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00055799 : NIGERIA Lagos - A man looks out from his house at the Olusosun landfill site. The Olusosun dump is Nigeria's largest trash heap comprising over 100 acres of garbage and is believed to be the largest in Africa. There are around a thousand houses built within its boundaries.
00055798 : NIGERIA Lagos - A vendor carrying food on his head descends on a village at the Olusosun landfill site. The Olusosun dump is Nigeria's largest trash heap comprising over 100 acres of garbage and is believed to be the largest in Africa. There are around a thousand houses built within its boundaries.
00055797 : NIGERIA Lagos - Peter Obe, Nigeria's most famous photographer who documented the Biafran civil war, sits in his studio.
00055796 : NIGERIA Lagos - Residents try to recover their belongings after a fire destroyed their village at the Olusosun landfill site. The fire raged through the rubbish dump destroying over three hundred homes. The Olusosun dump is Nigeria's largest trash heap comprising over 100 acres of garbage and is believed to be the largest in Africa. There are around a thousand houses built within its boundaries.
00055795 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - Fishermen offload their catch of the day in Bin Qasim Town. Hundreds of local fishing communities in Pakistan are suffering hardship due to the presence of deep-sea trawlers from the Far East. The Pakistani government's policy of opening up its waters to transnational fleets and the liberalisation of the global fishing trade are depleting fish stocks and forcing local residents out of their traditional livelihoods.
00055794 : SERBIA Salvatore, Bujanovac - A Kosovan (Kosovar) refugee parks his car inside a tent at the Salvatore refugee camp in order to make repairs. The camp houses many displaced Serbian Roma gypsies who fled from Kosovo at the end of the war. Thousands of ethnic Serbs and other non-Albanian minorities fled from their homes in Kosovo after Serbian administration collapsed in 1999. Many are now living in makeshift settlements in Serbia while awaiting the outcome of UN-sponsored talks concerning the future status of Kosovo. There is a widespread fear amongst the refugees that they will not be able to return to the region if it achieves its independence.
00055793 : BRAZIL Salvador da Bahia - Children play outside a favela on the outskirts of Salvador. Several hundred thousand people live in favelas outside the city centre. The living conditions are very poor and the houses are built on top of each other, which puts them at risk of falling down during the rainy season.
00055792 : LATVIA Cesu Rajons - 43-year-old Antra Putane at home in a poor area of Cesu Rajons province. Antra has been confined to her bed for the last ten years following a serious accident. She receives little help and so is bedridden for most of her time. Latvia has one of the fastest growing economies in the EU, but many people in rural areas still live below the poverty line.
00055791 : VENEZUELA Caracas - Chavez posters that say "Vote for Chavez, Another Time!"
00055790 : SERBIA Salvatore, Bujanovac - A Kosovan (Kosovar) refugee with a homemade tattoo at the Salvatore refugee camp. 'It is not very pretty, but it is important for me', she says. The camp houses many displaced Serbian Roma gypsies who fled from Kosovo at the end of the war. Thousands of ethnic Serbs and other non-Albanian minorities fled from their homes in Kosovo after Serbian administration collapsed in 1999. Many are now living in makeshift settlements in Serbia while awaiting the outcome of UN-sponsored talks concerning the future status of Kosovo. There is a widespread fear amongst the refugees that they will not be able to return to the region if it achieves its independence.
00055789 : NIGERIA Lagos - A closed food stall, next to a church, in a slum.
00055788 : NIGERIA Lagos - A young boy reads a bible.
00055787 : VENEZUELA Caracas - A pro-Chavez political activist hosts a radio show.
00055786 : VENEZUELA Caracas - A blind man walks past a mural of Hugo Chavez.
00055785 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - A fisherman inspects his haul in Bin Qasim Town. Hundreds of local fishing communities in Pakistan are suffering hardship due to the presence of deep-sea trawlers from the Far East. The Pakistani government's policy of opening up its waters to transnational fleets and the liberalisation of the global fishing trade are depleting fish stocks and forcing local residents out of their traditional livelihoods.
00055784 : LATVIA Cesu Rajons - A portrait of a young girl.
00055783 : SERBIA Bujanovac - A family of six Kosovan (Kosovar) refugees living in a small cabin outside a collective centre on the outskirts of Bujanovac. The family make a living by selling hens at the weekly market. Thousands of ethnic Serbs and other non-Albanian minorities fled from their homes in Kosovo after Serbian administration collapsed in 1999. Many are now living in makeshift settlements in Serbia while awaiting the outcome of UN-sponsored talks concerning the future status of Kosovo. There is a widespread fear amongst the refugees that they will not be able to return to the region if it achieves its independence.
00055782 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - A fishing boat passes a cargo vessel off the coast of Karachi. Hundreds of local fishing communities in Pakistan are suffering hardship due to the presence of deep-sea trawlers from the Far East. The Pakistani government's policy of opening up its waters to transnational fleets and the liberalisation of the global fishing trade are depleting stocks and forcing local residents out of their traditional livelihoods.
00055781 : SERBIA Salvatore, Bujanovac - A Kosovan (Kosovar) refugee points to the poor living conditions at Salvatore refugee camp. The camp houses many displaced Serbian Roma gypsies who fled from Kosovo at the end of the war. There is a lack of basic facilities here and part of the camp burnt down in 2004 due to a faulty electrical system. Thousands of ethnic Serbs and other non-Albanian minorities fled from their homes in Kosovo after Serbian administration collapsed in 1999. Many are now living in makeshift settlements in Serbia while awaiting the outcome of UN-sponsored talks concerning the future status of Kosovo. There is a widespread fear amongst the refugees that they will not be able to return to the region if it achieves its independence.
00055780 : NIGERIA Uyo, Akwa Ibom State - Labourers on the construction site of a new high technology office park. The site is part of a development campaign that the Akwa Ibom state governor has implemented in order to raise the state profile.
00055779 : LATVIA Dzerbene - A woman reading a newspaper near a vase of flowers at home in a poor area of Dzerbene. Latvia has one of the fastest growing economies in the EU, but many people in rural areas still live below the poverty line.
00055778 : SERBIA Bujanovac - A young Kosovan (Kosovar) refugee in a cornfield near the Bujanovac collective centre. Many families here are dependant on the fields to live. Thousands of ethnic Serbs and other non-Albanian minorities fled from their homes in Kosovo after Serbian administration collapsed in 1999. Many are now living in makeshift settlements in Serbia while awaiting the outcome of UN-sponsored talks concerning the future status of Kosovo. There is a widespread fear amongst the refugees that they will not be able to return to the region if it achieves its independence.
00055777 : PAKISTAN Peshawar - 13-year-old Shukria at the women's shelter run by the Aurat Foundation in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Shukria arrived at the shelter after suffering untold levels of abuse at the hands of her entire family. A family rift led her aunt accuse her of trying to running away from her immediate family. Believing that Shukria had brought shame to the family, Shukria's father broke her hand and then, pulling out a pistol, threatened to shoot her. Shukria's whole family took turns at beating her. Her brother tied a rope around her neck while repeatedly hitting her and then her father tried to drown her. After a failed suicide attempt, Shukria managed to flee her home. She was taken in by a female doctor who forced her to do manual labour around her home. Fearing that she would be caught with Shukria, the doctor eventually dropped her at the Aurat Shelter where she has been cared for since.
