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00032040 : ISRAEL Jerusalem - Israeli passengers wait for a bus in central Jerusalem. Numerous Palestinian terrorist attacks have necessitated the deployment of security guards at some bus stops.
00032039 : ISRAEL Jerusalem - Israeli passengers wait for a bus in central Jerusalem. Numerous Palestinian terrorist attacks have necessitated the deployment of security guards at some bus stops.
00032038 : ISRAEL Jerusalem - A monument at the Jewish holocaust memorial site of Yad Vashem.
00032037 : ISRAEL Jerusalem - Israeli passengers get off a bus in central Jerusalem. Numerous Palestinian terrorist attacks have necessitated the deployment of security guards at some bus stops.
00032036 : CHINA Shanghai - Mao Xianghui, a high-tech investor and co-founder of China's first internet weblog (blog) at scblog.org. Blogging has gained immense popularity with the Chinese internet community, where government censorship is less organised and people can openly express their opinions on sensitive topics.
00032035 : ISRAEL Jerusalem - An old man looks at names in the Valley of Communities, a place commemorating perished Jewish communities at the holocaust memorial site of Yad Vashem.
00032034 : ISRAEL Jerusalem - Australian youths hold a memorial ceremony in the Valley of Communities, a place commemorating perished Jewish communities at the holocaust memorial site of Yad Vashem.
00032032 : AFGHANISTAN Bamiyan - The cliff face where the giant statues of Buddha used to stand. They were destroyed by the Taliban.
00032031 : SUDAN Akot, Bahr el Ghazal - Akot hospital pharmacy. Drugs are in short supply.
00032030 : AUSTRALIA Groote Eylandt - Torres Straits islanders visiting Groote Eylandt to attend a corroboree dance with other Aboriginal peoples.
00032029 : NEPAL - The monsoon mist descends on a village in the Kathmandu Valley.
00032028 : AFGHANISTAN Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province - Girl outside the Grand Mosque.
00032027 : AFGHANISTAN Bamiyan - Caves in the rock face, which have been used as shelter by internally displaced persons (IDPs).
00032026 : AFGHANISTAN Bamiyan - View of the town with snow-capped mountains beyond.
00032023 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Male students being taught in a high school in western Kabul which was badly damaged in the war.
00032004 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Mother, wearing a burqa, and child.
00032002 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, holds the traditional red box as he makes his way to the House of Commons to deliver his Budget. Brown became Prime Minister in 2007.
00032001 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, holds the traditional red box as he makes his way to the House of Commons to deliver his Budget. Brown became Prime Minister in 2007.
00032000 : USA New York, United States of America - A doctor in a community clinic examines a child and talks to her family.
00031999 : CAMBODIA Battambang - A pile of skulls in the caves of Phnom Sampeou, where thousands of people were murdered by the Khmer Rouge. Nearly 2 million people died under the Khmer through overwork, starvation or execution.
00031998 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - George Galloway MP of the Respect party speaking at a debate at London University.
00031997 : UNITED KINGDOM Essex, England, Great Britain, UK - The original Enigma code-breaking machine on display at Hedingham school. The machine was used to decipher encrypted German signals during World War Two.
00031996 : CAMBODIA Anlong Veng - The last of the Khmer Rouge are re-integrated into the government army at the former guerrilla base of Anlong Veng.
00031995 : CAMBODIA Tuol Sleng, Phnom Penh - Tourists at Tuol Sleng museum, formerly the S-21 Khmer Rouge detention centre, where over 16,000 inmates were killed between 1975 and 1979. The Khmer photographed every prisoner before they were killed.
00031994 : CAMBODIA Tonle Bati - An execution ground where the bones of victims are piled up. Nearly 2 million people died under the Khmer Rouge through overwork, starvation or execution.
00031993 : CAMBODIA Battambang - Harvesting rice.
00031992 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - An OZM1 Bulgarian bounding mine. Britain's SAS trained the Khmer Rouge to use this weapon.
00031991 : CAMBODIA Battambang - A young Khmer Rouge defector. Many Khmer fighters were granted amnesties if they defected to the government side. Finally, in 1998, they collapsed under the weight of defections during a government offensive.
00031990 : CAMBODIA Sdao, Battambang - Khmer Rouge fighters from Samlaut leave their zone after the 1998 peace deal.
00031989 : CAMBODIA Anlong Veng - The last of the Khmer Rouge are re-integrated into the government army at the former guerrilla base of Anlong Veng.
00031988 : SIERRA LEONE - A family crossing the bridge over the river Mano, which marks the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia. Over the years, thousands of refugees have crossed the bridge in both directions, depending in which country the conflict has flared up. The UNHCR is now helping to repatriate these people to their home countries. Others do not want to wait for the difficult process of identification, allocation and reintegration and try to return on their own. The man is wearing a T-shirt of rapper 50 Cent.
00031987 : CAMBODIA Anlong Veng - The last of the Khmer Rouge are re-integrated into the government army at the former guerrilla base of Anlong Veng.
00031986 : SIERRA LEONE Makeni - A pregnant woman undergoing a caesarian section. Doctors from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) assist staff at the health centre.
00031985 : SIERRA LEONE Kenema - An amputee in a wheelchair sits in front of a diamond dealership. Despite its natural resources, Kenema is one of the poorest and least developed areas of Sierra Leone.
00031984 : SIERRA LEONE - Money changers on the bridge over the river Mano, which marks the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia. Over the years, thousands of refugees have crossed the bridge in both directions, depending in which country the conflict has flared up. The UNHCR is now helping to repatriate these people to their home countries. Others do not want to wait for the difficult process of identification, allocation and reintegration and try to return on their own.
00031983 : SIERRA LEONE Kenema - A young woman recovering in hospital after delivering a still-born child. The mother hardly survived the delivery, due to complications during labour and her late arrival in hospital. Due to a lack of health infrastructure, facilities, qualified staff and medicines thousands of women and babies die each year in Sierra Leone.
00031982 : SIERRA LEONE Kenema - Young men working in the diamond mines near the town of Kenema, watched by their foreman.
00031981 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A prison guard at the detention centre of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, which was set up jointly by the government and the United Nations to investigate war crimes. This cell had been prepared to accommodate former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who was eventually transferred to the court in March 2006.
00031980 : SIERRA LEONE - An immigration official in front of his office next to the bridge over the river Mano, which marks the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia. Over the years, thousands of refugees have crossed the bridge in both directions, depending in which country the conflict has flared up. The UNHCR is now helping to repatriate these people to their home countries. Others do not want to wait for the difficult process of identification, allocation and reintegration and try to return on their own.
00031979 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - The Single Leg Amputee Sports Club play football on the beach.
00031978 : SIERRA LEONE Kenema - A pregnant woman is examined by a midwife at a pre-natal clinic.
00031977 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A prison guard at the detention centre of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, which was set up jointly by the government and the United Nations to investigate war crimes. This cell had been prepared to accommodate former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who was eventually transferred to the court in March 2006.
00031976 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Dutch lawyer Victor Koppe at the prison gate on the way to see his client. Mr Koppe is a defence lawyer at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, representing a suspect charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the civil war. The court, set up jointly by the government and the United Nations, is currently trying nine suspects.
00031975 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - Dutch lawyer Victor Koppe at the prison gate on the way to see his client. Mr Koppe is a defence lawyer at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, representing a suspect charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the civil war. The court, set up jointly by the government and the United Nations, is currently trying nine suspects.
00031974 : KENYA Nairobi - A young woman working at KenCall, the first call centre in Kenya, which works for companies around the English-speaking world.
00031967 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Boy with cockerel.
00031966 : AFGHANISTAN Bamiyan Province - Harsh conditions on a road through snow-covered mountains, the main route between the capital and Bamiyan.
00031965 : AFGHANISTAN Bamiyan - Caves in the rock face, which have been used as shelter by internally displaced persons (IDPs).
00031964 : TAIWAN Taipei - A Taiwanese Aboriginal man amongst around one million protesters demonstrating against China's recently passed anti-secession law, which threatens an invasion should Taiwan proclaim independence.
00031963 : TAIWAN Taipei - Around one million protesters demonstrate against China's recently passed anti-secession law, which threatens an invasion should Taiwan proclaim independence. The red fabric represents deflating missiles - over 700 of which China has pointing at the island.
00031962 : TAIWAN Taipei - Around one million protesters demonstrate against China's recently passed anti-secession law, which threatens an invasion should Taiwan proclaim independence.
00031961 : TAIWAN Taipei - A gagged man, one of an estimated one million protesters demonstrating against China's recently passed anti-secession law, which threatens an invasion should Taiwan proclaim independence.
00031960 : TAIWAN Taipei - Signs for peace and freedom held up by some of the one million protesters demonstrating against China's recently passed anti-secession law, which threatens an invasion should Taiwan proclaim independence.
00031959 : TAIWAN Taipei - Around one million protesters demonstrate against China's recently passed anti-secession law, which threatens an invasion should Taiwan proclaim independence. The words on the ball read "anti-invasion".
00031958 : TAIWAN Taipei - A woman demonstrating for peace and love. Around one million protesters demonstrated against China's recently passed anti-secession law, which threatens an invasion should Taiwan proclaim independence.
00031957 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Goma, Kivu Province - Nadine (centre) with her child and a friend in her small house in the slums of Goma. She works as a prostitute, and most of her clients are United Nations soldiers. The UN mission in Congo (MONUC) has been undermined by claims of sexual abuse perpetrated by peacekeepers.
00031956 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Goma, Kivu Province - On Sunday morning, churchgoers walk home against a backdrop of the smoking Nyiragongo volcano. Large parts of Goma were destroyed after an eruption in January 2002.
00031955 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Tents cover a hillside in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031954 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Children play in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031953 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Goma, Kivu Province - Edos Nziavake (42) in her workshop, where she sells material and makes clothes. She has managed to keep her business going despite the war in Eastern Congo.
00031952 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Tents cover a hillside in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031951 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Nepalese soldiers from the UN mission in Congo (MONUC) at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by the nearby MONUC checkpoint.
00031950 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Five year old Vani Vamuliya died of dysentery. Her body is laid out under plastic sheeting, surrounded by grieving relatives. Her last days were spent in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias.
00031949 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Tents cover a hillside in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031948 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - A new arrival rests while constructing a shelter for his family in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031947 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Goma, Kivu Province - Alice Maombi (19) in her home in Goma. During the war in eastern Congo she was kidnapped and gang raped by Interhamwe militias. She barely survived, and had to undergo several operations to repair the damage. The physical and psychological scars remain.
00031946 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Goma, Kivu Province - Alice Maombi (19) in her home in Goma. During the war in eastern Congo she was kidnapped and gang raped by Interhamwe militias. She barely survived, and had to undergo several operations to repair the damage. The physical and psychological scars remain.
00031945 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Bunia, Ituri Province - Love Grace Tibasima (21) fought for the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), a predominantly Hema militia group, during the war in Ituri. Since 2004 she has been in a disarming programme, and she hopes to continue her studies.
00031944 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Tents cover a hillside in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031943 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - A new arrival constructs a shelter for his family in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031942 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - A new arrival constructs a shelter for his family in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031941 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Five year old Vani Vamuliya died of dysentery. Her body is laid out under plastic sheeting, surrounded by grieving relatives. Her last days were spent in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. The health situation is deteriorating rapidly.
00031940 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Tents cover a hillside in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031939 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Tents cover a hillside in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031938 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Tche, Ituri Province - Tents cover a hillside in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tche, which has rapidly grown to house some 20,000 people. They fled their homes amidst insecurity resulting from violent attacks and clashes between rival Hema and Lendu militias. Every day more people arrive hoping to be protected by a nearby UN mission in Congo (MONUC) checkpoint.
00031937 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A young girl tries to catch fish for her dinner in sea waters next to her village.
00031936 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - A one month old panda in an incubator at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre.
00031935 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - A one month old panda in an incubator at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre.
00031934 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - Satellite dishes on the roofs of houses in the Baima village of Paxijia. The Baima people are a minority tribal group of some 1400 people who have become involved in eco-tourism because their ancestral homelands are shared with the giant panda.
00031933 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - A Baima man gathering firewood in the village of Paxijia. The Baima people are a minority tribal group of some 1400 people who have become involved in eco-tourism because their ancestral homelands are shared with the giant panda.
00031932 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - A Baima woman in the village of Paxijia. The Baima people are a minority tribal group of some 1400 people who have become involved in eco-tourism because their ancestral homelands are shared with the giant panda.
00031931 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - A Baima boy in the village of Paxijia. The Baima people are a minority tribal group of some 1400 people who have become involved in eco-tourism because their ancestral homelands are shared with the giant panda.
00031930 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - The traditional felt hat, work by the Baima minority hangs on a hook in the village of Paxijia.
00031929 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - A Baima woman smokes herbal medicine in the village of Paxijia. The Baima people are a minority tribal group of some 1400 people who have become involved in eco-tourism because their ancestral homelands are shared with the giant panda.
00031928 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - A Baima woman harvests potatoes in the village of Paxijia. The Baima people are a minority tribal group of some 1400 people who have become involved in eco-tourism because their ancestral homelands are shared with the giant panda.
00031927 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - A Baima woman smokes herbal medicine in the village of Paxijia. The Baima people are a minority tribal group of some 1400 people who have become involved in eco-tourism because their ancestral homelands are shared with the giant panda.
00031926 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - A Baima boy carrying potatoes in the village of Paxijia. The Baima people are a minority tribal group of some 1400 people who have become involved in eco-tourism because their ancestral homelands are shared with the giant panda.
00031925 : CHINA Beijing - A pedestrian wearing a mask to protect herself from thick pollution as she walks her dog in central Beijing. People had been warned to stay indoors after smog covered the city for three days.
00031924 : CHINA Pingwu County, Sichuan Province - Baima people harvest potatoes in the village of Paxijia. The Baima people are a minority tribal group of some 1400 people who have become involved in eco-tourism because their ancestral homelands are shared with the giant panda.
00031923 : CHINA Beijing - A Nike shop with a window display featuring basketball player LeBron James. The Chinese authorities banned a Nike television commercial depicting James in a battle with an animated cartoon kung fu master, two women in traditional Chinese attire and a pair of dragons, considered sacred symbols in traditional Chinese culture.
00031922 : CHINA Beijing - Cars wait in a traffic jam on a road shrouded in pollution in central Beijing. People had been warned to stay indoors after smog covered the city for three days.
00031921 : CHINA Anxi, Fujian Province - Women sort tea leaves in a factory. The ratio of men to women in Anxi has been seriously imbalanced by selective abortions and other factors.
00031920 : CHINA Beijing - Exhausted shoppers take a nap in the sofa department at Ikea in Beijing.
00031919 : CHINA Beijing - Shoppers line up to pay for their groceries at a Carrefour supermarket in Beijing.
00031918 : CHINA Anxi, Fujian Province - Children peer through the doorway of the Sun Family Temple in Anxi. The temple, which has recently started welcoming female members of the Sun family, was previously only accessible to men.
00031917 : CHINA Anxi, Fujian Province - Women sort tea leaves in a factory. The ratio of men to women in Anxi has been seriously imbalanced by selective abortions and other factors.
00031916 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A young girl prepares to fish for her dinner in sea waters next to her village.
00031915 : CHINA Anxi, Fujian Province - Male students at the Lanxi middle school march past a billboard in their school yard advocating the equality of girls and women. The ratio of men to women in Anxi has been seriously imbalanced by selective abortions and other factors.
00031914 : CHINA Shangyuan, Fujian Province - A motorcyclist passes a billboard instructing citizens to "care for girls". It says in full "People in the hometown of tea care for girls, they live well and work well." The billboard is part of a campaign to encourage people to be satisfied with their daughters. In the area, when couples have a girl as their first child, they are allowed to try again for a boy. The ratio of men to women has been seriously imbalanced as a result.
00031913 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A woman sells reef fish at the market in the Fishing Village.
00031912 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - A girl looks for shellfish in the lagoon.
00031911 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A fisherman in a canoe off the Fishing Village.
00031910 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A man catches a skipjack tuna.
00031909 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A fisherman paddles towards a school of mackerel, splashing near his canoe.
00031908 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A child watches as the day's tuna catch is prepared for sale. Over the last year, many Solomon Island fisheries have experienced very low catch rates, particularly for albacore. There has been growing concern among fishermen about the possible impact of increased longline fishing in the region.
00031907 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A sign instructing buyers how to choose a fresh fish at a market in the Fishing Village.
00031906 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - Skipjack tuna from a local cannery for sale. The last five years has seen unprecedented growth in the domestic longline tuna fisheries of the islands of the south-western Pacific.
00031905 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A man stands next to a sign offering fish fillets for sale at the Fishing Village.
00031904 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - Children wait for their parents to come home after fishing.
00031903 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - Children wait for their parents to come home after fishing.
00031902 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - A man from the Lobi community uses a chainsaw to cut down a large tree as part of an eco-forestry programme. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031901 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Honiara, Guadalcanal - A husband and wife team unload their catch of tuna at the end of the day, to sell at the fish market.
00031900 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Poha, Guadalcanal - Kids playing in the surf.
00031899 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - Members of the Lobi community use a portable mill to make planks out of a freshly felled tree. This tree was brought down as part of an eco-forestry programme. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031898 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - Members of the Lobi community clear the area around a felled tree to make way for the milling process. This tree was brought down as part of an eco-forestry programme. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031897 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - A boy from the Lobi community sits on stacks of eco-timber in his village. These trees was brought down as part of an eco-forestry programme. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031896 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - Children from the Lobi community sit on a recently felled tree. This tree was brought down as part of an eco-forestry programme. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031895 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - A boy from the Lobi community.
00031894 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - Workers, members of the Lobi community, are surrounded by hundreds of cut trees in a logging camp. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031893 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - A boy from the Lobi community sits in the forest near his village.
00031892 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - A boy from the Lobi community plays in a logging camp. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031891 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - Logs are tagged, waiting to be shipped to Malaysia, at a logging camp. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031890 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - Workers, members of the Lobi community, in a logging camp. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031889 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - Workers, members of the Lobi community, in a logging camp. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031888 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - A man ties bits of nylon string to a mother of pearl lure, used to entice fish.
00031887 : SOLOMON ISLANDS Marovo Lagoon - A man from the Lobi community tagging trees at a logging camp. In the last ten years many foreign logging companies have moved into the Solomon Islands. The current level of official production of 830,000 cubic metres, mainly whole log exports, is running at nearly three times the sustainable level. With more than 60% of government revenue coming from tariffs on log exports, the country's economy seems locked into a spiral of resource depletion and unsustainable development.
