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00060821 : COLOMBIA Sincelejo, Sucre - A child at a water tap in the slums of Sincelejo. Many Colombians are now living in slum areas after fleeing their homes due to political violence. This migration is part of the cycle of violence and forced internal displacement that affects large numbers of people.
00060820 : COLOMBIA Sincelejo, Sucre - A shirtless man in the slums of Sincelejo. Many Colombians are now living in slum areas after fleeing their homes due to political violence. This migration is part of the cycle of violence and forced internal displacement that affects large numbers of people.
00060819 : COLOMBIA Sincelejo, Sucre - A white shirt hanging on a clothesline outside a house in the slums of Sincelejo.
00060818 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - A crowd of men from Tari gather in Mendi for the counting of ballot boxes from three electorates in the Hela region following a ballot dispute during the 2007 general elections. The men travelled for four hours to protest against the transferral of around 200 ballot boxes from Tari to Mendi. The boxes had been held back in Tari for two weeks until a judicial ruling forced the handover and the ballots were moved for counting to Mendi via helicopter and under armed security. Since the dispute appeared to be linked to employment issues rather than voting security, the Electoral Commission later negotiated a compromise whereby more Tari residents would be included in the official Mendi counting process and paid as counting officials.
00060817 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - A portrait of Ivan Homoko. Homoko, a Huil wig man (wigman) from the Hela Huli clan in the Southern Highlands, is the chairman of the Hela Great Council of Chiefs and the chairman of the Southern Highlands Cultural Tourism Board. He works to promote awareness of cultural traditions and encourages tourism. In his own words, Homoko believes in "a 50% traditional and 50% Western way of life". Homoko, who was mainly educated in the SDA church and took an advanced management course in the capital, always wears traditional dress and has participated in around 20 tribal fights.
00060816 : TAJIKISTAN Kurgan Tube Region - Children from Mechnat village gather water at a nearby irrigation channel.
00060815 : IVORY COAST Bouake - A rebel soldier from the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI) controls a crowd with an AK-47 Kalashnikov rifle in central Bouake, during the rebel insurgency that began with an uprising by army mutineers on 19th September 2002.
00060814 : ANGOLA Luanda - A man holds up a photograph of missing persons. Friends and loved ones displayed photographs of people who had gone missing during the course of the Angolan civil war on Independence Square in the hope that someone might know their whereabouts.
00060813 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A blind woman awaiting surgery. A considerable number of people lost their eyes and many lost their sight due to shrapnel injuries, bullet wounds or rebel torture during the civil war.
00060812 : SIERRA LEONE Freetown - A blind patient wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the Nike logo awaits surgery. A considerable number of people lost their eyes and many lost their sight due to shrapnel injuries, bullet wounds or rebel torture during the civil war. This man also had his arm amputated by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel forces.
00060811 : KIRIBATI Abaiang - A fisherman from the Outer Islands Fisheries Project (OIFP) holds up a large eel that he has caught after receiving a specific order from a customer who is holding a feast. The OIFP is a Japanese-funded aid project that provided 17 villages on Abaiang with fishing boats. Fish caught by the villagers is chilled and transported to Tarawa for sale.
00060810 : SIERRA LEONE Koidu, Kono district - A mudguard emblazoned with the phrase, 'No Condition Is Permanent', on a truck in the mining town of Koidu.
00060809 : ETHIOPIA Bale Province, Oromia Region - A severely malnourished man resting at Shawe Camp. Around 25,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) took refuge in the camp while waiting for resettlement after being driven from their homes in Harraghe province by a shortage of land and a persistent drought.
00060808 : ANGOLA Luanda - A woman holds up a photograph of a missing person. Friends and loved ones displayed photographs of people who had gone missing during the course of the Angolan civil war on Independence Square in the hope that someone might know their whereabouts.
00060807 : SIERRA LEONE - A man in a wheelchair praying at Mama Dumbwiah's evangelical church, the largest of its kind in Sierra Leone.
00060806 : KIRIBATI South Tarawa - Children prepare fish to cook outside their home at the edge of the lagoon on the low-lying atoll island of Tarawa. A wall of coral rocks has been constructed nearby in a meagre effort to protect their home from the king tide.
00060805 : ROMANIA Sucevita, Bucovina - Romanian Orthodox worshippers praying during Mass at the Sucevita Monastery. The church is well known for its painted frescoes.
00060804 : CHINA Pinxiang, Guangxi - Village chief Lian Zhuang (left) and Lu Shihua take a break from digging a ditch in his village in Pingxiang.
00060803 : RUSSIA Murmansk - Old shipwrecks, some of which contain nuclear waste, waiting to be dismantled in the Barents Sea.
00060802 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A farmer proudly showing off his horse.
00060801 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A child is dressed up and posed for a portrait at the 'Photo bebe d'or' (Golden Baby Pictures) street photographer's studio in the Bomoi district. The background picture, the most popular the studio has, depicts a European-style fitted kitchen.
00060800 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A young boy singing religious songs at the top of his voice during a singing class at a school in a slum area.
00060799 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A woman speaking to a nurse in the outpatient ward at Bomoi health centre.
00060798 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Missionary sisters on a special charitable ward at Kinshasa General Hospital wash a malnourished and homeless man found on the street.
00060797 : BULGARIA Bansko - A farmer walking in mud guides a donkey loaded with firewood past a truck on a real estate construction site during the property boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU. There has been a resultant conflict between the local farming community and the real estate developers who are buying up the land.
00060796 : ALBANIA Fieri - A garage selling car wheels and tyres advertises its services to passing trade.
00060795 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Villagers build a new school funded by money from a French NGO in a village near Yuwang.
00060794 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A factory belches out thick clouds of fumes near Zhongwei.
00060793 : CHINA Beijing - A girl trains on the balance beam at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060792 : CHINA Beijing - Young gymnasts in training at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060791 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Forestry workers checking the wagons of a steam train on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060790 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Children singing religious songs at the top of their voices during a singing class at a school in a slum area.
00060789 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A bride and groom waiting with their bridesmaids in a hotel lobby for the bridal car to take them to their wedding party.
00060788 : BULGARIA Bansko - A dangerous dog guarding a real estate construction site during the property boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060787 : ALBANIA Fierze - The Albanian national flag flying above the cars on a ferryboat traversing Lake Komani. The ferry, linking Fierze with Bregluma in northern Albania, is the only access to the Tropoja district.
00060786 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A power station on the western bank of the Yellow River in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060785 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - 70 year old Liu Changgui carries water up a narrow dirt path to his home in the hills of rural Shaanxi Province. Northwestern China faces severe water shortages due to overuse and pollution of its already limited supply.
00060784 : CHINA Shanghai - Catholic pilgrims pray in front of a shrine of Jesus Christ at Sheshan, on the outskirts of Shanghai.
00060783 : CHINA Shanghai - A child looks at a boat on display at the 12th China International Boat Show in Shanghai. China is the world's fastest growing market for luxury boats and yachts.
00060782 : CHINA Shanghai - A young woman looks at the blueprint of her recently purchased apartment in Shanghai. While real-estate developers' continued efforts to build for the high-end market push the overall housing price up, demand far outstrips supply on the low-end market in Shanghai and the average citizen finds it hard to afford housing.
00060781 : CHINA Shanghai - A security guard walks past stacks of containers at a holding facility on the outskirts of Shanghai.
00060780 : CHINA Shanghai - A portfolio manager speaks to investors to explain the recent slide and rebound in the Shanghai Index while standing in front of a trading board at a local securities exchange house.
00060779 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Pottery being put on a truck for export. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060778 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A man carries fired clay from a furnace. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060777 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A man preparing pottery to be fired. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060776 : RUSSIA Murmansk - An old lady caressing a puppy. The woman lives in poverty as her pension is worth almost nothing. She tries to meet ends by working as a guard at a shipyard on the Barents Sea.
00060775 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Military recruits prepare to play in a brass band during a university parade.
00060774 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Sister Angele preparing lunch for her patients on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital. Sister Angele considers this ward her life's work.
00060773 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Young onlookers watch a street mechanic fixing a wrecked car.
00060772 : BULGARIA Bansko - A view from the ski lift over a property development construction site during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060771 : ALBANIA Zogaj, Shkoder - Fishermen preparing their nets in small motorboats on Shkodra Lake while local boys fish from a nearby jetty.
00060770 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - An abandoned home in a village near Yuwang.
00060769 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - An elderly villager carries a stack of wheat from a recent harvest.
00060768 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A groundskeeper walks in front of the prayer hall of the Great Mosque in Xi'an.
00060767 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A woman with her wares, vegetables and spices, on her bicycle in a central Hanoi street.
00060766 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060765 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A worker stands by his truck at a coking plant in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060764 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman waters her crops by hand through holes in moisture retaining plastic covers in a village near Yuwang. Ningxia is one of the driest regions on earth.
00060763 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A worker looks at the support pillars constructed for a highway bridge across the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060762 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - Job seekers sit under a blow-up Spiderman figure.
00060761 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - A teary-eyed Catholic nun from Tianshui, Gansu Province, carries a cross while praying on Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060760 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, kneel and pray at Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060759 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - A view of an abandoned building once part of a seaside resort that was neglected in the mid 1990s.
00060758 : CHINA Pinxiang, Guangxi - Pupils at a kindergarten in Pingxiang.
00060757 : CHINA Shanghai - New converts get anointed with oil during a mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060756 : CHINA Shanghai - A man looks at dried ducks on sale at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store.
00060755 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong - A man cuts branches of Golden Fruit, known as Abiu in the west, at the New Year flower market in Guangzhou.
00060754 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong - A woman looks at her recently purchased lucky windmill at the New Year flower market in Guangzhou.
00060753 : CHINA Shanghai - A visitor takes a snapshot with his mobile phone of the Yangshan Deep Water Port near Shanghai.
00060752 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Construction of a major road on the outskirts of Hanoi.
00060751 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Road workers repairing the sewage system in the old city district. The wooden houses in this area are awaiting demolition as part of a new property redevelopment project.
00060750 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A tuberculosis (TB) patient resting in an outpatient ward at the Bomoi health centre. Staff working for a Christian organisation distribute medication and supervise the treatment as part of the DOT (Directly Observed Treatment) observation programme run here.
00060749 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslim students play basketball at a Koranic school.
00060748 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - A young couple looks at each other on a bus while their toddler sits in a bamboo basket.
00060747 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - An elderly couple and their granddaughter sitting by the street in Xi'an.
00060746 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A young girl takes a ride in a toy tank at a playground in Xi'an.
00060745 : CHINA Shanghai - A portfolio manager speaks to investors to explain the recent slide and rebound in the Shanghai Index while standing in front of a trading board at a local securities exchange house.
00060744 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Woman carrying cardboard and paper for recycling.
00060743 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A woman puts the finishing touches on pottery outside a store. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060742 : VIETNAM Hanoi - People outside shops in the old city enjoy a short, quiet moment on an otherwise busy Hanoi street.
00060741 : SWEDEN Vaxjo - Bicycles in a city centre street in Vaxjo, the lowest carbon emitting city in Europe.
00060740 : SWEDEN Vaxjo - The Vaxjo Energy bioenergy plant at Sandvik. The factory processes waste from the timber industry (bark and sawdust) to provide a centralised heating system for the whole city. Vaxjo is the lowest carbon emitting city in Europe.
00060739 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Street life in a tiny backstreet in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums.
00060738 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Teenage girls posing for a picture during a university graduation parade.
00060737 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A worker looks on as a crane lifts girders beside support pillars constructed for a highway bridge across the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060736 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - Villagers work to salvage bricks and metal for scrap at a site where traditional cave dwellings are being demolished and new apartments being built near Yanan in rural Shaanxi Province.
00060735 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - Drivers wash their cars in the Yan River in rural Shaanxi Province. Northwestern China faces severe water shortages due to overuse and pollution of its already limited supply.
00060734 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Manzhen works to plant rice in her family's field.
00060733 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060732 : CHINA Guilin, Guangxi - A sign depicting an armed policeman catching a cable thief in Guilin.
00060731 : CHINA Shanghai - New converts pray during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060730 : CHINA Beijing - The new 550,000 square metre headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV). The building, designed by Rem Koolhaas, will be among the first of 300 new towers to be constructed in Beijing's new central business district (CBD). An artist's impression of what it will look like can be seen on a billboard at the bottom of the picture.
00060728 : CHINA Beijing - Young gymnasts in training at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060727 : INDIA Pune (Poona), Maharashtra - Language teacher Mr. Prasad outside a call centre. He teaches employees working in Pune's many call centres how to speak English with an American accent when dealing with American clients.
00060726 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - The gates outside an orphanage run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity on Church Road, Vile Parle (W).
00060725 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Migrant labourers working at a leather tanning factory in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums.
00060724 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A farmer trying to catch his horse in order to hitch it to his hay cart at the end of the day.
00060723 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Workers carrying 50kg bags in the warehouse of a Lebanese trader selling imported dairy products and groceries at Simbazitika market.
00060722 : ALBANIA Fierze - A commemorative plaque memorial by the side of the road. Albania counts one of the highest mortality rates in European driving accidents.
00060721 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - An abandoned cabinet stands on the side of a road in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060720 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A worker walks by the support pillars constructed for a highway bridge across the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060719 : CHINA Shanghai - Pedestrians walk by a stall selling bootleg books in Shanghai.
00060718 : CHINA Shanghai - An employee stacks merchandise at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store.
00060717 : CHINA Shanghai - A view of a half-demolished old neighbourhood and nearby newly built apartments in Shanghai.
00060716 : CHINA Shanghai - Worshippers gather on the first day of the Chinese New Year to make donations to have their names posted on the temple walls at the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai. The first day of the Chinese New Year is one of the most auspicious days in the year to offer incense and prayers.
00060715 : CHINA Beijing - Workers' accommodation and a Chinese traditional style wall on a construction site.
00060714 : CHINA Beijing - The Hong Luo Club House on the outskirts of Beijing. The building was designed by the MAD architectural firm.
00060713 : CHINA Beijing - Artwork commenting on China's transition to consumerism, placing Chinese soldiers and peasants alongside the fashion brand Christian Dior, on display at the 4th China International Gallery Exposition 2007 (CIGE 2007). The Chinese art market has seen a meteoric rise in recent years with foreign art collectors flocking to buy works from Chinese galleries and artists.
00060712 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - The rooftops of Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Most of the slum housing in this area is being demolished to make way for new high-rise buildings.
00060711 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - Bill and Maggie Wareham shop in the Calangute fish market. The British expatriates (both 55) moved to India after retirement.
00060710 : RUSSIA Murmansk - Women selling pigs' heads and other pork products on a street stall.
00060709 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A striking advertisement on the side of a tram.
00060708 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Wrecked cars and broken furniture at a waste dump next to demolished buildings. The area is soon be cleared to make way for new property developments.
00060707 : ALBANIA Gjirokastra (Gjirokaster) - The owner of an antiques shop talking to a neighbour at his store in the centre of Gjirokastra. The buildings in this town are protected by UNESCO World Heritage.
00060706 : ALBANIA Qyrsac - A man driving a horse and carriage next to a railway road.
00060705 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A worker squats at the construction site of the futuristic new City Hall complex. Chengdu has been picked as the centre for development in China's western region and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060704 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - A woman tends to eucalyptus saplings at the Shankou Nursery near Beihai.
00060703 : CHINA Beijing - A peasant returns from tending to the newly planted grass just below the new highway and metro line that lead to Beijing's new airport.
00060702 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Busy intersection in Hanoi, full of people on motorcycles.
00060701 : SWEDEN Hammarby Sjostad, Stockholm - A five-a-side football pitch and recreational area in Hammarby Sjostad. The Hammarby Sjostad district, a former brownfield site, is now being redeveloped to provide environmentally friendly, ecologically sustainable residential housing. When completed, the development will include around 9,000 apartments for approximately 20,000 residents. The development, which is expected to be finished in 2015, will be one of Stockholm's largest eco projects.
00060700 : SWEDEN Hammarby Sjostad, Stockholm - New apartments in Hammarby Sjostad. The Hammarby Sjostad district, a former brownfield site, is now being redeveloped to provide environmentally friendly, ecologically sustainable residential housing. When completed, the development will include around 9,000 apartments for approximately 20,000 residents. The development, which is expected to be finished in 2015, will be one of Stockholm's largest eco projects.
00060699 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker supervising the steel melting process in a furnace at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060698 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - The receptionist at a printing factory calling the manager to announce the arrival of visitors.
00060697 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A farmer trying to catch his horse in order to hitch it to his hay cart at the end of the day.
00060696 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - An old woman in a wheelchair on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital.
00060695 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A porter smoking a cigarette while carrying goods at Simbazitika market.
00060694 : ALBANIA Fieri - A farmer tends to a herd of sheep grazing on an oilfield.
00060693 : CHINA Ningming, Guangxi - A farmer holds up a handful of star anise fruits in the mountains around Ningming County.
00060692 : CHINA Shanghai - A man stands on a pedestrian bridge overlooking a half-demolished old neighbourhood next to newly built apartments in Shanghai.
00060691 : INDIA Agra, Uttar Pradesh - A view of the Taj Mahal.
00060690 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Busy intersection in Hanoi, full of people on motorcycles.
00060689 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Busy intersection in Hanoi, full of people on motorcycles.
00060688 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Yousuf, a migrant labourer, working at the bakery in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. He receives a wage of around $2 a day.
00060687 : ROMANIA Surdesti, Maramures County - A woman from a farming family hitches horses to a cart.
00060686 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A malnourished and homeless man resting on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital. His feet are covered with ulcers and sand fleas.
00060685 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Doctor Constant is pictured with one of his young patients. The young girl, who is suffering from a type of tuberculosis (TB) affecting her bones, wears a cast to prevent deformation of her vertebral (spinal) column.
00060684 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A woman with a severe eye inflammation (which has caused blindness) receives medical treatment at the Mobayi health centre.
00060683 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A Catholic priest blessing believers at church.
00060682 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A wall full of locked up water faucets in Xi'an. Each faucet belongs to an individual family living nearby.
00060681 : CHINA Shanghai - Worshipers hold Paschal candles during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060680 : CHINA Shanghai - A chef sits on a chair on a street in Shanghai.
00060679 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Supermodel Gisele Bundchen at a promotional event announcing a sponsorship deal between Ebel watches and Arsenal football club.
00060678 : INDIA Pune (Poona), Maharashtra - Telephone operators working in a call centre dealing with American clients. A map of the United States is on the wall.
00060677 : ROMANIA Voronet, Bucovina - Grandmothers travelling in the back of a car with their granddaughter after attending Sunday Mass.
00060676 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A train driver waiting by a steam train for instructions from a sawmill factory on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060675 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A malnourished and homeless man resting on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital. His feet are covered with ulcers and sand fleas.
