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00058819 : SWITZERLAND Basel - Artists in pink visiting Art Basel, the world's most important contemporary art fair. Over three hundred galleries from 30 countries and buyers from all over the world attended the show.
00058818 : SWITZERLAND Basel - A gallery owner and clients meeting at Art Basel, the world's most important contemporary art fair. Over three hundred galleries from 30 countries and buyers from all over the world attended the show.
00058817 : ROMANIA Cernavoda, Constanta - Children play amidst hanging washing on the streets of Cernavoda.
00058816 : AFGHANISTAN Ghaza, Herat Province - Disillusioned villagers look on at the eradication of their opium poppy fields. The Afghan government has started an eradication campaign that aims to deter farmers from growing poppies. However, since growing poppies is often the only means of an income for many farmers, and alternatives are scarce, farmers still take their chances on a massive scale. In spite of the efforts of the government, Afghan opium production remains the highest in the world.
00058815 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - ANA (Afghan National Army) soldiers march past during the yearly Victory Day parade, celebrating the toppling of the communist regime in 1996.
00058814 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - Political prisoners in the Omomi-Mahbas prison, Kandahar. Canadian and Dutch ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) forces intend to take over a part of this prison to detain the people they arrest.
00058813 : AFGHANISTAN Herat - The Herat Musalla, a group of minarets from the 15th century. These ancient religious buildings face the risk of collapse in the near future if nothing is done to preserve them. UNESCO is making efforts to prevent this.
00058812 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - A prison guard of the ANA (Afghan National Army) in the Omomi-Mahbas prison, Kandahar. Canadian and Dutch ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) forces intend to take over a part of this prison to detain people that they arrest.
00058811 : MADAGASCAR Morondava, Menabe Region - Zebu-Cart on Baobab Avenue.
00058810 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - Medicins Sans Frontieres' (MSF) Chronic Diseases Clinic in Siem Reap. Two patients are waiting for their consultations. In Cambodia, the prevalence of HIV is 2.6 % of the adult population, the highest in Southeast Asia. In Siem Reap province, the prevalence is 6.6 % - the highest in Cambodia.
00058809 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - AIDS patient Sokhun (20) on her third day at Sotnikum district hospital. Two days later, Sokhun died in her hospital bed. Due to lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, many AIDS patients in rural Cambodia arrive at Medicins Sans Frontieres Chronic Diseases Clinics very late, when their illness is at an advanced stage.
00058808 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - AIDS patient Sokhun (20) receiving treatment for tuberculosis (TB) and blood transfusions to counter her severe anaemia in Sotnikum district hospital. Due to lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, many AIDS patients in rural Cambodia arrive at Medicins Sans Frontieres' Chronic Diseases Clinics very late, when their illness is at an advanced stage.
00058807 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - After having been found in the hut of a traditional Cambodian healer, AIDS patient Sokhun (20) is carried out to be taken to Sotnikum district hospital. In Cambodia, the prevalence of HIV is 2.6 % of the adult population - the highest in Southeast Asia. In Siem Reap province, the prevalence is 6.6 % - the highest in Cambodia.
00058806 : GERMANY Nuremberg - The Capatina family (Monica, 31, Vasile, 35 and Maria, 7) shortly after their arrival in Nuremberg, Germany from Romania. Monica is working illegally as a social worker, taking care of old people. Vasile also used to work abroad, but he returned to Romania as he'd found a better paid job. The family came to Germany to help a Romanian relative for a few weeks who suddenly got ill. After that, Vasile will go back to Romania with their daughter, and Monica will stay and try to get a job.
00058805 : ROMANIA Nadlac - A Romanian bus waits at the Nadlac customs border with Hungary.
00058804 : ROMANIA Sibiu - Lutheran Church.
00058803 : ROMANIA Sibiu - Town Hall of Sibiu.
00058802 : ROMANIA Sibiu - A passenger smokes near the international destination board at Sibiu bus station.
00058801 : ROMANIA Cernavoda, Constanta - Iuliana, 16, from Cernavoda. She attended an alternative school run by the Nightingales Foundation, aimed at young people who, for various reasons, have been rejected by government schools. Iuliana dreams of owning her own shop in her city, Cernavoda, but the foundation fears she will turn to prostitution as many of the other older girls have.
00058800 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - An officer looks on while ANA (Afghan National Army) tanks roll past him during the yearly Victory Day parade, celebrating the toppling of the communist regime in 1996.
00058799 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - Prison guards of the ANA (Afghan National Army) at the gate of the Omomi-Mahbas prison, Kandahar. Canadian and Dutch ISAF (Internatonal Security Assistance Force) forces intend to take over a part of this prison to detain the people they arrest.
00058798 : AFGHANISTAN Ghaza, Herat Province - A police officer amidst a blossoming opium poppy field prepares for eradication of the crops. The Afghan government has started an eradication campaign that aims to deter farmers from growing poppies. However, since growing poppies is often the only means of an income for many farmers, and alternatives are scarce, farmers still take their chances on a massive scale. In spite of the efforts of the government, Afghan opium production remains the highest in the world.
00058797 : AFGHANISTAN Herat - A mosque in Herat.
00058796 : AFGHANISTAN Herat - A man takes his family on a motorcyle ride through the streets of Herat, his wife wearing her burqa.
00058795 : AFGHANISTAN Barnabad, Herat Province - Villagers look at the remains of one of their opium poppy fields that had been destroyed 20 days before. Only one poppy flower is still standing. The Afghan government has started an eradication campaign that aims to deter farmers from growing poppies. However, since growing poppies is often the only means of an income for many farmers, and alternatives are scarce, farmers still take their chances on a massive scale. In spite of the efforts of the government, Afghan opium production remains the highest in the world.
00058794 : MADAGASCAR Miandrivazo, Menabe Region - An old woman at her window.
00058793 : MADAGASCAR Antananarivo - People go about their daily business on a street with a colonial-style house.
