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00049444 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - A young boy searches through rubbish bags for items to reuse or resell.
00049443 : INDIA Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh - Street vendors trade and socialise beneath a huge advertising hoarding hung outside a clothing store.
00049442 : AFGHANISTAN Herat - The historic 15th century minarets of Herat.
00049441 : SOUTH AFRICA QwaQwa, Free State (Bloemfontein) Province - Mary Moloto, the principal of Soba Primary School and head of a local AIDS counselling programme sponsored by Save the Children, talks to her students in class.
00049440 : SOUTH AFRICA QwaQwa, Free State (Bloemfontein) Province - AIDS orphan Tsepang Mokoenya, who lives alone with her thirteen-year-old brother, is visited by Child Care Forum volunteer Evalena Mabowa and Save the Children organiser Veli Mofofkeng.
00049439 : ETHIOPIA Adama (Nazareth), Oromia region - Orthodox priests stand in front of a bonfire at a religious ceremony during Meskel celebrations. Meskel (meaning 'cross' in Ge'ez) is an annual religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church commemorating the Finding of the True Cross by Queen Eleni (Saint Helena) in the fourth century.
00049438 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - A young boy holds a novelty heart-shaped balloon.
00049437 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A model aeroplane is mounted on the roof of the OMAR Mine Museum. The OMAR (Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation) NGO runs landmine clearance programmes and educational awareness campaigns throughout Afghanistan.
00049436 : SOUTH AFRICA QwaQwa, Free State (Bloemfontein) Province - Young carer Joseph Nhlapo helps to take care of his ailing mother who is HIV positive.
00049435 : INDIA Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh - A female labourer carries a basket of earth across a construction site.
00049434 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Munitions on display at OMAR Mine Museum. The OMAR (Organization for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation) NGO runs landmine clearance programmes and educational awareness campaigns throughout Afghanistan.
00049433 : ETHIOPIA Adama (Nazareth), Oromia region - Local men enact the discovery of the True Cross during Meskel celebrations. Meskel (meaning 'cross' in Ge'ez) is an annual religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church commemorating the Finding of the True Cross by Queen Eleni (Saint Helena) in the fourth century.
00049432 : INDIA Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh - A sleeping man rests on the steps outside Tirupati railway station.
00049431 : ETHIOPIA Adama (Nazareth), Oromia region - Orthodox worshippers in traditional dress play sistrums during ceremonial Meskel celebrations. Meskel (meaning 'cross' in Ge'ez) is an annual religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church commemorating the Finding of the True Cross by Queen Eleni (Saint Helena) in the fourth century.
00049430 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - Two female labourers cut grass by hand.
00049429 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - An advertising hoarding stands outside a newly-built wedding hall in Kabul.
00049428 : ETHIOPIA Adama (Nazareth), Oromia region - Uniformed policemen sit with female police officers, one of who holds a truncheon, in front of a bonfire built during Meskel celebrations. Meskel (meaning 'cross' in Ge'ez) is an annual religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church commemorating the Finding of the True Cross by Queen Eleni (Saint Helena) in the fourth century.
00049427 : ETHIOPIA Adama (Nazareth), Oromia region - A ceremonial bonfire is lit during Meskel celebrations. Meskel (meaning 'cross' in Ge'ez) is an annual religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church commemorating the Finding of the True Cross by Queen Eleni (Saint Helena) in the fourth century.
00049426 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) East Jerusalem - Archbishop Desmond Tutu is given a tour of the old city by Bishop Michael Sabah, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
00049425 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A woman makes dung patties to use for fuel in Daj Dai village.
00049424 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Guddi Bai Verma harvests wheat with a sickle.
00049423 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049422 : INDIA Pushkar, Rajasthan - A trader fetches water for his animals at the annual camel market at Pushkar, the largest camel market in the world.
00049421 : INDIA Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir - Ladakhi Buddhist monks create a mandala with sand and the dust of precious stones during a festival at Thiksey monastery. After the festival the mandala will be destroyed, thus expressing the transitory nature of all visible forms.
00049420 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani helps her classmates with a maths problem.
00049419 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani poses for a photograph with Salama, her best friend and neighbour.
00049418 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Devnaryan Verma and his relative load wheat onto their cart during the harvest.
00049417 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Shohodra, Raj Kumari, and Meena (from right to left) make dung patties that will be used for fuel in Daj Dai village.
00049416 : INDIA Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra - A Hindu pilgrim poses for a photograph at Trimbakeshwar Temple during the Kumbh Mela (the Urn Festival).
00049415 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - Many boys are killed by touching high voltage wires and bars. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049414 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Dhulu Singh Verma looks at the clothes on display in a new shopping mall. The store, set up by the multinational company ITC, is one of the first of its kind in the region.
00049413 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit woman with a flower attends the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049412 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani walks along the beach with her mother, Jamila, and her younger brother, Junior.
00049411 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani does her homework on the bed that she shares with her parents.
00049410 : TANZANIA Simana - A young mother carries her child through the tall grasses near the village of Simana.
00049409 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Guddi Bai Verma gathers wheat during the harvest.
00049408 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Guddi Bai Verma harvests wheat with a sickle.
00049407 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A crowd of Dalit women and their children come together for the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049406 : KENYA Dambas, North Eastern Province - A young woman stands on the edge of a polluted watering hole in the village of Dambas. Diarrhoea is a primary health risk in this region due to contaminated drinking water.
00049405 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A schoolboy writes with liquid chalk at a public primary school in the Chitrakoot district.
00049404 : INDIA Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu - A young boy plays in a pile of clothes, which were donated to a government college for distribution following the 2004 tsunami. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves that caused devastation when they struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Twelve countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00049403 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Two Dalit women earn a living by breaking stones. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049402 : BHUTAN Bhumthang - A young Buddhist monk tries to get the last pears out of a tree.
00049401 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Elisa holds her grandchild in front of a bear during a local ritual to protect the child from evil spirits. The village community is deeply superstitious and it is believed that a cotton thread soaked in bear saliva and tied around the neck will ward off ghosts and evil demons.
00049400 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Two Dalit men, working in a stone crushing factory, rest by a wall. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049399 : CHINA Beijing - Workers are suspended on cables as they work on the 2008 Olympic Games national stadium, designed in the style of a bird's nest by architects Herzog & de Meuron.
00049398 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049397 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Tamana hides behind her grandmother's sari. Tamana is the granddaughter of an investigative journalist, Shanti, who works for the 'Khabar Lahariya' newspaper. The 'Khabar Lahariya' is a fortnightly socio-political newspaper published in the Chitrakoot district that investigates human rights abuses. It is written in the local dialect and produced by a group of seven low caste women. The publication began in May 2002, presently has a print run of 1,500 and is sold in approximately 200 villages in the district.
00049396 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Seventy year old Tul Saram rests under a tree with the cattle in the centre of his village.
00049395 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit woman sweeps the street. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049394 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Displaced fishing families sit in the cramped temporary relief shelters where they have been living ever since the 2004 tsunami destroyed their homes on Akkaraipettai beach.
00049393 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049392 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani washes her hands before she eats with her friend, Sweet, and her mother, Jamila Zuberia.
00049391 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Computer operator Amar Singh Verma checks online crop prices at an internet cafe in the agricultural village of Siradi. The multinational company ITC has set up free internet kiosks with local language websites detailing crop-specific information in remote villages throughout the region. ITC feels that there is no contradiction between turning profits and enhancing social and environmental capital.
00049390 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani sits in a classroom at Kibasila School.
00049389 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene and her friend Rose play with their dolls after school.
00049388 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Mr. Ramadhani gives his daughter, Badria, her lunch money before she heads off to school.
00049387 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Kavita, a journalist for the 'Khabar Lahariya', brushes her hair before going to work. The 'Khabar Lahariya' is a fortnightly socio-political newspaper published in the Chitrakoot district. It is written in the local dialect and produced by a group of seven low caste women. The publication began in May 2002, presently has a print run of 1,500 and is sold in approximately 200 villages in the district.
00049386 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani shares a Swahili language book with her classmates at Kibasila School.
00049385 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani plays a hand clapping game with a classmate at Kibasila School.
00049384 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Dalit children collect wood to sell in the nearby village of Bandha Bhitar. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049383 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Kavita, a journalist for the 'Khabar Lahariya' newspaper, interviews children at a public primary school in the Chitrakoot district. It is written in the local dialect and produced by a group of seven low caste women. The publication began in May 2002, presently has a print run of 1,500 and is sold in approximately 200 villages in the district.
00049382 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Florence Peter, a Standard 2 teacher, marks homework completed by eight year old Grace Makene and her friends. The classes are divided into two shifts in order to accomodate the large number of students that attend this school. Grace's shift begins at nine o'clock in the morning and ends at two o'clock in the afternoon.
00049381 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Children orphaned by the 2004 tsunami say their prayers at a residential aid camp. The community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the tsunami.
00049380 : BHUTAN Trongsa - A young Buddhist monk opens the doors of Trongsa Dzong, the ancestral home of Bhutan's monarchy.
00049379 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit woman, working in a stone crushing factory, inhales plumes of toxic dust every day. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049378 : INDIA Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh - A Hindu devotee stands in the waters of the holy river Ganges to pray.
00049377 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Children from New Beach fishing community participate in a unique local ritual symbolising religious piety. The festivities mark the day when, as legend has it, a local fisherman by the name of Adipatti Nayanmar received 'moksha' from Lord Shiva.
00049376 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Kavita distributes the 'Khabar Lahariya', a fortnightly socio-political newspaper published in the Chitrakoot district. It is written in the local dialect and produced by a group of seven low caste women. The publication began in May 2002, presently has a print run of 1,500 and is sold in approximately 200 villages in the district.
00049375 : BHUTAN Trashi Yangtse - Buddhist monks practise a dance in the eastern village of Trashi Yangtse.
00049374 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene and her mother have dinner together.
00049373 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit woman attends the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049372 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit woman attends the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049371 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Shewta Verma harvests wheat with a sickle.
00049370 : TANZANIA Ngorongoro Crater - Two zebras graze near the Ngorongoro Crater.
00049369 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Nine year old Daya Shankar reads a copy of the 'Khabar Lahariya', a fortnightly socio-political newspaper published in the Chitrakoot district. It is written in the local dialect and produced by a group of seven low caste women. The publication began in May 2002, presently has a print run of 1,500 and is sold in approximately 200 villages in the district.
00049368 : CHINA Beijing - Workers are suspended on cables as they work on the 2008 Olympic Games national stadium, designed in the style of a bird's nest by architects Herzog & de Meuron.
00049367 : TANZANIA Ngorongoro - A Masai youth in a pastoralist community. Thousands of Masai people have been displaced by the establishment of protected conservation areas in Kenya. Masai interests have been marginalised due to their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation.
00049366 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Fourteen year old Anand, who lost his mother in the 2004 tsunami, stands next to a crucifix memorial amid the ruins of a shoreline village. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves, which caused devastation when they struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Twelve countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00049365 : CHINA Beijing - The construction site of the 2008 Olympic Games national stadium, designed in the style of a bird's nest by architects Herzog & de Meuron.
00049364 : CHINA Beijing - The construction site of the 2008 Olympic Games national stadium, designed in the style of a bird's nest by architects Herzog & de Meuron.
00049363 : CHINA Beijing - A security guard stands at the entrance to the construction site of 'The Cube', the aquatic venue for the 2008 Olympic Games.
00049362 : CHINA Beijing - An apartment building under construction in northern Beijing.
00049361 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Fishermen repair their nets on the beach in Nagapattinam. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049360 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Women collect fish from the harbour to sell at the market near Akkaraipettai beach. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049359 : CHINA Xining, Qinghai Province - Patients wait to see a specialist at a mobile eye centre run by the Himalayan Cataract Project. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, a renowned Nepalese ophthalmologist, has helped to train hundreds of local surgeons and performed thousands of sight-restoring operations in these mobile eye centres throughout Asia.
00049358 : TANZANIA Ngorongoro - A Masai settlement is erected in the Ngorongoro highland area. Thousands of Masai people have been displaced by the establishment of protected conservation areas in Kenya. Masai interests have been marginalised due to their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation.
00049357 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene (right) plays with her friends Dida (centre) and Muneena (left) during a school break. The classes are divided into two shifts in order to accomodate the large number of students that attend this school.
00049356 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene (right) plays with her friends during a school break. The classes are divided into two shifts in order to accomodate the large number of students that attend this school.
00049355 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Dalit women carry a red cross at the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049354 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Meera Devi, a thirty-four year old Dalit woman, uses a sledgehammer to break stones. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049353 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A stall vendor waits for customers by his cart.
00049352 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Fishermen take their boats out on the waters around Nagapattinam. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049351 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani stands in the morning assembly with her classmates at Kibasila School.
00049350 : TANZANIA Ngorongoro - A Masai woman and her child sit by the hearth in a pastoralist settlement. Thousands of Masai people have been displaced by the establishment of protected conservation areas in Kenya. Masai interests have been marginalised due to their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation.
00049349 : INDIA Jaisalmer, Rajasthan - A crowd of tourists watch an aerial display on the last day of the Rajasthani Desert Festival.
00049348 : INDIA Jodhpur, Rajasthan - Border Security Force (BSF) constables carry out their morning duties at a Rajasthani training centre.
00049347 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A class of schoolchildren sit in assembly at a public primary school in the Chitrakoot district.
00049346 : INDIA Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit child and her father carry bundles of wood to sell in the nearby village of Bandha Bhitar. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049345 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene listens in class. The classes are divided into two shifts in order to accomodate the large number of students that attend this school.
00049344 : KENYA Nairobi - Schoolchildren in their classroom at SK Emmanuel primary school in Kibera slum. Although the Kenyan government has declared that all students are entitled to a free education, there are no government-run schools in Kibera. Oxfam is supporting a local community organisation that has expanded the classrooms and reduced the school fees at SK Emmanuel along with two other schools in Kibera.
00049343 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit child sits on a mattress at the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049342 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene writes on the blackboard in her school classroom. The classes are divided into two shifts in order to accommodate the large number of students that attend this school. Grace's shift begins at nine o'clock in the morning and ends at two o'clock in the afternoon.
00049341 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene walks to school from the city bus stop. It takes Grace two hours to get to school on the public bus.
00049340 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Nuseirat, Gaza Strip - Kindergarten schoolboys on a bus trip.
00049339 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Shanti, one of the editors of the 'Khabar Lahariya' newspaper, is pictured at home with her newborn grandchild. The 'Khabar Lahariya' is a fortnightly socio-political newspaper published in the Chitrakoot district. It is written in the local dialect and produced by a group of seven low caste women. The publication began in May 2002, presently has a print run of 1,500 and is sold in approximately 200 villages in the district.
00049338 : RWANDA Akavumeu, Nr. Umutara - A herd of horned cattle.
00049337 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene reads a book on her mother's bed.
00049336 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene and her friends try to be quiet in class. The classes are divided into two shifts in order to accomodate the large number of students that attend this school.
00049335 : CHINA Xining, Qinghai Province - A young patient is prepared for an operation to remove a cataract at a mobile eye centre run by the Himalayan Cataract Project. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, a renowned Nepalese ophthalmologist, has helped to train hundreds of local surgeons and performed thousands of sight-restoring operations in these mobile eye centres throughout Asia.
00049334 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A young girl writes with liquid chalk at a public primary school in the Chitrakoot district.
00049333 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Sylvia Goudwe, hands her daughter, eight year old Grace Makene, a snack to take with her to school.
00049332 : TANZANIA Endulen, Ngorongoro - A Masai pastoralist grazes livestock in the Ngorongoro highland area. Thousands of Masai people have been displaced by the establishment of protected conservation areas in Kenya. Masai interests have been marginalised due to their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation.
00049331 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - R. Saravanan hunts through the burning remains of a shoreline village to look for metal and other surviving materials left in the wake of the 2004 tsunami. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves, which caused devastation when they struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Twelve countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00049330 : INDIA Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh - Hindu devotees pray beside the River Ganges.
00049329 : INDIA Delhi - Muslim worshippers visit the Jamia Masjid (the Grand Mosque) on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, an Islamic holiday marking the end of Ramadan.
00049328 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene watches cartoons on television after school.
00049327 : INDIA Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu - Children watch a puppet show performed by UNICEF workers in an effort to help them recover from the trauma of the 2004 tsunami. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the tsunami.
00049326 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani does her homework on the bed that she shares with her parents.