00031886 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - A fisherman cleans his catch in the lagoon.
00031885 : KIRIBATI - Fishermen pull in their catch.
00031884 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - Sunrise over North Tarawa.
00031883 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - Fishermen offload their catch of yellow tail tuna at the wharf.
00031882 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - A one month old panda is given breakfast in an incubator at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre.
00031881 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - People look for shellfish next to an old shipwreck in the Beitio lagoon.
00031880 : KIRIBATI Tarawa - Girls look for shellfish in the lagoon.
00031879 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - An adolescent panda plays in an enclosure at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre.
00031878 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - A panda munches on bamboo at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre.
00031877 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - An adolescent panda plays in a tree in an enclosure at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre.
00031876 : CHINA Sichuan Province - Liu Jian (left) and Zhao Lianjun, staff of the Wanglang Nature Reserve, retrieve an infrared camera. The reserve is home to wild pandas, but they are rarely sighted, so the cameras placed around the reserve offer an opportunity to study their habits.
00031875 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - Seven year old panda Shu Lan cuddles her one month old cub Siyue at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre.
00031874 : CHINA Sichuan Province - Mountains in the Wanglang Nature Reserve.
00031873 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan Province - A man carries vegetables past stalls selling panda souvenirs in front of the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre.
00031872 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) West Bank - Israeli and foreign activists with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) protesting as Palestinian land is cleared for the controversial separation wall being built by Israel. The ISM campaigns against the Israeli occupation using non-violent methods.
00031871 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Nablus, West Bank - Danielle Smith, an American nurse and activist with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), meeting Palestinians on the streets of Nablus. The ISM campaigns against the Israeli occupation using non-violent methods.
00031870 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) West Bank - Patrick, a British activist with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), protesting on Palestinian land being cleared for the controversial separation wall being built by Israel. The ISM campaigns against the Israeli occupation using non-violent methods.
00031869 : KENYA Nairobi - A young woman working at KenCall, the first call centre in Kenya, which works for companies around the English-speaking world.
00031868 : KENYA Nairobi - A young woman working at KenCall, the first call centre in Kenya, which works for companies around the English-speaking world.
00031867 : KENYA Nairobi - A young woman working at KenCall, the first call centre in Kenya, which works for companies around the English-speaking world.
00031866 : GUATEMALA Baja Verapaz - Young girl.
00031865 : INDIA Pune, Maharashtra - Tata Motors factory. The company is one of India's largest vehicle makers, producing cars, trucks and buses for national and international markets.
00031864 : INDIA Pune, Maharashtra - Tata Motors factory. The company is one of India's largest vehicle makers, producing cars, trucks and buses for national and international markets.
00031863 : INDIA Pune, Maharashtra - Tata Motors factory. The company is one of India's largest vehicle makers, producing cars, trucks and buses for national and international markets.
00031862 : INDIA Pune, Maharashtra - Tata Motors factory. The company is one of India's largest vehicle makers, producing cars, trucks and buses for national and international markets.
00031861 : INDIA Pune, Maharashtra - Tata Motors factory. The company is one of India's largest vehicle makers, producing cars, trucks and buses for national and international markets.
00031860 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) West Bank - Two British activists with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a group which campaigns against the Israeli occupation using non-violent methods, sleep on Palestinian land. The owner, a Palestinian farmer, will soon be unable to access his fields due to the controversial separation wall being built by Israel.
00031859 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Bob Geldof, former singer with the Boomtown Rats, now a campaigner against global poverty.
00031858 : NORWAY Oslo - A group of angry smokers took to the streets to protest against the ban on smoking in public places. They were confronted by police in riot gear, and two protesters were arrested and eventually fined for causing a disturbance.
00031857 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) West Bank - Duncan, a British activist with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), giving an interview for Israeli television on Palestinian land being cleared for the controversial separation wall. The ISM campaigns against the Israeli occupation using non-violent methods.
00031856 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) West Bank - Cath, a British activist with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), crossing Palestinian land being cleared for the controversial separation wall being built by Israel. The ISM campaigns against the Israeli occupation using non-violent methods.
00031855 : INDIA Pune, Maharashtra - Tata Motors factory. The company is one of India's largest vehicle makers, producing cars, trucks and buses for national and international markets.
00031854 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Rafah, Gaza Strip - Laura, a Jewish-American peace activist, is greeted by four year old Arij. Her work in Gaza has earned her many friends, but if caught by the Israelis she faces arrest and deportation.
00031853 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Rafah, Gaza Strip - American peace activist Jon Jackson, a retired librarian, meets a group of boys who are putting on a play. They are fascinated by his dreadlocked hair. Community work has become more important for the international peace activists as non-violent direct action against Israeli forces has proved very dangerous.
00031852 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Rafah, Gaza Strip - Arij, a four year old girl, with a gas mask she found on the street.
00031851 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Nablus, West Bank - An Israeli tank making an incursion into the outskirts of Balata refugee camp. Confronted by stone-throwing youths, the Israelis responded with live ammunition.
00031850 : INDIA Pune, Maharashtra - Tata Motors factory. The company is one of India's largest vehicle makers, producing cars, trucks and buses for national and international markets.
00031849 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza Strip - Jenny, a Britsh peace activist, disguises herself in a veil in order to pass through an Israeli checkpoint. If she is caught by the Israelis she faces arrest and deportation.
00031848 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Nablus, West Bank - A stone-throwing Palestinian boy flees as an Israeli tank opens fire on the outskirts of Balata refugee camp.
00031847 : SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg - Tokyo Sexwale, chairman of Mvelaphanda Holdings. A former ANC activist and political prisoner, he is one of South Africa's most successful black businessmen.
00031846 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Jerusalem - A Palestinian man being searched by Israeli border police as an Orthodox Jew passes by.
00031845 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Qalqilya, West Bank - Palestinian youths harvesting potatoes in a field divided by the controversial separation wall being built by Israel. The wall has separated many farmers from their land.
00031844 : IRAQ Baghdad - Peter Arnett, veteran American television news correspondent, talking to camera in the garden of the Hotel Palestine at the height of the war. He had been dismissed by the NBC network a few days earlier for giving a controversial interview to state-run Iraqi TV, but had been taken on by various non-American media outlets.
00031843 : NICARAGUA Nr. Matagalpa - Young girl.
00031842 : IRAQ Baghdad - Peter Arnett, veteran American television news correspondent, at a US checkpoint in Baghdad on the second day of the US occupation of the city centre. He had been dismissed by the NBC network a few days earlier for giving a controversial interview to state-run Iraqi TV, but had been taken on by various non-American media outlets.
00031841 : JAPAN Tokyo - Girl in a kimono eating a hamburger and drinking Coca Cola, watched by her mother.
00031840 : KENYA Nairobi - A young woman working at KenCall, the first call centre in Kenya, which works for companies around the English-speaking world.
00031839 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - A Waiapi girl looking in the mirror. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031838 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - A young Waiapi girl helps her mother to prepare a family meal. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031837 : BRAZIL Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - The multinational cosmetics company Avon sends sales people into the Brazilian bush in order to turn the Indian population on to their products. Graycilete (27) runs this outpost and earns 30% of the sales, making her income 120-150 R$ a month. Her most popular product is perfume. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031836 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Doctor Admilson Maciel administers medical treatment and dental care to Waiapi patients of all ages at the Aramira infirmary. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031835 : BRAZIL Itopoku, Amapa Province - After a half hour walk home from school through the rainforest, Japare does his homework while his young family look on. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031834 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Using a leaf to shield herself from the rain, a Waiapi woman rushes home through the rainforest after collecting Pupunha fruits. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031833 : BRAZIL Moskow, Roraima Province - A Wapixana Indian woman using an old Singer sewing machine, the income from which enabled her family to afford a satellite dish and television set. The tribe live in a small reservation called Moskow, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031832 : BRAZIL Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - A Munduruku woman washes her baby in the Rio Canuma while the older kids play in a dugout canoe. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031831 : BRAZIL Hopoku, Amapa Province - Waiapi women washing in the river, which is the centre of life in the village of Hopoku. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031830 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Gathering pupunha fruits is a family activity for the Waiapi. The women's role is to spot ripe fruits in the trees then the young men climb up to cut them down. Meanwhile, the women weave baskets in which to gather them up. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031829 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - A young Waiapi girl and her brother helping to prepare a family meal. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031828 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Gathering pupunha fruits is a family activity for the Waiapi. The women's role is to spot ripe fruits in the trees then the young men climb up to cut them down. The women then gather them up. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031827 : BRAZIL Nr. Macapa, Amapa Province - Destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Here, the Japanese company ANCEL has cut down the rainforest and made cosmetic attempts at reforestation with fast-growing Eucalyptus trees for glucose production.
00031826 : BRAZIL Sao Francisco, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - Three young Munduruku boys affectionately scratch their pet pig. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031825 : BRAZIL Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - During the routine laundry chores in the Rio Canuma, a Munduruku woman tenderly cleans her family's domesticated wild boar. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031824 : BRAZIL Niteroi, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - In the tiny village of Niteroi preparations are made for a ceremony honouring Antonio, the patron saint of the village. A boy carries a slaughtered pig to be prepared for the feast. Many of the Munduruku, an Indian tribe that live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, have converted to Christianity. The reservation is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031823 : BRAZIL Itopoku, Amapa Province - Chief Ororio (63) and his wife Aroripa relaxing after a feast in the small village of Itopoku. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031822 : BRAZIL Sao Francisco, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - Munduruku people from Sao Francisco (a village of 7 families consisting of 46 people) cut up a tree for use within the village. Logging for external sale is not permitted. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031821 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Gathering pupunha fruits is a family activity for the Waiapi. The women's role is to spot ripe fruits in the trees then the young men climb up to cut them down. The women then gather them up. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031820 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Paroripa, the village chief's wife, wipes her face after a feast. She is wearing a traditional 10 metre long Waiapi necklace made of approximately 4,000 beads. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031819 : BRAZIL Moskow, Roraima Province - Wapixana Indians praying at Sunday morning mass in the small Catholic church. The tribe live in a small reservation called Moskow, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031818 : BRAZIL Moskow, Roraima Province - Using a wooden spatula, a Wapixana Indian man dries locally-grown cassava grain (manioc) over a heated pan. The cassava will later be sold at a nearby market. The tribe live in a small reservation called Moskow, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031817 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Chief Kumare on patrol in a motorboat on Rio Felicio, protecting the Waiapi reservation from gold-digging invaders. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest. They are entitled to mark their territory with signs officially forbidding non-indigenous people to enter the reservation.
00031816 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Gathering pupunha fruits is a family activity for the Waiapi. The women's role is to spot ripe fruits in the trees then the young men climb up to cut them down. The women then gather them up. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031815 : BRAZIL Ari, Amapa Province - Kumare, chief of the Waiapi. His yellow plastic comb and red loincloth are visible influences of western culture. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031814 : BRAZIL Rio Felicio, Amapa Province - Chief Kumare stands guard in a motorboat on Rio Felicio, protecting the Waiapi reservation from gold-digging invaders. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest. They are entitled to mark their territory with signs officially forbidding non-indigenous people to enter the reservation.
00031813 : BRAZIL Itopoku, Amapa Province - Because of the high temperatures and lack of refrigeration, meat needs to be boiled or roasted, and then consumed immediately. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031812 : BRAZIL Niteroi, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - Two young Munduruku girls dance at the Saint Antonio festival's 'Disco Night', where Western cultural influences dominate. On the first night, a non-Indian band headlines; on the last night, western hardcore music played from a cassette comes over the speakers. The most common dance is the forro, a kind of polka. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031811 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - A Waiapi woman boiling pupunha fruits. These multipurpose fruits can either be boiled for eating, juiced or distilled into liquor. In the background, a Mickey Mouse towel hangs on the washing line. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031810 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Doctor Admilson Maciel administers medical treatment and dental care to Waiapi patients of all ages at the Aramira infirmary. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031809 : BRAZIL Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - A Munduruku boy tenderly carries his pet, a domesticated wild boar, for its daily cleansing swim in the Rio Canuma. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031808 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - Urucum, the oil produced from the seeds of the Achiote fruit, gives out a red, non-toxic dye that is used by the Waiapi for body painting. It protects them from insects and is said to shelter them from evil spirits. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031807 : BRAZIL Moskow, Roraima Province - Wapixana Indian teenagers playing football at the end of the school day. The tribe live in a small reservation called Moskow, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest. Forests like this one only grow on the humid lowlands of the North Amazonian Savannah.
00031806 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Urucum, the oil produced from the seeds of the Achiote fruit, gives out a red, non-toxic dye that is used by the Waiapi for body painting. It protects them from insects and is said to shelter them from evil spirits. They also use Genipap resin to decorate themselves with traditional markings, but with Western influence, teenagers have taken to writing their crushes' names on their skin. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031805 : BRAZIL Itopoku, Amapa Province - Waiapi people washing and collecting drinking water from the river, which is the centre of life in the village of Hopoku. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031804 : BRAZIL Itopoku, Amapa Province - As a result of Western influence, some of the young Waiapi boys have begun to stray from tradition by cutting and styling their hair. As they grow older, most will revert back to traditional ways. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031803 : BRAZIL Niteroi, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - A Munduruku man washing in the Rio Canuma. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031802 : BRAZIL Niteroi, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - Gilda Maria Jose, a Munduruku woman, smoking a cigarette through missing teeth. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031801 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Waiapi men use machetes to prevent a forest aisle from becoming overrun by the rapidly growing rainforest. Forest aisles are used to mark the borders of reservations. Official government signs posted along the aisles warn non-indigenous intruders to keep out. This sign has been defaced by enraged gold diggers. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031800 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - Nine year old Raukani, daughter of the village chief of Okaraura and sister to the powerful Waiapi chief Kumare. Her face is covered with Urucum, the oil produced from the seeds of the Achiote fruit, which gives out a red, non-toxic dye. It protects the Waiapi from insects and is said to shelter them from evil spirits. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031799 : BRAZIL Moskow, Roraima Province - At the Pentecostal United Church of God, the gospel is read in English, Portuguese and Wapixana. The religion was brought to the Wapixana Indians four years ago. The tribe live in a small reservation called Moskow, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031798 : BRAZIL Aramira, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - Munduruku boys at the foot of a giant tree, which they call 'Mother of the Black Earth'. It outgrows the jungle canopy and is several hundred years old. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031797 : BRAZIL Nr. Macapa, Amapa Province - Destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Farmers often cut down the trees to clear land for grazing cattle.
00031796 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Waiapi people watching a World Cup football game on television. The only man present is Chief Kumare, because the other men of his tribe have to use the daylight for hunting. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031795 : BRAZIL Nova Olinda, Amazonas - Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest between the Rio Madera and Rio Canuma rivers.
00031794 : BRAZIL Moskow, Roraima Province - Alexandre Mateus (69), the father of chief Tuxaua, plaiting rope for agricultural use. The Wapixana Indian tribe live in a small reservation called Moskow, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031793 : BRAZIL Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - A makeshift kiosk selling basic goods such as matches, rice and sweets. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031792 : BRAZIL Moskow, Roraima Province - Wapixana Indians erect a 'placa', a warning sign, which prohibits trespassers from entering Indian land. The tribe live in a small reservation called Moskow, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest. They are entitled to mark their territory with signs officially forbidding non-indigenous people to enter the reservation.
00031791 : BRAZIL Roraima Province - A bronze plaque marks the boundary of the Wapixana Indians' Moskow reservation, the coordinates of which are checked by GPS (Global Positioning System). Government officials trace the information onto paper for filing purposes. The reservation is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031790 : BRAZIL Niteroi, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - A Munduruku man watching the moon rise from a boat on the Rio Canuma. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031789 : BRAZIL Niteroi, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - Munduruku men in dugout canoes listen attentively for the movement of prey. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031788 : BRAZIL Nova Olinda, Amazonas - Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest between the Rio Madera and Rio Canuma rivers.
00031787 : BRAZIL Moskow, Roraima Province - Wapixana Indians gather around the television at the home of Geraldo Desouza to cheer on the Brazilian team at the World Cup football tournament. Some of them don the national colours for the occasion. The tribe live in a small reservation called Moskow, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031786 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - A Waiapi woman boiling pupunha fruits. These multipurpose fruits can either be boiled for eating, juiced or distilled into liquor. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031785 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Doctor Admilson Maciel administers medical treatment and dental care to Waiapi patients of all ages at the Aramira infirmary. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031784 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Waiapi youths playing football, inspired by the success of the Brazilian team in the World Cup going on at that time. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031783 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Gathering pupunha fruits is a family activity for the Waiapi. The women's role is to spot ripe fruits in the trees then the young men climb up to cut them down. The women then gather them up. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031782 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - A Waiapi woman pounding pupunha fruits. These multipurpose fruits can either be boiled for eating, juiced or distilled into liquor. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031781 : BRAZIL Niteroi, Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - In the tiny village of Niteroi a woman prepares the altar of a makeshift church for a ceremony honouring Antonio, the patron saint of the village. Many of the Munduruku, an Indian tribe that live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, have converted to Christianity. The reservation is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031780 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Waiapi people carrying fruit they have gathered through the rainforest in woven baskets. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031779 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - Family portrait of the sole inhabitants of the village of Okaraura. Chief Anisio, 72, his wife and their seven children. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031778 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Waiapi people carrying fruit they have gathered through the rainforest in woven baskets. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031777 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - Gathering pupunha fruits is a family activity for the Waiapi. The women's role is to spot ripe fruits in the trees then the young men climb up to cut them down. The women then gather them up. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031776 : BRAZIL Aramira, Amapa Province - A Waiapi man on his way to the river with a toothbrush. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031775 : BRAZIL Okaraura, Amapa Province - Three Waiapi sisters adapting to Western ways. Kurai (13, right) is the most traditional, Pane (16, left) wears a black bra while Warai (15, centre) has painted herself one with Genipap resin. The Waiapi Indian tribe belong to the Tupi language group. The Waiapi reservation, an area of 6,070 square kilometres, is one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031774 : BRAZIL Coata-Laranjal, Amazonas - The multinational cosmetics company Avon sends sales people into the Brazilian bush in order to turn the Indian population on to their products. Munduruku women, such as this girl painting her toenails, eagerly purchase the goods, some of the few Western consumer items that reach their community. The Munduruku Indian tribe live in the Coata-Laranjal reservation, one of 160 territories protected by PP-G7, the Pilot Programme to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest.