00058792 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - Koeut Chrel (38) is HIV positive and receives antiretroviral (ARV) treatment from Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF). He lost his leg in a landmine explosion while serving in the army. He lost his joband forced to start begging. When he married he was not aware of the fact that he was HIV positive. Both he and his wife tested for HIV, were found positive and sent to MSF's chronic diseases clinic in Siem Reap. Thanks to having faithfully adhered to his treatment, Koeut Chrel is now able to work. He and his wife sell books in Siem Reap town. The couple has three children. Two of them have tested negative for HIV, the youngest has yet to be tested.
00058791 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) project coordinator Eric Legendre (34) observes as AIDS patient Sokhun (20) is being prepared for a bumpy ride in an ambulance to Sotnikum district hospital. At the hospital, she will receive treatment for AIDS. Due to lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, many AIDS patients in rural Cambodia arrive at MSF's Chronic Diseases Clinics very late, when their illness is at an advanced stage.
00058790 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - This woman is HIV positive and has tuberculosis. She is receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment from the NGO Esther, a partner of Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Siem Reap. This is at the women's tuberculosis ward of the Siem Reap Provincial Hospital, built by MSF. In Cambodia, the prevalence of HIV is 2.6 % of the adult population - the highest in Southeast Asia. In Siem Reap province, the prevalence is 6.6 % - the highest in Cambodia.
00058789 : ROMANIA Sibiu - British tourist buying traditional Romanian pickles from Cibin Market.
00058788 : ROMANIA Sibiu - Lutheran Church.
00058787 : ROMANIA Cernavoda, Constanta - Beatrice, a 20 year old prostitute from Cernavoda, with her family in the doorway of their house. She went back to her large (nine siblings), poor Roma family after working as a prostitute in Spain. Like almost all the Roma families in this area, Beatrice's family, including herself, are uneducated and struggle to earn a living. As long as Beatrice is the only one in the family earning money, they accept her choice to be a prostitute.
00058786 : ROMANIA Cernavoda, Constanta - Beatrice, a 20 year old prostitute from Cernavoda, with her family in the doorway of their house. She went back to her large (nine siblings), poor Roma family after working as a prostitute in Spain. Like almost all the Roma families in this area, Beatrice's family, including herself, are uneducated and struggle to earn a living. As long as Beatrice is the only one in the family earning money, they accept her choice to be a prostitute.
00058785 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - British Royal Marines from ISAF (the International Security Assistance Force) patrol Kabul's Bibi Mahro Hill at dusk. ISAF is a peacekeeping mission affiliated to the United Nations (UN) and NATO.
00058784 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - The doorman of the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel. On the wall behind him a sign tells visitors that weapons are not allowed in the hotel.
00058783 : AFGHANISTAN Ghaza, Herat Province - A disillusioned farmer sits on the fence surrounding his opium poppy field, waiting for it to be eradicated. Behind him a police officer inspects his crops. The Afghan government has started an eradication campaign that aims to deter farmers from growing poppies. However, since growing poppies is often the only means of an income for many farmers, and alternatives are scarce, farmers still take their chances on a massive scale. In spite of the efforts of the government, Afghan opium production remains the highest in the world.
00058782 : MADAGASCAR Antananarivo - The Queen's Palace constitutes the main building of the Royal City and was devastated by a fire in 1955. This Palace was originally built with wood, for the Queen Ranavalona I by architect Jean Laborde in 1839. In 1869,the architect James Cameron covered the wooden building with bricks.
00058781 : MADAGASCAR Antananarivo - Catholic Cathedral, built between 1873 and 1878, overlooking the city.
00058780 : CAMBODIA Phnom Penh - Traditional medicine is used by the locals for treating everything from small wounds to HIV/AIDS. In Cambodia, the prevalence of HIV is 2.6% of the adult population, the highest in Southeast Asia. In Siem Reap province, the prevalence is 6.6% - the highest in Cambodia.
00058779 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - Koeut Chrel (38) is HIV positive and receives antiretroviral (ARV) treatment from Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF). He lost his leg in a landmine explosion while serving in the army. He lost his joband forced to start begging. When he married he was not aware of the fact that he was HIV positive. Both he and his wife tested for HIV, were found positive and sent to MSF's chronic diseases clinic in Siem Reap. Thanks to having faithfully adhered to his treatment, Koeut Chrel is now able to work. He and his wife sell books in Siem Reap town. The couple has three children. Two of them have tested negative for HIV, the youngest has yet to be tested.
00058778 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - HIV positive Lun Sineta (28) is now able to work in her familyÕs fields because she receives antiretroviral (ARV) treatment from Medicins Sans FrontieresÕ (MSF) chronic diseases clinic in Siem Reap. She also does voluntary work for the NGO Caritas in Siem Reap. In Cambodia, the prevalence of HIV is 2.6 % of the adult population - the highest in Southeast Asia. In Siem Reap province, the prevalence is 6.6 % - the highest in Cambodia.
00058777 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - This woman is HIV positive and has tuberculosis (TB). She is receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment from the NGO Esther, a partner of Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Siem Reap. This is at the women's tuberculosis ward at Siem Reap Provincial Hospital, built by MSF. In Cambodia, the prevalence of HIV is 2.6 % of the adult population - the highest in Southeast Asia. In Siem Reap province, the prevalence is 6.6 % - the highest in Cambodia.
00058776 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - AIDS patient Sokhun (20) being treated in Sotnikum district hospital. Her mother Hem Yoeun (56) fans Sokhun to try to cool her in the intense heat. Her father, Chhoeuy Chhory (54), tries to make his daughter comfortable in her hospital bed. In Cambodia, the prevalence of HIV is 2.6 % of the adult population - the highest in Southeast Asia. In Siem Reap province, the prevalence is 6.6 % - the highest in Cambodia.