00049325 : MALAWI Mchinji - Erita Tsamba prepares a meal for the families in the community childcare programme at Mchinji District Hospital.
00049324 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Nathuram Verma (left) and Dhulu Singh Verma (right) look at a motorbike on display in a new shopping mall. The store, set up by the multinational company ITC, is one of the first of its kind in the region.
00049323 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Farmers load bails of wheat onto their bull-drawn cart during the harvest.
00049322 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - A vigil for dead train surfer Logan Kagiso Nthutang, who died just before his 15th birthday. Here his aunts Lerato (right) and Lorraine Nthutang (left, in green) view his body. While this was happening another train surfer was killed in Mapetla. The train surfers had earlier said that they would ride in honour of Logan. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049321 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A woman stands in the crowd with her son at the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049320 : INDIA Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu - Tearful Manju, aged five, in a camp for displaced people in the seaside village of Muttukadu. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless following the 2004 tsunami. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves that caused devastation when they struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Twelve countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00049319 : TANZANIA Endulen, Ngorongoro - Masai pastoralists collect water at one of the few available sources in the Ngorongoro highland area. Thousands of Masai people have been displaced by the establishment of protected conservation areas in Kenya. Masai interests have been marginalised due to their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation.
00049318 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Guddi Bai Verma harvests wheat with a sickle.
00049317 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Nathuram Verma (left) and Dhulu Singh Verma (right) look at a television on display in a new shopping mall. The store, set up by the multinational company ITC, is one of the first of its kind in the region.
00049316 : INDIA Arambol, Goa - Tourists and revellers dance at a local carnival.
00049315 : BHUTAN Bhumthang - A mother and baby are pictured outside their home.
00049314 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani and her classmates stand around the drinking fountain at Kibasila School.
00049313 : INDIA Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh - The body of an elderly woman is cremated beside the River Ganges.
00049312 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani poses for a photograph on the beach.
00049311 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani walks home from school with her friends.
00049310 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani poses for a photograph with a classmate outside Kibasila School.
00049309 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - A group of farmers pose for a photograph at an internet cafe in the agricultural village of Siradi. The multinational company ITC has set up free internet kiosks with local language websites detailing crop-specific information in remote villages throughout the region. ITC feels that there is no contradiction between turning profits and enhancing social and environmental capital.
00049308 : CHINA Xining, Qinghai Province - Patients wait to have their bandages removed at a mobile eye centre run by the Himalayan Cataract Project. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, a renowned Nepalese ophthalmologist, has helped to train hundreds of local surgeons and performed thousands of sight-restoring operations in these mobile eye centres throughout Asia.
00049307 : INDIA Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir - Ladakhi Buddhist monks create a mandala with sand and the dust of precious stones during a festival at Thiksey monastery. After the festival the mandala will be destroyed, thus expressing the transitory nature of all visible forms.
00049306 : INDIA Pushkar, Rajasthan - Camel trader Jelha Ram attends the annual market at Pushkar, the largest camel market in the world.
00049305 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Jagdish, a self-proclaimed alcoholic poses outside an outdoor drinking establishment. Alcohol sales have dramatically increased since the 2004 tsunami.
00049304 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A fisherman shows off his catch at a market in the Nagapattinam district. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049303 : TANZANIA Ngorongoro - Two Masai pastoralists walk through the bush in the Ngorongoro highland area. Thousands of Masai people have been displaced by the establishment of protected conservation areas in Kenya. Masai interests have been marginalised due to their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation.
00049302 : INDIA Siradi - A baby lies on the floor beneath a television set inside the home of Amar Singh Verma, who is a computer operator in the agricultural village of Siradi. The multinational company ITC has installed solar power and computers in the village so farmers can now trade their crops online.
00049301 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani and her classmates listen to their maths teacher, Amina Sinani Mgonja, at Kibasila school.
00049300 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit woman cries at the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049299 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit woman, working in a stone crushing factory, inhales plumes of of toxic dust every day. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049298 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - An ice cream vendor sells his snacks to eight year old Grace Makene and her friends outside a school in Dar es Salaam.
00049297 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A bird (in silhouette) flies above a fish market in the early morning. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049296 : INDIA Tamil Nadu - Yelisa holds her young son at a temporary relief camp set up inside a temple following the 2004 tsunami. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves that caused devastation when they struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Twelve countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00049295 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Guddi Bai Verma harvests wheat with a sickle.
00049294 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit child sits next to a painting of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) at the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. B. R. Ambedkar was a statesman and revolutionary who fought for the socio-political rights of millions of Dalit people. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049293 : INDIA Jaisalmer, Rajasthan - A camel owner (in silhouette) is pictured at sunset on the last day of the Rajasthani Desert Festival.
00049292 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A Hindu pilgrim joins hundreds of fishing families in a unique local ritual symbolising religious piety. The festivities mark the day when, as legend has it, a local fisherman by the name of Adipatti Nayanmar received 'moksha' from Lord Shiva.
00049291 : MALAWI Namatchuwa - A trader carries a pig on the back of his bike.
00049290 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Rajanga, a fisherman who lost his home and livelihood in the 2004 tsunami, prays in front of the ocean. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves, which caused devastation when they struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Twelve countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00049289 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Eight year old Vanitha and her toy teddy bear stand amid the remains of her home, which was destroyed in the 2004 tsunami. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves that caused devastation when they struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Twelve countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00049288 : INDIA Tamil Nadu - A woman hangs out her laundry at a temporary relief camp set up inside a temple following the 2004 tsunami. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves that caused devastation when they struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Twelve countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00049287 : INDIA Pushkar, Rajasthan - A trader attends at the annual camel market at Pushkar, the largest camel market in the world.
00049286 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani does her laundry.
00049285 : CHINA Xining, Qinghai Province - A patient is examined at a mobile eye centre run by the Himalayan Cataract Project. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, a renowned Nepalese ophthalmologist, has helped to train hundreds of local surgeons and performed thousands of sight-restoring operations in these mobile eye centres throughout Asia.
00049284 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Fish are displayed for sale at a market in the Nagapattinam district. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049283 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A welder works to repair a steel boat. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049282 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene is collected from the bus stop by her grandmother. It takes Grace two hours to get home from school on the public bus.
00049281 : CHINA Xining, Qinghai Province - Patients wait to have their bandages removed at a mobile eye centre run by the Himalayan Cataract Project. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, a renowned Nepalese ophthalmologist, has helped to train hundreds of local surgeons and performed thousands of sight-restoring operations in these mobile eye centres throughout Asia.
00049280 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Dalit children sit next to a painting of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) at the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. B.R.Ambedkar was a statesman and revolutionary who fought for the socio-political rights of millions of Dalit people. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049279 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene walks to catch the bus home from school with her neighbour Lucas Owens. The classes are divided into two shifts in order to accomodate the large number of students that attend this school. Grace's classes begin at nine o'clock in the morning but end at two o'clock in the afternoon.
00049278 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Kamila, a twenty-four year old Dalit woman, is pictured at home with her four year old daughter. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049277 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A crowd of Dalit women and their children come together for the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049276 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit women and her young daughter attend the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049275 : TANZANIA Boko, Dar es Salaam - Eight year old Grace Makene waits with her mother for the school bus. Local children, who cannot afford to go to school, carry water past them. The Tanzanian government does provide free education for children up to Standard 7, but many families cannot afford to buy the uniforms, pencils and papers that their children need to attend.
00049274 : IRAN Shiraz - Three men smoke a water pipe in a park.
00049273 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit woman reads the programme at the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049272 : TANZANIA Ngorongoro - Masai pastoralists graze their livestock in the Ngorongoro highland area. Thousands of Masai people have been displaced by the establishment of protected conservation areas in Kenya. Masai interests have been marginalised due to their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation.
00049271 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Dalit women (in silhouette) come together for the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049270 : INDIA Jodhpur, Rajasthan - Border Security Force (BSF) constables practise military manoeuvres with their camels at a training centre in Rajasthan. The BSF are responsible for patrolling India's borders during peacetime.
00049269 : INDIA Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu - Fishermen take their boats out on the waters around the village of Muzuku Thurai near Cuddalore. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049268 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Nicky Oppenheimer, Chairman of DeBeers, at the diamond company's headquarters.
00049267 : SPAIN Barcelona, Catalonia - Antoni Lozano Bonafont (85). Having fought in the Republican army during the civil war, he went into exile and joined the French resistance. After being arrested by the Germans in 1941, he was deported to the Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp. He survived until liberation at the end of World War II (WW2).
00049266 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit child holds onto his mother's sari during at the 2006 Vanangana conference in Chitrakoot. Vanangana, a women's group dedicated to human rights issues, receives strong support from the Dalit community. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049265 : INDIA Siradi, Madhya Pradesh - Computer operator Amar Singh Verma checks online crop prices at an internet cafe in the agricultural village of Siradi. The multinational company ITC has set up free internet kiosks with local language websites detailing crop-specific information in remote villages throughout the region. ITC feels that there is no contradiction between turning profits and enhancing social and environmental capital.
00049264 : INDIA Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu - Fishermen take their boats out on the waters near Cuddalore. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049263 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A bride is decorated with a substance similiar to henna. Hundreds of 'tsunami weddings' have taken place involving survivors whose spouses were killed by the 2004 disaster.
00049262 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Nineteen year old Gowindra has a 'thali' necklance tied around her neck by her husband during their wedding. Hundreds of 'tsunami weddings' have taken place involving survivors whose spouses were killed by the 2004 disaster.
00049261 : INDIA Gabela, Uttar Pradesh - Drashni Sharma with her two husbands, Surat Singh Sharma and Narayan Singh Sharma, and their children. They are an example of fraternal polyandry, a form of polygamy in which two brothers marry the same woman.
00049260 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - Two Dalit women, Ranchi (left) and Raj Kumari (right), chop wood. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049259 : TANZANIA Dar es Salaam - Twelve year old Badria Ramadhani helps her classmates with a maths problem at Kibasila School.
00049258 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - The coffin of train surfer Logan Kagiso Nthutang, who died just before his 15th birthday, is brought into the family home. While this was happening another train surfer was killed in Mapetla. The surfers had earlier said that they would ride in honour of Logan. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049257 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - A young man is overcome with emotion at the scene of his friend Jananda's death. The boy was killed when he fell off a moving train. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049256 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - The girlfriend of train surfer Logan Kagiso Nthutang, who died just before his 15th birthday, is comforted by a friend at his funeral. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049255 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - The body of Jananda, who was killed when he fell off a moving train. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049254 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - Youths show off in a railway station before boarding a train roof. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049253 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Nineteen year old Gowindra prepares for her wedding. Both she and her husband lost relatives in the 2004 tsunami and now live in a local temporary relief shelters. Hundreds of 'tsunami weddings' have taken place involving survivors whose spouses were killed by the disaster.
00049252 : TANZANIA Ngorongoro - Two Masai youths play pool and drink Coca Cola in a pastoralist community.
00049251 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - An editorial meeting is conducted in the office of the 'Khabar Lahariya', a fortnightly socio-political newspaper published in the Chitrakoot district. It is written in the local dialect and produced by a group of seven low caste women. The publication began in May 2002, presently has a print run of 1,500 and is sold in approximately 200 villages in the district.
00049250 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - A boy taunts the train driver, who is powerless to stop him. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049249 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - The burnt body of a boy killed by electricity when he made contact with a high voltage conductor. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049248 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049247 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049246 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - The body of a boy killed after falling from a fast moving train. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049245 : INDIA Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh - A Dalit child watches his mother as she unloads rocks from a truck at a stone crushing factory. The members of the segregated low-ranking Dalit caste perform the most menial jobs in Hindu society and are considered to be literally 'untouchable'.
00049244 : INDIA Pushkar, Rajasthan - Thousands of traders attend the annual camel market at Pushkar, the largest camel market in the world.
00049243 : INDIA Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu - Children play with a ball on the beach near the village of Muzuku Thurai. The fishing community in this region is slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami.
00049242 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - The body of a boy killed while train surfing is wrapped up. Another boy (right) is cautioned by police after being caught performing tricks at the same spot despite his friend's death. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049241 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A young boy sleeps on the floor of an abandoned house, which was deserted by neighbours after the 2004 tsunami. His family prefers to live here rather than use the cramped temporary relief shelters set up in the area.
00049240 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - A boy performs the 'Spiderman' or 'Matrix' stunt - running along the inside of a tunnel as the train passes through. Train surfing, also known as staff riding, is a popular but dangerous pursuit amongst teenage boys in Soweto. In 2006, at least ten young men were killed performing stunts on moving trains, and many more injured.
00049239 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - A middle-aged couple push a trolley full of shopping outside a Tesco supermarket store.
00049238 : NETHERLANDS - Veteran Willem Brandt (born 1914) worked on the Burmese Death Railway as a prisoner of war (POW) during World War II (WW2).
00049237 : SPAIN Santpedor, Barcelona Province, Catalonia - Josep Simon Mill (82). A Republican, he went into exile in France after the civil war, leaving behind his wife and daughter. He joined the French resistance but was caught by the Vichy authorities and taken to the Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp, where most Spanish political prisoners were incarcerated. He survived until liberation at the end of World War II (WW2).
00049236 : THAILAND Bangkok - Young women on a city street wear facemasks to protect themselves from traffic fumes and air pollution.
00049235 : NETHERLANDS Roosendaal - Victor, Bianca and Mirjam de Bruijn live together in a polygamous relationship.
00049234 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - A young planespotter couple watch out for aeroplanes at Schiphol Airport.
00049233 : SLOVAKIA Bratislava - A roller-skater passes Bratislava Castle (opposite riverbank) while tourists watch the boats sailing along the River Danube.
00049232 : BELGIUM Kemmel, West Flanders - The operations room of the Belgian army used during the Cold War.
00049231 : ITALY Moneglia - A tourist takes a picture of a swordfish with her mobile phone.
00049230 : NETHERLANDS Deelen - Dutch soldiers train for an upcoming mission.
00049229 : CZECH REPUBLIC Cesky Krumlov - The historic town of Cesky Krumlov in the South Bohemian Region sits on the Vltava river.
00049228 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Two youths drive through an Albanian neighbourhood in Mitrovica. The Serbs generally live in the north of this ethnically divided city whilst the Albanians predominately reside in the south.
00049227 : NETHERLANDS The Hague, South Holland - The former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev gives a speech on a visit to the Netherlands.
00049226 : RUSSIA Moscow - World War II (WW2) veterans, wearing their campaign medals, celebrate Victory Day in Gorky Park.
00049225 : ROMANIA Budesti - A peasant grandmother is pictured with her two granddaughters at their family home.
00049224 : THAILAND Chiang Mai - Motorcyclists drive past a billboard advertisement for Heineken beer.
00049223 : NETHERLANDS Roosendaal - Bianca and Mirjam kiss Victor. The three friends live together in a polygamous relationship.
00049222 : BELARUS Leznjevitsi - Labourers transfer the grain threshed by a combine harvester into an old truck at state-owned farm.
00049221 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Alejandro Zaera Polo, co-founder of Foreign Office Architects.
00049220 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - An elderly man with a bicycle waves at a KLM Boeing 747 at Schiphol Airport.
00049219 : BELARUS Gomel, Homiel Province - An elderly smallholder guides a horse drawn plough while his wife collects vegetables. Only a small percentage of Belarusian farmers own the land that they work.
00049218 : THAILAND Chiang Mai - A motorcyclist in a traffic jam wears a facemask to protect himself from traffic fumes and air pollution.
00049217 : CZECH REPUBLIC Cesky Krumlov - The historic town of Cesky Krumlov in the South Bohemian Region sits on the Vltava river.
00049216 : FRANCE Ile du Rhin, Alsace - Tourists visiting the French-German border stand beside their Volkswagen (VW) Beetle, opposite the medieval fortress in German town of Breisach, to watch a speedboat tow a water-skier along the Rhine. The river marks the border between France and Germany.
00049215 : NETHERLANDS The Hague, South Holland - The former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev gives a speech on a visit to the Netherlands.
00049214 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Alejandro Zaera Polo, co-founder of Foreign Office Architects.
00049213 : ROMANIA Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramures County - An elderly woman carries a pig through the monthly livestock market at Sighetu Marmatiei.
00049212 : NETHERLANDS Deelen - Armed Dutch soldiers train for an upcoming mission.
00049211 : NETHERLANDS Keukenhof, Lisse - A Muslim woman films racks of traditional Dutch clogs with a video camcorder.
