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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 CollegeÕs 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 RajasthanÕs 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 identify the dead from numerous clandestine graves, victims of the country's long-standing violent civil war. Their work helps victims' families seek closure and justice.
00055514 : COLOMBIA Carmen de Bolivar - Displaced family in Carmen de Bolivar. Berta Arias wipes away tears as she recounts losing two of her sons. Sitting next to her is her son Adalberto Arias Yepes and her husband Samuel Arias Medina. Their sons went missing in 1997 and 1999. One was last seen being led away by three armed men, presumed to be paramilitaries.
00055513 : COLOMBIA Carmen de Bolivar - Aleida Santos is overcome with grief as she holds a photo of her eldest son who disappeared in 2002 while working as a vendor selling snacks on busses. The Colombian government is attempting to identify the dead from numerous clandestine graves, victims of the country's long-standing violent civil war. Their work helps victims' families seek closure and justice.
00055512 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - The City with Norman Foster's "Gherkin". To the right is Tower Bridge across the Thames River.
00055511 : YEMEN Sana'a - Women in burqa in front of a shop selling ladies' clothes in the old suq.
00055510 : 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 identify the dead from numerous clandestine graves, victims of the country's long-standing violent civil war. Their work helps victims' families seek closure and justice.
00055509 : YEMEN Ta'izz - Qat is sold out of purple plastic bags on the streets of Ta'izz.
00055508 : JAPAN Osaka - Rush hour commuter crowds at Osaka central train station.
00055507 : YEMEN Wadi Dhar - Dar al-Hajar, the castle built by Imam Yahya, King of Yemen from 1926 to 1948.
00055506 : 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.
00055505 : 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.
00055504 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - All Souls Church, Langham Place, and BBC Broadcasting House (left)
00055503 : YEMEN Sana'a - Mosques of the old city.
00055502 : ZIMBABWE Masvingo - Great Zimbabwe, the ruins of an ancient city. Prominent is the mysterious Elliptical Enclosure of unknown purpose. A UNESCO World Heritage site.
00055501 : TAIWAN Hsinchu - Information desk at Hsinchu 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.
00055500 : TAIWAN - Speed of 287 kmph announced as it is reached along one segment of 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.
00055499 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster.
00055498 : TAIWAN - Speed of 283 kmph announced as it is reached along one segment of 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.
00055497 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - The City with Norman Foster's "Gherkin".
00055496 : TAIWAN - Speeding 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.
00055495 : TAIWAN Hsinchu - 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.
00055494 : TAIWAN - Speeding 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.
00055493 : INDIA Rajasthan - Early morning at a hand pump, Azmer district. Rajasthan has been suffering a drought for the last eight years and underground water levels are severely depleted. Water at hand pumps such as this one is starting to run out, forcing villagers to sometimes wait hours to get water for their daily needs.
00055492 : INDIA Rajasthan - Family dwelling in the Thar desert north of Bikaner. The desert is spreading as an eight year drought continues.
00055491 : JAPAN Osaka - Cityscape with river at dusk.
00055490 : JAPAN Kyoto - Geisha girl makes her way to an assignment along the main alleyway in the Gion historical quarter of Kyoto.
00055489 : 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.
00055488 : 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.
00055487 : 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.
00055486 : JAPAN Osaka - Entrance to the longest covered shopping street in Osaka.
00055485 : JAPAN Osaka - Customer tries to get a taxi in rush hour near Osaka central train station.
00055484 : 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.
00055483 : 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 works on solar batteries connected to roof panels.
00055482 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Aerial view of London and the Thames river.
00055481 : INDIA Rajasthan - Women carry food, water and cooking pots on their heads in the early morning as they walk to work at a rainwater harvesting project. Rajasthan has been suffering from a drought for the last eight years.
00055480 : JAPAN Osaka - Cityscape at dusk.
00055479 : UNITED KINGDOM Wiltshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Sunrise over the heelstone at Stonehenge, at 5.02 am on the morning of the summer solstice.
00055478 : IRAQ Hor al-Hammar - Marsh dwellers in the Hor, a broad area of marshland near the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. 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.
00055477 : 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.
00055476 : INDIA Rajasthan - Camel carries water to a remote settlement in the Thar desert north of Bikaner. The desert is spreading as an eight year drought continues.
00055475 : 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.
00055474 : YEMEN Sana'a - Textile shop in the suq.
00055473 : YEMEN Shibam - Highland plain near Shibam.
00055472 : JAPAN Fukui Prefecture - Omega-3 fatty oil laden fish eggs served as part of a dessert dish.
00055471 : YEMEN Al-Tawilah - Landscape with mountain village and terraced agriculture.
00055470 : YEMEN Sana'a - Carpenter chewing qat in his workshop.
00055469 : COLOMBIA Atalantico - 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.
00055468 : 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.
00055467 : YEMEN Sana'a - Street scene at dusk in the old city.
00055466 : ETHIOPIA Lalibela, Northern Highlands - Primary school children. Ethiopian schools, especially in rural areas, lack basic facilities like desks and chairs, as well as textbooks and other learning materials.
00055465 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Boxing training at the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055464 : UNITED KINGDOM Reading, England, Great Britain, UK - Bob Kpwailo, a football player from The Millennium Stars football team, carries drink supplies to load on the coach before setting off for a fixture. The Millennium Stars, a Liberian football team comprised of young ex-combatants, undertook a UK tour in 1999.
00055463 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A showman swallows glass as part of an impromptu performance in downtown Freetown.
00055462 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A procession of people in wheelchairs pass Coca Cola advertisements during a demonstration at the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055461 : SUDAN Panyagor, Bor County - A young calf, which died during an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, at a Dinka Cattle camp in South Sudan. The disease hinders the ability of the cows to lactate and feed their young.
00055460 : UNITED KINGDOM Windsor, England, Great Britain, UK - Members of The Millennium Stars football team tuck into a chicken fast food dinner. The Millennium Stars, a Liberian football team comprised of young ex-combatants, undertook a UK tour in 1999.
00055459 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Two football players from The Millennium Stars, a Liberian football team comprised of young ex-combatants, warm up before a match in central London while on a UK tour.
00055458 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Mixed Kazakh and foreign engineers of an American oil/gas production and refinery company study a 3D map projection of oil reserves for an area near the Caspian Sea.
00055457 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A view of the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055456 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Mixed Kazakh and foreign engineers of an American oil/gas production and refinery company study a topographical map projection of oil reserves for an area near the Caspian Sea.
00055455 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - An American oil and gas production/refinery complex near the Caspian Sea.
00055454 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Students in a well equiped language laboratory in a new secondary school. It is one of several schools established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055453 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - A teacher with her secondary class. The school is one of several established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055452 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - General view of a re-settlement village on the outskirts of this newly oil-rich boomtown. The village, housing some 700 families, was financed by an American oil company now drilling on the site of their old settlement.
00055451 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Students in a well equiped language laboratory in a new secondary school. It is one of several schools established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055450 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Students in a well equiped language laboratory in a new secondary school. It is one of several schools established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055449 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A young boy at the gates of the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055448 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - General view of a re-settlement village on the outskirts of this newly oil-rich boomtown. The village, housing some 700 families, was financed by an American oil company now drilling on the site of their old settlement.
00055447 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain, UK - Football players from The Millennium Stars, a Liberian football team comprised of young ex-combatants, meet Celtic coach John Barnes at Celtic Park while on a UK tour supported by the NGO SCIAF.
00055446 : SUDAN Panyagor, Bor County - Children at a Dinka Cattle camp in South Sudan. The precious livestock of the Dinka tribe has been badly affected by an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
00055445 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Kazakh workers arrive for work early in the morning at an American oil and gas production/refinery complex near the Caspian Sea.
00055444 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Burnoff towers beside an American oil and gas production/refinery complex near the Caspian Sea.
00055443 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - An American oil and gas production/refinery complex near the Caspian Sea.
00055442 : UNITED KINGDOM Reading, England, Great Britain, UK - Vasco Kabbah, a football player from The Millennium Stars football team, enjoys some spare time with friends in a video arcade. The Millennium Stars, a Liberian football team comprised of young ex-combatants, undertook a UK tour in 1999.
00055441 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Modern sculpture in the forecourt of an international hotel (and HQ of several foreign oil companies). In the background, the frozen-over Ural River runs through this newly oil-rich boomtown.
00055440 : UNITED KINGDOM Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain, UK - Fokpa Sumo, a football player from The Millennium Stars football team, signs autographs at a primary school in Scotland. The Millennium Stars, a Liberian football team comprised of young ex-combatants, undertook a UK tour in 1999.
00055439 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Mixed Kazakh and foreign engineers of an American oil/gas production and refinery company study a topographical computer projection of oil reserves for an area near the Caspian Sea.
00055438 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Well equiped language laboratory in a new secondary school. It is one of several schools established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055437 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Young students attend an art class. Their primary school is one of several established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055436 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Teacher and students in a well equiped language laboratory in a new secondary school. It is one of several schools established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055435 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Supporters of the opposition party CUD (Coalition for Unity and Democracy) wait for their leader to give a speech at the rally in Addis Ababa during the election campaign. There was a power failure and no speech was delivered.
00055434 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055433 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055432 : ETHIOPIA Asore - An Alaba boy with a typical straw hat.
00055431 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055430 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - A Kazakh Special Forces Police Officer, part of a contingent guarding an American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055429 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055428 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Control Room monitors at an American oil and gas production/refinery complex near the Caspian Sea.
00055427 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - An American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055426 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Athletes weight training at a makeshift gym at the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055425 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Teacher and her students in a computing class. The school is one of several established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055424 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - A student attending a sewing class. Her school is one of several established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055423 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - A schoolgirl marked out as a class monitor by the band on her arm. The school is one of several established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055422 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Kazakh workers at an American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055421 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Mixed Kazakh and foreign engineers of an American oil/gas production and refinery company study a topographical map projection of oil reserves for an area near the Caspian Sea.
00055420 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Kazakh workers at an American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055419 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055418 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055417 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Foreign workers at an American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055416 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055415 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - A Kazakh safety inspector patrols an American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055414 : KAZAKHSTAN Novi Kheraton - Local children outside a newly constructed market in this settlement of camel herders.
00055413 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055412 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Customer and sales assistant in a private enterprise market.
00055411 : KAZAKHSTAN Novi Kheraton - Kazakh child playing in the snow in this settlement comprised mainly of camel herders.
00055410 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Pedestrians and traffic in the centre of this rapidly modernising and expanding oil boomtown.
00055409 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Customer and sales assistant in a private enterprise market.
00055408 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Traditional wooden cottage-style housing still home to the majority of the population near the centre of this rapidly modernising and expanding oil boomtown.
00055407 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Pedestrians and traffic in the centre of this rapidly modernising and expanding oil boomtown.
00055406 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Foreign workers at an American oil/gas production and refinery complex on the edge of the Caspian Sea.
00055405 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - A goods train travelling the frozen landscape beside the Caspian Sea.
00055404 : SUDAN Panyagor, Bor County - Two malnourished twins starving due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. The disease hinders the ability of the cows to produce milk, which, in turn, hampers breastfeeding Dinka mothers from feeding their young.
00055403 : ANGOLA Huambo - A broken stadium light at the sports arena in the war-damaged town of Huambo.
00055402 : ANGOLA Luanda - Football fans gather to watch a match at the national stadium in central Luanda.
00055401 : UNITED KINGDOM Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain, UK - The drum used by The Millennium Stars football team with airline carriage tickets attached. The Millennium Stars, a Liberian football team comprised of young ex-combatants, undertook a UK tour in 1999.
00055400 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - An athlete training for the high jump at the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055399 : IVORY COAST Bouafle - The gates of the Hotel de La Paix, firmly closed during a rebel uprising.