00058775 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - AIDS patient Sokhun (20) arrives at Sotnikum district hospital. Her parents Hem Yoeun (56) and Chhoeuy Chhory (54) take their daughter to her room at the hospital. Due to lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, many AIDS patients in rural Cambodia arrive at Medicins Sans Frontieres' (MSF) Chronic Diseases Clinics very late, when their illness is at an advanced stage.
00058774 : ROMANIA Sebes - Razvan Pavel, 28, sleeps on the Bucharest-Germany bus. He has an Economics degree but earns more money as a driver in Belgium. He dreams that after a period of working abroad he will be able to buy his own flat and a car.
00058773 : ROMANIA Sibiu - View from the Bridge of Lies.
00058772 : ROMANIA Sibiu - View from the Bridge of Lies with the Lutheran Church Tower in the background.
00058771 : ROMANIA Sibiu - View from Sibiu's main square at dusk, with a Catholic Church on the left.
00058770 : ROMANIA Sibiu - A view from Sibiu's main square, with the Clock Tower on the right.
00058769 : ROMANIA Sibiu - Foggy morning in Sibiu.
00058768 : ROMANIA Sibiu - A Catholic Church can be seen in the background on a foggy morning in Sibiu's main square.
00058767 : ROMANIA Sibiu - Two people walk down into one of Sibiu's many squares.
00058766 : ROMANIA Sibiu - The clock tower of Sibiu.
00058765 : AFGHANISTAN Ghaza, Herat Province - Police oversee the eradication of an opium poppy field. The Afghan government has started an eradication campaign that aims to deter farmers from growing poppies. However, since growing poppies is often the only means of an income for many farmers, and alternatives are scarce, farmers still take their chances on a massive scale. In spite of the efforts of the government, Afghan opium production remains the highest in the world.
00058764 : AFGHANISTAN Herat Province - The Afghan government has started an eradication campaign that aims to deter farmers from growing poppies. However, since growing poppies is often the only means of an income for many farmers, and alternatives are scarce, farmers still take their chances on a massive scale. In spite of the efforts of the government, Afghan opium production remains the highest in the world.
00058763 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - Men with black turbans, a colour imposed by the Taliban, are a common sight on the streets of Kandahar, which remains a Taliban stronghold.
00058762 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - A burqa hangs out to dry in a Kandahar garden.
00058761 : MADAGASCAR Morondava, Menabe Region - Baobab Avenue at sunset.
00058760 : MADAGASCAR Antananarivo - Mother and baby.
00058759 : MADAGASCAR Antananarivo - Houses on a hill-side, at sunset.
00058758 : CAMBODIA Phnom Penh - Child at an orphanage for HIV positive children in Phnom Penh. The orphanage is supplied with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs by Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
00058757 : CAMBODIA Phnom Penh - Child at an orphanage for HIV positive children in Phnom Penh. The orphanage is supplied with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs by Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
00058756 : CAMBODIA Phnom Penh - Sok Chan (aged one, left) is HIV positive and receives antiretroviral (ARV) treatment at an orphanage for HIV positive children in Phnom Penh. The orphanage is supplied with ARV drugs by Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
00058755 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) found Sokhun (20) in a thatched house in a small village in Sotnikum district, Siem Reap province. She has AIDS and her condition has been deteriorating for the last five months. Due to lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, many AIDS patients in rural Cambodia arrive at MSF's chronic diseases clinics very late, when their illness is at an advanced stage.
00058754 : ROMANIA Sibiu - The Bridge of Lies, at dusk.
00058753 : ROMANIA Cernavoda, Constanta - Nicoleta, 14, from Cernavoda. She attended an alternative school run by the Nightingales Foundation, aimed at young people who, for various reasons, have been rejected by government schools. Nicoleta dreams of owning her own shop in her city, Cernavoda, but the foundation fears she will turn to prostitution as many of the other older girls have.
00058752 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - Orughan people wait for the bus to bring them from Kandahar to Tirin Kowt in Oruzghan Province.
00058751 : AFGHANISTAN Herat Province - An opium poppy field. Poppies that have just lost their flowers and are almost ready to be harvested for their opium. The Afghan government has started an eradication campaign that aims to deter farmers from growing poppies. However, since growing poppies is often the only means of an income for many farmers, and alternatives are scarce, farmers still take their chances on a massive scale. In spite of the efforts of the government, Afghan opium production remains the highest in the world.
00058750 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A British Royal Marine in the back of a Landrover gestures to the cars behind his unit to keep their distance, during a patrol in Kabul at dusk. British troops are part of ISAF (the International Security Assistance Force), a peacekeeping mission affiliated to the United Nations (UN) and NATO.
00058749 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A British Royal Marine patrols the streets of Kabul beside two schoolboys returning home from school.
00058748 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - The command centre of ISAF (International Security Assistance Force). ISAF is a peacekeeping mission affiliated to the United Nations (UN) and NATO
00058747 : CZECH REPUBLIC Terezin - A large Star of David at the cemetery at the former Theresienstadt Nazi concentration camp. Though it was not an extermination camp, it is estimated that 33,000 Jews died here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00058746 : SRI LANKA Mullaittivu - Men gather to listen to breakfast radio at the Mullaittvu shelter, built after the tsunami wiped out entire villages in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area previously ravaged by civil war.
00058745 : SRI LANKA Mullaittivu - Anitha, 22, stands in front of photos of her loved ones lost to the tsunami at her refugee hut in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. Anitha lost her only child, her mother, brother and sister to the waves. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed around 40,000 people along Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern shores, tearing thousands of families apart. The bulk of the dead were women and children - around 4,000 children lost one or both parents. Even before the tsunami struck, people here in the northeast had already been displaced four times by the Tamil Tigers' two-decade long war for autonomy. In some places, the scars of war and the tsunami have become one. Remnants of walls torn down by waves are pockmarked with bullet holes and shrapnel from shells fired before a 2002 ceasefire plunged a civil war that killed over 64,000 people into limbo.