00031773 : SLOVAKIA Rakusy - Slavka Misalkova, a Roma gypsy girl, at the window of the one-room log cabin where she lives with her parents and four siblings. The settlement has no running water or basic sanitation.
00031772 : USA Chicago, Illinois, United States of America - Street scene.
00031771 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - A Roma gypsy boy begging from a businessman.
00031770 : SLOVAKIA Kosice - Reflected in a puddle, a boy leans on a rubbish bin in Lunik IX, a cluster of run-down buildings on the outskirts of Kosice, SlovakiaÕs second largest city. Once a racially mixed neighbourhood, Lunik IX has become an urban ghetto for around 4500 impoverished Roma gypsy people.
00031769 : SLOVAKIA Kosice - Broken windows frame apartment blocks in Lunik IX, a cluster of run-down buildings on the outskirts of Kosice, SlovakiaÕs second largest city. Once a racially mixed neighbourhood, Lunik IX has become an urban ghetto for around 4500 impoverished Roma gypsy people.
00031768 : SLOVAKIA Kosice - Girls dance on a balcony in Lunik IX, a cluster of run-down buildings on the outskirts of Kosice, SlovakiaÕs second largest city. Once a racially mixed neighbourhood, Lunik IX has become an urban ghetto for around 4500 impoverished Roma gypsy people.
00031767 : USA Chicago, Illinois, United States of America - Walkway between two skyscrapers. The city is renowned for its high-rise architecture.
00031766 : USA Chicago, Illinois, United States of America - SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle).
00031765 : SLOVAKIA Rakusy - Vlasta Misalkova, a 38 year old Roma gypsy, peeling potatoes in the one-room log cabin where she lives with her husband and four children. The settlement has no running water or basic sanitation.
00031764 : MALAWI - Children carrying buckets of water.
00031763 : POLAND Auschwitz - Railway tracks leading to the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031762 : USA Chicago, Illinois, United States of America - SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle).
00031761 : POLAND Auschwitz - Flowers left by visitors on a memorial plaque at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031760 : SLOVAKIA Novacany - Roma gypsy sisters Danka (4) and Maria Horvathova (9) return from the forest with wood for their stove.
00031759 : USA Chicago, Illinois, United States of America - The Stars and Stripes flying on a Chicago street.
00031758 : ZAMBIA - Training session for health workers - demonstration of mosquito nets and malaria prevention education.
00031757 : JORDAN - Computer class in a school for girls.
00031756 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - A Roma gypsy woman holding her baby as she begs on the street.
00031755 : INDIA Chandigarh Union Territory - The Punjab & Haryana high court operating outdoors.
00031754 : CZECH REPUBLIC Chanov - Roma gypsy boy living in an urban ghetto.
00031753 : SLOVAKIA Rakusy - A man walks between log cabins in the Roma gypsy settlement of Rakusy, which has no running water or basic sanitation.
00031752 : SLOVAKIA Richnava - Sarlotta Tulejova, an 11 year old Roma gypsy, swings from a railing in front of her house as her mother Maria, 35, looks on.
00031751 : SLOVAKIA Richnava - Emil Horvath, a 40 year old Roma gypsy, sleeps off his hangover. With high levels of unemployment and poverty, alcoholism is rife in the settlement.
00031750 : SLOVAKIA Novacany - In preparation for his daughter's wedding feast, Rudolf Ziga, a 45 year old Roma gypsy, uses straw to burn off the hair of a pig.
00031749 : SLOVAKIA Novacany - Ingrid Zigova, a Roma gypsy bride (centre), gets a little help from relatives during preparations for her wedding.
00031748 : ZAMBIA Lusaka - A girl, less than two years old, is buried after dying of an HIV related illness.
00031747 : ZAMBIA Ndola - Recent graves in Ndola's cemetery, many those of victims of AIDS.
00031746 : SENEGAL Dakar - A woman with her daughter in the projection booth of an abandoned cinema, where the family live. Cinema used to be a popular leisure activity across West Africa, but economic decline in the last twenty years has closed many theatres.
00031745 : SENEGAL Dakar - A bus drives past the El Mansour cinema. The building is now abandoned and has been occupied by drug users. Cinema used to be a popular leisure activity across West Africa, but economic decline in the last twenty years has closed many theatres.
00031744 : SENEGAL Dakar - A man prepares fish for shipping to European markets in a building that was a cinema before it became a fish processing plant. Cinema used to be a popular leisure activity across West Africa, but economic decline in the last twenty years has closed many theatres.
00031743 : SENEGAL Dakar - Miss Senegal, who is a student at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar, listens during an economics lecture delivered in English. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031742 : SENEGAL Dakar - Students listen during an English as a second language class at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031741 : SENEGAL Dakar - Students listen during an English as a second language class at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031740 : SENEGAL Dakar - A lecturer delivers an economics lecture in English at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031739 : SENEGAL Dakar - Students listen during an economics lecture delivered in English at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031738 : SENEGAL Dakar - A student completes written exercises during an English as a second language class at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031737 : SENEGAL Dakar - Students read a news website while browsing the internet at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031736 : SENEGAL Dakar - A student browsing the internet at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031735 : SENEGAL Dakar - Students listen during an economics lecture delivered in English at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031734 : SENEGAL Dakar - A lecturer delivers an economics lecture in English at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031733 : SENEGAL Dakar - Students in their dormitory at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar, getting dressed up for a night out. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031732 : SENEGAL Dakar - A student from Burkina Faso studying in her dormitory at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031731 : SENEGAL Dakar - Jean Latyr Senhor, 36, hosts the Jukebox International programme on Radio Nostalgie, a private radio station.
00031730 : SENEGAL Dakar - Students in their dormitory at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar, getting dressed up for a night out. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031729 : EGYPT Cairo - View over the city towards the citadel.
00031728 : SENEGAL Dakar - Students in their dormitory at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar, getting dressed up for a night out. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031727 : SENEGAL Dakar - Students in their dormitory at Suffolk University's satellite campus in Dakar, getting dressed up for a night out. Suffolk University, a private American college, opened the campus in 1999, aiming to attract middle and upper class students from across Africa. Degrees cost around half as much as they would in America.
00031726 : EGYPT Cairo - Cityscape.
00031725 : NIGERIA North West - The Argungu Fishing Festival, an annual event inaugurated in 1934.
00031724 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Nr. Mbuji-Mayi - Boy carrying water from Lake Mokamba.
00031723 : INDIA Bombay / Mumbai - Laughter Club, World Laughter Day, Bombay, India. © Dan White/Panos Pictures
00031722 : PHILIPPINES Sulu - An armed navy soldier on guard outside a mosque. The navy patrols the Sulu Sea between Mindanao and Saba in search of pirates and smugglers.
00031721 : THAILAND Krabi - Disaster Victim Identification teams working around the clock to gather information on the thousands of decomposing bodies of victims of the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 150,000. In Thailand many of the victims were Western tourists.
00031720 : THAILAND Krabi - A woman searching for relatives missing since the tsunami struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Like many others, she is forced to scour photographs of unidentified corpses. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 150,000. In Thailand many of the victims were Western tourists.
00031719 : THAILAND Krabi - Disaster Victim Identification teams working around the clock to gather information on the thousands of decomposing bodies of victims of the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 150,000. In Thailand many of the victims were Western tourists.
00031718 : INDIA Bombay / Mumbai - Members of a 'Laughter Club'.
00031717 : INDIA Bombay / Mumbai - Members of a 'Laughter Club' meeting on World Laughter Day.
00031716 : LAOS Luang Prabang - Jetty scene at sunset.
00031715 : PHILIPPINES - The Filipino navy patrolling the Sulu Sea between Mindanao and Saba in search of pirates and smugglers.
00031714 : PHILIPPINES Zamboanga - Security desk at Zamboanga airport, with a warning about weapons and an incongruous advert for Colgate.
00031713 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Peer educators work in the brothel district, teaching men who visit prostitutes about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and other STDs. Rates in Bangladesh are relatively low and transmission rates appear to be under control.
00031712 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Peer educators work in the brothel district, teaching prostitutes about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and other STDs. Rates in Bangladesh are relatively low and transmission rates appear to be under control.
00031711 : INDIA Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh - A sadhu, an ascetic whose feats of self mortification are designed to cleanse the mind and demonstrate spiritual control over the physical being.
00031710 : INDIA - A sadhu, an ascetic whose feats of self mortification are designed to cleanse the mind and demonstrate spiritual control over the physical being.
00031709 : THAILAND Phuket - The Vegetarian Festival in Phuket. Once a year the descendents of Chinese immigrants engage in a gory festival of self mutilation with an astonishing variety of implements, and abstain from eating meat for nine days.
00031708 : CAMBODIA Battambang - A kickboxer in training. The Khmer people believe that 'Thai Boxing' originated in Cambodia but was appropriated and then assimilated by the Thais.
00031707 : VIETNAM Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) - Child jockeys racing miniature horses at Phu Tho race track.
00031706 : VIETNAM Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) - A child jockey on a miniature horse in the starting blocks at Phu Tho race track.
00031705 : THAILAND Phuket - The Vegetarian Festival in Phuket. Once a year the descendents of Chinese immigrants engage in a gory festival of self mutilation with an astonishing variety of implements, and abstain from eating meat for nine days.
00031704 : THAILAND Phuket - The Vegetarian Festival in Phuket. Once a year the descendents of Chinese immigrants engage in a gory festival of self mutilation with an astonishing variety of implements, and abstain from eating meat for nine days.
00031703 : USA Daytona Beach, Florida, United States of America - The All America Cheerleading Championships. Teams of cheerleaders from all over the United States gather once a year to demonstrate their skills.
00031702 : USA Daytona Beach, Florida, United States of America - The All America Cheerleading Championships. Teams of cheerleaders from all over the United States gather once a year to demonstrate their skills.
00031701 : USA Daytona Beach, Florida, United States of America - The All America Cheerleading Championships. Teams of cheerleaders from all over the United States gather once a year to demonstrate their skills.
00031700 : THAILAND Pattaya - Neon signs advertise girlie bars in Pattaya, a mecca for sex tourists.
00031699 : VIETNAM Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) - A bookmaker at Phu Tho race track, where child jockeys race miniature horses.
00031698 : USA Daytona Beach, Florida, United States of America - The All America Cheerleading Championships. Teams of cheerleaders from all over the United States gather once a year to demonstrate their skills.
00031697 : VIETNAM Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) - A child jockey weighing in before a horse race at Phu Tho race track.
00031696 : THAILAND Bangkok - A customer is lured into a girlie bar in the Patpong district, a mecca for sex tourists.
00031695 : THAILAND Pattaya - A prostitute trying to entice customers in a girlie bar in Pattaya, a mecca for sex tourists.
00031694 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - A woman demonstrating how to use a condom for safe sex at a drop-in centre for prostitutes. CARE Bangladesh offers shelter, education and medical help to women at the centre.
00031693 : INDONESIA Jakarta, Java - A bar girl dances in a disco frequented by Western tourists.
00031692 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Child prostitutes in the brothel district. These and other child sex workers, 'chukris', are bonded labourers.
00031691 : BANGLADESH Dhaka - Prostitutes in the central railway station.
00031690 : CAMBODIA Battambang - Kickboxing contest. The Khmer people believe that 'Thai Boxing' originated in Cambodia but was appropriated and then assimilated by the Thais.
00031689 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Peer educators work in the brothel district, teaching men who visit prostitutes about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and other STDs. Here, a man demonstrates how to use a condom for safe sex. Rates of infection in Bangladesh are relatively low and transmission rates appear to be under control.
00031688 : CAMBODIA Battambang - Knock-out blow in a kickboxing contest. The Khmer people believe that 'Thai Boxing' originated in Cambodia but was appropriated and then assimilated by the Thais.
00031687 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Peer educators work in the brothel district, teaching prostitutes about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and other STDs. Rates in Bangladesh are relatively low and transmission rates appear to be under control.
00031686 : CAMBODIA Phnom Penh - A young kickboxer testing his stomach muscles. The Khmer people believe that 'Thai Boxing' originated in Cambodia but was appropriated and then assimilated by the Thais.
00031685 : INDIA Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh - A naked sadhu 'Naga Baba' (a holy man who has devoted his life to the Hindu god, Shiva) blesses a pilgrim beside the holy Ganges river. Sadhus are ascetics whose feats of self mortification are designed to cleanse the mind and demonstrate spiritual control over the physical being.
00031684 : INDIA Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh - A sadhu displays his 'sadhu passport'. First issued under British colonial rule, these documents certify a sadhu's religious vocation, enable him to ride on trains for free and legally smoke marijuana. Sadhus are ascetics whose feats of self mortification are designed to cleanse the mind and demonstrate spiritual control over the physical being.
00031683 : THAILAND Phuket - A man walking over hot coals during the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket. Once a year the descendents of Chinese immigrants engage in a gory festival of self mutilation with an astonishing variety of implements, and abstain from eating meat for nine days.
00031682 : INDIA Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh - Millions of holy men and pilgrims converge on the Ganges river to bathe in the waters on the most auspicious days of the Kumbh Mela festival.
00031681 : INDIA Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh - A sadhu smoking marijuana. Sadhus are ascetics whose feats of self mortification are designed to cleanse the mind and demonstrate spiritual control over the physical being. They are legally permitted to smoke marijuana.
00031680 : INDIA Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh - Amar Bharti, a sadhu who has held his arm in the air since 1973. The arm is now atrophied and the bones are locked in this position. Sadhus are ascetics whose feats of self mortification are designed to cleanse the mind and demonstrate spiritual control over the physical being.
00031679 : INDIA Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh - Amar Bharti, a sadhu who has held his arm in the air since 1973. The arm is now atrophied and the bones are locked in this position. Sadhus are ascetics whose feats of self mortification are designed to cleanse the mind and demonstrate spiritual control over the physical being.
00031678 : INDIA Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh - A sadhu who has remained standing on one leg for fifteen years. Sadhus are ascetics whose feats of self mortification are designed to cleanse the mind and demonstrate spiritual control over the physical being.
00031677 : NEPAL Pashupatinath, Kathmandu - A child who was born a sadhu in an Indian village. Sadhus are ascetics whose feats of self mortification are designed to cleanse the mind and demonstrate spiritual control over the physical being.
00031676 : THAILAND Phuket - The Vegetarian Festival in Phuket. Once a year the descendents of Chinese immigrants engage in a gory festival of self mutilation with an astonishing variety of implements, and abstain from eating meat for nine days.
00031675 : INDIA Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh - Millions of holy men and pilgrims converge on the Ganges river to bathe in the waters on the most auspicious days of the Kumbh Mela festival.
00031674 : THAILAND Phuket - The Vegetarian Festival in Phuket. Once a year the descendents of Chinese immigrants engage in a gory festival of self mutilation with an astonishing variety of implements, and abstain from eating meat for nine days.
00031673 : SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg - An age before computers - the old system at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
00031672 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Farmers in Tanlili practise two techniques to protect the land against erosion - zai and small dykes. The dykes are traced along the level line in order to prevent rain water from rapidly flowing off the land to the temporary rivers that run across the savannah during the rainy season. Zai is an ancient Mossi technique that had fallen out of use and was revived by the Namanegbzanga Union of Village Groups (UNGVT). It involves making small, regularly spaced craters which slow the evacuation of rain water from the fields and directs the water toward the seeds to be germinated.
00031671 : SOUTH AFRICA East Rand - Nelson Mandela greets supporters at an African National Congress (ANC) rally.
00031670 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) East Jerusalem, West Bank - A Palestinian boy passes Israeli policemen near the Damascus Gate.
00031669 : SRI LANKA East - Arugam Bay on the east coast, formerly a popular surfing resort. Six weeks after it was devastated by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004, the clear-up continues. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031668 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Members of the Manegre women's group work collectively to extract Karite (Shea) butter, for the production of soaps and creams. With the backing of the Namanegbzanga Union of Village Groups (UNGVT), women have taken on wider roles and responsibilities in their households and in the village.
00031667 : SRI LANKA East - Arugam Bay on the east coast, formerly a popular surfing resort. Six weeks after it was devastated by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004, the clear-up continues. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031666 : ZIMBABWE - Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), campaigning outside Harare before the 2000 elections.
00031665 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Young boys burn dried leaves and stems from the previous year's harvest to prepare the land for planting before the beginning of the rainy season.
00031664 : SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg - Johannesburg skyline at night.
00031663 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Farmers load organic compost into a wagon to transport it to their fields. Due to the poor fertility of the soil in this semi-desert region, the Namanegbzanga Union of Village Groups (UNGVT) initiated a program where each family created an organic compost pit, recycling straw, animal manure and household refuse to create organic fertiliser.
00031662 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Tarkumiya, West Bank - An Israeli border policeman confronts relatives of Palestinian prisoners as they wave flags of Hezbollah (Hizbollah) and posters of its leader Hassan Nasrallah at the Tarkumiya checkpoint. A prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hezbollah brought the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, thus strengthening the appeal of the militant group in the Palestinian street.
00031661 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Tanlili is situated in the arid, sub-Sahelian central plateau of Burkina Faso, where desertification is a serious problem. Thanks to the reforestation and tree nursery program initiated by the Namanegbzanga Union of Village Groups (UNGVT), the area around Tanlili has remained greener than its neighbours.
00031660 : SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg - Cyril Ramaphosa, former Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) and Chris Hani, then leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP), at a press conference. Hani, who had also been chief of staff for the ANC, was murdered in 1993.
00031659 : SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town - Nelson Mandela with his wife Winnie after his release from Victor Vester prison following 27 years in gaol.
00031658 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - Chris Hani, then leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Hani, who had also been chief of staff for the African National Congress (ANC), was murdered in 1993.
00031657 : SOUTH AFRICA Pretoria - Nelson Mandela talks to the press.
00031656 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Tarkumiya, West Bank - An Israeli border policeman watches relatives of Palestinian prisoners as they wave Hezbollah (Hizbollah) flags at the Tarkumiya checkpoint. A prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hezbollah brought the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, thus strengthening the appeal of the militant group in the Palestinian street.
00031655 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - The Naba (village chief) of Tanlili in a cave within a sacred hill. In this cave, village chiefs conduct ceremonies to ask the ancesters and spirits of the hill for a good harvest and for solutions to problems in the community. The word Tanlili means "hidden behind the hills" in the Mossi language.
