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  • Artisanal miners wash at a rudimentary dam on the site, where excess water is pumped into
    Artisanal gold miners in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Iga Barrière in Ituri (Dec 2012)
  • During the excavations of shafts, water has to be constantly pumped out
    Artisanal gold miners in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Iga Barrière in Ituri (Dec 2012)
  • The gold mine workings create slippery steep sided mounds, which are difficult to negotiate
    Artisanal gold miners in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Iga Barrière in Ituri (Dec 2012)
  • Shafts, some as deep as 8 metres, are dug manually
    Artisanal gold miner in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Iga Barrière in Ituri (Dec 2012)
  • Women provide extensive labour at the gold mine workings, where all excavations are done by hand
    Artisanal gold miners in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Iga Barrière in Ituri (Dec 2012)
  • Artisanal gold miners in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Iga Barrière in Ituri
    Artisanal gold miners in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Iga Barrière in Ituri (Dec 2012)
  • A Syrian child sells groceries and cleaning products under the shade of a public toilet at the Za’atari refugee camp, in northern Jordan near the Syrian border
  • Soweis and Bondo dancers dance in Freetown on Independence Day, 2012. These are members of the Sande or Bondo society, who traditionally lead girls into their initiation into womanhood. Soweis are prominent leaders in these socities
  • Congolese ethnologist displays a recently-released CD he produced of songs sung by the indigenous Baka community
  • Freddy Warome, 58, a West Papuan community leader, at the Rainbow Park refugee settlement in Port Moresby. There are more than 9,000 West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea
  • A young West Papuan boy at the Rainbow Park refugee settlement. There are more than 9,000 West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea
  • A young West Papuan boy at the Rainbow Park refugee settlement. There are more than 9,000 West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea
  • A group of children at the Rainbow Park refugee settlement in Port Moresby. There are more than 9,000 West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea
  • A young West Papuan girl looks to the camera at the Rainbow Park refugee settlement in Port Moresby. There are more than 9,000 West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea
    A young West Papuan girl at the Rainbow Park refugee settlement in Port Moresby. Dec 2012
  • A West Papuan refugee at at the Hohola refugee settlement - one of four such settlements in the capital Port Moresby. There are more than 9,000 West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea
  • Donatus Karuri, a 57-year-old father-of-six, outside a shelter he shares with five other families at the Hohola refugee settlement - one of four settlements for West Papuan refugees - in the capital Port Moresby. There are more than 9,000 West Papuan refu
  • A young West Papuan man at the Rainbow Park refugee camp in Port Moresby. There are more than 9,000 West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea
  • A West Papuan girl at the Rainbow Park refugee camp in Port Moresby. There are more than 9,000 West Papuan refugees from neighbouring Indonesia
  • A Syrian refugee family shares a tent in Jordan
  • West Papuan refugee Dan Hanasbey, 27, has lived his whole life in Papua New Guinea and would like to stay. There are close to 9,300 West Papuan refugees in PNG today
  • Somaliland already boasts a lucrative livestock trade, which accounts for about 80 per cent of foreign earnings
    Somaliland boasts a lucrative livestock trade, which accounts for about 80 per cent of foreign earnings (Dec 2012)
  • Clearing a rainforest for palm oil plantation. Opponents say the costs outweigh benefits
  • Somali pirates captured
  • Somaliland officials say the region could net US$1.2 billion in foreign currency each year with a fully-developed fishing industry
    Berbera, a port city in the breakaway region of Somaliland (Dec 2012)
  • More jobs in a Somalia fishing industry would reduce the soaring unemployment rates among Somali youth, such as these children in the capital, Mogadishu
  • At the end of last year, Somalia was home to almost 1.5 million internal refugees, such as these residents of Sigalle camp in central Mogadishu
    IDPs Sigalle camp in central Mogadishu. Nov 2012
  • An African Union force is steadily making gains against the Islamist rebels, al Shabaab, which used to control swathes of central and southern Somalia
    AMISOM soldier, Mogadishu (Dec 2012)
  • Animals are so vital to Somaliland’s economy that the 1,000 Somaliland Shilling note depicts livestock being loaded aboard vessels
    Livestock farmers in Somaliland (Dec 2012)
  • The European Union will spend €5 million helping fishermen, like this one here in Berbera, by funding development projects next year
    Fisherman in Berbera, a port city in the breakaway region of Somaliland (Dec 2012)
  • Rusting hulks of capsized vessels decorate the waters around Berbera, a port city in the breakaway region of Somaliland
    Rusting hulks of capsized vessels decorate the waters around Berbera, a port city in the breakaway region of Somaliland (Dec 2012)
  • Aida, 32, reacts as she recovers from severe injuries. She has lost her husband and two children after the Syrian Army shelled her house in Idlib, north Syria
    Les deux camps du conflit syrien sont accusés de crimes de guerre
  • Floods caused extensive damage to homes and infrastructure, such as this road in the south of Brazzaville
    Damage to infrastructure caused by flooding in the south of Brazzaville, Congo. Nov 2012

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