00058744 : SRI LANKA - The uncle of housewife Viyarseeli Nadarajahlingam, 31, comforts her as she mourns for her six children lost to the tsunami in Mullaittivu village. She watched one son drown, tangled in fishing nets like the ones she and her husband depend on for a living. She buried four of her children in a sandy graveyard for tsunami victims nearby on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed around 40,000 people along Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern shores, tearing thousands of families apart. The bulk of the dead were women and children - around 4,000 children lost one or both parents. Even before the tsunami struck, people here in the northeast had already been displaced four times by the Tamil Tigers' two-decade long war for autonomy. In some places, the scars of war and the tsunami have become one. Remnants of walls torn down by waves are pockmarked with bullet holes and shrapnel from shells fired before a 2002 ceasef
00058743 : SRI LANKA Mullaittivu - Ash leftover from a hasty cremation of tsunami deaths scars the roadside of Mullaittivu, a coastal town in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed around 40,000 people along Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern shores, tearing thousands of families apart. The bulk of the dead were women and children - around 4,000 children lost one or both parents. Even before the tsunami struck, people here in the northeast had already been displaced four times by the Tamil Tigers' two-decade long war for autonomy. In some places, the scars of war and the tsunami have become one. Remnants of walls torn down by waves are pockmarked with bullet holes and shrapnel from shells fired before a 2002 ceasefire plunged a civil war that killed over 64,000 people into limbo.
00058742 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A fisherman takes to the sea again in Nagappattinam, on the southeastern coast of India, after his boat was smashed by the tsunami. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058741 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A fisherman repairs his fishing net in a village near Chennai, on the southeastern coast of India, after the tsunami destroyed his livelihood. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058740 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Fishermen play cards in a village near Chennai, on the southeastern coast of India, after their boats were sunk by the tsunami. Many complain of slow assistance from the goverment.
00058739 : MADAGASCAR Antananarivo - An elderly homeless woman sits beside a statue of a well-to-do Malagasy, dating from the colonial era.
00058738 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - After having been found in the hut of a traditional Cambodian healer, AIDS patient Sokhun (20) is carried out to be taken to Sotnikum district hospital. Due to lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral (ARV), many AIDS patients in rural Cambodia arrive at Medicins San Frontieres' (MSF) Chronic Diseases Clinics very late, when their illness is at an advanced stage.
00058737 : ROMANIA Sibiu - General view of Sibiu, with the Lutheran Church Tower in the background.
00058736 : ROMANIA Bucharest - Romanians queue up in front of the UK embassy in Bucharest for visas.
00058735 : CZECH REPUBLIC Terezin - The words "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work makes us free") over the gate to the Theresienstadt Nazi concentration camp. Though it was not an extermination camp, it is estimated that 33,000 Jews died here in the Holocaust between 1940-1945.
00058734 : CZECH REPUBLIC Sedlec - The Ossuary Church (Kotnice) in Sedlec. This Roman Catholic chapel is decorated with approximately 40,000 human skeletons who died from the plague in the mid 14th Century.
00058733 : CZECH REPUBLIC Sedlec nr Kutna Hora - The Ossuary Church (Kotnice) in Sedlec. This Roman Catholic chapel is decorated with approximately 40,000 human skeletons who died from the plague in the mid 14th Century.
00058732 : CZECH REPUBLIC Pilsen - Pilsner Urquell (Prazdroj) Brewery
00058731 : CZECH REPUBLIC Pilsen - The large brew kettles at the Pilsner Urquell (Prazdroj) Brewery.
00058730 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - Karlstein castle, founded by King Charles IV in 1348.
00058729 : SRI LANKA Mullaittivu - A church ravaged by the tsunami stands on the beach in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed around 40,000 people along Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern shores, tearing thousands of families apart. The bulk of the dead were women and children - around 4,000 children lost one or both parents. Even before the tsunami struck, people here in the northeast had already been displaced four times by the Tamil Tigers' two-decade long war for autonomy. In some places, the scars of war and the tsunami have become one. Remnants of walls torn down by waves are pockmarked with bullet holes and shrapnel from shells fired before a 2002 ceasefire plunged a civil war that killed over 64,000 people into limbo.
00058728 : SRI LANKA Mullaittivu - A statue standing by the sea commemorates tsunami victims in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed around 40,000 people along Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern shores, devastating the lives of countless families. The bulk of the dead were women and children - around 4,000 children lost one or both parents. Even before the tsunami struck, people here in the northeast had already been displaced four times by the Tamil Tigers' two-decade long war for autonomy. In some places, the scars of war and the tsunami have become one. Remnants of walls torn down by waves are pockmarked with bullet holes and shrapnel from shells fired before a 2002 ceasefire plunged a civil war that killed over 64,000 people into limbo.
00058727 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - Koeut Chrel (38) is HIV positive and receives antiretroviral (ARV) treatment from Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF). He lost his leg in a landmine explosion while serving in the army. He lost his joband forced to start begging. When he married he was not aware of the fact that he was HIV positive. Both he and his wife tested for HIV, were found positive and sent to MSF's chronic diseases clinic in Siem Reap. Thanks to having faithfully adhered to his treatment, Koeut Chrel is now able to work. He and his wife sell books in Siem Reap town. The couple has three children. Two of them have tested negative for HIV, the youngest has yet to be tested.
00058726 : CAMBODIA Siem Reap (Siam Reap) Province - Sengtouch (26) waiting for her consultation outside Medicins Sans Frontieres' (MSF) Chronic Diseases Clinic in Siem Reap. Her husband died of AIDS and Sengtouch also has Tuberculosis (TB). She has been under antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for one month. Sengtouch lives in a village 25 kilometres away from MSF's chronic diseases clinic, where she has experienced stigmatization due to her fellow villagers' lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS. Due to this lack of knowledge, many AIDS patients in rural Cambodia arrive at MSF's chronic diseases clinics very late, when their illness is at an advanced stage.
00058725 : CAMBODIA Phnom Penh - Children at an orphanage for HIV positive children in Phnom Penh. The orphanage is supplied with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs by Medicins Sans Frrontieres (MSF).