00055398 : IVORY COAST Bouake - Rebel soldiers of the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI) rebel uprising, now known as the Forces Nouvelles (FN), during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with a rebellion by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055397 : IVORY COAST Issia - A Young Patriot roadblock in the pro Laurent Gbagbo area during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055396 : IVORY COAST Bouake - Burnt documents at the abandoned prison in the rebel-held town of Boauke.
00055395 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A portrait of a street kid from a gang in central Kinshasa.
00055394 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A portrait of a street kid from a gang in central Kinshasa.
00055393 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Street kids from a gang in central Kinshasa.
00055392 : ANGOLA Kuito - A basketball hoop inside a factory destroyed during the civil war.
00055391 : ANGOLA Kuito - A basketball hoop inside a factory destroyed during the civil war.
00055390 : SIERRA LEONE Bo - A patient taking an eye test. There were few healthcare provisions during the civil war and many people developed eye problems. Bo hospital opened up a clinic to treat those who were suffering from such conditions during a ceasefire in 1999.
00055389 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A young boy playing at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055388 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A man recovering from a cataract operation begins to see for the first time since he originally lost his sight. There were few healthcare provisions during the civil war and many people developed eye problems. Bo hospital opened up a clinic to treat those who were suffering from such conditions during a ceasefire in 1999.
00055387 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Pedestrians walk alongside a heating pipe in this oil-rich boomtown.
00055386 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - General view of a housing re-settlement area on the outskirts of this oil boomtown. Over 700 families were relocated to this purpose built project (financed by an American oil company) from their original settlement near the natural gas fields further south.
00055385 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Presenter Ben Anderson filming the BBC TV documentary 'This World' with cameraman James Brabazon and Liberian journalist Zubin Cooper. Around them, the scars of the heavy fighting that raged here on Bushrod Island during June and July 2003 are obvious. A bullet-riddled advertising billboard for LBDI, a Liberian bank which used Western Union to transfer remittances in and out of the country, is in the background.
00055384 : LIBERIA Monrovia - 'Let's go back to the soil' - an old government billboard extolling the virtues of farming. The person depicted is painted to resemble ex-president Charles Taylor.
00055383 : LIBERIA Tubmanburg - Young fighters from the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel forces at a gun emplacement at the headquarters (HQ) of rebel leader Sekou Conneh during the ceasefire.
00055382 : MOZAMBIQUE - Pop star and UNICEF ambassador Robbie Williams visits a UNICEF project in Mozambique.
00055381 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Young students arriving at their new school, which is one of several established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055380 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Young girls attend a sewing class. Their secondary school is one of several established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055379 : MOZAMBIQUE - Pop star and UNICEF ambassador Robbie Williams visits a UNICEF project in Mozambique, playing football with local children.
00055378 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Young students attend an art class. Their primary school is one of several established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055377 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Young students attend a class. Their primary school is one of several established by an American oil company as part of the resettlement package for some 1,400 families moved from their old village to make way for a new oil/gas project.
00055376 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A construction worker.
00055375 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Children wash their clothes in a stream beside the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055374 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Young men read a newspaper to keep up with news of the election campaign.
00055373 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Ethiopian veterans remember the liberation of Addis Ababa from the Italian occupation (1936-1941). They entered Addis Ababa on 5 May 1941 and, joined by the Allied forces, forced the Italians out.
00055372 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A man selling bread.
00055371 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Children help athletes carry the high jump bag during training at the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055370 : IVORY COAST Bouake - A crowd of Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI) supporters gather in the central market during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055369 : IVORY COAST Bouake - A statue of Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the former president of the Ivory Coast.
00055368 : IVORY COAST Bouake - Prisoners released from Bouake's central prison congregate at the local sanatorium seeking somewhere safe to stay during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055367 : ANGOLA Luena - Spectators watching a football game from up a tree.
00055366 : ANGOLA - A war amputee wearing an Umbro football top waiting to have a prosthetic leg fitted at a Red Cross (ICRC) medical centre.
00055365 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Girls pray at the Uarul Church.
00055364 : SIERRA LEONE Medina Village, Kambia - Children studying at the MODU orphanage in Medina Village.
00055363 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Portrait of a couple.
00055362 : SIERRA LEONE Medina Village, Kambia - Children studying at the MODU orphanage in Medina Village.
00055361 : SIERRA LEONE Medina Village, Kambia - A young girl studying at the MODU orphanage in Medina Village.
00055360 : SIERRA LEONE Medina Village, Kambia - Children at the MODU orphanage in Medina Village.
00055359 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A women with a skin depigmentation condition at a refugee camp in the old Masonic Lodge in downtown Monrovia. Hundreds of people were displaced and found themselves homeless following the fighting in June and July 2003.
00055358 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A women sits amidst her belongings at a makeshift refugee camp in central Monrovia. The camp is situated in the building of the old Masonic Lodge. Hundreds of people were displaced and found themselves homeless following the fighting in June and July 2003.
00055357 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A young woman uses her Lonestar cell phone on Broad Street in downtown Monrovia. Despite the heavy fighting during the civil war, a large part of downtown Monrovia escaped damage since rebels were not able to cross key bridges leading into the area. Shops reopened soon after the end of the war and the mobile network was still largely intact.
00055356 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A young armed fighter from the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel forces smokes a cigarette on the hilltop compound of the LURD chairman, Sekou Conneh.
00055355 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Detail of a mural painted by the International Federation of the Red Cross to campaign against the mistreatment of civilians and other war crimes. The mural was painted on the side of a building that stands on Providence Island (site of the landing of the first settlers) in Monrovia.
00055354 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Pupils at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055353 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A pupil at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055352 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A pupil listening to a tape recorder at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055351 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Headmaster Sam Campbell at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055350 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A pupil at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055349 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Young pupil Abu Koroma at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055348 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A boy selling bags of fresh water.
00055347 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A young market worker in downtown Freetown.
00055346 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A young market worker in downtown Freetown.
00055345 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A Mercedes car in downtown Freetown.
00055344 : IVORY COAST Bouake - Tuo Fozie, the rebel leader of the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI) in Bouake, during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on September 19th.
00055343 : IVORY COAST Bouake - A prisoner freed by rebels from the central prison in Bouake during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055342 : IVORY COAST Bouake - Rebel soldiers on patrol in Bouake during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055341 : IVORY COAST Tiebissou - A French soldier in the frontline town of Tiebissou during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055340 : IVORY COAST Bouake - The sanatorium in Bouake during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002. Many displaced people, including refugees and freed prisoners, congregated here during the conflict.
00055339 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Weapons handed in during a disarmament programme are taken out of storage to be inspected at the house of ex-vice president Moses Blah as a gesture of goodwill for peace.
00055338 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A boy plays with a paper aeroplane during his break. He is a pupil at the Agoheld Primary school which provides free education to orphans and destitute children.
00055337 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Women gathered outside the National Assembly carrying signs emblazoned with slogans of peace are captured in a puddle during an anti-war demonstration.
00055336 : KENYA Nairobi - Patroba has his arms stretched during martial arts training at the Kenyan National Taekwondo gym on Koinange Street.
00055335 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Ethiopian veterans remember the liberation of Addis Ababa from the Italian occupation (1936-1941). They entered Addis Ababa on 5 May 1941 and, joined by the Allied forces, forced the Italians out.
00055334 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Registering of voters on election day.
00055333 : KENYA Nairobi - George Mureu watches as his team of taekwondo fighters, who are all former street kids, prepare for a martial arts competition at the Kenyan National Taekwondo gym on Koinange Street.
00055332 : SIERRA LEONE Medina Village, Kambia - Children studying at the MODU orphanage in Medina Village.
00055331 : SIERRA LEONE Medina Village, Kambia - Children combing each other's hair at the MODU orphanage in Medina Village.
00055330 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Children in a housing re-settlement area on the outskirts of this oil boomtown. Over 700 families were relocated to this purpose built project (financed by an American oil company) from their original settlement near the natural gas fields further south.
00055329 : SUDAN Panyagor, Bor County - A Dinka cattle camp in South Sudan. The precious livestock of the Dinka tribe has been badly affected by an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
00055328 : SIERRA LEONE Bo - Children come to a clinic to have their eyes tested. There were few healthcare provisions during the civil war and many people developed eye problems. Bo hospital opened up a clinic to treat those who were suffering from such conditions during a ceasefire in 1999.
00055327 : MOZAMBIQUE - Pop star and UNICEF ambassador Robbie Williams visits a UNICEF project in Mozambique.
00055326 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A portrait of a street kid from a gang in central Kinshasa.
00055325 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Street kids from a gang in central Kinshasa.
00055324 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A portrait of a street kid from a gang in central Kinshasa.
00055323 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Street kids play with a football near the national stadium.
00055322 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A portrait of a street kid from a gang in central Kinshasa.
00055321 : KENYA Nairobi - Vincent trains in taekwondo at the martial arts gym on Koinange Street.
00055320 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) sort through rice in their makeshift home at the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055319 : ETHIOPIA Awasa - A man rests on the shores of Lake Awasa.
00055318 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Supporters of the EPRDF (Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front) at Meskal Square during the election campaign. An estimated one million people came to express their support for the incumbent government.
00055317 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Supporters of the EPRDF (Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front) at Meskal Square during the election campaign. An estimated one million people came to express their support for the incumbent government.
00055316 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A band prepares to play near a Coca Cola advertisement during a peace rally at the National Stadium in Freetown. Tens of thousands of people fled to the stadium seeking sanctuary during the rebel invasion of the city in 1999. Many of the displaced people continued to live in the stadium after the rebels were evicted from the city. Despite the stadium being turned into an IDP (internally displaced persons) camp, sports events continued to be held here.
00055315 : ETHIOPIA Awasa - A boy working in a flour mill.
00055314 : MOZAMBIQUE - Pop star and UNICEF ambassador Robbie Williams visits a UNICEF project in Mozambique.
00055313 : MOZAMBIQUE - Pop star and UNICEF ambassador Robbie Williams in a helicopter following a visit to a UNICEF project in Mozambique.
00055312 : MOZAMBIQUE - Pop star and UNICEF ambassador Robbie Williams visits a UNICEF project in Mozambique.
00055311 : MOZAMBIQUE - Pop star and UNICEF ambassador Robbie Williams visits a UNICEF project in Mozambique.
00055310 : KENYA Nairobi - A Taekwondo player bows at the start of a fight during a martial arts competition at the Kenyan National Taekwondo gym on Koinange Street.
00055309 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Fishermen sit at holes in the ice of the frozen-over Ural River.
00055308 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - A Toyota SUV and other cars stuck in traffic in this newly oil-rich boomtown.
00055307 : KENYA Nairobi - Prizewinners take to the podium at the end of a martial arts contest held at the Kenyan National Taekwondo gym on Koinange Street.
00055306 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Members of the Special Security Service (SSS) arrive at Capitol Hill for the inauguration of Charles Gyude Bryant as the interim President of Liberia. Despite the change in political power, much of the security apparatus remained unchanged.
00055305 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A bullet-riddled advertising billboard on Bushrod Island bears the scars of the heavy fighting that raged in this area during June and July 2003. Following the end of the war, life has started to return to normal and street markets now abound despite the broken landscape. The billboard had advertised LBDI, a Liberian bank which used Western Union to transfer remittances in and out of the country.
00055304 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A gunman from the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel forces mans a roadblock at the strategic Kley Junction area, a scene of heavy fighting during the war. The informal American-influenced dress is characteristic of the Liberian rebels.