00055776 : NIGERIA Uyo, Akwa Ibom State - Obong Victor Attah (centre), the governor Akwa Ibom state, hits a ceremonial first ball with professional golfers American Nancy Lopez (right) and Scottish Colin Montgomerie (left) at the opening of a new golf course.
00055775 : NIGERIA Uyo, Akwa Ibom State - The construction site of a new commerce and industrial park. The site is part of a development campaign that the Akwa Ibom state governor has implemented in order to raise the state profile.
00055774 : NIGERIA Uyo, Akwa Ibom State - A worker looks at blueprint plans for a new high technology office park on a construction site. The site is part of a development campaign that the Akwa Ibom state governor has implemented in order to raise the state profile.
00055773 : NIGERIA Abeokuta - Construction labourers work on the first phase of the Olesegun Obasanjo Presidential Library.
00055772 : NIGERIA Abeokuta - Drawings and plans depict how the Olesegun Obasanjo Presidential Library will look when construction is complete.
00055771 : NIGERIA Uyo, Akwa Ibom State - Obong Victor Attah (centre), the governor Akwa Ibom state, speaks with Thomas Ondeck (left) of the GlobalOptions Group and an official of Le Meridien hotels (right) at the opening of a new golf course and hotel.
00055770 : NIGERIA Uyo, Akwa Ibom State - Thomas Ondeck stands behind Obong Victor Attah (right), the governor Akwa Ibom state, while watching South African golfer Retief Goosen (in blue and white striped shirt) and American Nancy Lopez demonstrate their golf swings.
00055769 : NIGERIA Lagos - Goats eating trash at the Olusosun landfill site. The Olusosun dump is Nigeria's largest trash heap comprising over 100 acres of garbage and is believed to be the largest in Africa. There are around a thousand houses built within its boundaries.
00055768 : NIGERIA Abeokuta - Construction labourers work on the first phase of the Olesegun Obasanjo Presidential Library.
00055767 : NIGERIA Abeokuta - A construction labourer works on the first phase of the Olesegun Obasanjo Presidential Library.
00055766 : PAKISTAN Lahore, Punjab - Shi'ite Muslims embrace after performing self-flagellation in the Old City during the Ashura festival. The Day of Ashura, which is celebrated by Shi'ite Muslims around the world, commemorates the martyrdom of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussein.
00055765 : NIGERIA Lagos - A female scavenger stitches torn sacks back together at the Olusosun landfill site. The Olusosun dump is Nigeria's largest trash heap comprising over 100 acres of garbage and is believed to be the largest in Africa. There are around a thousand houses built within its boundaries.
00055764 : SERBIA Salvatore, Bujanovac - A woman at the Salvatore refugee camp trying to make a living by stitching dresses using a sewing machine. The camp houses many displaced Serbian Roma gypsies who fled from Kosovo at the end of the war. Thousands of ethnic Serbs and other non-Albanian minorities fled from their homes in Kosovo after Serbian administration collapsed in 1999. Many are now living in makeshift settlements in Serbia while awaiting the outcome of UN-sponsored talks concerning the future status of Kosovo. There is a widespread fear amongst the refugees that they will not be able to return to the region if it achieves its independence.
00055763 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - Fishermen's wives Hamna Mamoon (right) and Khasban Jamoo (left) in Bin Qasim Town.
00055762 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - A fisherman's wife from the impoverished coastal village of Dabla Mohalla Rarri.
00055761 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - An impoverished girl sits outside her home in the coastal village of Dabla Mohalla Rarri.
00055760 : PAKISTAN Rawalpindi, Punjab - A child at a brick kiln in Rawalpindi.
00055759 : PAKISTAN Islamabad - 21-year-old Nussarat recalls her experience of being raped by a feudal landlord in retribution for marrying without her family's consent. Nussarat was forced to sign divorce papers after being taken to a warehouse where she was tied to a bed, gagged with a turban and raped repeatedly at knifepoint before being thrown out a window into an open sewer drain. Nussarat's village and family have since ordered her to be killed and human rights groups and politicians have refused and resisted her attempts to seek justice. Nussarat has since remained in hiding with her husband, moving across the Punjab from one hotel to the next, and lives in constant fear. Until recently, rape cases in Pakistan fell under the "Hudood Ordinance" and were dealt with in the Sharia (Islamic) Courts. Four Muslim male witnesses were required to prosecute; otherwise the victim risked being imprisoned for adultery. A recent amendment has paved the way for rape cases to now be tried in civil courts.
00055758 : PAKISTAN Peshawar - 13-year-old Shukria at the women's shelter run by the Aurat Foundation in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Shukria arrived at the shelter after suffering untold levels of abuse at the hands of her entire family. A family rift led her aunt accuse her of trying to running away from her immediate family. Believing that Shukria had brought shame to the family, Shukria's father broke her hand and then, pulling out a pistol, threatened to shoot her. Shukria's whole family took turns at beating her. Her brother tied a rope around her neck while repeatedly hitting her and then her father tried to drown her. After a failed suicide attempt, Shukria managed to flee her home. She was taken in by a female doctor who forced her to do manual labour around her home. Fearing that she would be caught with Shukria, the doctor eventually dropped her at the Aurat Shelter where she has been cared for since.
00055757 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - A fisherman's wife from the impoverished coastal village of Dabla Mohalla Rarri.
00055756 : PAKISTAN Islamabad - Samuel, a 16-year-old Afghan tailor, works in his small store in a refugee camp near Islamabad. UNHCR and Pakistan's government have decided to close the refugee camps in this area by the end of August 2005 due to "security concerns". Almost 100,000 refugees will have to choose between voluntary repatriation and relocation to another refugee camp. Many families have lived in these camps for over 25 years and Afghan officials have asked that more time be given for the refugees to relocate.
00055755 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - Fishermen tend to their fishing boats in Bin Qasim Town. Hundreds of local fishing communities in Pakistan are suffering hardship due to the presence of deep-sea trawlers from the Far East. The Pakistani government's policy of opening up its waters to transnational fleets and the liberalisation of the global fishing trade are depleting stocks and forcing local residents out of their traditional livelihoods.
00055754 : PAKISTAN Hyderabad, Sindh Province - 14-year-old Farrouk Shaquat sorts bangles in a small bangle-making factory. Farrouk has been making bangles since he was eight years old. Thousands of impoverished people, including many children, are employed in the Pakistani bangle-making industry. They work grim, hazardous conditions and earn little more than one dollar per day.
00055753 : PAKISTAN Hyderabad, Sindh Province - Kamran Ibrahim, a 13-year-old bangle maker, at the bangle-making furnace where he has been working since the age of six. Thousands of impoverished people, including many children, are employed in the Pakistani bangle-making industry. They work grim, hazardous conditions and earn little more than one dollar per day.