00031654 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Members of the Manegre women's group work collectively to extract Karite (Shea) butter, for the production of soaps and creams. With the backing of the Namanegbzanga Union of Village Groups (UNGVT), women have taken on wider roles and responsibilities in their households and in the village.
00031653 : SRI LANKA East - Arugam Bay on the east coast, formerly a popular surfing resort. Six weeks after it was devastated by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004, the clear-up continues. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031652 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Women work collectively to flatten the ground of a household courtyard. With the backing of the Namanegbzanga Union of Village Groups (UNGVT), women have taken on wider roles and responsibilities in their households and in the village.
00031651 : SRI LANKA East - Goods being unloaded from a ferry, being used after the bridge across Arugam Bay (visible in the background) was badly damaged by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031650 : SRI LANKA East - A sarong snagged in debris near Arugam Bay, which was devastated by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031649 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Bethlehem, West Bank - Palestinians wait at checkpoint 300 for permission to travel from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, in order to attend Friday prayers at the Al Aqsa mosque during Ramadan.
00031648 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Qalandiya, West Bank - A Palestinian woman passes through the Israeli-operated Qalandiya checkpoint on the outskirts of Ramallah.
00031647 : SRI LANKA East - A van is loaded onto a raft, being used to transport goods after the bridge across Arugam Bay (visible in the background) was badly damaged by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031646 : SRI LANKA East - Arugam Bay on the east coast, formerly a popular surfing resort. Six weeks after it was devastated by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004, the clear-up continues. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031645 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Qalandiya, West Bank - A Palestinian woman waits at the entrance to the Israeli-operated Qalandiya checkpoint on the outskirts of Ramallah.
00031644 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Qalandiya, West Bank - A Palestinian woman passes through the compound of the Israeli-operated Qalandiya checkpoint on the outskirts of Ramallah.
00031643 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Members of the Manegre women's group work collectively to extract Karite (Shea) butter, for the production of soaps and creams, and dying fabrics to sell in local markets. With the backing of the Namanegbzanga Union of Village Groups (UNGVT), women have taken on wider roles and responsibilities in their households and in the village.
00031642 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Young children in class at the village school. Contributions by members of the Namanegbzanga Union of Village Groups (UNGVT) paid for the construction of lodgings for the school teachers. If a village does not have a residence for teachers, the government will not build a school there.
00031641 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Tarkumiya, West Bank - An Israeli border policeman on a watch tower at the Tarkumiya checkpoint, near Hebron.
00031640 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - A farmer ploughing a field before planting cereal - the staple food of the region - prior to the beginning of the rainy season.
00031639 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - A young man runs the mill where women grind sorghum, millet and corn into flour. The Manegre women's collective worked to have the mill installed in the village.
00031638 : SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg - Pedestrians walk in front of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange building.
00031637 : SRI LANKA East - Six weeks after the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004, local people queue for Sri Lankan military transport to cross Arugam Bay after its bridge was destroyed. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031636 : SRI LANKA East - A hotel destroyed by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Arugam Bay, on the east coast, was a popular surfing resort before the disaster. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031635 : SRI LANKA East - Arugam Bay on the east coast, formerly a popular surfing resort. Six weeks after it was devastated by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004, the clear-up continues. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000.
00031634 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Tarkumiya, West Bank - At five o'clock in the morning, a Palestinian worker on his way into Israel is challenged by an Israeli border policeman at the Tarqumiya checkpoint. He is asked to lift his shirt to prove he is not a suicide bomber. Located west of Hebron, Tarqumiya is one of the largest checkpoints in the West Bank.
00031633 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Tarkumiya, West Bank - At five o'clock in the morning, Palestinian workers queue at the Tarqumiya checkpoint, waiting for an Israeli border police inspection on their way into Israel. Located west of Hebron, Tarqumiya is one of the largest checkpoints in the West Bank.
00031632 : BURKINA FASO Tanlili - Members of the Manegre women's group work collectively to extract Karite (Shea) butter, for the production of soaps and creams. With the backing of the Namanegbzanga Union of Village Groups (UNGVT), women have taken on wider roles and responsibilities in their households and in the village.
00031631 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Qalqilya, West Bank - Palestinian children look out at a mural of Yasser Arafat.
00031630 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) East Jerusalem, West Bank - A Palestinian man is detained by Israeli policemen near the Damascus Gate.
00031629 : POLAND Auschwitz - Eva Moses Kor, a survivor of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp, attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. She is holding a photograph of herself and her twin sister Miriam taken by the Soviets after the liberation of the camp. On the selection platform at Auschwitz, the girls were identified as twins and earmarked for Dr. Josef Mengele's medical experiments. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031628 : POLAND Auschwitz - Suitcases taken from people sent to the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp, now part of the museum at the site. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031627 : POLAND Auschwitz - Survivors of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031626 : POLAND Auschwitz - A survivor of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031625 : POLAND Auschwitz - Survivors of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031624 : POLAND Auschwitz - Survivors of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031623 : POLAND Auschwitz - Survivors of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031622 : POLAND Auschwitz - A Ukrainian survivor of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. He is wearing concentration camp clothes and carrying the Ukrainian flag. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031621 : POLAND Auschwitz - Dionizy Lechowicza, a Polish survivor of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp, attending the ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of its liberation. In the background are the ruins of the former crematorium. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031620 : POLAND Auschwitz - American Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz (left) lay flowers at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp during the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of its liberation. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031619 : CANADA Toronto - Jeremy Hinzman, who deserted from the US army because of his objections to the war in Iraq and has sought refugee status in Canada.
00031618 : CANADA Toronto - Jeremy Hinzman, who deserted from the US army because of his objections to the war in Iraq and has sought refugee status in Canada, with his son Liam.
00031617 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Malaika, who is disabled and lives in a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs). Members of the Rahaweyn clan have been living in this camp for twelve years, waiting to go home to Baidoa.
00031616 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - An armed guard of the USC movement, protecting the compound of Abdiwali Mohamed Qanyare.
00031615 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - A camp for internally displaced people (IDPs). Members of the Rahaweyn clan, they have been living in this camp for twelve years, waiting to go home to Baidoa.
00031614 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Asho with her newborn baby Mahammed in a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs). Members of the Rahaweyn clan have been living in this camp for twelve years, waiting to go home to Baidoa.
00031613 : POLAND Auschwitz - The words "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work makes us free") over the gate to the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031612 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Students from Mogadishu University assist Kenyan doctors performing eye surgery.
00031611 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - The recently opened Coca Cola bottling plant in Mogadishu. Business is flourishing in Somalia despite a decade of anarchy.
00031610 : CANADA Toronto - Brandon Hughey, who deserted from the US army because of his objections to the war in Iraq and has sought refugee status in Canada.
00031609 : POLAND Auschwitz - Electric fence around the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp. It is estimated that between 1.1 and 1.5 million Jews, Poles, gypsies and others were killed here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00031608 : CANADA Toronto - Brandon Hughey (left) and Jeremy Hinzman, who deserted from the US army because of their objections to the war in Iraq and have sought refugee status in Canada.
00031607 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - A young boy cycling in the street beneath chaotic telephone and electricity wires.
00031606 : CANADA Toronto - Brandon Hughey (left) and Jeremy Hinzman (right), who deserted from the US army because of their objections to the war in Iraq and have sought refugee status in Canada. In the centre is their lawyer Jeffry House, who moved to Canada in the 1970s to evade the US military draft.
00031605 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - A gunman with an AK47 in front of the ruins of the once picturesque Mogadishu Cathedral, which is located on the Green Line which divides the city. The cathedral was built by Somalia's Italian colonists in 1929, but was largely destroyed in fighting between rival clans in 1993.
00031604 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Three young students doing their homework on a rooftop, with an armed man passing by.
00031603 : BANGLADESH - Recipient of a loan from the Grameen Bank with the cows she has bought to generate income for her family.
00031602 : THAILAND Bangkok - A photograph of Queen Sirikit, surrounded by roses in a temple.
00031601 : THAILAND Bangkok - Buddha head in the temple of Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn. The head is covered with gold leaves glued on by worshippers.
00031600 : THAILAND Bangkok - Young boys on their first day as Buddhist monks. Their hair and eyebrows have been shaved.
00031599 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Group, India's largest business conglomerate. The group's activities span exploration and production of oil and gas, refining and marketing, petrochemicals, textiles, financial services and insurance, power, telecom and infocom initiatives.
00031598 : THAILAND Bangkok - A young boy surrounded by his family on his first day as a monk. His family will leave him behind in the temple.
00031597 : THAILAND Bangkok - The famous Nana Plaza, three storeys containing a plethora of bars filled with gogo girls, near Sukhumvit Road.
00031596 : THAILAND Bangkok - Western tourists walking on in Khao San Road. This is Bangkok's long-established travellers' ghetto, location of the cheapest accommodation in the city. Nearly all backpackers head straight for this street, which is lined with hotels, internet cafes and pubs.
00031595 : THAILAND Bangkok - Motorcycles and cars stuck in a traffic jam.
00031594 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Group, India's largest business conglomerate. The group's activities span exploration and production of oil and gas, refining and marketing, petrochemicals, textiles, financial services and insurance, power, telecom and infocom initiatives.
00031593 : THAILAND Ayutthaya, South Central Plains - Buddha in the ruins of Wat Ratchaburana. This temple complex (not the Buddha) was built in the early 15th century by King Borommaracha II on the cremation site of his two brothers, who died in a power struggle. Ayutthaya was the most powerful kingdom in Siam in the mid-14th century. Its end came after years of conflict, when the capital was sacked by the Burmese in 1767. Today, Ayutthaya Historical Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
00031592 : THAILAND Bangkok - The Bangkok Skytrain travels above the traffic jams.
00031591 : THAILAND Hat Yai - Hat Yai is one of the south's major centres for bullfighting, which in its Thai version involves bull tussling with bull, the winner being the one which forces the other to retreat. Fights can last anything from a few seconds to half an hour, in which case the frantic betting of the audience becomes more interesting than the deadlock in the ring.
00031590 : THAILAND Bangkok - Young boys warming up during a Thai boxing lesson.
00031589 : THAILAND Bangkok - A young boy surrounded by his family on his first day as a monk. His family will leave him behind in the temple.
00031588 : THAILAND Bangkok - Boat restaurant at sunset, navigating on Bangkok's Chao Phraya river.
00031587 : THAILAND Bangkok - Statue of the Buddha in the Grand Palace. The Wat Phra Kaeo Temple in the Palace is the apogee of Thai religious art and the holiest Buddhist site in the country, housing the most important image, the Emerald Buddha.
00031586 : THAILAND Hat Yai - Hat Yai is one of the south's major centres for bullfighting, which in its Thai version involves bull tussling with bull, the winner being the one which forces the other to retreat. Fights can last anything from a few seconds to half an hour, in which case the frantic betting of the audience becomes more interesting than the deadlock in the ring.
00031585 : THAILAND Mae Sariang district - During the dry season the north west of Thailand is often hit by extensive bush fires. Most are started by farmers who want to clear parts of the forest for agricultural use. The fires often get out of control.
00031584 : THAILAND Hat Yai - Men leaving the Pakistani Masjid mosque after Friday prayers. The south of Thailand is home to most of the country's 4% Muslim minority.
00031583 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Suad Amiry, author of the book 'Sharon and My Mother-in-Law: Ramallah diaries', on the roof of her mother-in-law's home.
00031582 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay) - Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Group, India's largest business conglomerate. The group's activities span exploration and production of oil and gas, refining and marketing, petrochemicals, textiles, financial services and insurance, power, telecom and infocom initiatives.
00031581 : THAILAND Bangkok - Dried foods, including mushrooms, shrimps and fish, at a market stall in Chinatown.
00031580 : THAILAND Bangkok - River boat and bridge on the Chao Phraya river.
00031579 : THAILAND Bangkok - Women praying and burning incense in the Erawan shrine. This is a shrine to Brahma, the ancient Hindu god of creation, and Erawan, his elephant. It is located in one of the busiest corners of modern Bangkok, in the shadow of the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel - whose existence is the reason for the shrine.
00031578 : THAILAND Ayutthaya, South Central Plains - Buddha head encircled by a tree at Wat Phra Mahathat. Ayutthaya was the most powerful kingdom in Siam in the mid-14th century. Its end came after years of conflict, when the capital was sacked by the Burmese in 1767. Today, Ayutthaya Historical Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
00031577 : THAILAND Hat Yai - Hat Yai is one of the south's major centres for bullfighting, which in its Thai version involves bull tussling with bull, the winner being the one which forces the other to retreat. Fights can last anything from a few seconds to half an hour, in which case the frantic betting of the audience becomes more interesting than the deadlock in the ring.
00031576 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Ramallah, West Bank - Marie Jabaji (left) and Suad Amiry, respectively the subject and the author of the book 'Sharon and My Mother-in-Law: Ramallah diaries'.
00031575 : GHANA Nr. Kumasi - Asante children carrying buckets of water.
00031574 : THAILAND Ayutthaya, South Central Plains - Wat Thammikarat temple ruins. The dilapidated remains of a large, early Ayutthayan, octagonal chedi surrounded by stucco and brick lions, or singhas. Ayutthaya was the most powerful kingdom in Siam in the mid-14th century. Its end came after years of conflict, when the capital was sacked by the Burmese in 1767. Today, Ayutthaya Historical Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
00031573 : THAILAND Hat Yai - Hat Yai is one of the south's major centres for bullfighting, which in its Thai version involves bull tussling with bull, the winner being the one which forces the other to retreat. Fights can last anything from a few seconds to half an hour, in which case the frantic betting of the audience becomes more interesting than the deadlock in the ring.
00031572 : THAILAND Hat Yai - Hat Yai is one of the south's major centres for bullfighting, which in its Thai version involves bull tussling with bull, the winner being the one which forces the other to retreat. Fights can last anything from a few seconds to half an hour, in which case the frantic betting of the audience becomes more interesting than the deadlock in the ring.
00031571 : THAILAND Hat Yai - Hat Yai is one of the south's major centres for bullfighting, which in its Thai version involves bull tussling with bull, the winner being the one which forces the other to retreat. Fights can last anything from a few seconds to half an hour, in which case the frantic betting of the audience becomes more interesting than the deadlock in the ring.
00031570 : THAILAND Hat Yai - Hat Yai is one of the south's major centres for bullfighting, which in its Thai version involves bull tussling with bull, the winner being the one which forces the other to retreat. Fights can last anything from a few seconds to half an hour, in which case the frantic betting of the audience becomes more interesting than the deadlock in the ring.
00031569 : THAILAND Mae Sariang district - During the dry season the north west of Thailand is often hit by extensive bush fires. Most are started by farmers who want to clear parts of the forest for agricultural use. The fires often get out of control.
00031568 : THAILAND Hat Yai - Hat Yai is one of the south's major centres for bullfighting, which in its Thai version involves bull tussling with bull, the winner being the one which forces the other to retreat. Fights can last anything from a few seconds to half an hour, in which case the frantic betting of the audience becomes more interesting than the deadlock in the ring.
00031567 : NETHERLANDS Amsterdam - A heroin addict chases the dragon.
00031566 : RUSSIA Moscow - Gas refinery.
00031565 : RUSSIA Moscow - Men and women working in a factory producing wheels for railway carriages.
00031564 : RUSSIA Moscow - A drunken man passed out in a park after a little too much vodka.
00031563 : RUSSIA Siberia - Crowds gather on a station platform by the Trans-Siberian express train.
00031562 : RUSSIA Siberia - Taiga, birch forest in winter.
00031561 : INDIA Kochi (Cochin), Kerala - A wedding party.
00031560 : RUSSIA Siberia - Passengers buying and selling goods on a station platform by the Trans-Siberian express train.
00031559 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Shaykh Sulayman Gani (right, with beard) of the Tooting Islamic Centre officiates an Islamic wedding.
00031558 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Shaykh Sulayman Gani (left) of the Tooting Islamic Centre helps local Muslims with a licensing problem for a local shop.
00031557 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A halal butcher's shop in Tooting, which has a large immigrant community.
00031556 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - A halal butcher's shop in Tooting, which has a large immigrant community.
00031555 : THAILAND Bangkok - A cat sleeping in the lobby of the Atlanta Hotel. The colonial style interior has been used as a location in a number of films.
00031554 : SINGAPORE - Statue of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), founder of Singapore, at the spot where he first set foot on the island.
00031553 : MALAYSIA Lankawi island - A tourist in a parachute being pulled by a motorboat along Pantai Cenang beach at sunset.
00031552 : MALAYSIA - The sap of a rubber tree being collected. The bark is scraped every two days. Malaysia is an important rubber producer.
00031551 : ICELAND - Snowmobiles traversing a plateau.
00031550 : MALAYSIA Lankawi island - Kissing couple in the sea on the resort island of Lankawi, on the western coast of Malaysia.
00031549 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Girl selling Cornetto ice cream cones in the Golden Triangle.
00031548 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - Young people enjoying a drink on a terrace in the Golden Triangle.
00031547 : ICELAND Nr. Landmannalaugar - Hikers pass a lava field on the trekking route between Landmannalaugar, Thorsmork and Skogar.
00031546 : ICELAND Nr. Landmannalaugar - Sheep grazing beneath volcanic mountains.
00031545 : EGYPT Cairo - Students sketching artefacts in the Egyptian Museum.
00031544 : MALAYSIA Penang Island - Car tyres, plastic bottles and other rubbish pollute a beach in the Pantai Aceh Forest Reserve.
00031543 : SINGAPORE - Statue of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), founder of Singapore, at the spot where he first set foot on the island.
00031542 : SINGAPORE - The Merlion, a half-lion, half-fish statue, is SingaporeÕs symbol of tourism. It is located at the mouth of the Singapore river, next to the new Esplanade theatres.
00031541 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - View of the city, including the Petronas Towers, which at 451.9 metres were once the tallest buildings in the world.
00031540 : ICELAND - The Hraftinnusker hut, on the trekking route between Landmannalaugar, Thorsmork and Skogar.
00031539 : KENYA Bondo, Nyanza Province - Funeral preparations in the Luo community. Jarred Apamo has died of AIDS, and his body has been transported to his rural birthplace according to tribal tradition. On arrival, members of his clan mourn his death.
00031538 : SINGAPORE - Woman burning incense in a Buddhist temple, and making offerings of fruit for the Buddha.