00055303 : IVORY COAST Issia - A Young Patriot roadblock in the pro Laurent Gbagbo area during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055302 : IVORY COAST Issia - A Young Patriot roadblock patrols the pro Laurent Gbagbo area during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055301 : IVORY COAST Bouake - A rebel soldier controls a crowd during the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI) uprising at the beginning of the civil war, which began with a rebellion by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055300 : IVORY COAST Bouake - A scar on the back of ex-convict during the rebel insurgency, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002. Prisoners were trapped in Bouake's prison without food and water for two weeks at the beginning of the conflict.
00055299 : IVORY COAST Bouake - French military commandos on the frontline outside Bouake during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055298 : IVORY COAST Tiebissou - A French soldier in the frontline town of Tiebissou during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055297 : KENYA Nairobi - A Korean visitor visits the Kenyan National Taekwondo martial arts gym in downtown Nairobi.
00055296 : SOUTH KOREA Jincheon - Teams gather at the International Federation of Taekwondo martial arts festival in Juncheon County.
00055295 : KENYA Nairobi - Taekwondo martial arts players during a tournament at the Kenyan National Taekwondo gym in downtown Nairobi.
00055294 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Vibrant street life in downtown Monrovia.
00055293 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A troop of children dressed in traditional white tunics use each other as climbing frames to build a human pyramid. After the routines they performed dramas to their audience demonstrating the value of education, and the dangers of HIV. The performance was organised by the NGO PLAN International.
00055292 : ETHIOPIA Lalibela, Northern Highlands - A farmer checks mango trees. 90% of Ethiopia's work force is employed in agriculture.
00055291 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Presenter Ben Anderson filming 'This World', a TV documentary, for the BBC.
00055290 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A man explains to voters how to fill in their ballots for the election.
00055289 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A supporter of the CUD (Coalition for Unity and Democracy) waves the Ethiopian flag at a pre-election rally in Addis Ababa.
00055288 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - People wait peacefully to cast their ballots in the election.
00055287 : ETHIOPIA Debre Birhan - A young boy carries a sheep on his way to market.
00055286 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Destitute mothers with their malnourished children are fed at the Agoheld clinic. The Agoheld Primary school, where the clinic is held, provides free education to orphans and destitute children.
00055285 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A boy plays with a paper aeroplane during his break. He is a pupil at the Agoheld Primary school which provides free education to orphans and destitute children.
00055284 : ETHIOPIA Durito Borana - A Borana girl carries a canister filled with muddy water from the nearby pond.
00055283 : IVORY COAST Nr. Daloa - A government soldier drinks water offered by local villagers following the fall of the rebel-held town of Daloa during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055282 : ETHIOPIA Fango Bijo Wolayta - A girl collects water from a pit.
00055281 : IVORY COAST Tiebissou - French military troops in a tank outside a Texaco petrol station in the checkpoint town of Tiebissou during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055280 : IVORY COAST Issia - A Young Patriot fighter with a bow and arrow at a roadblock in a pro Laurent Gbagbo area near Daloa during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055279 : IVORY COAST Bouake - The sanatorium at Bouake during the rebel insurgency at the beginning of the civil war, which began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002. Many displaced people, including refugees and freed prisoners, congregated here during the conflict.
00055278 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - A boy carries a banner asking for a peaceful election.
00055277 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Two young pupils at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055276 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A young boy in a classroom at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055275 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - The school bell on a table in the dining room at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055274 : SIERRA LEONE Bo - A child with an eye condition at a clinic in Bo. There were few healthcare provisions during the civil war and many people developed eye problems. Bo hospital opened up a clinic to treat those who were suffering from such conditions during a ceasefire in 1999.
00055273 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A portrait of pupil Abu Koroma at the Milton Margai School for the Blind.
00055272 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Children from the Milton Margai School for the Blind share a meal in the school dining room.
00055271 : ANGOLA Luanda - A football fan at the national stadium in central Luanda.
00055270 : ANGOLA - Prosthetic legs, some fitted with sports shoes, at a Red Cross prosthetics clinic. Many people lost their limbs due to landmine accidents and rebel atrocities during the civil war.
00055269 : ANGOLA - Crowds gather outside the national stadium to watch a football match. Those without tickets are turned away by the police.
00055268 : IVORY COAST Bouake - Soldiers at the sanatorium in Bouake during the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI) rebel (later known as the New Forces) uprising at the beginning of the civil war. Many people, including refugees and freed prisoners, congregated at the sanatorium during the insurgency, which began with a rebellion by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055267 : IVORY COAST Bouake - A rebel soldier at the rebel headquarters in Bouake during the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI) rebel (later known as the New Forces) uprising at the beginning of the civil war, which began with a rebellion by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00055266 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A member of The Millennium Stars football team shakes hands with a local opposition team before a match. The Millennium Stars, a Liberian football team comprised of young ex-combatants, undertook a UK tour in 1999.
00055265 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A member of The Millennium Stars football team attends a barbecue at the Liberian ambassador's house in traditional dress. The Millennium Stars, a Liberian football team comprised of young ex-combatants, undertook a UK tour in 1999.
00055264 : SUDAN Panyagor, Bor County - A young cattle herder sits inside his hut to escape the midday sun at a Dinka cattle camp.
00055263 : USA Washington DC, United States of America - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush give a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, in the final 40 days of Blair's premiership.
00055262 : USA Washington DC, United States of America - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush give a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, in the final 40 days of Blair's premiership.
00055261 : UNITED KINGDOM County Durham, England, Great Britain, UK - Tony Blair talks to a young family in Trimdon Labour Club before the 1997 general election in which he became Prime Minister. The pub and social club is the base of the Labour party in his constituency.
00055260 : EAST TIMOR - In 1975, after more than 450 years as East TimorÕs colonial power, Portugal withdrew from the island. Soon afterwards, neighbouring Indonesia invaded. Resistance leader Jose Ramos Horta (right) with his Fretilin fighters in occupied East Timor. Horta is now the countryÕs President.
00055258 : UNITED KINGDOM Cheshire, England, Great Britain - Tony Blair campaigning in Chester before the 1997 general election in which he became Prime Minister.
00055256 : EAST TIMOR - In 1975, after more than 450 years as East TimorÕs colonial power, Portugal withdrew from the island. Soon afterwards, neighbouring Indonesia invaded. Resistance leader Jose Ramos Horta talking to Fretilin fighters, showing off his machine gun. Horta is now the countryÕs President.
00055255 : EAST TIMOR - In 1975, after more than 450 years as East TimorÕs colonial power, Portugal withdrew from the island. Soon afterwards, neighbouring Indonesia invaded. Resistance leader Jose Ramos Horta talking to Fretilin fighters in occupied East Timor. Horta is now the countryÕs President.
00055254 : EAST TIMOR - In 1975, after more than 450 years as East TimorÕs colonial power, Portugal withdrew from the island. Soon afterwards, neighbouring Indonesia invaded. Resistance leader Jose Ramos Horta talking to Fretilin fighters in occupied East Timor. Horta is now the countryÕs President.
00055253 : EAST TIMOR - In 1975, after more than 450 years as East TimorÕs colonial power, Portugal withdrew from the island. Soon afterwards, neighbouring Indonesia invaded. Resistance leader Jose Ramos Horta (right) with Fretilin fighters. Horta is now the countryÕs President.
00055252 : GERMANY Berlin - Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.
00055251 : GERMANY Berlin - Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
00055250 : GERMANY Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel with Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.
00055249 : GERMANY Berlin - Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France.
00055248 : CHINA Shanghai - A woman with a face mask on a metro train.
00055247 : CHINA Shanghai - A girl sitting on a staircase in a local bar.
00055246 : CHINA Wushan, Chongqing - The Roman-style amphitheatre in the new city of Wushan. The new city lies two hundred metres higher and is three times more populated than the old town of Wushan.
00055245 : CHINA Fengjie, Chongqing - The rubble and demolished buildings of Fengjie during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.
00055244 : RUSSIA Moscow - The apartment building where Ivan Safranov, a 51-year-old Russian journalist, plunged to his death. Safronov, a military affairs writer for the Kommersant daily newspaper, died after falling out of a stairwell window between the fourth and fifth floor of his apartment on 2 March 2007. He lived on the third floor. Safronov had faced threats while reporting on highly sensitive political issues and many believe his death to have been connected to his investigative work. The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists said that 13 journalists have been killed in contract-style murders since Putin took office in 2000.
00055243 : RUSSIA Moscow - A supporter holding a placard pays tribute to journalist Anna Politkovskaya six months after she was murdered in Moscow. The poster reads, 'Motherland, you are not a mother and not even a stepmother. You are an old woman named Death.' About 300 people gathered in Pushkin Square on 7 March 2007 to commemorate the six-month anniversary of Politkovskaya's death and to call on the authorities to bring her killer to justice. Politkovskaya was shot dead in a killing many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00055242 : RUSSIA Moscow - A supporter holding a bunch of flowers pays tribute to journalist Anna Politkovskaya six months after she was murdered in Moscow. About 300 people gathered in Pushkin Square on 7 March 2007 to commemorate the six-month anniversary of Politkovskaya's death and to call on the authorities to bring her killer to justice. Politkovskaya was shot dead in a killing many believe to have been connected to her investigative work. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00055241 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Early morning in Kathmandu.
00055240 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Early morning in Kathmandu.
00055239 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Early morning in Kathmandu.
00055238 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Litter along a polluted river that runs through a slum area. Although the water is polluted, the local inhabitants use it for washing.
00055237 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Early morning in Kathmandu.
00055236 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A poster of the Maoist leader Prachanda on a wall in a slum area.
00055235 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Litter along a polluted river that runs through a slum area. Although the water is polluted, the local inhabitants use it for washing.
00055234 : CHINA Shanghai - A shopper takes a picture of her friend next to a waxwork figure of Yao Ming, an NBA basketball star, with a digital camera outside Madame Tussauds.
00055233 : RUSSIA Lavrov, Nr. Oryol - Tonya Fominyh, a 79-year-old pensioner, talks to her neighbour in Lavrov.
00055232 : RUSSIA Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg) - A view of Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg) city from the window of a Trans-Siberian Express train travelling across Russia.
00055231 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker at a McDonald's fast food outlet.
00055230 : CHINA Shanghai - A female usher at Shanghai's Tourist Tunnel.
00055229 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Workers at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Child labour is commonplace in Nepal and whole families are employed to work on this site. Many poor families have no other option but to include their children in the work.
00055228 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Children playing in one of the many slum areas of Kathmandu.
00055227 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A young worker at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Child labour is commonplace in Nepal and whole families are employed to work on this site. Many poor families have no other option but to include their children in the work.
00055226 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Young women at a technical school in Kathmandu. The students, who are often internally displaced persons (IDPs), are from poor families and can receive education here for free.
00055225 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A woman carrying bricks in a slum area.
00055224 : CHINA Shanghai - A man and woman playing video games in an amusement arcade.
00055223 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A worker at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
00055222 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Fungi, a male bottlenose dolphin, jumps in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland. The lone dolphin was first observed escorting local boats in 1984. Within months, he had become such a fixture that local officials declared him a permanent resident. For more than 20 years, Fungi has stayed in the harbour befriending humans and becoming one of Ireland's top attractions. Every summer, the town's 3,000 inhabitants are overrun by tourists, who have come to see Dingle's famed dolphin.
00055221 : RUSSIA Lavrov, Nr. Oryol - A reflection of babushka Tonya Fominyh, a 79-year-old pensioner, in a mirror.
00055220 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Fungi, a male bottlenose dolphin, jumps to greet boatman Laurence Benison in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland. The lone dolphin was first observed escorting local fishing boats in 1984. Within months, he had become such a fixture that local officials declared him a permanent resident. For more than 20 years, Fungi has stayed in the harbour befriending humans and becoming one of Ireland's top attractions. Every summer, the town's 3,000 inhabitants are overrun by tourists, who have come to see Dingle's famed dolphin.