00058724 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - The gate of the Omomi-Mahbas prison, Kandahar. Canadian and Dutch ISAF (Internatonal Security Assistance Force) forces intend to take over a part of this prison to detain the people they arrest.
00058723 : AFGHANISTAN Kandahar - Prisoners at work in the bakery of the Omomi-Mahbas prison, Kandahar. Canadian and Dutch ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) forces intend to take over a part of this prison to detain the people they arrest.
00058722 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - Karlstein castle, founded by King Charles IV in 1348.
00058721 : CZECH REPUBLIC Prague - A headstone in the Old Jewish cemetery of Josefov, the Jewish Quarter of Prague.
00058720 : SRI LANKA North East - Five make-shift graves, marked by crucifixes, stand on the beach in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area ravaged first by civil war then by the tsunami. The crosses mark the deaths of a woman and her four children.
00058719 : SRI LANKA Mullaittivu - A teacher takes a class in a tent after their beach-side Catholic school in Mullaittivu was washed away by the tsunami on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. The school's reconstruction is aided by UNICEF.
00058718 : SRI LANKA Mullaittivu - Children pray in front of a thatched classrom after their beach-side Catholic school in Mullaittivu was washed away by the tsunami in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. Out of the 768 students at the Mullaittivu Maga Vidylalyam secondary school, 88 died in the waves, 28 lost both parents and 160 lost one parent. The school's recontruction is aided by UNICEF.
00058717 : SRI LANKA Mullaittivu - Children pray in front of a thatched classrom after their beach-side Catholic school in Mullaittivu was washed away by the tsunami in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. Out of the 768 students at the Mullaittivu Maga Vidylalyam secondary school, 88 died in the waves, 28 lost both parents and 160 lost one parent. The school's reconstruction is aided by UNICEF.
00058716 : SRI LANKA Mullaittivu - Children study in tents after their beach-side Catholic school in Mullaittivu was washed away by the tsunami in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. Out of the 768 students at the Mullaittivu Maga Vidylalyam secondary school, 88 died in the waves, 28 lost both parents and 160 lost one parent. The school's reconstruction is aided by UNICEF.
00058715 : SRI LANKA Pallai - Fishermen rebuild a thatched house destroyed by the tsunami in Pallai, a village in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area ravaged also by civil war. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed around 40,000 people along Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern shores.
00058714 : SRI LANKA Kilinochchi - A Tamil Tiger (LTTE) official in Kilinochchi town discusses tsunami relief in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, an area also ravaged by civil war. Behind him stands a poster of the reclusive Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.
00058713 : MADAGASCAR Morondava, Menabe Region - Woman carrying a basket on her head makes her way down Baobab Avenue.
00058712 : MADAGASCAR Miandrivazo, Menabe Region - Young girl going to the Mahajilo river to collect water.
00058711 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Women in Nagappattinam, on the southeastern coast of India, protest against inadequate relief for tsunami victims and their families. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058710 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A clown performs an act about the tsunami to help children get over their trauma in a village near Chennai, on the southeastern coast of India. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058709 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A clown performs an act about the tsunami to help children get over their trauma in a village near Chennai, on the southeastern coast of India. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058708 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Workers build a de-salination tank after the tsunami washed out swathes of arable fields in Nagappattinam, on the southeastern coast of India. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058707 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A woman loads bricks on her head as she and other workers rebuild a toilet in a village near Chennai, on the tsunami-hit southeastern coast of India. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058706 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Anjammal Kannappan, 50, displays her brain scan in front of her emergency shelter in Nagappattinam, on the tsunami-hit southeastern coast of India. The giant waves washed her one kilometre inland, fracturing bones. They also killed her sister, two daughters and two grand-daughters. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058705 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A medic in Nagappattinam, on the tsunami-hit southeastern coast of India, prepares an injection of antibiotics in an emergency shelter. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058704 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Nirmala Kunjibabu, 15, continued to excel at school despite the loss of her mother to the tsunami in Nagappattinam, on the southeastern coast of India. As her father died when she was young, Kunjibabu is now cared for by an orphanage. At this school, the Natarajan Dhamayanthi High School, five students were swept away by the waves, 112 lost one parent and 42 students lost both parents. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058703 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A woman waters coconut saplings in Nagappattinam, southeastern coast of India. The saplings commemorate victims of the tsunami. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058702 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Fishermen bathe in a house destroyed by the tsunami in Nagappattinam, on the southeastern coast of India. The house was later charred when piles of corpses were burnt in front of it. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058701 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A fisherman stands near boats laid waste by the tsunami in Nagappattinam, on the southeastern coast of India. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058700 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - Ship-breakers take apart a boat smashed by the tsunami in Nagappattinam, on the southeastern coast of India. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058699 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A fisherman ekes out a living in Nagappattinam, on the southeastern coast of India. Behind him are boats smashed by the tsunami. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058698 : INDIA Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu - A woman cries while her daughter examines their former house in Nagappattinam, the site of vast tsunami destruction on the southeastern coast of India. The December 26, 2004 tsunami killed thousands of people along this coast, smashing boats, roads and houses, and devastating the lives of countless families.
00058697 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - Boys play-fight in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058696 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - Albanians arm-wrestle in a snack bar in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058695 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - Inside a bar in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058694 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - A hairdresser and her client in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058693 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - A Nigerian labourer sweeps the stairs of a building in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058692 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - Daily life in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058691 : GERMANY Hamburg - Houses reflected in the window of a restaurant in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058690 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - A shop in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058689 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - Women buy and sell material in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058688 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - Two boys fight in the playground of a primary school in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058687 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - A school in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058686 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - A primary school in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg area, one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058685 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - Men drink beer in Hamburg's Wilhemsburg district.
00058684 : GERMANY Wilhemsburg, Hamburg - Bulgarian immigrants swim in the Elbe River, which separates Hamburg from the island suburb of Wilhemsburg, which is one of the most ethnically diverse quarters of the city.