00055752 : PAKISTAN Islamabad - 21-year-old Nussarat and her husband, 30-year-old Sajjad Hussein, sit in the bedroom of a guesthouse. The couple are in hiding after Nussarat was raped by a feudal landlord in retribution for marrying without her family's consent. Nussarat was forced to sign divorce papers after being taken to a warehouse where she was tied to a bed, gagged with a turban and raped repeatedly at knifepoint before being thrown out a window into an open sewer drain. Nussarat's village and family have since ordered her to be killed and human rights groups and politicians have refused and resisted her attempts to seek justice. Nussarat has since remained in hiding with her husband, moving across the Punjab from one hotel to the next, and lives in constant fear. Until recently, rape cases in Pakistan fell under the "Hudood Ordinance" and were dealt with in the Sharia (Islamic) Courts. Four Muslim male witnesses were required to prosecute; otherwise the victim risked being imprisoned for adultery. A recent am
00055751 : PAKISTAN Hyderabad, Sindh Province - Women paint bangles in their family home for little more than 60 rupees (equivalent to about $1) per day. In a country with few labour laws, many of the women are forced to work countless hours every day and often throughout the night in order to make enough money provide for their families.
00055750 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - A fisherman's wife from the impoverished coastal village of Dabla Mohalla Rarri
00055749 : PAKISTAN Rawalpindi, Punjab - Children working as bonded labourers stand near a brick kiln. Millions of children in South Asia are born into bonded labour in order to pay off family debts.
00055748 : PAKISTAN Islamabad - A tear rolls down the cheek of 21-year-old Nussarat as she recalls her experience of being raped by a feudal landlord in retribution for marrying without her family's consent. Nussarat was forced to sign divorce papers after being taken to a warehouse where she was tied to a bed, gagged with a turban and raped repeatedly at knifepoint before being thrown out a window into an open sewer drain. Nussarat's village and family have since ordered her to be killed and human rights groups and politicians have refused and resisted her attempts to seek justice. Nussarat has since remained in hiding with her husband, moving across the Punjab from one hotel to the next, and lives in constant fear. Until recently, rape cases in Pakistan fell under the "Hudood Ordinance" and were dealt with in the Sharia (Islamic) Courts. Four Muslim male witnesses were required to prosecute; otherwise the victim risked being imprisoned for adultery. A recent amendment has paved the way for rape cases to now be trie
00055747 : PAKISTAN Karachi, Sindh Province - Local fishermen prepare their nets in Bin Qasim Town. Hundreds of local fishing communities in Pakistan are suffering hardship due to the presence of deep-sea trawlers from the Far East. The Pakistani government's policy of opening up its waters to transnational fleets and the liberalisation of the global fishing trade are depleting stocks and forcing local residents out of their traditional livelihoods.
00055746 : PAKISTAN Lahore, Punjab - Two young girls sell balloons on a busy intersection. Millions of children throughout Pakistan live in extreme poverty and are regularly forced to work.
00055745 : PAKISTAN Rawalpindi, Punjab - A bonded labourer stands near a brick kiln. Millions of people throughout South Asia live as bonded labours in order to pay off family debts.
00055744 : PAKISTAN Rawalpindi, Punjab - Men working as bonded labourers stand near a brick kiln. Millions of people throughout South Asia live as bonded labours in order to pay off family debts.
00055743 : PAKISTAN Rawalpindi, Punjab - Children working as bonded labourers stand near a brick kiln. Millions of children in South Asia are born into bonded labour in order to pay off family debts.
00055742 : PAKISTAN Lahore, Punjab - A disabled man begs by the side of a busy road.
00055741 : PAKISTAN Lahore, Punjab - A street scene in Lahore's Old City.
00055740 : PAKISTAN Davalian, Kashmir - An elderly earthquake survivor watches aid being distributed in Davalian, an area of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. Millions of quake survivors have received aid to help them make it through the winter after an earthquake devastated the region on October 8, 2005 killing over 73,000 people and displacing more than three million.
00055739 : PAKISTAN Davalian, Kashmir - Four-year-old Nahshad Shabad lives with his family in a winterised tent in Davalian, an area of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. Millions of quake survivors have received aid to help them make it through the winter after an earthquake devastated the region on October 8, 2005 killing over 73,000 people and displacing more than three million.
00055738 : PAKISTAN Davalian, Kashmir - Villagers gather to receive sheets of iron, which will be used to build temporary shelters, in Davalian, an area of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. Millions of quake survivors have received aid to help them make it through the winter after an earthquake devastated the region on October 8, 2005 killing over 73,000 people and displacing more than three million.
00055737 : PAKISTAN Davalian, Kashmir - An elderly man stands on the outskirts of a tent village in Davalian, an area of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. Millions of quake survivors have received aid to help them make it through the winter after an earthquake devastated the region on October 8, 2005 killing over 73,000 people and displacing more than three million.
00055736 : PAKISTAN Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir - US army doctors, Major Jeffrey Dean (left) and Major Tom Knisely (right), set a walking cast on the leg of 28-year-old Nadeem at the US 212th M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) unit in Muzaffarabad, an area of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. The hospital is due to be handed over to the Pakistani Army, who will continue providing health care to the earthquake-affected region, within the next month.
00055735 : PAKISTAN Davalian, Kashmir - Villagers distribute aid supplies delivered by US Army helicopters in Davalian, an area of Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. The UN WFP pays local aid distributors 200 rupees (about $3.30USD) per day to allocate the supplies. Millions of quake survivors have received aid to help them make it through the winter after an earthquake devastated the region on October 8, 2005 killing over 73,000 people and displacing more than three million.
00055734 : PAKISTAN Islamabad - Police arrest then beat a Muslim demonstrator protesting against European publications of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Demonstrators clashed with police for several hours in spite of a ban on all protests and marches throughout Islamabad. Riots have spread throughout Pakistan leaving five people dead and dozens injured. Islamic communities all over the world have staged both peaceful and violent demonstrations in response to the publication of the cartoons.
00055733 : PAKISTAN Balakot - A young boy takes lessons in the Qu'ran (Koran) in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Many children are still too afraid to return to school following the 2005 Kashmir earthquake due to the large number of collapsed school buildings. More than 73,000 people lost their lives and over three million were rendered homeless after the quake devastated the region on October 8, 2005.
00055732 : PAKISTAN Islamabad - Police arrest then beat a Muslim demonstrator protesting against European publications of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Demonstrators clashed with police for several hours in spite of a ban on all protests and marches throughout Islamabad. Riots have spread throughout Pakistan leaving five people dead and dozens injured. Islamic communities all over the world have staged both peaceful and violent demonstrations in response to the publication of the cartoons.
00055731 : USA Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America - Television reporters film Virginia Tech students as they mourn for the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University. 33 people died in what was the deadliest school shooting in US history.
00055730 : USA Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America - A Virginia Tech student mourns in front of a memorial to the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University. 33 people died in what was the deadliest school shooting in US history.
00055729 : USA Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America - Flowers and personal messages left at a memorial for the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University. 33 people died in what was the deadliest school shooting in US history.
00055728 : USA Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America - Virginia Tech students mourn in front of a memorial to the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University. 33 people died in what was the deadliest school shooting in US history.
00055726 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women gathering firewood in the Thar Desert, which has been suffering from a drought for the last eight years. As the drought continues, firewood and fodder for animals has become increasingly scarce. One of the women is carrying a lamb.