00060674 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A worker digs a ditch on the construction site of the futuristic new City Hall complex. Chengdu has been picked as the centre for development in China's western region and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060673 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060672 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - Huang Liangdong plants eucalyptus saplings near Beihai.
00060671 : CHINA Nanning, Guangxi - Commuters on bicycles and motorbikes ride past a Chevrolet car advert.
00060670 : CHINA Ningming, Guangxi - Farmers pick star anise fruit while climbing trees in the mountains around Ningming County.
00060669 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Army Museum in Hanoi. A man photographs an American Huey helicopter used in the Vietnam war.
00060668 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Pottery protruding from a basket. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060667 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Transporting pottery on a motorcycle. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060666 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - Bill and Maggie Wareham shop in the Calangute market. The British expatriates (both 55) moved to India after retirement.
00060665 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - Bill and Maggie Wareham relaxing outside the building where they own a terrace apartment. The British expatriates (both 55) moved to India after retirement.
00060664 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Smoke bellows out from a coking plant in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060663 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Workers shovel hay in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060662 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Children play in a village near Yuwang.
00060661 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman works in her wheat field on the bank of the Yellow River near Zhongwei, with the encroaching desert looming in the background.
00060660 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman works in her wheat field with the construction site of a bridge looming in the background on the bank of the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060659 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslims pray at the Xiguan Mosque.
00060658 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - An elderly man looks down onto an almost dry Yan River in Yanan. Northwestern China faces severe water shortages due to overuse and pollution of its already limited supply.
00060657 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - Workers extricate building materials for scrap from an old apartment building that is being demolished. Chengdu has been named as the major development centre in China's western regions and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060656 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A young boy tries to snatch a mobile phone from the ear of his annoyed grandmother.
00060655 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Manzhen walks towards her village home.
00060654 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, pray on Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060653 : CHINA Guilin, Guangxi - A man chats on his mobile phone while looking at his savings booklet at a Bank of China in Guilin.
00060652 : CHINA Nanning, Guangxi - Cleaners scale down a Wal-Mart sign while cleaning the exterior of a shopping centre.
00060651 : CHINA Beijing - A young boy trains at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060650 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A woman with balloons crosses a busy road in the centre of Hanoi.
00060649 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Communist poster for the National Assembly election held on May 20, 2007. Ho Chi Minh can be seen in front, casting his vote.
00060648 : BULGARIA Bansko - Artificial snow on a ski slope near a property development construction site during the real estate boom in Bankso. A warm winter meant a bad season and little natural snow for the resort. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060647 : ALBANIA Zogaj - Boys from the village of Zogaj on the edge of Shkodra Lake during a day of fishing.
00060646 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslims pray at the Xiguan Mosque.
00060645 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslims cleanse themselves before noon prayers at the Xiguan Mosque.
00060644 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060643 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060642 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060641 : CHINA Shanghai - A construction worker carries a ladder across a busy street in Shanghai.
00060640 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - Contract workers dig holes to plant eucalyptus saplings near Beihai.
00060639 : CHINA Shanghai - Pedestrians walk by a stall selling bootleg music CDs in Shanghai.
00060638 : CHINA Beijing - Writing saying 'Goodbye' in Chinese with the date next to it on the wall outside two homes in a hutong near Tiananmen Square. Many of these older settlements are being demolished to make way for new developments as part of the government's push to modernise the city.
00060637 : CHINA Beijing - A tourist shop selling communist propaganda films near Tiananmen Square.
00060636 : CHINA Beijing - A group of old men from a local hutong community enjoying the evening by Hou Hai Lake (Houhai Lake). The lake is brightly lit by the burgeoning nightlife that now surrounds it. This hutong is one of the few settlements that remains after many of the older communities were demolished to make way for new leisure developments as part of the government's push to modernise the city.
00060635 : INDIA Goa - Women pass signs advertising property and local crafts.
00060634 : ROMANIA Maramures County - A young Romanian Orthodox girl kisses another on the head during the funeral procession of her deceased grandfather.
00060633 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - Two village girls dressed up in traditional clothes and modern high heels walking through the streets of Budesti.
00060632 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - A pair of fashionable sandals sit on a muddy bank left behind by their owner who is planting rice in a paddy field.
00060631 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A muslim woman counts a wad of RMB (Chinese renminbi) bills at the souvenir shop of the Great Mosque in Xi'an.
00060630 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker raises a ladder on a street in Shanghai.
00060629 : CHINA Shanghai - A couple discuss renovation plans with a contractor at their recently purchased apartment in Shanghai. While real-estate developers' continued efforts to build for the high-end market push the overall housing price up, demand far outstrips supply on the low-end market in Shanghai and the average citizen finds it hard to afford housing.
00060628 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Men transporting goods on motorcycles in the centre of Hanoi. Traffic congestion has led to a ban on lorries during the day, leading to a large number of goods being transported this way.
00060627 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Construction of a major road on the outskirts of Hanoi.
00060626 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060625 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060624 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Woman cleaning pottery during production. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060623 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Woman cleaning pottery during production. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060622 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Pots being taken down from the kiln. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060621 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A basket of pot handles. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060620 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A man putting pottery in baskets ready for transportation. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060619 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - Villagers work to salvage bricks and metal for scrap at a site where traditional cave dwellings are being demolished and new apartments being built near Yanan in rural Shaanxi Province.
00060618 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - Villagers work to salvage bricks and metal for scrap at a site where traditional cave dwellings are being demolished and new apartments being built near Yanan in rural Shaanxi Province.
00060617 : CHINA Shanghai - A migrant worker installs lighting for a store in Shanghai.
00060616 : CHINA Shanghai - A small child plays in a car while his parents shop for a vehicle at a Buick dealership owned and operated by Dongchang Autos.
00060615 : CHINA Shanghai - Worshipers hold Paschal candles during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060614 : CHINA Beijing - Workers install roof panels onto a new building at a site in Beijing.
00060613 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong - Migrant workers walking towards the entrance of the train station in Guangzhou.
00060612 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong - A man with a baby rushes towards a departure exit at the train station in Guangzhou.
00060611 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A yellow "snackcar", fast-food vehicle, stands out amongst the motorcycles in Hanoi.
00060610 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Communist poster for the National Assembly election held on May 20, 2007 hangs in front of a public telephone and an upmarket store selling Clinique beauty products.
00060609 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Army Museum in Hanoi. Two schoolgirls sit underneath the propeller of an American aircraft downed during the Vietnam war.
00060608 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060607 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060606 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060605 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - British expatriate Paul Park (40) relaxing at the Banana Moon restaurant cum bar, which he owns.
00060604 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A Lebanese shop selling imported dairy products at Simbazitika market. With inflation devaluating the Congolese currency every day, goods have to be paid for with a bundle of notes.
00060603 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man carries an armful of suits down a shopping street in Yinchuan.
00060602 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A power station on the western bank of the Yellow River in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060601 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Farmers work to plant rice in the paddies flooded with water from the nearby Yellow River while the dry and barren walls of the Loess Plateau looms in the distance near Zhongwei. While only having 4% of the population that lives along the river, Ningxia claims 18% of the river's total water usage.
00060600 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A rubbish collector walks under a statue of a waving Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) in Tianfu Square.
00060599 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A squad of armed police patrols the grounds under a statue of a waving Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) in Tianfu Square.
00060598 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Manzhen and her uncle Tang Yonggoa work to plant rice in their family's field.
00060597 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A group of young performers walk under the city walls after participating in a youth festival performance.
00060596 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - An army band trumpeter gets ready to perform at a promotional event in Xi'an.
00060595 : CHINA Shanghai - A view of the unfinished Shanghai World Financial Centre. Designed by Mori Buildings, it will be the tallest building in Asia upon completion at 472 metres.
00060594 : CHINA Shanghai - A woman shops for underwear at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store.
00060593 : CHINA Shanghai - Two female dock workers stop and chat in front of stacks of containers at a port near the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai.
00060592 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker hoses stacks of containers while standing on a disinfectant truck at the Yangshan Deep Water Port near Shanghai.
00060591 : CHINA Beijing - Eight year old Zhang Yu in training at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060590 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A lady wearing a pink fashion outfit walks by a bar in the commercial centre of Kazan.
00060589 : BULGARIA Bansko - Tourists on a winter holiday walking by an advertisement for a weekly property seminar during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060588 : ALBANIA Lake Ohrid - Laundry drying at the edge of Lake Ohrid, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near the Gramoz mountains.
00060587 : ALBANIA Sarande - Men playing dominoes in a bar on market day.
00060586 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Two workers push a cart down the street at an apartment complex near a power plant in Yinchuan.
00060585 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man stands in front of his home in a village near Yuwang.
00060584 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - View of a village near Yuwang.
00060583 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Manzhen works to plant rice in her family's field.
00060582 : CHINA Shanghai - A migrant worker rests with his belongings under a large sign for an office development in Shanghai.
00060581 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - Contract workers during their lunch break near Beihai.
00060580 : CHINA Shanghai - A man carries his grandson on his back.
00060579 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A man waters a field on the outskirts of Hanoi.
00060578 : VIETNAM Hanoi - People on motorcycles at a busy intersection in the center of Hanoi. Some wear face masks to protect themselves against dust and pollution.
00060577 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Man transporting goods on a motorcycle in the centre of Hanoi. Traffic congestion has led to a ban on lorries during the day, leading to many goods being transported this way.
00060576 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Migrant labourers working in an embroidery workshop at a factory in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. They live as well as work at this factory.
00060575 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Villagers playing cards in the local pub after a hard day's work in the forest.
00060574 : BULGARIA Bansko - A grandmother pushing her grandchild in a pram past new apartments that are being marketed to foreign tourists during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060573 : ALBANIA Gjirokastra (Gjirokaster) - A hairdresser with his last customer of the day. The buildings in this town are protected by UNESCO World Heritage.
00060572 : ALBANIA Vlore - The skeletal frame of a disused factory that has been closed for twenty years. Unemployed workers have almost entirely dismantled the concrete building over the years to reclaim and sell the steel and other recyclable materials.
00060571 : ALBANIA Ura Vajgurore - Local boys playing on a disused storage tank at an old oil depot. The factory has been closed since the collapse of the communist regime.
00060570 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman waters her crop by hand through holes in moisture retaining plastic covers while her children watch in a village near Yuwang. Ningxia is one of the driest regions on earth.
00060569 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman waters her crops by hand through holes in moisture retaining plastic covers in a village near Yuwang. Ningxia is one of the driest regions on earth.
00060568 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A group of migrant workers carry their belongings past a miniature, and not very accurate, copy of Tiananmen Square, in Yinchuan.
00060567 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man reads a book while providing a warning to pedestrians in front of an open manhole in Yinchuan.
00060566 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A worker stands on a pile of bricks at the construction site of the futuristic new City Hall complex. Chengdu has been picked as the centre for development in China's western region and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060565 : CHINA Shanghai - New converts get anointed with oil during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060564 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Army Museum in Hanoi. A group of women stand around a map showing the North Vietnamese attack on Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war.
00060563 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - The rooftops of Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, at night. Most of the slum housing in this area is being demolished to make way for new high-rise buildings.
00060562 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A worker takes an afternoon nap at a scrap shop in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Nearly all of Mumbai's scrap comes to Dharavi for recycling.
00060561 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A female worker at the Norilsk Nickel factory walking home with an Estee Lauder bag. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060560 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Teenage girls on the way to a school party in a bus full of balloons.
00060559 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Two university medical students practising surgery on the dismembered leg of a corpse. Most of the corpses used by the students are those of people whose body was not claimed by their relatives after death (usually prisoners or the homeless).
00060558 : ROMANIA Bucovina - Farmers pitching hay onto a horse-drawn carriage to transport it to their farm during the haying season.
00060557 : ROMANIA Bucovina - A young girl with her baby sister at the gate to their family farm.
00060556 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A forester travelling on the daily steam train on the Mocanita railway into the forest near the Ukrainian border. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060555 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Sister Angele comforts 21-year-old Christine on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital. Christine suffers from severe anaemia and the wounds on her feet are not healing due to her illness. Sister Angele considers this ward her life's work.
00060554 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A farmer and his wife stand on the embankment of his rice paddies flooded with water from the nearby Yellow River near Zhongwei. While only having 4% of the population that lives along the river, Ningxia claims 18% of the river's total water usage.
00060553 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslim student waits while adults exit the prayer hall at the Xiguan Mosque.
00060552 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A boy eats a popsicle near a line of mannequins displaying clothes for sale in Chengdu.
00060551 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A man carrying mannequin parts past a line of mannequins displaying clothes for sale in Chengdu.
00060550 : CHINA Shanghai - Two grandparents push a child in a stroller while covering him with a jacket to provide shade on a street in Shanghai.
00060549 : VIETNAM Hanoi - The wreckage of a US warplane from the Vietnam war, outside the Army Museum in Hanoi.
00060548 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A fisherman's catch in a plastic bag hanging by the side of the Volga river.
00060547 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A terminally ill tuberculosis (TB) patient resting below a mosquito net on a dirty mattress in a slum house. The family has no money to provide the woman with more medical treatment.
00060546 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Children jumping on a garbage truck to hitch a free ride to the Simbazitika market.
00060545 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A tuberculosis (TB) patient taking her daily treatment in an outpatient ward at the Bomoi health centre. Staff working for a Christian organisation distribute medication and supervise the treatment as part of the DOT (Directly Observed Treatment) observation programme run here.
00060544 : BULGARIA Bansko - A tourist holds a young child up to watch the real estate construction work from a hotel room during the property boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060543 : ALBANIA Fierze - A small boat crossing Lake Komani. Only a few farming families live in isolation on the riverbanks of the lake and some of the houses are only reachable by boat.
00060542 : ALBANIA Valbone - A man loading sand from the riverbanks of the Valbona River onto his horse. The sand is being transported uphill from the river to the road to be used in the construction of a house.
00060541 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A tourist rides a camel up a sand dune next to the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060540 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - Tang Yonggao has lunch at his family home.
00060539 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - 17 year old Deng Yan looks on as her grand-uncle Tang Yonggao rubs his face after a morning of work in the rice paddies.
00060538 : CHINA Shanghai - A car owner waiting for his car to be serviced plays videogames and gets a massage at a Buick dealership owned and operated by Dongchang Autos.
00060537 : CHINA Beijing - The new 550,000 square metre headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV). The building, designed by Rem Koolhaas, will be among the first of 300 new towers to be constructed in Beijing's new central business district (CBD).
00060536 : CHINA Beijing - The 4th China International Gallery Exposition 2007 (CIGE 2007). The Chinese art market has seen a meteoric rise in recent years with foreign art collectors flocking to buy works from Chinese galleries and artists.
00060535 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Artists decorate vases by hand. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060534 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - An old lady talking to her neighbour outside the wooden houses on the outskirts of Kazan.
00060533 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A drunk man with a beer bottle in the village pub.
00060532 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A worker on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060531 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A campaign poster of Jean-Pierre Bemba, former vice-president and leader of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo), is still on view at Simbazitika market following the 2006 democratic elections. Kinshasa is Bemba's political stronghold.
00060530 : ALBANIA Ura Vajgurore - Local boys playing football at an old, disused oil depot. The factory has been closed since the collapse of the communist regime.
00060529 : CHINA Beijing - A motivational slogan encouraging worker efficiency, safety and quality (throughout the 100-day short-term target) inside Beijing's new airport. The airport, which is still under construction, was designed by Norman Foster.
00060528 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Man transporting water on a motorcycle in the center of Hanoi. Traffic congestion has led to a ban on lorries travelling during the day, leading to a large number of goods being transported this way.
00060527 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Pottery shop. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060526 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A migrant family, who have lived in the Dharavi slums for generations, eating a meal at home. Dharavi is one of Asia's largest slums.
00060525 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Mayuri, a housewife living in the Dharvi slum, embroiders clothes at home to generate a small part-time income. Dharavi is one of Asia's largest slums.
00060524 : INDIA Panaji (Panjim), Goa - Rajan Ghate, a local politician, is campaigning against foreigners buying property in Goa.
00060523 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker supervising the steel melting process in a furnace at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060522 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A passenger drinking beer on a tram carriage.
00060521 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Factory workers returning home by bus.
00060520 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A man drinking a beer on a terrace amidst fridges emblazoned with publicity for various drinks brands.
00060519 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Forest police controlling the Ukrainian-Romanian border in a police van that has been adapted to run along the Mocanita railway tracks. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania.
00060518 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A mother waiting with her sick child to see a doctor at the hospital.
00060517 : BULGARIA Bansko - Real estate construction workers queuing at a food stall for their lunch during the property boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060516 : ALBANIA Valbone - The daughter of a farming family helps to feed the lambs in the evening on a farm in the isolated Valbona village, high up in the Valbone valley.
00060515 : ALBANIA Bajram Curri - Local boys playing football on a field near an old, disused concrete factory.
00060514 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A pipe discharges waste water near to a chemical factory in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060513 : CHINA Beijing - The entrance to Beijing's new airport. A plane comes in to land at the current airport in the distance. The new airport, which is still under construction, was designed by Norman Foster.
00060512 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker supervising the steel melting process in a furnace at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060511 : RUSSIA Murmansk - A local man outside rows of garages near apartment blocks in the city. The local men of Murmansk have an unlikely passion - they love escaping to their garages, which are often built far away from the apartment blocks where they live, to fix their cars, relax and socialise. A resident explains, 'They call them seashells. I don't know why because they are so ugly and seashells are so pretty.'
00060510 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A forestry worker walking to the passenger wagon of a steam train on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060509 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A woman going into ecstasies while singing during Sunday Mass.
00060508 : ALBANIA Korce (Korca) - A prostitute smoking a cigarette in a slum housing a Roma gypsy community behind the old market.
00060507 : ALBANIA Bajram Curri - A boy jumps onto his horse in a field near an old, disused concrete factory.
00060506 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, kneel and pray on the top of Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060505 : CHINA Shanghai - A family of three shops for a vehicle at a Buick dealership owned and operated by Dongchang Autos.
00060504 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A single taxi navigates through an intersection full of motorcycles.
00060503 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Large house on the outskirts of Hanoi. Economic development has led to an increase in building, with more people becoming more affluent.
00060502 : RUSSIA Murmansk - Old shipwrecks, some of which contain nuclear waste, waiting to be dismantled in the Barents Sea.
00060501 : BULGARIA Bansko - A tourist on a winter holiday wheels a suitcase past a real estate construction site during the property boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060500 : ALBANIA Lake Ohrid - A fisherman selling fish to passing trade along the roadside. Lake Ohrid is home to many rare species and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
00060499 : ALBANIA Berati - A newly married couple pose for a photographer at the castle in Berati. Many citizens still live within the castle's walls.