00049210 : CZECH REPUBLIC Northern Bohemia - A tourist walks through a gorge in the Cesky Raj mountains.
00049209 : NETHERLANDS Delft, South Holland - A civil servant uses a laptop computer to check the water quality of a swimming lake.
00049208 : NETHERLANDS Scheveningen - Shadows are cast across an empty prison cell from the bars on the window.
00049207 : NETHERLANDS Ermelo, Gelderland - A portrait of a female Dutch soldier.
00049206 : CZECH REPUBLIC Tsjechie - Farm labourers pitch hay onto a tractor-trailer during the harvest.
00049205 : THAILAND Bangkok - Motorcyclists wait in a traffic jam.
00049204 : NETHERLANDS Ermelo, Gelderland - A portrait of a female Dutch soldier wearing make-up.
00049203 : SLOVAKIA Kosice - A young couple embrace while children play in a suburban park.
00049202 : CZECH REPUBLIC Cesky Krumlov - A Christian statue presides over the historic medieval town of Cesky Krumlov in the South Bohemian Region.
00049201 : NETHERLANDS Ermelo, Gelderland - A portrait of a female Dutch soldier wearing make-up.
00049200 : SYRIA Aleppo - Small portrait photographs with Konica and Kodak stickers attached to them are displayed in the window of a local store.
00049199 : THAILAND Bangkok - Traffic passes a billboard celebrating the birthday and reign of the much revered but now ageing Thai monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (also known as King Rama IX).
00049198 : TURKEY Istanbul - A bus station stands next to the Golden Horn estuary.
00049197 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - A young boy with a football stands amongst Serbian women socialising in a local square. The Serbs generally live in the north of this ethnically divided city whilst the Albanians predominately reside in the south.
00049196 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Serbian Orthodox families light candles for the dead.
00049195 : BELARUS Gomel, Homiel Province - A cowherd on horseback watches over his cattle as they graze near a main road.
00049194 : NETHERLANDS Ermelo, Gelderland - A portrait of a female Dutch soldier.
00049193 : ROMANIA Budesti - Farm labourers pitch hay during the harvest.
00049192 : ROMANIA Budesti - A drunken peasant in wellington boots takes a nap on a bench.
00049191 : NETHERLANDS Westland, South Holland - Garden plants are cultivated at a horticultural centre in Westland.
00049190 : NETHERLANDS De Lier, South Holland - A pest controller walks along the canal in De Lier with two dead rats.
00049189 : CZECH REPUBLIC Mlada Boleslav - A factory worker helps to assemble a Skoda Fabia car on a production line at the Volkswagen (VW) Skoda plant.
00049188 : NETHERLANDS Rotterdam, South Holland - A Muslim boy wheelies a bicycle in front of the Mevlana Mosque.
00049187 : UNITED KINGDOM Leicester, England, Great Britain, UK - Muslim schoolboys of diverse origin walk home past the Masjid Umar mosque in Evington. From left to right: Deeq, born in Holland of Somali parents; Moheen, a British Asian of Pakistani origin; and Bilal, who comes from an Algerian family. Leicester is expected to be the first city in the UK to have a majority non-white population within the next few years. It is one of the most ethnically-diverse cities in Europe.
00049186 : BELARUS Lugamawitsji - Smallholder Kazimir Medjeko (centre) and his family pitch hay into a horse drawn cart during the harvest. Only a small percentage of Belarusian farmers own the land that they work.
00049185 : SPAIN Caseres, Tarragona Province, Catalonia - Edmon Gimeno Font (82). As a teenager after the civil war, while living in exile in France with his parents, who were Spanish Republicans, he was interned by the Vichy authorities. From there he was taken to the Mittelbau-Dora Nazi concentration camp, where he was a forced labourer. Later he was incarcerated at Bergen-Belsen, surviving until liberation at the end of World War II (WW2).
00049184 : ROMANIA Calinesti, Maramures County - Relatives pass on their best wishes to a young bride before her wedding.
00049183 : CZECH REPUBLIC Hrensko - The European Union (EU) flag flies next to a traffic sign at the German-Czech border crossing.
00049182 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Albanian smallholders visit a local cattle market.
00049181 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - A Belgian NATO KFOR soldier patrols a Serbian neighbourhood. The Serbs generally live in the north of this ethnically divided city whilst the Albanians predominately reside in the south.
00049180 : ITALY Moneglia - The smashed window of a jewellery store.
00049179 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - A young tourist watches a pleasure cruise boat from Charles Bridge. The boat passes below Prague Castle as it sails along the Vltava River.
00049178 : ROMANIA Budesti - A farm labourer carrying a hoe returns home after working in the fields.
00049177 : NETHERLANDS Waddinxveen, South Holland - Kurdish refugees, who are on hunger strike after being refused political asylum in the Netherlands, wrap themselves in blankets at a Dutch detention centre.
00049176 : THAILAND Bangkok - Pedestrians cross the street below a billboard celebrating the birthday and reign of the much revered but now ageing Thai monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (also known as King Rama IX).
00049175 : CZECH REPUBLIC Mlada Boleslav - A middle-aged woman pushes her trolley through the car park at an Interspar supermarket.
00049174 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Livestock traders sell chickens and turkeys at a local market.
00049173 : THAILAND Bangkok - Students wait for the school bus.
00049172 : SLOVAKIA Moravsky Svaty Jan - Henrietta Wrabilowa (25) earns 25 cents per kilo for the strawberries that she collects during the harvest.
00049171 : NETHERLANDS De Lier, South Holland - A dead rat is caught in a trap by local pest control.
00049170 : KOSOVO Vushtrri, Mitrovica District - A young Albanian couple sit on a sculpture covered in graffiti outside an apartment complex.
00049169 : SYRIA Damascus - A street vendor smokes a cigarette by his bicycle while selling second-hand radios at a local flea market.
00049168 : LITHUANIA Piniava - Peasant Anton Brutzga harvests hay with his horse drawn combine harvester.
00049167 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - An Albanian boy pushes a wheelbarrow full of objects that he has scavenged from amongst the rubbish on the city's streets.
00049166 : CZECH REPUBLIC Tsjechie - A farm labourer jumps from his tractor to help his companion pitch hay onto a trailer during the harvest.
00049165 : SLOVAKIA Surice - A statue of Jesus affixed to a crucifix stands in a field of sunflowers.
00049164 : SLOVAKIA Trencin Region - A bus drives past a sign for the Czech-Slovakian border.
00049163 : SLOVAKIA Bratislava - A man passes a church on the opposite riverbank as he strolls along a pathway next to the River Danube.
00049162 : NETHERLANDS The Hague, South Holland - Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is pictured while visiting The Hague.
00049161 : KOSOVO Pecinci, Srem District - NATO KFOR soldiers patrol a deserted Serbian village. The residents, fearing their Albanian neighbours, have fled from the settlement and many have left their possessions, such as this wedding photograph, behind.
00049160 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Albanian Muslims take their shoes off before entering a mosque.
00049159 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - A Dutch NATO KFOR soldier holds back Albanians attempting to take posession of Serbian houses. The Serbs generally live in the north of this ethnically divided city whilst the Albanians predominately reside in the south.
00049158 : SWITZERLAND Lugano - A man crosses the road with his dog.
00049157 : NETHERLANDS Ysselstein, Limburg - Stone crucifixes at Ysselstein war cemetery mark the graves of German soldiers killed in World War II (WW2).
00049156 : CZECH REPUBLIC Mlada Boleslav - Skoda Fabia cars are assembled on a production line at the Volkswagen (VW) Skoda plant.
00049155 : NETHERLANDS Deelen - A Dutch soldier is tied up as a hostage during an army training exercise.
00049154 : CZECH REPUBLIC Hradec Kralove - Elderly shoppers wait at a bus stop.
00049153 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - A street trader sells lottery tickets while a child searches through a rubbish bin in a Serbian neighbourhood. The Serbs generally live in the north of this ethnically divided city whilst the Albanians predominately reside in the south.
00049152 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - A young protester wearing provocative headgear carries a banner at an anti-American, anti-war demonstration after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
00049151 : ROMANIA Budesti - A peasant woman spins wool while watching over her sheep.
00049150 : NETHERLANDS Rotterdam, South Holland - Muslim worshippers pray at Mevlana Mosque during Ramadan.
00049149 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - A sofa is transported on the roof of an old Volkswagen (VW) Golf car.
00049148 : NETHERLANDS Markelo - The World War II (WW2) memorial in Markelo cemetery.
00049147 : BELARUS Leznjevitsi - Labourers use tractors to bale hay at the Kirova Kolchocz state-owned farm during the harvest.
00049146 : BELARUS Minsk - A statue of Communist politician Vladimir Lenin stands in front of the government buildings in Minsk, a reminder of Soviet times.
00049145 : NETHERLANDS Vijfhuizen, North Holland - A weathering crack runs through the names of Dutch Jews inscribed on a World War II (WW2) memorial at the Gan HaShalom cemetery.
00049144 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Dutch NATO KFOR soldiers hold back Albanians attempting to take posession of Serbian houses. The Serbs generally live in the north of this ethnically divided city whilst the Albanians predominately reside in the south.
00049143 : UNITED KINGDOM Leicester, England, Great Britain, UK - Kam (right) is being taught to speak basic Mandarin before he is introduced to his fiance Wing's parents, who are Hong Kong Chinese. Wing's friend Florence (left) is teaching him. Kam is a British Asian Sikh with Indian parents. The couple are worried that their families will not permit them to marry. Leicester is expected to be the first city in the UK to have a majority non-white population within the next few years. It is one of the most ethnically-diverse cities in Europe.
00049142 : BELGIUM Kemmel, West Flanders - The operations room of the Belgian army used during the Cold War.
00049141 : CZECH REPUBLIC Hradec Kralove - An elderly man wears a face mask to protect himself from the traffic fumes and air pollution while out shopping in the city.
00049140 : TURKEY Bursa - A group of Muslim women look out over the city.
00049139 : SLOVAKIA Marsova-Rasov - Farm labourers take a break to watch a combine harvester during the hay harvest.
00049138 : ROMANIA Valea Lui Mihai, Bihor County - The border with Hungary.
00049137 : MOLDOVA Tiraspol, Transnistria - Children play with a bow and arrow on top of a Soviet World War II (WW2) tank adorned with the slogan 'For the fatherland!'
00049136 : SLOVENIA Bohinj Valley - A family of tourists pose for a photograph by a statue of a red deer at Lake Bohinj in the Julian Alps.
00049135 : SYRIA Damascus - Taxis wait in a traffic jam underneath the main highway in Damascus.
00049134 : THAILAND Bangkok - A schoolgirl, talking on her mobile phone, passes a traffic jam as she uses an escalator with a friend in the centre of Bangkok.
00049133 : THAILAND Chiang Mai - A middle-aged Western tourist holds hands with young Thai girl as they walk through a local market.
00049132 : SLOVAKIA Trencin - An elderly cyclist wheels his bike past a street artist painting on an easel.
00049131 : LITHUANIA Salociai - A lorry crosses the border with Latvia.
00049130 : SLOVAKIA Levoca - A man reading a "special offer" advertisement waits in his car outside a Billa supermarket.
00049129 : SYRIA Palmyra - Camel drivers tout for business at Palmyra's ancient Greco-Roman ruins.
00049128 : ROMANIA Budesti - Two peasant women watch over a toddler as they hoe their land during the harvest.
00049127 : SLOVAKIA Tatranska Lomnica - Tourists visit the High Tatra mountains.
00049126 : LITHUANIA Patasine - A peasant woman grazes her cow in a Patasine meadow.
00049125 : THAILAND Bangkok - A traffic policeman clutching a radio wears a facemask to protect himself from traffic fumes and air pollution.
00049124 : TURKEY Istanbul - A street vendor carries Turkish Ay Yildiz (al sancak) flags to sell in the city centre.
00049123 : SLOVENIA Ljubljana - A water fountain statue of a gargoyle.
00049122 : TURKEY Istanbul - Tourists sit on benches beside the Golden Horn estuary.
00049121 : NETHERLANDS Leende - A cross-shaped war memorial now stands on the site where Dutch civilians were killed by a bomb during World War II (WW2).
00049120 : THAILAND Bangkok - The Bangkok Skytrain travels above the city's traffic jams.
00049119 : TURKEY Bursa - Local men (in silhouette) cast shadows on the cobbled stone as they walk through a covered walkway in the medieval centre of the city.
00049118 : NETHERLANDS Delft, South Holland - A youth wearing a provocative jumper meets his friends outside the Town Hall.
00049117 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Two youths walk past a Serbian Orthodox church.
00049116 : SWITZERLAND Lugano - A tourist watches the sailing boats on Lugano Lake.
00049115 : FRANCE Ile du Rhin, Alsace - Tourists, preparing to go water-skiing at the French-German border, watch another speedboat tow a water-skier along the Rhine. The river marks the border between France and Germany.
00049114 : NETHERLANDS Wageningen, Gelderland - Dutch UN war veterans of the Bosnian Srebrenica Massacre, one of who is in a wheelchair, prepare for a military parade on Liberation Day. An estimated 8,000 Bosniak (Muslim) men and boys from the town of Srebrenica were murdered by Serb forces in July 1995. The UN troops were criticized for their failure to provide the Bosniak people with adequate protection.
00049113 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Serbian children play football on the empty lot outside their homes.
00049112 : SYRIA Aleppo - Young boys in military uniform stand below a placard of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The boys at this primary school receive specific training in their final year to prepare them for military conscription.
00049111 : SLOVAKIA Bratislava - A teenage couple sunbathe by a fountain outside the Presidential Palace.
00049110 : SLOVENIA Ljubljana - A homeless woman walks past a gargoyle statue of a dragon on Dragon's Bridge.
00049109 : THAILAND Chiang Mai - A rickshaw driver passes a youth carrying a delivery from the back of a truck.
00049108 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - A young Albanian shepherd tends to his goats amid the rubble of demolished buildings in Roma Mahalla. Roma Mahalla, once the largest Roma gypsy settlement in the Balkans, was burnt down by the Albanians in 1999.
00049107 : SYRIA Aleppo - Two veiled women pass a policeman guarding a portrait of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad (1971 - 2000).
00049106 : KOSOVO Vushtrri, Mitrovica District - Albanian youths wait for the school bus by a monument dedicated to a dead UCK / KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) fighter.
00049105 : NETHERLANDS Ysselstein, Limburg - A picture of a pilot is affixed to the grave of Walter Graser, a German soldier killed during World War II (WW2), at Ysselstein war cemetery.
00049104 : FRANCE Normandy - Cree Indian Howard Anderson (born 1924), a Canadian World War II (WW2) veteran, took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, and returned in 2006 to commemorate the event.
00049103 : CZECH REPUBLIC Mlada Boleslav - A security guard inspects his CCTV surveillance monitors at an Interspar supermarket.
00049102 : SYRIA Aleppo - A man leading a donkey passes a veiled young girl on the street.
00049101 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Albanian Muslims wait outside a mosque for morning prayer.
00049100 : ROMANIA Budesti - A young girl burns a candle at the funeral of a local man, Toporan Vasilya (38).
00049099 : BELARUS Minsk - Workers make repairs to Praspekt Nezalezhnastsi (Independence Street).
00049098 : SLOVENIA Ljubljana - Three boys sit on street posts next to a building covered in graffiti to eat their ice creams.
00049097 : ESTONIA Tallinn - The city centre in Tallinn.
00049096 : CZECH REPUBLIC Mlada Boleslav - Factory workers help to assemble a Skoda Fabia car on a production line at the Volkswagen (VW) Skoda plant.
00049095 : KOSOVO Orahovac - A distraught woman living in the Serbian quarter of Albanian Orahovac is protected by Dutch NATO KFOR soldiers.
00049094 : NETHERLANDS The Hague, South Holland - Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on a visit to The Hague.
00049093 : SYRIA Aleppo - Uniformed schoolchildren answer questions in class.
00049092 : BELARUS Minsk - A bored shop assistant listens to music on her headphones whilst waiting for customers amongst stacks of canned food.
00049091 : THAILAND Chiang Mai - A portable radio is balanced on a statue of Buddha.
00049090 : NETHERLANDS Woensdrecht, North Brabant - A Dutch officer trains Iraqi police officials in formal fingerprinting procedures.
00049089 : NETHERLANDS Rotterdam, South Holland - A Muslim family drive along Highway A13.