00055219 : RUSSIA Oryol - A car drives through Oryol at night.
00055218 : RUSSIA Lavrov, Nr. Oryol - 55-year-old Sasha Ivanovich beckons his neighbour Tonya Fominyh, a 79-year-old pensioner, to come into his room at home in Lavrov.
00055217 : CHINA Wanzhou, Chongqing - Local residents recover bricks from their old houses to use in new construction during the relocation of a community in the Three Gorges region. This community, along with many other towns in the area, is being relocated on higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The new dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055216 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Fungi, a male bottlenose dolphin, jumps in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland. The lone dolphin was first observed escorting local boats in 1984. Within months, he had become such a fixture that local officials declared him a permanent resident. For more than 20 years, Fungi has stayed in the harbour befriending humans and becoming one of Ireland's top attractions. Every summer, the town's 3,000 inhabitants are overrun by tourists, who have come to see Dingle's famed dolphin.
00055215 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Fungi, a male bottlenose dolphin, jumps to greet a British tourist in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland. The lone dolphin was first observed escorting local boats in 1984. Within months, he had become such a fixture that local officials declared him a permanent resident. For more than 20 years, Fungi has stayed in the harbour befriending humans and becoming one of Ireland's top attractions. Every summer, the town's 3,000 inhabitants are overrun by tourists, who have come to see Dingle's famed dolphin.
00055214 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Former fisherman Jimmy O'Flannery in his boat. O'Flannery, who is the head of the Dingle Boatmen's Association, now works taking tourists out on the harbour to see Fungi, the town's famed dolphin. Fungi, a lone male bottlenose dolphin, was first observed escorting the local fishing boats in 1984. Within months, he had become such a fixture that local officials declared him a permanent resident. For more than 20 years, Fungi has stayed in the harbour befriending humans and becoming one of Ireland's top attractions. Every summer, the town's 3,000 inhabitants are overrun by tourists, who have come to see the Dingle dolphin. The Dingle Boatmen's Association offers one-hour boat trips out to the harbour mouth every day during the summer. They are so confident that Fungi will appear that they offer a money-back guarantee.
00055213 : RUSSIA - A conductor cleans a train as it travels across Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055212 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Diver John O'Connor in Dingle, a small town on the west coast of Ireland and the home of the famed dolphin Fungi. O'Connor was one of the first people to swim with Fungi, a lone male bottlenose dolphin, after he was first observed escorting local boats in 1984. Within months, Fungi had become such a fixture that local officials declared him a permanent resident. For more than 20 years, Fungi has stayed in the harbour befriending humans and becoming one of Ireland's top attractions. Every summer, the town's 3,000 inhabitants are overrun by tourists who have come to see the Dingle dolphin.
00055211 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Former fisherman John Brosnan drinks with friends in the small town of Dingle on the west coast of Ireland.
00055210 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Diver John O'Connor fixes a boat in Dingle, a small town on the west coast of Ireland and the home of the famed dolphin Fungi. O'Connor was one of the first people to swim with Fungi, a lone male bottlenose dolphin, after he was first observed escorting local fishing boats in 1984. Within months, Fungi had become such a fixture that local officials declared him a permanent resident. For more than 20 years, Fungi has stayed in the harbour befriending humans and becoming one of Ireland's top attractions. Every summer, the town's 3,000 inhabitants are overrun by tourists who have come to see the Dingle dolphin.
00055209 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Children catch crabs in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland.
00055208 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Children, one wearing a Nike top, enjoy St. Patrick's Day in Dingle on the west coast of Ireland. The children stand below a wall mural painting of Fungi, the town's famed dolphin that has lived in Dingle harbour for more than 20 years.
00055207 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Children catch crabs in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland.
00055206 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - A young boy fishes in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland.
00055205 : CHINA Shanghai - A couple pose for a photograph on the Bund near the Jin Mao Tower and the Pudong financial district.
00055204 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Children perform Irish dances on St. Patrick's Day in Dingle on the west coast of Ireland.
00055203 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland.
00055202 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - A dog on residential street in the small town of Dingle on the west coast of Ireland.
00055201 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland.
00055200 : CHINA Shanghai - Commuters on a metro train.
00055199 : NEPAL Chitwan - Independent soldiers guard a storage container of weapons at a Maoist cantonment. As part of the peace process, the 30,000 men and women of the Maoist army have been confined to several huge cantonments around the country. However, there have been complaints of poor living conditions in the camps.
00055198 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Maoist leader Prachandra speaks about the peace process during a press conference at the Norwegian embassy in Kathmandu.
00055197 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Maoist leader Prachandra being interviewed by a journalist during a press conference at the Norwegian embassy in Kathmandu.
00055196 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Ducks searching for food amongst the litter along the riverbanks of a polluted stream that runs through a slum area. Although the water is polluted, the local inhabitants use it for washing.
00055195 : NEPAL Kaldhar - A view from the mountain village of Kaldhar. This area was one of the Maoist strongholds before the peace agreement.
00055194 : CHINA Sandouping, Hubei Province - Artificial fog and concrete materials used to simulate the region's typical landscape at a leisure attraction in the Three Gorges region.
00055193 : CHINA Sandouping, Hubei Province - A view of new construction in Sandouping.
00055192 : CHINA Wushan, Chongqing - Schoolchildren lined up in the new city of Wushan. This community, along with many other towns in the area, was relocated to higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project.
00055191 : CHINA Wushan, Chongqing - Pupils listen to the school director in the courtyard of their new school in Wushan. The wall mural behind them reads, 'It is necessary that education serves modernity, the world and future.' This community, along with many other towns in the area, was relocated to higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project.
00055190 : CHINA Sandouping, Hubei Province - A model of the hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam.
00055189 : RUSSIA Sochi - A woman stares out of a car window in front of an unfinished hotel in the Black Sea coastal city of Sochi. The resort, which lies at the foot of snow-capped mountains, is currently bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. Billions of dollars are being poured in to the area, creating a construction boom.
00055188 : RUSSIA Sochi - A poster advertising a strip club hangs on a ski chairlift structure in Sochi, a Black Sea coastal resort which lies at the foot of snow-capped mountains.
00055187 : RUSSIA Sochi - Snowboarders queue for the chairlift at a ski resort near the Black Sea coastal city of Sochi, which lies at the foot of snow-capped mountains.
00055186 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Two young women pass restaurants and signs for bed and breakfast hotels on a street in the small town of Dingle at night.
00055185 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Nick Massett fishes in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland.
00055184 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A worker carrying a basket of cabbages at the biggest market in the city centre.
00055183 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Workers at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Child labour is commonplace in Nepal and whole families are employed to work on this site. Many poor families have no other option but to include their children in the work.
00055182 : RUSSIA Sochi - A cable car travels over construction materials in the city of Sochi, a Black Sea coastal resort which lies at the foot of snow-capped mountains.
00055181 : RUSSIA Sochi - The resort city of Sochi, which lies along the Black Sea coast at the foot of snow-peaked mountains, is currently preparing for its bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. Billions of dollars are being poured in to the area, creating a construction boom.
00055180 : RUSSIA - A family on a train across Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055179 : RUSSIA - Train conductors on a train across Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055178 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - A musician performs traditional Irish music in the small town of Dingle on the west coast of Ireland.
00055177 : RUSSIA - A young female passenger checks her mobile phone while travelling on a night train across Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055176 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - A musician playing an accordion performs traditional Irish music in a pub in the small town of Dingle on the west coast of Ireland.
00055175 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Fishermen drink in a pub in the small town of Dingle on the west coast of Ireland.
00055174 : RUSSIA Sochi - Workers on a construction site owned by Gazprom in the Black Sea coastal city of Sochi. The resort, perched on the foot of snow-capped mountains, is currently bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. Billions of dollars are being poured into the area, creating a construction boom.
00055173 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - People getting ready to sail a small yacht in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland.
00055172 : RUSSIA Sochi - A monkey is used to amuse skiers on a resort slope near the Black Sea coastal city of Sochi, which lies at the foot of snow-capped mountains.
00055171 : RUSSIA Perm - A passenger boards a night train in Perm, an industrial city in central Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055170 : RUSSIA Perm - Conductors chat as their night train makes a stop at Perm in central Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055169 : RUSSIA Perm - Conductors chat as their night train makes a stop at Perm in central Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055168 : RUSSIA - A family take a night train across Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055167 : RUSSIA Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg) - A train conductor prepares for his train to stop in Yekaterinburg in central Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055166 : RUSSIA - A woman takes a night train across Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055165 : RUSSIA - Passengers play cards on a night train across Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055164 : RUSSIA Moscow - The apartment building where Ivan Safranov, a 51-year-old Russian journalist, plunged to his death. Safronov, a military affairs writer for the Kommersant daily newspaper, died after falling out of a stairwell window between the fourth and fifth floor of his apartment on 2 March 2007. He lived on the third floor. Safronov had faced threats while reporting on highly sensitive political issues and many believe his death to have been connected to his investigative work. The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists said that 13 journalists have been killed in contract-style murders since Putin took office in 2000.
00055163 : RUSSIA - A German tourist reads a newspaper aboard a night train as it travels through Russia. The Trans-Siberian Express travels through German, Polish and Belarusian territories to arrive in the Siberian city of Irkutsk. The entire journey takes six days.
00055162 : RUSSIA Sochi - The resort city of Sochi, which lies along the Black Sea coast at the foot of snow-peaked mountains.
00055161 : CHINA Badong, Hubei Province - The old city of Badong, which housed approximately 60,000 inhabitants, before the first phase of flooding during the Three Gorges Dam project. The dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055160 : CHINA Hubei Province - A poster on a new housing construction site in the Three Gorges region. The new housing here is intended for wealthy residents. Many towns in the area are being relocated to higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055159 : CHINA Sandouping, Hubei Province - Tourists in thick fog at an official viewpoint near the hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam.
00055158 : CHINA Wushan, Chongqing - A man carrying baskets of food walks amidst the demolished buildings of Wushan. The old town of Wushan, which is located near the Wuxia Gorge, was destroyed and relocated on higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. The dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055157 : CHINA Fengjie, Chongqing - The construction of a new building at the edge of the river.
00055156 : CHINA Badong, Hubei Province - The old city of Badong, which housed approximately 60,000 inhabitants, before the first phase of flooding during the Three Gorges Dam project. The dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055155 : CHINA Sandouping, Hubei Province - The first working electricity power lines at Sandouping, powered by the hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam project which began in 2003.
00055154 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A woman sits beneath a light bulb with exposed wiring in slum housing near the capital. Many of the people living in the slums around Kathmandu are internally displaced persons (IDPs) who do not have the official papers to grant them the right to live here. The Norwegian Refugee Council is providing the IDPs with legal advice.
00055153 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Children living in a slum area near Kathmandu. Thousands of people live in the huge slum areas around the capital. Many of the residents are internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled from fighting in the rural areas during the civil war. Living conditions in the slums are poor and the small shelters are often at risk of flooding.
00055152 : NEPAL Kathmandu - 45-year-old Suntali Shrestha paid approximately 100 dollars for her shelter in a slum area, but she has no papers that prove that the house is hers. Many of the people living in the slums around Kathmandu are internally displaced persons (IDPs) who do not have the official papers to grant them the right to live here. The Norwegian Refugee Council is providing the IDPs with legal advice.
00055151 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A dog in one of the slum areas in the centre of Kathmandu. The slum is home to more than 2,500 inhabitants.
00055150 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Children in one of the slum areas in the centre of Kathmandu. The slum is home to more than 2,500 residents.
00055149 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Children in one of the slum areas in the centre of Kathmandu. The slum is home to more than 2,500 inhabitants.