00055725 : INDIA Rajasthan - Kamla, age 33, is Rajasthan's first female solar engineer. Starting her education at age 11 in night school, while carrying on with her domestic and farm work, she went on to study solar technology and now runs a rural field station fabricating solar home lighting systems and solar lanterns. Despite her humble background she has travelled to Delhi to speak at National Conferences on solar technology. Here, Kamla is pictured cooking chapattis at her home.
00055724 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women dig and carry sand near the village of Paladi Bhopatan to form rainwater collection channels. Rajasthan has been suffering from a drought for the last eight years.
00055723 : JAPAN Kyoto - Schoolkids in the grounds of Kinkakuji (Golden Temple), a major landmark of historical Kyoto.
00055722 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - School kids at the entrance to the Dinosaur Museum, built on the site where a huge treasure of pre-historic fossils and remains were discovered in the 1980s, some of the species being unique to Fukui, such as the "Fukuisaurus".
00055721 : YEMEN Ta'izz - Women in burqas at the spice market in the suq.
00055720 : IRAQ Kerbala - The al-Hussein shrine in the Holy City of Kerbala, which houses the tomb of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
00055719 : JAPAN Osaka - Salaryman sleeping on his train journey in to work in Osaka.
00055718 : INDIA Rajasthan - Village men sit around talking.
00055717 : INDIA Rajasthan - Sita, 55, is a Dalit (untouchable) woman who has been trained by the Barefoot College as a hand pump mechanic. Upper caste villagers formerly refused to use any wells that were touched by Dalits since they believed it made the water impure. But with the 8 year drought in Rajasthan villagers from all castes now depend on wells that are maintained by Sita.
00055716 : INDIA Rajasthan - Loading fodder onto a camel cart.
00055715 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women trained at the Barefoot College in Tilonia work on constructing large solar parabolas/cookers which focus the sun's rays onto cooking pots - rapidly bringing water or other ingredients to a boil without the need for firewood or other fuels. All the parts are locally available such as mirrors and bicycle gears adapted to turn the cooker on an axis tracking the sun's movement during the day. Solar cookers made by the college are being set up in remote rural villages and are maintained by local women.
00055714 : INDIA Rajasthan - Norti (foreground), is a dalit (untouchable caste) and a semi-literate villager who now runs the Barefoot CollegeŐs computer program that helps train other village women in computer skills.
00055713 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women husking corn.
00055712 : IRAQ Hor al-Hammar - Marsh dwellers in the Hor, a broad area of marshland near the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris. Tradition believes the Hor, an age-old refuge, to be the Garden of Eden. The marsh dwellers have lived for over 6,000 years on tiny islands in barrel houses entirely made from reed.
00055711 : JAPAN Kyoto - Old men sit beside the river overlooking a wooden bridge on the edge of historical Kyoto.
00055710 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - Japanese diners enjoying a Korean barbeque inside a Korean restaurant. Koreans make up a sizeable percentage of Osaka's population, one area of this port city being known as "Korea Town".
00055709 : YEMEN Al-Mahweet - Traditional architecture in Al-Mahweet.
00055708 : JAPAN Kyoto - Geisha women walking along main street of the Gion historical quarter.
00055707 : INDIA Rajasthan - Jetu, the 13 year old newly elected Prime Minister of the Children's Parliament in Rajasthan, at the Parliament's first session in Tilonia. The children parliamentarians have all been elected from village night schools across the state and meet to discuss and tackle real issues such as lack of water or solar lighting in remote villages and in night schools.
00055706 : IRAQ Kerbala - Two shrines in the Holy City of Kerbala, which house the tombs of Imam Abbas bin Ali ibn Ali Talib and his brother, Imam Hussein, grandsons of the Prophet Muhammad.
00055705 : INDIA Rajasthan - Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot College.
00055704 : JAPAN Kyoto - In Arashiyama Suburb, on the edge of historical Kyoto, a student with a part time job as a rickshaw puller waits for customers in the centre town .
00055703 : INDIA Rajasthan - Jetu, the 13 year old newly elected Prime Minister of the Children's Parliament in Rajasthan, at the Parliament's first session in Tilonia. The children parliamentarians have all been elected from village night schools across the state and meet to discuss and tackle real issues such as lack of water or solar lighting in remote villages and in night schools.
00055702 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - Waitress serves Miso Soup in a traditional Japanese "Onsen" (Hot Spring) resort hotel restaurant.
00055701 : JAPAN Kyoto - Chefs await customers to their small restaurant along a typical alleyway in the Gion historical quarter of Kyoto.
00055700 : INDIA Rajasthan - Kamla, age 33, is Rajasthan's first female solar engineer. Starting her education at age 11 in night school, while carrying on with her domestic and farm work, she went on to study solar technology and now runs a rural field station fabricating solar home lighting systems and solar lanterns. Despite her humble background she has travelled to Delhi to speak at National Conferences on solar technology. Here Kamla checks the voltage on rooftop solar panels and cleans the panels at a Barefoot College field station.
00055699 : INDIA Rajasthan - The Children's Parliament in Rajasthan, at the Parliament's first session in Tilonia. The children parliamentarians have all been elected from village night schools across the state and meet to discuss and tackle real issues such as lack of water or solar lighting in remote villages and in night schools.
00055698 : JAPAN Kyoto - On the edge of historical Kyoto, in Arashiyama Suburb, young women soak their feet in hot spring water at the train station of this spa and temple town .
00055697 : INDIA Rajasthan - Sita, 55, is a Dalit (untouchable) woman who has been trained by the Barefoot College as a hand pump mechanic. Upper caste villagers formerly refused to use any wells that were touched by Dalits since they believed it made the water impure. But with the 8 year drought in Rajasthan villagers from all castes now depend on wells that are maintained by Sita.
00055696 : INDIA Rajasthan - Boys driving goats and camels through a village north of Bikaner.
00055695 : INDIA New Delhi - Middle / upper-middle class Indians enjoying a dance at Elevate Disco in Noida, a New Delhi suburb.
00055694 : INDIA Rajasthan - A Bolivian woman, in Rajasthan as part of the Barefoot College's international teaching scheme, learns how to maintain solar panels. International students take the skills they have learned back to villages in their own countries to set up rural solar energy projects.
00055693 : JAPAN Osaka - A Japanese man walks along alley full of Korean restaurants and produce shops. Koreans make up a sizeable percentage of Osaka's population.
00055692 : SWITZERLAND Zurich Canton - A necropolis showing up in crop marks at Rheinau. Buried walls affect the moisture content in the soil above them and thus reveal themselves to the aerial archaeologist.
00055691 : INDIA Rajasthan - A village reservoir which replenishes ground water tables and wells is almost dry. Rain water harvesting in Rajasthan, which has been struck by a drought for the last eight years, has suffered terribly.
00055690 : INDIA Rajasthan - Kamla, age 33, is Rajasthan's first female solar engineer. Starting her education at age 11 in night school, while carrying on with her domestic and farm work, she went on to study solar technology and now runs a rural field station fabricating solar home lighting systems and solar lanterns. Despite her humble background she has travelled to Delhi to speak at National Conferences on solar technology. Here Kamla checks the voltage on rooftop solar panels and cleans the panels at a Barefoot College field station.