00031537 : MALAYSIA Lankawi island - Mother and children on Pantai Cenang beach on the resort island of Lankawi, on the western coast of Malaysia.
00031536 : SINGAPORE - Statues of Hindu goddesses in a temple in Little India.
00031535 : ICELAND Myvatn - Extraction of thermal energy from the ground.
00031534 : SINGAPORE - Night view of the Singapore River, with Boat Quay.
00031533 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang Island - Chinese lantern outside the entrance of an art deco house.
00031532 : KENYA Korogocho, Nairobi - Funeral preparations in the Luo community. Jarred Apamo has died of AIDS, and his body is waiting to be transported to his rural birthplace according to tribal tradition. Money is collected to cover the transport and other funeral costs.
00031531 : SINGAPORE - The Merlion, a half-lion, half-fish statue, is Singapore's symbol of tourism. It is located at the mouth of the Singapore river, next to the HSBC bank building.
00031530 : SINGAPORE - Girls shopping along the famous Orchard Road, where high-class hotels and modern shopping centres predominate. In the background are advertisements for Hugo Boss.
00031529 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang Island - Khoo Kongsi clanhouse, the most elaborate of all clanhouses on Penang Island. Designed to capture the splendour of an imperial palace, it has a seven-tiered pavilion, dragon pillars and hand-painted walls. The original design was so ambitious that conservative Khoo clansmen cautioned against it, lest the emperor of China be offended. The building was completed in 1902, but on the first night it was finished, the roof mysteriously caught fire. The Khoos rebuilt it on a more modest scale.
00031528 : KENYA Nairobi - Sign outside the Bee-hive bar in the Soweto slum, advertising its pool table.
00031527 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang Island - Statues of Hindu gods in a temple.
00031526 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang Island - Statue of the Buddha in a temple.
00031525 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang Island - Chinese painting of a warrior sitting on a tiger, on a wall of the Khoo Kongsi clanhouse, the most elaborate of all clanhouses on Penang Island. Designed to capture the splendour of an imperial palace, it has a seven-tiered pavilion, dragon pillars and hand-painted walls. The original design was so ambitious that conservative Khoo clansmen cautioned against it, lest the emperor of China be offended. The building was completed in 1902, but on the first night it was finished, the roof mysteriously caught fire. The Khoos rebuilt it on a more modest scale.
00031524 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang Island - Chinese lanterns outside a temple.
00031523 : KENYA Nairobi - A slogan inside a house in Kibera: "Women are like electrical wires - they can serve you and can kill you at any time."
00031522 : MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur - A modern shopping mall in the Golden Triangle.
00031521 : ICELAND Thingvallavatn - A house next to Thingvallavatn lake.
00031520 : SINGAPORE - Chinese lanterns in Chinatown.
00031519 : MALAYSIA Melaka - Christ Church, in the historical centre of Melaka. The pink bricks were brought from Zeeland in Holland and faced with local red laterite when the church was constructed in 1753. Under the British this Dutch Reformed Church was converted for Anglican use, and the weathervane and bell tower were added.
00031518 : SINGAPORE - Poster in the street advising citizens not to drop litter, to wash their hands frequently, and to follow other good habits. Singapore is notorious for its severe laws and regulations regarding public behaviour.
00031517 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang Island - Western tourists being driven around on rickshaws. Penang is one of the most famous islands in Asia and perhaps also the best-known tourist destination in Malaysia.
00031516 : KENYA Nairobi - Children playing in the Kibera slum.
00031515 : SINGAPORE - Relief of prehistoric women with a monkey at the Fort Canning park. Prehistoric stone tools have been found near the mainland of Singapore at Pulau Ubin. Hunters probably sought game near the spring on the slope of Fort Canning.
00031514 : MALAYSIA Lankawi Island - Indian mother and child playing in the sea on the resort island of Lankawi, on the western coast of Malaysia.
00031513 : KENYA Korogocho, Nairobi - Vivianne surrounded by her children. She died of AIDS ten days after this picture was taken.
00031512 : SINGAPORE - Night view of the Singapore River along Boat Quay.
00031511 : SINGAPORE - Goldsmith in Little India.
00031510 : ICELAND Nr. Landmannalaugar - Bathers in a hot spring.
00031509 : ICELAND Dettifoss - The spectacular Dettifoss waterfall.
00031508 : KENYA Bondo, Nyanza Province - A funeral in the Luo community. Jarred Apamo has died of AIDS, and his body has been transported to his rural birthplace according to tribal tradition. Relatives pay their respects at his coffin.
00031507 : MALAYSIA - Tourists taking a trip on a river boat in Taman Negara National Park. The pristine primary rainforest here is claimed to be the oldest in the world, having existed largely as it is for the past 130 million years.
00031506 : EGYPT Cairo - Cityscape at night, looking across the river Nile.
00031505 : SINGAPORE - Waitress with the famous Singapore Sling cocktail at the Raffles Hotel. This refreshing drink was created at the hotel in 1915 by barman Ngiam Tong Boon.
00031504 : SINGAPORE - Skyscrapers and highway.
00031503 : SINGAPORE - Dendrobium Margaret Thatcher. This orchid was named after the British Prime Minister during her visit to the Botanical Gardens in Singapore in 1985. The gardens contain an enormous number of plant species, in both a manicured garden setting and in four hectares of primary jungle. The National Orchid Garden has the world's largest display of orchids featuring over 60,000 orchid plants.
00031502 : ICELAND Thorsmork - A bus crossing a small river in a volcanic landscape.
00031501 : KENYA Nairobi - Congregation in the Reformed Cross church in Kibera on a Sunday morning.
00031500 : SINGAPORE - Pin badges for sale, making light of the severe laws and regulations regarding public behaviour in Singapore. Chewing gum, for example, can result in a $1000 fine.
00031499 : KENYA Korogocho, Nairobi - Luo women dancing.
00031498 : KENYA Nairobi - An open sewer in the Kibera slum.
00031497 : ICELAND Nr. Landmannalaugar - Mushrooms growing in the moss.
00031496 : ICELAND Nr. Landmannalaugar - A hiker watches steam rising from a fumarole on the trekking route between Landmannalaugar, Thorsmork and Skogar.
00031495 : MALAYSIA Georgetown, Penang Island - Sign for Happy Hour drinks outside a bar.
00031494 : KENYA Korogocho, Nairobi - Funeral preparations in the Luo community. Jarred Apamo has died of AIDS, and his body is being transported to his rural birthplace according to tribal tradition. His widow Dorcas says goodbye to well-wishers as they leave the city.
00031493 : ICELAND Thjorsardalslaug - Sign for a hot spring.
00031492 : KENYA Nairobi - Children buying sweets at Catherine Kitumu's shop in the Kibera slums, which she opened with a micro-finance loan from K-Rep Bank.
00031491 : KENYA Kisumu - Children in a home and school for disabled and handicapped children.
00031490 : KENYA Nairobi - A man on his lunch break reading 'The Nation' newspaper on the roof of the Serena Hotel, with the skyline of the Central Business District in the background.
00031489 : KENYA Nairobi - A man on his lunch break reading 'The Nation' newspaper on the roof of the Serena Hotel, with the skyline of the Central Business District in the background.
00031488 : KENYA Nairobi - A man making a telephone call from a recently-installed phone booth integrated into a bus stop. An initiative of Kencell (Celltel), a telecommunications company specialising in mobile telephony.
00031487 : KENYA Kisumu - A carpenter in his workshop making coffins - a lucrative trade because of AIDS.
00031486 : KENYA Kisumu - Young men lifting weights in a fitness studio.
00031485 : KENYA Nairobi - A man making a telephone call from a recently-installed phone booth integrated into a bus stop. An initiative of Kencell (Celltel), a telecommunications company specialising in mobile telephony.
00031484 : KENYA Kisumu - Girl kisses boy. He cringes in mock fear.
00031483 : KENYA Kisumu - Teenage boys making hip-hop gestures. In the background is an advertisement for Trust condoms.
00031482 : KENYA Kisumu - Teenage girls reading 'Style & Substance', a magazine for young Kenyan women.
00031481 : KENYA Kisumu - School girls playing with a pillow in their dormitory, pretending to be pregnant.
00031480 : SUDAN Nr. El Fasher, Darfur - Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). A young boy in front of an armoured vehicle of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces. Around 1000 AU soldiers have been tasked with monitoring a shaky ceasefire between the government and rebel forces. AMIS is the African Mission in Sudan.
00031479 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle warriors at a celebration for the end of the harvest. At this annual event, unmarried young men and women dress up in traditional clothing and dance with each other. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031478 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle people at a celebration for the end of the harvest. At this annual event, unmarried young men and women dress up in traditional clothing and dance with each other. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031477 : SUDAN Nr. El Fasher, Darfur - An armoured vehicle of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces in the Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Around 1000 AU soldiers have been tasked with monitoring a shaky ceasefire between the government and rebel forces. AMIS is the African Mission in Sudan.
00031476 : SUDAN Nr. El Fasher, Darfur - Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). A young boy in front of an armoured vehicle of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces. Around 1000 AU soldiers have been tasked with monitoring a shaky ceasefire between the government and rebel forces. AMIS is the African Mission in Sudan.
00031475 : SUDAN Khartoum - Jan Pronk, special representative of the United Nations Secretary General in Sudan.
00031474 : KENYA Kisumu - A young female mechanic.
00031473 : KENYA Kisumu - School girls in class. One girl is sleeping on her books.
00031472 : KENYA Nairobi - A man on his lunch break reading 'The Nation' newspaper on the roof of the Serena Hotel, with the skyline of the Central Business District in the background.
00031471 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Young Murle man, his face painted white with ashes. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031470 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle woman with scarification marks on her face.
00031469 : KENYA Nairobi - Children buying sweets at Catherine Kitumu's shop in the Kibera slums, which she opened with a micro-finance loan from K-Rep Bank.
00031468 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Young woman in church.
00031467 : KENYA Nairobi - Cylus Kamau (right) at his shop in the Kibera slums, which he opened with a micro-finance loan from K-Rep Bank.
00031466 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Young woman.
00031465 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Young woman.
00031464 : SUDAN Rumbek - A boy playing in the rescue door of an abandoned aeroplane on the airstrip in Rumbek.
00031463 : SUDAN Rumbek - Children playing on an abandoned aeroplane on the airstrip in Rumbek.
00031462 : KENYA Nairobi - Cylus Kamau at his shop in the Kibera slums, which he opened with a micro-finance loan from K-Rep Bank.
00031461 : KENYA Kisumu - School children in class. One girl is working, the other sleeping on her books.
00031460 : KENYA Nairobi - Turkana model Nancy Ajuma Nasenyana checks her make-up in a mirror before going on the catwalk during Kenyan Fashion Week.
00031459 : KENYA Kisumu - A young female mechanic.
00031458 : KENYA Kisumu - A teenage girl looking in the mirror, her friends laughing in the background.
00031457 : KENYA Kisumu - A young girl hangs her school uniform on the washing line next to her parents' graves. She is an AIDS orphan and looks after her younger siblings. Deaths from AIDS have increased the number of single-parent and child-headed households.
00031456 : SUDAN Tawila, Darfur - An exhausted woman rests against her suitcase. Despite a ceasefire agreement, people are still fleeing their villages because of the lack of security and ongoing attacks. They are trying to reach the huge camps around the bigger towns in Darfur.
00031455 : SUDAN Tawila, Darfur - Children and household items are loaded on to a truck. Despite a ceasefire agreement, people are still fleeing their villages because of the lack of security and ongoing attacks. They are trying to reach the huge camps around the bigger towns in Darfur.
00031454 : KENYA Nr. Naivasha - Masai women praying at a protest rally. The Masai are demonstrating against the fact that their communal land is being sold to other tribes. Because of their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation, their interests have been marginalised.
00031453 : KENYA Nr. Naivasha - Masai people praying at a protest rally. The Masai are demonstrating against the fact that their communal land is being sold to other tribes. Because of their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation, their interests have been marginalised.
00031452 : KENYA Nr. Naivasha - Masai women praying at a protest rally. The Masai are demonstrating against the fact that their communal land is being sold to other tribes. Because of their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation, their interests have been marginalised.
00031451 : KENYA Kisumu - Five siblings pose for a family photo in a studio. They are AIDS orphans. Deaths from AIDS have increased the number of single-parent and child-headed households.
00031450 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Young Murle man, his face painted white with ashes. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031449 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Young Murle cattle herder, his face painted white with ashes. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031448 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Young Murle cattle herder, his face painted white with ashes. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031447 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle children walking through tall grass. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031446 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle warrior with scarification marks at a celebration for the end of the harvest. At this annual event, unmarried young men and women dress up in traditional clothing and dance with each other. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031445 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle girl in front of her hut.
00031444 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle warriors at a celebration for the end of the harvest. At this annual event, unmarried young men and women dress up in traditional clothing and dance with each other. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031443 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle warriors at a celebration for the end of the harvest. At this annual event, unmarried young men and women dress up in traditional clothing, such as these leopard skins, and dance with each other. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031442 : KENYA Nr. Naivasha - Ben Koissaba, chairman of Maa Civil Society Forum, an activist group, wearing traditional clothes and a Nokia mobile telephone. The Masai are demonstrating against the fact that their communal land is being sold to other tribes. Because of their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation, their interests have been marginalised.
00031441 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle girls at a celebration for the end of the harvest. At this annual event, unmarried young men and women dress up in traditional clothing and dance with each other. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031440 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Murle girls at a celebration for the end of the harvest. At this annual event, unmarried young men and women dress up in traditional clothing and dance with each other. The Murle are a small tribe renowned for being fierce fighters.
00031439 : KENYA Nr. Naivasha - Ben Koissaba, chairman of Maa Civil Society Forum, an activist group, wearing traditional clothes and a Nokia mobile telephone. The Masai are demonstrating against the fact that their communal land is being sold to other tribes. Because of their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation, their interests have been marginalised.
00031438 : SUDAN Shilluk Kingdom, Popwojo - A United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) plane dropping food aid for the displaced population. In recent months villages along the river Nile in Shilluk Kingdom in the south of Sudan have been attacked by militias backed by the government. They provided weapons and logistics to local militias in order to have local people chased away, their villages burned and cattle stolen. With the world's attention on the war in the west of the country, the atrocities in the south have gone largely unnoticed. But they illustrate the gap between the positive impression given at the north-south peace talks and the reality on the ground.
00031437 : SUDAN Rumbek - Young boy.
00031436 : SUDAN Rumbek - Children playing with a toy mobile telephone in school.
00031435 : SUDAN Shilluk Kingdom, Popwojo - A United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) plane dropping food aid for the displaced population. In recent months villages along the river Nile in Shilluk Kingdom in the south of Sudan have been attacked by militias backed by the government. They provided weapons and logistics to local militias in order to have local people chased away, their villages burned and cattle stolen. With the world's attention on the war in the west of the country, the atrocities in the south have gone largely unnoticed. But they illustrate the gap between the positive impression given at the north-south peace talks and the reality on the ground.
00031434 : SUDAN Shilluk Kingdom, Popwojo - A girl watches as her tent is almost blown away. Since their village was attacked the local population have been living in makeshift tents, dependent on aid organisations. But the ongoing rainy season is making life in the open difficult. In recent months villages along the river Nile in Shilluk Kingdom in the south of Sudan have been attacked by militias backed by the government. They provided weapons and logistics to local militias in order to have local people chased away, their villages burned and cattle stolen. With the world's attention on the war in the west of the country, the atrocities in the south have gone largely unnoticed. But they illustrate the gap between the positive impression given at the north-south peace talks and the reality on the ground.
00031433 : SUDAN Shilluk Kingdom, Popwojo - A child next to his sleeping grandfather. Since their village was attacked the local population have been living in makeshift tents, dependent on aid organisations. But the ongoing rainy season is making life in the open difficult. In recent months villages along the river Nile in Shilluk Kingdom in the south of Sudan have been attacked by militias backed by the government. They provided weapons and logistics to local militias in order to have local people chased away, their villages burned and cattle stolen. With the world's attention on the war in the west of the country, the atrocities in the south have gone largely unnoticed. But they illustrate the gap between the positive impression given at the north-south peace talks and the reality on the ground.
00031432 : SUDAN Shilluk Kingdom, Popwojo - SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) soldiers on a boat on a tributary of the river Nile. The SPLA rebels have been fighting a civil war against the government for 21 years.
00031431 : SUDAN Shilluk Kingdom, Popwojo - SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) soldiers. They have been fighting a civil war against the government for 21 years.
00031430 : SUDAN Tabit, Darfur - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) waiting for food and other aid being distributed in a village controlled by the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), one of two rebel groups fighting the government. A sticker on an NGO vehicle shows that they are not armed and that weapons are not allowed in their cars. Up to two million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants. Lines of people like this have sometimes been attacked by the Janjaweed whilst queueing for aid.
00031429 : SUDAN Tabit, Darfur - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) waiting for food and other aid being distributed in a village controlled by the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), one of two rebel groups fighting the government. Up to two million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants. Lines of people like this have sometimes been attacked by the Janjaweed whilst queueing for aid.
00031428 : SUDAN Tabit, Darfur - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) waiting for food and other aid being distributed in a village controlled by the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), one of two rebel groups fighting the government. Up to two million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants. Lines of people like this have sometimes been attacked by the Janjaweed whilst queueing for aid.
00031427 : SUDAN Tabit, Darfur - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) waiting for food and other aid being distributed in a village controlled by the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), one of two rebel groups fighting the government. A girl shows her registration token proving her eligibility for hand-outs. Up to two million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants. Lines of people like this have sometimes been attacked by the Janjaweed whilst queueing for aid.
00031426 : SUDAN Nr. El Fasher, Darfur - Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). View through the window of an armoured vehicle of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces. Around 1000 AU soldiers have been tasked with monitoring a shaky ceasefire between the government and rebel forces.
00031425 : SUDAN Tabit, Darfur - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) waiting for food and other aid being distributed in a village controlled by the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), one of two rebel groups fighting the government. A family show their registration token proving their eligibility for hand-outs. Up to two million people have fled their homes in Darfur following violent attacks by government-backed Janjaweed Arab militants. Lines of people like this have sometimes been attacked by the Janjaweed whilst queueing for aid.