00049088 : SPAIN Alicante, Costa Brava - A Dutch expatriate and her dog test the water temperature of the swimming pool outside their home.
00049087 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Young Albanian women pass UN police officers on the Eugene Freyssin bridge, which separates the Albanian and Serbian neighbourhoods in Mitrovica. The Serbs generally live in the north of this ethnically divided city whilst the Albanians predominately reside in the south.
00049086 : BELGIUM Brussels, Flanders - George Robertson, former NATO Secretary-General and British Defence Secretary.
00049085 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - Nelson Mandela on a visit to the Netherlands.
00049084 : SLOVAKIA Bratislava - A billboard advertising the Pravda newspaper stands above a main road in the suburb of Petrzalka.
00049083 : NETHERLANDS Delft, South Holland - Major General Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian inventor of the AK-47 automatic rifle of the same name.
00049082 : SLOVAKIA Cerveny Klastor - Tourists take a boat trip along the River Dunajec, the border between Poland and Slovakia.
00049081 : ROMANIA Calinesti, Maramures County - Wedding guests attend a reception held in the bride's family home. 
00049080 : KOSOVO Suva Reka - Investigators collect evidence for a war crimes trial from the human remains of ethnic Albanians found in a mass grave.
00049079 : THAILAND Bangkok - An auto-rickshaw driver stops by the side of the road to check his mobile phone.
00049078 : SLOVAKIA Kocisko Bela - Farm labourers pitch hay onto a tractor trailer during the harvest.
00049077 : BELGIUM Brussels, Flanders - Jamie Shea, the chief NATO spokesman during the Kosovo conflict.
00049076 : SPAIN Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia - Marcel Li Garriga Cristia (89). Having fought in the Republican army during the civil war, he went into exile and joined the French resistance. After being arrested by the Germans in January 1943, he was deported to the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp. He survived until liberation at the end of World War II (WW2).
00049075 : THAILAND Bangkok - A decibel meter, monitored by the Pollution Control Department, measures the levels of noise created by local traffic.
00049074 : TURKEY Bursa - A Muslim man looks out over the city's business district. A sign for a Yasarbank building stands in the distance.
00049073 : SLOVAKIA Kosice - Two men transport a baby in a carrycot.
00049072 : CUBA Havana - President Fidel Castro speaks at a congress for Latin American leaders.
00049071 : LITHUANIA Klaipeda - Two young girls play on a lifeguard station amongst the tourists on the beach in Klaipeda.
00049070 : KOSOVO Suva Reka - The remains of a child's shoe, found amongst human remains of ethnic Albanians in a mass grave and photographed at a mortuary in Suva Reka. The pictures were later used as evidence for a war crimes trial against Serb defendants.
00049069 : NETHERLANDS Keukenhof, Lisse - A Muslim tourist stands near a windmill in a giant pair of Dutch clogs.
00049068 : TURKEY Ozluce, Cappadocia - A shepherd watches over a flock of sheep.
00049067 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - An Albanian man stands by the Ibar River near the Eugene Freyssin bridge, which separates the Albanian and Serbian parts of Mitrovica. The Serbs generally live in the north of this ethnically divided city whilst the Albanians predominately reside in the south.
00049066 : BELGIUM Passendale, West Flanders - A family of tourists visit the World War I (WW1) memorial at Tyne Cot National Cemetery. Nearly 12,000 Commonwealth soldiers were buried here following the Third Battle of Ypres (Leper) in 1917.
00049065 : BELARUS Brest - Police academy cadets, rehearsing their welcome march for the upcoming visit of the Minister of Police, parade in front of the World War II (WW2) memorial in Brest.
00049064 : SYRIA Damascus - English graffiti on a toilet wall in a backpackers' hostel has been changed from the instructive 'push down' to the anti-American slogan 'Bush down'.
00049063 : THAILAND Chiang Mai - Traffic passes a woman wearing a facemask to protect herself from traffic fumes and air pollution.
00049062 : LITHUANIA Siauliai - Dutch air force soldiers, commissioned by NATO to guard Baltic airspace, watch an F-16 fighter plane take off.
00049061 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Two Muslim worshippers pass an Albanian child begging for money at the entrance to a mosque.
00049060 : GERMANY Bastei, Saxony - Tourists look upon the Elbe River from the Bastei.
00049059 : ROMANIA Budesti - Relatives and neighbours attend the funeral wake of their friend Toporan Vasilya (38).
00049058 : SPAIN Villamayor, Zaragoza Province - Jose Egea Pujante (84). After the civil war, he and his father, who were union members and Republicans, were arrested by Franco's troops as they tried to escape into exile. They were taken to the Mauthausen Nazi concentration camp, where most Spanish political prisoners were incarcerated, arriving there on Jose's 20th birthday. Eight months later his father was dead, but Jose survived until liberation at the end of World War II (WW2).
00049057 : NETHERLANDS Delft, South Holland - A veiled Muslim woman wheels her shopping trolley past provocative graffiti.
00049056 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - An unemployed Albanian, who has been out seeking work all day, falls of his moped while smoking a cigarette.
00049055 : SLOVAKIA Bratislava - A homeless couple rest in front of a billboard advertising Siemens mobile telephones.
00049054 : NETHERLANDS Rotterdam, South Holland - Muslim worshippers pray at Mevlana Mosque.
00049053 : NETHERLANDS Ysselstein, Limburg - A carved Star of David headstone marks the grave of Milton Borack, a Jewish soldier killed during World War II (WW2). The headstone stands amongst many crucifix-shaped memorials at Ysselstein war cemetery.
00049052 : CZECH REPUBLIC Mlada Boleslav - A man drinks a bottle of beer outside a restaurant.
00049051 : KOSOVO Prizren - Dutch soldiers watch over a NATO KFOR armoured vehicle that is stuck in a ditch after a traffic accident.
00049050 : THAILAND Bangkok - Motorcyclists drive past a billboard celebrating the birthday and reign of the much revered but now ageing Thai monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (also known as King Rama IX).
00049049 : NETHERLANDS Schaarsbergen, Gelderland - An armed soldier on his way to Iraq pretends to shoot a photographer.
00049048 : TURKEY Anatolia - Two village men on a tractor pass a local mosque.
00049047 : BELARUS Benjakoni - A Roman Catholic congregation gathers outside a village church for Mass. Twenty percent of the Belarusian population are practising Catholics and most live in the west of Belarus.
00049046 : ROMANIA Budesti - A peasant farmer feeds his horses while burning weeds during the potato harvest.
00049045 : BELARUS Lugamawitsji - Smallholder Kazimir Medjeko collects hay on his horse drawn cart during the harvest. Only a small percentage of Belarusian farmers own the land that they work.
00049044 : ROMANIA Maramures County - Romanian, European Union (EU) and NATO flags fly above a memorial, which depicts the crucifixion of Jesus, at a cemetery in Botiza.
00049043 : CZECH REPUBLIC Mlada Boleslav - A middle-aged man stands with an empty trolley at the entrance to an Interspar supermarket.
00049042 : ESTONIA Tallinn - A young couple kiss whilst visiting a viewpoint overlooking the city.
00049041 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - An Albanian man collects firewood in Roma Mahalla. Roma Mahalla, once the largest Roma gypsy settlement in the Balkans, was burnt down by the Albanians in 1999.
00049040 : NETHERLANDS Heemstede - An elderly gentleman drives an old Volkswagen (VW) Beetle car.
00049039 : BELGIUM Brussels, Flanders - Young soldiers march alongside Belgian war veterans during a commemorative parade. The celebrations mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II (WW2).
00049038 : THAILAND Chiang Mai - A Buddhist monk uses an ATM bank cash machine.
00049037 : CHILE Santiago - In the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende, Santiago's national stadium became a prison camp for opponents of the new regime. Many of the prisoners were never seen again.
00049036 : CHILE Santiago - A soldier on the street in the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende.
00049035 : CHILE Santiago - Soldiers carry books and documents to be burned, in the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende.
00049034 : CHILE Santiago - Soldiers arrest suspected opponents of the new regime in the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende.
00049033 : CHILE Santiago - General Augusto Pinochet arrives at a reception to celebrate his 80th birthday.
00049032 : CHILE Santiago - In the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende, Santiago's national stadium became a prison camp for opponents of the new regime. Here, a prisoner (believed to be a university teacher) arrives in the camp. Many of the prisoners were never seen again.
00049031 : CHILE Santiago - General Augusto Pinochet (centre) watching a military parade with other members of the junta.
00049030 : CHILE Santiago - A woman is searched by a soldier on the street in the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende.
00049029 : CHILE Santiago - In the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende, Santiago's national stadium became a prison camp for opponents of the new regime. Many of the prisoners were never seen again.
00049028 : CHILE Santiago - On the 80th birthday of General Augusto Pinochet, Mothers of the Disappeared march to protest against the torture, executions and disappearances of Pinochet's opponents during the dictatorship. 'Where are they?' read the signs above photographs of the disappeared.
00049027 : CHILE Santiago - Generals and their wives attend a political rally in the run-up to a referendum in which General Augusto Pinochet sought a mandate to remain in power without holding elections. Pinochet lost, leading to the restoration of democracy.
00049026 : CHILE Santiago - In the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende, citizens are forced to remove revolutionary slogans from buildings while soldiers look on.
00049025 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - On UN Human Rights Day, protests were held across the world to highlight the rape of women and girls in Darfur, Sudan, to protest against the Sudanese government and to call for UN intervention. In London, rape alarms were sounded for one minute at midday.
00049024 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Campaigner Bianca Jagger speaking at a demonstration on UN Human Rights Day. Protests were held across the world to highlight the rape of women and girls in Darfur, Sudan, to protest against the Sudanese government and to call for UN intervention.
00049023 : CHILE Santiago - In the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende, Santiago's national stadium became a prison camp for opponents of the new regime. Here, a prisoner is photographed by the military. Many of the prisoners were never seen again.
00049022 : CHILE Santiago - Soldiers arrest suspected opponents of the new regime in the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende.
00049021 : CHILE Santiago - General Augusto Pinochet on his 80th birthday.
00049020 : CHILE Santiago - Books (one featuring President Salvador Allende on the cover) are burned on the street by soldiers in the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted Allende.
00049019 : CHILE Santiago - A woman is questioned by a soldier on the street in the days following the military coup in which General Augusto Pinochet ousted President Salvador Allende.
00049018 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A young addict sits in the shadows at a drug rehabilitation centre.
00049017 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A worker at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture centre tends to a tray of silkworm moths. BRAC runs income-generating silk production projects throughout Bangladesh.
00049016 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - Two Catholic nuns study photographs on a digital camera in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00049015 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A local man raises a huge glass of beer in the Gasthof Oberbrau in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. Located next to the house where he was born, the Gasthof Oberbrau is the only place that sells 'Pope Beer' on draft. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00049014 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00049013 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Two weavers arrange silk thread across a loom. BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00049012 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A sericulture worker boils silkworm cocoons in preparation for spinning thread. BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00049011 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - The Avaz Business Centre was erected on the site of the old anti-Nazi Oslobodjenje ('Liberation') newspaper building.
00049010 : SYRIA Aleppo - A satellite dish is set up outside a traditional mud-brick house.
00049009 : GHANA Anwiam Village, Ashanti region - A worker from the AngloGold Ashanti gold mine wears overalls emblazoned with the company's logo.
00049008 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - An AngloGold Ashanti gold mine shaft towers above a local store.
00049007 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug user from a slum community smokes a cigarette while injecting himself with a syringe of unlicensed pathedrine.
00049006 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A tour group study the old baptismal font from the St. Oswald parish church. During the renovation of St. Oswald in 1965, the baptismal font was removed from the church and is now on display as the main tourist attraction in the town's museum. Marktl am Inn is the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00049005 : SYRIA Afrin, Aleppo Governorate - A child follows a tractor across a wheat field.
00049004 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture worker spins silk from silkworm cocoons using a spinning wheel known as a 'charka' to yield fine thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00049003 : HUNGARY Budapest - The shuttered windows of the Art'Otel hotel.
00049002 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - A contaminated stream near AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations.
00049001 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then a prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was proclaimed an honorary citizen of Marktl am Inn, his birthplace on 13th July 1997. The document in the town's book of records bears his signature accepting this honour. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00049000 : GUATEMALA Antigua - Bunches of bananas are displayed for sale at a stall in Antigua Market.
00048999 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - An elderly couple stand outside the house where Pope Benedict XVI was born in Marktl am Inn. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048998 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - The mayor of Marktl am Inn, Huber Gschwendtner, is pictured sitting in his town hall office with the town's book of records, which states that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was proclaimed an honorary citizen of Marktl on 13th July 1997. Pope Benedict XVI was born in Marktl am Inn. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048997 : SENEGAL Dakar - Maoloude Fall, a butcher working at Sandaga Market, poses for a photograph. Sandaga is the largest market in Dakar.
00048996 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Women fill out applications for small business loans at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) microfinance centre. BRAC runs microfinance programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048995 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - Cyclist Stefan Weisrock enjoys a piece of Benedict tart in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI, before continuing his cycling tour through Southern Germany. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048994 : GHANA Anyinam, Eastern region - A general store stands next to the K.M.S. gold mine shaft in Anyinam.
00048993 : GHANA Abompekrom, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Schoolchildren listen to their teachers in class at Abompekrom School.
00048992 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A scientist cultivates disease-free silkworm eggs using a microscope at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture centre in northern Bangladesh. The disease-free silkworm eggs are then sold to rural women in BRAC's income-generating silk production programmes.
00048991 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A group of nuns, visiting the local museum in Marktl, stand in front of the old baptismal font from the St. Oswald parish church. During the renovation of St. Oswald in 1965, the baptismal font was removed from the church and is now on display as the main tourist attraction in the town's museum. Marktl am Inn is the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048990 : GHANA Abompekrom, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - The Kwame-Tawiah River has been contaminated by AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations. Local villagers have been advised against cultivating the adjacent land.
00048989 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - A driving safety sign stands at the entrance to the gold mining town of Obuasi.
00048988 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - Shopping at a general store.
00048987 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A selection of the papal souvenirs sold in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. Visitors to Marktl can now buy a huge range of papal souvenirs, such as Pope-themed candles, Pope-themed medallions, Benedict XVI tea and even a six pack of 'Pope Beer'. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048986 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - Children stand next to a waste pipe at a dumping site near their village. The pipe pumps liquid by-products from AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations into an abandoned mining pit at Binsere. Local residents are concerned about the threat that the dump poses to both their health and the surrounding farmland.
00048985 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00048984 : SENEGAL Dakar - Fasam Lai, a butcher working at Sandaga Market, poses for a photograph. Sandaga is the largest market in Dakar.
00048983 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Women weed a mulberry plantation as part of a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) income-generating silk production programme. BRAC runs mulberry cultivation projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048982 : GHANA Obuasi - An AngloGold Ashanti gold mine shaft towers above a local store.
00048981 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - Brian Fatusu, a farmer in the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining township of Binsere.
00048980 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - Parishioners, holding small bouquets of blessed flowers, gather in front of the church where Pope Benedict XVI was baptised on the Virgin Mary Ascension Day. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village of Marktl am Inn became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048979 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - A painted sign advertising a local hairdresser hangs from an overhead passageway near an AngloGold Ashanti gold mine. Mining infrastructure dominates much of the town's landscape.
00048978 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - A gold painted statue of an AngloGold Ashanti miner presides over Obuasi.
00048977 : GHANA Dokyiwa, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - The AngloGold Ashanti (Obuasi) gold mine tailings dam at Dokyiwa.
00048976 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A local woman raises a huge glass of beer in the Gasthof Oberbrau in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. Located next to the house where he was born, the Gasthof Oberbrau is the only place that sells 'Pope Beer' on draft. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048975 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A selection of the papal souvenirs sold in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. Visitors to Marktl can now buy a huge range of papal souvenirs, such as Pope-themed candles, Pope-themed medallions, Benedict XVI tea and even a six pack of 'Pope Beer'. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048974 : IRAN Kermanshah - The village of Siah Dareh. The village and its inhabitants were featured in the film 'The Wind Will Carry Us' by director Abbas Kiarostami.
00048973 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - Children crowd around the photographer.
00048972 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00048971 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A baker prepares a batch of Vatican bread, one of the papal souvenirs sold in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048970 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A worker at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture centre tends to trays of silkworm moths. BRAC runs income-generating silk production projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048969 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00048968 : GHANA Anyinam, Eastern region - Youths watch a football match in the gold mining village of Anyinam.
