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00057811 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A modern building built by the property developer Dandara in Manchester.
00057810 : LEBANON Aita Ech Chaab - Two men look at an unexploded 155mm shell in a living room. The village is littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO) as a result of Israeli bombing during 34 days of conflict.
00057809 : LEBANON Nabatiyah - Mortar bombs and submunitions, the result of Israeli bombing during 34 days of conflict.
00057808 : LEBANON Saddiquine village - Children look for food and anything else that they can salvage in a destroyed supermarket. It was damaged by Israeli bombing during 34 days of conflict.
00057807 : LEBANON Saddiquine village - Rya stands amid the ruins of her house. It was damaged by Israeli bombing during 34 days of conflict. There are cluster bombs all around the area where she lives. Asked why she has come back when it is so dangerous, she said, 'I would rather die in my land, even in a tent, than die away from my home.'
00057806 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Local landowner inspects the coastal cliff erosion at Cove Hithe in Suffolk.
00057805 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Local landowner inspects the coastal cliff erosion at Cove Hithe in Suffolk.
00057804 : CHAD Goz Beida - A group of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have armed themselves against attacks by roaming militias, bandits and rebels. Thousands of displaced Chadians have been forced to flee their homes due to the escalating violence and are now living in temporary IDP camps with Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad.
00057803 : CHAD Goz Beida - Women and children at a water point in one of the refugee camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thousands of displaced Chadians have been forced to flee their homes due to the escalating violence and are now living in temporary IDP camps with Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad.
00057802 : CHAD Ade - Magdalena Gonzalez, a doctor working for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), helps internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thousands of displaced Chadians have been forced to flee their homes due to the escalating violence and are now living in temporary IDP camps with Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad.
00057801 : CHAD Goz Beida - Women and children at a water point in one of the refugee camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thousands of displaced Chadians have been forced to flee their homes due to the escalating violence and are now living in temporary IDP camps with Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad.
00057800 : CHAD Goz Beida - Women and children at a water point in one of the refugee camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thousands of displaced Chadians have been forced to flee their homes due to the escalating violence and are now living in temporary IDP camps with Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad.
00057799 : GERMANY Berlin - A group of student protestors with UNICEF t-shirts demonstrating against the politics of the industrial nations towards climate change during the G8 summit in Heiligendamm.
00057798 : GERMANY Berlin - Protestors demonstrating against the politics of the industrial nations towards climate change during the G8 summit in Heiligendamm.
00057797 : GERMANY Berlin - Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
00057796 : GERMANY Berlin - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark.
00057795 : GERMANY Berlin - Sir Bob Geldof at a press call for the DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) 2007 report publication, which stated that the G8 states have not lived up to their promises to the developing world.
00057794 : GERMANY Berlin - U2 singer Bono at a press call for the DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) 2007 report, which stated that the G8 states have not lived up to their promises to the developing world.
00057793 : GERMANY Berlin - Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia.
00057789 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Condemned Victorian terraced houses in Southern Street in the impoverished district of Salford, Greater Manchester.
00057788 : GERMANY Berlin - Protestors demonstrating against the politics of the industrial nations towards climate change in front of the Chancellor's Office during the G8 summit.
00057779 : KENYA Amboseli National Park - Birds flying over a lake near Mount Kilimanjaro.
00057778 : TANZANIA Moshi - A Dutch flower farmer grows plants and cuttings in his greenhouses using the melt water from the melting ice sheets on Mount Kilimanjaro. The melt water is generally used for the irrigation of farmland in the region. However, experts have predicted that the amount of ice on top of the mountain is in decline, which will result in less water for the whole area.
00057777 : KENYA Loitokitok, Rift Valley - A Masai warrior poses in front of Mount Kilimanjaro mountain.
00057776 : KENYA Loitokitok, Rift Valley - The Noolturesh water source is fed by the melting ice of Mount Kilimanjaro. However, experts have predicted that the amount of ice on top of the mountain is in decline, which will result in less water for the whole area.
00057775 : KENYA Amboseli National Park - A cyclist passes a pool of water originating from the melting ice sheets on Mount Kilimanjaro (back, right). The melt water is generally used for the irrigation of farmland in the region. However, experts have predicted that the amount of ice on top of the mountain is in decline, which will result in less water for the whole area.
00057774 : POLAND Piaski - Mrs Alina sews new fishing nets in her kitchen.
00057773 : POLAND Piaski - Fisherman Wojtek Gbel watches TV in his home while his sons Grzesiek and Przemek play computer games.
00057772 : POLAND Piaski - Two fishermen smoke after returning from sea.
00057771 : POLAND Piaski - Fisherman Andrzej Wroblewski, with the help of his mates and a sea rescue squad, pushes his boat back out to sea. Whilst on the water, the boat's engine became clogged with fuel due to the freezing temperatures. The fishermen lost control of the boat and the waves pushed it onto the beach.
00057770 : POLAND Piaski - A fisherman tries to keep warm by building a fire after returning from sea in freezing winter temperatures.
00057769 : POLAND Piaski - When not working at sea many villagers of Piaski search the shore and shallows for amber. During a storm, when the wind changes direction from north to south, amber is flushed up from the seabed onto the beach. The collected amber is then sold to a middle man.
