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  • [Kenya] Somali refugee children waiting to be registered at Dadaab.
  • [Eritrea] A young man ploughs his fields with a couple of oxen and single furrow plough. Eritrea has suffered from reduced rainfall in the past few years, and water tables have dropped by several metres all over the country. This photograph was taken last
    Le début de la saison des cultures a été retardé, en partie à cause des précipitations particulièrement faibles observées en juin
  • [Iraq] Lung diseases have increased due to sale of low quality cigarettes, doctors say.
    Cases of lung diseases have increased due to the sale of low quality cigarettes, doctors say.
  • [Eritrea] A young boy gives water to his cattle from a hole dug into a dry river bed. Eritrea has suffered from reduced rainfall in the past few years, and water tables have dropped by several metres all over the country.
    Pastoralists are worried over the likely impact of the disease outbreak
  • [Eritrea] Water shortages are a perennial problem in many parts of Eritrea. This man from the Afar tribe is collecting water near Idi, in Southern Red Sea zoba. However, this limited amount and poor quality of drinking water is severely affecting the heal
    "The world is running out of water”. Many countries have been declared to be in a state of water-stress or water-scarcity, and some experts believe that in the future wars will be fought over water not oil
  • [Eritrea] It is not only human beings that are suffering as a result of the drought. Tens of thousands of animals have also perished. In Hashishai, this weakened camel waits for water. The coping mechanisms of the population have been severely reduced, as
  • [Nepal] Rewati Mahato, a 20-year old mother of four children, was 
abandoned by her husband.
  • [Nepal] Leprosy affected girls and women are more ostracised than their male counterparts.
    Women and girls affected by leprosy are more ostracised than their male counterparts
  • [Iraq] Lung diseases have increased due to sale of low quality cigarettes, doctors say.
  • [Iraq] Lung diseases have increased due to sale of low quality cigarettes, doctors say.
  • [Iraq] Lung diseases have increased due to sale of low quality cigarettes, doctors say.
  • [Syria] Women's business forum in Damascus.
    Rising unemployment is hurting Syrian women.
  • [Swaziland] New executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Ann Veneman.
    New executive director of UNICEF, Ann Veneman
  • [Angola - Radio] Camatondo - A Radio Novela Rural.
    O micro-universo de Camatondo reflecte a realidade angolana, diverte e educa.
  • [Egypt] Arab Women's Solidarity Association (AWSA), Cairo, May. [Date picture taken: 2005/05/21]
    Egyptian feminist and novelist Nawaal El Saadawi addressed the Arab women's conference in Cairo.
  • [Afghanistan] Northenr IDPs returning from camps in the south of the country - an indication that security is improving in the north.
    Northern IDPs returning from camps in the south of the country - an indication that security is improving in the north
  • [Senegal] Polluted drainage canal in Dakar is a health hazard.
    Tuberculosis is particularly virulent in poor, crowded urban areas
  • [DRC] Internally displaced people (IDPs) about to leave Kinshasa habour for their homes in the provinces of Equateur and Orientale.
    Internally displaced people prepare to leave Kinshasa, for their homes in the provinces of Equateur and Orientale.
  • [Benin] Child suffering with malaria. An African child dies every 30 seconds from the disease.
    Un jeune enfant béninois souffrant de paludisme et allongé sur les genoux de sa mère
  • [Uzbekistan] Uzbek refugees from Andijan in the refugee camp outside Jalal-Abad.
  • [Jordan] Queen Rania of Jordan at the World Economic Forum.
    Queen Rania announced the launch of a five-year US$1 million project that will attempt to rectify misconceptions about violence against women
  • [Iraq] Destruction in Fallujah.
    Reconstruction in Fallujah takes place at a slow pace.
  • [Uzbekistan] Andijan refugees at a camp outside Jalal-Abad.
    Uzbek refugees from Andijan in a refugee camp outside Jalal-Abad - most are too frightened to return despite leaving jobs and close relatives behind
  • [Sudan] Food being delivered to New Fanjak for the first cross-line distribution.
    Food being delivered to New Fanjak for the first cross-line distribution
  • [Rwanda] Juvenal Kajelijeli, 54. On 23 May, the Appeals Court of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda reduced his life sentence to a 45-year prison term.
    Juvenal Kajelijeli, 54.
  • Francis Sang, director of the Nairobi Secretariat on Small Arms and Light Weapons.
    Francis Sang, Director of the Nairobi Secretariat on Small Arms and Light Weapons.
  • [Iraq] Destruction in Fallujah.
    Fallujah was devastated in April and November 2004 when US troops launched major attacks on insurgents in the area, leaving 70 percent of the city destroyed
  • [Iraq] Families still displaced on the outskirts of the city waiting for a
compensation.
  • [Egypt] Egyptian women. [Date picture taken: 2003/10/20]
    Women make up 31 percent of the officially measured workforce in Egypt
  • [Egypt] Egyptian women buying fanous. [Date picture taken: 2004/10/13]
    Early retirement plan could be damaging for women, activists say
  • [Egypt] Egyptian women buying fanous. [Date picture taken: 2004/10/13]
    Egyptian women need to have a greater voice in politics, NGO says
  • [Rwanda] Laurent Semanza, former Rwandan mayor. The UN ICTR Appeals Court increased his sentence from 25 years to 35 years in prison when it rejected his appeal on 20 May 2005.
    Laurent Semanza, former Rwandan mayor.

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