00055148 : CHINA Yunyang, Chongqing - A displaced farming family leaves Yunyang following the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. This community, along with many other towns in the area, is being relocated on higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The new dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land. Many local farmers are losing their land in the move and face difficulties finding ground in new provinces.
00055147 : CHINA Wanzhou, Chongqing - A man stands near a water level mark indicating the future level of the Yangtze river upon completion of the Three Gorges Dam project. This community, along with many other towns in the area, is being relocated on higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The new dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055146 : CHINA Wanzhou, Chongqing - A man amid the rubble and debris of demolished buildings in the old city of Wanzhou. This community, along with many other towns in the area, is being relocated on higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The new dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055145 : CHINA Zigui, Hubei Province - A man with a cart recovers some bricks from the demolished buildings in the old town of Zigui to use in new construction during the relocation of the community in the Three Gorges region. This community, along with many other towns in the area, is being relocated on higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The new dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying areas.
00055144 : CHINA Wushan, Chongqing - Migrants leaving the old town of Wushan following the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.
00055143 : CHINA Fengdu, Chongqing - A family amidst the rubble of the home where they once lived. This community, along with many other towns in the area, is being demolished and relocated to higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The new dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land. This family will receive between 1,000 and 1,500 yuan in compensation.
00055142 : CHINA Yunyang, Chongqing - A couple of farmers working on a small holding that was saved during the relocation of the Yunyang community in the Three Gorges region. This community, along with many other towns in the area, was relocated to higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The new dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055141 : CHINA Badong, Hubei Province - Residents of the last inhabited house in the district. This community, along with many other towns in the area, was relocated to higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The new dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055140 : CHINA Chongqing - New modern buildings erected following the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. The building of the new dam accelerated the economic development of Chongqing and opened the centre of the country to trading via large ships coming from the China Sea.
00055139 : RUSSIA Oryol - Pensioners push a baby in a pushchair in Oryol.
00055138 : RUSSIA Lavrov, Nr. Oryol - An old pensioner in Lavrov, a village outside Oryol.
00055137 : NEPAL Kaldhar - Young boys in the mountain village of Kaldhar. The area was a stronghold for Maoist guerrilla activities until the peace process began.
00055136 : NEPAL Kaldhar - A boy bathing in the mountain village of Kaldhar.
00055135 : RUSSIA Lavrov, Nr. Oryol - Tonya Fominyh, a 79-year-old pensioner, sits near a knife and a piece of bread at home in Lavrov.
00055134 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Tourists taking a boat out to see Fungi, a male bottlenose dolphin, in Dingle harbour on the west coast of Ireland. The lone dolphin was first observed escorting local boats in 1984. Within months, he had become such a fixture that local officials declared him a permanent resident. For more than 20 years, Fungi has stayed in the harbour befriending humans and becoming one of Ireland's top attractions. Every summer, the town's 3,000 inhabitants are overrun by tourists who have come to see Dingle's famed dolphin.
00055133 : NEPAL Kaldhar - A view over the mountains from the village of Kaldhar. This area was one of the Maoist strongholds during the civil war.
00055132 : IRELAND Dingle, County Kerry - Tina Frohlich cleans the windows of her house in the small town of Dingle on the west coast of Ireland.
00055131 : CHINA Maoping, Hubei Province - Tiled white prefabricated buildings in the new city of Maoping. Built in less than five years, the town is home to approximately 70,000 residents today.
00055130 : CHINA Badong, Hubei Province - The half-finshed city of Badong. Construction was abandoned due to the instability of the ground and resultant structural problems.
00055129 : NEPAL Kaldhar - A woman at home in the village of Kaldhar. The area was a stronghold for Maoist guerrilla activities during the civil war. Many of the inhabitants here are supportive of the peace process.
00055128 : NEPAL Kaldhar - Local residents at home in the mountain village of Kaldhar. The area was a stronghold for Maoist guerrilla activities during the civil war. Many of the inhabitants here are supportive of the peace process.
00055127 : NEPAL Kaldhar - Young boys in the mountain village of Kaldhar, a remote village east of the capital. The area was a stronghold for Maoist guerrilla activities during the civil war. Many of the inhabitants here are supportive of the peace process.
00055126 : NEPAL Kaldhar - A woman in the village of Kaldhar. The area was a stronghold for Maoist guerrilla activities during the civil war. Many of the inhabitants here are supportive of the peace process.
00055125 : NEPAL Kaldhar - A young boy in the village of Kaldhar. The area was a stronghold for Maoist guerrilla activities during the civil war. Many of the inhabitants here are supportive of the peace process.
00055124 : NEPAL Chitwan - A view of the Maoist camp in Chitwan, a one hour flight from the capital. As part of the peace process, the 30,000 men and women of the Maoist army have been confined to several huge cantonments around the country. However, there have been complaints of poor living conditions in the camps.
00055123 : NEPAL Kaldhar - The image of a hammer and sickle and Maoist propaganda on a wall in the mountain village of Kaldhar. The area was a stronghold for Maoist guerrilla activities during the civil war. Many of the inhabitants here are supportive of the peace process.
00055122 : RUSSIA Oryol - Life in Oryol, one of the poorer areas in Russia, as seen from a tram.
00055121 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A street scene in Kathmandu.
00055120 : CHINA Shanghai - Crowds on the Bund near the Jin Mao Tower and the Pudong financial district.
00055119 : CHINA Shanghai - People on the Bund near the Pudong financial district.
00055118 : CHINA Shanghai - A fast food outlet.
00055117 : RUSSIA Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg) - A view of Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg) city from the window of a Trans-Siberian Express train travelling across Russia.
00055116 : CHINA Shanghai - Shoppers on an escalator pass a Starbucks cafe in a shopping mall.
00055115 : RUSSIA Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg) - A view of Yekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg) city from the window of a Trans-Siberian Express train travelling across Russia.
00055114 : CHINA Shanghai - Shoppers in a shopping mall.
00055113 : CHINA Shanghai - Wedding celebrations on the 1st May, a particularly special date to get married in China. Around 30,000 couples were married during the first week of May 2006 in Shanghai alone.
00055112 : CHINA Shanghai - A Starbucks cafe sign in a shopping mall.
00055111 : CHINA Shanghai - Shoppers sorting through clothes in a shopping mall.
00055110 : CHINA Shanghai - Shoppers sorting through clothes in a shopping mall.
00055109 : CHINA Shanghai - A couple pose for a video camera during their wedding celebrations on the 1st May, a particularly special day to get married in China. Around 30,000 couples were married during the first week of May 2006 in Shanghai alone.
00055108 : CHINA Shanghai - A digital video camcorder records a couple celebrating their wedding. The 1st May is a particularly special day to get married in China. Around 30,000 couples were married during the first week of May 2006 in Shanghai alone.
00055107 : CHINA Shanghai - Tourists at a local bar.
00055106 : NEPAL - Children in class at a school in the small village of Gharti, high in the western mountains of Nepal. Maoist propaganda is taught at the school and two of the teachers have fled fearing the Maoist fighters.
00055105 : NEPAL - Villagers gather on a mountaintop in Gharti. It is market day in this poor village, which is more than three days walk from the nearest road.
00055104 : CHINA Shanghai - Tourists at a local bar.
00055103 : NEPAL Kaldhar - Women at home in the mountain village of Kaldhar. The area was a stronghold for Maoist guerrilla activities during the civil war. Many of the inhabitants here are supportive of the peace process.
00055102 : CHINA Shanghai - A portrait of a People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier.
00055101 : CHINA Shanghai - A portrait of a People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier.
00055100 : CHINA Shanghai - A portrait of a People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier.
00055099 : CHINA Shanghai - A portrait of a People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier.
00055098 : CHINA Shanghai - A portrait of a People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier.
00055097 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan at his office in Mumbai.
00055096 : CHINA Zigui, Hubei Province - A young girl looks out on the hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River.
00055095 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan at his office in Mumbai.
00055094 : CHINA Badong - A woman collects wood amid the ruins of demolished buildings during the relocation of a community in the Three Gorges region. This community, along with many other towns in the area, is being relocated on higher ground to make way for the Three Gorges Dam project. The new dam will raise the water levels of the Yangtze River and inundate the surrounding low-lying land.
00055093 : CHINA Shanghai - Crowds on the Bund near the Jin Mao Tower and the Pudong financial district.
00055092 : CHINA Hubei Province - A viewpoint near the hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam.
00055091 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan at his office in Mumbai.
00055090 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan at his office in Mumbai.
00055089 : CHINA Sandouping, Hubei Province - The hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam.
00055088 : NEPAL - A crate of empty Coca Cola bottles next to military soldiers at a patrol post in the town of Libang. The Nepalese army still retain control of the town, but they are surrounded by Maoist fighters.
00055087 : NEPAL - The town of Libang is the last stronghold of the Nepalese army. Maoist fighters are currently in control of the mountain regions.
00055086 : NEPAL - Children from the mountain village of Gharti.
00055085 : CHINA Chongqing - Tourists at the Three Gorges Dam on a visit to the region.
00055084 : CHINA Shanghai - A Western tourist with a young Chinese woman at a bar.
00055083 : NEPAL - 25-year-old Bhin Badhur Thapa, who had both his legs broken by Maoist fighters, at the hospital in Nepalgunj. "I do not know why they did this", says Thapa.
00055082 : CHINA Shanghai - People on a crowded bus.
00055081 : CHINA Shanghai - Commuters on a metro train.
00055080 : CHINA Shanghai - A McDonald's fast food outlet.
00055079 : NEPAL - A notebook showing strategic drawings of how Maoist fighters are planning to attack a local police station. After seven to 11 days of intense training, new Maoist soldiers are sent into combat.
00055078 : NEPAL - A burnt-out building in the western mountains of Nepal. Many public buildings, post offices and police stations have been burnt down by Maoist fighters in the area.
00055077 : CHINA Shanghai - A girl on the Bund at night.
00055076 : CHINA Shanghai - A portrait of a young girl living in an old tenement block.
00055075 : CHINA Shanghai - A McDonald's fast food outlet.
00055074 : CHINA Shanghai - A McDonald's fast food outlet.
00055073 : NEPAL - A Maoist soldier with a gun in the small village of Gharti, high in the western mountains of Nepal. The Maoist fighters often use antique weapons.
00055072 : CHINA Sandouping, Hubei Province - The first sightseeing viewpoint for the visitors to the hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam.
00055071 : CHINA Shanghai - A sign announcing a wedding. The 1st May is a particularly special day to get married in China. Around 30,000 couples were married during the first week of May 2006 in Shanghai alone.
00055070 : NEPAL - A cassette tape of Maoist propaganda songs.
00055069 : NEPAL - Sushil, a young Maoist soldier, resting in the small village of Gharti, high in the western mountains of Nepal. The residents of villages in this region are often obliged to provide food and shelter for Maoist forces. Talking of his service, Sushil mentions, "When the security forces were searching for me, they found my 17-year-old cousin, and they raped her. Now she is fighting together with us."
00055068 : NEPAL - K. C. Keshab, who was attacked by ten Maoist fighters, at the hospital in Nepalgunj. His neighbour reveals, "He is a farmer, but supported the Congress party."
00055067 : NEPAL Chitwan - Maoist soldiers lined up in a courtyard at a military cantonment in Chitwan. As part of the peace process, the 30,000 men and women of the Maoist army have been confined to several huge cantonments around the country. However, there have been complaints of poor living conditions in the camps.
00055066 : NEPAL - A scene from the mountain village of Gharti.
00055065 : NEPAL Chitwan - A soldier near a communist flag emblazoned with the image of a hammer and sickle at a Maoist camp in Chitwan, which lies one-hour flight from the capital. As part of the peace process, the 30,000 men and women of the Maoist army have been confined to several huge cantonments around the country. However, there have been complaints of poor living conditions in the camps.