00031424 : SUDAN Tabit, Darfur - Girls constructing a temporary shelter. The population fled after government forces bombed Tabit, going into hiding in the mountains. Some of them came back after international aid organisations organised the distribution of food.
00031423 : SUDAN Nr. El Fasher, Darfur - Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). A young girl in front of an armoured vehicle of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces. Around 1000 AU soldiers have been tasked with monitoring a shaky ceasefire between the government and rebel forces. AMIS is the African Mission in Sudan.
00031422 : SUDAN Nr. El Fasher, Darfur - A burned down village. Most small villages in rural areas are destroyed and deserted. The population has fled to huge camps around the bigger towns in Darfur.
00031421 : SUDAN Tabit, Darfur - A Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) soldier having his hair cut in the market.
00031420 : SUDAN Tabit, Darfur - A Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) soldier in the market.
00031419 : SUDAN Lekongole, nr. Pibor, Eastern Equatoria - Food aid being unloaded from an aeroplane supplied by Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS), a consortium of UNICEF, the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) and 35 NGOs. The programme supplies relief to victims of the famine in southern Sudan.
00031418 : SUDAN Rumbek - A boy playing in the rescue door of an abandoned aeroplane on the airstrip in Rumbek.
00031417 : KENYA Nr. Naivasha - Masai people praying at a protest rally. The Masai are demonstrating against the fact that their communal land is being sold to other tribes. Because of their semi-nomadic lifestyle and lack of political representation, their interests have been marginalised.
00031416 : MALDIVES Laamu Atoll - Women and child on Isdhoo island, which was badly damaged by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 150,000.
00031415 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Fireman trying to put out a fire in downtown Banda Aceh following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Following the disaster, there was an outbreak of fires in destroyed buildings caused by broken electrical parts and other hazards. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031414 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A scene of destruction in the downtown area caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031413 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Rescue workers use ID cards to help identify bodies following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031412 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031411 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Houses remain standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031410 : CHINA Hohhot, Inner Mongolia - Dairy farmers with their cows.
00031409 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Former gangster Mad Frankie Fraser giving his tour of "Gangland London" at the Repton Boxing Club in the East End.
00031408 : SRI LANKA Colombo - President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
00031407 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031406 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A scene of destruction following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031405 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A couple outside the remains of their house, destroyed by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031404 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A scene of destruction following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031403 : LIBYA Tripoli - Woman carrying eggs through the old city.
00031402 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Members of an Indonesian army WASP unit prepare to embark on a patrol to search for GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) guerilla fighters.
00031401 : LIBYA Tripoli - Mosaic from a Roman villa in the Tripoli museum.
00031400 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A pair of jeans amongst the debris following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031399 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A fire in downtown Banda Aceh following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Following the disaster, there was an outbreak of fires in destroyed buildings caused by broken electrical parts and other hazards. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031398 : MOROCCO Chefchaouen - The walls of the medina in Chefchaouen are painted blue.
00031397 : MOROCCO Essaouira - Shop front in the souk.
00031395 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A street light in one of the few parts of town with a working electricity supply following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031394 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A scene of destruction following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031393 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031392 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031390 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A family photo album amongst the debris following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031389 : LIBYA Tripoli - Children playing table football on Assaha-al-Khadra Esplanade.
00031388 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - People boarding boats to leave the destroyed town of Banda Aceh following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031387 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031386 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - People collect scrap metal from the debris following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031385 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031384 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Rescue workers collecting bodies following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031383 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house partially destroyed by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031382 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A family photo album amongst the debris following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031381 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A scene of destruction in the downtown area caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031380 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031379 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A soldier involved in the search for bodies following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031378 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Personal belongings amongst the debris following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031377 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A scene of destruction following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031376 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house partially destroyed by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031375 : MOROCCO Marrakech - Halal meat at a butcher's shop in the Kasbah souk.
00031374 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031373 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - The interior of a house partially destroyed by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031372 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Rescue workers collecting bodies following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031371 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house largely destroyed by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031370 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Rescue workers collecting bodies following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031369 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Members of an Indonesian army WASP unit prepare to embark on a patrol to search for GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) guerilla fighters.
00031368 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031367 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031366 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031365 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031364 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A policeman involved in the search for bodies following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031363 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A clock amongst the debris following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. The tsunami struck Banda Aceh at 8.45 in the morning. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031362 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Picture on the wall of a house partially destroyed by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031361 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A chair slumped amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031360 : MOROCCO Marrakech - Shafts of light in the souk.
00031359 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Inscription at the main harbour, which was totally destroyed in the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031358 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house partially destroyed by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031357 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031356 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A house remains standing amidst the destruction caused by the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031355 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - The head of a mannequin amongst the debris following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031354 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - People collect scrap metal from the debris following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031353 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A shop sign in downtown Banda Aceh depicting a wave, which will have taken on a terrible new meaning following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031352 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Fireman trying to put out a fire in downtown Banda Aceh following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. Following the disaster, there was an outbreak of fires in destroyed buildings caused by broken electrical parts and other hazards. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031351 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A scene of destruction following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00031285 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Girls catch a tempo.
00031284 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Gay men, transvestites, transsexuals (hijras), and female sex workers gather for the launch of a new sexual lubricant on the Nepali market. These transsexuals are demonstrating how to put a condom on with speed and decorum.
00031283 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A chai (tea) lady.
00031282 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Medicine bottes are washed for resale to the pharmaceutical business by a privately owned recycling enterprise.
00031281 : NEPAL Janakpur, The Terai - A cow outside a temple in Janakpur, one of Hinduism's holiest cities and the birthplace of Sita.
00031280 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Red and yellow wrist bands are prepared for sale durin the festival of Janai Purnima (or Janai Purne) at Kumbeshwar temple. All people can wear a 'raksha bandhan' (yellow wristband) on this day, as it is supposed to bring good luck.
00031279 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu - The Seto Bhairab in Durbar Square. Each September during the festival of Indra Jatra the mask is revealed for a few days. Flowers and rice are thrown at the face, and beer is poured through the mouth. Here, a western family goes to recieve a blessing.
00031278 : NEPAL Ilam - Saris hanging out to dry in front of a beer advert.
00031277 : NEPAL Chitwan District, The Terai - Schoolgirls walk home through Bhinsen Nagar, the village in which Prachanda, the leader of the Maoist insurrection, was brought up.
00031276 : NEPAL Bungamati, nr. Kathmandu - Traditional houses.
00031275 : NEPAL Kathmandu Valley - An army patrol checks vehicles approaching Kathmandu.
00031274 : NEPAL Ilam - Women picking tea.
00031273 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - A family watching the festival of Gai Jatra (the cow festival), celebrated throughout the Kathmandu Valley, but most intensely here in Bhaktapur.
00031272 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Men reading newspapers in the Yatkha Tole district.
00031271 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Man outside an electrical store.
00031270 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A new development in an otherwise run-down district of the city.
00031269 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - A news stand in Durbar Square draws interested readers.
00031268 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A gay pride march during 'Gai Jatra' (the cow festival), when everyday citizens dress up in fancy costumes. Most of the marchers are transvestites or transsexuals. Their banners talk of world peace and of HIV, but the march is also meant to draw attention to the persecution of Nepal's small population of 'meti' - men who have sex with other men, but see themselves as woman and therefore not necessarily gay. The march is organised by the Blue Diamond Society, a local NGO.
00031267 : NEPAL Mahabharat Lekh hills - Women celebrating Gaura Parba or 'Tij'. This is a women-only festival worshipping Shiva. The colour red represents rejoicing and domestic harmony.
00031266 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Man reading a gossip magazine at a news stand.
00031265 : NEPAL Jaleswor, The Terai - Malachia Devi, who was accused of being a witch by her neighbours and almost beaten to death. She was saved by a local NGO, and lay in a coma for five days.
00031264 : NEPAL East - The sacred pond (for Hindus) of Mai Pokhri.
00031263 : NEPAL East - The sacred pond (for Hindus) of Mai Pokhri.
00031262 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Gay men, transvestites, transsexuals (hijras), and female sex workers gather for the launch of a new sexual lubricant on the Nepali market. The event has been organised by the Blue Diamond Society, a local NGO.
00031261 : NEPAL Jaleswor, The Terai - Malachia Devi, who was accused of being a witch by her neighbours and almost beaten to death. She was saved by a local NGO, and lay in a coma for five days.
00031260 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The final day of the annual festival of Rato Machhendranath Rath Jatra. A red faced wooden carved idol of the Red Machhendranath god, (without whose benevolence the rice crops would fail) is transported in a huge chariot and pulled slowly through the streets of Patan over the course of several months.
00031259 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The festival of Janai Purnima (or Janai Purne) at Kumbeshwar temple. All high caste men (Chetri and Brahman) must change their 'janai' (sacred thread) that they wear looped over their left shoulder and tied under their right arm. They wear this at all times, except on this one annual occasion when it is changed. A silver lingam is installed at the temple pond for the occasion, and people offer 'puja' (worship) to it, and bless themselves in the water.
00031258 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - A young girl in school uniform says goodbye to her parents.
00031257 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The annual festival of Rato Machhendranath Rath Jatra. A red faced wooden carved idol of the Red Machhendranath god, (without whose benevolence the rice crops would fail) is transported in a huge chariot and pulled slowly through the streets of Patan over the course of several months.
00031256 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The final day of the annual festival of Rato Machhendranath Rath Jatra. A red faced wooden carved idol of the Red Machhendranath god, (without whose benevolence the rice crops would fail) is transported in a huge chariot and pulled slowly through the streets of Patan over the course of several months.
00031255 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Shop fronts crowded with advertising for an IT college amongst other things.
00031254 : NEPAL Jaleswor, Mahottari District, The Terai - A holy cow sitting on the street.
00031253 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Magazine stall and post office box.
00031252 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Schoolgirls line up to see the King as he attends the Rato Machendranath religious festival.
00031251 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The young Kumari, or 'living goddess'. Nepalese Hindus believe that she is a deity in human form. The young girl has to pass over thirty physical and psychological tests in order to prove that she is the genuine Kumari. She is pictured on a rare public appearances to attend the final day of the annual Rato Machendranath Hindu festival. The man on her right is her father.
00031250 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The young Kumari, or 'living goddess'. Nepalese Hindus believe that she is a deity in human form. The young girl has to pass over thirty physical and psychological tests in order to prove that she is the genuine Kumari. She is pictured on a rare public appearances to attend the final day of the annual Rato Machendranath Hindu festival.
00031249 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The young Kumari, or 'living goddess'. Nepalese Hindus believe that she is a deity in human form. The young girl has to pass over thirty physical and psychological tests in order to prove that she is the genuine Kumari. She is pictured on a rare public appearances to attend the final day of the annual Rato Machendranath Hindu festival.
00031248 : NEPAL Pharatpur, Chitwan District - Basuder Paudel, who was taken from his house by plain-clothed soldiers, led blindfolded to an army barracks, then beaten and kicked. He was accused of being a Maoist but the soldiers later realised they had made a mistake (he is an active member of a mainstream party) and asked him to 'forget that it had happened'. He is showing the scar.
00031247 : NEPAL Sundarijal, Kathmandu Valley - A pipeline carrying (relatively) clean water from the upper Bagmati River down to the city of Kathmandu. Much of the city's potable water comes from here. It is at Sundarijal that the Bagmati enters the valley, and from here on, it becomes rapidly polluted.
00031246 : NEPAL Pharatpur, Chitwan District - Basuder Paudel, who was taken from his house by plain-clothed soldiers, led blindfolded to an army barracks, then beaten and kicked. He was accused of being a Maoist but the soldiers later realised they had made a mistake (he is an active member of a mainstream party) and asked him to 'forget that it had happened'. He had to have stitches in his head.
00031245 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A bus which was ambushed by Maoists, burned and abandoned in the road.
00031244 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Women selling bananas outside a motorcycle salesroom.
00031243 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - A Hanuman (monkey god) shrine is dressed up for Gai Jatra (the cow festival), celebrated throughout the Kathmandu Valley, but most intensely here in Bhaktapur. Revellers dress up, often as cows, who it is believed can guide the dead to Yama, the god of the underworld.
00031242 : NEPAL Molpani, Kathmandu Valley - The huge landfill site at Molpani. For twenty years Kathmandu's waste was accumulated here, and only after long and vehement protests by local residents did the government fill the site in with topsoil. But problems remain with leeching toxins into the Manohari river (a tributary of the holy Bagmati river), and the accumulation of hazardous gases. This 'gap' in the landfill shows the extent of the problem. Nevertheless the government plans to build a cricket stadium on the sight.
00031241 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - A butcher with a pig's carcass.
00031240 : NEPAL Ilam - Women picking tea.
00031239 : NEPAL East - Monsoon clouds in the hills of Ilam.
00031238 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Gay men, transvestites, transsexuals (hijras), and female sex workers gather for the launch of a new sexual lubricant on the Nepali market. The event has been organised by the Blue Diamond Society, a local NGO.
00031237 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Woman next to a public telephone in the Khumbeshwar temple.
00031236 : NEPAL Ilam - Women picking tea.
00031235 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - A view of Kathmandu valley, looking west.
00031234 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Members of Kathmandu's Tibetan community wait anxiously outside the police station at Hanuman Dhoka, for news of (and to offer support for) the 18 Tibetans in custody who may face extradition to China.
00031233 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The owners of a traditional village home expand their property.
00031232 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A public water standpipe in the Yatkha Tole area of Kathmandu beside the Bishnumati River. Even so near the city centre, many people don't have access to running water inside their homes.
00031231 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Manga Hiti, the largest of many water conduits in the old town of Patan, in Durbar Square.
00031230 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - A truck driver's assistant.
00031229 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Water is delivered to a house by truck.
00031228 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - Residents watch the festival of Gai Jatra (the cow festival), celebrated throughout the Kathmandu Valley, but most intensely here in Bhaktapur.
00031227 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - Women and girls watch the festival of Gai Jatra (the cow festival), celebrated throughout the Kathmandu Valley, but most intensely here in Bhaktapur.
00031226 : NEPAL The Southern Terai - A woman farmer in the flatlands of southern Nepal.
00031225 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A grocer's shop selling biscuits and tea, including the Nepali Kanyam and Ilam varieties.
00031224 : NEPAL Ilam - An Ilam tea plantation.
00031223 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - A young boy dressed up in a suit for the festival of Janai Purnima (or Janai Purne) at Kumbeshwar temple.
00031222 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The festival of Janai Purnima (or Janai Purne) at Kumbeshwar temple. A silver lingam is installed at the temple pond for the occasion, and people offer 'puja' (worship) to it, and bless themselves in the water.
00031221 : NEPAL Boudhanath, Kathmandu - Prayer flas at a Buddhist stupa.
00031220 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Mother and child at Jawalakhel zoo.
00031219 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Puja offerings on sale outside Kumbeshwar temple during the festival of Janai Purnima (or Janai Purne).
00031218 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Demonstrators protesting about the suspension of the parliament by the King. Gatherings of more than five people have been outlawed but political parties are defying the ban.
00031217 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Washing in a public conduit outside the Kumbeshwar temple.
00031216 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The festival of Janai Purnima (or Janai Purne) at Kumbeshwar temple. All high caste men (Chetri and Brahman) must change their 'janai' (sacred thread) that they wear looped over their left shoulder and tied under their right arm. They wear this at all times, except on this one annual occasion when it is changed. A silver lingam is installed at the temple pond for the occasion, and people offer 'puja' (worship) to it, and bless themselves in the water.
00031215 : NEPAL The Eastern Terai - A couple walking on the dry river bed of the Budhi River at the end of the monsoon season. For much of the year the river bed is completely dry.
00031214 : NEPAL Jaleswor, The Terai - Malachia Devi (centre), who was accused of being a witch by her neighbours and almost beaten to death. She was saved by a local NGO, and lay in a coma for five days. Her husband Ram Lakanshah (left) hid under the stairs when she was taken from the house.
00031213 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - A father holds his daughter as she eats an ice cream.
00031212 : NEPAL The Eastern Terai - The Koshi barrage, built to limit the damage during the annual flooding of the Sapta Koshi river.
00031211 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - The young Kumari, or 'living goddess'. Nepalese Hindus believe that she is a deity in human form. The young girl has to pass over thirty physical and psychological tests in order to prove that she is the genuine Kumari. She is pictured on a rare public appearances to attend the final day of the annual Rato Machendranath Hindu festival.
00031210 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Children shelter under an umbrella on a street flooded by monsoon rains.
00031209 : NEPAL Bhinsen Nagar village, Chitwan District, The Terai - A man cycling through Bhinsen Nagar, the village in which Prachanda, the leader of the Maoist insurrection, was brought up.
00031208 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Girl cycling along a street flooded by monsoon rains.
00031207 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - The festival of Gai Jatra (the cow festival), celebrated throughout the Kathmandu Valley, but most intensely here in Bhaktapur. Revellers dress up, often as cows, who it is believed can guide the dead to Yama, the god of the underworld.
00031206 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Families out and about during the Dashain (DesaI) festival.
00031205 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - The festival of Gai Jatra (the cow festival), celebrated throughout the Kathmandu Valley, but most intensely here in Bhaktapur. Revellers dress up, often as cows, who it is believed can guide the dead to Yama, the god of the underworld. Floats carrying photographs and belongings of deceased relatives are paraded through the city, and groups of men and children dance energetically.
00031204 : NEPAL Kathmandu - View over Kathmandu and the Himalaya mountains from the Bagmati River at Kupondol.
00031203 : NEPAL Janakpur, The Terai - The Janaki Mandir, which is supposed to mark the spot where a golden image of Sita was discovered in 1657. Sita is presumed to have lived here. The present temple was built in 1911.
00031202 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - A woman offers 'puja' at a shrine to Ganesh, the elephant god.
00031201 : NEPAL Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley - Musicians at the festival of Gai Jatra (the cow festival), celebrated throughout the Kathmandu Valley, but most intensely here in Bhaktapur. Revellers dress up, often as cows, who it is believed can guide the dead to Yama, the god of the underworld. Floats carrying photographs and belongings of deceased relatives are paraded through the city, and groups of men and children dance energetically.
00031200 : NEPAL Kathmandu - A guard from the security firm Group 4 chats with an acquaintance.
00031199 : NEPAL Kathmandu - Father and children.
00031198 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - Prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba attending the religious festival of Rato Machandraneth. In February 2005 King Gyanendra dismissed Deuba and the entire government and assumed executive power himself.
