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  • Despite economic growth, most of Sierra Leone’s population lives below the poverty line
    Despite economic growth, most of Sierra Leone’s population lives below the poverty line (Nov 2012)
  • Mohammed Turay burns cables in Freetown’s Kroo Bay slum to extract copper which he sells as scrap
    A man burns cables in Freetown’s Kroo Bay slum to extract copper which he sells as scrap (Oct 2012)
  • Map showing highway A9 that starts from Kandy and ends in Jaffna (CLICK TO VIEW LARGE)
  • SLPP supporters on the rampage in Bo (Sept 2011)
  • A young supporter of the opposition SLPP brandishes a Molotov cocktail in Bo (Sept 2011)
  • Youths campaign in Freetown ahead of presidential elections in November
    Youths campaign in Freetown ahead of presidential elections in November 2012
  • Women block access to a mining company site in protest over unemployment (Sept 2011)
  • A girl searches for recyclable goods at a rubbish dump in Kroo Bay
    A girl searches for recyclable goods at a rubbish dump in Kroo Bay, a slum in Freetown (Oct 2012)
  • A participant in a UNDP-sponsored apprenticeship scheme in Bo, south-central Sierra Leone (October 2012)
    A participant in a UNDP-sponsored apprenticeship scheme in Bo, south-central Sierra Leone (October 2012)
  • A participant in a UNDP-sponsored apprenticeship scheme in Bo, south-central Sierra Leone
    A participant in a UNDP-sponsored apprenticeship scheme in Bo, south-central Sierra Leone (Nov 2012)
  • Abraham, 23, plays draughts in Kroo Bay. Like many of his peers, he cannot find work
    Abraham, 23, plays draughts in Kroo Bay. Like many of his peers, he cannot find work
  • Fishermen in Lamu say the proposed construction of a sea port there threatens their livelihood
    Fishermen in Lamu say the proposed construction of a sea port there threatens their livelihood (Oct 2012)
  • Members of Burundi’s ruling party youth wing march at a rally in September 2012
  • Kachin IDP family
  • Kachin IDP family (FILM ONLY - use image 201210311502060404 for reports)
  • The A-9 is a 321km long highway which connects the city of Kandy in central hills of the island with Jaffna, a city on the Northern Peninsula in Sri Lanka
    The A-9 is a 321km-long highway connecting the city of Kandy, in the central hills of the island, with Jaffna, a city on Sri Lanka’s Northern Peninsula
  • This is Vavuniya junction where one can catch a bus to go to Jaffna. It’s a 144.5 km long journey on A-9 road where reconstruction is yet to be completed
    People gather at Vavuniya Junction to catch a bus to Jaffna, a 145km journey on A-9. Reconstruction of the road has yet to be completed
  • Women gather feed for their household cattle on the way back home from their work in the onion farms
    Women gather feed for their cattle as they make their way home from working in the onion fields in Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka (Oct 2012)
  • Just before the monsoon rains a young tractor owner ploughs a rice paddy field as the sun sets in Kilinochchi
    Just before the monsoon rains, a young tractor owner ploughs a rice paddy field as the sun sets in Kilinochchi
  • Jaffna peninsula is famous for its spring onion and farm owners prefer to hire women because they can be paid less
    Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka is famous for its spring onions (Oct 2012)
  • With the beginning of temple festivals, a chariot made out of an old truck approaches A-9 as people make offerings to Lord Ganesh praying for better harvest and good health
    During a temple festival, a chariot fashioned out of an old truck approaches A-9 as people pray for better harvests and good health
  • Bicycles are the most popular mode of transportation in the area and a young man earns a living by repairing them. He and his family live in the same shelter
    Bicycles are the most popular mode of transportation in the area; this young man earns a living repairing them.
  • A bus break down early in the morning and passengers who will be late for work help the driver fix it
    A bus breaks down early in the morning, and passengers help the driver repair it
  • Finding work as a daily labourer along the A-9 is easy for a woman but getting an equal pay for equal work is never easy
    A labourer along the A-9 highway, an artery connecting central and northern Sri Lanka (Oct 2012)
  • After demining A-9 was reopened for civilians in July 2009 and construction work started immediately
    Labourers along the A-9 highway, an artery connecting central and northern Sri Lanka (Oct 2012)
  • Where school buses are rare, young students often get free rides on trucks carrying goods to the north
    Where school buses are rare, young students often get free rides on trucks carrying goods to the north
  • Lamu Island. The government says a proposed new port will create thousands of jobs and open up the region for development
    Lamu Island. The Kenyan government says a proposed new port will create thousands of jobs and open up the region for development (Oct 2012)
  • Newspaper article on HIV/AIDS
  • Health teams try to reach children in remote areas of Afghanistan during a polio and measles vaccination campaign in July 2012
  • A mother suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder going through a counseling session
  • UPDF soldier
    LRA fighters can decide to join Uganda's army
  • A group of Rohingya protest outside the UN compound in Bangkok on 29 October 2012 following sectarian violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine State

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