00060498 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Women and their children in a village near Yuwang.
00060497 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - A man carries water collected from the Yan River in rural Shaanxi Province. Northwestern China faces severe water shortages due to overuse and pollution of its already limited supply.
00060496 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - An elderly pilgrim kneels and prays near crosses on the top of Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060495 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - A young boy from Tianshui, Gansu Province, kisses a cross at the top of Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060494 : CHINA Beijing - The new 550,000 square metre headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV). The building, designed by Rem Koolhaas, will be among the first of 300 new towers to be constructed in Beijing's new central business district (CBD). An artist's impression of what it will look like can be seen on a billboard at the bottom of the picture.
00060493 : CHINA Beijing - Red lanterns line a street known for its many restaurants.
00060492 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A young father with a baby in a pram walking past the wooden houses on the outskirts of Kazan.
00060491 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A woman carries a bucket of water through dry fields in a village near Yuwang. Ningxia is one of the driest regions on earth.
00060490 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060489 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, walk up Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060488 : CHINA Shanghai - A view of the unfinished Shanghai World Financial Centre standing side by side with the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai. Designed by Mori Buildings, it will be the tallest building in Asia upon completion at 472 metres.
00060487 : CHINA Shanghai - A child sits in the driver's seat of a Chevrolet Spark car at the Auto Shanghai show.
00060486 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker stands on a platform inside the nearly-completed new terminal of the Pudong Airport expansion project.
00060485 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Tourists on a cyclo, nowadays a mode of transport almost exclusively used by foreigners visiting the country.
00060484 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Tourists on a cyclo, nowadays a mode of transport almost exclusively used by foreigners visiting the country.
00060483 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker supervising the steel melting process in a furnace at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060482 : ALBANIA Korce (Korca) - A man shopping for vegetables at the local grocery market.
00060481 : ALBANIA Qyrsac - A butcher choosing a sheep to slaughter.
00060480 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A worker stands on a scaffolding at the base of a power plant in Yinchuan.
00060479 : CHINA Pinxiang, Guangxi - A woman working as a money trader on the Chinese side of the China-Vietnam border carries a stack of RMB (Chinese renminbi) bills at the friendship pass in Pingxiang.
00060478 : CHINA Pinxiang, Guangxi - Pupils at a kindergarten in Pingxiang.
00060477 : CHINA Beijing - The roof of the new National Theatre, which is still under construction.
00060476 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Woman with balloons walks down a street in Hanoi.
00060475 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Young man using his mobile phone while driving his motorcycle.
00060474 : INDIA Pune (Poona), Maharashtra - Language teacher Mr. Prasad speaks with employees during a training session in a call centre. He teaches employees working in Pune's many call centres how to speak English with an American accent when dealing with American clients.
00060473 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Noor Yousuf, a young migrant worker, takes an afternoon nap in a small garment factory in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums.
00060472 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - Scottish expatriate couple David (48) and Gillian Black (45) on Calangute beach.
00060471 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Teenage girls posing for a picture (which is being taken with a mobile camera phone) near the Kul Sharif mosque at the white Kremlin.
00060470 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Robert, who recently had his leg amputated, is comforted by Sister Angele on a special charitable ward run by missionary sisters at Kinshasa General Hospital. Sister Angele considers this ward her life's work.
00060469 : ALBANIA Qyrsac - Pigs' heads are among the meat hanging along a roadside to attract passing trade to a local butcher.
00060468 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - School children play during recess in a village near Yuwang.
00060467 : CHINA Pinxiang, Guangxi - A man sits in his motor rickshaw while waiting for customers in Pingxiang.
00060466 : CHINA Ningming, Guangxi - Farmers pick star anise fruit while climbing trees in the mountains around Ningming County.
00060465 : CHINA Shanghai - A young convert waiting in line to be baptised during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060464 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Women selling bread by the roadside in the centre of Hanoi.
00060463 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Two SUV cars in a busy intersection surrounded by people on motorcycles.
00060462 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Woman with her son on the back of a bicycle waiting to cross a busy intersection. These days motorcycles and scooters dominate the streets of Hanoi.
00060461 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Car, scooter and bicycle traffic on the streets of Hanoi.
00060460 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Man playing golf at the exclusive floating driving range at the Hanoi Club.
00060459 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A security guard, who lives and works in a converted army truck, with his dog at a stone quarry.
00060458 : ROMANIA Bucovina - Laundry hanging on a washing line in a farmyard.
00060457 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - The hats and umbrellas of churchgoers hanging outside the entrance to a Catholic church during Sunday Mass.
00060456 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A malnourished child in the waiting room at Bomoi health centre.
00060455 : CHINA Xujia, Sichuan - An elderly villager carries a stack of wheat from a recent harvest.
00060454 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - A Catholic priest listens to confessions on Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060453 : CHINA Shanghai - A woman prays before mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060452 : CHINA Shanghai - A stone lion lies sideways on the lawn of a half demolished factory complex in Shanghai.
00060451 : CHINA Guangzhou, Guangdong - A man wears an inflated hat of the God of Fortune at the New Year flower market in Guangzhou.
00060450 : CHINA Beijing - Commuters waiting below advertising posters for Samsung, Nikon, Brother and Canon electronic goods at a bus stop after work in a busy shopping area. The huge government billboard behind them says "Welcome the Olympics, be civilised, be positive, promote harmony and build a good capital", in reference to the forthcoming 2008 Olympic Games.
00060449 : CHINA Beijing - The new 550,000 square metre headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV). The building, designed by Rem Koolhaas, will be among the first of 300 new towers to be constructed in Beijing's new central business district (CBD).
00060448 : CHINA Beijing - A central business district (CBD) cityscape at night.
00060447 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Bunches of roses and other flowers for sale at a flower stall in a subway entrance.
00060446 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - An old woman enjoying the sun on a bench in front of her wooden house.
00060445 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A boy wiping sweat from his face after a ride in a packed Volkswagen (VW) minibus. There is no public transport in the Congo and the shortage is often the cause of crowded vans and long waiting times.
00060444 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A portrait of an elderly woman with leprosy. The woman lives in a leprosy colony supported by a Christian organisation.
00060443 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A leprosy patient showing her deformed hands to a nurse caring for her wounds in an outpatient ward at the Mobayi health centre.
00060442 : BULGARIA Bansko - A horse in a mountain meadow near a property development construction site, which is being marketed towards European tourists, during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU. There has been a resultant conflict between the local farming community and the real estate developers who are buying up the land.
00060441 : BULGARIA Bansko - A tourist on a winter holiday walking by an advertisement for a property development during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060440 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Villagers build a new school funded by money from a French NGO in a village near Yuwang.
00060439 : CHINA Shanghai - Pedestrians with umbrellas walk past a Citibank branch in Shanghai.
00060438 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker carries construction materials at the nearly-completed new terminal of the Pudong Airport expansion project.
00060437 : RUSSIA Murmansk - An accordion player performing at breakfast in the Polyarnye Zori hotel.
00060436 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man walks down a street near a cement factory in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060435 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Reflection of farmers working in a rice paddy flooded with water from the nearby Yellow River near Zhongwei. While only having 4% of the population that lives along the river, Ningxia claims 18% of the river's total water usage.
00060434 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Workers use steel re-bars to build a skeleton of a support pillar for a highway bridge across the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060433 : CHINA Yanan, Shaanxi - Villagers work to salvage bricks and metal for scrap at a site where traditional cave dwellings are being demolished and new apartments being built near Yanan in rural Shaanxi Province.
00060432 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - A Catholic pilgrim receives a piece of symbolic bread after a service on Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060431 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - Workers at a street-side food stall in the muslim quarter of Xi'an.
00060430 : CHINA Shanghai - Red lanterns waiting to be hung up line a street in Shanghai.
00060429 : CHINA Nanning, Guangxi - A cyclist rides past a poster of past top Chinese leaders (from left) Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong), Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Zeming.
00060428 : CHINA Pinxiang, Guangxi - Pupils line up with their teacher at a kindergarten in Pingxiang.
00060427 : CHINA Shanghai - New converts pray during mass on the eve of Easter at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060426 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A worker inspecting wires along a road. The Hanoi streets are lined with an array of cables for telephones, electricity and public loudspeakers.
00060425 : ALBANIA Borch - A couple disentangling their fishing nets after a fishing trip at Borch bay. The area was a military base for Albanian submarines.
00060424 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man walks down a road with smoke stacks in the distance in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060423 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A sheep herder stands in a shallow part of the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060422 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man drags an old washing machine over a pontoon bridge across the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060421 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - Saleswomen for Sony Ericsson display mobile telephones during a promotional event in Xi'an.
00060420 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A McDonald's sign is reflected in a parked car's window in front of a lit-up Drum Tower in Xi'an.
00060419 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - Traffic passes in front of a lit-up Bell Tower in Xi'an.
00060418 : CHINA Ningming, Guangxi - A group of farmers walk on a pontoon bridge across a river.
00060417 : CHINA Shanghai - A trader talks on the phone while he sits surrounded by empty computer terminals at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
00060416 : CHINA Shanghai - A monk holds a stack of donation money at the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai on the first day of the Chinese New Year - one of the most auspicious days in the year to offer incense and prayers.
00060415 : CHINA Beijing - A billboard showing the future look of the central business district (CBD).
00060414 : CHINA Beijing - The 4th China International Gallery Exposition 2007 (CIGE 2007). The Chinese art market has seen a meteoric rise in recent years with foreign art collectors flocking to buy works from Chinese galleries and artists.
00060413 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Man loading bricks onto a wheelbarrow to take them to a construction site.
00060412 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Tourists on cyclo, a mode of transport used mainly by visiting foreigners.
00060411 : ROMANIA Voronet, Bucovina - A Romanian Orthodox worshipper kissing the hand of a priest while asking for a blessing after Sunday Mass.
00060410 : ROMANIA Surdesti, Maramures County - A farmer introduces Rosalie, the photographer's daughter, to his horses.
00060409 : ALBANIA Permet - A farmer ploughing his land with a horse in a traditional vineyard.
00060408 : ALBANIA Divjaka - The remains of military one-man bunkers along the beach.
00060407 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A tourist looks at the Yellow RIver below while standing on top of a sand dune near Zhongwei.
00060406 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - Two restaurant workers walk by a provocative advert for a new Milano department store.
00060405 : CHINA Nanning, Guangxi - Cleaners scale down a Wal-Mart sign while cleaning the exterior of a shopping centre.
00060404 : CHINA Beijing - A child looks at an architectural model of the new plans for the central business district (CBD) area in Beijing at the Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall.
00060403 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Man loading bricks onto a wheelbarrow to take them to a construction site.
00060402 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - The rooftops of Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Most of the slum housing in this area is being demolished to make way for new high-rise buildings.
00060401 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Street life in a tiny backstreet in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums.
00060400 : INDIA Calangute, Goa - The menu board, offering a full English breakfast, outside the Banana Moon restaurant cum bar, which is owned by a British expatriate.
00060399 : ALBANIA Dragobi - A woman crossing the Valbona River on a wooden bridge. The bridge links a local school with its playground (where schoolboys are playing football) on the opposite riverbank.
00060398 : ALBANIA Zogaj, Shkoder - Boys from the village of Zogaj pulling their boat out of Shkodra Lake after a day of fishing.
00060397 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man waters trees recently planted to control desertification near Yinchuan.
00060396 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man waters trees recently planted to control desertification near Yinchuan.
00060395 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - Workers rest on a truck on the construction site of the futuristic new City Hall complex. Chengdu has been picked as the centre for development in China's western region and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060394 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A worker wearing a safety hat bearing the number 2008, the year China will host its first Olympic Games, stands on the construction site of the futuristic new City Hall complex. Chengdu has been picked as the centre for development in China's western region and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060393 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - Led by their church leaders, a group of Catholic pilgrims from Tianshui, Gansu Province, kneel and pray at Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060392 : CHINA Pinxiang, Guangxi - A woman carries her grandson on her back in a village in Pingxiang.
00060391 : CHINA Beijing - Empty buildings and the shell of a China Construction Bank on a once busy shopping street by Tiananmen Square. The buildings are being demolished to make way for new construction in this area. The government plans to rebuild the area replicating traditional architectural styles.
00060390 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Pizza delivery motorcycle.
00060389 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Man loading bricks onto a wheelbarrow to take them to a construction site.
00060388 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Army Museum in Hanoi. A group of women look at a Soviet-made T54 tank, which drove into the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon on April 30th, 1975 during the Vietnam war.
00060387 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Workers at a scrap shop in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Nearly all of Mumbai's scrap comes to Dharavi for recycling.
00060386 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - A worker at a scrap shop in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Nearly all of Mumbai's scrap comes to Dharavi for recycling.
00060385 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - The cooling towers of a new power plant looms behind an apartment complex near Yinchuan.
00060384 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - School children play during recess in a village near Yuwang.
00060383 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - An abandoned hoe in a dry field in a village near Yuwang. Ningxia is one of the driest regions on earth.
00060382 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Workers carry a ladder up a sand dune on the banks of the Yellow River near Zhongwei.
00060381 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - An elderly man carries bottles of water after filling them at a wall full of locked up water faucets in Xi'an. Each faucet belongs to an individual family living nearby.
00060380 : CHINA Shanghai - A worker carries construction materials at the nearly-completed new terminal of the Pudong Airport expansion project.
00060379 : CHINA Shanghai - Workers operate on an airport terminal of the Pudong Airport expansion project while a plane prepares to land.
00060378 : CHINA Beijing - An older girl helps a younger pupil do chin-ups at a gymnastics sports school in Beijing.
00060377 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Two porters carrying a goat and dairy products to the owner's transport at Simbazitika market.
00060376 : BULGARIA Bansko - An advertisement on a building site during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU.
00060375 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Villagers build a new school with funds from a French NGO in a village near Yuwang.
00060374 : CHINA Xi'an, Shaanxi - A lit-up Drum Tower is reflected on the roof of a parked car Xi'an.
00060373 : CHINA Shanghai - Visitors take pictures of a model leaning on a Buick Riviera car at the Auto Shanghai show.
00060372 : CHINA Beijing - A large billboard showing well known TV hosts from China Central Television (CCTV) is seen behind a line of leafless trees.
00060371 : CHINA Shanghai - Pedestrians take shelter from the rain in front of a shop selling luxury brand Cartier watches.
00060370 : CHINA Shanghai - An elderly man squints into the screen of a trading computer at a local securities exchange house.
00060369 : CHINA Beijing - Workers and locals eating on a construction site in the Wangjing district. This area in the north-east of the city has many real estate developments and is now the largest residential district in Beijing.
00060368 : CHINA Beijing - An elevated communal compound in the Wangjing district, which is now the largest residential district in Beijing.
00060367 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A nurse explaining a multimedication treatment to a tuberculosis (TB) patient.
00060366 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Children outside housing in a slum that has flooded after heavy rain. Due to the lack of a sewage system, the water can stay for days around the houses and is a cause of many diseases.
00060365 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Factories and power stations at dusk in a valley in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060364 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Hui Muslim students exit the prayer hall at the Xiguan Mosque.
00060363 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A pedestrian stands in front of an advertisement for a new housing development named EGO. Chengdu has been named the major development centre in China's western regions and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pours into the city.
00060362 : CHINA Chengdu, Sichuan - A pedestrian stands in front of an advertisement for a new housing development named EGO. Chengdu has been named as the major development centre in China's western regions and has seen a rapid facelift as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the city.
00060361 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - Contract workers return to their camp near Beihai.
00060360 : CHINA Beihai, Guangxi - Workers unload sacks of harvested clams from a fishing boat in Beihai.
00060359 : CHINA Beijing - A group of schoolkids walk in file down a major road in Beijing.
00060358 : CHINA Shanghai - A man looks into a garbage bin in search for scraps to sell.
00060357 : CHINA Beijing - The Hong Luo Club House on the outskirts of Beijing. The building was designed by the MAD architectural firm.
00060356 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Busy intersection in Hanoi, full of people on motorcycles.
00060355 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Women selling bread by the roadside in the centre of Hanoi.
00060354 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A farmer drinking beer after a long train ride bringing sheep down to the town of Viseu de Sus on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060353 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - Men playing mahjong (mah jong) in a village near Yuwang.
00060352 : CHINA Meixian, Shaanxi - A Catholic priest listening to confessions on Shizishan (Cross Mountain / Mount Calvary) near Meixian. Each year on the 3rd of May, pilgrims from all over Northwestern China climb the mountain to comemorate the suffering of Jesus Christ.
00060351 : CHINA Shanghai - Easter eve mass at the Xujiahui Catholic Church.
00060350 : CHINA Shanghai - A man reads a book at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store.
00060349 : CHINA Beijing - Migrant workers inside the new National Theatre, which is still under construction.
00060348 : CHINA Beijing - Hutong housing in a poor district in the city centre. Many of these older settlements are being demolished to make way for new developments as part of the government's push to modernise Beijing.
00060347 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A Soviet Mig-21 fighter plane outside the Army Museum in Hanoi.
00060346 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Hanoi's Flag Tower, classified as a national historic cultural monument. The 31 metre high tower was completed in 1812.
00060345 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Hanoi's Flag Tower, classified as a national historic cultural monument. The 31 metre high tower was completed in 1812. At its base is the Army Museum, and a US Navy aircraft used in the Vietnam war.
00060344 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - Woman on a bicycle with empty baskets used to transport pottery. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060343 : VIETNAM Bat Trang - A man using a bicycle to transport pottery. The Bat Trang ceramics village is located a short distance from Hanoi, on the bank of the Red River. Pottery has been made in the village for several hundred years.
00060342 : VIETNAM Hanoi - Modern building with cafes and advertising in the centre of Hanoi, next to the old city.
00060341 : VIETNAM Hanoi - A street vendor with her goods on a bicycle passes a travel agent advertising Vietnam Airlines.
00060340 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - Emergency telephones in the electrolysis control room at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060339 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - An old lady burning a candle in a Russian Orthodox church.
00060338 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Women clearing up a public place during the annual Lenin Subbotnik (day of volunteer work).
00060337 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - An engine driver on the daily steam train bringing timber down to the town of Viseu de Sus on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060336 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Sister Angele walking the corridors at Kinshasa General Hospital. Sister Angele runs a charitable ward at the hospital caring for the homeless and poverty-stricken.
00060335 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - Doctor Constant examining a tuberculosis (TB) patient during a house call. The man was too weak to reach the health centre.
00060334 : BULGARIA Bansko - A farmer's cowshed is encircled by property development construction work during the real estate boom in Bankso. Until recently, the traditional village of Bansko, which lies near the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, was only a small ski resort. However, it is rapidly becoming a popular winter holiday destination for foreign, particularly English, tourists and has grown considerably in size following Bulgaria's entrance into the EU. There has been a resultant conflict between the local farming community and the real estate developers who are buying up the land.