00057768 : POLAND Piaski - A dog watches as fishermen push their boat into the sea, with the help of a sea rescue squad pulling it by rope from the water. Whilst on the water, the boat's engine became clogged with fuel due to the freezing temperatures. The fishermen lost control of the boat and the waves pushed it onto the beach.
00057767 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Michael smokes in the Trinity pub in Brixton, London, a few days before the nationwide ban on smoking in public places came into force.
00057766 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Elija and Magno drink and smoke in the Beehive pub in Brixton, London, a few days before the nationwide ban on smoking in public places came into force.
00057764 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - Workers transport a large stack of old computers on a small tractor. The electronic waste will be dismantled and disposed of at a nearby e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057763 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - Migrant workers sort plastic computer keyboard components at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057762 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - Migrant workers sort plastic computer keyboard components at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057761 : CHINA Beijing - Rush hour crowds in a Beijing Metro subway station.
00057760 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer with wet cement by the luxury 'Palm Springs' housing development near Chaoyang Park.
00057759 : CHINA Beijing - The construction site for a new luxury shopping mall downtown in the Chaoyang District.
00057758 : CHINA Beijing - Young women deep in discussion at a table in a Beijing nightclub.
00057757 : CHINA Beijing - Young women dancing in a Beijing nightclub.
00057756 : CHINA Beijing - Young gymnasts stretch their legs during a gymnastics training session.
00057755 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast uses a vault during a gymnastics training session.
00057754 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A worker removes spent coal ash from a large furnace, which provides heating for the entire neighbourhood.
00057753 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - Women ride their bicycles down a country road engulfed in air pollution from a nearby coking plant. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057752 : CHINA Beijing - Advertising on a hoarding for the Chinese edition of women's magazine Cosmopolitan.
00057751 : CHINA Beijing - Office meeting on a Sunday evening.
00057750 : CHINA Beijing - An image of a tree in a classical Chinese landscape contrasting with a particularly brutal, apparently temporary, structure built on top of former hutong housing downtown.
00057749 : CHINA Beijing - A cycle rickshaw driver sleeping while waiting for tourists.
00057748 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant youth guarding his and three other migrant's possessions, which are bound in large rice sacks, in the underground concourse at the entry to a metro subway station whilst waiting for his companions to return with tickets.
00057747 : CHINA Beijing - Construction cranes in Chaoyang, which is designated as Beijing's Central Business District (CBD).
00057746 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant, who has just arrived in the city, with his bags passing a businessman with a mobile phone going in the opposite direction.
00057745 : CHINA Beijing - A wealthy guest, dressed in expensive fashion clothing, wiping her face during an invite-only pre-launch for a luxury foreign cosmetics brand in a five star hotel.
00057744 : CHINA Beijing - A man sweeping the street outside a Swedish restaurant with an illuminated sign in the shape of a life-size western man.
00057743 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast stretches her legs before a workout during an afternoon training session.
00057742 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast from the Beijing Gymnastics Team stretches her legs before a workout during an afternoon training session.
00057741 : CHINA Beijing - Young gymnasts from the Beijing Gymnastics Team stretch before a workout during an afternoon training session.
00057740 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A vendor selling coal bricks, which many villagers use as fuel.
00057739 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A vendor selling coal bricks, which many villagers use as fuel.
00057738 : CHINA Beijing - An alternative wedding photo session in the Dashanzi 798 Art District. Now officially recognised and so subject to censorship, this zone of former armaments factories is home to hundreds of galleries, artist's studios and advertising agencies.
00057737 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman working as a door keeper during a contemporary art event at the Yan Arts Club in the Dashanzi 798 Art District. Now officially recognised and so subject to censorship, this zone of former armaments factories is home to hundreds of galleries, artist's studios and advertising agencies.
00057736 : CHINA Beijing - A visitor looking at a giant painting by Chinese artist Fang Lijun inside the Today Art Museum, a new privately funded museum for contemporary art in Beijing.
00057735 : CHINA Beijing - A man passing the Today Art Museum, a new privately funded museum for contemporary art in Beijing.
00057734 : CHINA Beijing - Paramilitary police keeping back pedestrians while on guard by Tiananmen Gate during the daily flag lowering ceremony on Tiananmen Square.
00057733 : CHINA Beijing - Rush hour traffic on Beijing's East Third Ring Road.
00057732 : CHINA Beijing - Cranes on a construction site for a luxury development in Chaoyang District, close to the towering China World five star hotel and luxury shopping mall.
00057731 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman on a bicycle with her mobile phone in hand passing a hoarding hiding the construction site of a luxury residential and commercial real estate development. The image used to advertise this site is typical of an increasing number of images objectifying women in modern China.
00057730 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast works on her balance beam gymnastics skills.
00057729 : CHINA Beijing - A coach from the Beijing Gymnastics Team watches as young gymnast Jin Yang stretches her legs during an afternoon training session.
00057728 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A local resident drives a motorised tricycle down a road engulfed in air pollution. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057727 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A worker removes spent coal ash from a large furnace, which provides heating for the entire neighbourhood.