00031197 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - King Gyanendra attends the final day of the religious festival of Rato Machandraneth. In February 2005 the King dismissed the entire government and assumed executive power himself.
00031196 : NEPAL Patan, Kathmandu Valley - King Gyanendra and his wife attend the final day of the religious festival of Rato Machandraneth. In February 2005 the King dismissed the entire government and assumed executive power himself.
00031195 : CHINA Nr. Datong, Shanxi Province - Just off shift, a coal miner rests outside the room where he has returned his headlamp. He is 36 and has left his wife at home in another province to work here and provide for his family.
00031194 : CHINA Nr. Datong, Shanxi Province - Coal trucks emerge from a small coal mine. The miners live in the houses to the top right of the picture.
00031193 : ROMANIA Brincovenesti - Child in an orphanage.
00031192 : ROMANIA Brincovenesti - Child in an orphanage.
00031191 : ROMANIA Bucharest - Young boy with AIDS in Colentina hospital.
00031190 : ROMANIA Brincovenesti - Child walking in the grounds of an orphanage.
00031189 : CHINA Shanghai - Magazines running cover stories on a terrible mining accident compete on the news stands with boy bands. It is estimated that around 10,000 Chinese miners die in accidents each year.
00031188 : CHINA Nr. Datong, Shanxi Province - Just off shift, a coal miner rests outside the room where he has returned his headlamp. He is 36 and has left his wife at home in another province to work here and provide for his family. The child playing with a dog is the son of another miner.
00031187 : CHINA Nr. Bei Liu, Shanxi Province - A miner pushing a wagon of coal.
00031186 : CHINA Nr. Datong, Shanxi Province - A miner at a small coal mine equipped with only basic safety equipment, such as this device to measure air quality in the shaft. It is estimated that around 10,000 Chinese miners die in accidents each year.
00031185 : CHINA Nr. Datong, Shanxi Province - Overview of a small coal mine. Patriotic Chinese often fly their national flag at the workplace, as here at the pit head.
00031184 : COLOMBIA Barranquilla - Performers in the Barranquilla carnival, which was named by UNESCO in 2003 as a "World Heritage Treasure".
00031183 : COLOMBIA Barranquilla - Performers in the Barranquilla carnival, which was named by UNESCO in 2003 as a "World Heritage Treasure".
00031182 : COLOMBIA Barranquilla - Performers in the Barranquilla carnival, which was named by UNESCO in 2003 as a "World Heritage Treasure".
00031181 : COLOMBIA Barranquilla - Performers in the Barranquilla carnival, which was named by UNESCO in 2003 as a "World Heritage Treasure".
00031180 : COLOMBIA Barranquilla - Revellers at the Barranquilla carnival, which was named by UNESCO in 2003 as a "World Heritage Treasure".
00031179 : COLOMBIA Barranquilla - Revellers at the Barranquilla carnival, which was named by UNESCO in 2003 as a "World Heritage Treasure".
00031178 : USA New York, United States of America - Visitors walk through 'The Gates' exhibition in Manhattan's Central Park, designed by artists Christo and Jean-Claude. The installation consists of 7500 gates made of steel and draped in orange cloth spread around 23 miles of trails through the park.
00031177 : COLOMBIA Barranquilla - Soldiers watching performers in the Barranquilla carnival, which was named by UNESCO in 2003 as a "World Heritage Treasure".
00031176 : NORWAY Oslo - Officer cadets lined up during a military parade. The only female soldier wears a skirt as part of her uniform.
00031175 : USA New York, United States of America - A couple photograph themselves against a backdrop of 'The Gates' exhibition in Manhattan's Central Park, designed by artists Christo and Jean-Claude. The installation consists of 7500 gates made of steel and draped in orange cloth spread around 23 miles of trails through the park.
00031174 : CHINA Nr. Datong, Shanxi Province - Coal trucks emerge from a small coal mine. Patriotic Chinese often fly their national flag at the workplace, as here at the pit head.
00031173 : USA New York, United States of America - 'The Gates' exhibition in Manhattan's Central Park, designed by artists Christo and Jean-Claude. The installation consists of 7500 gates made of steel and draped in orange cloth spread around 23 miles of trails through the park.
00031172 : BANGLADESH Nr. Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - A woman with an umbrella walking home from work near Muhu Rijara village.
00031171 : BANGLADESH Nr. Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - A father and son weeding and planting a paddy field in Muhu Rijara village, whose farmers adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031170 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Young girls tending a flock of ducks. Their village adheres to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031169 : MOROCCO Western Sahara - Saharawi Polisario Front female fighters training in the desert. Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
00031168 : MOROCCO Western Sahara - A Saharawi Polisario Front supporter on a horse holding the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) at a political rally in the desert.
00031167 : LITHUANIA Vilnius - Health check for baby in a clinic.
00031166 : ALBANIA Kosovo border - Kosovan refugees, ethnic Albanians from Mitrovice, arrive in Albania. Morina border crossing, near Kukes.
00031165 : ERITREA Kerkebet region - A bridegroom at a Hidareb wedding in the village of Drfa. The Hidareb minority lives on the arid plains of the Barka River.
00031164 : ERITREA Kerkebet region - Hidareb children in the village of Adi Shenya. The Hidareb minority lives on the arid plains of the Barka River.
00031163 : ERITREA Kerkebet region - Hidareb man with traditional sword in the village of Adi Shenya. The Hidareb minority lives on the arid plains of the Barka River.
00031162 : ERITREA Kerkebet region - A vegetable farmer near the vilage of Drfa.
00031161 : PHILIPPINES Kalinga Province, Luzon - Kalinga girls in the village of Bugnai.
00031160 : PHILIPPINES Kalinga Province, Luzon - Kalinga woman pounding rice in the village of Bugnai.
00031159 : PHILIPPINES Ifugao province, Luzon - Ifugao boys with a home made scooter near Banawe.
00031158 : BANGLADESH Nr. Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - Girls collecting water near the village of Muhu Rijara, whose farmers adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031157 : ERITREA Amalayt, Kerkebet region - Women from the nomadic Hidareb minority who live on the arid plains of the Barka River.
00031156 : BANGLADESH Nr. Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - A farmer in front of her home. Her village adheres to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031155 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Boys climbing a tree.
00031154 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Women spreading out seeds to dry. Their village adheres to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031153 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Ox being used to grind mustard seeds into mustard oil. Farmers in this village adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031152 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Taking home the day's catch of fish. The farmers of Ruposi village adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031151 : BANGLADESH Tangail - A man weeding a paddy field in Nandura village, whose farmers adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031150 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Women drenching jute in the river to extract the jute fibre. Farmers in this village adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031149 : BANGLADESH Nr. Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - A man planting a paddy field in Muhu Rijara village, whose farmers adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031148 : BANGLADESH Tangail - A farmer ploughing his field with oxen. Farmers in this village adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031147 : BANGLADESH Nr. Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - A man planting a paddy field near Muhu Rijara village, whose farmers adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031146 : BANGLADESH Nr. Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - A woman walking home from work near Muhu Rijara village, whose farmers adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031145 : BANGLADESH Nr. Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - Women in the village of Muhu Rijara.
00031144 : TUNISIA Djerba - An old man riding his bicycle home from the bakery with a fresh baguette.
00031143 : TUNISIA - Mouthpieces of chichas (waterpipes).
00031142 : TUNISIA Metlaoui - A house with a satellite dish in the courtyard.
00031141 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Children playing in jute crops at Bariatia village, whose farmers adhere to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031140 : TOGO - Catholic missionary sisters.
00031139 : TOGO Aneho - The funeral of a "Nana Benz". The term "Nana Benz" refers to female market traders who have a reputation for owning Mercedes-Benz cars because of their wealth.
00031138 : KOSOVO Pristina - Ramush Haradinaj in parliament on the day he became Prime Minister of Kosovo. Haradinaj was a commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the war. In March 2005, he resigned after being charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
00031137 : KENYA Masai Mara - Cattle and pelican in the Masai Mara National Reserve.
00031136 : NORWAY Oslo - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in October 2006. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00031135 : ZAMBIA - Children in a run-down primary school.
00031134 : NORWAY Oslo - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in October 2006. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00031133 : NORWAY Oslo - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in October 2006. She was well known for her reporting on human rights abuses in Russia and the war in Chechnya.
00031132 : RUSSIA St. Petersburg - Nurse pushing an elderly patient's wheelchair down a hospital corridor.
00031131 : MOZAMBIQUE Ilha de Mocambique - Woman passing a grand doorway. The island's exceptional mixture of architectural influences contributes to its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
00031130 : TANZANIA - Zebra and wildebeest in the Ngorongoro Crater.
00031129 : ZAMBIA Mongu - A child being treated at a feeding centre for Angolan refugees .
00031128 : TOGO - A schoolboy learning to read on a class blackboard.
00031127 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - Susan Sontag, the American novelist, essayist and critic, in Sarajevo to stage Samuel Beckett's play 'Waiting for Godot' in the midst of the war. Rehearsals were held in candlelight.
00031126 : TOGO - Togolese girl.
00031125 : TUNISIA Djerba - The Rabbi in the La Ghriba synagogue.
00031124 : TOGO - Two boys listening to music.
00031123 : TUNISIA Tunis - Traditional hat maker in the medina.
00031122 : TUNISIA - A man collecting dates.
00031121 : ERITREA Aderde - Beni Amir woman with a large golden nose ring.
00031120 : TUNISIA Douz - Raising the Tunisian flag at the Festival of the Sahara.
00031119 : TUNISIA - Young Bedouin woman milking a goat in the desert.
00031118 : TUNISIA - A man walking through the desert with his camels.
00031117 : TUNISIA Douz - A man smoking a cigarette.
00031116 : TUNISIA - A portrait of the Tunisian president Ben Ali at the Festival of the Sahara.
00031115 : TUNISIA - A man wearing a Tuareg style turban at the Festival of the Sahara.
00031114 : TUNISIA - A Muslim man praying in the desert.
00031113 : TUNISIA - A man reading the Koran.
00031112 : TUNISIA - Men holding worry beads.
00031111 : TUNISIA - A girl in traditional dress at the Festival of the Sahara.
00031110 : TUNISIA Douz - Bags of medicinal herbs at the market.
00031109 : TUNISIA - A Bedouin man speaking on a mobile telephone.
00031108 : TUNISIA - A man and a camel in the desert.
00031107 : TOGO Lake Togo - A man on a boat.
00031106 : TOGO Lome - School girls in Lome.
00031105 : TOGO - A woman weaving.
00031104 : TOGO - A woman with an interesting hairstyle.
00031103 : TOGO Lake Togo - A boy standing on the shores of Lake Togo.
00031102 : TOGO Lome - Pharmacist in his pharmacy.
00031101 : TOGO Lome - Worshippers in an evangelical church.
00031100 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Trinity Cathedral, where the late Emperor Haile Selassie is buried, is a place of pilgrimage for devotees of Rastafarianism.
00031099 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Tens of thousands of people gather for a concert to mark what would have been Bob Marley's 60th birthday. Ethiopia, the spiritual home of Rastafarianism, was chosen by Marley's family to host the official event.
00031098 : BANGLADESH Nr. Cox's Bazar, Chittagong Province - Two farmers in front of their home. Their village adheres to the organic principles of Nayakrishi Andolon - 'the new agriculture'.
00031097 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Tens of thousands of people gather for a concert to mark what would have been Bob Marley's 60th birthday. Ethiopia, the spiritual home of Rastafarianism, was chosen by Marley's family to host the official event.
00031096 : ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa - Tens of thousands of people gather for a concert to mark what would have been Bob Marley's 60th birthday. Ethiopia, the spiritual home of Rastafarianism, was chosen by Marley's family to host the official event.
00031095 : INDIA Assam - A group of park rangers with elephants patrol Kaziranga National Park, on the lookout for tigers and poachers.
00031094 : INDIA Kaziranga, Assam - A ranger at Kaziranga National Park takes cover from an adult male rhinoceros.
00031093 : CAMBODIA - Members of the National Cambodian Forestry Security service check maps before a night patrol in Bokor National Park.
00031092 : NEPAL - One of the main smuggling routes for poached animals from India is on the far western border of Nepal. The rope hanging across the road indicates the border.
00031091 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - At Scotland Yard's animal protection unit, a police officer displays a tiger's head seized during a raid in London.
00031090 : CAMBODIA Bokor - A handcuffed poacher is photographed with a notice bearing details of his name, age and the nature and date of his crime. While operating as part of a poaching team in Bokor National park he was brought for questioning by members of the National Cambodian Forestry Security service.
00031089 : NEPAL - A large bull elephant in Chitwan National Park sits with its leg chained. The 50 year old beast is restrained as it has killed five mahouts (handlers) in its lifetime.
00031088 : NEPAL - Poachers sit in a cell of a military jail, having been arrested for poaching activities in Chitwan National Park. They will spend the next twenty years incarcerated.
00031086 : VIETNAM Hanoi - After being tranquilised, a bear is removed from its cage in the bear farm, in order to have the bile removed from its gall bladder.
00031085 : BURMA Moung La, Myanmar - A rare Burmese python rests in the midday sun. The snake is for sale but until it is sold it is being used as a prop for photographs. Tourists pay to have their picture taken with the python draped around their neck.
00031084 : THAILAND Bangkok - Journalists are invited to photograph a shipment of pangolins intercepted at Bangkok's international airport as part of a crackdown on trafficking in wild animals. Pangolins are considered a delicacy in parts of Asia and prized for their use in traditional medicine and as an aphrodisiac.
00031083 : LEBANON Beirut - Rafik Hariri, prime minister of Lebanon between 1992-98 and 2000-04, who was killed in a car bombing on 14/02/2005.
00031082 : LEBANON Beirut - A portrait of Rafik Hariri, prime minister of Lebanon between 1992-98 and 2000-04, outside a house. Hariri was killed in a car bombing on 14/02/2005.
00031081 : LEBANON Beirut - Rafik Hariri, prime minister of Lebanon between 1992-98 and 2000-04, who was killed in a car bombing on 14/02/2005.
00031028 : MOZAMBIQUE Maputo - Young man at the junction of Karl Marx Avenue and Ho Chi Minh Avenue in the centre of Maputo, symbols of the country's Marxist past.
00031027 : SOMALIA - A porter washing himself after a day spent unloading cargo ships in the natural port of ElÕMahaan, 30 km north of Mogadishu. Since the old sea port in the city was destroyed by fighting, this beach strip has become the main landing stage for imports by sea.
00031026 : UGANDA - Artistic designs and religious murals painted on the walls of a rural house. A young girl carries her younger sister.
00031025 : UGANDA Kampala - The central bus station and taxi park.
00031024 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Money changing business in the Bakara market, where US dollars can be exchanged for Somali shillings.
00031023 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Gunmen on a moving vehicle, providing an armed escort. Business is flourishing in Somalia despite more than a decade of anarchy, but each enterprise is dependent on the support of one of the clans and on heavily armed militia forces to protect against attacks from rival clans.
00031022 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Billboard advertising an international money transfer company. Most people in Somalia depend on remittances sent to them by family members living abroad.
00031021 : UGANDA Nr. Bombo - Child in school uniform and cattle outside a village church.
00031020 : MOZAMBIQUE Maputo - A young woman next to an election billboard for Armando Guebuza of the Frelimo party. Guebuza went on to win the vote and became president early in 2005. In the background is a sign for Karl Marx Avenue, a symbol of the Frelimo's Marxist past.
00031019 : UGANDA Nr. Bombo - Children in school uniform outside a village church.
00031018 : SOMALIA - Porters using a small boat to unload sacks of wheat from cargo ships in the natural port of ElÕMahaan, 30 km north of Mogadishu. Since the old sea port in the city was destroyed by fighting, this beach strip has become the main landing stage for imports by sea.
00031017 : UGANDA Kampala - The central bus station and taxi park.
00031016 : UGANDA - Roadside restaurant in a small village outside Kampala.
00031015 : SOMALIA Puntland - Soldiers at the front line between Puntland and Somaliland, 30 km north west of Laascanood on the road to Adhicadeeye. Since the election of Abdullahi Yusuf (former president of Puntland) as president of Somalia in October 2004, tension had risen between the different clans in greater Somalia. On the 29th of October Somaliland attacked positions of the Puntland army.
00031014 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Gunmen outside the recently opened Coca Cola bottling plant in Mogadishu. As with all businesses in Somalia, the premises are heavily guarded by armed militias to prevent looting. Business is flourishing in Somalia despite a decade of anarchy.
00031013 : UGANDA Nr. Bombo - Children in school uniform outside a village church.
00031012 : SOMALIA Puntland - A wounded soldier of the Somaliland army being treated in a hospital in Laascanood, a village near the front line between Somaliland and Puntland. He was one of 23 prisoners of war captured by the Puntland army during the latest round of fighting. Since the election of Abdullahi Yusuf (former president of Puntland) as president of Somalia in October 2004, tension had risen between the different clans in greater Somalia. On the 29th of October Somaliland attacked positions of the Puntland army.
00031011 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Women looking at gold jewellery in the Bakara market. Business is flourishing in Somalia despite a decade of anarchy.
00031010 : UGANDA Nr. Jinja - Moses Isegawa, a Ugandan writer whose books have been published around the world. He is most famous for his novel 'Abyssinian Chronicles'.
00031009 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - The recently opened Coca Cola bottling plant in Mogadishu. Business is flourishing in Somalia despite a decade of anarchy.
00031008 : UGANDA Nr. Jinja - Moses Isegawa, a Ugandan writer whose books have been published around the world, visiting the library at the Catholic seminary in the village of Nyenga, where he studied when he was young. He is most famous for his novel 'Abyssinian Chronicles'.
00031007 : UGANDA Nr. Jinja - Moses Isegawa, a Ugandan writer whose books have been published around the world. He is most famous for his novel 'Abyssinian Chronicles'.
00031006 : SOMALIA Garowe, Puntland - Prisoners of war from Somaliland, amongst a group of 23 captured by the Puntland army during the latest round of fighting. Since the election of Abdullahi Yusuf (former president of Puntland) as president of Somalia in October 2004, tension had risen between the different clans in greater Somalia. On the 29th of October Somaliland attacked positions of the Puntland army.
00031005 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Gunman on top of a moving vehicle, providing an armed escort. Business is flourishing in Somalia despite more than a decade of anarchy, but each enterprise is dependent on the support of one of the clans and on heavily armed militia forces to protect against attacks from rival clans.