00060333 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A man walks down a street near a cement factory in northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
00060332 : CHINA Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui - A farmer loads waste water into a tank to irrigate his field, with smoke stacks of factories in the background.
00060331 : CHINA Beijing - A young fashionable girl waits for her train in a Beijing metro subway station.
00060330 : INDIA Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra - Migrant labourers working at a leather tanning factory in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums.
00060329 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A church and apartment blocks in the town of Monchegorsk.
00060328 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - Workers at the Norilsk Nickel factory digging a grave. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060327 : RUSSIA Murmansk - Rows of garages near apartment blocks in the city. The local men of Murmansk have an unlikely passion - they love escaping to their garages, which are often built far away from the apartment blocks where they live, to fix their cars, relax and socialise. A resident explains, 'They call them seashells. I don't know why because they are so ugly and seashells are so pretty.'
00060326 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A Russian Orthodox priest and two witnesses oversee the marriage of a poor couple.
00060325 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - Romanian Orthodox worshippers praying during the Sunday Mass in their village church.
00060324 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Lumberjacks drinking palinca (plum liqueur) during a break near the Ukrainian border. The timber will be moved by horse to the nearby railway tracks and the transported down to the town of Viseu de Sus on the Mocanita railway.
00060323 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Lumberjacks near the Ukrainian border. The timber will be moved by horse to the nearby railway tracks and the transported down to the town of Viseu de Sus on the Mocanita railway.
00060322 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - The Cozia-1 steam train bringing timber down to the town of Viseu de Sus on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060321 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A disabled woman wearing a dress emblazoned with a picture of President Joseph Kabila leans on a crutch while cleaning her doorstep in a slum area.
00060320 : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kinshasa - A magazine showing President Kabila wishing his people good health lies nearby a tuberculosis (TB) patient waiting for a house call from a doctor.
00060319 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - The Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060318 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker supervising the steel melting process in a furnace at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060317 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker supervising the electrolysis process at the Norilsk Nickel factory. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060316 : RUSSIA Murmansk - A man smoking a cigarette while fixing his car in a garage. The local men of Murmansk have an unlikely passion - they love escaping to their garages, which are often built far away from the apartment blocks where they live, to fix their cars, relax and socialise. A resident explains, 'They call them seashells. I don't know why because they are so ugly and seashells are so pretty.'
00060315 : RUSSIA Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast - A worker at the Norilsk Nickel factory smokes a cigarette near melting furnace. The Norilsk Nickel Corporation in Monchegorsk is known as one of the most polluting companies in Russia. There is almost nothing is growing for miles around the factory because of environmental pollution and the workers themselves are often exposed to poisonous metals. The life expectancy of workers in Monchegorsk is far lower than the Russian average.
00060313 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - A security guard living and working from a converted army truck at a stone quarry. On the wall of his cabin is written, 'No Smoking / No Drinking Vodka.'
00060312 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - Romanian Orthodox worshippers praying during the Sunday Mass in their village church.
00060311 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A dog watches young forestry workers as they travel to work by steam train on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060310 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A young forestry worker wearing a Nike cap watches the landscape as he travels to work by steam train on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060309 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Sawmill workers giving unloading instructions to the engine driver of a steam train on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060308 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - Lumberjacks sawing down trees with a chainsaw near the Ukrainian border. The timber will be transported down to the town of Viseu de Sus on the Mocanita railway.
00060307 : RUSSIA Murmansk - Apples displayed in a shop window.
00060306 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Two Muslim boys looking at the Koran (Qur'an) in the museum at the Kul Sharif mosque.
00060305 : RUSSIA Kazan, Tatarstan - Two female factory workers pass a mural portrait of Vladimir Lenin as they walk home.
00060304 : ROMANIA Bucovina - Two Siamese cats on the lookout on top of a wooden fence outside traditional housing.
00060303 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A worshipper with an umbrella near painted frescoes outside a Russian Orthodox church on a rainy day.
00060302 : ROMANIA Budesti, Maramures County - A bell ringer waiting for the Sunday Mass to start at a Romanian Orthodox church.
00060301 : ROMANIA Surdesti, Maramures County - A farmer and his family resting at home after a hard day's work.
00060300 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A lumberjack showing off his tattoo while travelling on the daily steam train on the Mocanita railway into the forest near the Ukrainian border. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060299 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A stationmaster blowing his whistle to signal to the driver of a steam train on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060298 : ROMANIA Viseu de Sus, Maramures County - A train driver waiting by a steam train for instructions from a sawmill factory on the Mocanita railway. The narrow-gauge train network, a former state-run CFF (Caile Ferate Forestiere) railroad near the Ukrainian border, is the only operational forestry railway left in Romania. Today, due to the declining timber trade, only around 30km of the original track is still used to transport wood. Subsequently, the R J Holz logging company has begun using the railway for ecotourism tours to compensate for the loss.
00060297 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Bayterek tower in the centre of Astana, the new capital city. The tower embodies a legend of a magic bird called Samruk that laid its eggs in the canopy of a high poplar tree. After climbing to the top of the tower, visitors are encouraged to put their hands into a golden imprint of the hand of President Nursultan Nazarbayev and make a wish.
00060296 : IRAQ Bassishika, Kurdistan - A Yazidi (Yezidi) priest lights lamps as part of a religious service in a temple. The Yazidis are a pre-Islamic sect.
00060295 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Bayterek tower in the centre of Astana, the new capital city. The tower embodies a legend of a magic bird called Samruk that laid its eggs in the canopy of a high poplar tree. After climbing to the top of the tower, visitors are encouraged to put their hands into a golden imprint of the hand of President Nursultan Nazarbayev and make a wish.
00060294 : IRAQ Lalish, Kurdistan - The tomb of Sheikh Adi, founder of the Yazidi (Yezidi) religion, a pre-Islamic sect.
00060293 : UNITED KINGDOM London, England, Great Britain, UK - Ben Okri, poet and Booker Prize winning novelist, born in 1959 in Nigeria.
00060292 : CAMBODIA Phnom Penh - A monk at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. The former school building was used by the Khmer Rouge as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) concentration camp during the 1970s. Of the thousands of prisoners that were kept here, there were less than ten known survivors.
00060291 : JORDAN - A journalist speaks with prisoners at the Siwaqa Correction and Rehabilitation Centre during a press visit organised by prison authorities following allegations of human rights violations. High-ranking officials defending the conditions spoke to journalists in Siwaqa before escorting the visitors on a tour of a selected part of the prison.
00060290 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - A worker peeling frozen shrimp at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul (along with many other foreign companies) have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch land without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060289 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Mahmoud al-Zahar, the top Hamas official in Gaza and former Palestinian Foreign Minister, greets a man at a press conference held by Hamas leader and former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Representatives of Gaza's influential families came to listen to the plans of the new Hamas leadership in Gaza.
00060288 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Hamas leader and former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh at a press conference. Representatives of Gaza's influential families came to listen to the plans of the new Hamas leadership in Gaza.
00060287 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Hamas leader and former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh at a press conference. Representatives of Gaza's influential families came to listen to the plans of the new Hamas leadership in Gaza.
00060286 : JORDAN Amman - An empty stand displaying the Iraqi flag at the 4th Rebuild Iraq Exhibition and Conference. An international gathering of participants from over 40 countries attended the conference exhibiting and selling goods to war-torn Iraq. However, many of the Iraqi stands were unmanned due to immigration problems at the border.
00060285 : JORDAN Amman - A stand at the 4th Rebuild Iraq Exhibition and Conference. An international gathering of participants from over 40 countries attended the conference exhibiting and selling goods to war-torn Iraq. However, many of the Iraqi stands were unmanned due to immigration problems at the border.
00060284 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - A worker below a 'Bon Appetit' sign at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060283 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - Workers with cases of frozen shrimp at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060282 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - Workers at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060281 : MOROCCO Rabat - Lawyers and journalists form a court of law during a symbolic judicial process organised by the AMDH (Association Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme) NGO in Rabat. The hearings are an attempt to try to exhort the Moroccan government to trial and condemn offenders involved in human rights violations under the rule of King Hassan II during the 1960s through to the 1980s (also known as 'The Years of Lead'). This period was marked by state violence against political activists and many "disappearances".
00060280 : LEBANON Sidon - An aging member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) sleeping in the PLO press office at the Ain al-Hilweh (also known as Ein al-Hilweh) refugee camp. The camp, which houses around 70,000 refugees over one square kilometre, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Ain al-Hilweh was originally established in the late 1940s and has taken on an air of permanence. It has accommodated refugees displaced throughout decades of conflict and is now supported by the UNRWA.
00060279 : LEBANON Sidon - A poster of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in court during his trial is affixed to a shopkeeper's wall at the Ain al-Hilweh (also known as Ein al-Hilweh) refugee camp. The camp, which houses around 70,000 refugees over one square kilometre, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Ain al-Hilweh was originally established in the late 1940s and has taken on an air of permanence. It has accommodated refugees displaced throughout decades of conflict and is now supported by the UNRWA.
00060278 : LEBANON Sidon - A young child wearing a New York Yankees hat at the Ain al-Hilweh (also known as Ein al-Hilweh) refugee camp. The camp, which houses around 70,000 refugees over one square kilometre, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Ain al-Hilweh was originally established in the late 1940s and has taken on an air of permanence. It has accommodated refugees displaced throughout decades of conflict and is now supported by the UNRWA.
00060277 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip - A young relative in the destroyed home of Jamal Abu Maher al-Jadiyan, a senior Fatah official. Hamas military forces attacked the house on 11/06/2007, capturing and executing al-Jadiyan. Brutal clashes between the rival groups preceded the takeover of Gaza by Hamas.
00060276 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Men attending a press conference held by Hamas leader and former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Representatives of Gaza's influential families came to listen to the plans of the new Hamas leadership in Gaza.
00060275 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Hamas gunmen patrolling near the beach. Many Palestinians felt more secure visiting the beach after the takeover of Gaza by Hamas.
00060274 : CAMBODIA Phnom Penh - Human skulls at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. The former school building was used by the Khmer Rouge as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) concentration camp during the 1970s. Of the thousands of prisoners that were kept here, there were less than ten known survivors.
00060273 : JORDAN - Prison officials and prisoners are pictured at the Siwaqa Correction and Rehabilitation Centre during a press visit organised by prison authorities following allegations of human rights violations. High-ranking officials defending the conditions spoke to journalists in Siwaqa before escorting the visitors on a tour of a selected part of the prison.
00060272 : JORDAN - A prisoner with an injured foot and crutches is pictured at the Siwaqa Correction and Rehabilitation Centre during a press visit organised by prison authorities following allegations of human rights violations. High-ranking officials defending the conditions spoke to journalists in Siwaqa before escorting the visitors on a tour of a selected part of the prison.
00060271 : JORDAN Amman - Businessmen at the 4th Rebuild Iraq Exhibition and Conference. An international gathering of participants from over 40 countries attended the conference exhibiting and selling goods to war-torn Iraq. However, many of the Iraqi stands were unmanned due to immigration problems at the border.
00060270 : JORDAN Amman - A billboard for the poster advertising company Pikasso Iraq Ltd. on a stand at the 4th Rebuild Iraq Exhibition and Conference. An international gathering of participants from over 40 countries attended the conference exhibiting and selling goods to war-torn Iraq. However, many of the Iraqi stands were unmanned due to immigration problems at the border.
00060269 : JORDAN Sahab - The last 1779 Iraqi police students leave their training facility. In the last three years more than 50,000 people have trained here to become police officers in Iraq, but American authorities are now closing the camp.
00060268 : JORDAN Sahab - The last 1779 Iraqi police students leave their training facility. In the last three years more than 50,000 people have trained here to become police officers in Iraq, but American authorities are now closing the camp.
00060267 : JORDAN Sahab - The last 1779 Iraqi police students leave their training facility. In the last three years more than 50,000 people have trained here to become police officers in Iraq, but American authorities are now closing the camp.
00060266 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - A supervisor watches over workers at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060265 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - Workers peeling frozen shrimp at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060264 : MOROCCO Rabat - A man with a photograph of his missing son attends a symbolic judicial process organised by the AMDH (Association Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme) NGO in Rabat. The hearings are an attempt to try to exhort the Moroccan government to trial and condemn offenders involved in human rights violations under the rule of King Hassan II during the 1960s through to the 1980s (also known as 'The Years of Lead'). This period was marked by state violence against political activists and many "disappearances".
00060263 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Women and children relax on the beach.
00060262 : JORDAN Dead Sea, Jordan Valley - A Dutch tourist enjoys the therapeutic mud on the beach at the Dead Sea.
00060261 : JORDAN Dead Sea, Jordan Valley - A Dutch tourist enjoys the therapeutic mud on the beach at the Dead Sea.
00060260 : JORDAN Dead Sea, Jordan Valley - A Dutch tourist enjoys the therapeutic mud on the beach at the Dead Sea.
00060259 : JORDAN Dead Sea, Jordan Valley - Dutch tourists enjoy the therapeutic mud on the beach at the Dead Sea.
00060258 : JORDAN Dead Sea, Jordan Valley - Dutch tourists swimming in the Dead Sea.
00060257 : JORDAN - Prisoners are pictured at the Siwaqa Correction and Rehabilitation Centre during a press visit organised by prison authorities following allegations of human rights violations. High-ranking officials defending the conditions spoke to journalists in Siwaqa before escorting the visitors on a tour of a selected part of the prison.
00060256 : JORDAN Sahab - The last 1779 Iraqi police students leave their training facility. In the last three years more than 50,000 people have trained here to become police officers in Iraq, but American authorities are now closing the camp.
00060255 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Saladin al-Ra'fati and his 84 year old father next to a bullet-riddled door. On 10/06/2007 Fatah gunmen shot their way inside the house, abducting and killing Saladin's brother, Imam Abu Hamza Muhammad al-Ra'fati (pictured in a martyr poster) because of his connections to Hamas. Brutal clashes between the rival groups preceded the takeover of Gaza by Hamas.
00060254 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Mahmoud al-Zahar (centre, seated), the top Hamas official in Gaza and former Palestinian Foreign Minister, greets a man at a press conference held by Hamas leader and former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Representatives of Gaza's influential families came to listen to the plans of the new Hamas leadership in Gaza.
00060253 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Children splash about in the sea as families relax on the beach.
00060252 : CAMBODIA Phnom Penh - A monk at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. The former school building was used by the Khmer Rouge as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) concentration camp during the 1970s. Of the thousands of prisoners that were kept here, there were less than ten known survivors.
00060251 : JORDAN Dead Sea, Jordan Valley - Lamps on the East Bank beach at the Dead Sea.
00060250 : JORDAN Dead Sea, Jordan Valley - Bathers swimming in the Dead Sea near the East Bank beach.
00060249 : JORDAN - Prisoners are pictured in a workshop at the Siwaqa Correction and Rehabilitation Centre during a press visit organised by prison authorities following allegations of human rights violations. High-ranking officials defending the conditions spoke to journalists in Siwaqa before escorting the visitors on a tour of a selected part of the prison.
00060248 : JORDAN Amman - An architectural model on display at the 4th Rebuild Iraq Exhibition and Conference. An international gathering of participants from over 40 countries attended the conference exhibiting and selling goods to war-torn Iraq. However, many of the Iraqi stands were unmanned due to immigration problems at the border.
00060247 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - Workers weighing frozen shrimp at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060246 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Mahmoud al-Zahar, the top Hamas official in Gaza and former Palestinian Foreign Minister, at a press conference held by Hamas leader and former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Representatives of Gaza's influential families came to listen to the plans of the new Hamas leadership in Gaza.
00060245 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - People leaving after attending a press conference held by Hamas leader and former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Representatives of Gaza's influential families came to listen to the plans of the new Hamas leadership in Gaza.
00060244 : JORDAN - A scale model of the Siwaqa Correction and Rehabilitation Centre and a wall mural painting of the late King Hussein (right) and his son King Abdullah (left) at the prison.
00060243 : JORDAN - Officials are pictured before a press conference at the Siwaqa Correction and Rehabilitation Centre during a media visit organised by prison authorities following allegations of human rights violations. High-ranking officials defending the conditions spoke to journalists in Siwaqa before escorting the visitors on a tour of a selected part of the prison.
00060242 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - Workers sorting frozen shrimp at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060241 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - Workers with cases of frozen shrimp at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060240 : MOROCCO Rabat - Ahmed Boukhari, a former Moroccan secret service agent, attends a symbolic judicial process organised by the AMDH (Association Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme) NGO in Rabat. The hearings are an attempt to try to exhort the Moroccan government to trial and condemn offenders involved in human rights violations under the rule of King Hassan II during the 1960s through to the 1980s (also known as 'The Years of Lead'). Ahmed Boukhari has talked publicly about the involvement of Moroccan security forces in systematic human rights violations, including the 1965 abduction, torture and murder of opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka.
00060239 : MOROCCO Rabat - Ahmed Boukhari (left), a former Moroccan secret service agent, speaks to man asking about his missing son during a symbolic judicial process organised by the AMDH (Association Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme) NGO in Rabat. The hearings are an attempt to try to exhort the Moroccan government to trial and condemn offenders involved in human rights violations under the rule of King Hassan II during the 1960s through to the 1980s (also known as 'The Years of Lead'). Ahmed Boukhari has talked publicly about the involvement of Moroccan security forces in systematic human rights violations, including the 1965 abduction, torture and murder of opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka.
00060238 : MOROCCO Rabat - A woman with photographs of her missing sons attends a symbolic judicial process organised by the AMDH (Association Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme) NGO in Rabat. The hearings are an attempt to try to exhort the Moroccan government to trial and condemn offenders involved in human rights violations under the rule of King Hassan II during the 1960s through to the 1980s (also known as 'The Years of Lead'). This period was marked by state violence against political activists and many "disappearances".
00060237 : LEBANON Sidon - A boy wearing an Adidas hat among a group of children at the Ain al-Hilweh (also known as Ein al-Hilweh) refugee camp. The camp, which houses around 70,000 refugees over one square kilometre, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Ain al-Hilweh was originally established in the late 1940s and has taken on an air of permanence. It has accommodated refugees displaced throughout decades of conflict and is now supported by the UNRWA.
00060236 : LEBANON Sidon - A general view over the rooftops at the Ain al-Hilweh (also known as Ein al-Hilweh) refugee camp. The camp, which houses around 70,000 refugees over one square kilometre, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Ain al-Hilweh was originally established in the late 1940s and has taken on an air of permanence. It has accommodated refugees displaced throughout decades of conflict and is now supported by the UNRWA.