00057726 : CHINA Beijing - An AIDS awareness poster in a Beijing Metro subway.
00057725 : CHINA Beijing - Dramatic advertising for Motorola mobile phones using a Chinese model.
00057724 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians and advertising for Motorola mobile phones.
00057723 : CHINA Beijing - Young women covering their mouths in reaction to Beijing's air pollution and the exhaust fumes from the city's ever-growing volume of cars.
00057722 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians on Jianguomenwai (Jianguomen Wai) in Chaoyang District.
00057721 : CHINA Beijing - A security guard at the Jian Wai (Jianwai) SOHO luxury apartment and retail complex.
00057720 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer at work behind the Jian Wai (Jianwai) SOHO luxury apartment and retail complex.
00057719 : CHINA Beijing - Models gossiping while waiting to go on stage at a fashion show taking place in a luxury shopping mall. An American employee of a Chinese event management organisation is pictured right.
00057718 : CHINA Beijing - Plain-clothes officers and uniformed People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, standing near the illuminated painting of Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong), guard Tiananmen Gate at dusk.
00057717 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast uses a vault during a gymnastics training session.
00057716 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast works on her balance beam gymnastics skills.
00057715 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast trains on the uneven (asymmetric) gymnastics bars.
00057714 : CHINA Beijing - Young gymnasts from the Beijing Gymnastics Team warm up before an afternoon training session.
00057713 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians passing the Today Art Museum, a new privately funded museum for contemporary art in Beijing. Figures, part of an installation for an exhibition, decorate the exterior of the building.
00057712 : CHINA Beijing - The facade of a new development in Chaoyang.
00057711 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant labourers on a construction site downtown.
00057710 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer putting up protective netting on scaffolding at a Chaoyang construction site.
00057709 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant labourers putting up protective netting on scaffolding at a Chaoyang construction site.
00057708 : CHINA Beijing - A model showing the latest in golf fashion appearing out of a cloud of dry ice on the catwalk of a fashion show for the Mizuno sporting goods brand in a luxury shopping mall. Guests at the event were served wine - with a diamond as a surprise gift in one of the glasses.
00057707 : CHINA Beijing - Two cars involved in a minor accident wait for the police to arrive amidst the traffic during rush hour on the Second Ring Road.
00057706 : CHINA Beijing - Foreigners in Beijing. A young French girl showing off a make-up written slogan on her chest, which reads 'Je m'aime' ('I love myself'), after midnight in a cheap Sanlitun bar.
00057705 : CHINA Beijing - Young women dancing in a Beijing nightclub.
00057704 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman performs an explicit dance routine on the bar counter of a Beijing nightclub near a busy security guard in plain clothes (left).
00057703 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - A pile of unsorted electronic trash lies on the road. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057702 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - A sticker depicting an American flag on an old computer in an e-waste junkyard. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057701 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - Wu Yuenxi, a migrant worker, carries a basket of tin, which has been extracted from electronic trash at a nearby e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057700 : CHINA Beijing - An exhibition in the Dashanzi 798 Art District. Now officially recognised and so subject to censorship, this zone of former armaments factories is home to hundreds of galleries, artist's studios and advertising agencies.
00057699 : CHINA Beijing - A mother and her daughter sitting on a cart loaded with household possessions taken from their hutong home, which has been scheduled for destruction.
00057698 : CHINA Beijing - Fashionably dressed young men near advertising for fashion magazines on a newsstand.
00057697 : CHINA Beijing - Advertising for fashion magazines, including the Chinese edition of Vogue, decorating a newsstand in the city centre.
00057696 : CHINA Beijing - Paramilitary police troops exercising in a squad along the Third Ring Road.
00057695 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians shadowed by a policeman in an underpass leading to Tiananmen Square, which is under continual police surveillance.
00057694 : CHINA Beijing - Scaffolding obscuring a major structure in the Forbidden City. This historic site is undergoing a major renovation.
00057693 : CHINA Beijing - Dramatic advertising for Motorola mobile phones using a Chinese model.
00057692 : CHINA Beijing - A guest consulting her mobile at an exclusive pre-launch event for a foreign cosmetics brand in a five star hotel.
00057691 : CHINA Beijing - A guest at an exclusive pre-launch event for a foreign cosmetics brand in a five star hotel.
00057690 : CHINA Beijing - Exuberant behaviour by young foreigners with their shirts off and a Chinese girl dancing on the bar of a cheap drinking place in Sanlitun.
00057689 : CHINA Beijing - Young women dancing in a Beijing nightclub.
00057688 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - Doctor Pei Hongchuan examines Zhai Lisheng. Zhai is suffering from a respiratory illness caused by the dense pollution in Linfen. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities and local clinics are witnessing increasing numbers of patients with respiratory diseases.
00057687 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - Migrant workers sort plastic computer keyboard components in an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057686 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - Migrant workers sort plastic computer keyboard components in an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057685 : CHINA Beijing - View through the metal framed entry of the the Today Art Museum, a new privately funded museum for contemporary art in Beijing.
