with her grandmother Hoang Thi Dieu (84) and her mother Tran Thi Cuc. Her mother says: "Thao only lies in bed. She can see and hear but not hold anything in her hand. She can speak a little, but very difficult."
00008784 : VIETNAM Quang Tri Province - Between 1961 and 1971, US troops sprayed 72m litres of herbicides over 10% of the surfa