00060235 : LEBANON Sidon - A young boy wearing a Nike hat at the Ain al-Hilweh (also known as Ein al-Hilweh) refugee camp. The camp, which houses around 70,000 refugees over one square kilometre, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Ain al-Hilweh was originally established in the late 1940s and has taken on an air of permanence. It has accommodated refugees displaced throughout decades of conflict and is now supported by the UNRWA.
00060234 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Hamas gunmen directing traffic shortly after their takeover of Gaza.
00060233 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Mahmoud al-Zahar (left), the top Hamas official in Gaza and former Palestinian Foreign Minister, greets a man at a press conference held by Hamas leader and former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Representatives of Gaza's influential families came to listen to the plans of the new Hamas leadership in Gaza.
00060232 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - People attending a press conference held by Hamas leader and former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Representatives of Gaza's influential families came to listen to the plans of the new Hamas leadership in Gaza.
00060231 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Children splash about in the sea as families relax on the beach.
00060230 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Children splash about in the sea as families relax on the beach.
00060229 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip - A young former bodyguard in the destroyed home of Jamal Abu Maher al-Jadiyan, a senior Fatah official. Hamas military forces attacked the house on 11/06/2007, capturing and executing al-Jadiyan. Brutal clashes between the rival groups preceded the takeover of Gaza by Hamas.
00060228 : JORDAN - An elderly prisoner is pictured in a workshop at the Siwaqa Correction and Rehabilitation Centre during a press visit organised by prison authorities following allegations of human rights violations. High-ranking officials defending the conditions spoke to journalists in Siwaqa before escorting the visitors on a tour of a selected part of the prison.
00060227 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - Workers sort frozen shrimp at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060226 : LEBANON Sidon - Red Cross volunteers visit a poor family living in the Ain al-Hilweh (also known as Ein al-Hilweh) refugee camp. The camp, which houses around 70,000 refugees over one square kilometre, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Ain al-Hilweh was originally established in the late 1940s and has taken on an air of permanence. It has accommodated refugees displaced throughout decades of conflict and is now supported by the UNRWA.
00060225 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip - The widow of Jamal Abu Maher al-Jadiyan, a senior Fatah official. Hamas military forces attacked their house on 11/06/2007, capturing and executing al-Jadiyan. Brutal clashes between the rival groups preceded the takeover of Gaza by Hamas.
00060224 : ISRAEL (PALESTINE) Gaza City - Umm Hamza, widow of Imam Abu Hamza Muhammad al-Ra'fati, with three of her four children (left to right: Hamza (16), Ala'a (9), Kholod (11)) in their apartment. Fatah gunmen abducted and killed the imam on 10/06/2007 because of his connections to Hamas. Brutal clashes between the rival groups preceded the takeover of Gaza by Hamas.
00060223 : JORDAN - Prisoners are pictured at the Siwaqa Correction and Rehabilitation Centre during a press visit organised by prison authorities following allegations of human rights violations. High-ranking officials spoke to journalists defending the conditions in Siwaqa before escorting the visitors on a tour of a selected part of the prison.
00060222 : MOROCCO Tangier (Tangiers) - Workers peeling frozen shrimp at the Dutch Klaas Puul shrimp factory in the duty-free Tangier Exportation Free Zone (TFZ). Klaas Puul have moved their peeling activities to Morocco in order to cut labour costs. Around 2,500 local workers peel, clean and pack the frozen Dutch shrimp and return it to Dutch headquarters without paying any tax. The average wage is approximately $200 per month.
00060221 : MOROCCO Rabat - A woman with a photograph of her missing husband attends a symbolic judicial process organised by the AMDH (Association Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme) NGO in Rabat. The hearings are an attempt to try to exhort the Moroccan government to trial and condemn offenders involved in human rights violations under the rule of King Hassan II during the 1960s through to the 1980s (also known as 'The Years of Lead'). This period was marked by state violence against political activists and many "disappearances".
00060220 : LEBANON Sidon - A childcare centre at the Ain al-Hilweh (also known as Ein al-Hilweh) refugee camp. The camp, which houses around 70,000 refugees over one square kilometre, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Ain al-Hilweh was originally established in the late 1940s and has taken on an air of permanence. It has accommodated refugees displaced throughout decades of conflict and is now supported by the UNRWA.
00060219 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - The Bolashak Onshore Processing Plant. The facility, which processes oil from the Kashagan field, is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060218 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Construction of pipelines at the Bolashak Onshore Processing Plant. The facility, which processes oil from the Kashagan field, is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060217 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Construction of one of the three oil pipelines leading from the Kashagan field to the Bolashak Onshore Processing Plant. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060216 : KAZAKHSTAN Kashagan island - An offshore oil platform under construction in the Kashagan field in the North Caspian sea. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060215 : KAZAKHSTAN Kashagan island - Workers at an offshore oil platform in the Kashagan field in the North Caspian sea. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060214 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Portrait of Ms Gulmira, an employee of the Mangistau regional authorities.
00060213 : KAZAKHSTAN Kashagan island - An offshore oil platform in the Kashagan field in the North Caspian sea. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060212 : KAZAKHSTAN Kashagan island - An offshore oil platform under construction in the Kashagan field in the North Caspian sea. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060211 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Building materials on a construction site in the centre of the new capital city.
00060210 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - The headquarters of KazMunayGas, the state oil and gas company.
00060209 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - The Bolashak Onshore Processing Plant. The facility, which processes oil from the Kashagan field, is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060208 : KAZAKHSTAN Kashagan island - An offshore oil platform in the Kashagan field in the North Caspian sea. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060207 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Cityscape.
00060206 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Labourers on a construction site in the centre of the new capital city.
00060205 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Construction of the Bolashak Onshore Processing Plant. The facility, which processes oil from the Kashagan field, is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060204 : KAZAKHSTAN Kashagan island - An offshore oil platform in the Kashagan field in the North Caspian sea. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060203 : KAZAKHSTAN Kashagan island - An offshore oil platform in the Kashagan field in the North Caspian sea. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060202 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Portrait of Arthur Sharnazarian, a freelance journalist.
00060201 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - A model of the Astana city plan inside Bayterek tower, one of the symbols of the new capital city.
00060200 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - A horse passes the circus recently built in the new capital city.
00060199 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - A chandelier in the press room of KazMunayGas, the state oil and gas company.
00060198 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - View from the headquarters of KazMunayGas, the state oil and gas company, over the new capital city, with the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications on the left and Bayterek tower on the right.
00060197 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Bayterek tower in the centre of Astana, the new capital city. The tower embodies a legend of a magic bird called Samruk that laid its eggs in the canopy of a high poplar tree. After climbing to the top of the tower, visitors are encouraged to put their hands into a golden imprint of the hand of President Nursultan Nazarbayev and make a wish.
00060196 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Three oil pipelines leading from the Kashagan field to the Bolashak Onshore Processing Plant. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060195 : KAZAKHSTAN Kashagan island - An offshore oil platform under construction in the Kashagan field in the North Caspian sea. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060194 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Overview of Atyrau, with oil facilities on the edge of the city.
00060193 : KAZAKHSTAN Nr. Aqtau - Pollution from oil extraction in the Ouzen field.
00060192 : KAZAKHSTAN Nr. Aqtau - Pipelines transporting oil from the Ouzen field.
00060191 : KAZAKHSTAN Nr. Aqtau - Pollution from oil derricks in the Ouzen field.
00060190 : KAZAKHSTAN Nr. Aqtau - Bek, an oil worker on the Ouzen field.
00060189 : KAZAKHSTAN Nr. Aqtau - Facilities owned by KazMunayGas, the state oil and gas company, in the Ouzen oil field.
00060188 : KAZAKHSTAN Nr. Aqtau - Pipelines and derricks in the Ouzen oil field.
00060187 : KAZAKHSTAN Aqtau - Road and railway track close to a facility owned by KazMunayGas, the state oil and gas company.
00060186 : KAZAKHSTAN Aqtau - A circular building.
00060185 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Housing in a new development built for people who have been displaced from Sarkamys, a small town, in order to make way for oil facilities. The oil company Tengiz expropriated their land and moved them into the city. The new district and its houses were built by the contractor Halliburton.
00060184 : KAZAKHSTAN Nr. Aqtau - Rural landscape near Aqtau.
00060183 : KAZAKHSTAN Nr. Aqtau - Pipelines transporting oil from the Ouzen field.
00060182 : KAZAKHSTAN Aqtau - Oil tankers in the Caspian sea.
00060181 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - The construction site of Khan Shatyry, a project by architect Norman Foster. An enormous transparent tent will be built, containing an indoor city where people will be oblivious to the extreme weather conditions outside.
00060180 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - View from the headquarters of KazMunayGas, the state oil and gas company, over the new capital city, with Astana Central National Mosque on the right.
00060179 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Pedestrians and dog.
00060178 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - The 'Triumph of Astana', a Soviet-style apartment building in the new capital city.
00060177 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Construction site in the centre of the new capital city.
00060176 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - A circus recently built in the new capital city.
00060175 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - A yurt erected for Norooz, the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian new year. Behind it is Bayterek tower, one of the symbols of the new capital city.
00060174 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Seik Rustambekov, honoured architect of the Republic of Kazakhstan and President of the International Association of Union of Architects (IAUA).
00060173 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Zhaksybek Kulekeev, Vice President of KazMunayGas, the state oil and gas company
00060172 : KAZAKHSTAN Atyrau - Construction of two of the three oil pipelines leading from the Kashagan field to the Bolashak Onshore Processing Plant. The facility is run by Agip KCO on behalf of a consortium which consists of Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Eni, KazMunayGas and Inpex. The discovery of Kashagan's commercial reserve of around 13 billion barrels of oil in 2000 was one of the largest finds in decades.
00060171 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - A dispossessed traditional house in the middle of a building site. Campaigners are fighting against the expropriation of traditional houses to make way for new developments in the new capital city, which is seeing a construction boom.
00060170 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - The interior of Bayterek tower in the centre of Astana, the new capital city. The tower embodies a legend of a magic bird called Samruk that laid its eggs in the canopy of a high poplar tree. After climbing to the top of the tower, visitors are encouraged to put their hands into a golden imprint of the hand of President Nursultan Nazarbayev and make a wish.
00060169 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - The Pyramid of Peace, a building designed by architect Norman Foster for the new capital city.
00060168 : KAZAKHSTAN Aqtau - Apartment blocks in Aqtau, near the Caspian sea.
00060167 : KAZAKHSTAN Almaty - Philippe Rochoux, CEO of Total, one of several foreign oil companies which have significant interests in Kazakhstan's oil and gas reserves.
00060166 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Apartment blocks being built on a construction site on the edge of the new capital city.
00060165 : KAZAKHSTAN Astana - Galina Vasilievna Volkova, a campaigner fighting against the expropriation of traditional houses to make way for new developments in the new capital city, which is seeing a construction boom.
00060164 : COLOMBIA Medellin, Antioquia Department - Demonstrators waving white peace handkerchiefs during a protest march held in reaction to the thousands of kidnappings undertaken by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) leftist rebels and criminal factions in Colombia. The march was provoked by the news that a number of local MPs held hostage had been executed.
00060163 : COLOMBIA Medellin, Antioquia Department - A man holding a placard, which reads 'FARC out of Colombia', during a protest march held in reaction to the thousands of kidnappings undertaken by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) leftist rebels and criminal factions in Colombia. The march was provoked by the news that a number of local MPs held hostage had been executed.
00060162 : COLOMBIA Bogota - Yolanda Pulecio, the mother of former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped along with her campaign manager, Clara Rojas, by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrillas while on a political visit to the former DMZ (demilitarised zone) in February 2002. She has now been held captive by FARC for over five years. Yolanda reads out messages on a radio programme aimed at communicating with some of Colombia's many hostages in the hope that her daughter will hear her words.
00060161 : COLOMBIA Medellin, Antioquia Department - A photo of Fabian Cardona, who disappeared on the 13th August 2003, is displayed outside the courthouse during a vigil for forced disappearance victims held throughout the first hearing of paramilitary leader Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (also known as Don Berna or Adolfo Paz).
00060160 : COLOMBIA Medellin, Antioquia Department - A demonstrator waving a huge, white peace flag during a protest march held in reaction to the thousands of kidnappings undertaken by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) leftist rebels and criminal factions in Colombia. The march was provoked by the news that a number of local MPs held hostage had been executed.
00060159 : COLOMBIA Medellin, Antioquia Department - A man waves a small flag that reads, 'I Want Peace', during a protest march held in reaction to the thousands of kidnappings undertaken by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) leftist rebels and criminal factions in Colombia. The march was provoked by the news that a number of local MPs held hostage had been executed.
00060158 : COLOMBIA Medellin, Antioquia Department - Pictures of forced disappearance victims line the steps outside the courthouse during a vigil held throughout the first hearing of paramilitary leader Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (also known as Don Berna or Adolfo Paz).
00060157 : COLOMBIA Bogota - Yolanda Pulecio, the mother of former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, reads the script of her early morning radio message while copies of Ingrid's book, 'The Rage in the Heart', lie on a table nearby. Yolanda reads out messages on a radio programme aimed at communicating with some of Colombia's many hostages in the hope that her daughter will hear her words. Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped along with her campaign manager, Clara Rojas, by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrillas while on a political visit to the former DMZ (demilitarised zone) in February 2002. She has now been held captive by FARC for over five years.
00060156 : COLOMBIA Bogota - Clara Gonzalez de Rojas sits below a portrait of her daughter, Clara Rojas, who has been held captive by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrillas for over five years. Clara Rojas, the campaign manager of presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, was kidnapped along with Betancourt while on a visit to the former DMZ (demilitarised zone) in February 2002.
00060155 : COLOMBIA Medellin, Antioquia Department - The mother of Jorge Alexander Bustamante Goez, a youth killed in the 13th commune of the city of Medellin, stands over his photograph outside the courthouse during a vigil held for victims throughout the first hearing of paramilitary leader Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (also known as Don Berna or Adolfo Paz).
00060154 : COLOMBIA Medellin, Antioquia Department - Pictures of forced disappearance victims line the steps outside the courthouse during a vigil held throughout the first hearing of paramilitary leader Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (also known as Don Berna or Adolfo Paz).
00060153 : COLOMBIA Medellin, Antioquia Department - A woman waving a piece of white material during a protest march held in reaction to the thousands of kidnappings undertaken by FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) leftist rebels and criminal factions in Colombia. The march was provoked by the news that a number of local MPs held hostage had been executed.
00060152 : NEW ZEALAND Mairangi Bay, Auckland, North Island - A women's community surf life saving event held on a beach at Mairangi Bay in the early evening.
00060151 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - Green pastoral grass on rural farmland.
00060150 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - Theresa Taumaoe Suluama Lutu and Corporal Muao Fiaputu Gaseata Seiuli light candles during a traditional wedding service at the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa. The bride, who is from Leone, works as a senior educator and the groom is a police officer from Nofoali.
00060149 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - A young girl eats fast food at a McDonald's restaurant.
00060148 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - Young footballers from the East Team All-Stars gridiron football team (American football) stand with their hands on their hearts listening to Governor Tauese P.F. Sunia's speech, 'As you take the fieldÉit's not a matter of win or lose, but how you play the game. Football is a team sport comprised of individual efforts. Respect your opponent who will expose your talent', during a tournament in the capital. The sport is sponsored by the ASG (American Samoa Government) and football culture is as strong in American Samoa as on the mainland.
00060147 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - Young girls wearing white hats and dresses read the bible in church during one of the many services leading up to Christmas and through to the New Year.
00060146 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - Young soldiers in a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Pago Pago. Many young men and women in this unincorporated territory of the United States join the US military because of the high pay available.
00060145 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - Reverend Dr. Elia Taase officiates over the wedding of bride Moetoto Silulu Sialega and groom Patrick Tulafono at the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa.
00060144 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - Bride Theresa Taumaoe Suluama Lutu and groom Corporal Muao Fiaputu Gaseata Seiuli with their large wedding party outside the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa in Leone after their marriage ceremony. The bride, who is from Leone, works as a senior educator and the groom is a police officer from Nofoali.
00060143 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - Christmas decorations on the elaborately decorated Catholic Church in Leone. The church has become somewhat of a tourist attraction at Christmas.
00060142 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - The congregation starts to move out of the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa in Nuuuli after the New Year service.
00060141 : AMERICAN SAMOA Pago Pago, Tutuila - Worshippers during the New Year service at the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa in Nuuuli.
00060140 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - Thousands of worshippers praying during the outdoor Healings and Miracles rally in Albert Park. The event was facilitated by the All Nations Christian Fellowship and the evangelical Don Clowers Ministries.
00060139 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - The bustling Friday morning produce market.
00060138 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - A traditional Fijian kava (known as grog) outlet on the side of a road underneath a Coca Cola advertising billboard.
00060137 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - A billboard celebrating Fiji's multiculturalism on Suva's main street.
00060136 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - A street scene in Suva - a bus below FMF (Flour Mills of Fiji) billboard advertising.
00060135 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - Taina Ledua, a Ministry of Health worker, wears black clothes and a ribbon expressing her opposition to the 2006 military coup. Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive powers and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase during the country's 4th military coup in under 20 years. When the CEO of the Health Ministry was taken for questioning by the military, the office walked out in support.
00060134 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - Women from Fijiana Pride prepare to perform a traditional dance for an official function in a park in central Suva on the day that Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive powers and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase during the 2006 military coup.
00060133 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - Soldiers mount roadblocks the morning after the 2006 military coup in which Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive powers and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
00060132 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - A young girl selling chillies at the bustling Friday morning produce market.
00060131 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - A police guard at the gates of Parliament.
00060130 : FIJI Viti Levu, South Pacific - Refugee Indo-Fijian children shelter at a local school in Lautoka during the May 2000 Fijian coup. George Speight's henchmen terrorised Indian villagers during the siege in which Government opposition members were held hostage on Parliament grounds for nearly two months.
00060129 : FIJI Viti Levu, South Pacific - A roadside recycling centre in Namatakula Village along the Pacific Coast Highway. Plastics and aluminium cans are sorted and kava is also sold here.
00060128 : FIJI Viti Levu, South Pacific - Ape Maleki, a farmer from Vunaniu Village on the Pacific Coast Highway between and eastern and western sides of Viti Levu, tending to his cattle.
00060127 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - A sign emblazoned with the slogan 'Integration Not Segregation' in downtown Suva. The motto refers to the political and racial unease between the indigenous ethnic Fijian and the Indo-Fijian populations.
00060126 : FIJI Suva, Viti Levu, South Pacific - A water lily pond outside a tourist resort on the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Harbour.
00060125 : FIJI Viti Levu, South Pacific - A woman and her child sell mangoes by the side of the main road.