00057684 : CHINA Beijing - A cyclist about to go down into an underground passage by Tiananmen Square.
00057683 : CHINA Beijing - Beijing's new Silk Market in a purpose-built building next to the alley where it formerly stood. Despite this change, the shops remain stocked with counterfeit Western brand-name goods.
00057682 : CHINA Beijing - Chinese lanterns and new architecture by the Jianguomenwai (Jianguomen Wai) and East Third Ring Road flyovers.
00057681 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians on Jianguomenwai (Jianguomen Wai).
00057680 : CHINA Beijing - Cyclists on Jianguomenwai (Jianguomen Wai).
00057679 : CHINA Beijing - A western tour group on a bus at traffic lights in front of advertising for Motorola mobile phones using a Chinese model.
00057678 : CHINA Beijing - Cranes on a construction site for a luxury development in Chaoyang District, close to the towering China World five star hotel and luxury shopping mall.
00057677 : CHINA Beijing - Guests at an exclusive pre-launch event for a foreign cosmetics brand in a five star hotel.
00057676 : CHINA Beijing - A guest leaving an exclusive pre-launch event for a foreign cosmetics brand in a five star hotel.
00057675 : CHINA Beijing - Guests leaving an exclusive pre-launch event for a foreign cosmetics brand in a five star hotel.
00057674 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - A bundle of electrical wiring amongst the electronic trash waiting to be processed at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057673 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - A migrant worker dismantles an old printer at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057672 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - A worker at an e-waste recycling workshop carries the plastic casings of old computer keyboards to a grinder where they will be chopped up into plastic flakes. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057671 : CHINA Beijing - A man passing the Today Art Museum, a new privately funded museum for contemporary art in Beijing. Figures, part of an installation for an exhibition, decorate the exterior of the building.
00057670 : CHINA Beijing - Cyclists passing advertising for Chaoyang golf club.
00057669 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman with pink glasses in a busy Beijing Metro subway carriage.
00057668 : CHINA Beijing - A businessman using his mobile phone on a Beijing Metro subway platform.
00057667 : CHINA Beijing - Advertising on the window of a Beijing Metro subway carriage for a Chinese edition of a men's magazine with sexual health as the cover issue.
00057666 : CHINA Beijing - Chaotic wiring and decorations for visiting foreign dignitaries in Chaoyang District.
00057665 : CHINA Beijing - Canyons of new Chaoyang developments - luxury housing, commercial and office buildings complete with a new street layout in the Central Business District (CBD).
00057664 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer by a luxury apartment building complex and advertising for a health and beauty spa using a western model. To appear cosmopolitan, many real estate developments use American names. In this case, the complex is called 'Palm Springs'.
00057663 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant construction labourer mixing cement in front of a new luxury apartment building fronted by a hoarding encouraging people to get rich by investing in real estate.
00057662 : CHINA Beijing - A security guard and construction labourer, both migrants, chatting outside a downtown construction site in Chaoyang.
00057661 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman checks out a Rolls-Royce car as she walks by with her shopping.
00057660 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - Pedestrians and cyclists pass Linfen's bell tower amidst a haze of dense air pollution. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057659 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - Commuters wear face masks to protect themselves from dense air pollution while they ride bicycles and motor scooters to work. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057658 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A woman wears a face mask to protect herself from dense air pollution while she rides her bike to work. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057657 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A cyclist wears a face mask to protect himself from dense air pollution. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057656 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A truck driver shovels coal near a coal-fired power plant. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057655 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A truck driver ties a tarpaulin over a lorry full of coal near a coal-fired power plant. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057654 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A worker takes a wheelbarrow full of coal to a local furnace, which provides heating for the entire neighbourhood.
00057653 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - A recycling sticker on an old scanner in a pile of American electronic trash at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057652 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - A migrant worker throws stacks of motherboards onto a cart to transport to a nearby e-waste recycling station. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057651 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - A man stands next to a large heap of electronic trash scattered by the side of the road. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057650 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - Migrant workers sort plastic computer keyboard components in an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057649 : CHINA Beijing - A People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier stands guard on Tiananmen Square during a session of the National People's Congress.
00057648 : CHINA Beijing - A neon propaganda billboard image celebrating the 2008 Olympic Games above people reading newspaper pages on a lit display.
00057647 : CHINA Beijing - Advertising for the Chinese edition of women's magazine Cosmopolitan in a subway passage.
00057646 : CHINA Beijing - Paramilitary police on guard in front of Tiananmen Gate.
00057645 : CHINA Beijing - Chinese paramilitary police marching through the Forbidden City to stand guard in Tiananmen Square.
00057644 : CHINA Beijing - A businessman talking on his mobile phone while walking past a hoarding hiding the construction site of a luxury residential and commercial real estate development. The image used to advertise this site is typical of an increasing number of images objectifying women in modern China.
00057643 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - A heap of old keyboards wait to be dismantled at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057642 : CHINA Beijing - Girls posing for a photo in front of a poster advertising a photography exhibition in the Dashanzi 798 Art District. Now officially recognised and so subject to censorship, this zone of former armaments factories is home to hundreds of galleries, artist's studios and advertising agencies.