00048967 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00048966 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - Mine workers cross the road beneath an overhead passageway near an AngloGold Ashanti gold mine. Mining infrastructure dominates much of the town's landscape.
00048965 : GHANA Abompekrom, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Two youths from Abompekrom School plant a sapling outside their classroom. The nearby Kokoteasua retention sump, managed by the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining company, overflowed in 2005 and flooded the school with toxic water.
00048964 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A group of visiting pilgrims and tourists arrive in Marktl village square, outside the house where Pope Benedict XVI was born. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048963 : IRAQ Dahuk, Kurdistan - A young boy feeds his baby sister from a bottle.
00048962 : GHANA Abompekrom, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Schoolchildren listen in class at Abompekrom School.
00048961 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - Traffic and pedestrians pass beneath an overhead passageway near an AngloGold Ashanti gold mine. Mining infrastructure dominates much of the town's landscape.
00048960 : GHANA Abompekrom, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Schoolchildren listen in class at Abompekrom School.
00048959 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A baby boy is held by his father as Zulfikar Shishko, a barber from a nearby town, performs a circumcision during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048958 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug user prepares a syringe of unlicensed pathedrine.
00048957 : GHANA Anyinam, Eastern region - An opencast gold mine towers over a woman and dominates the landscape around Anyinam village.
00048956 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A seamstress at Manikganj Foundation works with the silk produced by beneficiaries of BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) NGO programmes. At the foundation, the silk is dyed, block printed and tailored into expensive kurtas and saris.
00048955 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sekovici - Forensic archaeologists from the ICMP (International Committee for Missing Persons) work to exhume the bodies of Bosnian Muslims from a mass grave in Republica Srpska.
00048954 : HUNGARY Budapest - A young couple lie on a terrace overlooking the Danube River.
00048953 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - An illiterate woman uses her thumbprint to sign contractual documents for a small business loan at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) microfinance centre. BRAC runs microfinance programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048952 : HUNGARY Budapest - Shoppers wait to meet companions in a shopping centre.
00048951 : KOSOVO Priluzje - Two year old Nicolina Mehemeti (far right) is pictured with her family in the home of a relative. The family were forced to leave the UN refugee camp where they were living when Nicolina became seriously ill due to the toxic lead contamination in the camp.
00048950 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - Children collect water from the stand pump donated to their village by the neighbouring AngloGold Ashanti gold mining corporation.
00048949 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug addict injects himself with a syringe on the road outside Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
00048948 : HUNGARY Budapest - A waiter carries a tray of drinks through a decorative clock arch at the ornate 'New York Cafe'.
00048947 : GUATEMALA Huehuetenango - A young girl plays on the counter while her father relaxes at a bar in Huehuetenango.
00048946 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - An illiterate woman uses her thumbprint to sign contractual documents for a small business loan at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) microfinance centre. BRAC runs microfinance programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048945 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - Young women wait outside their homes as male siblings are circumcised during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048944 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - A boy collects water from the stand pump donated to his village by the neighbouring AngloGold Ashanti gold mining corporation.
00048943 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00048942 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A slum dweller smokes marijuana (cannabis).
00048941 : GHANA Anwiam Village, Ashanti region - Two children stand by a village hut, which has been partially repaired using a warning sign issued by the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining company.
00048940 : KOSOVO Gracanica - Kai Vittrup, the UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo) Police Commissioner, visits a police station in the Serbian enclave of Gracanica.
00048939 : MALI Falan, Koulikoro Region - Village women listen to an educational talk regarding the dangers of female circumcision. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a cultural tradition in the region.
00048938 : HUNGARY Budapest - Young people relax below the Manga cartoons that adorn the walls of the Szoda bar.
00048937 : MALI Falan, Koulikoro Region - Village women listen to an educational talk regarding the dangers of female circumcision. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a cultural tradition in the region.
00048936 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A slum dweller smokes marijuana (cannabis).
00048935 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A seamstress at Manikganj Foundation works with the silk produced by beneficiaries of BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) NGO programmes. At the foundation, the silk is dyed, block printed and tailored into expensive kurtas and saris.
00048934 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A young BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture worker spins silk from silkworm cocoons using a spinning wheel known as a 'charka' to yield fine thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048933 : HUNGARY Budapest - A couple kiss outside a modern glass shopping centre.
00048932 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - Binsere assemblyman Benjamin Annan has helped to campaign for a safer water supply. Local residents are concerned about the threat that the neighbouring AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations pose to the water supply, their health and the surrounding farmland.
00048931 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - Businessman Elvir Causevic poses for a photograph in his new office.
00048930 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug user from a slum community smokes a cigarette while injecting himself with a syringe of unlicensed pathedrine.
00048929 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Sericulture workers spin silk from silkworm cocoons using a spinning wheel known as a 'charka' to yield fine thread.
00048928 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Mohsina recently bought a new stereo with the profits from the business that she began with a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) microfinance loan. BRAC runs microfinance programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048927 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A mother holding a sleeping child counts her money at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) microfinance centre. BRAC runs microfinance programmes for women throughout Bangladesh.
00048926 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A young woman inspects the bottles of 'Pope Beer' that line the shelves of a store in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048925 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - To cope with the influx of visiting tourists, Marktl has hired a full time PR and tourism manager, Stephan Semmelmayr (left). Mr. Semmelmayr is shown here talking with Susan Pigg, the Associate Travel Editor of the Toronto Star (centre). Marktl am Inn is the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048924 : KOSOVO Pristina - Kai Vittrup, the UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo) Police Commissioner.
00048923 : GHANA Dokyiwa, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Illegal miners (known locally as 'galamseys') pan for gold ore near the AngloGold Ashanti tailings dam.
00048922 : GHANA Abompekrom, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - The Kwame-Tawiah River has been contaminated by AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations. Local villagers have been advised against cultivating the adjacent land.
00048921 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Workers at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture centre tend to trays of silkworm moths. BRAC runs income-generating silk production projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048920 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A curious cat.
00048919 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - Children collect water from a stand pump near Obuasi.
00048918 : GHANA Ahansonyewodea Village, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Children from Ahansonyewodea village stand beside a contaminated, silted up stream. The settlement has been adversely affected by neighbouring AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations.
00048917 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Slum dwellers smoke marijuana (cannabis).
00048916 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - Zulfikar Shishko, a barber from Prizren, in the midst of performing eighty-seven circumcisions in one day during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048915 : SYRIA Malkiye - A veiled woman holds the hand of a child dressed in Western clothes as they stand on a rooftop in front of an early Christian church.
00048914 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A group of visiting pilgrims and tourists pose for a photograph in Marktl village square, outside the house where Pope Benedict XVI was born. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048913 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Female fighters from a Kurdish peshmerga faction in training.
00048912 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - Bereaved Gladys Appiah cries as she talks about her son, who was beaten to death in 2004 by mine security guards in the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining region.
00048911 : GHANA Dokyiwa, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Illegal miners (known locally as 'galamseys') pan for gold ore near the AngloGold Ashanti tailings dam.
00048910 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00048909 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A young boy watches as Zulfikar Shishko, a barber, prepares to circumcise him during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048908 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - Smallholder Abi Kesser stands outside his home with his two small children. Abi claims that his farmland has been contaminated by the nearby AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations.
00048907 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - A lead contaminated Roma refugee settlement in northern Mitrovica. Despite repeated health warnings, hundreds of Roma people have spent several years living in these highly toxic makeshift settlements.
00048906 : GHANA Anyinam, Eastern region - Two gold miners from Anyinam village.
00048905 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture worker tends to her sleeping baby. Women in BRAC programmes can earn a living working from home while also tending to their children and other household tasks.
00048904 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Women pick leaves to feed to their silkworms as part of a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) income-generating silk production programme. BRAC runs silkworm cultivation projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048903 : GHANA Ahansonyewodea Village, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - A cautionary sign, erected by the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining corporation, warns local people that the water around the Jimiso dam is contaminated.
00048902 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A sericulture worker hangs bunches of fine silk thread (known as 'lasi') up to dry.
00048901 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A large image of Pope Benedict XVI dominates the tourist centre in Marktl am Inn, his birthplace. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048900 : GHANA Anyinam, Eastern region - A general store stands next to the K.M.S. gold mine shaft in Anyinam.
00048899 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A young sericulture worker spins silk from silkworm cocoons using a spinning wheel known as a 'charka' to yield fine thread. BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) runs silk production and income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048898 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture worker spins silk from silkworm cocoons using a spinning wheel known as a 'charka' to yield fine thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048897 : HUNGARY Budapest - A model wears a dress made by Katti Zoob, one of Hungary's top fashion designers, in a show entitled 'Demonic Angels, Angelic Demons'.
00048896 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A tattooed Pelivan wrestler takes part in a contest marking the last day of the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048895 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - Children collect water from the stand pump donated to their village by the neighbouring AngloGold Ashanti gold mining corporation.
00048894 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug addict injects himself with heroin on the road outside Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
00048893 : GHANA Anyinam, Eastern region - A village woman passes the entrance to the K.M.S. gold mine near Anyinam.
00048892 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - An aerial view of Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048891 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00048890 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sponsored sericulture workers spin silk to yield fine thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048889 : KOSOVO Pristina - Kai Vittrup, the UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo) Police Commissioner, checks a computer in his Pristina office.
00048888 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Nr. Brcko - Naked shop dummies stand in a shop window at Arizona Market.
00048887 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A slum dweller prepares marijuana (cannabis) to smoke.
00048886 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Sericulture workers queue outside a local BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) office to weigh and sell their silk thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048885 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug user from a slum community holds a packet of unauthorised sleeping pills.
00048884 : KOSOVO Pristina - Kai Vittrup, the UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo) Police Commissioner, stands with his two bodyguards.
00048883 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Women attend an educational lecture given at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) support centre. BRAC runs educational awareness programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048882 : GHANA Abompekrom, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - A young girl stands on a footbridge over the Kwame-Tawiah River. The river has been contaminated by the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations in the area and local villagers have been advised against cultivating the adjacent land.
00048881 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Patients at a drug rehabilitation centre prepare a meal.
00048880 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Sericulture workers lay silkworm cocoons out to dry in preparation for spinning thread. BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048879 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Patients at a drug rehabilitation centre pray every morning to be free of addiction.
00048878 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - Pope Benedict XVI tarts are a popular souvenir with tourists in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. These chocolate-glazed pastries are each layered with marzipan (a Pope Benedict favourite) and topped with a marzipan cross. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048877 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Patients at a drug rehabilitation centre attend an educational lecture.
00048876 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - A woman collects water from the stand pump donated to her village by the neighbouring AngloGold Ashanti gold mining corporation.
00048875 : HUNGARY Budapest - A young couple kiss while their friends drink wine at the 'Soul Cafe' on Raday Utca.
00048874 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture worker prepares a meal at home. Women in BRAC programmes can earn a living working from home while also tending to their children and other household tasks.
00048873 : HUNGARY Budapest - Shoppers use the escalators in a busy shopping centre.
00048872 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Sericulture workers wait at their local BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) office to sell their silk thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048871 : KOSOVO Pristina - Police officers guard a station in the capital.
00048870 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - A Binsere assemblyman stands next to the AngloGold Ashanti gold mine waste dump (known locally as the "cyanide lake"). Residents are concerned about the threat that the dump poses to both their health and the surrounding farmland.
00048869 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - Pelivan wrestlers compete in a contest marking the last day of the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048868 : SENEGAL Dakar - Damee Dia, a butcher working at Sandaga Market, poses for a photograph. Sandaga is the largest market in Dakar.
00048867 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A newly-admitted addict has his head shaved at a drug rehabilitation centre. The young boy cutting his hair is himself being treated at the clinic.
00048866 : KOSOVO Zvecan - A slag heap of toxic waste stands behind a level crossing near a Roma refugee camp in northern Kosovo.
00048865 : MALI Falan, Koulikoro Region - A prop used in an educational talk regarding the dangers of female circumcision. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a cultural tradition in the region.
00048864 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Balls of silk thread are weighed outside a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) office. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048863 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug user from a slum community prepares an injection of unlicensed pathedrine.
00048862 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A baby boy is held by two assistants as Zulfikar Shishko, a barber from a nearby town, performs a circumcision during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048861 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Women pick leaves to feed to their silkworms as part of a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) income-generating silk production programme. BRAC runs silkworm cultivation projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048860 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Silkworms.
00048859 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Drug users in a slum community pass the time by gambling.
00048858 : IRAN Bisotum, Hamadan - The Bisotum stone carvings of the ancient Iranian prophet, Zarathustra (Zoroaster in Greek).
00048857 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A young boy smokes marijuana (cannabis) next to a railway track.
00048856 : KOSOVO Pristina - Kai Vittrup, the UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo) Police Commissioner.
00048855 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00048854 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A young boy smokes marijuana (cannabis) next to a railway track.
00048853 : HUNGARY Budapest - A modern glass shopping centre.
00048852 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - Maglen Stipcevi, the owner of an Apple Mac (Macintosh) store, talks on his mobile phone.
00048851 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - A young girl carries bottles of Coca Cola, Fanta and other drinks through the market.
00048850 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - An abandoned gold mining pit at Binsere is now used as a waste dumping site for the by-products of AngloGold Ashanti mining operations. Local residents are concerned about the threat that the dump poses to both their health and the surrounding farmland.
00048849 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture worker helps her young son with his homework. Women in BRAC programmes can earn a living working from home while also tending to their children and other household tasks.
00048848 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A schoolchild uses a chalkboard to solve maths problems at a school run by BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities). BRAC supports many schools throughout Bangladesh.
00048847 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A young addict is pictured at a drug rehabilitation centre.
00048846 : IRAQ Sulaimaniya (Sulaymaniyah), Kurdistan - A portrait of a young boy living in a Save the Children refuge.
00048845 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A mother and child attend a training session run as part of a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture programme. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048844 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A sericulture worker boils silkworm cocoons in preparation for spinning thread. BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048843 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Sericulture workers queue at their local BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) office to weigh and sell their silk thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048842 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Young addicts sit in the shade at a drug rehabilitation centre.
00048841 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A giant mitre-shaped cookie, sprinkled with cinnamon and raisins, is displayed in a bakery window alongside other papal souvenirs in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048840 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A sericulture worker boils silkworm cocoons in preparation for spinning thread. BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048839 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Women attend an educational lecture given at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) support centre. BRAC runs educational awareness programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048838 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - Young people relax at the 'City Pub' bar in downtown Sarajevo.
00048837 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A father takes his young son to be circumcised at the Gornje Ljubinje medical clinic during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048836 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A tour group sing and play music in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048835 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Sericulture workers wait outside their local BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) office to sell their silk thread. BRAC runs silk production and income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048834 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Silkworms.
00048833 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug user from a slum community injects himself with a syringe of unlicensed pathedrine.
00048832 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A group of visiting pilgrims and tourists arrive in Marktl village square, outside the house where Pope Benedict XVI was born. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048831 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Women queue to apply for small business loans at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) microfinance centre. BRAC runs microfinance programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048830 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Two drug addicts from a slum community smoke heroin.
00048829 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A scientist cultivates disease-free silkworm eggs using a microscope at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture centre in northern Bangladesh. The disease-free silkworm eggs are sold to rural women in BRAC's income-generating silk production programmes.
00048828 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Patients at a drug rehabilitation centre participate in a therapeutic group discussion.
00048827 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A young girl samples a loaf of Vatican bread, one of the many papal souvenirs sold in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048826 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A seamstress at Manikganj Foundation works with the silk produced by beneficiaries of BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) NGO programmes. At the foundation, the silk is dyed, block printed and tailored into expensive kurtas and saris.
00048825 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Balls of silk thread are weighed outside a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) office. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048824 : GHANA Ahansonyewodea Village, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Residents carry their belongings, including a sewing machine, through the village.
00048823 : GHANA Abompekrom, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - The Kwame-Tawiah River has been contaminated by AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations. Local villagers have been advised against cultivating the adjacent land.
00048822 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - San Sebastian Church in Marktl-Leonberg, which was built in 1586.
00048821 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Mohsina and her husband recently bought a new stereo with the profits from the business that Mohsina began with a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) microfinance loan. BRAC runs microfinance programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048820 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug addict from a slum community takes a dangerous dosage of sleeping pills.
00048819 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - A woman carrying a tray passes a local store near the AngloGold Ashanti gold mine shaft.