00060124 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - A Maori family gathers kaimoana (shellfish), a traditional food source, from the shallow, tidal seawaters in the inner harbour near Auckland.
00060123 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - A European woman hugs her Maori partner while relaxing on the beach near a child playing in the sand at Mission Bay.
00060122 : NEW ZEALAND Piha, West Auckland, North Island - A competitor with a kayak paddle stretches his muscles on the black sand during the surf life saving championships on a west coast beach.
00060121 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - Wetini Mitai-Ngatai is pictured wearing a taonga (literally meaning 'a treasure') during the opening ceremony of the Aotearoa Maori Performing Arts Festival. Wetini was the leader of the winning team at the previous festival.
00060120 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - Pacific Island women demonstrate the traditional method for painting tapa cloth. Tapa is made from the pulverised bark of the mulberry tree. The cloth is highly prized in many Pacific countries and often given as a gift.
00060119 : NEW ZEALAND Waitakere, Auckland, North Island - Tourists stand beneath a traditional Maori carved totem pole at the Arataki Visitor Centre in the Waitakere Ranges, west of Auckland.
00060118 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - The east coast's Whangara Mai Tawhiti cultural group perform at the 2002 Aotearoa Maori performing arts competition at Orakei Marae. The pukana (facial expression) is often said to be the inner most expression of wairua (spirituality) being released and is always an integral part of the routines at the national kapa haka competitions.
00060117 : AUSTRALIA Sydney, New South Wales - Eveline Yammin, a first generation Lebanese Australian bride and the first of six daughters, enters the church on the arm of her father on her wedding day.
00060116 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - An antique doll wearing traditional Maori costume is displayed in its original box.
00060115 : NEW ZEALAND Muriwai, West Auckland, North Island - Surf cast fishing off the rocks at a local beach.
00060114 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - A member of the Te Roopu Manutaki kapa haka group makes a fierce pukana (facial expression) intended to challenge the enemy while performing the haka. The ta moko facial tattoo is usually applied with a stencil and inks for such a performance. However, the real thing, which was all but wiped out for over 100 years, appears to be re-emerging in modern Maori society.
00060113 : NEW ZEALAND Maraetai, Auckland, North Island - Asian women enjoying a day at the beach.
00060112 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - Ostriches on an ostrich farm owned by NZOSTRICHCORP, an Auckland-based company that has been breeding exceptionally high producing commercial ostriches since the early 1990s.
00060111 : NEW ZEALAND Kumeu, West Auckland, North Island - Farmers milking goats during a demonstration at the annual Kumeu Agricultural and Pastoral Show.
00060110 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - An elderly man takes a shower at the beach after swimming in the sea.
00060109 : NEW ZEALAND Kumeu, West Auckland, North Island - A small child wearing sunglasses stands near a miniature horse at the annual Kumeu Agricultural and Pastoral Show.
00060108 : NEW ZEALAND Auckland, North Island - A Romney sheep.
00060107 : NEW ZEALAND Hicks Bay, East Cape, North Island - Maori youths play games with their mobile phones during a gathering of their whanau (extended family) at their home marae (tribal meeting ground) in Hicks Bay.
00060106 : NEW ZEALAND Hicks Bay, East Cape, North Island - Myra Tepurei, a young Maori mother, is pictured with her son, Ihaia, near the wharenui (traditional meeting house) on Ihaia's christening day at the Tuwhakairiora Marae (a tribal meeting ground).
00060105 : NEW ZEALAND Eketahuna, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island - A large painted sculpture of a kiwi in the main street.
00060104 : NEW ZEALAND Piha, West Auckland, North Island - A young girl and her father climb around the rocky coast above the sea near Lion Rock at Piha Beach.
00060103 : NEW ZEALAND Waitangi, Chatham Islands - Maori women preparing crayfish for export at a factory run by Chatham Islands Processing.
00060102 : NEW ZEALAND Hicks Bay, Gisborne (East Cape), North Island - Maori children play on the porch of the wharenui (traditional meeting house) during a whanau hui (family gathering) at the Tuwhakairiora Marae (a tribal meeting ground).
00060101 : NEW ZEALAND Hicks Bay, East Cape, North Island - Baby Arahia Tepurei learning how to clap her hands with her grandmother during a Maori family gathering (known as a 'hui') at their home marae (tribal meeting place).
00060100 : NEW ZEALAND Chatham Islands - A road marker in the grass next to a long, gravel country road running through the rural Chatham Islands landscape.
00060099 : NEW ZEALAND Chatham Islands - Chris Seymour, a contract sheep shearer, at work in a shearing shed.
00060098 : NEW ZEALAND Opito Bay, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island - A woman with a yellow hat swimming in Opito Bay, a popular holiday destination beach on the Coromandel Peninsula.
00060097 : NEW ZEALAND Kahurangi, South Island - Well-known New Zealand musician Richard Nunns had revived the art of traditional Maori music by learning to play and commissioning the making of traditional instruments, such as the wooden flute. Purerehua, Koauaua, nose flute and bull-roarer are among the many musical taonga (treasures) enjoying a renaissance thanks to this artist. A significant but understated landmark in New Zealand's musical history, he makes highly innovative use of traditional Maori instruments, many of which are unknown even in New Zealand (Aotearoa).
00060096 : NEW ZEALAND Whangarei, Northland, North Island - A New Zealand Cabbage Tree (Cordyline Australis). During the 1990s, the 'Sudden Decline' epidemic temporarily wiped out much of the species in some regions. However, the species now appears to be flourishing once again.
00060095 : NEW ZEALAND Whangarei, Northland, North Island - Cows squashed up against each other in a cow shed before being milked.
00060094 : NEW ZEALAND Whangarei, Northland, North Island - An elderly woman photographs the flowers in her friend's suburban garden.
00060093 : NEW ZEALAND Wellington, North Island - A homemade rusty weathervane in the form of a boat.
00060092 : NEW ZEALAND Kaipara, North Island - A juvenile New Zealand Cabbage Tree (Cordyline Australis and also known as a Te Kouka) growing in a windy spot high above Kaipara Harbour. During the 1990s, the 'Sudden Decline' epidemic temporarily wiped out much of the species in some regions. However, the species now appears to be flourishing once again.
00060091 : NEW ZEALAND Okarito, Westland, South Island - A kiwi crossing road sign in Westland National Park.
00060090 : NEW ZEALAND Wellington, North Island - A red corrugated iron hay barn on a sheep farm.
00060089 : NEW ZEALAND Kumeu, Northland, North Island - The judging of cows at the annual Kumeu Agricultural and Pastoral Show.
00060088 : NEW ZEALAND Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island - Victoria Rhodes-Carlin shows the gap left by her missing baby tooth.
00060087 : NEW ZEALAND Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands - The stern of a shipwrecked fishing boat at Denham Bay. The area is a marine and bird island sanctuary supported by New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC).
00060086 : NEW ZEALAND Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands - The bow of a shipwrecked fishing boat at Denham Bay. The area is now a marine and bird island sanctuary supported by New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC).
00060085 : NEW ZEALAND Mangatainoka, North Island - The quaint 1950s architecture of a community hall in Mangatainoka.
00060084 : NEW ZEALAND Queenstown, Central Otago, South Island - Customers relaxing and children playing at a cafe on the edge of Lake Wakatipu near a large sculpture of a kiwi.
00060083 : NEW ZEALAND White Island, Bay of Plenty, North Island - Eco-tourists and scientists on a guided tour of White Island, the active andesite island volcano in the Bay of Plenty.
00060082 : NEW ZEALAND Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, North Island - A youthful woman's feet with pink painted toenails in the white sand at the beach.
00060081 : NEW ZEALAND Farewell Spit, Golden Bay, South Island - A sandstorm on Farewell Spit, a sand spit estate protected by the Department of Conservation (DOC) at the very tip of the South Island.
00060080 : NEW ZEALAND Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island - An elderly Indian couple on Papamoa Beach at sunset.
00060079 : NEW ZEALAND Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, North Island - Elderly friends meeting at the beach.
00060078 : NEW ZEALAND Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, North Island - National youth triathlon competitors during the swimming leg of the championships at Pilot Bay.
00060077 : NEW ZEALAND Taupiri, Waikato, North Island - Young Tainui men performing a salute in a Takitimu waka taua (war canoe) on the Waikato River during the burial ceremony for the late Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
00060076 : NEW ZEALAND Takapuna, North Island - An elderly man laughing and smiling.
00060075 : NEW ZEALAND Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island - A competitor wearing Speedo swimming trunks prepares for an event during the Surf Life Saving Championships at the Mount Maunganui Beach Resort.
00060074 : NEW ZEALAND Taupo, North Island - A 19th century Christian Church at the Waitetoko Marae (a tribal meeting ground).
00060073 : NEW ZEALAND Taupo, North Island - The wharenui (traditional meeting house) and wharekura (schoolhouse) at the Tuwharetoa Papakai Marae (a tribal meeting ground) under Mount Tongariro in the central North Island's volcanic plateau. Multicultural schools are run from here to educate city children about marae life and Maori kaupapa (ideas and protocols).
00060072 : NEW ZEALAND Taupiri, Waikato, North Island - The new Maori king, Tuheitia Paki, is flanked by his wife, his son and Tuwharetoa Paramount Chief Timu Te Hue Hue at his mother's funeral. King Tuheitia is the third child and eldest son of the late Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
00060071 : NEW ZEALAND Taupiri, Waikato, North Island - Maori warriors pass dignitaries during the burial procession at the funeral of the late Maori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
00060070 : NEW ZEALAND Taupiri, Waikato, North Island - Young Maori warriors carry the casket of the late Maori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, toward her final resting place near the summit of Taupiri Mountain. Tuheitia Paki, the newly crowned Maori king and the late queen's eldest son, follows closely behind with other family members.
00060069 : NEW ZEALAND Taupiri, Waikato, North Island - Mourners attending the burial of the late Maori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, at Taupiri Mountain.
00060068 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Uru McGarvey, Hokimoana Tawa and Miriama Paraki (left to right), watch funeral proceedings (tangi) for the late Maori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu. The women, who are female kuia elders from the Tuhoe tribe, travelled with four busloads of their people to pay their respects to the queen as she lay in state at the Turangawaewae Marae during the six-day burial proceedings.
00060067 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Wharehuia Tamarau (foreground), the Maori Paramount Chief of Tuhoe, is pictured at the funeral of the late Maori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
00060066 : NEW ZEALAND Tirau, Waikato, North Island - A giant corrugated iron sheep houses the tourist information centre in Tirau. The town that has adopted a corrugated iron thematic in its local architecture and sculpture.
00060065 : NEW ZEALAND Taupiri, Waikato, North Island - Tuheitia Paki, the newly crowned Maori king and the eldest son of the former Maori queen, follows the casket of his mother, the late Dame Te Atairangikaahu, as she is carried towards Taupiri Mountain to be buried.
00060064 : NEW ZEALAND Taupiri, Waikato, North Island - Mourners begin to move down off Taupiri Mountain after the burial service for the late Maori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
00060063 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Maori Tainui women entertain visitors after the formalities at the Turangawaewae Marae during the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu's coronation.
00060062 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Women from a visiting tribe singing waiata (Maori songs) during the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu's coronation.
00060061 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Women and young girls leave after giving a performance at the Turangawaewae Marae during the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu's coronation.
00060060 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Prime Minister Helen Clark watches a performance at the Turangawaewae Marae during the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu's coronation.
00060059 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Dover Samuels, a Labour Party MP for Te Tai Tokerau, confronts a challenge by a Tainui warrior on behalf of the Crown delegation (Prime Minister Helen Clark is on the right) attending the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu's coronation.
00060058 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Mourners visiting the Turangawaewae Marae to pay their respects to the late Maori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
00060057 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Georgina Te Heuheu, the National Party Associate Spokeswoman for the Treaty of Waitangi Issues and Maori Development, greets Wharehuia Tamarau, the Paramount Chief of Tuhoe, with a hongi (the rubbing of noses) in the traditional manner during the funeral of the late Maori queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
00060056 : NEW ZEALAND Hamilton, Waikato, North Island - Beehives in a field of green grass.
00060055 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Crowds watch the Maori Tainui warrior crew display their force in a Takitimu waka taua (war canoe) on the Waikato River during the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu's coronation.
00060054 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Cook Islanders (often described as Cook Island Maori) from the family of the paramount chief show deference on entering the Turangawaewae Marae, the home of Maori Tainui tribe, during the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu's coronation.
00060053 : NEW ZEALAND Ngaruawahia, Waikato, North Island - Cook Islanders (often described as Cook Island Maori) from the family of the paramount chief show deference on entering the Turangawaewae Marae, the home of Maori Tainui tribe, during the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu's coronation.
00060052 : NEW ZEALAND Waitangi, Northland, North Island - A Maori youth on the beach with a huge Tino Rangatiratanga flag during the official Treaty of Waitangi celebrations. The Tino Rangatiratanga flag expresses self-determination and is a well-recognised symbol of Maori sovereignty. It is often seen at Maori protest movement gatherings.
00060051 : NEW ZEALAND Waitangi, Northland, North Island - Maori youth on the beach with a huge Tino Rangatiratanga flag during the official Treaty of Waitangi celebrations. The Tino Rangatiratanga flag expresses self-determination and is a well-recognised symbol of Maori sovereignty. It is often seen at Maori protest movement gatherings.
00060050 : NEW ZEALAND Waitangi, Northland, North Island - Maori children jumping off the Waitangi Bridge into the sea below.
00060049 : NEW ZEALAND Morrinsville, Waikato, North Island - A Murray Gray stud bull at the Morrinsville Agricultural and Pastoral Show.
00060048 : NEW ZEALAND Takapuna, North Island - A Christian baptism by emersion in the sea at Takapuna Beach. Rangitoto Island can be seen in the background.
00060047 : NEW ZEALAND Hamilton, Waikato, North Island - Cows behind a distinctive style farm gate.
00060046 : NEW ZEALAND Nelson Bays, South Island - A corrugated iron hay shed and a wooden totara fence.
00060045 : NEW ZEALAND Cambridge, Waikato, North Island - A plastic horse advertising a saddlery on the main road out of Cambridge, a small town serving the farming hinterland on North Island.
00060044 : NEW ZEALAND Campbell Island - A yellow-eyed penguin (also known as a hoiho).
00060043 : NEW ZEALAND The Snares (Snares Islands) - Snare's crested penguins on the coastal rocks around the Snares, an uninhabited New Zealand island territory protected by the Department of Conservation (DOC).
00060042 : NEW ZEALAND Hamilton, Waikato, North Island - A roadside stall selling sunflower plants from the back of a truck on a rural highway.
00060041 : NEW ZEALAND Te Araroa, East Cape, North Island - Two Maori children run over the coastal rocks at East Cape, the most easterly point of the North Island.
00060040 : NEW ZEALAND Waitomo, King Country, North Island - Traditional Maori piupiu (flax skirts) hanging on a clothes line after the harakeke (flax) has been scraped, buried and soaked in mud and then washed.
00060039 : AUSTRALIA Sydney, New South Wales - A street scene outside a shopping centre in Cabramatta, a neighbourhood in Sydney's southern suburbs largely populated by migrants.
00060038 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) woman works in front of her home putting down a new layer of mud as a young girl gathers firewood, in the village of Dhani Bagaria.
00060037 : INDIA Chittoor town, Andhra Pradesh - Lakshmi works in the accounts department of the NGO Sahanivasa.
00060036 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A young volunteer logging the highest bids taken for lots. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00060035 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A woman carries a large shopping bag on her head as she walks through a busy street market.
00060034 : INDIA Jangpura, New Delhi - Originally from the countryside, these Dalit (untouchable) people now live in poor conditions beside a railway track in the rapidly changing area of Jangpura, New Delhi.
00060033 : INDIA Chennai, Tamil Nadu - People bathe on the beach and enjoy some acrobatics.
00060032 : INDIA Pattangi, Orissa - People travelling along a road in Pattangi at sunset.
00060031 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - Woman bathing at a well.
00060030 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - A woman works outside her home cleaning rice.
00060029 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - A woman works outside her home cleaning rice.
00060028 : INDIA Jangpura, New Delhi - A man talks on his mobile phone outside an up-market clothing store in a shopping centre in Jangpura, a rapidly changing area of New Delhi.
00060027 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - Women gather around the fire.
00060026 : INDIA Jangpura, New Delhi - A man talks on his mobile phone in a shopping centre.
00060025 : INDIA Indranagar, Andhra Pradesh - A girl plays with a bicycle tyre.
00060024 : INDIA Andhra Pradesh - A young mother with her child in the remote mountain village of Burakayala Banda.
00060023 : INDIA Arabatla, Tamil Nadu - Children collect firewood from the forest.
00060022 : UKRAINE Chernobyl - Inside Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, workers enter the diarator stack, where they drill holes in the concrete to install support beams that are supposed to stabilize the plant's outward leaning Western wall which is in danger of collapsing. Their dark workspace is located close to the center of the explosion and is so highly contaminated that they can only work in 15-minute shifts despite wearing highly protective gear and respirators.
00060021 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Ducklings up for auction. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00060020 : INDIA Pattangi, Orissa - A man works in the field collecting bales of hay.
00060019 : INDIA New Delhi - A woman talks on her mobile phone in a busy shopping street in New Delhi.
00060018 : INDIA Jangpura, New Delhi - A young Dalit (untouchable) boy collects plastic from the railway tracks in the rapidly changing area of Jangpura, New Delhi.
00060017 : INDIA Jangpura, New Delhi - A Dalit (untouchable) woman sits in the doorway of her house weaving a plastic basket. Originally from the countryside, she now lives in poor conditions beside a railway track in the rapidly changing area of Jangpura, New Delhi.
00060016 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) girl with flour, in the village of Dhani Bagaria.
00060015 : INDIA Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - A man and woman sit on a ledge overlooking a busy street in Hyderabad, with the old fortress on the left.
00060014 : INDIA Pattangi, Orissa - Men working in the field.
00060013 : INDIA Pattangi, Orissa - Women carry baskets on their heads as they travel along a road in Pattangi.
00060012 : INDIA Indranagar, Andhra Pradesh - A young Dalit (untouchable) girl rests on the head of her father.
00060011 : INDIA Andhra Pradesh - A Dalit (untouchable) girl works breaking up stones in Pagadala village.
00060010 : INDIA Arabatla, Tamil Nadu - Young girls collect water from a local well.
00060009 : INDIA Tamil Nadu - A woman listens to a lecture on how to make office materials from paper at a CASA (Church's Auxilary for Social Change) resource centre.