00058683 : HONG KONG China - Trams in central Hong Kong.
00058682 : CAMBODIA Phnom Pehn - A Cambodian wedding photographer prepares his subjects.
00058681 : CAMBODIA Phnom Pehn - Children playing on the waterfront of the Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia.
00058680 : BHUTAN Thimphu - Thimphu dzong (monastery).
00058679 : BHUTAN Punakha - The annual Punakha Festival draws people from all over Bhutan to the activities centred around the dzong, or monastery.
00058678 : THAILAND Sukhothai - During the festival of Loi Kratong, performed at Wat Mahathat. A golden tail is left in the night sky by a floating candle-lit paper balloon, rising up behind the Buddha.
00058677 : MALAYSIA Penang island - Horse riding on the west coast.
00058676 : MALAYSIA Penang island - Le Maison Blue (The Blue Mansion), a restored Chinese merchant's house.
00058675 : INDONESIA Jakarta - Cars stream around the main traffic circle outside the Hilton.
00058674 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Abu Dhabi - Camels with their masters walk through the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). Also known as the Great Sandy Desert, the Empty Quarter is one of the World's largest sandy deserts.
00058673 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Abu Dhabi - Young men meet in the desert to train their falcons to hunt.
00058672 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Abu Dhabi - A man sits reading his newspaper in a cafe in Abu Dhabi.
00058671 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Abu Dhabi - A young man ventures out to the desert to train his falcon.
00058670 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Abu Dhabi - Al Jahili Fort, Al Ain.
00058669 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Abu Dhabi - Bedouin women, wearing the burqa, weaving in the daily market.
00058668 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Abu Dhabi - Two men pick almonds from a palm tree in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). Also known as the Great Sandy Desert, the Empty Quarter is one of the largest sandy deserts in the World.
00058667 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Abu Dhabi - Young men meet in the desert to train their falcons to hunt, whilst chatting and drinking Arabic Coffee.
00058666 : UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai - Mall of the Emirates.
00058665 : MOROCCO Marrakech - Muslim caps for sale in the bazaar, made of wool, cotton and silk.
00058664 : MOROCCO Essaouira - Boats in the ancient fishing port of Essaouira.
00058663 : MOROCCO Marrakech - Dusk is the busiest time for the food vendors of the Djemma el Fna, the city's main square.
00058662 : MOROCCO Essaouira - Gulls fly over the walled harbour and ramparts of this ancient fishing port.
00058661 : MOROCCO Essaouira - Gulls fly over the walled harbour and ramparts of this ancient fishing port.
00058660 : MOROCCO Tazenakht - Local women out shopping on market day.
00058659 : MOROCCO Marrakech - Spices for sale in the bazaar of the Kasbah.
00058658 : INDONESIA Jakarta - The largest mosque in Asia - Istiqlal Mosque - during Friday prayers.
00058657 : MOROCCO Fez - The ancient tanneries of Fez.
00058656 : CHINA Beijing - Man selling Beijing 2008 Olympic Games T-shirts.
00058655 : CHINA Beijing - Portrait of elderly man with beard, inside the Frobidden City.
00058654 : CHINA Beijing - Guard stands at Tiananmen Gate, entrance to the Imperial Palace, or Forbidden City.
00058653 : CHINA Beijing - Stallholders catch up on the news.
00058652 : CHINA Beijing - A woman sits with a Chinese flag outside the walls of The Forbidden City (Imperial Palace).
00058651 : CHINA Beijing - Tiananmen Gate, The Forbidden City (Imperial Palace).
00058650 : CHINA Beijing - The Forbidden City (Imperial Palace).
00058649 : CHINA Lijiang, Yunnan Province - An elderly man sits with his cane in a doorway in Lijiang.
00058648 : MOROCCO Meknes - Friday prayers spill out of the mosque and into the streets of Meknes.
00058647 : VIETNAM Hoi An - Buddhist temple of Hoi An.
00058646 : VIETNAM Hoi An - Fishing boats on the beach of the traditional fishing community of Hoi An.
00058645 : VIETNAM Hoi An - Worshippers at a Buddhist temple in Hoi An.
00058644 : VIETNAM Hoi An - A woman rides her bicycle.
00058643 : VIETNAM Hoi An - Girls ride their bicycles.
00058642 : VIETNAM Hoi An - Women cultivate banana crops.
00058641 : VIETNAM Hoi An - An elderly woman wearing a traditional conical hat.
00058640 : MADAGASCAR Isoanala - Zebu breeder, with a comb in his hair.
00058639 : MADAGASCAR Ampanihy - Market scene.
00058638 : MADAGASCAR Toleara, South-West Coast - Schoolgirl reading her book at home.
00058637 : MADAGASCAR Toleara, South-West Coast - Man-powered rickshaw.
00058636 : MADAGASCAR Ranohira, Isalo Mounts, Highland - Young woman at her window.
00058635 : MADAGASCAR Isalo Mounts, Highlands - Sandstone mountain-range and savanna.
00058634 : MADAGASCAR Isalo Mounts, Highlands - Sandstone mountain-range and savanna.
00058633 : MADAGASCAR Isalo Mounts, Highlands - Man waiting for the bus, wrapped in a blanket.
00058632 : MADAGASCAR Ambohimandroso, Highlands - Young boy working as a brick-carrier.
00058631 : MADAGASCAR Ambohimandroso, Highlands - Ready-to-wear suits for women on sale at the weekly market.
00058630 : MADAGASCAR Antsirabe, Highlands - Man-powered rickshaws in the town centre.
00058629 : MADAGASCAR Ambalavao, Highlands - Family on the balcony of their home.
00058628 : MADAGASCAR Ambositra, Highlands - Paddy transplantation.
00058627 : MADAGASCAR Ambalavao, Highlands - Terraced rice fields.
00058626 : MADAGASCAR Ambalavao, Highlands - Terraced rice fields.