00057641 : CHINA Beijing - Workers shifting a painting by artist Fang Lijun at the end of an exhibition at the Today Art Museum, a new privately funded museum for contemporary art in Chaoyang District. Unfortunately, due to the building's design, paintings on this scale have to be winched out the side of the building in order to move floors.
00057640 : CHINA Beijing - Cityscape showing a mix of low and high rise buildings and neon lights shining through a pollution haze in Chaoyang District.
00057639 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians on Jianguomenwai (Jianguomen Wai) in Chaoyang District.
00057638 : CHINA Beijing - A cyclist passing a now isolated old warehouse that is soon to be torn down as part of the Jian Wai (Jianwai) SOHO luxury apartment and retail complex development.
00057637 : CHINA Beijing - City in a state of change - people waiting for a bus by netting from construction work, with the luxury apartment buildings of the 'Palm Springs' development behind.
00057636 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant labourers on a construction site downtown.
00057635 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer putting up protective netting on scaffolding at a Chaoyang construction site.
00057634 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant construction labourers on the site of a new luxury shopping mall downtown in the Chaoyang District.
00057633 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians passing a large downtown construction site.
00057632 : CHINA Beijing - A model receiving a touch of final attention to her appearance before going on stage at an invite-only fashion show in a luxury shopping mall. Guests at the event were served wine - with a diamond as a surprise gift in one of the glasses.
00057631 : CHINA Beijing - Serving champagne at the bar of a Beijing nightclub. The charge per glass is higher than what the barman will earn for the night.
00057630 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A resident walks down a road engulfed in air pollution from a nearby coking plant. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057629 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A resident rides a bicycle down a road engulfed in air pollution. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057628 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A worker loads coal onto a wheelbarrow in one of the city's main streets.
00057627 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A young man loads a tricycle with coal.
00057626 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - Piles of coal in an alley outside homes in a residential area. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057625 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - A heap of old keyboards wait to be dismantled at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057624 : CHINA Beijing - Workers shifting a painting by artist Fang Lijun at the end of an exhibition at the Today Art Museum, a new privately funded museum for contemporary art in Chaoyang District. Unfortunately, due to the building's design, paintings on this scale have to be winched out the side of the building in order to move floors.
00057623 : CHINA Beijing - A labourer passing scaffolding by a downtown construction site in Chaoyang.
00057622 : CHINA Beijing - A businessman juggling mobile phones next to a hoarding emblazoned with a slogan of aspiration ('Dares to surmount'), written in both Chinese and English, outside a construction site at the Beijing International Airport. The new development is part of the massive building boom in Beijing.
00057621 : CHINA Beijing - A wealthy guest saying goodbye to an organiser as she leaves an exclusive pre-launch event for a foreign cosmetics brand in a five star hotel.
00057620 : CHINA Beijing - Models waiting for their cue to hit the catwalk during a fashion show staged in a luxury shopping mall. Guests at the event were served wine - with a diamond as a surprise gift in one of the glasses.
00057619 : CHINA Beijing - A model receiving a touch of final attention to her appearance before going on stage at an invite-only fashion show in a luxury shopping mall. Guests at the event were served wine - with a diamond as a surprise gift in one of the glasses.
00057618 : CHINA Beijing - A Chinese woman surrounded by foreigners in a Beijing nightclub.
00057617 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman consulting her mobile phone in a Beijing nightclub.
00057616 : CHINA Beijing - Young gymnasts from the Beijing Gymnastics Team warm up before an afternoon training session.
00057615 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast from the Beijing Gymnastics Team stretches before a workout during an afternoon training session.
00057614 : CHINA Beijing - Young gymnasts from the Beijing Gymnastics Team stretch before a workout during an afternoon training session.
00057613 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A handful of discoloured, contaminated wheat. The wheat is darker in colour (and more difficult to sell at the market) due to the air pollution in the area. With its extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057612 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - Gang Qin recovers from a respiratory problem in bed at a clinic. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities and local clinics are witnessing increasing numbers of patients with respiratory diseases.
00057611 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A cyclist covers his face with his jacket to protect himself from the dense air pollution. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057610 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A worker checks burning coal in a large furnace, which provides heating for the entire neighbourhood.
00057609 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A coal coking plant belches pollution into the air. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057608 : CHINA Beijing - Labourers hang a photo exhibit in a gallery in the Dashanzi 798 Art District. Now officially recognised and so subject to censorship, this zone of former armaments factories is home to hundreds of galleries, artist's studios and advertising agencies.
00057607 : CHINA Beijing - Security guards and a sculpture of a headless Mao in the Dashanzi 798 Art District. Now officially recognised and so subject to censorship, this zone of former armaments factories is home to hundreds of galleries, artist's studios and advertising agencies.
00057606 : CHINA Beijing - Cars in a traffic jam on Tiananmen Square near Tiananmen Gate.
00057605 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman talking on her mobile phone as a Beijing Metro subway train arrives.
00057604 : CHINA Beijing - Modern architecture - dramatically lit new building in the Chaoyang District.
00057603 : CHINA Beijing - New apartment buildings near Chaoyang Park, part of the real estate boom in Beijing.