00055689 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women working on a rainwater harvesting project near the village of Paladi Bhopatan. The women work digging channels for underground aquafers to direct water if/when it rains. The area has been suffering from a severe drought for the last eight years.
00055688 : INDIA Rajasthan - Kamla, age 33, is Rajasthan's first female solar engineer. Starting her education at age 11 in night school, while carrying on with her domestic and farm work, she went on to study solar technology and now runs a rural field station fabricating solar home lighting systems and solar lanterns. Despite her humble background she has travelled to Delhi to speak at National Conferences on solar technology. Here, Kamla visits a family and repairs their solar lantern in the village of Kadampura.
00055687 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - A visitor takes photos on his mobile phone inside the Eiheiji Zen Monastery/Temple, located in a mountain forest on Japan's western seaboard.
00055686 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women gathering firewood in Rajasthan, which has been suffering from a drought for the last eight years. As the drought continues, firewood and fodder for animals has become increasingly scarce.
00055685 : INDIA Rajasthan - Jetu, the 13 year old newly elected Prime Minister of the Children's Parliament in Rajasthan. She still keeps her day job herding livestock in her village, Palady Pathanam.
00055684 : INDIA New Delhi - Shoppers outside the Metropolitan Mall, New Delhi's most upmarket shopping centre, in the suburb of Gurgaon. Its poorer residents have been displaced to make way for gentrification and the growing demand among an urban elite for Western style residential living and shopping.
00055683 : JAPAN Kyoto - Arashiyama Suburb: Tourists to this spa and temple town on the edge of historical Kyoto are transported around in traditional rickshaws.
00055682 : JAPAN Kyoto - Gardening team making sure each leaf is pristine at Kinkakuji (Golden Temple), a major landmark of historical Kyoto.
00055681 : YEMEN Al-Mahweet - A chef baking bread in a restaurant.
00055680 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - Interior view of the Dinosaur Museum, built on the site where a huge treasure of pre-historic fossils and remains were discovered in the 1980s, some of the species being unique to Fukui, such as the "Fukuisaurus".
00055679 : JAPAN Osaka - A cross-section of typical commuters/salarymen on their way to work at Osaka central train station.
00055678 : INDIA Rajasthan - Cattle at a rainwater collection watering hole dug by village women.
00055677 : JAPAN Kyoto - Chefs await customers at their tiny restaurant at the end of a typical alleyway in the Gion historical quarter.
00055676 : INDIA Rajasthan - The Jaisalmer Fort rises out of the Thar desert in Rajasthan. It is the oldest inhabited fort in India.
00055675 : JAPAN Kyoto - A Geisha Girl makes her way along slippery cobble stones of a tiny alleyway in the Gion historical quarter of Kyoto.
00055674 : INDIA Rajasthan - Chhoti Devi, the first female Sarpanchayat (local council leader) in her region of Rajasthan. Politics was formerly a male only domain but things are starting to change, at least at the council level. She leads a meeting of her fellow councillors, who are all men, to discuss local issues.
00055673 : JAPAN Osaka - Ethnic Korean storekeeper stands amongst his Korean produce. Koreans make up a sizeable percentage of Osaka's population.
00055672 : JAPAN Kyoto - Arashiyama Suburb: Wooden clogs and urinals in the male toilet of a traditional inn at this spa and temple town on the edge of historical Kyoto.
00055671 : JAPAN Kyoto - Chef awaits customers to his restaurant along a tiny alleyway in the Gion historical quarter of Kyoto.
00055670 : INDIA Rajasthan - Maithi is a dalit (untouchable) who has been trained as a mid-wife by Barefoot College. Her work is challenging the caste system in rural Rajasthan as she touches (literally) many women from different / higher castes in her daily rounds as a midwife. Here she is checking a young woman who will give birth in a few days time.
00055669 : YEMEN Ta'izz - The main shopping street in Ta'izz.
00055668 : YEMEN Sana'a - Cacti grow around houses in a hillside village.
00055667 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women trained at the Barefoot College in Tilonia work on constructing large solar parabolas/cookers which focus the sun's rays onto cooking pots- rapidly bringing water or other ingredients to a boil without the need for firewood or other fuels. All the parts are locally available such as mirrors and bicycle gears adapted to turn the cooker on an axis tracking the sun's movement during the day. Solar cookers made by the college are being set up in remote rural villages and are maintained by local women.
00055666 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - A small part of the Eiheiji Zen Monastery/Temple, located in a mountain forest on Japan's western seaboard.
00055665 : YEMEN Ta'izz - The main shopping street of Ta'izz at dusk.
00055664 : INDIA Rajasthan - Kishan Kanwar, age 32, talks with other village women in front of the fort where her richer cousins live. She comes from a Rajput (upper caste) family. When she decided to work professionally as a teacher it created a scandal in her town because women of her caste are not supposed to mix with anyone from lower castes. Most of the students are girls from lower caste / untouchable backgrounds.
00055663 : JAPAN Kyoto - Japanese tourists reading their fortunes predicted at Kinkakuji (Golden Temple), a major landmark of historical Kyoto.
00055662 : GREECE Kolpos Kallonis, Lesbos - Salt evaporation pans in the Gulf of Kalloni. The salt-pans are invaluable to bird watchers, especially for their temporary role as a breeding place for flamingos.
00055661 : INDIA Rajasthan - Jetu, the 13 year old newly elected Prime Minister of the Children's Parliament in Rajasthan, at the Parliament's first session in Tilonia. The children parliamentarians have all been elected from village night schools across the state and meet to discuss and tackle real issues such as lack of water or solar lighting in remote villages and in night schools.
00055660 : JAPAN Kyoto - Ornate exterior of the Kinkakuji (Golden Temple), a major landmark of historical Kyoto.
00055659 : YEMEN Wadi Dhar - Dar al-Hajar, the castle built by Imam Yahya, King of Yemen from 1926 to 1948.
00055658 : INDIA Rajasthan - A cook at the Barefoot College in Tilonia adjusts a solar cooker's beam. Large solar parabolas/cookers are made at the college. The parabola focuses the sun's rays onto cooking pots- rapidly bringing water or other ingredients to a boil without the need of firewood or other fuels. All the parts are locally available such as mirrors and bicycle gears adapted to turn the cooker on an axis tracking the sun's movement during the day. Solar cookers made by the college are being set up in remote rural villages and are maintained by local women.
00055657 : YEMEN Dhi Sufal - An old man in front of a 300-year-old mosque.
00055656 : YEMEN Dhi Sufal - Child playing next to discarded rubbish.
00055655 : YEMEN Sana'a - Man chews qat, whilst a camel, whose job it is to pull the oil mill behind them, chews its fodder.
00055654 : YEMEN Dhi Sufal - An old man.
00055653 : INDIA Rajasthan - Barefoot College solar technology training for international students selected from villages in Afghanistan (two men in foreground), Ghana (woman centre) and Bolivia (woman with hat and man in background). They will then take the skills they have learned back to villages in their own countries to set up rural solar energy projects. Their teacher is Chagani Devi (woman in foreground), an activist and solar engineering instructor (also trained by the Barefoot College).