00055064 : CHINA Shanghai - An exhausted worker sleeping in a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) take away restaurant.
00055063 : CHINA Shanghai - Exhausted workers sleeping in a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) take away restaurant.
00055062 : NEPAL - Farmer Khaika is forced to slaughter his only cock after Maoist fighters arrive in his village. The Maoists in Nepal are often dependant on the residents of local villages for money, food and shelter.
00055061 : NEPAL - Sunil and Sushil, two young Maoist soldiers, are trying to fix a cassette tape of Maoist propaganda by the light of a paraffin oil lamp.
00055060 : FRANCE Paris - Tear gas fills the Place de La Bastille as opponents of Nicolas Sarkozy clash with riot police shortly after Sarkozy was named the winner of France's presidential election.
00055059 : BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - Emina Lahmar (right), wife of Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar, a Bosnian citizen who has been held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo Bay since being arrested in Sarajevo in 2001. Emina's father, Mesud Susic (left), is a locksmith who worked at the US Embassy in Sarajevo until the arrest of his son-in-law, who was alleged to have plotted an attack on the embassy. After the arrest Susic was fired from his job.
00055058 : FRANCE Paris - Supporters of Nicolas Sarkozy celebrate in Place de la Concorde as he is declared the winner of France's presidential election.
00055057 : FRANCE Paris - Young supporters of Nicolas Sarkozy celebrate in Place de la Concorde as he is declared the winner of France's presidential election.
00055056 : FRANCE Paris - Tear gas fills the Place de La Bastille as opponents of Nicolas Sarkozy clash with riot police shortly after Sarkozy was named the winner of France's presidential election.
00055055 : FRANCE Paris - Riot police charge past a burning car in the Place de La Bastille as opponents of Nicolas Sarkozy clash with police shortly after Sarkozy was named the winner of France's presidential election.
00055054 : FRANCE Paris - Tear gas fills the Place de La Bastille as opponents of Nicolas Sarkozy clash with riot police shortly after Sarkozy was named the winner of France's presidential election.
00055053 : FRANCE Paris - A supporter of Nicolas Sarkozy with a poster of him stuffed inside her shirt runs through the crowd in Place de la Concorde, shortly after Sarkozy was named the winner of France's presidential election.
00055052 : BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - Emina Lahmar, wife of Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar, a Bosnian citizen who has been held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo Bay since being arrested in Sarajevo in 2001. Emina's father is a locksmith who worked at the US Embassy in Sarajevo until the arrest of his son-in-law, who was alleged to have plotted an attack on the embassy. After the arrest Susic was fired from his job.
00055051 : FRANCE Paris - A cyclist stops to watch as supporters of Nicolas Sarkozy celebrate in Place de la Concorde, shortly after Sarkozy was named the winner of France's presidential election.
00055050 : FRANCE Paris - Supporters of Nicolas Sarkozy cheer in Place de la Concorde as he is declared the winner of France's presidential election.
00055049 : FRANCE Paris - Supporters of Nicolas Sarkozy celebrate with champagne in Place de la Concorde as he is declared the winner of France's presidential election.
00055048 : FRANCE Paris - Supporters of Nicolas Sarkozy celebrate in Place de la Concorde as he is declared the winner of France's presidential election.
00055047 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Women preparing meals for distribution during the monthly health and malnutrition screening programme at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic.
00055046 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A butcher slits the throat of a camel with a knife. The animal has been killed to provide meat for a party at the local health clinic.
00055045 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A father with his child waiting for treatment at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic.
00055044 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Women queue to weigh their children outside a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic during a basic health and malnutrition screening programme. More than 800 mothers and their children attended the screening and many of them walked for several days to reach the centre.
00055043 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A child with a broken leg at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic.
00055042 : NEPAL Dhankuta - A day labourer carrying a log.
00055041 : SOMALIA Isorte, Bakool Region - A young child is measured and weighed during a basic health examination at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) malnutrition screening centre.
00055040 : SOMALIA Isorte, Bakool Region - Women and children at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) basic health and malnutrition screening centre.
00055039 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Aerial view of the village of Huddur.
00055038 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A woman waiting with her daughter for the doctor to arrive at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic.
00055037 : SOMALIA Isorte, Bakool Region - Women attending a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) basic health screening programme.
00055036 : SOMALIA Isorte, Bakool Region - An armed security guard with a Kalashnikov rifle watches over women attending a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) basic health screening programme.
00055035 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - 10-year-old Muslima Sheekh Ali (right) is treated by Doctor Aslak Jossang at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic. Muslima, who suffers from arthritis, was admitted in pain with a swollen ankle six days ago, but her condition is now improving.
00055034 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Children, one wearing a Nike T-shirt, playing and swimming in a local water catchment reservoir. The water is heavily polluted but it is still used by villagers for bathing and drinking.
00055033 : SOMALIA Isorte, Bakool Region - Malnourished women and children are among the most critically ill patients transported by truck from a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) basic health screening centre to the nearest hospital clinic. The ride takes several hours on bad roads.
00055032 : SOMALIA Isorte, Bakool Region - Malnourished women and children are among the most critically ill patients transported by truck from a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) basic health screening centre to the nearest hospital clinic. The ride takes several hours on bad roads.
00055031 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A man carrying a Kalashnikov rifle for protection. Clan members from nearly every village in southern Somalia are equipped with automatic weapons that they carry for protection wherever they go. Somalia has been without a recognised central government since 1991 and has seen high levels of violence and instability due to regular clashes between different Somali clans.
00055030 : IVORY COAST Man - A small boy is examined in the emergency room of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital. The boy suffered serious burns after crawling onto a steel plate used for burning coffee.
00055029 : IVORY COAST Man - A man carries a young girl up the stairs of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00055028 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Children in class at one of the ten Koranic schools in Huddur. Children aged between six and 13 years old attend the school for at least two weeks to learn to read and write verses from the Qur'an (Koran). The school costs the children's parents approximately 5,000 Somali shillings a week.
00055027 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Yusuf Sakiin, the owner of Sakiin Pharmacy, in his store. Yusuf has between 40 and 50 customers every day. He comments, "They buy all sorts of drugs - vitamins, antibiotics and malaria medicines. Sometimes nomads without enough money only buy a couple of malaria tablets. They do not follow their dosage."
00055026 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A young girl from a poor community walking home in the rain with goods from the local market.
00055025 : IVORY COAST Man - A mother waits by her son's bedside at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital. Her son is ill with "brain malaria".
00055024 : SOMALIA Guri El, Galgaduud Region - Patients at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic in Guri El.
00055023 : IVORY COAST Man - A patient with facial scarification at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00055022 : NEPAL Nr. Kathmandu - Families on a picnic in a local recreational area watch a young girl on a swing during a public holiday in a village near Kathmandu.
00055021 : IVORY COAST Man - A man in a coma induced by malaria is treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital. The MSF hospital in Man is thought to be the only one available to an estimated 100,000 people. Many patients have to travel for several days to reach the centre.
00055020 : IVORY COAST Man - A man in a coma induced by malaria is treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital. The MSF hospital in Man is thought to be the only one available to an estimated 100,000 people. Many patients have to travel for several days to reach the centre.
00055019 : SOMALIA Nr. Dhuusamareeb - A portrait of the oldest people in a small town on the way to Dhuusamareeb.
00055018 : SOMALIA Guri El, Galgaduud Region - A one-day-old baby named Chief in his bed at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic in Guri El.
00055017 : SOMALIA Guri El, Galgaduud Region - Marian Hussain, a patient at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic, listening to the radio for news about her home in the country's capital.
00055016 : SOMALIA Guri El, Galgaduud Region - A female patient, a refugee from the country's capital, crying at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic while recovering following a traffic accident.
00055015 : SOMALIA Guri El, Galgaduud Region - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the country's capital arrive at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic in Guri El after a car accident.
00055014 : IVORY COAST Man - A young child sleeps in the yard of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00055013 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Children in class at one of the ten Koranic schools in Huddur. Children aged between six and 13 years old attend the school for at least two weeks to learn to read and write verses from the Qur'an (Koran). The school costs the children's parents approximately 5,000 Somali shillings a week.
00055012 : NEPAL Maharajgunj, Kathmandu - 15-year-old Kalpana Suniwar uses a computer at Shivapuri Secondary School. The school is part of an Education for All (EFA) project supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
00055011 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - 11-year-old Bhawana Bista doing her homework.
00055010 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A female employee making biscuits at a Khajuri Food Industry factory supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
00055009 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - 11-year-old Bhawana Bista doing her homework.
00055008 : NEPAL Nagarkot (Nagar Kot), Bhaktapur district - A woman uses the telephone at a local grocer's shop.
00055007 : NEPAL Dhankuta - A man with paralysed right arm carrying a bundle of leaves that he has collected to sell at the local market.
00055006 : IVORY COAST Man - The medical charts of a young patient at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00055005 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A female employee sorting biscuits at a Khajuri Food Industry factory supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
00055004 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A woman from a poor community carrying goods to the local market.
00055003 : SOMALIA Dhuusamareeb - A child at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic in the town of Dhuusamareeb. Most of the town was destroyed in heavy fighting at the beginning of the 1990s.
00055002 : NEPAL Dhankuta - A man and woman (in silhouette) and man talking together in a darkened corridor.
00055001 : SOMALIA Guri El, Galgaduud Region - A security guard on the telephone in the yard outside a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health centre.
00055000 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Camel meat being cut into pieces.
00054999 : IVORY COAST Man - A man in a coma induced by malaria is treated at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital. The MSF hospital in Man is thought to be the only one available to an estimated 100,000 people. Many patients have to travel for several days to reach the centre.
00054998 : IVORY COAST Man - Mothers watch over their children in the emergency room of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital. Both children are seriously ill with malaria. The boy in the foreground is suffering from a specific strain of the disease known as "brain malaria".
00054997 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A boy outside a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health centre.
00054996 : IVORY COAST Man - Two children sit on their mothers' laps near a set of scales during a medical check-up in a tent outside a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054995 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A young child rests on a bed beneath a mosquito net at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic.
00054994 : IVORY COAST Man - Signs of civil war visible at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054993 : IVORY COAST Man - A child amongst the patients waiting for basic medical services at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054992 : IVORY COAST Man - A patient on crutches outside a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital at night.
00054991 : IVORY COAST Man - A child sleeps in the yard of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054990 : IVORY COAST Man - A woman carrying a baby outside a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital at night.
00054989 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A butcher and his assistants killing a camel with a knife. The meat will be used for a party at the local health clinic.
00054988 : IVORY COAST Man - A mother and her baby at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054987 : SOMALIA Guri El, Galgaduud Region - Sharito Mohammed has her arm amputated at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic.
00054986 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Patients at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health centre. The clinic in Huddur is the only health service in the area and many patients have to walk several hundred kilometres to reach to centre.
00054985 : IVORY COAST Man - A young child sitting on a mattress in the shadows at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054984 : IVORY COAST Man - Women and their children gather every afternoon for entertainment and to discuss health issues as part of a health education programme at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054983 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Saraswati Vaidya from Soli Test Ltd. changing the particle filter of an air pollution monitoring device in a heavily polluted area of the city.
00054982 : IVORY COAST Man - Women recovering in a ward at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054981 : NEPAL Dhankuta - 12-year-old Kalpana Lohar travels with her family, who are Indian traders, to sell fruit and nuts at Nepalese markets. The family journey across the Indian-Nepalese border for short periods to trade in Nepal.
00054980 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Indian children, who work as child labourers, living in a slum area.