00057602 : CHINA Beijing - A cyclist passing the luxury 'Palm Springs' apartment buildings by Chaoyang Park, part of the real estate boom in the city.
00057601 : CHINA Beijing - Traffic during rush hour on the Second Ring Road.
00057600 : NORTH KOREA Sinuiju - A female soldier stands guard at a post along the Amnok (Yalu) River, which marks the border between North Korea and China.
00057599 : CHINA Beijing - Environmental protection - a tree surrounded by scaffolding and netting on a construction site downtown.
00057598 : CHINA Beijing - Putting up a poster for an exhibition in a gallery in the Dashanzi 798 Art District. Now officially recognised and so subject to censorship, this zone of former armaments factories is home to hundreds of galleries, artist's studios and advertising agencies.
00057597 : CHINA Beijing - Labourers putting finishing touches to a scale model of Lhasa's Potala Palace on Tiananmen Square, part of a National Day propaganda exercise underlining Chinese control of Tibet.
00057596 : CHINA Beijing - A controversial Starbucks coffee shop in the Forbidden City, which was finally closed in 2007 after protests that it undermined the solemnity of the former imperial palace.
00057595 : CHINA Beijing - A young couple in an intimate exchange on the street - a sight impossible to image when the man to their left was young.
00057594 : CHINA Beijing - A businessman looking in the window of a Mercedes Benz dealership, which is attached to a city centre shopping mall, displaying the company's top specialist car - the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR.
00057593 : CHINA Beijing - A woman at the wheel of her car stuck in a traffic jam on Chang'an Avenue.
00057592 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians on Jianguomenwai (Jianguomen Wai) in Chaoyang District.
00057591 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant labourers on a construction site in Chaoyang District.
00057590 : CHINA Beijing - Canyons of new Chaoyang developments - luxury housing, commercial and office buildings complete with a new street layout in the Central Business District (CBD).
00057589 : CHINA Beijing - A construction site security guard in front of a typically vacuous advertising slogan for a new luxury shopping mall - 'The Best Gets Better'.
00057588 : CHINA Beijing - A fashion shoot outside a bar close to Hua Hai lake.
00057587 : CHINA Beijing - A portrait of a catwalk model backstage at a fashion show held in a luxury shopping mall.
00057586 : CHINA Beijing - Male and female models wearing the latest golf collection on the catwalk of a fashion show for the Mizuno sporting goods brand in a luxury shopping mall. Guests at the event were served wine - with a diamond as a surprise gift in one of the glasses.
00057585 : CHINA Beijing - A security guard looking at the weather forecast playing on a giant screen above the open atrium of new luxury real estate development 'The Place' in Chaoyang District.
00057584 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast works on her balance beam gymnastics skills.
00057583 : CHINA Beijing - A gardener tends to shrubs along Beijing's third ring road during the weekday rush hour.
00057582 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - A young boy and an old man carrying a basket of electronic trash outside an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057581 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - A group of migrant workers dismantle electronic devices at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057580 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - A pile of electronic trash waits to be dismantled at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057579 : CHINA Beijing - Getting prepared for a wedding photo session. A young woman has somewhat surprisingly chosen a Japanese style costume to be photographed in.
00057578 : CHINA Beijing - Security guards and a sculpture of a headless Mao in the Dashanzi 798 Art District. Now officially recognised and so subject to censorship, this zone of former armaments factories is home to hundreds of galleries, artist's studios and advertising agencies.
00057577 : CHINA Beijing - Construction labourers outside the Today Art Museum, a new privately-funded venue for contemporary art in Beijing. Figures, part of an installation for an exhibition, decorate the exterior of the building.
00057576 : CHINA Beijing - Advertising for chip-maker Intel at the entry to one of Beijing's main computer retail shopping malls in Chaoyang District.
00057575 : CHINA Beijing - A smiling assistant in a small shop selling mostly cigarettes.
00057574 : CHINA Beijing - A woman putting on a practice green at Chaoyang golf club.
00057573 : CHINA Beijing - Rush hour traffic on Beijing's East Third Ring Road.
00057572 : CHINA Beijing - The Jian Wai (Jianwai) SOHO luxury apartment and retail complex.
00057571 : CHINA Beijing - A young gymnast stretches her legs during a gymnastics training session.
00057570 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - An elderly woman carries a load of firewood past a field of winter wheat in the village of Donglu on the outskirts of Linfen. Villagers have experienced difficulties in selling their produce due to the severe pollution in the area. With its extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057569 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A small boy walks through the polluted air in the village of Donglu on the outskirts of Linfen. Villagers have experienced difficulties in selling their produce due to the severe pollution in the area. With its extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057568 : CHINA Beijing - A man gets his hair cut by a hairdresser in a small, privately-run barbershop in eastern Beijing.
00057567 : CHINA Beijing - A boy using a digital camera on Tiananmen Square to take a picture of his parents.
00057566 : CHINA Beijing - A kebab seller at her stall in front of images of foreign tourists printed on sheeting hiding a construction site close to Tiananmen Square.