00048818 : KOSOVO Priluzje - Two year old Nicolina Mehemeti (far right) is pictured with her family in the home of a relative. The family were forced to leave the UN refugee camp where they were living when Nicolina became seriously ill due to the toxic lead contamination in the camp.
00048817 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Visoko, Sarajevo - A shopkeeper opens his souvenir store, which stands near one of the alleged Visoko pyramids.
00048816 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - Children collect water from the stand pump donated to their village by the neighbouring AngloGold Ashanti gold mining corporation.
00048815 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A tourist takes a photograph of two Catholic nuns outside the house where Pope Benedict XVI was born. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, this quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048814 : GHANA Ahansonyewodea Village, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - A slag heap, the by-product of AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations, overlooks the village of Ahansonyewodea.
00048813 : GUATEMALA - A public bus speeds down the highway.
00048812 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A young BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture worker spins silk from silkworm cocoons using a spinning wheel known as a 'charka' to yield fine thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048811 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Women attend a training session run as part of a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture programme. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048810 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Young addicts are given a meal at a drug rehabilitation centre.
00048809 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - Children of sericulture workers lay silkworm cocoons out to dry. BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048808 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Nr. Rudo - A newly-built mosque stands in the hills near Rudo in Eastern Bosnia.
00048807 : KOSOVO Nr. Podujevo - Serb paramilitaries ride on a convoy leaving Kosovo during the war.
00048806 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - Slag heaps of toxic lead waste lie just a few hundred metres away from the Roma refugee camps in northern Mitrovica.
00048805 : HUNGARY Budapest - Young people relax below the Manga cartoons that adorn the walls of the Szoda bar.
00048804 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - Veiled women shop together in Sarajevo's Old Town.
00048803 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - The Avaz Business Centre was erected on the site of the old anti-Nazi Oslobodjenje ('Liberation') newspaper building.
00048802 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - Villagers inspect the toxic waste dumped in an abandoned gold mining pit. The old mine is now used as a waste dumping site for the liquid by-products of AngloGold Ashanti mining operations. Local residents are concerned about the threat that the dump poses to both their health and the surrounding farmland.
00048801 : SENEGAL Dakar - Elage, a butcher working at Sandaga Market, poses for a photograph. Sandaga is the largest market in Dakar.
00048800 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - Bereaved Grace Sarpong, whose husband was killed by mine security guards in the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining region, sits outside her home with her daughter, Sandra.
00048799 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - The owner of a general store rests against the entrance to his shop.
00048798 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A young BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture worker spins silk from silkworm cocoons using a spinning wheel known as a 'charka' to yield fine thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048797 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A young boy waits to be circumcised during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048796 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Drug addicts play the guitar and sing as part of their treatment at a drug rehabilitation centre.
00048795 : KOSOVO Gracanica - Orthodox priests and armed bodyguards surround Vojislav Kostunica, the Serbian Prime Minister. Kostunica was visiting the Serbian enclave of Gracanica to commemorate Saint Vitus' Day (Vidovdan). It was only his second visit to Kosovo since Serbia lost control of the province in 1999.
00048794 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A musician plays a drum while village men perform a celebratory dance during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048793 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - Pelivan wrestlers compete in a contest marking the last day of the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048792 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - A young Roma deportee is pictured at one of the lead contaminated UN refugee camps. Despite repeated health warnings, hundreds of Roma people have spent several years living in these highly toxic makeshift settlements.
00048791 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A journalist interviews a group of tourists outside the house where Pope Benedict XVI was born. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village of Marktl am Inn became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048790 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A young addict meditates in a therapeutic class at a drug rehabilitation centre.
00048789 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - A newly-built mosque stands in the hills near Rudo in Eastern Bosnia.
00048788 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - Former cocoa farmer and galamsey Awudu Mohammed, a victim of police brutality, shows off his scars after being shot by mine security guards in the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining region.
00048787 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - An abandoned gold mining pit at Binsere is now used as a waste dumping site for the by-products of AngloGold Ashanti mining operations. Local residents are concerned about the threat that the dump poses to both their health and the surrounding farmland.
00048786 : SENEGAL Dakar - Young Ibarhima, a butcher working at Sandaga Market, poses for a photograph. Sandaga is the largest market in Dakar.
00048785 : HUNGARY Budapest - Shoppers browse the stalls inside the Kozponti Vasarcsarnok (Great Market Hall).
00048784 : GHANA Anwiam Village, Ashanti region - A village hut has been partially repaired using a warning sign issued by the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining company.
00048783 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A young boy waits at the Gornje Ljubinje medical clinic to be circumcised during the Sunet (circumcision) festival. He wears gifts of money, which relatives have given to mark the occasion, tucked into a band around his head.
00048782 : KOSOVO Priluzje - Two year old Nicolina Mehemeti (far right) is pictured with her mother, Zelibana, in the home of a relative. The family were forced to leave the UN refugee camp where they were living when Nicolina became seriously ill due to the toxic lead contamination in the camp.
00048781 : IRAN West Azarbaijan - The sacred lake at Takht-e Soleiman.
00048780 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A young boy is carried from the medical clinic in Gornje Ljubinje after being circumcised during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048779 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug addict from a slum community smoking heroin.
00048778 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sekovici - Forensic archaeologists, Sharna Daley (left) and Renee Kosalka (right), from the ICMP (International Committee for Missing Persons) work to exhume the bodies of Bosnian Muslims from a mass grave in Republica Srpska.
00048777 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A young BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) sericulture worker spins silk from silkworm cocoons using a spinning wheel known as a 'charka' to yield fine thread. BRAC runs silk production and other income-generating projects throughout Bangladesh.
00048776 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A former drug addict gives an educational lecture to patients at a drug rehabilitation centre.
00048775 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A coach load of tourists arrive in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048774 : GHANA Ahansonyewodea Village, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Children from Ahansonyewodea village play outside their home. The settlement has been contaminated by neighbouring AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations.
00048773 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - A young couple dance while a band plays on stage at 'The Club' in downtown Sarajevo.
00048772 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - An advertisement for Vatican bread, one of the papal souvenirs sold in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048771 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - A boy collects water from a contaminated stream near a gold mine owned by the AngloGold Ashanti mining corporation.
00048770 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A former drug addict gives an educational lecture to patients at a drug rehabilitation centre.
00048769 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A patient at a drug rehabilitation centre helps to lay out bowls of rice for lunch.
00048768 : GHANA Ahansonyewodea Village, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - The Jimiso gold mine tailings dam, managed by the AngloGold Ashanti mining corporation, stands on the Jimi River near the village of Ahansonyewodea.
00048767 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - An illiterate woman uses her thumbprint to sign contractual documents for a small business loan at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) microfinance centre. BRAC runs microfinance programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048766 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A visiting family enjoys a Pope-themed pastry at a cafe in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048765 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A flag bearer, returning from a funeral procession, passes the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI in Marktl am Inn. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048764 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug user from a slum community injects himself with a syringe of unlicensed pathedrine.
00048763 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A crowd of relatives celebrate as a circumcision is performed during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048762 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - Women with towels and musicians wait outside a house in which a circumcision is being performed during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048761 : KOSOVO Mitrovica / Mitrovice - A billboard signifying the beginning of 'The Alley of Health', a running track built to encourage the local population to exercise, lies only a few hundred metres away from slag heaps of toxic lead waste. The slag heaps are believed to be responsible for the contamination of the Roma camps in the area.
00048760 : GHANA Dokyiwa, Nr. Obuasi, Ashanti region - Ama Baau.
00048759 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A slum dweller smokes marijuana (cannabis) while holding his young son on his lap.
00048758 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug user from a slum community smokes a cigarette while injecting himself with a syringe of unlicensed pathedrine.
00048757 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - An aerial view of Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics.
00048756 : BANGLADESH Dinajpur, Rajshahi Division - A woman takes notes at an educational lecture given at a BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities) support centre. BRAC runs educational awareness programmes throughout Bangladesh.
00048755 : KOSOVO Gornje Ljubinje - A musician plays a drum while village men perform a celebratory dance during the Sunet (circumcision) festival.
00048754 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A baker prepares a batch of Vatican bread, one of the papal souvenirs sold in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048753 : MALI Falan, Koulikoro Region - A mother carries her baby on her back as she works in an agricultural compound supported by the NGO Plan International.
00048752 : KOSOVO Gracanica - Orthodox priests and armed bodyguards surround Vojislav Kostunica, the Serbian Prime Minister. Kostunica was visiting the Serbian enclave of Gracanica to commemorate Saint Vitus' Day (Vidovdan). It was only his second visit to Kosovo since Serbia lost control of the province in 1999.
00048751 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - A cautionary sign, erected by the AngloGold Ashanti gold mining corporation, warns local people not to trespass.
00048750 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A postcard stand is stacked with images of Pope Benedict XVI in his birthplace, Marktl am Inn. Visitors to Marktl can now buy a huge range of papal souvenirs, such as Pope-themed candles, Pope-themed medallions, Benedict XVI tea and even a six pack of 'Pope Beer'. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048749 : IRAQ Erbil (Arbil), Kurdistan - A statue guards the entrance to the ancient Citadel of Arbil.
00048748 : SENEGAL Dakar - Babacar N'Yae, a butcher working at Sandaga Market, is pictured next to the joints of meat hanging from his stall. Sandaga is the largest market in Dakar.
00048747 : HUNGARY Budapest - View of the Parliament building.
00048746 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A drug addict from a slum community smokes heroin.
00048745 : IRAQ Kurdistan - Residents walk through the remains of their neighbourhood, which was destroyed by conflict in the region.
00048744 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A selection of the papal souvenirs sold in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. Visitors to Marktl can now buy a huge range of papal souvenirs, such as Pope-themed candles, Pope-themed medallions, Benedict XVI tea and even a six pack of 'Pope Beer'. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048743 : GERMANY Marktl, Bavaria - A selection of the papal souvenirs sold in Marktl am Inn, the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI. Visitors to Marktl can now buy a huge range of papal souvenirs, such as Pope-themed candles, Pope-themed medallions, Benedict XVI tea and even a six pack of 'Pope Beer'. After Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope in 2005, the quiet village became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Catholics, and some enterprising residents turned this newfound recognition into a lucrative marketing opportunity.
00048742 : GHANA Obuasi, Ashanti region - Smallholder Abi Kesser claims that his farmland has been contaminated by the nearby AngloGold Ashanti gold mining operations.
00048741 : GHANA Binsere, Obuasi, Ashanti region - Villagers inspect the toxic waste dumped in an abandoned gold mining pit. The old mine is now used as a waste dumping site for the liquid by-products of AngloGold Ashanti mining operations. Local residents are concerned about the threat that the dump poses to both their health and the surrounding farmland.
00048740 : KOSOVO Zvecan - Roma children play on lead contaminated land near a temporary refugee camp. A slag heap of toxic waste stands next to the settlement.
00048739 : KOSOVO Pristina - The late President Ibrahim Rugova attends a LDK (Democratic League of Kosovo) rally.
00048738 : CHINA Beijing - An elderly man rests on crutches outside his hutong. The white character (literally meaning 'tear down') painted on the wall of the building indicates that the hutong is scheduled for demolition. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048737 : CHINA Beijing - A police notice, part of a neighbourhood watch campaign, warns local residents to lock their doors and beware of strangers.
00048736 : CHINA Beijing - Traffic passes a roadside hoarding advertising Hyundai Accent cars.
00048735 : CHINA Beijing - Shoppers walk through a luxury housing and commercial development in downtown Beijing. In keeping with a recent trend for Western names in business developments, the complex is named 'SOHO'.
00048734 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer demolishes a hutong house in the Chaoyang District. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048733 : CHINA Beijing - A group of young people play cards on the rooftop terrace of a cafe by Hou Hai Lake.
00048732 : GERMANY Berlin - Bertil Lindblad, Director of UNAIDS.
00048731 : RUSSIA Moscow - Traffic in front of the Kremlin.
00048730 : CHINA Beijing - A street trader sells counterfeit watches to tourists.
00048729 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer demolishes a hutong house. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048728 : CHINA Beijing - A youth passes several huge billboards, advertising IBM/Lenovo computers and Canon copiers, that hang outside an electronic goods shopping mall in the Chaoyang District.
00048727 : CHINA Beijing - A Coca Cola can uses locally-directed advertising on its packaging and provides an internet link to Coke's Chinese language website.
00048726 : CHINA Beijing - Despite governmental campaigns to increase the level of English spoken in the capital, a group of people hang a new sign, which displays an English spelling mistake, above their restaurant.
00048725 : CHINA Beijing - A street vendor sells snacks from her stall.
00048724 : CHINA Beijing - A traditional craftsman fashions decorative animals from melted sugar on Yandai Xiejie, an old shopping street near Houhai Lake.
00048723 : CHINA Beijing - A People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier guards Tiananmen Gate. The portrait of Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) hangs on the wall behind him.
00048722 : CHINA Beijing - A woman stands at the entrance to a Chinese discount supermarket, near a window display that advertises an assortment of products ranging from computer printers to underwear.
00048721 : CHINA Beijing - A street cleaner on a bike passes a young man relaxing at a lounge bar and cafe by Hou Hai Lake.
00048720 : CHINA Beijing - A group of young women are pictured in an advertisement on the side of a public bus.
00048719 : CHINA Beijing - A woman with a mobile telephone relaxes in a Western-style bar beneath advertising for Cuervo branded tequila.
00048718 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman wearing glasses and a leather jacket shops in a market near Hou Hai lake.
00048717 : CHINA Dashanzi, Beijing - Paintings are displayed in the cavernous interior of a converted art gallery in Dashanzi, Beijing's art district. The gallery was once a factory and an old propaganda slogan still remains painted on the walls.
00048716 : CHINA Beijing - A young man with glasses displays his tiger tattoo.
00048715 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman carrying a Mickey Mouse emblazoned bag talks on her mobile telephone.
00048714 : CHINA Beijing - A street vendor sells snacks from her stall.
00048713 : CHINA Beijing - An advertisement for the drinks company Red Bull is displayed on the side of a public bus.
00048712 : CHINA Beijing - An Air China aeroplane, viewed from an airport bus, waits for passengers at Beijing Airport.
00048711 : CHINA Beijing - Figurines of women in traditional dress are displayed in the window of an antiques store near Hou Hai Lake.
00048710 : CHINA Beijing - A bank employee cleans the windows of the Standard Chartered bank. An advertising image of an athlete displayed on the bank's frontage highlights the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games.
00048709 : CHINA Beijing - A young couple play cards on the rooftop terrace a cafe by Hou Hai Lake. A can of Coca Cola rests on the table.
00048708 : CHINA Beijing - Two street vendors sell snacks from their stall.
00048707 : CHINA Beijing - A Western employee works on her laptop computer at an art gallery in Dashanzi, Beijing's art district. Many former factories in Dashanzi have been recently converted into art studios and galleries.
00048706 : CHINA Beijing - A street vendor sells fruit from his cart.
00048705 : CHINA Beijing - A traditional craftsman fashions decorative animals from melted sugar on Yandai Xiejie, an old shopping street near Houhai Lake.
00048704 : GERMANY Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel.
00048703 : CHINA Beijing - Factory workers at the end of their shift pass signs for the local art galleries and shops in Dashanzi, Beijing's art district. Many former factories in Dashanzi have been recently converted into art studios and galleries.
00048702 : CHINA Beijing - A man uses his mobile phone to photograph the portrait of Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) that hangs in front of Tiananmen Gate.
00048701 : CHINA Beijing - Shoppers on Wangfujing pass a hoarding advertising the opening of a new Folli Follie fashion store.
00048700 : CHINA Beijing - A man passes beneath a poster advertisement, displaying Chinese characters, for a new real-estate development.
00048699 : CHINA Beijing - A young mother carries her sleeping child on her back.
00048698 : CHINA Beijing - Pornography is sold alongside Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) postcards at a roadside stall near Hou Hai Lake.
00048697 : CHINA Beijing - A blind musician busks on a Beijing street.
00048696 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman uses two mobile telephones simultaneously.
00048695 : CHINA Beijing - A Western tourist couple take a rickshaw tour near Hou Hai lake.
00048694 : CHINA Beijing - A downtown bar uses English slang to publicize Mojito and Absinthe cocktails.
00048693 : CHINA Beijing - A young patriotic family visit Tiananmen Gate to see the portrait of Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong). The young boy, sitting on his father's shoulders, carries a Chinese flag.