00055652 : JAPAN - Opened in 1994, Kansai International Airport is the main gateway to Osaka and the southern Japanese prefectures. Built on a man-made island and linked by rapid train, bus and ferry services to Osaka and beyond, the airport is a modern architectural marvel, with a second runway under construction, due for completion by 2008.
00055651 : INDIA Rajasthan - A woman carries water to her village in central Rajasthan which has been suffering from a drought for the last eight years.
00055650 : JAPAN Kyoto - Woman in traditional dress in the Gion historical quarter of Kyoto.
00055649 : JAPAN Kyoto - One of the few remaining large-scale theatres along the main street of the Gion historical quarter of Kyoto.
00055648 : INDIA Rajasthan - Villagers draw water from a village storage tank which is filled by government water trucks. But, as RajasthanŐs eight year drought continues, this kind of trucked-in water is becoming increasingly expensive and is not always available or affordable.
00055647 : INDIA Rajasthan - Camel cart alongside the Indhira Gandhi canal north of Bikaner. This massive irrigation project has been highly controversial because it has only brought water to a few designated areas and to cities, like Bikaner, not to smaller farms and villages.
00055646 : INDIA Rajasthan - A villager in drought stricken rural Rajasthan uses a hand water pump.
00055645 : INDIA Rajasthan - Jetu, the 13 year old newly elected Prime Minister of the Children's Parliament in Rajasthan, at the Parliament's first session in Tilonia. The children parliamentarians have all been elected from village night schools across the state and meet to discuss and tackle real issues such as lack of water or solar lighting in remote villages and in night schools.
00055644 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women trained at the Barefoot College in Tilonia work on constructing large solar parabolas/cookers which focus the sun's rays onto cooking pots- rapidly bringing water or other ingredients to a boil without the need for firewood or other fuels. All the parts are locally available such as mirrors and bicycle gears adapted to turn the cooker on an axis tracking the sun's movement during the day. Solar cookers made by the college are being set up in remote rural villages and are maintained by local women.
00055643 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women sing traditional songs to bring rain to their drought stricken villages near Jaisalmer.
00055642 : JAPAN Osaka - Salarymen enjoying beer and snacks at a popular restaurant near Osaka central train station before their homeward commutes.
00055641 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women carrying water to their desert village.
00055640 : IRAQ Kerbala - Two shrines in the Holy City of Kerbala, which house the tombs of Imam Abbas bin Ali ibn Ali Talib and his brother, Imam Hussein, grandsons of the Prophet Muhammad.
00055639 : JAPAN Osaka - Brightly lit department store specialising in electronics and fashion retail.
00055638 : YEMEN Al-Hudaydah - Mountain top village.
00055637 : INDIA Rajasthan - A solar technician in a workshop at the Barefoot College in Tilonia. Large solar parabolas/cookers are made at the college. The parabola focuses the sun's rays onto cooking pots- rapidly bringing water or other ingredients to a boil without the need of firewood or other fuels. All the parts are locally available such as mirrors and bicycle gears adapted to turn the cooker on an axis tracking the sun's movement during the day. Solar cookers made by the college are being set up in remote rural villages and are maintained by local women.
00055636 : YEMEN Sana'a - A boy looks out of a window in the old city next to election posters for president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his Horse Party.
00055635 : YEMEN Al-Hudaydah - Women in burqas pass by the old Turkish fortress.
00055634 : JAPAN Kyoto - An older Geisha woman with shopping bags in the Gion historical quarter of Kyoto.
00055633 : INDIA Rajasthan - Reservoir supplying water to the city of Bikaner. It is fed by the Indhira Gandhi canal, a massive water project that has been highly controversial because it has only brought water to a few designated areas and to cities like Bikaner, not to smaller farms and villages.
00055632 : EGYPT Luxor - West part of the giant necropolis in the village of Sheikh Abdel Qurnah. Dwellers in the houses scattered across the necropolis are always suspected of illicit treasure hunting - and are on record of having frequently yielded to the temptation.
00055631 : INDIA Rajasthan - A night school in the village of Cheeri, lit by solar lanterns. Most of the students are girls from lower caste / untouchable backgrounds who must work in the fields during the day. Without the solar lanterns the schools would not be able to function.
00055630 : YEMEN Shibam - Car on the road in Shibam.
00055629 : INDIA Rajasthan - A goatherd climbs a tree to chop down fodder for her animals. Rajasthan has been suffering from a drought for the last eight years.
00055628 : YEMEN Sana'a - Old town architecture.
00055627 : INDIA Rajasthan - Chhoti Devi, the first woman Sarpanchayat (local council leader) in her region of Rajasthan, visits a rainwater harvesting project to hear complaints from the workers, who are almost all women, that they are being underpaid and paid very late. In the background a male site supervisor looks on.
00055626 : TAIWAN Banciao - High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train arriving at Banciao Station. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055625 : JAPAN Osaka - Shoppers in an underground shopping mall - one of many that form a subterranean maze beneath ground level of this port city - in the centre of Osaka.
00055624 : TAIWAN Hsinchu - The nosecone of a High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train as it arrives at Hsinchu Station. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055623 : NETHERLANDS Naarden - The fortified town of Naarden (17th century), whose design was derived from the ideas of fortification engineer Vauban, was an intrinsic part of the so-called Hollandse Waterlinie (Water Defence Line).
00055622 : TAIWAN Banciao - Passengers at Banciao Station, one of eight main stations along the High Speed Railway (HSR) Bullet Train. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055621 : TAIWAN Banciao - No Smoking sign at Banciao Station, one of eight main stations along the recently-opened High Speed Railway (Bullet Train) line. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055620 : TAIWAN - Passengers using laptop computers aboard the High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055619 : IRAQ Schaffhausen - The Munot fortress (16th century) in the city of Schaffhausen on the Rhine river.
00055618 : TAIWAN - A young passenger with a model of the train aboard the High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055617 : TAIWAN - Passengers aboard the High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055616 : ERITREA Massawa - Salt evaporation ponds near Massawa evaporating sea water to produce table salt.
00055615 : TAIWAN - High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train approaching Taipei. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055614 : TAIWAN - Passengers using Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) computers aboard the High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055613 : JAPAN Kyoto - Driver of the Keifuku Tram, a suburban light commuter rail system in Kyoto.
00055612 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - Sushi.
00055611 : IRAQ Baghdad - The suburb of Khadimain on the West bank of the Tigris River is home to the Khadimiya Mosque ("Golden Mosque"). This important holy shrine (completed about 1515) contains the tombs of Musa ibn Jafar al-Kazim (died 799), the 7th Shia Imam, and his grandson Muhammad al-Taqi (died 835), the 9th Imam.
00055610 : YEMEN Ta'izz - Women in burqas walk past a covered car as a camel and cart are loaded with goods.
00055609 : PERU Nazca - Figure of a spider on the Pampa de Nazca. The 46m long geoglyph originated during the Nazca culture (200 BC-AD 600). This image, taken in 1976, reveals the amount of vandalism caused by motor vehicles.
00055608 : JAPAN Osaka - Crowds throng through an underground shopping mall - one of many that form a subterranean maze beneath ground level of this port city - in the centre of Osaka.
00055607 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - Traditional Japanese "Soba", buckwheat noodles.