00057565 : CHINA Beijing - A pedestrian underpass in the Central Business District (CBD) in Chaoyang.
00057564 : CHINA Beijing - A woman, wearing a full face visor to protect against pollution, passing advertising for the Mary France Bodyline weight-loss company under a Third Ring Road flyover.
00057563 : CHINA Beijing - The Jian Wai (Jianwai) SOHO luxury apartment and retail complex.
00057562 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians passing a large downtown construction site.
00057561 : CHINA Beijing - Guests at an exclusive pre-launch event for a foreign cosmetics brand in a five star hotel.
00057560 : CHINA Beijing - Young women at the entry to a Beijing nightclub.
00057559 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman consulting her mobile phone as she dances with her partner in a Beijing nightclub.
00057558 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman in a Beijing nightclub.
00057557 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A coal-fired power plant belches ash, sulphur and other pollutants in to the air. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057556 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A cyclist covers her face with her hand to protect herself from the dense air pollution. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057555 : CHINA Beijing - A coach helps a young gymnast from the Beijing Gymnastics Team to stretch during an afternoon training session.
00057554 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - Discarded motherboards from old computers wait to be dismantled and stripped of the metal that they contain at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057553 : CHINA Beijing - A family out to dinner at a hot pot restaurant.
00057552 : CHINA Beijing - A stallholder with 'antique' statues for sale chastising an employee at Panjiayuan, Beijing's weekend antiques market.
00057551 : CHINA Beijing - A man illegally selling the fur of protected wild animals on the street.
00057550 : CHINA Beijing - Labourers putting finishing touches to a scale model of Lhasa's Potala Palace on Tiananmen Square, part of a National Day propaganda exercise underlining Chinese control of Tibet.
00057549 : CHINA Beijing - Pedestrians in a subway passage leading to Tiananmen Square shadowed by a policeman. The square is under constant and heavy police surveillance.
00057548 : CHINA Beijing - Scaffolding in the Forbidden City. The site is undergoing a major renovation.
00057547 : CHINA Beijing - Scaffolding in the Forbidden City. The site is undergoing a major renovation.
00057546 : CHINA Beijing - Tourists and scaffolding in the Forbidden City. The site is undergoing a major renovation.
00057545 : CHINA Beijing - A cyclist passing advertising for the Mary France Bodyline weight-loss company under a Third Ring Road flyover.
00057544 : CHINA Beijing - Construction workers by a typically vacuous advertising slogan for a new luxury shopping mall - 'The Best Gets Better'.
00057543 : CHINA Beijing - Two cars involved in a minor accident wait for the police to arrive amidst the traffic during rush hour on the Second Ring Road.
00057542 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - A migrant worker carries a basket of plastic parts from dismantled electronic devices at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057541 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - Migrant workers dismantling old electronic devices on the street. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057540 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman using a mobile phone.
00057539 : CHINA Beijing - A pedestrian looks at an advertising billboard for Adidas sporting wear on Wangfujing, one of the city's principle shopping streets. The ad is emblazoned with an image of an American basketball player and the slogan 'Impossible is nothing'. Adidas is an official sponsor of the 2008 Olympic Games.
00057538 : CHINA Beijing - Use of an aspirational slogan ('Wealth, Success, Eternal') on a construction site billboard.
00057537 : CHINA Beijing - Modern architecture - dramatically lit new building in the Chaoyang District.
00057536 : CHINA Beijing - Beijing as an international city - a foreign girl dances on a tabletop in a cheap bar in the Sanlitun district on a night out with Chinese friends.
00057535 : CHINA Beijing - Shadows of people passing a nightclub exterior in the Chaoyang District.
00057534 : CHINA Beijing - A man passing the Today Art Museum, a new privately funded museum for contemporary art in Beijing. Figures, part of an installation for an exhibition, decorate the exterior of the building.
00057533 : CHINA Beijing - The controversial US$300 million National Grand Theatre and opera house, also known as 'The Egg'.
00057532 : CHINA Beijing - A man passing a hoarding emblazoned with a slogan of aspiration ('Pursue to be remarkable'), written in both Chinese and English, outside a construction site at the Beijing International Airport. The new development is part of the massive building boom in Beijing.
00057531 : CHINA Beijing - A woman passing a hoarding hiding the construction site of a luxury residential and commercial real estate development. The image used to advertise this site is typical of an increasing number of images objectifying women in modern China.
00057530 : CHINA Beijing - Trucks moving into the city late at night. They are banned during the day as a failed measure to reduce congestion.
00057529 : CHINA Beijing - A man with a Canon shopping bag near the illuminated painting of Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) at Tiananmen Gate.
00057528 : CHINA Beijing - A chef waiting for food orders in a cheap Sanlitun bar.
00057527 : CHINA Beijing - A stretch limousine delivering customers to a Beijing nightclub.
00057526 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - Statues of deities covered in dark soot from a nearby coal coking plant. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057525 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - Smoke and ash are belched in to the air from a flue at a coal coking plant. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057524 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A coal coking plant belches ash, sulphur and other pollutants in to the air. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057523 : CHINA Nanyang, Guangdong Province - A migrant worker loads a truck with old electronic devices for shipment to an e-waste junkyard where the metal components will be extracted and recycled. Every year Guangdong receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057522 : CHINA Beijing - A man shading his mobile camera phone with a newspaper while taking a photo.