00048692 : CHINA Beijing - An advertisement for the LG brand of mobile telephones uses English to publicize its products in Beijing.
00048691 : CHINA Beijing - A dress is displayed in the window of a new fashion boutique.
00048690 : CHINA Beijing - A elderly man uses a magnifying glass to read a newspaper displayed in the street.
00048689 : CHINA Beijing - A fashionable youth relaxing in a Hou Hai Lake cafe talks on his mobile telephone.
00048688 : CHINA Beijing - Shop assistants pose among bolts of silk cloth in a Beijing tailoring store.
00048687 : CHINA Beijing - A hoarding advertising Hyundai Accent cars is posted inside a city metro station.
00048686 : CHINA Beijing - A street vendor sells handmade paper dragons near Hou Hai Lake.
00048685 : CHINA Beijing - An elderly man unlocks the door to his hutong home. The building is scheduled for demolition and his next-door neighbour's residence has already been destroyed, the inner wall now exposed and covered in graffiti. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048684 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman on a Beijing street corner talks on her mobile telephone.
00048683 : CHINA Beijing - A rush hour traffic jam backs up on the Second Ring Road amidst a heavy haze of pollution.
00048682 : CHINA Beijing - An elderly woman is pictured standing amongst Beijing traffic and new high rise buildings.
00048681 : CHINA Beijing - A taxi driver drops off his passengers.
00048680 : CHINA Beijing - A man wearing headphones reads a newspaper.
00048679 : CHINA Beijing - A young couple play cards on the rooftop terrace of a cafe by Hou Hai Lake.
00048678 : RUSSIA Moscow - A woman walks in Red Square past the Kremlin.
00048677 : CHINA Beijing - A blind musician busks on a Beijing street.
00048676 : RUSSIA Moscow - Pedestrians walk on a foot bridge crossing the Moscow River, while smoke belches out of factories in the background.
00048675 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant construction labourer falls asleep on site in the back of a bicycle cart.
00048674 : CHINA Beijing - An elderly beggar petitions a tourist taking photographs near Hou Hai Lake.
00048673 : CHINA Beijing - A crowd of young women walk through the streets of Xidan beneath a hoarding that advertises L'Oreal cosmetics.
00048672 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant construction labourer is pictured in front of an advertising hoarding for a new real-estate development.
00048671 : CHINA Beijing - Three migrant labourers on central construction site load a cart with building materials.
00048670 : CHINA Beijing - A woman cleans the windows of a luxury housing and commercial development. In keeping with a recent trend for Western names in business developments, the complex is named 'SOHO'.
00048669 : GERMANY Berlin - Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN).
00048668 : CHINA Beijing - A young couple pass the word 'Prosper' written in English on construction site fencing. Such capitalist aspirations are central to the lives of many people in China today.
00048667 : CHINA Beijing - An elderly beggar walks through the streets near Hou Hai Lake.
00048666 : CHINA Beijing - Rickshaws and pedestrians pass a young man relaxing at a lounge bar and cafe by Hou Hai Lake.
00048665 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant scavenges amongst the ruins of a now-demolished hutong housing area. New luxury apartment buildings stand next to the demolition site (right).
00048664 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer demolishes a hutong house in the Chaoyang District. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048663 : CHINA Beijing - A street trader sells pirated DVD movies on a street corner.
00048662 : CHINA Beijing - Paintings are displayed in the caverous interior of a converted art gallery in Dashanzi, Beijing's art district. Many former factories in Dashanzi have been recently converted into art studios and galleries.
00048661 : RUSSIA Moscow - A badge worn by officers of the KGB, the former secret service of the USSR.
00048660 : CHINA Beijing - Two men lay a new roof on a hutong house in one of the few remaining traditional housing areas left in Beijing. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048659 : CHINA Beijing - A middle-class young man stands by the window in his modern apartment, which overlooks the Chaoyang District.
00048658 : CHINA Beijing - A crowd of people bustle through a pedestrian underpass tunnel.
00048657 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer demolishes a hutong house in the Chaoyang District. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048656 : RUSSIA Moscow - Police cordon off the Cherkizovo market in eastern Moscow soon after an explosion which killed ten people, including two children, and injured more than forty. Prosecutors said the attack was likely linked to organised crime, though terrorism could not be ruled out.
00048655 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant worker is paid for the cardboard that he has collected for recycling.
00048654 : CHINA Beijing - A man wheels his bicycle past a huge frontage sign outside a luxury housing and commercial development. In keeping with a recent trend for Western names in business developments, the complex is named 'SOHO'.
00048653 : CHINA Beijing - A parking attendant stands outside a luxury housing and commercial development in the downtown district of Beijing.
00048652 : RUSSIA Moscow - The Red star in Moscow's Red Square.
00048651 : CHINA Beijing - Traditional silk shoes are displayed on a market stall.
00048650 : RUSSIA Moscow - A woman walks in Red Square past the Kremlin.
00048649 : CHINA Beijing - A newly-arrived migrant construction labourer wanders around looking for work.
00048648 : CHINA Beijing - An elderly woman using a walking aid is one of the few remaining residents living in a hutong housing area. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048647 : GERMANY Berlin - George Soros, billionaire financier and Chairman of the Open Society Institute (OSI).
00048646 : CHINA Beijing - Two young businessmen talk on their mobile phones as they pass a glass office development in Chaoyang District.
00048645 : CHINA Beijing - A woman airs her bedding outside her hutong home. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048644 : CHINA Beijing - A businessman passes a migrant labourer scavenging through a rubbish bin in a pedestrian underpass tunnel.
00048643 : RUSSIA Moscow - Moscow's Federal Security Bureau (FSB) building, the Lubyanka. For decades the building was the headquarters of the secret service's notorious predecessor, the KGB.
00048642 : RUSSIA Moscow - Traffic in front of the Kremlin.
00048641 : CHINA Beijing - A businessman passes a construction site in Beijing's main business district.
00048640 : CHINA Beijing - An official notice reminds foreigners to register their visit with the local police.
00048639 : CHINA Beijing - A hutong housing demolition site. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048638 : CHINA Beijing - A young boy sits in the doorway of his hutong home. The white character (literally meaning 'tear down') painted on the wall of the building indicates that the hutong is scheduled for demolition. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048637 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer demolishes a hutong house. The background sun is obscured by the haze of pollution that sits over the city. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048636 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman applies lip gloss as she walks past a construction site.
00048635 : RUSSIA Moscow - A badge worn by officers of Russia's Federal Security Bureau (FSB). The secret service organisation is the successor to the notorious KGB.
00048634 : CHINA Beijing - A father and son pass a luxury housing and commercial development as they walk through a downtown district of Beijing.
00048633 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant labourer demolishes a hutong house in the Chaoyang District. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048632 : RUSSIA Moscow - Cars drive past Moscow's Federal Security Bureau (FSB) building, the Lubyanka. For decades it was the headquarters of the secret service's notorious predecessor, the KGB.
00048631 : CHINA Beijing - A migrant construction labourer uses his mobile telephone (and headphones) on a break from work.
00048630 : CHINA Beijing - A People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier in Tiananmen Square, setting up a barrier to restrict access to the Great Hall of the People, waves his hand in front of his face to prevent himself being photographed.
00048629 : CHINA Beijing - An advertising hoarding for a new real-estate development stands behind two migrant labourers working on a construction site.
00048628 : CHINA Beijing - One of the last remaining residents of a hutong quarter fetches water from a neighbour's tap. The tap is all that remains of the now-demolished building. The traditional hutongs in Beijing are being systematically destroyed in the name of urban development, frequently without consultation or sufficient compensation.
00048627 : CHINA Beijing - A youth relaxing in a cafe checks his mobile telephone.
00048626 : CHINA Beijing - A businessman checks his mobile telephone as he passes beneath an image of modern Beijing on a nearby billboard.
00048625 : RUSSIA Moscow - Shoppers at the Cherkizovo market in eastern Moscow.
00048624 : RUSSIA Moscow - Shoppers at the Cherkizovo market in eastern Moscow.
00048623 : CHINA Beijing - A young woman, who has the word 'Heaven' emblazoned in English across her jumper, stands in front of a real-estate hoarding.
00048622 : RUSSIA Moscow - Moscow's Federal Security Bureau (FSB) building, the Lubyanka. For decades it was the headquarters of the secret service's notorious predecessor, the KGB.
00048621 : CHINA Beijing - An advertising hoarding, emblazoned with the image of a Western model, is hung outside a hair salon in a luxury housing and commercial development.
00048620 : CHINA Beijing - A policeman guards the exit of a pedestrian underpass that leads onto Tiananmen Square.
00048619 : CHINA Beijing - An elderly beggar walks through the streets near Hou Hai Lake.
00048618 : CHINA Luoyang, Henan Province - A young girl with a Chinese parasol stands beside two women wearing Miao minority costumes at the Peony Flower Festival.
00048617 : CHINA Shanghai - Two workers take a break on an abandoned mattress amid the rubble of a demolished building. The neighbourhood is being torn down in the name of redevelopment and the upcoming 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
00048616 : CHINA Shanghai - Construction workers walk amongst the skyscrapers standing next to a new development site.
00048615 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - A Muslim farmer from the Dongxiang ethnic minority drives a pick-up truck through a terrace field overlooking a deep ravine. Another farmer follows behind on foot.
00048614 : CHINA Shanghai - A factory worker assembles cars at the Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) plant.
00048613 : CHINA Shanghai - A street trader on the Bund offers to take souvenir photos of tourists.
00048612 : CHINA Shanghai - A youth, taking a break from his search for recyclable material, plays with a basketball.
00048611 : SPAIN Marbella, Andalucia, Costa del Sol - A tourist from northern Spain sunbathes and reads an article about a star bullfighting matador in Hola! magazine.
00048610 : CHINA Shanghai - Street vendors sell fruit beside a billboard declaring that the area is the proposed site of the planned Peninsula Hotel.
00048609 : CHINA Shanghai - A newly-built church stands in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement, designed by British architectural firm Atkins, is one of several satellite townships that the Shanghai government has constructed in order to lure residents away from the crowded city centre.
00048608 : SPAIN Benalmadena, Malaga Province, Andalucia, Costa del Sol - An advertisement at the construction site of a new all-inclusive hotel ('Holiday World').
00048607 : TURKEY Istanbul - A policeman participates in a noon prayer at the Beyiazid Mosque.
00048606 : CHINA Wuxi, Jiangsu Province - Workers assemble solar panels at the Suntech electronics factory. Suntech Power Holdings uses photovoltaic (PV) cell technology to convert sunlight into clean electricity.
00048605 : SPAIN Oropesa del mar, Castellon Province - The bright lights of the tourist resort of Marina d'Or.
00048604 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - Muslim schoolchildren from the Dongxiang ethnic minority study in class at Liushu Elementary School.
00048603 : TURKEY Istanbul - Clouds above the Blue Mosque.
00048602 : CHINA Luoyang, Henan Province - A young martial artist trains with a spear at the Yongtai Women's Martial Arts School, the only all-female martial arts centre in China.
00048601 : CHINA Shanghai - A driver asks for directions.
00048600 : CHINA Yixin, Jiangsu Province - A crane towers above construction labourers working high up on the scaffolding of a development site.
00048599 : TURKEY Istanbul - A flower seller passes a mother with her children in the Balat neighbourhood.
00048598 : CHINA Shanghai - A young girl has her temperature checked at a hospital reception.
00048597 : CHINA Shanghai - A security guard looks out the window of a new fish and chips restaurant in Thames Town. The settlement, designed by British architectural firm Atkins, is one of several satellite townships that the Shanghai government has constructed in order to lure residents away from the crowded city centre.
00048596 : CHINA Songjiang District, Shanghai - A migrant labourer works on the spire of a church under construction in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement was designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00048595 : TURKEY Istanbul - Islamists demonstrate in front of the Beyiazid mosque against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey.
00048594 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction worker wears a towel over his face to protect himself from the heat and debris on the site.
00048593 : SPAIN Nr. Los Alcazares, Mar Menor, Murcia - A golf course and cranes constructing new housing in the town of Roda as part of the rapid urbanization of the Spanish coast.
00048592 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - A Muslim man from the Dongxiang ethnic minority uses donkeys to till a terrace field near Linfang Village.
00048591 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker paints the gates of a shop in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement, designed by British architectural firm Atkins, is one of several satellite townships that the Shanghai government has constructed in order to lure residents away from the crowded city centre.
00048590 : SPAIN Malaga Province, Andalucia, Costa del Sol - New apartments under construction near Benalmadena, a couple of kilometres back from the coast. The development includes a pagoda. Most new houses like these are sold to foreign buyers as holiday homes.
00048589 : CHINA Shanghai - A uniformed security guard sits near a cardboard cutout of footballer Thierry Henry at Pudong Airport. The cutout is part of an advertising campaign run by the Emirates airline.
00048588 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - A Muslim schoolboy, who belongs to the Dongxiang ethnic minority, writes with a tiny pencil during a lesson at Liushu Elementary School.
00048587 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Schoolchildren study in a classroom at Linfang Elementary School.
00048586 : SPAIN Oropesa del mar, Castellon Province - A carousel and miniature train next to the five star Marina d'Or hotel.
00048585 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Farmer He Zhengwu stands in his sheep pen holding a lamb from his flock. He built the sheep pen, which has prevented his livestock from wandering off into the hills, with a microfinance loan.
00048584 : SPAIN Oropesa del mar, Castellon Province - Tourists pose for a photo next to a sculpture in Marina d'Or.
00048583 : SPAIN Malaga Province, Andalucia, Costa del Sol - A tourist couple look at the luxurious yachts in the harbour of Puerto Banus.
00048582 : SPAIN Malaga Province, Andalucia, Costa del Sol - Hay carts next to a 'cortijo' (a typical Andalusian house). In the background, new housing constructed as part of the rapid urbanization of the Spanish coast.
00048581 : SPAIN Oropesa del mar, Castellon Province - Holiday apartments, hotels and gardens in Marina d'Or.
00048580 : CHINA Shanghai - A young woman with an umbrella passes a billboard promoting China's one-child family policy while she talks on her mobile phone.
00048579 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Nan Jianjun, a member of the Muslim Dongxiang ethnic minority, uses two donkeys to till a dry terrace wheatfield near Linfang Village.
00048578 : CHINA Shanghai - Construction workers walk past a British-style pub and fish and chips restaurant in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement, designed by British architectural firm Atkins, is one of several satellite townships that the Shanghai government has constructed in order to lure residents away from the crowded city centre.
00048577 : CHINA Zhangqiu, Shandong Province - A worker prepares wooden floorboards at a workshop run by Hualin Wood Products Company. Hualin recycles old and scrap pieces of wood to make furniture and interior decorations.
00048576 : TURKEY Istanbul - Men hang Turkish flags in the Balat neighbourhood prior to a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the district.
00048575 : TURKEY Istanbul - Women outside the Blue Mosque.
00048574 : TURKEY Istanbul - A woman washes her feet before entering the Beyiazid Mosque for noon prayers.
00048573 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Seventy-four-year-old Nan Zhengqing, a member of the Muslim Dongxiang ethnic minority, rests while his son tills a large dry terrace field near Linfang Village.
00048572 : CHINA Songjiang District, Shanghai - A migrant labourer rides a rickshaw through a construction site on the European themed Thames Town housing development. The settlement was designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00048571 : TURKEY Istanbul - Women pray in the Blue Mosque.
00048570 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - A Muslim woman from the Dongxiang ethnic minority packs potatoes at the trading market. Potatoes are one of the main sources of food and revenue in Dongxiang County.
00048569 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction worker in protective clothing makes a steel rebar ring.
00048568 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Two young Muslim women, who a members of the Dongxiang ethnic minority, work in a dry terrace field near Linfang Village.
00048567 : CHINA Shanghai - A homeless beggar passes a cardboard cutout of a Korean TV star promoting soft drinks.
00048566 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - Muslim schoolchildren from the Dongxiang ethnic minority squat on the ground with their books during the morning reading hour at Liushu Elementary School.
00048565 : TURKEY Istanbul - Riot police observe an anti-Pope protest in front of Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya), the Church of Holy Wisdom, during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Istanbul. A sixth-century Byzantine church which was converted to a mosque under the Ottoman empire, Hagia Sophia is now a museum.
00048564 : CHINA Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province - A boat crosses the West Lake.
00048563 : CHINA Shanghai - A motorcyclist checks his mobile phone while riding on his scooter.