00055606 : JAPAN Osaka - Crowds throng through an underground shopping mall - one of many that form a subterranean maze beneath ground level of this port city - in the centre of Osaka.
00055605 : JAPAN Osaka - Shoppers in an underground shopping mall - one of many that form a subterranean maze beneath ground level of this port city - in the centre of Osaka.
00055604 : INDIA Rajasthan - Kamla, age 33, is Rajasthan's first female solar engineer. Starting her education at age 11 in night school, while carrying on with her domestic and farm work, she went on to study solar technology and now runs a rural field station fabricating solar home lighting systems and solar lanterns. Despite her humble background she has travelled to Delhi to speak at National Conferences on solar technology. Here, Kamla visits a family and repairs their solar lantern in the village of Kadampura.
00055603 : YEMEN Ta'izz - A young banana seller at the market in Ta'izz.
00055602 : YEMEN Ta'izz - Qat market on the streets of Ta'izz.
00055601 : YEMEN Sana'a - Mosques of the old city.
00055600 : JAPAN Osaka - River scene with bridge at dusk.
00055599 : YEMEN Sana'a - A man walks through the old city.
00055598 : YEMEN Sana'a - Mosques of the old city.
00055597 : IRAQ Hor al-Hammar - Marsh dwellers in the Hor, a broad area of marshland near the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris. Tradition believes the Hor, an age-old refuge, to be the Garden Eden. The marsh dwellers have lived for over 6,000 years on tiny islands in barrel houses entirely made from reed. The image shows a village awaiting the flood.
00055596 : YEMEN Ta'izz - The main shopping street of Ta'izz
00055595 : INDIA New Delhi - Shoppers outside the Metropolitan Mall, New Delhi's most upmarket shopping centre, in the suburb of Gurgaon. Its poorer residents have been displaced to make way for gentrification and the growing demand among an urban elite for Western style residential living and shopping.
00055594 : IRAQ Hor al-Hammar - Marsh dwellers in the Hor, a broad area of marshland near the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris. Tradition believes the Hor, an age-old refuge, to be the Garden of Eden. The marsh dwellers have lived for over 6,000 years on tiny islands in barrel houses entirely made from reed.
00055593 : YEMEN Shibam - The regional office of the Ministry of Endowment (Awqaf) in Shibam. Here, believers can donate money, houses or land (Waqf) for religious or charitable purposes.
00055592 : JAPAN Osaka - Lanterns outside a restaurant along the streets of the popular Dotonbori nightlife and shopping district.
00055591 : JAPAN Osaka - Neon lights along the streets of the popular Dotonbori nightlife and shopping district.
00055590 : JAPAN Osaka - Fashionable youths in the streets of the popular Dotonbori nightlife and shopping district.
00055589 : JAPAN Osaka - Cabaret-style performers in a 1950s themed shopping and restaurant complex in the popular Dotonbori nightlife and shopping district.
00055588 : EGYPT Luxor - West part of the giant necropolis at sunrise. In the lower left corner can be seen the storage area for the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Rameses II. In the background Deir el-Bahri, the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Dwellers in the houses scattered across the necropolis are always suspected of illicit treasure hunting - and are on record of having frequently yielded to the temptation.
00055587 : IRAQ Hor al-Hammar - Marsh dwellers in the Hor, a broad area of marshland near the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris. Tradition believes the Hor, an age-old refuge, to be the Garden of Eden. The marsh dwellers have lived for over 6,000 years on tiny islands in barrel houses entirely made from reed.
00055586 : IRAN Yazd - An "Atash Behram" (Zoroastrian Fire Temple).
00055585 : JAPAN Osaka - General view of Osaka at dusk with neon lights and traffic.
00055584 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women working on a rainwater harvesting project near the village of Paladi Bhopatan. The women work digging channels for underground aquafers to direct water if/when it rains. The area has been suffering from a severe drought for the last eight years.
00055583 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - A Japanese tourist soaks in hot tub at a traditional Japanese "Onsen" (Hot Spring) resort hotel restaurant.
00055582 : JAPAN Kyoto - Matron of a teahouse perfoming the elaborate tea ceremony in the Gion entertainment district of historical Kyoto.
00055581 : JAPAN Osaka - Performer at a traditional Rakugo show, a sort of satirical commentary on current affairs, conducted in a traditional wooden theatre in the centre of Osaka.
00055580 : YEMEN Sana'a - Water runs through the wadi, whch is being used as a road as well as to get rid of water.
00055579 : JAPAN Kyoto - Bamboo forest at the Tenryuji temple.
00055578 : YEMEN Ta'izz - Hairdresser's shop at dusk.
00055577 : YEMEN Shibam - Men chewing qat in at their home in Shibam.
00055576 : YEMEN Dhi Sufal - Women wearing burqas in Dhi Sufal.
00055575 : YEMEN Ta'izz - View of the city of Ta'izz.
00055574 : INDIA Rajasthan - Kamla, age 33, is Rajasthan's first female solar engineer. Starting her education at age 11 in night school, while carrying on with her domestic and farm work, she went on to study solar technology and now runs a rural field station fabricating solar home lighting systems and solar lanterns. Despite her humble background she has travelled to Delhi to speak at National Conferences on solar technology. Here, Kamla walks through her village with a tool kit.
00055573 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - A western tourist takes a spa bath at a traditional Japanese "Onsen" (Hot Spring) resort hotel restaurant.
00055572 : YEMEN Sana'a - Men selling vegetables in the evening market.
00055571 : YEMEN Sana'a - Merchant selling nuts, cookies and candy in the suq.
00055570 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - People eating traditional Japanese "Soba", buckwheat noodles.
00055569 : YEMEN Ta'izz - A wall painted with the emblems of the opposition Sun Party.
00055568 : YEMEN Shibam - A man looks out of a window in the old city next to election posters for president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his Horse Party.
00055567 : YEMEN Sana'a - Men sell vegetables in the evening market beside a lamppost with a poster forbidding the carrying of weapons.
00055566 : GREECE Corfu Town - This prison is based on the concept of the Panopticon - a design facilitating surveillance from a central point.
00055565 : JAPAN Osaka - Man posing behind cardboard cutout of a Rakugo actor (Rakugo is a form of satirical comedy) outside a theatre in Osaka.
00055564 : YEMEN Sana'a - Colourful textile for women's clothes being sold at the market.
00055563 : JAPAN Osaka - Teenage girls walking along a shopping street in Osaka.
00055562 : IRAQ Kerbala - The al-Abbas shrine in the Holy City of Kerbala, which houses the tomb of Imam Abbas bin Ali ibn Ali Talib, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
00055561 : COLOMBIA Atlantico - Colombia's Fiscalia (Prosecutors office) department of forensic anthropology with the remains of a victim murdered by paramilitaries at San Onofre in 2005. This victim was male, 18-20 years old, and had a severely fractured skull and machete wounds. They are attempting to identify the dead from numerous clandestine graves, of victims of the country's long-standing violent civil war. Their work helps victims' families seek closure and justice.
00055560 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - North London cemetery.
00055559 : JAPAN Osaka - Performer at a traditional Rakugo show, a sort of satirical commentary on current affairs, conducted in a traditional wooden theatre in the centre of Osaka.