00060008 : UKRAINE Rozsokha - Graveyards for radioactive equipment litter the landscape in the evacuation zone. The largest one near the city of Chernobyl testifies to the gargantuan proportions of the post-accident cleanup performed by an army of hundreds of thousands of liquidators. The helicopters, trucks, tanks, and bulldozers used were left to await a final decision for their disposal. Many of them are instead being cut into pieces, blasted by a combination of sand and water to remove the contamination, and sold as scrap metal by private enterprises, or scavenged by thieves who sell their radioactive parts at used vehicle markets. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally, and physically.
00060007 : UKRAINE Ilyintsy - Generally without means of transportation, none of the nearly 400 elderly living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone (formerly called illegal residents) have easy access to medical care. To ensure basic health care, teams of doctors from the Chernobyl hospital make their rounds to different villages, paying a visit to each of them about once every month. After his official rounds, a doctor pays a visit to Babushka Marya Chlaya, 75, where he enjoys her hospitality and a shot of vodka.
00060006 : INDIA New Delhi - A Sony billboard amongst the advertising boards in a busy shopping street in New Delhi.
00060005 : INDIA Chennai, Tamil Nadu - A young girl walks through the crowds on a beach in Chennai.
00060004 : INDIA Chennai, Tamil Nadu - A woman prepares and cooks food at a small stall beside the beach.
00060003 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) girl makes a fire for cooking.
00060002 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) girl working in the field.
00060001 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - Girl outside her home.
00060000 : INDIA - A woman carries a jug of water on her head.
00059999 : INDIA Muthukoor, Tamil Nadu - A Dalit (untouchable) woman harvests rice.
00059998 : INDIA Nagar, Tamil Nadu - A young fortune teller.
00059997 : UKRAINE Chernobyl - Radiation monitoring occurs on a regular basis on the grounds surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Workers just outside the plant's crumbling west wall take water and soil contamination samples, and conduct land surveys to repair and build new access roads.
00059996 : UKRAINE Chernobyl - Radiation monitoring occurs on a regular basis on the grounds surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Workers just outside the plant's crumbling west wall take water and soil contamination samples, and conduct land surveys to repair and build new access roads. During breaks, the workers stand inside a small lead shed provided to shield them from radiation still leaking through the propped up containment wall.
00059995 : UKRAINE Nr. Pripyat - Open, untended fields and marshlands just outside of the western most region of the exclusion zone. On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. 28 people died from immediate radiation exposure from smoke released in the blast. The energy released dragged a plume of uranium dioxide and radioactive particles and gases high into the atmosphere which were scattered over a wide area by eddying atmospheric winds. A 30km evacuation zone was created around the reactor, displacing 135,000 local residents, many of whom have since returned to the region. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059994 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - A woman carries water back from the well.
00059993 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - A girl carries a calf.
00059992 : INDIA Indranagar, Andhra Pradesh - A Dalit (untouchable) man works from his home as a shoemaker.
00059991 : ITALY Florence - Woman drawing a sculpture in the open-air sculpture gallery, Loggia dei Lanzi at the Piazza della Signoria.
00059990 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A brass kettle up for auction. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059989 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Holding up a torch and a spanner, trying to encourage bids. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059988 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A volunteer helper looks at a bicycle that had just been sold for forty pounds. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059987 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A volunteer helper holding up the lot being bid for - a child's bicycle. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059986 : LIBERIA nr Monrovia - Rice and corn is grown around a small shack in rural Liberia. Farmers have a hard time in Liberia producing rice at a competitive price as most businesses import rice at a cheaper price than local farmers can afford. Crops are therefore grown mainly for personal consumption rather than to sell.
00059985 : UKRAINE Chernobyl - The contaminated control room of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl Power Plant, where a radiation worker is monitoring the area. On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. A 30km evacuation zone was created around the reactor, displacing 135,000 local residents, many of whom have since returned to the region. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059984 : UKRAINE Pripyat - The accident on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine triggered the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date, contaminating thousands of square miles and forcing 135,000 inhabitants within a 30km zone to hastily abandon their homes. Nineteen years later, the still empty school and kindergarten rooms in Pripyat - once the largest town in the zone with 50,000 inhabitants Ð is testament to the sudden and tragic departure.
00059983 : UKRAINE Pripyat - Views of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant from the former Polissya Hotel in Pripyat. On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. 28 people died from immediate radiation exposure from smoke released in the blast. The energy released dragged a plume of uranium dioxide and radioactive particles and gases high into the atmosphere which were scattered over a wide area by eddying atmospheric winds. A 30km evacuation zone was created around the reactor, displacing 135,000 local residents, many of whom have since returned to the region. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059982 : JAPAN Tokyo - The Wanpaku Yokozuna (Grand Champion). From left to right - Shogo Kawabata- 6th grade champion (13/14years old). Musahi Wakamura- 5th grade champion (12/13 years old). Shuichiro Fukuda- 4th grade champion (11/12 years old). 450 children, aged between 11-14, qualified for the All Japan Wanpaku Sumo Tournament held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium.
00059981 : JAPAN Tokyo - Young Rikishi Sumo wrestlers line up for the winners ceremony. 450 children, aged between 11-14, qualified for the All Japan Wanpaku Sumo Tournament held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium.
00059980 : JAPAN Tokyo - Young Rikishi Sumo competitors practise their moves in the Stadium car park during the Wanpaku Sumo Tournament. 450 children, aged between 11-14, qualified for the All Japan Wanpaku Sumo Tournament held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium.
00059979 : JAPAN Tokyo - Young Rikishi Sumo competitors wait beside the Dohyo before their contest. 450 children, aged between 11-14, qualified for the All Japan Wanpaku Sumo Tournament held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium.
00059978 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two Young Rikishi Sumo compete during the championship finals. 450 children, aged between 11-14, qualified for the All Japan Wanpaku Sumo Tournament held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium.
00059977 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two Young Rikishi Sumo competitors wait for their contest. 450 children, aged between 11-14, qualified for the All Japan Wanpaku Sumo Tournament held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium.
00059976 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A volunteer helper holding up brass for bids, starting at a pound. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059975 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A man holding up a parrot's cage as bids are made. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059974 : UKRAINE Paryshev - 'Grobki' is the Ukrainian name for Parents' Day, a holiday celebrated 10 days after Easter and considered part of the Easter celebrations. Traditionally, people all over the Former Soviet Union flock to the graveyards to picnic and drink on or near the graves of their loved ones, honoring them by leaving Easter cakes and glasses of vodka on their markers and tombstones. This is the only day of the year when former residents are allowed into the Chernobyl exclusion zone - an area of 30km established after one of the plant's core reactors exploded in 1986 - to meet each other in large numbers. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally, and physically.
00059973 : UKRAINE Paryshev - 'Grobki' is the Ukrainian name for Parents' Day, a holiday celebrated 10 days after Easter and considered part of the Easter celebrations. Traditionally, people all over the Former Soviet Union flock to the graveyards to picnic and drink on or near the graves of their loved ones, honoring them by leaving Easter cakes and glasses of vodka on their markers and tombstones. This is the only day of the year when former residents are allowed into the Chernobyl exclusion zone - an area of 30km established after one of the plant's core reactors exploded in 1986 - to meet each other in large numbers. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally, and physically.
00059972 : UKRAINE Otashev - For the last few years, elderly returnees to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have had their state pensions illegally delivered to their villages, enabling them to purchase goods that are brought into the zone by a couple of private vendors. Sergei and Svetlana Terentyev live outside the exclusion zone in Novye Ladyzhichi, and illegally sell goods purchased in Kiev out of their car and trailer. They have scheduled visits each week covering three villages per day. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally, and physically.
00059971 : UKRAINE Ilyintsy - One of the elderly people who returned to live out her days in the village of Ilyintsy. On April 26, 1986 a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. 28 people died from immediate radiation exposure from smoke released in the blast. The energy released dragged a plume of uranium dioxide and radioactive particles and gases high into the atmosphere which were scattered over a wide area by eddying atmospheric winds. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059970 : UKRAINE Pripyat - Overcome by memories, years after being forced to evacuate due to radiation contamination, Ludmila Kirichenko, 49, sits silently on the edge of her old bed during a rare visit to her hometown town of Pripyat. On April 26, 1986 a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. 28 people died from immediate radiation exposure from smoke released in the blast. The energy released dragged a plume of uranium dioxide and radioactive particles and gases high into the atmosphere which were scattered over a wide area by eddying atmospheric winds. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059969 : UKRAINE Orane - The families of a couple who are engaged to be married meet at the groom's home, just 7km south of the 30 km exclusion zone set up after the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's reactor blew up. 28 people died from immediate radiation exposure from smoke released in the blast. The energy released dragged a plume of uranium dioxide and radioactive particles and gases high into the atmosphere which were scattered over a wide area by eddying atmospheric winds. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059968 : UKRAINE Kupuvate - There are about 30 elderly returnees in the village of Kupuvate. Many of them have turned to drinking. These women are enjoying a birthday celebration over a bottle of vodka and homegrown food, singing Ukrainian folk songs. On April 26, 1986 a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. 28 people died from immediate radiation exposure from smoke released in the blast. The energy released dragged a plume of uranium dioxide and radioactive particles and gases high into the atmosphere which were scattered over a wide area by eddying atmospheric winds. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059967 : UKRAINE Teremtsy - Despite the fact that produce from inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone may be contaminated, visitors to the returnees often receive treats to take home. Here a couple that lives in Teremtsy offers a gift of some smoked fish. On April 26, 1986 a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. 28 people died from immediate radiation exposure from smoke released in the blast. The energy released dragged a plume of uranium dioxide and radioactive particles and gases high into the atmosphere which were scattered over a wide area by eddying atmospheric winds. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059966 : UKRAINE Teremtsy - Abandoned farmland close to to where the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's 1986 meltdown contaminated thousands of square miles, forcing 135,000 inhabitants within a 30km zone to hastily abandon their homes. With roughly 20,000 inhabitants, Chernobyl was once the second largest town within the evacuated area. Today nearly all of its small wooden houses are still empty and nature is slowly taking over.
00059965 : UKRAINE Teremtsy - Very few of the nearly 400 elderly living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone (formerly called illegal residents) have easy access to medical care. To ensure basic health care, teams of doctors from the Chernobyl hospital make their rounds to different villages, paying a visit to each of them about once every month. On April 26, 1986 a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059964 : UKRAINE Dityatki Check Point - Every person leaving the evacuation zone has to pass through an automated dosimeter control check at the Dityatky Check Point. All vehicles are manually checked by guards and/or militia, but the control standards are very lax. On April 26, 1986 a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059963 : UKRAINE Dityatki Check Point - To prevent the spread of nuclear materials, every person leaving the 30km exclusion zone, set up after the explosion in one of Chernobyl's reactors, is obligated to pass through a radiation detector. Enforcement is lax and during rush hours many people in a hurry successfully avoid being checked. On April 26, 1986 a reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the worldÕs worst nuclear disaster to date. Millions lived and continue to live in the contaminated area, also known as the zone of alienation.
00059962 : BELARUS Minsk - A mother and child in the post-op department of the Children's Cardiological Centre where patients are in recovery. This centre is run by the International Children's Heart Foundation whose mission it is to help children with congenital or acquired heart disease in developing countries throughout the world. On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the world's worst nuclear disaster to date. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally and physically.
00059961 : BELARUS Minsk - A psycho-neurological Boarding School for Children in Novinki, Minsk is a safe haven for severely handicapped children, many of whom are not able to walk or get out of bed by themselves. On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the world's worst nuclear disaster to date. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally and physically.
00059960 : BELARUS Minsk - A psycho-neurological Boarding School for Children in Novinki, Minsk is a safe haven for severely handicapped children, many of whom are not able to walk or get out of bed by themselves. On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the world's worst nuclear disaster to date. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally and physically.
00059959 : BELARUS Minsk - Lymphoma Patient Dima Pyko, 16, and his mother at the Children's Cancer Centre (Oncology and Gematology Centre) in Borovlyany near Minsk, which was built with major international help, as a result of cancers occurring after the Chernobyl accident. On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the world's worst nuclear disaster to date. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally and physically.
00059958 : BELARUS Minsk - Cancer patient Sergey Vitikov, 16, receives medical attention at the Children's Cancer Centre (Oncology and Gematology Centre) in Borovlyany near Minsk, which was built with major international help, as a result of cancers occurring after the Chernobyl accident. On April 26, 1986 a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up, triggering the world's worst nuclear disaster to date. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally, and physically.
00059957 : BELARUS Minsk - A patient undergoes surgery at the Thyroid Center in Minsk, where operations are performed on a daily basis. The destructive effects of Cesium to the thyroid gland are undisputed. The Chernobyl accident released severe fallout of Cesium 127 that drifted northwesterly over Belarus, contaminating thousands of square miles of fertile land. The highest Cesium concentrations are found in mushrooms and berries, and when ingested in large amounts over a prolonged period it accumulates in the thyroid gland, causing anomalies and cancers. Severe cases often require multiple thyroid surgeries to remove cancerous growths. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally and physically.
00059956 : BELARUS Minsk - A young woman awaits a thyroid operation at the Thyroid Center in Minsk, where surgery is performed on a daily basis. The destructive effects of Cesium to the thyroid gland are undisputed. The Chernobyl accident released severe fallout of Cesium 127 that drifted northwesterly over Belarus, contaminating thousands of square miles of fertile land. The highest Cesium concentrations are found in mushrooms and berries, and when ingested in large amounts over a prolonged period it accumulates in the thyroid gland, causing anomalies and cancers. Severe cases often require multiple thyroid surgeries to remove cancerous growths. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally, and physically.
00059955 : BELARUS Vesnovo - Despite scientific dispute over the cause of physical malformations, many homes in Belarus receive support from Chernobyl aid programs funded by various international aid organizations around the world. The NGO Chernobyl Children provides substantial help to this children's home in Vesnova, which cares for 150 abandoned and orphaned children with severe mental and physical disabilities.
00059954 : BELARUS Vesnovo - Despite scientific dispute over the cause of physical malformations, many homes in Belarus receive support from Chernobyl aid programs funded by various international aid organizations around the world. The NGO Chernobyl Children provides substantial help to this children's home in Vesnova, which cares for 150 abandoned and orphaned children with severe mental and physical disabilities.
00059953 : BELARUS Gomel - In the days following April 26, 1986,when a reactor at Chernobyl's Nuclear Power Plant exploded, strong winds pushed the radiation released by the nuclear explosion northwesterly into the Gomel region of Belarus, contaminating thousands of square kilometers. Nineteen years later, girls born around the time of the Chernobyl accident have grown up to be first time mothers and many of them undergo psychological stress wondering what the contamination may have done to their reproductive organs.
00059952 : BELARUS Gomel - In the days following April 26, 1986, when a reactor at Chernobyl's Nuclear Power Plant exploded, strong winds pushed the radiation released by the nuclear explosion northwesterly into the Gomel region of Belarus, contaminating thousands of square kilometers. This child's bronchial pneumonia cannot be directly traced to Chernobyl, but doctors are concerned by statistics showing that various children's afflictions in the Gomel region of Belarus have escalated since the accident.
00059951 : UKRAINE Ladyzhichi - A woman mourns beside the grave of a loved one. 'Grobki' is the Ukrainian name for Parents' Day, a holiday celebrated 10 days after Easter and considered part of the Easter celebrations. Traditionally, people all over the Former Soviet Union flock to the graveyards to picnic and drink on or near the graves of their loved ones, honoring them by leaving Easter cakes and glasses of vodka on their markers and tombstones. This is the only day of the year when former residents are allowed in to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - an area of 30km established after one of the plant's core reactors exploded in 1986 - to meet each other in large numbers. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally, and physically.
00059950 : CAMBODIA Angkor Wat, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Defaced statue amidst the ruins of a temple ruin. Looting and trading in ancient artifacts is a big problem for the Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap.
00059949 : NORWAY Svalbard - Air operations with Westland Lynx helicopter. A rescue swimmer being hoisted from Coastguard vessel KV Svalbard during training. KV Svalbard patrols the northernmost waters of Norway, including around the islands that she is named after. The main task is inspecting fishing boats, but she also performs search and rescue missions, and environmental monitoring.
00059948 : INDIA Andhra Pradesh - Farmers load hay on to a cart.
00059947 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) girl with a goat.
00059946 : USA Omak, Washington - Cody Taylor with his horse Duck after winning the first of four races. The Omak Suicide Race is part of the Omak Stampede, a rodeo which is held on the Colville Native American / Indian Reservation.
00059945 : USA Omak, Washington - Winfred Pakootas makes a warrior cry at the end of the final Suicide Race. The Omak Suicide Race is part of the Omak Stampede, a rodeo which is held on the Colville Native American / Indian Reservation.
00059944 : USA Omak, Washington - Johnathon Abrahamson, aka Jonny Cakes, rides his horse 'The Rock' towards the start of the Omak Suicide Race. The Omak Suicide Race is part of the Omak Stampede, a rodeo which is held on the Colville Native American / Indian Reservation.
00059943 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Steve Smith, Taxi Driver and Cross Channel Swimming hopeful. Standing on the pebble beach in Dover Harbour before a grueling six hour training session within the harbour walls.
00059942 : NORWAY Svalbard - Coastguard inspectors on board Russian freight ship Murminsk as she loads fish from fishing trawler Topaz A, just off Bjornoya. The Norwegian Coastguard is tasked with patrolling a huge expanse of ocean, seven times bigger than Norway's landmass, and struggles to stop much illegal fishing. Their job is further complicated by territorial squabbling.
00059941 : FRANCE Paris - Couple in the Jardin des Plantes. This botanical garden was built by Louis XIII in 1626 as the royal garden of medicinal plants, and opened to the public in 1640.
00059940 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Auctioneer taking bids for a rabbit. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059939 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Speaker of the House of Representatives Edwin Snowe (centre) and his wife are escorted to their car after a government function. Speaker Snowe was elected to this office despite being charged with corruption in the past.
00059938 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) girl.
00059937 : INDIA Tamil Nadu - Women attend a meeting at a CASA (Church's Auxilary for Social Change) resource centre.
00059936 : INDIA Tamil Nadu - Women learn how to make office materials from paper at a CASA (Church's Auxilary for Social Change) resource centre.
00059935 : UKRAINE Rozsokha - Graveyards for radioactive equipment litter the landscape in the Chernobyl evacuation zone. The largest one near the city of Chernobyl testifies to the gargantuan proportions of the post-accident cleanup performed by an army of hundreds of thousands of liquidators. The helicopters, trucks, tanks, and bulldozers used were left to await a final decision for their disposal. Many of them are instead being cut into pieces, blasted a combination of sand and water to remove the contamination, and sold as scrap metal by private enterprises, or scavenged by thieves who sell their radioactive parts at used vehicle markets. Twenty years on from the disaster, the long shadow of Chernobyl continues to darken lives - socially, environmentally, and physically.