00048562 : SPAIN Oropesa del mar, Castellon Province - A retired couple sunbathing on the beach at Marina d'Or.
00048561 : CHINA Pudong, Shanghai - Construction workers sit in front of a billboard promoting China's one-child family policy.
00048560 : CHINA Zhangqiu, Shandong Province - A worker prepares wooden floorboards at a workshop run by Hualin Wood Products Company. Hualin recycles old and scrap pieces of wood to make furniture and interior decorations.
00048559 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - Muslim schoolchildren from the Dongxiang ethnic minority walk home from Daiwantou Hope School near Suonan Township.
00048558 : CHINA Houjia Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Schoolchildren answer questions during class at Houjiacuan Elementary School.
00048557 : CHINA Luoyang, Henan Province - A young martial artist practises free-form fighting at the Yongtai Women's Martial Arts School, the only all-female martial arts centre in China.
00048556 : CHINA Baizhuang Village, Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - Muslim men from the Dongxiang ethnic minority look out over the neighbouring terrace fields from the top of a ravine near Baizhuang Village.
00048555 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction worker walks amongst the skyscrapers standing next to a new development site.
00048554 : CHINA Shanghai - The exposed remains of a steel-reinforced beam stand on an urban redevelopment site.
00048553 : TURKEY Istanbul - Two women pray in the Blue Mosque.
00048552 : CHINA Wuxi, Jiangsu Province - Workers assemble solar panels at the Suntech electronics factory. Suntech Power Holdings uses photovoltaic (PV) cell technology to convert sunlight into clean electricity.
00048551 : CHINA Houjia Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - An elderly man at a local market inspects a farming tool used to smooth plowed earth.
00048550 : CHINA Wuxi, Jiangsu Province - CDC directors watch as a worker assembles a solar panel at the Suntech electronics factory. CDC is a British government-owned fund of funds focused on emerging markets, and is an investor in Suntech Power Holdings, which uses photovoltaic (PV) cell technology to convert sunlight into clean electricity.
00048549 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Feng Jiancang, a village chief, works with a local farmer in a terrace field near Linfang Village.
00048548 : CHINA Songjiang District, Shanghai - Migrant workers wash their laundry using a hose at a housing construction site in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement was designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00048547 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction worker carries an old doorframe past the rubble of a demolished building. The neighbourhood is being torn down in the name of redevelopment and the upcoming 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
00048546 : CHINA Shanghai - Parents and their children play in a water fountain.
00048545 : CHINA Shanghai - A new residential high rise towers above the old 1920s neighbourhood.
00048544 : TURKEY Istanbul - A fisherman on a bridge next to an image of the national flag signed by Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey.
00048543 : TURKEY Istanbul - Policemen sit in a restaurant in the Balat neighbourhood.
00048542 : TURKEY Istanbul - A man selling posters of Mecca and other religious scenes.
00048541 : CHINA Shanghai - A man sitting on a railing watches the sunrise from the Bund.
00048540 : CHINA Danyang, Jiangsu Province - A construction worker transports bundles of steel rebars on his motor-powered rickshaw.
00048539 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Sixty-two-year-old Nan Xianyi, a member of the Muslim Dongxiang ethnic minority, sows wheat in his family's terrace field near Linfang Village.
00048538 : TURKEY Istanbul - Women outside the Blue Mosque.
00048537 : TURKEY Istanbul - As riot police stand by, women participate in an anti-Pope protest in front of Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya), the Church of Holy Wisdom, during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Istanbul. A sixth-century Byzantine church which was converted to a mosque under the Ottoman empire, Hagia Sophia is now a museum.
00048536 : CHINA Shanghai - A businessman walks past a billboard poster advertising a new office development.
00048535 : CHINA Shanghai - A newly-built church stands in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement, designed by British architectural firm Atkins, is one of several satellite townships that the Shanghai government has constructed in order to lure residents away from the crowded city centre.
00048534 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - Sixty-year-old Ma Halimai, who belongs to the Muslim Dongxiang ethnic minority, carries a tilling tool on her back after finishing work in a terrace field near Suonan Township.
00048533 : TURKEY Istanbul - Islamists demonstrate in front of the Beyiazid mosque against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey. A man holds a poster showing Muslim victims of conflict.
00048532 : CHINA Maanshan, Anhui Province - A factory worker inspects rolls of steel sheet metal at Ma Steel (Maanshan Iron & Steel) industrial plant.
00048531 : CHINA Maanshan, Anhui Province - A factory worker uses a sink next to a H-beam production line at Ma Steel (Maanshan Iron & Steel) industrial plant.
00048530 : TURKEY Istanbul - Men wash their feet before praying in the Blue Mosque.
00048529 : CHINA Luoyang, Henan Province - A factory worker assists in the manufacturing of industrial equipment at the CITIC Heavy Industries plant.
00048528 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - Muslim schoolchildren from the Dongxiang ethnic minority squat on the ground with their books during the morning reading hour at Liushu Elementary School.
00048527 : CHINA Songjiang District, Shanghai - Migrant labourers work on a housing construction site in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement was designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00048526 : CHINA Songjiang District, Shanghai - A migrant labourer pushes his cart through a construction site on the European themed Thames Town housing development. The settlement was designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00048525 : CHINA Shanghai - A man eats lunch at a street stall in the backstreets of Shanghai.
00048524 : CHINA Wuxi, Jiangsu Province - Workers assemble solar panels at the Suntech electronics factory. Suntech Power Holdings uses photovoltaic (PV) cell technology to convert sunlight into clean electricity.
00048523 : CHINA Zhangqiu, Shandong Province - CDC directors visit a workshop run by Hualin Wood Products Company. Hualin recycles scrap pieces of wood to make furniture and interior decorations. CDC is a British government-owned fund of funds focused on emerging markets, and is an investor in Hualin.
00048522 : CHINA Luoyang, Henan Province - A young boy races a go-kart.
00048521 : CHINA Wuxi, Jiangsu Province - CDC directors watch as a worker assembles a solar panel at the Suntech electronics factory. CDC is a British government-owned fund of funds focused on emerging markets, and is an investor in Suntech Power Holdings, which uses photovoltaic (PV) cell technology to convert sunlight into clean electricity.
00048520 : CHINA Songjiang District, Shanghai - A migrant labourer works on a housing construction site in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement was designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00048519 : TURKEY Istanbul - Men hang the Turkish flag and a portrait of Kemal Ataturk in the Balat neighbourhood prior to a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the district.
00048518 : CHINA Houjia Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Twenty-one-year-old Hou Yang feeds her chickens. Hou's father established a small holding ten years ago using a microfinance loan and now runs one of the biggest poultry farms in the Houjia Township.
00048517 : CHINA Luoyang, Henan Province - A coal miner is illuminated by his headlamp inside the shaft of a state-owned mine.
00048516 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Schoolchildren play during a break at Linfang Elementary School.
00048515 : CHINA Shanghai - Businessmen ride bicycles down the main commercial street in Luodian New Town. Designed by the Swedish firm SWECO group, the Luodian development is influenced by Scandinavian architecture and is one of the nine satellite towns planned by the local government.
00048514 : CHINA Shanghai - Potential customers look at mobile phones in a department store.
00048513 : CHINA Shanghai - A woman pushes her mother and her daughter together in a wheelchair across the road.
00048512 : CHINA Shanghai - Cars wait in a traffic jam along a busy city highway.
00048511 : CHINA Shanghai - A uniformed army soldier checks his mobile phone while crossing the road.
00048510 : TURKEY Istanbul - Two women in the Blue Mosque.
00048509 : TURKEY Istanbul - A man and a flock of pigeons.
00048508 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction labourer scavenges steel rebars from a demolition site near the Pudong Financial District.
00048507 : TURKEY Istanbul - After praying, a man leaves the Blue Mosque.
00048506 : TURKEY Istanbul - After praying, two men leave the Blue Mosque.
00048505 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - The Army Chaplain sanctions the swearing in of the appointed interim Prime Minister Dr Jona Baravilalala Senilagakali (left) at Queen Elizabeth Barracks. Commodore Frank Bainimarama (right) made the appointment, two days after a military coup in which Bainimarama's forces ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
00048504 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - Soldiers march inside Queen Elizabeth Barracks, two days after participating in a military coup in which Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive powers and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
00048503 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - Commodore Frank Bainimarama at the swearing of the appointed interim Prime Minister at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, two days after a military coup in which Bainimarama's forces ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
00048502 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - Commodore Frank Bainimarama at the swearing of the appointed interim Prime Minister at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, two days after a military coup in which Bainimarama's forces ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
00048501 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - Interim Prime Minister Dr Jona Baravilalala Senilagakali speaks to the press after being sworn in. Commodore Frank Bainimarama appointed the retired army physician, two days after a military coup in which Bainimarama's forces ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
00048500 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - Secretary General of Parliament Mary Chapman condemns a military coup in which Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive powers and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. A few minutes earlier, Parliament was adjourned indefinitely as senior government officials were detained and the speaker and other members were escorted out of the building.
00048499 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - Soldiers close off the main road around the Police Tactical Response unit where the acting police commissioner Moses Driver was detained, two days after a military coup in which Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive powers and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
00048498 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - A defiant Parliament Senate attempts to carry on business as usual following a military coup in which Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive powers and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. Shortly afterwards, Parliament was adjourned indefinitely as the military entered the building, senior government officials were detained and the speaker and other members were escorted out of the building.
00048497 : UNITED KINGDOM Manchester, England, Great Britain, UK - Protesters, some from CND, implore Tony Blair to resign and for the Trident nuclear weapons system to be scrapped during a demonstration outside the Labour party conference.
00048496 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - Shuttered shops and deserted streets in Suva two days after a military coup in which Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive powers and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. The military had effectively closed down local media outlets, including the Daily Post newspaper which chose not to publish rather than face censorship. Posters in the windows say that the rule of law and democracy must prevail, and that journalists are the defenders of the constitution.
00048495 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - A sombre mood in the relatively deserted streets of Suva, as citizens discuss developments following a military coup two days earlier.
00048494 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu - Soldiers enter the Parliamentary Chamber after a military coup in which Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive powers and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
00048493 : CHINA Shanghai - The victim of a hit and run reports the accident to a traffic policeman.
00048492 : TURKEY Istanbul - Noon prayers at the Beyiazid Mosque.
00048491 : CHINA Shanghai - A street vendor pushes a bike loaded with plastic flowers across the road.
00048490 : CHINA Shanghai - A street vendor waves belts in the air as he tries to sell his remaining stock at Xiangyang clothing market. The market, known for its trade in pirated merchandise, has been shut down as part of a governmental programme to spruce up the city's image.
00048489 : CHINA Shanghai - A fight breaks out between shoppers and merchants during the final hours of trading at Xiangyang clothing market. The market, known for its trade in pirated merchandise, has been shut down as part of a governmental programme to spruce up the city's image.
00048488 : CHINA Shanghai - Construction workers walk past a beauty salon in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement, designed by British architectural firm Atkins, is one of several satellite townships that the Shanghai government has constructed in order to lure residents away from the crowded city centre.
00048487 : CHINA Luoyang, Henan Province - A coal miner poses for a photograph at the end of his twelve hour shift at a state-owned mine.
00048486 : CHINA Shanghai - A factory worker assembles car parts at the Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) plant.
00048485 : SPAIN Oropesa del mar, Castellon Province - A retired couple on holiday in Marina d'Or, a new resort in which the rapid process of urbanization is only half completed.
00048484 : CHINA Jiangsu Province - A petrochemical factory near Danyang.
00048483 : CHINA Shanghai - Construction workers try to disentangle scaffolding poles on a highway construction site.
00048482 : SPAIN Oropesa del mar, Castellon Province - Constantino (right, wearing the 'Espana' bull cap) sunbathing on the beach at Marina d'Or with three friends. Each year their social club organises a coach trip to the seaside.
00048481 : SPAIN Marbella, Andalucia, Costa del Sol - Tourists under an elephant shower at Venus beach.
00048480 : CHINA Songjiang District, Shanghai - A migrant labourer walks past a church under construction in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement was designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00048479 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction worker helps to dismantle an old building to make way for a new development
00048478 : TURKEY Istanbul - Men hang the Turkish flag and a portrait of Kemal Ataturk in the Balat neighbourhood prior to a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the district.
00048477 : CHINA Shanghai - Pudong skyscrapers loom above the debris of a redevelopment site.
00048476 : CHINA Laiwu, Shandong Province - An industrial worker operates machinery at the Golden Era Carpet Factory.
00048475 : CHINA Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province - Friends relax on a bench beside the West Lake.
00048474 : CHINA Shanghai - Factory workers assemble automobiles at the Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) plant.
00048473 : CHINA Shanghai - The Pudong Financial District.
00048472 : TURKEY Istanbul - Riot police stand guard as Islamists demonstrate in front of the Beyiazid mosque against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey.
00048471 : CHINA Wuxi, Jiangsu Province - Workers assemble solar panels at the Suntech electronics factory. Suntech Power Holdings uses photovoltaic (PV) cell technology to convert sunlight into clean electricity.
00048470 : CHINA Songjiang District, Shanghai - Migrant labourers work on a housing construction site in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement was designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00048469 : CHINA Songjiang District, Shanghai - A church under construction in the European themed Thames Town. The settlement was designed by British architectural firm, Atkins.
00048468 : CHINA Maanshan, Anhui Province - A factory worker uses a shielded cart to retrieve samples from a steel smelter at Ma Steel (Maanshan Iron & Steel) industrial plant.
00048467 : CHINA Luoyang, Henan Province - Factory workers assist in the manufacturing of industrial equipment at the CITIC Heavy Industries plant.
00048466 : TURKEY Istanbul - Two women in the Blue Mosque.
00048465 : CHINA Luoyang, Henan Province - A factory worker assists in the manufacturing of industrial equipment at the CITIC Heavy Industries plant.
00048464 : CHINA Maanshan, Anhui Province - A factory worker stands next to a steel smelter at Ma Steel (Maanshan Iron & Steel) industrial plant.
00048463 : USA Washington DC - Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed while serving as a US soldier in Iraq, at an anti-war demonstration outside the White House.
00048462 : CHINA Zhaisuo Township, Huinin County, Gansu Province - Seventy-one-year-old Lan Cuire, a member of the Muslim Dongxiang ethnic minority, rests while tilling a terrace field near Linfang Village.
00048461 : CHINA Shanghai - Pedestrians use a footbridge in a new apartment complex.
00048460 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - A Muslim villager from the Dongxiang ethnic minority guides his donkey and cart along a dirt road.
00048459 : CHINA Shanghai - An elderly man carries bags of scavenged bottles and cans, which he can exchange at a local recycling plant for money.
00048458 : CHINA Shanghai - A twin-tower office building.
00048457 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction worker rests during his lunch break.
00048456 : CHINA Shanghai - The town centre of the European themed Thames Town. The settlement, designed by British architectural firm Atkins, is one of several satellite townships that the Shanghai government has built in order to lure residents away from the crowded city centre.
00048455 : USA Washington DC - Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed while serving as a US soldier in Iraq, holds his photograph outside the White House.
00048454 : TURKEY Istanbul - Islamists demonstrate in front of the Beyiazid mosque against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey. One holds a cartoon depicting the Pope and Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the world's Orthodox Christians.
00048453 : CHINA Shanghai - A young father, pushing his son on the back of a bicycle, stops to show the toddler a disused train.
00048452 : CHINA Shanghai - A factory worker assembles a car at the Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) plant.
00048451 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction labourer scavenges steel rebars from a demolition site near the Pudong Financial District.
00048450 : CHINA Shanghai - A homeless man, carrying bundles of plastic bottles and other recyclable material, wanders amongst the tourists on the Bund, opposite the Pudong Financial District.
00048449 : TURKEY Istanbul - A man sitting outside a coffee shop stares up at the sky.
00048448 : CHINA Baizhuang Village, Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - A woman from the Dongxiang ethnic minority works in a terrace field near Baizhuang Village.
00048447 : TURKEY Istanbul - A little girl at the window of her home. Turkish flags were hung from many houses in the Balat neighbourhood prior to a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the district.
00048446 : CHINA Dongxiang County, Gansu Province - Eight-year-old Ma Chungmei and seven-year-old Ma Chungxue walk hand in hand towards Liushu Elementary School. The cousins, who belong to the Dongxiang ethnic minority, undertake the forty-minute walk several times a day.
00048445 : CHINA Shanghai - A labourer collects scrap metal from a highway construction site.

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