00055558 : YEMEN Sana'a - An election poster for president Ali Abdullah Saleh hangs on the wall of a room where children play computer games.
00055557 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - The British Museum was founded in 1753 by an Act of Parliament. It received its new shape in 1999 when Norman Foster roofed the Great Court with steel and glass, with the drum of the round Reading Room at its centre.
00055556 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - The landmark BT Telecom tower.
00055555 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - Kimono-clad waitress in a traditional Japanese "Onsen" (Hot Spring) resort hotel restaurant.
00055554 : IRAN Yazd - An "Atash Behram" (Zoroastrian Fire Temple) The winged Ahura Mazda - God Almighty and father of the sacred fire - can be seen above the entrance.
00055553 : COLOMBIA Atlantico - A forensic anthropologist working for Colombia's Fiscalia (Prosecutors office) examines the skull of a victim murdered by paramilitaries at San Onofre in 2005. This victim was male, 18-20 years old, and had a severely fractured skull and machete wounds. Boxes of victims are stacked behind. They are attempting to identify the dead from numerous clandestine graves, of victims of the country's long-standing violent civil war. Their work helps victims' families seek closure and justice.
00055552 : IRAN Yazd - An "Atash Behram" (Zoroastrian Fire Temple). The sacred fire represents the son of the Almighty God Ahura Mazda, and is an agent of ritual purity.
00055551 : COLOMBIA Atlantico - Colombia's Fiscalia (Prosecutors office) department of forensic anthropology with the remains of a victim murdered by paramilitaries at San Onofre in 2005. This victim was male, 18-20 years old, and had a severely fractured skull and machete wounds. They are attempting to identify the dead from numerous clandestine graves, of victims of the country's long-standing violent civil war. Their work helps victims' families seek closure and justice.
00055550 : IRAQ Baghdad - The suburb of Khadimain on the West bank of the Tigris River with the Khadimiya Mosque ("Golden Mosque"). This important holy shrine (completed about 1515) contains the tombs of Musa ibn Jafar al-Kazim (died 799), the 7th Shia Imam, and his grandson Muhammad al-Taqi (died 835), the 9th Imam.
00055549 : INDIA Rajasthan - Jetu, the 13 year old newly elected Prime Minister of the Children's Parliament in Rajasthan. She still keeps her day job working in her village, Palady Pathanam.
00055548 : TAIWAN Hsinchu - Passengers at Hsinchu HSR (High Speed Rail) Station, one of eight main stations used by the new bullet train. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055547 : TAIWAN Hsinchu - Bullet Train departing from Hsinchu HSR (High Speed Rail) Station. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055546 : INDIA Rajasthan - A night school in the village of Cheeri, lit by solar lanterns. Most of the students are girls from lower caste / untouchable backgrounds who must work in the fields during the day. Without the solar lanterns the schools would not be able to function. The teacher's name is Kishan Kanwar, age 32. She comes from a Rajput (upper caste) family. When she decided to work professionally as a teacher it created a scandal in her town because women of her caste are not supposed to mix with anyone from lower castes.
00055545 : JAPAN Osaka - Salaryman walks past a glittering Pachinko parlour in central Osaka.
00055544 : YEMEN Sana'a - Selling cloth (textiles) in the suq.
00055543 : TAIWAN - Information boards for the High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055542 : YEMEN Sana'a - A woman in a burqa passes by as children play in the street.
00055541 : YEMEN Sana'a - A woman in a burqa walks by the facades of the old town.
00055540 : YEMEN Ta'izz - View of Ta'izz and the surrounding highlands.
00055539 : TAIWAN - Cabin staff serving passengers with coffee along the High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train line. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055538 : YEMEN Yarim - Children playing football.
00055537 : YEMEN Yarim - Petrol station on the outskirts of Yarim.
00055536 : YEMEN - Mountains around Al-Mahweet.
00055535 : INDIA Rajasthan - Kamla, age 33, is Rajasthan's first female solar engineer. Starting her education at age 11 in night school, while carrying on with her domestic and farm work, she went on to study solar technology and now runs a rural field station fabricating solar home lighting systems and solar lanterns. Despite her humble background she has travelled to Delhi to speak at National Conferences on solar technology. Here, Kamla repairs a solar lantern in her workshop.
00055534 : JAPAN - Opened in 1994, Kansai International Airport is the main gateway to Osaka and the southern Japanese prefectures. Built on a man-made island and linked by rapid train, bus and ferry services to Osaka and beyond, the airport is a modern architectural marvel, with a second runway under construction, due for completion by 2008.
00055533 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - A Japanese tourist soaks in hot tub at a traditional Japanese "Onsen" (Hot Spring) resort hotel restaurant.
00055532 : YEMEN Ta'izz - City of Ta'izz.
00055531 : JAPAN Osaka - River scene with bridge at dusk.
00055530 : YEMEN Shibam - The regional office of the Ministry of Endowment (Awqaf) in Shibam. Here, believers can donate money, houses or land (Waqf) for religious or charitable purposes.
00055529 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster.
00055528 : TAIWAN Kaohsiung - Interior of Zouying HSR (High Speed Rail) Bullet Train station, the southern terminal of the HSR. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055527 : TAIWAN Kaohsiung - Zone for passengers arriving by car to say goodbye to their family and friends at Zouying HSR (High Speed Rail) Bullet Train station, the southern terminal of the HSR. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055526 : TAIWAN Kaohsiung - Bullet train arriving at Zouying HSR (High Speed Rail) Bullet Train station, the southern terminal of the HSR. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055525 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Islington's Thornhill Square: A grand formal composition of curved terraces around a church - St. Andrews - and a central garden
00055524 : TAIWAN Taichung - Passengers at Taichung HSR (High Speed Rail) Bullet Train station. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055523 : TAIWAN Taoyuan - Passenger using automatic ticket machine at Taoyuan HSR (High Speed Rail) Bullet Train station. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055522 : TAIWAN Tainan - Buddhist monks board a train at Tainan HSR (High Speed Rail) Bullet Train station. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055521 : TAIWAN - High Speed Rail (HSR) Bullet Train speeding through the Taipei suburbs. The recently completed HSR system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055520 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Suburban London.
00055519 : COLOMBIA Carmen de Bolivar - Alberto Catalan Cohen (seated) and Ines Catalan. Their son disappeared in 2001 while travelling on a bus which was stopped by an armed group. The Catalans are amongst many families seek closure and justice.
00055518 : TAIWAN Taipei - Rae Chung, Vice President of Taiwan High Speed Rail (HSR) Corporation. The recently completed Bullet Train system speeds the length of the country, a distance of around 400km, in two hours, reaching speeds of 300kmph.
00055517 : COLOMBIA Carmen de Bolivar - Jose Alvis and Amauri Vidual lost three and four relatives respectively in a 2000 massacre at El Salado, 15 km up this dirt road from Carmen de Bolivar. The massacre by paramilitaries killed 38 villagers, with others missing, presumed dead.
00055516 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Tower Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral and the River Thames.
00055515 : COLOMBIA Carmen de Bolivar - Margarita Abad is overcome with emotion as she recounts the disappearance of her son in 1992. The Colombian government is attempting to ident