00057521 : CHINA Beijing - A Mercedes Benz dealership, which is attached to a city centre shopping mall, displaying the company's top specialist car - the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR.
00057520 : CHINA Beijing - Conspicuous wealth - a privately-owned Bentley car parked by a luxury shopping mall near a Louis Vuitton shop window.
00057519 : CHINA Beijing - An employee cleaning a corridor in a Beijing Metro station with a giant brush.
00057518 : CHINA Beijing - Newly arrived migrants carrying their possessions in old rice sacks going down to take the metro.
00057517 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - A woman and a child ride together on a bicycle down a road engulfed in air pollution. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities.
00057516 : CHINA Beijing - A coach helps a young gymnast from the Beijing Gymnastics Team to stretch during an afternoon training session.
00057515 : CHINA Guiyu, Guangdong Province - A stack of electronic trash at an e-waste recycling workshop. Every year Guiyu receives more than a million tons of computer waste from countries all over the world. About 100,000 e-waste workers make their living by dismantling, recycling and disposing of the old electronic components. However, many of the parts and workshop processes contain toxic ingredients, such as lead, beryllium and mercury, which put the workers at risk of catching respiratory and skin diseases, eye infections and even cancer.
00057514 : CHINA Beijing - A woman wearing a Disney top passing advertising for Adidas sporting wear on Wangfujing, one of the city's principle shopping streets. The ad is emblazoned with an image of an American basketball player and the slogan 'Impossible is nothing'. Adidas is an official sponsor of the 2008 Olympic Games.
00057513 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant who has just arrived in the city passing milk advertising emblazoned with the image of China's sporting hero, athletics hurdling champion Liu Xiang.
00057512 : CHINA Beijing - Youths at the entry to a Beijing nightclub.
00057511 : CHINA Beijing - A porter leaning against a Buddha figure for sale off the back of a truck at Panjiayuan, Beijing's weekend antiques market.
00057510 : CHINA Beijing - A man illegally selling the fur of protected wild animals on the street.
00057509 : CHINA Beijing - An old man sitting next to advertising at a bus stop for the Chinese edition of the fashion magazine Elle.
00057508 : CHINA Beijing - The Jian Wai (Jianwai) SOHO luxury apartment and retail complex.
00057507 : CHINA Beijing - A cyclist passing a now isolated old warehouse that is soon to be torn down as part of the Jian Wai (Jianwai) SOHO luxury apartment and retail complex development.
00057506 : CHINA Beijing - Fashionable shoes at an exclusive invite-only event for the pre-launch of a foreign cosmetics brand.
00057505 : CHINA Beijing - A foreigner lighting a cigarette for a Chinese girl in a Beijing bar.
00057504 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman with an electric green drink in a Beijing nightclub.
00057503 : CHINA Linfen, Shanxi Province - Gang Qin recovers from a respiratory problem in bed at a clinic. With extremely high levels of air pollution, Linfen is reputed to be one of China's most polluted cities and local clinics are witnessing increasing numbers of patients with respiratory diseases.
00057502 : CHINA Beijing - View from the metal framed entry of the Today Art Museum, a new privately funded museum dedicated to contemporary art, across to Central Business District (CBD) skyscrapers in Chaoyang.
00057501 : CHINA Beijing - A man hauling a large load of cardboard to sell for recycling on a bicycle cart passing advertising for Nokia mobile phones.
00057500 : CHINA Beijing - Passengers in a Beijing Metro subway carriage with advertising both inside and out.
00057499 : CHINA Beijing - Plain-clothes officers and uniformed People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, standing near the illuminated painting of Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong), guard Tiananmen Gate at dusk.
00057498 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman performs a dance routine on the bar counter of a Beijing nightclub.
00057497 : CHINA Beijing - A modern office and apartment complex surrounded by further development in Chaoyang.
00057496 : CHINA Beijing - A female migrant labourer on a giant construction site in Chaoyang.
00057495 : CHINA Beijing - Migrants, who have just arrived in the city, carrying their bags.
00057494 : CHINA Beijing - A Chinese tourist taking a photo on one of the city's shopping streets.
00057493 : CHINA Zhongshan, Guangdong Province - Textile workers sewing jeans while a young child sleeps nearby at a clothing factory. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life.
00057492 : CHINA Zhongshan, Guangdong Province - As dawn breaks, a textile manager at a clothing factory producing blue jeans contacts a client to inform him that an order is ready. The factory, which specifically carries out a wear-and-tear process used to achieve a fashionable distressed look, produces approximately 10,000 pairs of jeans every day. Thousands of workers labour through the night scrubbing, spraying and tearing jeans in order to meet the production demand. The factory is owned by Huang Dehong, who left his impoverished village and arrived penniless in Zhongshan twenty years ago. China, the "factory of the world", is now one of the world's largest producers of jeans and its textile workers are among the 200 million migrant labourers criss-crossing the country looking for a better life.
00057491 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong Prov