00059934 : BELARUS Gomel - A woman gives birth to a newborn baby at Maternity House, a hospital in Gomel, where women in labour often share the same delivery room. In the days following April 26, 1986, when a reactor at Chernobyl's Nuclear Power Plant exploded, strong winds pushed the radiation released by the nuclear explosion northwesterly into the Gomel region of Belarus, contaminating thousands of square kilometers. Nineteen years later, girls born around the time of the Chernobyl accident are having children of their own, and many of them undergo psychological stress wondering what the contamination may have done to their reproductive organs.
00059933 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier provides the security during the final of the football at the Twic Olympics. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059932 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - James Ajang, former child soldier and winner of the boys 400m race final at the Twic Olympics. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059931 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - Children watching health/HIV education videos in the evening during the Twic Olympics. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059930 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - Competitors and supporters sing songs, under the protection of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), during the Volleyball final at the Twic Olympics. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059929 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - A team huddle before the men's volleyball finals. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059928 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - The womens volleyball team celebrate their win in the finals by singing and dancing around the small village of Turalei. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059927 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - A young competitor sits with his makeshift football waiting for the award ceremony to begin at the Twic Olympics. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059926 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - The winners of the Twic Olympics Tug of War final celebrate their victory. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059925 : INDIA Orissa - Villagers from Orissa.
00059924 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) shepherd with his flock of sheep.
00059923 : INDIA New Delhi - A young girl with her mother (right) looks up at two children begging in a busy shopping street in New Delhi.
00059922 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) girl with a goat.
00059921 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) girl in a field.
00059920 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - A young boy walks with his goats and cattle.
00059919 : INDIA Muthukoor, Tamil Nadu - Dalit (untouchable) women harvest rice, while the field owner, at the front of the picture, oversees their work.
00059918 : INDIA Jangpura, New Delhi - A woman talks on her mobile phone outside a shopping centre in Jangpura, a rapidly changing area of New Delhi.
00059917 : INDIA Muttur, Tamil Nadu - A young boy works at home making matches.
00059916 : INDIA Nagar, Tamil Nadu - A child works at a weave in a rented house used as a textile factory. The child works the whole week and doesn't go to school.
00059915 : INDIA Nagar, Tamil Nadu - A child works at a weave in a rented house used as a textile factory. The child works the whole week and doesn't go to school.
00059914 : INDIA Nagar, Tamil Nadu - Children working with their school books.
00059913 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Two canaries being auctioned. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059912 : TAIWAN Beitou District, Taipei North - Schoolkids paddle their feet in the hot spring waters which here run beside the road.
00059911 : INDIA Jangpura, New Delhi - A young Dalit (untouchable) boy collects plastic from the railway tracks in the rapidly changing area of Jangpura, New Delhi.
00059910 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Apsaras gallery at Angkor Wat. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honourof the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059909 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - View of Angkor Wat Temple at sunset. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honourof the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059908 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A man getting a good hold of a rabbit, to better show it off to potential bidders. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059907 : TAIWAN Wu Lai District, Nr. Taipei - A woman relaxes in a spa utilising the natural hot water springs of Wu Lai.
00059906 : LIBERIA Monrovia - The history of the Ducor Palace Hotel mirrors the economic and political development of Liberia. It was a five star luxury hotel before the civil war started at the end of 1989. It then became a refuge for political leaders and the country's elite, coming under heavy fire and looting by rebel armies. Since 2003 it has been home to hundreds of displaced people. Slowly the government is rehousing the displaced and the hotel will be restored to its original status as a luxury hotel high on a promontory overlooking Monrovia.
00059905 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - Villagers on their way to market.
00059904 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - A woman lights a fire outside her home.
00059903 : USA Omak, Washington - Suicide Racers on horseback prepare to enter the Omak Stampede arena before the start of the race. The Omak Suicide Race is part of the Omak Stampede, a rodeo which is held on the Colville Native American / Indian Reservation.
00059902 : NORWAY Barents Sea - Coastguard vessel KV Svalbard patrols the northernmost waters of Norway, including around the islands that she is named after. The main task is inspecting fishing boats, but she also performs search and rescue missions, and environmental monitoring. The Norwegian Coastguard is tasked with patrolling a huge expanse of ocean, seven times bigger than Norway's landmass, and struggles to stop much illegal fishing. Their job is further complicated by territorial squabbling.
00059901 : ITALY Florence - The River Arno and Ponte Vecchio. View from the Piazzale Michelangelo.
00059900 : ITALY Florence - Two nuns standing at the Duomo cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo. One nun talks on her mobile phone.
00059899 : TAIWAN Dansui - Students walk through the campus of Aletheia University.
00059898 : TAIWAN Wu Lai District, Nr. Taipei - A woman relaxes in a spa utilising the natural hot water springs of Wu Lai.
00059897 : TAIWAN Wu Lai District, Nr. Taipei - A woman relaxes in a spa utilising the natural hot water springs of Wu Lai.
00059896 : BANGLADESH Tangail - A village woman is talking to her husband from the cell phone of Rabia Begum, who runs a small business where she lets villagers use her cell phone for a nominal fee. Grameen Phone, though not related to Grameen Bank, has a wide network all over Bangladesh. Many women run such small businesses. It has transformed the communication system in rural areas of Bangladesh.
00059895 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Sheuli Akter, a local coordinator for Grameen Bank, is going to a weekly borrower meeting of one of her groups. Grameen Bank, literally meaning "Bank of the Villages", is a microfinance organisation and community development bank that issues small loans without requiring collateral. In 2006 Grameen Bank, along with its founder Dr. Mohammad Yunus, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below."
00059894 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Two women, who are also borrowers of microcredit, work in their field near Tangail.
00059893 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Two women, who are also borrowers of microcredit, work beside their field in Tangail.
00059892 : JAPAN Tokyo - Two Young Rikishi Sumo wrestlers prepare for there contest. 450 children, aged between 11-14, qualified for the All Japan Wanpaku Sumo Tournament held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium.
00059891 : JAPAN Tokyo - A Young Rikishi Sumo wrestler throws his opponent out of the Dohyo. 450 children, aged between 11-14 qualified for the All Japan Wanpaku Sumo Tournament held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium.
00059890 : JAPAN Tokyo - A Young Rikishi Sumo wrestler attempts to push his opponent to the floor. 450 children, aged between 11-14 qualified for the All Japan Wanpaku Sumo Tournament held in the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium.
00059889 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - The medals awarded to the competitors in the Twic Olympics. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059888 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - The youth football final of the Twic Olympics. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059887 : FRANCE Paris - View of the city centre of Paris, the forest of Boulogne and the modern, commercial neighbourhood of La Defense.
00059886 : INDIA Arabatla, Tamil Nadu - A girl walks back to her home after collecting water from a local well.
00059885 : USA Omak, Washington - Steven Zacherle plays with his rope after the end of the Omak Suicide Race Championship. The Omak Suicide Race is part of the Omak Stampede, a rodeo which is held on the Colville Native American / Indian Reservation.
00059884 : CAMBODIA Angkor Wat, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Monkey sits in a tree in Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap that contains numerous temples and ruins.
00059883 : CAMBODIA Angkor Wat, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Tourist reads a book in the window of a temple ruin. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honour of the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059882 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Tourists visiting the Angkor Wat temples on an elephant. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honourof the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059881 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Giant faces at the Bayon Temple. The temple has passed through different religious phases from Pantheon of the Gods, Hindu worship and Buddhism. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins.
00059880 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Picnic with view of Angkor Wat. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honourof the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059879 : TAIWAN North East Coast - A stall holder selling dried fish at the visitor centre of Beiguan Tidal Park.
00059878 : TAIWAN Jin Shan District, Nr. Taipei - People relax in a spa at Jin Shan, close to Yang Ming Shan National Park, north of Taipei which utilises the naturally hot sulphur waters created by the still-active volcano nearby.
00059877 : BANGLADESH Tangail - The coordinator of a microfinance group counts repayments and keeps a log of all formalities, while members of the group look on. Grameen Bank, literally meaning "Bank of the Villages", is a microfinance organisation and community development bank that issues small loans without requiring collateral. In 2006 Grameen Bank, along with its founder Dr. Mohammad Yunus, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below."
00059876 : CAMBODIA Angkor Wat, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honourof the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059875 : CAMBODIA Angkor Wat, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Tourist explores the ruins of a temple. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honour of the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059874 : ITALY Florence - One of the most famous crossings in the world, the Ponte Vecchio (old bridge) was built in 1345 on the narrowest point of the River Arno. It was the only bridge not destroyed in World War Two (WWII) by the retreating Germans. The original workshops on the bridge were tanneries and butchers. Grand Duke Ferdinando I replaced them with jewellers that continue to ply their trade here today.
00059873 : ITALY Florence - Sculptures in the open-air sculpture gallery, Loggia dei Lanzi at the Piazza della Signoria.
00059872 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Girl selling hats in the complex of ancient ruins at Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap.
00059871 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A family waiting to bid for small animals. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059870 : TAIWAN Gongguan Area, Taipei South - Chicken's feet on sale at Gongguan Night Market.
00059869 : LIBERIA Monrovia - A young girl, living with other displaced persons in the once luxurius Ducor Palace Hotel, talks on a telephone.
00059868 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Dr. Mohammad Yunus, 66, founder and present managing director of Grameen Bank at his office. Grameen Bank, literally meaning "Bank of the Villages", is a microfinance organisation and community development bank that issues small loans without requiring collateral. In 2006 Grameen Bank and Dr. Yunus were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below."
00059867 : ITALY Florence - Detail of the Last Judgement. Interior of the dome of the medieval Duomo cathedral that has the world's largest frescoed surfaces, painted by Giorgio Vasari and Frederico Zuccaro in the 16th century.
00059866 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Tourists at Angkor Wat Temple. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honourof the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059865 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Auctioning a family of ducks. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059864 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - A hen being auctioned. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059863 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Sheuli Akter, a local coordinator for Grameen Bank, is going to a weekly borrower meeting of one of her groups. Grameen Bank, literally meaning "Bank of the Villages", is a microfinance organisation and community development bank that issues small loans without requiring collateral. In 2006 Grameen Bank, along with its founder Dr. Mohammad Yunus, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below."
00059862 : INDIA Dudungjhori village, Orissa - A woman carries water back from the well.
00059861 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - The Turalei goalkeeper holds his head as his team misses another chance in the football event. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059860 : SUDAN Turalei, Twic County - The Wunrok volleyball players celebrate their victory in the final at the Twic Olympic finals. 3,000 young competitors and spectators came together in Twic county, southern Sudan, to compete in the first Twic Olympic Games. The event allowed many young people, previously caught up in conflict as child soldiers and slaves, to take part in free sporting activity for the first time in their lives.
00059859 : ITALY Florence - Street musician playing a violin in the city center.
00059858 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Apsaras gallery at Angkor Wat. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honourof the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059857 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Mother and daughter in front of Angkor Wat Temple. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honourof the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059856 : LIBERIA Buchanan - Literate ex-combatants raise their hands at an educational meeting held by the NGO LOIC (Liberia Opportunities Industrial Centres). The organisation initiates programmes aimed at providing vocational training to different groups affected by the two civil wars.
00059855 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Women saluting their microfinance coordinator after their weekly meeting. Grameen Bank, literally meaning "Bank of the Villages", is a microfinance organisation and community development bank that issues small loans without requiring collateral. In 2006 Grameen Bank, along with its founder Dr. Mohammad Yunus, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below."
00059854 : BANGLADESH Tangail - Women attend a weekly meeting of their Grameen Bank initiated microfinance group, where they will discuss the status of the group, the amount of borrowing, and all matters related to their group. The weekly meetings are the focal point of the borrowing decision.
00059853 : INDIA Chennai, Tamil Nadu - People bathing on the beach.
00059852 : USA Omak, Washington - Jonathon Abrahamson, aka Jonny Cakes, rides his horse The Rock towards the start of the Omak Suicide Race. The race is part of the Omak Stampede, a rodeo which is held on the Colville Native American / Indian Reservation.
00059851 : USA Omak, Washington - Johnathon Abrahamson, aka Jonny Cakes, stands with his horse The Rock on top of Suicide Hill - a 210 feet drop - before the fourth and final race. Johnathan won the race and with it the Omak Suicide Championship. The Omak Suicide Race is part of the Omak Stampede, a rodeo which is held on the Colville Native American / Indian Reservation.
00059850 : ITALY Florence - The River Arno and Ponte Vecchio. View from the Piazzale Michelangelo.
00059849 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Wall of Apsaras dancers in Angkor Wat Temple. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins. Most famous is the Angkor Wat, a temple built by King Suryavarman II. Originally built in honourof the Hindu gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu, the temple was later dedicated to Buddhism.
00059848 : LIBERIA Buchanan - A young woman recieves training on how to use a sewing machine from LOIC (Liberia Opportunities Industrial Centers), a local NGO which provides vocational training to different groups affected by the two civil wars.
00059847 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Marvin (centre) prepares for his bout. The Boys to Men project in Peckham, South London is an intervention project for inner city boys involved in street gangs. It aims to divert them away from the dangers of 'the street' and get them back into mainstream activities.
00059846 : NORWAY Gardermoen, near Oslo - Flight simulator enthusiasts gathered for three days of virtual flying in a hangar at Oslo Airport Gardermoen. Flying all sorts of aircrafts, from small planes to big airliners, they created a world of simulated take-offs and landings, duplicating the real world outside. Even the simulated weather matched that of the real world, wherever they were flying at the time. Flying for hours, these particular simmers, as they are called, are part of a network that strictly follow real world aviation procedures. Some play the role of Air Traffic Control (ATC), and their instructions must be followed. Flights lasts as long as they do in real flights, so the simmers often spend hours getting from one point in the world to another.
00059845 : NORWAY Gardermoen, near Oslo - Sondre L. Aabo (18) working a shift as an Air Traffic Controller. Flight simulator enthusiasts gathered for three days of virtual flying in a hangar at Oslo Airport Gardermoen. Flying all sorts of aircrafts, from small planes to big airliners, they created a world of simulated take-offs and landings, duplicating the real world outside. Even the simulated weather matched that of the real world, wherever they were flying at the time. Flying for hours, these particular simmers, as they are called, are part of a network that strictly follow real world aviation procedures. Some play the role of Air Traffic Control (ATC), and their instructions must be followed. Flights lasts as long as they do in real flights, so the simmers often spend hours getting from one point in the world to another.
00059844 : NORWAY Barents Sea - Freshly caught Red Fish are separated from the net by the crew of Portuguese trawler Praia de Santa Cruz who have been fishing in Norwegian waters. The Norwegian Coastguard is tasked with patrolling a huge expanse of ocean, seven times bigger than Norway's landmass, and struggles to stop much illegal fishing. Their job is further complicated by territorial squabbling.
00059843 : NORWAY Svalbard - Coastguard inspectors on board Russian freight ship Murminsk as she loads fish from fishing trawler Topaz A, just off Bjornoya. The Norwegian Coastguard is tasked with patrolling a huge expanse of ocean, seven times bigger than Norway's landmass, and struggles to stop much illegal fishing. Their job is further complicated by territorial squabbling.
00059842 : ITALY Florence - Miniature copies of the statue of Michelangelo's David for sale in a tourist stall.
00059841 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - A girl at the Bayon Temple, in Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins.
00059840 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - An artisan makes a Buddha head out of sandstone.
00059839 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Man sits outside a new computer shop.
00059838 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Ex-combatant Hawa Konneh and her two children. At 14 she met a high ranking officer in ULIMO-K (The United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy-Kromah) and had two children with him. After the war, her family came to find her and bring her home. Since the end of the conflict, she has attended a programme for ex-combatants and learned cosmetology.
00059837 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Kyle (right) and Leon before the start of their boxing contest. The Boys to Men project in Peckham, South London is an intervention project for inner city boys involved in street gangs. It aims to divert them away from the dangers of 'the street' and get them back into mainstream activities.
00059836 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Uanu Seshmi, founder and director of the Boys to Men Project in Peckham, South London, explains the rules of the boxing contest to Leon (left) and Kyle (right). The Boys to Men project is an intervention project for inner city boys involved in street gangs. It aims to divert them away from the dangers of 'the street' and get them back into mainstream activities.
00059835 : ITALY Florence - One of the most famous crossings in the world, the Ponte Vecchio (old bridge) was built in 1345 on the narrowest point of the River Arno. It was the only bridge not destroyed in World War Two (WWII) by the retreating Germans. The original workshops on the bridge were tanneries and butchers. Grand Duke Ferdinando I replaced them with jewellers that continue to ply their trade here today.
00059834 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Phnom Bakheng Temple. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins.
00059833 : UNITED KINGDOM England, Great Britain, UK - Two ferrets up for auction. Haswell Plough Mart is an auction held every weekend in a barn in the village of Haswell Plough, County Durham, with an astonishing array of goods up for sale.
00059832 : TAIWAN Wu Lai District, Nr. Taipei - A woman relaxes in a spa utilising the natural hot water springs of Wu Lai.
00059831 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Ambulant vendors use wheelbarrows, often decorated with religious messages, to peddle their goods.
00059830 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Displaced people living in the looted Ducor Palace Hotel. The history of the hotel mirrors the economic and political development of Liberia. It was a five star luxury hotel before the civil war started at the end of 1989. It then became a refuge for political leaders and the country's elite, coming under heavy fire and looting by rebel armies. Since 2003 it has been home to hundreds of displaced people. Slowly the government is rehousing the displaced and the hotel will be restored to its original status as a luxury hotel high on a promontory overlooking Monrovia.
00059829 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) girl makes a fire for cooking.
00059828 : FRANCE Paris - A couple kiss near the Louvre museum.
00059827 : ITALY Florence - Scooters in one of the many narrow streets.
00059826 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Girl sitting next to a stone Apsara dancer in the Ta Phrom Temple. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins.
00059825 : TAIWAN Cape Bitou, North East - Dramatic coastal scenery on the northeast coast of Taiwan.
00059824 : LIBERIA Monrovia - Young woman carries a small generator on her head. Electricity is beginning to be restored to the country starting with street lights, government buildings, hospitals, etc. But for the majority, most people rely on generators or don't have electricity at all.
00059823 : INDIA Jaipur district, Rajasthan - A Dalit (untouchable) man milks his buffalo as the sun sets and a fire burns.
00059822 : ITALY Florence - Detail of the Campanile and the medeieval Duomo at the Piazza del Duomo.
00059821 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Sunrise from Phnom Bakheng Temple. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins.
00059820 : CAMBODIA Angkor, Siem Reap (Siam Reap) - Couple looking at the sunrise from Phnom Bakheng Temple. Angkor Archaeological Park outside Siam Reap contains numerous temples and ruins.

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