00058625 : MADAGASCAR Antsirabe, Highlands - Farmers' village.
00058624 : MADAGASCAR Antsirabe, Highlands - Farmers harvesting barley, near their village.
00058623 : MADAGASCAR Antsirabe, Highlands - Small village with market garden.
00058622 : MADAGASCAR Mahavonjy, Menabe Region - Salt harvest.
00058621 : MADAGASCAR Mahavonjy, Menabe Region - Father and son.
00058620 : MADAGASCAR Belo-sur-Mer, Menabe Region - Boat building.
00058619 : MADAGASCAR Morondava, Menabe Region - Workers harvest the rice crop, with a large Baobab tree in the background.
00058618 : MADAGASCAR Morondava, Menabe Region - Baobab trees.
00058617 : MADAGASCAR Antananarivo - Faravohitra Temple overlooking the city.
00058616 : MADAGASCAR Antananarivo - Jacaranda trees in full bloom, around Anosy Lake.
00058615 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - A Christian Iraqi refugee learns Swedish at a school run by fellow Assyrians (also called Syriacs and Chaldean) in the Ronna ghetto. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058614 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - Christian Iraqi refugees learn Swedish at a school run by fellow Assyrians (also called Syriacs and Chaldean) in the Ronna ghetto. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058613 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - A Syrian activist rests in the underground resource centre that she created to help newly arrived Christian Iraqi refugees. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058612 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - A Southern Highlands women whose mouth and teeth are stained with buai or betelnut. It is chewed with lime and the resulting mix is an intoxicating stimulant that the majority of the population enjoy if not continually then certainly often.
00058611 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - Dorothy Huku prepares a chicken for dinner, having grain fed and raised it at the family home.
00058610 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - A heavy police and military presence in Mendi during polling and counting processes in the 2007 general election. At the time of the 2002 election there was widespread violence in the region.
00058609 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - People selling peanuts under an umbrella in the colours of the national flag.
00058608 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby - Election officials start the process of counting the Moresby NW votes in the 2007 general election.
00058607 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby - People's Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate Miria Ikupu and his wife cast their votes in the 2007 general election in Hanuabada.
00058606 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby - An election rally for People's Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate Miria Ikupu in Hanuabada, the densely populated traditional Motuan village of Port Moresby which now houses many rural migrants. Free education and implementation of services are important issues in the 2007 general election.
00058605 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby - Unrest at a rally in Joyce Bay for Justin Tkachencko, a candidate in the 2007 general election. A cousin of an opposition candidate ran amok with a machete smashing the sound system and forcing the rally to be postponed.
00058604 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - Dorothy Huku , President of the Provisional Council of Women in Mendi.
00058603 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - Timoti Tala MP, member of parliament for Imbongu and Vice Minister for Industry and Commerce. He is wearing a headband traditonally worn by members of his Southern Islands clan.
00058602 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - A Christian Iraqi refugee works doing the laundry in a launderette. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058601 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - Five year old Georgewell Hapsi carries a chicken that is going to be killed and eaten for dinner, having been grain fed and reared at the family home.
00058600 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby - Stilt houses in Hanuabada, a traditional Motuan village which is becoming densely populated as rural migrants move to Port Moresby. Most of the houses have electricity but often do not have running water.
00058599 : NORWAY Bastoy Island - The public beach near Bastoy Prison. Bastoy is an open prison located on an island. There are few guards and the living quarters resemble homes rather than prison cells.
00058598 : NORWAY Bastoy Island - A prisoner in a woodwork workshop at Bastoy Prison. Bastoy is an open prison located on an island. There are few guards and the living quarters resemble homes rather than prison cells. The inmates undertake different kinds of work during their incarceration.
00058597 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Two young boys fighting in a boxing ring during a kung fu martial arts tournament for boys (aged 12 to 16 years old) at Kabul Stadium.
00058596 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A young girl playing with a water pump.
00058595 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Popcorn for sale at the Murad Khane market.
00058594 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A popcorn maker wearing goggles to protect himself from flying popcorn in the Murad Khane market.
00058593 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - Assyrian Christians celebrate a wedding in an Iraqi-owned banquet hall in the Ronna ghetto. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058592 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Two young boys fighting in a boxing ring during a kung fu martial arts tournament for boys (aged 12 to 16 years old) at Kabul Stadium.
00058591 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A young fighter at a kung fu martial arts tournament for boys (aged 12 to 16 years old) at Kabul Stadium.
00058590 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A popcorn maker wearing goggles to protect himself from flying popcorn in the Murad Khane market.
00058589 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A popcorn maker wearing goggles to protect himself from flying popcorn in the Murad Khane market.
00058588 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A popcorn maker wearing goggles to protect himself from flying popcorn in the Murad Khane market.
00058587 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A boy leaning against an old wooden door leading to the Great Serai. The building is currently undergoing renovation work as part of a restoration project managed by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058586 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Carpenters working inside a historic building undergoing renovation work as part of a restoration project managed by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058585 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A labourer working on scaffolding at Peacock House, which is undergoing renovation work as part of a restoration project managed by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058584 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - An elderly labourer props up a beam to support a wall at Peacock House, which is undergoing renovation work as part of a restoration project managed by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058583 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - Christian Iraqi refugees pray during a memorial service for a priest killed in their homeland. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058582 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - Christian Iraqi refugees shop at a supermarket in the Ronna ghetto. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058581 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A woman engraving a wood panel in a workshop during a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058580 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A carpenter engraving a wooden box in a workshop during a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058579 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Carpenters making a window frame in a workshop during a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058578 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Carpenters making a window frame in a workshop during a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058577 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Rory Stewart, a writer and former British diplomat who is now Chief Executive of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058576 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Workmen clearing away the rubble around a historic building during a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058575 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - The Murad Khane market district with the Abu Fazl mosque in background. The area is part of a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation, an organisation working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058574 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A bedroom inside the Kart-e-Parwan fort. The fort is part of a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation, an organisation working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058573 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Craftsmen at work on a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058572 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - Martin Pat, an election official, shows the ink mark on his finger which shows that he has cast his vote in the 2007 general election. The measure was introduced to combat the double voting which was widespread in the 2002 election. Despite his position on the electoral steering committee in Mendi, he is critical of the electoral commission's handling of voter registration and the counting process.