00054979 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - A young woman working as a farmer empties a basket of rice.
00054978 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A young day labourer carrying vegetables to a local market for a rich landlord.
00054977 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Women making a beehive for a small-scale business.
00054976 : NEPAL Dhankuta - Munni Devi Sah and her family selling fruit and nuts at a local market. The family, who are Indian traders, travel across the Indian-Nepalese border for short periods to trade in Nepal.
00054975 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A young girl brushing her teeth.
00054974 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - A young woman working as a farmer empties a basket of rice.
00054973 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - An elderly woman working as a farmer empties a basket of rice.
00054972 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A female employee working at a Khajuri Food Industry factory supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
00054971 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Student Chandika Shakya learning about the mechanics of a car engine on an ESOS programme, part of a project sponsored by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), at the WAPP Training Centre.
00054970 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - Women carrying vegetables and other goods to market.
00054969 : NEPAL Nr. Kathmandu - A young girl with a painted forehead during a public holiday in a village near Kathmandu.
00054968 : NEPAL Dhankuta - A man and woman (in silhouette) and man talking together in a darkened corridor.
00054967 : IVORY COAST Man - The crowded children's ward at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054966 : IVORY COAST Man - Patients waiting for basic medical services at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054965 : IVORY COAST Man - A doctor examines a young patient in the children's ward at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
00054964 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - A woman working as a farmer empties a basket of rice.
00054963 : NEPAL Nr. Kathmandu - A famous model watches children playing in a recreational area in a village near Kathmandu.
00054962 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Student Chandika Shakya learning about the mechanics of a car engine on an ESOS programme, part of a project sponsored by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), at the WAPP Training Centre.
00054961 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A cloud of air pollution near a woman with a baby walking on a bridge.
00054960 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - Women participating in a motivational women's rights and equality programme supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) in Dhankuta. The group talk about women's rights and other community issues.
00054959 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - Women participating in a motivational women's rights and equality programme supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) in Dhankuta. The group talk about women's rights and other community issues.
00054958 : IVORY COAST Man - Mothers help to move their children from the emergency room to the children's ward the day after they arrived at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital. Both children are seriously ill with malaria.
00054957 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - Women participating in a motivational women's rights and equality programme supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) in Dhankuta. The group talk about women's rights and other community issues.
00054956 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A young day labourer carries goods to the local market for a rich landlord.
00054955 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - A woman working as a farmer empties a basket of rice.
00054954 : NEPAL Nagarkot (Nagar Kot), Bhaktapur district - A view of Bhaktapur's terraced farming landscape.
00054953 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A young Indian boy, who works as a child labourer, living in a slum area.
00054952 : SOMALIA Isorte, Bakool Region - A patient's outstretched arms hang over the side of a truck transporting the most critically ill patients from a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) basic health and malnutrition screening centre to the nearest hospital clinic. The ride takes several hours on bad roads.
00054951 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A homeless boy begging on the street.
00054950 : NEPAL Dhankuta - A child drinking water from a well supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
00054949 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - Youths play football on the football field at the airstrip in Huddur. Some days earlier, armed youngsters took control of the football field. Somalia has been without a recognised central government since 1991 and has seen high levels of violence and instability due to regular clashes between different Somali clans.
00054948 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A running tap at a local well.
00054947 : NEPAL Kathmandu - An Indian girl, who works as a child labourer, living in a slum area.
00054946 : NEPAL Dhankuta - A day labourer carrying a log.
00054945 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - An elderly woman collecting water at a well.
00054944 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Woman and children collecting metal and plastic from a rubbish dump.
00054943 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A fire created by burning rubber at a local factory.
00054942 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - 36-year-old Laxmi Bista prepares tea in her kitchen at home.
00054941 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Women buying pomegranates from a trader at a local market.
00054940 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A boy working as a day labourer removing bricks on a building site.
00054939 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A man working as a day labourer carrying a sofa.
00054938 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - Youths working as day labourers carrying vegetables to a local market on behalf of a rich landlord.
00054937 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A father with his child in a tent at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) health clinic in Huddur. The man is waiting to be transferred to the main MSF health centre building. Many of the patients have to sleep in tents outside the hospital due to overcrowding.
00054936 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Nirej Bhandari of HITS radio station, which transmits 24 hours a day, speaks into a microphone.
00054935 : NEPAL Nr. Kathmandu - A young girl plays on a swing in a recreational area during a public holiday in a village near Kathmandu.
00054934 : NEPAL Nagarkot (Nagar Kot), Bhaktapur district - A woman buying everyday goods at a local grocer passes a modern young woman sitting near a crate of Coca Cola bottles.
00054933 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - 36-year-old Laxmi Bista prepares food in her kitchen at home.
00054932 : NEPAL Dhankuta - 12-year-old Kalpana Lohar travels with her family, who are Indian traders, to sell fruit and nuts at Nepalese markets. The family journey across the Indian-Nepalese border for short periods to trade in Nepal.
00054931 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A woman helping a young child to carry a basket of vegetables to a local market for a rich landlord.
00054930 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A woman carrying goods to market.
00054929 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Indian children, who work as child labourers, living in a slum area.
00054928 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - 36-year-old Laxmi Bista prepares tea in her kitchen at home.
00054927 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A child working as a day labourer carrying vegetables to a local market on behalf of a rich landlord.
00054926 : NETHERLANDS Hilversum, North Holland - The five-storey underground warehouse with orange windows and the seven-storey office building at The Netherlands Image And Sound Institute (Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid). The warehouse contains all the Dutch radio and television archive material that is maintained by the foundation. The building, designed by architects Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, contains a 3300 square metre "media experience" for the public. The coloured images on the building's frontage were designed by Studio Drupsteen.
00054925 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Men reading newspapers in the street.
00054924 : NETHERLANDS Hilversum, North Holland - The atrium of The Netherlands Image And Sound Institute (Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid). The warehouse contains all the Dutch radio and television archive material that is maintained by the foundation. The building, designed by architects Neutelings Riedijk Architecten, contains a 3300 square metre "media experience" for the public. The coloured images on the building's frontage were designed by Studio Drupsteen.
00054923 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A child working as a day labourer carrying vegetables to a local market on behalf of a rich landlord.
00054922 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A day labourer carrying a large bundle of goods.
00054921 : NEPAL Sindhuwa, Dhankuta district - A portrait of 10-year-old Ganga Thapa taken at a women's rights meeting supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
00054920 : SOMALIA Huddur (Xuddur), Bakool Region - A camel that has been killed by a local butcher to provide meat for a party at the local health clinic.
00054919 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Woman buying spices at the market.
00054918 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
00054917 : UNITED KINGDOM Cumbria, England, Great Britain, UK - The former home of the author Beatrix Potter in Near Sawrey in the Lake District.
00054916 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - Condemned Victorian terraced houses in Southern Street in the impoverished district of Salford.
00054915 : GHANA Accra - Forty-five-year-old Suzzy Afua Deh carrying her eighteen-month-old son, Wisdom, on her back as she works in her kitchen.
00054914 : PAKISTAN Mirpur, Azad Kashmir - A young boy stands outside his family's small tyre repair shop next to a billboard advertising flights to the UK on the Emirates airline. Mirpur is known as 'Little Britain' because its population is made up predominantly of British-born Pakistani expatriates who split their time between Pakistan and the UK.
00054913 : IRAN Tehran - A banner protesting UN sanctions against Iran is waved at a celebration to mark the 28th anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
00054912 : SUDAN Malakal, Upper Nile - UN military observers (German, Turkish and other nationalities) with the United Nations Mission In Sudan (UNMIS).
00054911 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Nechervan Idris Barzani, Prime Minister of the Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq since 2006. He is a nephew of Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
00054910 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and president of the Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq.
00054909 : IRAN Tehran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a speech at a celebration to mark the 28th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, beneath a poster of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
00054908 : IRAN Tehran - Girls wave flags at a celebration to mark the 28th anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Many in the crowd also celebrated Iran's development of nuclear power technology.
00054907 : PAKISTAN Mirpur, Azad Kashmir - Men browse supermarket shelves lined with British groceries such as Weetabix and Kellogg's Frosties in the Azad Mega Mart. Mirpur is known as 'Little Britain' because its population is made up predominantly of British-born Pakistani expatriates who split their time between Pakistan and the UK.
00054906 : PAKISTAN Mirpur, Azad Kashmir - Men play cards next to a billboard advertising flights to the UK on the Emirates airline. Mirpur is known as 'Little Britain' because its population is made up predominantly of British-born Pakistani expatriates who split their time between Pakistan and the UK.
00054905 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and president of the Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq.
00054904 : SUDAN Malakal, Upper Nile - A woman passes wrecked buildings in the centre of Malakal, large parts of which were destroyed in the civil war.
00054903 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - 'No To Demolition' - residents protest against the planned destruction of Victorian terraced houses in the impoverished district of Salford.
00054902 : PAKISTAN Mirpur, Azad Kashmir - Two women walk past a billboard advertising flights to the UK on the Emirates airline. Mirpur is known as 'Little Britain' because its population is made up predominantly of British-born Pakistani expatriates who split their time between Pakistan and the UK.
00054901 : IRAN Tehran - A celebration to mark the 28th anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Many in the crowd also celebrated Iran's development of nuclear power technology.
00054900 : SUDAN Malakal, Upper Nile - Wrecked buildings in the centre of Malakal, large parts of which were destroyed in the civil war.
00054899 : PAKISTAN Mirpur, Azad Kashmir - A bakery selling British-style groceries. Mirpur is known as 'Little Britain' because its population is made up predominantly of British-born Pakistani expatriates who split their time between Pakistan and the UK.
00054898 : UNITED KINGDOM Cumbria, England, Great Britain, UK - Landscape of the Lake District National Park near Hawkshead.
00054897 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - A women washes clothes in front of a billboard of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan, presenter of Kaun Banega Crorepati? (KBC), the Indian version of television quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The advertisement incorporates a mock studio set.
00054896 : PAKISTAN Multan, Punjab - Mukhtaran Mai holds a copy of her autobiography, 'In the name of honour', next to the Mazar Baha Uddin Zakaria mausoleum. Mukhtaran was gang-raped by tribesmen from a rival clan in 2002 and has since defied tradition and sought punishment of the accused rather than taking her own life to protect her family's honour. Her story has become a launch-pad for Pakistani and international human rights groups to mount pressure on the government to do more to protect women.
00054895 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - A stall selling Indian sweets.
00054894 : UNITED KINGDOM Sheffield, England, Great Britain, UK - Labour MP Michael Meacher talks to the faithful as fellow MPs John Prescott and Claire Short listen intently.
00054893 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Contestants and audience members wait to go on to the set of Kaun Banega Crorepati? (KBC), the Indian version of television quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The programme, recorded at the Film City studios, is presented by Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan.
00054892 : CANADA Halifax, Nova Scotia - President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras addressing a press conference at the Global Microcredit Summit.
00054891 : SUDAN Malakal, Upper Nile - Frank Naginsky, a German military observer with the United Nations Mission In Sudan (UNMIS), in a briefing with the helicopter crew that will fly the team of observers around Malakal to trace the movements of combatants.
00054890 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - People pass in front of a billboard of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan, presenter of Kaun Banega Crorepati? (KBC), the Indian version of television quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The advertisement incorporates a mock studio set.
00054889 : IRAN Tehran - Girls wave flags and an unflattering depiction of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a celebration to mark the 28th anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
00054888 : PAKISTAN Mirpur, Azad Kashmir - A boy and his grandfather drink milkshakes in Cafe Dreams. The generation gap is accentuated by cultural differences caused by migration. Mirpur is known as 'Little Britain' because its population is made up predominantly of British-born Pakistani expatriates who split their time between Pakistan and the UK.
