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  • Sri Lankan military personnel on route to the island's conflict-affected north
  • Tents erected outside the Cheddikulum primary school in Vavuniya, one of more than 16 transit sites now accomodating more 1,600 ethnic Tamil IDPs from the north
  • Lutanga Shaba, founder of the Women's Trust in Zimbabwe, a Harare-based non-governmental organisation that provides leadership development training for women
  • A map of northern Sri Lanka showing the Safe Area declared by the government in Mullaitivu (as of 16 Feb 2009)
    A map of northern Sri Lanka showing the Safe Area declared by the government in Mullaitivu (as of 16 Feb 2009)
  • Drought, high food prices and many other factors have pushed millions of Afghans into high risk food insecurity
    Drought, high food prices and many other factors have pushed millions of Afghans into high risk food insecurity
  • An ethnic Tamil man at the Cheddikulam primary school in Vavuniya, one of 16 transit sites established by the government to accomodate civilians fleeing the confllict up north. Of the more the 30,000 that have arrived, many have arrived with just the clot
  • Rice farmer in Vallee du Zio, 50km northwest of Togo's capital, Lomé
  • Corn farmers in Mivakpo, 50km northwest of Togo's capital, Lomé
  • A view of Mukalla city, Yemen. Dozens of local fishermen in Hadhramaut Governorate say they have been affected by piracy
    A view of Mukalla city, Yemen. Dozens of local fishermen in Hadhramaut Governorate say they have been affected by piracy
  • Deal sealed? President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvanfirai
  • Jaffer Mohamed Kukay, a Somali journalist who is now a refugee in Djibouti
    Un journaliste somalien exilé
  • An elderly Tamil woman at the Cheddikulam primary school, one of 16 transit sites set up by the government in Vavuniya northern Sri Lanka to accomodate civilians fleeing the conflict. As of 18 February 2009, more than 30,000 have escaped
  • A young Tamil girl at the Cheddikulum primary school, one of 16 transit points set up by the government to accommodate ethnic Tamils fleeing the conflict in the north. Injured by shrapnel, she spent 10 days in the 'no fire' zone set up near Mullaittivu
  • A young boy at the Cheddikulum primary school, one of 16 transit points set up by the government to accomodate ethnic Tamils fleeing the conflict in the north. More than 30,000 have fled to government-controlled areas as of 15 February 2008
  • A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard outside the Nelukkulam primary school where close to 3,000 ethnic Tamils are now being housed. As of 17 February, more than 30,000 civilians have fled to government controlled areas
  • Tents erected outside the Cheddikulum primary school in Vavuniya, one of more than 16 transit sites now accomodating more 1,600 ethnic Tamil IDPs from the north
  • A view into the Cheddikulum primary school in Vavuniya, one of more than 16 transit sites now accomodating more 1,600 ethnic Tamil IDPs from the north
  • An ethnic Tamil man retrieving water at the Nelukkulum primary school in Vavuniya northern Sri Lanka, one of 16 transit camps set up by the government
  • Through a fence looking into the Nelukkum school in Vavuniya, one of 16 transit sites set up to accomodate ethnic Tamils fleeing the north. As of 17 February 2009, there are close to 3,000 people being accomodated inside
  • Looking through a fence into the Nelukkum school in Vavuniya, one of 16 transit sites set up to accomodate ethnic Tamils fleeing the north. As of 17 February 2009, there are close to 3,000 people being accomodated inside
  • A view looking into the Nekkulam primary school where close to 3,000 ethnic Tamils, one of 16 transit centres in Vavuniya,  now set up to accomodate civilians fleeing southward. Here a group of residents await transfer to another site
  • A surgical glove
    Money is needed to build isolation wards and protective gear (file photo)
  • Mada protest aftermath
  • Mada January protests
  • Rajoelina supporters
  • Shop owner Qing Guo Shen who agreed in January 2009 to add condoms to his store inventory, packets of three for 10 US cents
  • A FAO report said Yemen was among 20 countries with 80 percent of the world's stunted pre-schoolers
    An FAO report said Yemen was among 20 countries with 80 percent of the world's stunted pre-schoolers
  • Azza Abed Rabbo, 27, with her neice and four-year-old daughter, who sustained serious head wounds during the family's evacuation. She and her family are now living in a tent in the Abed Rabbo area of Jabaliya
    Azza Abed Rabbo, 27, with her neice and four-year-old daughter, who sustained serious head wounds during the family's evacuation. She and her family are now living in a tent in the Abed Rabbo area of Jabaliya
  • Chinese shop in Cape Verde that has agreed to sell condoms
  • Maize in the market is unaffordable for most Malawians
  • Water lillies are a source of starch during the lean season in the southern district of Nsanje
  • An MSF aid worker treats a cholera patient in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe on the border with South Africa

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