00058571 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - A heavy police and military presence in Mendi during polling and counting processes in the 2007 general election. At the time of the 2002 election there was widespread violence in the region.
00058570 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - Men show the ink marks on their fingers which show that they have cast their votes in the 2007 general election. The measure was introduced to combat the double voting which was widespread in the 2002 election.
00058569 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - An elderly man shows a stub of a finger, amputated by his mother as a small child when there was a death in the family, following an old Highlands tradition which is no longer practiced.
00058568 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby - Young women line up to cast their votes in the 2007 general election.
00058567 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Nurse Muhammad Shafir of the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS) washes his hands after delivering a patient with head trauma to the specialist clinic in the background. The KAS, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058566 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A soldier with the Afghan National Army (ANA) is transported by the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS) from an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) base to a Kabul military hospital for further care. The KAS, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058565 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A map of the local area in the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS) call centre office. The KAS, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058564 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A uniform badge of the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS). The KAS, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058563 : NORWAY Bergen, Hordaland County - A narrow alleyway with wooden buildings in Bryggen, the old wharf in Bergen. Bryggen is the city's best-preserved quarter and is now on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
00058562 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby - Election officials waiting to start the process of counting the Moresby NW votes in the 2007 general election.
00058561 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby - An Electoral Commission poster, supported by Caritas and AusAID, tells voters that PNG is at a crossroads, and the country's future depends on their votes in the 2007 general election.
00058560 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby - The main street of Hanuabada, a traditional Motuan village which is becoming densely populated as rural migrants move to Port Moresby. A banner carries a message about the 2007 general election.
00058559 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - Local villagers and clanspeople congregate at the remote Kiburu polling station to cast their votes in the 2007 general election.
00058558 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Two young boys fighting during a kung fu martial arts tournament for boys (aged 12 to 16 years old) at Kabul Stadium.
00058557 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A community school in Murad Khane.
00058556 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Nurse Said Munir tends to a patient with head trauma while out working with the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS). The KAS, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058555 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Team leaders working for the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS) gather in the office of Director Nazir Ahmad (right) for a morning briefing. The KAS, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058554 : NORWAY Flam - The Aurlandsfjord (as seen from the town of Flam). Aurlandsfjord is an inlet of the Sognefjord, the world's longest fjord (204 km). Since roads along the fjords are scarce, boats are the most common means of transport here.
00058553 : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mendi, Southern Highlands - Local villagers and clanspeople congregate at the remote Kiburu polling station to cast their votes in the 2007 general election.
00058552 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Architect Andre Ullal of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058551 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - The courtyard of the Great Serai, the only remaining historic guesthouse in Kabul. The building is currently undergoing reconstruction as part of a restoration project managed by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058550 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A restored tower at the historic, royal Kart-e-Parwan fort. The fort is part of a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation, an organisation working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058549 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - 12-year-old Toryalai arrives at a children's hospital with a suspected embolism accompanied by his worried father (left). The young patient was brought to the hospital by the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS). The service, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058548 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Nurse Said Isa and ambulance driver Hafiz S. Ullah, who work for the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS), strap 12-year-old Toryalai to a stretcher while his family anxiously looks on. The ambulance service will take the young boy to the nearest children's hospital. The KAS, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058547 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - An Assyrian Christian with a loudspeaker cheers for his soccer team during a football match. Some of the supporters are Iraqi refugees. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058546 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - Assyrian Christians cheer for their soccer team during a football match. Some of the supporters are Iraqi refugees. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058545 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A young boy has his hand bandaged during a kung fu martial arts tournament for boys (aged 12 to 16 years old) at Kabul Stadium.
00058544 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - The historic Peacock House undergoing reconstruction as part of a restoration project managed by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058543 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A labourer props up a beam to support a wall at Peacock House, which is undergoing renovation work as part of a restoration project managed by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058542 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A decorative doorway at Peacock House, which is undergoing renovation work as part of a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058541 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - A man carving chess pieces in a workshop during a restoration project supported by the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. The Foundation is working to preserve Afghanistan's historical buildings and traditional crafts.
00058540 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Nurse Said Isa of the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS) carries one-year-old Satara through a hospital corridor after transporting her from one hospital, where she had a CT-scan, to another. The KAS, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058539 : AFGHANISTAN Kabul - Nurse Said Isa of the Kabul Ambulance Service (KAS) holds one-year-old Satara on his lap in the back of the ambulance while transporting her from one hospital, where she had a CT-scan, to another. The KAS, which is supported by the Norwegian Red Cross, is the first such service in Afghanistan. It currently serves a population of about 4.5 million people using less than 15 ambulances.
00058538 : SWEDEN Stockholm - Iraqi refugees during a lesson at a driving school. The centre is owned by an Iraqi refugee who also teaches. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland.
00058537 : SWEDEN Stockholm - Iraqi refugees wait for appointments at an asylum office. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland.
00058536 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - Christian Iraqi refugees pray during a memorial service for a priest killed in their homeland. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058535 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - A newly arrived Christian Iraqi refugee shows a picture of her children, who she had to leave behind, to a fellow Assyrian in an underground refugee resource centre. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058534 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - Young men, who are Christian Iraqi refugees, play cards at night in the Ronna ghetto. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058533 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - A young man, who is a Christian Iraqi refugee, smokes a traditional water pipe in the Ronna ghetto. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
00058532 : SWEDEN Sodertalje - Christian Iraqi refugee boys hang out in the Ronna ghetto. Thousands of Iraqi refugees are now living in Sweden after fleeing to Europe from their war-torn homeland. Many of them have settled in the poorer neighbourhoods of Sodertalje.
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