00054887 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - Condemned Victorian terraced houses in Shawcross Street in the impoverished district of Salford.
00054886 : SUDAN Malakal, Upper Nile - Mike Nippgen (centre), a German military observer, talks with colleagues from different countries at the Malakal headquarters of the United Nations Mission In Sudan (UNMIS).
00054885 : PAKISTAN Multan, Punjab - Mukhtaran Mai attends a conference for the Mukhtaran Mai Women's Welfare Organization (MMWWO). Mukhtaran was gang-raped by tribesmen from a rival clan in 2002 and has since defied tradition and sought punishment of the accused rather than taking her own life to protect her family's honour. Her story has become a launch-pad for Pakistani and international human rights groups to mount pressure on the government to do more to protect women.
00054884 : GERMANY Berlin - Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen), president of the Palestinian Authority.
00054883 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
00054882 : CANADA Halifax, Nova Scotia - Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and guru of microcredit, addressing a press conference at the Global Microcredit Summit.
00054881 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - A women washes clothes in front of a billboard of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan, presenter of Kaun Banega Crorepati? (KBC), the Indian version of television quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The advertisement incorporates a mock studio set.
00054880 : ALGERIA Ghardaia - A man selling melons in the market.
00054879 : ALGERIA Ghardaia - A man in a souk (souq) street market.
00054878 : ALGERIA In Salah - A woman walking home from market.
00054877 : ALGERIA - Spices in the market.
00054876 : ALGERIA Ghardaia - A man selling dates.
00054875 : ALGERIA In Salah - Tuareg shepherds watching the sunset over town.
00054874 : ALGERIA Sahara - A Tuareg man drinking mint tea under a date palm.
00054873 : ALGERIA In Salah - Discussions in the market place.
00054872 : ALGERIA Hassi Ghanem - Tuareg men drinking mint tea under a date palm.
00054871 : ALGERIA In Salah - Desert sand dunes slowly encroach on the edge of town. The Sahara desert is advancing rapidly in North Africa, forcing people out of their homes.
00054870 : ALGERIA In Salah - A young boy working in the oasis date plantation as a date picker. The boys climb up 40ft trees unaided to cut down the fruit.
00054869 : ALGERIA In Salah - Young boys off to the village well to collect water.
00054868 : ALGERIA El Golea - Desert cliffs and sand dunes in the Sahara.
00054867 : ALGERIA El Golea - A boy collecting water from a desert spring. El Golea in the Sahara desert is an important water source and the water from here is bottled and sold all over the country.
00054866 : ALGERIA In Salah - A girl walking past a rubbish tip outside town. The rubbish is being slowly covered by the encroaching desert.
00054865 : ALGERIA In Salah - A boy drinking water from a tap at the town's public water well.
00054864 : ALGERIA El Golea - Walking out to the town cemetery in the Sahara desert to pay respects to the dead.
00054863 : ALGERIA El Golea - Desert cliffs and sand dunes in the Sahara.
00054862 : ALGERIA In Salah - A local entrepreneur outside his discotheque, which is daubed with a hand painted Nike emblem.
00054861 : ALGERIA Hassi Ghanem - A Tuareg man underneath date palms.
00054860 : ALGERIA Hassi Ghanem - Builders working on a housing project.
00054859 : ALGERIA - Dates on a palm tree.
00054858 : ALGERIA - Dates on a date palm.
00054857 : ALGERIA - Date Palm.
00054856 : ALGERIA Hassi Ghanem - Construction workers on a school building project in the desert.
00054855 : ALGERIA Hassi Ghanem - Construction workers on a school building project in the desert.
00054854 : ALGERIA El Golea - The ruined fort. Algeria has a rich history and many undiscovered sites.
00054853 : ALGERIA Ghardaia - Boy drinking water from the town well.
00054852 : ALGERIA Ghardaia - Children in a doorway in a poor neighbourhood. Poverty levels are high in the Saharan villages and there are very few schools.
00054851 : ALGERIA In Salah - A boy climbing a date palm to collect dates from the 40ft high tree. The oasis areas in the Sahara are farmed using water management techniques that date back centuries.
00054850 : ALGERIA Ghardaia - Children in a doorway in a poor neighbourhood. Poverty levels are high in the Saharan villages and there are very few schools.
00054849 : ALGERIA Ghardaia - Carpets on sale in a souk (souq) market.
00054848 : ALGERIA Ghardaia - A boy with a melon in the market.
00054847 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Organised street recycling collections in West London. Householders fill a box with aluminium cans and other items.
00054846 : ALGERIA In Salah - A motor scooter near an advertisement emblazoned with a picture of the Qur'an (Koran) outside a local mosque.
00054845 : ALGERIA In Salah - A man buying dates near a mosque.
00054844 : ALGERIA In Salah - Street scene outside a mosque.
00054842 : ALGERIA Ghardaia - A man walks past a carpet shop in the backstreet market.
00054833 : USA New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America - Michael Williams at his severely damaged home four months after Hurricane Katrina struck. Failure of the levee flood defences meant that around 80% of the low-lying city was flooded.
00054830 : USA Prentiss, Mississippi, United States of America - Obese members of the Herrins Family sitting on a couch with junk food.
00054829 : USA Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States of America - A local family sitting around a table at home.
00054828 : USA New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America - Damage left after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005. Failure of the levee flood defences meant that around 80% of the low-lying city was flooded.
00054827 : USA New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America - A child's doll left amongst the rubble after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005. Failure of the levee flood defences meant that around 80% of the low-lying city was flooded.
00054826 : VIETNAM Chau Doc, Mekong Delta - Floating housing along the Mekong River in Chau Doc.
00054825 : USA Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States of America - A family watching TV.
00054824 : MALI Gnimitongo, Nr. Mopti - A horse drying off in the sand after bathing in the Niger River near the village of Gnimitongo.
00054823 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Members of the public dispose of unwanted objects at a waste and recycling collection centre in West London.
00054822 : USA New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America - A couple kissing on the harbourside.
00054821 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Members of the public dispose of unwanted objects (in this case household paint) at a waste and recycling collection centre in West London.
00054820 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Organised street recycling collections in West London.
00054819 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Organised street recycling collections in West London. Householders fill a box with aluminium cans and other items.
00054818 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Organised street recycling collections in West London. Householders fill a box with glass, paper and other items.
00054817 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Organised street recycling collections in West London. Householders fill a box with aluminium cans and other items.
00054816 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Members of the public dispose of unwanted objects at a waste and recycling collection centre in West London.
00054815 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Members of the public dispose of unwanted objects (in this case plastic bottles) at a waste and recycling collection centre in West London.
00054814 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Paper from organised street recycling collections in West London.
00054813 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Members of the public dispose of unwanted objects (in this case garden and other 'green' waste) at a recycling collection centre in West London.
00054812 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Organised street recycling collections in West London, collecting garden and other 'green' waste.
00054811 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Members of the public dispose of plastic bottles and other unwanted objects at a waste and recycling collection centre in West London.
00054810 : UNITED KINGDOM Norfolk, East Anglia, England, Great Britain, UK - Broken sea defences and other signs of severe coastal erosion along the North Norfolk coast. The whole area is suffering coastal erosion along its coastline.
00054809 : UNITED KINGDOM Norfolk, East Anglia, England, Great Britain, UK - A 'Road Closed' sign and a safety barrier along the edge of a cliff top on the North Norfolk coast. The whole area is suffering severe coastal erosion along its coastline.
00054808 : UNITED KINGDOM Norfolk, East Anglia, England, Great Britain, UK - Broken sea defences and other signs of severe coastal erosion along the North Norfolk coast. The whole area is suffering coastal erosion along its coastline.
00054807 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Organised street recycling collections in West London. Householders fill a box for kerbside collection.
00054806 : UNITED KINGDOM Hastings, East Sussex, England, Great Britain, UK - Geraniums growing outside a window overlooking the sea in Hastings.
00054805 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Organised street recycling collections in West London. Householders fill a box for kerbside collection.
00054804 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Disused fridges and freezers on a dumping ground in Hackney Marshes. The Hackney Marshes area in East London is being regenerated by the 2012 Olympic Games development.
00054803 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Skips and electricity pylons stand alongside the canal in Hackney Marshes. The Hackney Marshes area in East London is being regenerated by the 2012 Olympic Games development.
00054802 : UNITED KINGDOM Cambridgeshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Young farm boys go rabbit shooting on farmland in Cambridgeshire to keep down the rabbit population on their family farm.
00054801 : UNITED KINGDOM Cambridgeshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Young farm boys go rabbit shooting on farmland in Cambridgeshire to keep down the rabbit population on their family farm.
00054800 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Sir Nicholas Stern, a government advisor and author of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.
00054799 : UNITED KINGDOM Cambridgeshire, England, Great Britain, UK - Young farm boys go rabbit shooting on farmland in Cambridgeshire to keep down the rabbit population on their family farm.
00054798 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Sir Nicholas Stern, a government advisor and author of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.
00054797 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Sir Nicholas Stern, a government advisor and author of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.
00054796 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Loading Sony TV sets onto a dhow on Dubai Creek dockside for export. Dhows are docked here for loading with Chinese-made consumer goods that will be shipped to locations off western trading networks, such as to Iranian and Somali clients.
00054795 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Porter (a migrant from South Asia) taking a break at Dubai Creek dockside near the Deira skyscrapers. Dhows are docked here for loading with Chinese-made consumer goods that will be shipped to locations off western trading networks, such as to Iranian and Somali clients.
00054794 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Porter (a migrant from South Asia) taking a break at Dubai Creek dockside. Dhows are docked here for loading with Chinese-made consumer goods that will be shipped to locations off western trading networks, such as to Iranian and Somali clients.
00054793 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Porter (a migrant from South Asia) carrying Chinese-made products to be loaded onto a dhow at Dubai Creek dockside near the Deira skyscrapers. Goods (mostly from Asian factories) are often exported from Dubai to countries, such as to Iranian and Somali locations, that are off western trading networks but which are still hungry for consumer durables.
00054792 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Pakistani migrant porter on Dubai Creek dockside with goods ready for loading onto a dhow. A dhow is a traditional Arab sailing vessel used to transport freight.
00054791 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - South Asian sailors on planks leading to dhows ready for loading with goods on Dubai Creek waterfront. Dhows are docked here for loading with consumer goods (mostly from Asian factories) that will be shipped to countries, such as to Iranian and Somali locations, that are off western trading networks but which are still hungry for consumer durables.
00054790 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Porter carrying goods to be loaded onto a dhow at Dubai Creek dockside. Dhows are docked here for loading with consumer goods (mostly from Asian factories) that will be shipped to countries, such as to Iranian and Somali locations, that are off western trading networks but which are still hungry for consumer durables.
00054789 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Sailor loading consumer goods onto a dhow at Dubai Creek dockside. Goods (mostly from Asian factories) are often exported from Dubai to countries, such as to Iranian and Somali locations, that are off western trading networks but which are still hungry for consumer durables.
00054788 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Porter (a migrant from South Asia) carrying Chinese-made products to be loaded onto a dhow at Dubai Creek dockside. Goods (mostly from Asian factories) are often exported from Dubai to countries, such as to Iranian and Somali locations, that are off western trading networks but which are still hungry for consumer durables.
00054787 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Indian sailor carrying goods to be loaded onto a dhow at Dubai Creek dockside. Goods (mostly from Asian factories) are often exported from Dubai to countries, such as to Iranian and Somali locations, that are off western trading networks but which are still hungry for consumer durables.
00054786 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Indian sailors loading South Korean LG washing machines onto a dhow at Dubai Creek dockside for export. A dhow is a traditional Arab sailing vessel used to transport freight.

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