00031004 : MOZAMBIQUE Beira - A man standing next to fishing boats on the beach, wearing a T-shirt which shows his support for Armando Guebuza of the Frelimo party. Guebuza went on to win the election and became president early in 2005.
00031003 : SOMALIA Garowe, Puntland - Prisoners of war from Somaliland, amongst a group of 23 captured by the Puntland army during the latest round of fighting. Since the election of Abdullahi Yusuf (former president of Puntland) as president of Somalia in October 2004, tension had risen between the different clans in greater Somalia. On the 29th of October Somaliland attacked positions of the Puntland army.
00031002 : MOZAMBIQUE Beira - A woman waiting to buy fish from fishermen landing their boats on the beach.
00031001 : UGANDA Nr. Jinja - Book shelves in the library at the Catholic seminary in the village of Nyenga.
00031000 : MOZAMBIQUE Beira - A polling station for the presidential election. Voters have to show their hands to prove that they have not already voted, since they are marked with indelible ink to prevent multiple voting.
00030999 : MOZAMBIQUE Maputo - A young woman campaigning for Raul Domingos of the the opposition Peace, Democracy and Development (PDD) party in the presidential election.
00030998 : MOZAMBIQUE Beira - A young girl sleeping next to her baskets of mangoes, which she sells on the beach. In the background an old cannon remains, constructed in the past to protect Mozambique against attacks from the sea.
00030997 : SOMALIA Garowe, Puntland - Prisoners of war from Somaliland, amongst a group of 23 captured by the Puntland army during the latest round of fighting. Since the election of Abdullahi Yusuf (former president of Puntland) as president of Somalia in October 2004, tension had risen between the different clans in greater Somalia. On the 29th of October Somaliland attacked positions of the Puntland army.
00030996 : UGANDA Kampala - The central bus station and taxi park.
00030995 : SOMALIA - Porters using a small boat to unload jerrycans of cooking oil from cargo ships in the natural port of ElÕMahaan, 30 km north of Mogadishu. Since the old sea port in the city was destroyed by fighting, this beach strip has become the main landing stage for imports by sea.
00030994 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a warlord and former leader of al-Itihad al-Islamiya, which was identified as a terrorist organisation by the US authorities. Insisting that he is merely a Muslim scholar, he says he wants Somalia to become an Islamic Republic.
00030993 : MOZAMBIQUE Maputo - Political slogans on an apartment block in the centre of Maputo, remembering the country's Marxist past.
00030992 : UGANDA Nr. Jinja - Students eating lunch in the dining hall at a seminary in the village of Nyenga.
00030991 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Abdi Risak Isse, managing director of the recently opened Coca Cola bottling plant in Mogadishu. Business is flourishing in Somalia despite a decade of anarchy.
00030990 : MOZAMBIQUE Beira - A rusting ship, with a small election poster, in the port of Beira. Fishermen rest in the shadows and launch small fishing boats from the beach.
00030989 : MOZAMBIQUE Beira - A polling station for the presidential election. Voters have to show their hands to prove that they have not already voted, since they are marked with indelible ink to prevent multiple voting.
00030988 : UGANDA Nr. Jinja - Moses Isegawa, a Ugandan writer whose books have been published around the world. He is most famous for his novel 'Abyssinian Chronicles'.
00030987 : MOZAMBIQUE Maputo - Affluent young people relaxing at the beach.
00030986 : SOMALIA Bosasso, Puntland - Ethiopian migrant workers waiting in the port of Bosasso to be shipped to Yemen by traffickers using fishing boats.
00030985 : SOMALIA Mogadishu - Gunman on top of a moving vehicle, providing an armed escort. Business is flourishing in Somalia despite more than a decade of anarchy, but each enterprise is dependent on the support of one of the clans and on heavily armed militia forces to protect against attacks from rival clans.
00030984 : TAJIKISTAN Gorno-Badakhshan - People walking along a precarious path in the Pamir Mountains.
00030983 : INDONESIA Aceh Besar, Northern Sumatra - GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) fighters in the jungle. The GAM have been fighting for Acehnese independence since 1976.
00030982 : TAJIKISTAN - A member of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA) examining a seizure of illicit drugs before it is destroyed. Large quantities of raw opium and heroin are smuggled through Tajikistan en route to Western markets.
00030981 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - A train in Dushanbe station, about to embark on the three day journey to Astrakhan.
00030980 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - Police officers in Dushanbe station check the luggage of passengers about to embark on the train journey to Astrakhan in Russia. The route is used by drug traffickers to smuggle heroin to Western markets.
00030979 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A corpse floats in a pool of flood water in the Ulele district, following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030978 : TAJIKISTAN Gorno-Badakhshan - Police officers checking vehicles on the trade route across the Pamir mountains, which is used by drug traffickers.
00030977 : TAJIKISTAN Afghan border - Special forces from the Russian Federation Border Service deployed along the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, at the request of the Tajik government. They are tasked with preventing raw opium and heroin from Afghanistan being smuggled across the border on the first stage of its journey to Western markets.
00030976 : TAJIKISTAN - Members of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA) destroying a seizure of illicit drugs by setting them on fire. Large quantities of raw opium and heroin are smuggled through Tajikistan en route to Western markets.
00030975 : TAJIKISTAN - A member of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA) weighing a seizure of illicit drugs before it is destroyed. Large quantities of raw opium and heroin are smuggled through Tajikistan en route to Western markets.
00030974 : TAJIKISTAN Afghan border - Special forces from the Russian Federation Border Service deployed along the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, at the request of the Tajik government. They are tasked with preventing raw opium and heroin from Afghanistan being smuggled across the border on the first stage of its journey to Western markets.
00030973 : INDONESIA Aceh Besar, Northern Sumatra - GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) fighters in their jungle camp. The GAM have been fighting for Acehnese independence since 1976.
00030972 : TAJIKISTAN Afghan border - A drug trafficker detained by special forces from the Russian Federation Border Service, deployed along the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan at the request of the Tajik government. They are tasked with preventing raw opium and heroin from Afghanistan being smuggled across the border on the first stage of its journey to Western markets.
00030971 : TAJIKISTAN Gorno-Badakhshan - Trucks crossing the Pamir mountains, an important trade route which is also used by drug traffickers.
00030970 : TAJIKISTAN Afghan border - Special forces from the Russian Federation Border Service deployed along the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, at the request of the Tajik government. They are tasked with preventing raw opium and heroin from Afghanistan being smuggled across the border on the first stage of its journey to Western markets.
00030969 : TAJIKISTAN Afghan border - Special forces from the Russian Federation Border Service deployed along the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, at the request of the Tajik government. They are tasked with preventing raw opium and heroin from Afghanistan being smuggled across the border on the first stage of its journey to Western markets.
00030968 : TAJIKISTAN Gorno-Badakhshan - A bridge over the Ammu Darya river, which marks the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan.
00030967 : TAJIKISTAN Afghan border - Special forces from the Russian Federation Border Service deployed along the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, at the request of the Tajik government. They are tasked with preventing raw opium and heroin from Afghanistan being smuggled across the border on the first stage of its journey to Western markets.
00030966 : TAJIKISTAN Afghan border - Special forces from the Russian Federation Border Service deployed along the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, at the request of the Tajik government. They are tasked with preventing raw opium and heroin from Afghanistan being smuggled across the border on the first stage of its journey to Western markets.
00030965 : INDONESIA Aceh Besar, Northern Sumatra - Muharram, GAM Commander in the Aceh Besar district, puts his men through morning drill in a jungle camp. The GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) have been fighting for Acehnese independence since 1976.
00030964 : TAJIKISTAN - A member of the DCA counter-narcotics agency destroying a seizure of illicit drugs. Large quantities of raw opium and heroin are smuggled through Tajikistan en route to Western markets.
00030963 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - A man in Dushanbe's narcological clinic, the only official facility in the country where heroin addicts can undergo a process of detoxification. Treatment methods are harsh, with patients locked up and forced to go cold turkey without pain relief.
00030962 : INDONESIA Aceh Besar, Northern Sumatra - GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) fighter on the lookout for Indonesian army soldiers who had been sighted in the area. The GAM have been fighting for Acehnese independence since 1976.
00030961 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - A man in Dushanbe's narcological clinic, the only official facility in the country where heroin addicts can undergo a process of detoxification. Treatment methods are harsh, with patients locked up and forced to go cold turkey without pain relief.
00030960 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A family on a motorbike pass body bags lining a quiet lane in the Pugee district, following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030959 : TAJIKISTAN - A member of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA) destroying a seizure of illicit drugs. Large quantities of raw opium and heroin are smuggled through Tajikistan en route to Western markets.
00030958 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Volunteers search for bodies in the Pugee district, following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030957 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Survivors looking for missing relatives in the Ulele district come across a child's doll amidst the devastation following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030956 : TAJIKISTAN - Members of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA) destroying a seizure of illicit drugs by setting them on fire. Large quantities of raw opium and heroin are smuggled through Tajikistan en route to Western markets.
00030955 : TAJIKISTAN Gorno-Badakhshan - A man looking out over the Pamir mountains.
00030954 : INDONESIA Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A scene of devastation on Aceh's western coast, which bore the full brunt of the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An Indonesian flag marks a small volunteer station where survivors can find water and biscuits. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030953 : INDONESIA Lhok Nga, Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A tug boat lies astride the main highway along Aceh's devastated west coast as survivors from the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004 trek north towards Banda Aceh. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030952 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Indonesian army (TNI) soldiers in a destroyed building in the Ulele district, following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030951 : TAJIKISTAN - A heroin addict gets his fix. He became addicted after a dealer cultivated his habit by providing him with heroin free of charge over a period of several months. Cases of overdose are common due to the extreme purity of drugs trafficked through Tajikistan.
00030950 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Body bags and fishing boats litter the streets in central Banda Aceh, following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030949 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Yuni (centre) investigates the ruins of her brother's house in the Ulele district following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030948 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Volunteers and survivors look for bodies in the Ulele district following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030947 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Indonesian army (TNI) soldiers looking for survivors following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030946 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Indonesian army (TNI) soldiers looking for corpses in the Ulele district following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030945 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A scene of devastation in the central business district of Banda Aceh following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030944 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Debris and corpses litter the canals of central Banda Aceh following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030943 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - A man in Dushanbe's narcological clinic, the only official facility in the country where heroin addicts can undergo a process of detoxification. Treatment methods are harsh, with patients locked up and forced to go cold turkey without pain relief.
00030942 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - A nurse in Dushanbe's narcological clinic, the only official facility in the country where heroin addicts can undergo a process of detoxification. Treatment methods are harsh, with patients locked up and forced to go cold turkey without pain relief.
00030941 : TAJIKISTAN - A heroin addict shooting up. He became addicted after a dealer cultivated his habit by providing him with heroin free of charge over a period of several months. Cases of overdose are common due to the extreme purity of drugs trafficked through Tajikistan.
00030940 : INDONESIA Aceh Besar, Northern Sumatra - GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) fighters in the jungle. The GAM have been fighting for Acehnese independence since 1976.
00030939 : TAJIKISTAN Afghan border - Special forces from the Russian Federation Border Service deployed along the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, at the request of the Tajik government. They are tasked with preventing raw opium and heroin from Afghanistan being smuggled across the border on the first stage of its journey to Western markets.
00030938 : TAJIKISTAN - Children hanging around.
00030937 : ALBANIA Kiri village, Pult Commune - A farmer and his wife taking manure to spread on their fields.
00030936 : ALBANIA Kiri village, Pult Commune - A swaddled baby in its cradle near an open fire, used for cooking and heating.
00030935 : ALBANIA Kiri village, Pult Commune - Leze Mika, an elderly woman who has lived in the Kiri area for her entire life.
00030934 : ALBANIA Kiri village, Pult Commune - Christian iconography on a family's mantlepiece. Since the end of the Communist regime there has been a resurgence in overt Catholicism in the mountain communities. Religious pictures which had been kept under floorboards for decades are now back on display.
00030933 : ALBANIA Tirana - City centre.
00030932 : ALBANIA Tirana - Brightly painted apartment blocks in Tirana. Edi Rama, the mayor since 2000, decided to brighten up the drab appearance of the city by having Communist era housing blocks painted in bright colours.
00030931 : ALBANIA Hajmel - A meeting of the Hajmel sheep rearing project, a women's group supported by Oxfam who generate income by selling meat and milk to local farmers.
00030930 : ALBANIA Hajmel - Pashka, a member of the Hajmel sheep rearing project, a women's group supported by Oxfam who generate income by selling meat and milk to local farmers.
00030929 : ALBANIA Shkoder - A view of Shkoder from the ancient castle. Shkoder is one of the oldest cities in Europe and is located on the confluence of the Buna and Drin rivers, with mountains to the north.
00030928 : ALBANIA Shkoder - A view of Shkoder from the ancient castle. Shkoder is one of the oldest cities in Europe and is located on the confluence of the Buna and Drin rivers, with mountains to the north.
00030927 : ALBANIA Ukbibaj - A farmer watering her crops. The farmhouse has no running water but a spring has been tapped to provide water for the lower lying fields.
00030926 : BRAZIL Sao Paulo - Favela slum housing.
00030925 : GERMANY Berlin - The Beinsheim centre at Potsdamer Platz.
00030924 : GERMANY Berlin - The former listening station of the US National Security Agency (NSA) on Teufelsberg hill, one of the most important espionage centres in the former West Berlin.
00030923 : GERMANY Berlin - A section of the Berlin wall which serves as a memorial.
00030922 : GERMANY Berlin - A socialist mosaic in East Berlin.
00030921 : INDONESIA Aceh Besar, Northern Sumatra - Muharram, GAM Commander in the Aceh Besar district, holding forth on their aim for "absolute independence". The GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) have been fighting for Acehnese independence since 1976.
00030920 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Volunteers attempt to retrieve the body of a woman hanging from a rooftop in the Ulele district, following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030919 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Cars, debris and corpses litter the canals of central Banda Aceh following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030918 : INDONESIA Aceh Besar, Northern Sumatra - GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) fighters on patrol. The GAM have been fighting for Acehnese independence since 1976.
00030917 : INDONESIA Aceh Besar, Northern Sumatra - GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka - Free Aceh Movement) fighters in the jungle. The GAM have been fighting for Acehnese independence since 1976.
00030916 : INDONESIA Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Decapitated palm trees on a beach on Aceh's western coast, which bore the full brunt of the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030915 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Survivors return to their former homes in the Ulele district to salvage possessions following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030914 : INDONESIA Banda Aceh, Northern Sumatra - Dinah (18) lost around fifty members of her extended family in the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. All that she is able to salvage from her home in the Ulele district fits into one plastic bag. She is helped in this grim task by a soldier who is a distant relative. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 280,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030913 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - Police officers in Dushanbe station check the luggage of passengers about to embark on the train journey to Astrakhan in Russia. The route is used by drug traffickers to smuggle heroin to Western markets.
00030912 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - Police officers in Dushanbe station check the luggage of passengers about to embark on the train journey to Astrakhan in Russia. The route is used by drug traffickers to smuggle heroin to Western markets.
00030911 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - A prison officer checks a cell in the special detention centre run by Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA).
00030910 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - A cell in the special detention centre run by Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA).
00030909 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - A prison officer in the special detention centre run by Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA).
00030908 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - Recruits to the Special Corps of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA) being trained in the use of firearms.
00030907 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - Recruits to the Special Corps of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA) in physical training.
00030906 : TAJIKISTAN Dushanbe - Recruits to the Special Corps of Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency (DCA) being trained in hand-to-hand combat.
00030803 : ITALY Predappio, Emilia Romagna - Neo-fascists with jumpers saying "Ultras - no problem" in front of Benito Mussolini's mausoleum at San Cassiano cemetery. Mussolini, "Il Duce del Fascismo" was born and is buried in the town of Predappio. Every year on the anniversary of his death neo-fascist and other right-wing radicals make a pilgrimage to this fascist shrine.
00030802 : BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA Sarajevo - Susan Sontag, the American novelist, essayist and critic, in Sarajevo to stage Samuel Beckett's play 'Waiting for Godot' in the midst of the war.
00030801 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Young children in an art class.
00030800 : UZBEKISTAN Nr. Muynak - An abandoned ship at what was once the edge of the Aral Sea. In 1964 the rivers supplying the Aral were pumped dry to irrigate local produce. After that autumn the tide never returned. Nowadays the water has receded over 100 kilometres.
00030799 : SOUTH AFRICA - Firearms instructors at a private shooting range.
00030798 : CROATIA Dubrovnik - Bell tower of the Sponza palace and the dome of the Church of St. Blasius. View from the old city walls, looking south.
00030797 : ITALY Predappio, Emilia Romagna - Neo-fascists making the Nazi salute in front of Benito Mussolini's mausoleum at San Cassiano cemetery. Mussolini, "Il Duce del Fascismo" was born and is buried in the town of Predappio. Every year on the anniversary of his death neo-fascist and other right-wing radicals make a pilgrimage to this fascist shrine.
00030796 : CROATIA Dubrovnik - View over Dubrovnik looking south east from the Minceta tower.
00030795 : SOUTH AFRICA Soweto, Johannesburg - Children with toy guns outside Nelson Mandela's home on the day he was released from prison.
00030794 : INDONESIA Aceh, Northern Sumatra - A helicopter from the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln lands in the stricken town of Panga to deliver food and water and pick up an injured Indonesian soldier. The entire coast is devastated following the tsunami which struck South Asia on 26/12/2004. An underwater earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. 12 countries were affected by the tsunami, with a combined death toll of over 150,000. Aceh, the closest landfall to the epicentre of the quake, suffered the greatest loss of life.
00030793 : ITALY Predappio, Emilia Romagna - A man wearing fascist decorations in front of Benito Mussolini's mausoleum at San Cassiano cemetery. Mussolini, "Il Duce del Fascismo" was born and is buried in the town of Predappio. Every year on the anniversary of his death neo-fascist and other right-wing radicals make a pilgrimage to this fascist shrine.
00030792 : CROATIA Dubrovnik - Church of St. Blasius. View from the old city walls, looking east.
00030791 : ITALY Predappio, Emilia Romagna - The owner of a souvenir shop selling Benito Mussolini memorabilia. Mussolini, "Il Duce del Fascismo" was born and is buried in the town of Predappio. Every year on the anniversary of his death neo-fascist and other right-wing radicals make a pilgrimage to this fascist shrine.

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