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  • A man sets a car on fire during a demonstration after police had fired tear-gas to disperse the crowd at a funeral service for people killed in post-election violence in Nairobi, Kenya , January 2008.
    A man sets a car on fire during a demonstration after police had fired tear-gas to disperse the crowd at a funeral service for people killed in post-election violence in Nairobi, Kenya , January 2008
  • A demonstrator holds up a placard addressed to the former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2008. A building and two vehicles were set ablaze during the demonstration, after police fired tear-gas to disperse the crowd during a fun
  • President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, shakes hands with opposition leader Raila Odinga during peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, January 2008. Peace talks have been ongoing, led by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
    President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki shakes hands with opposition leader Raila Odinga during peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Mozambican icon and singer Mingas sings about HIV/Aids.
  • Mozambican icon and singer Mingas sings about HIV/Aids.
  • Chen Ke Hui, 39, is chair of the Chinese Business Association and owner of a number of wholesale and retail enterprises in Lesotho. He's lived in Lesotho for 16 years, and says tensions between Chinese and locals usually spring from the language barrier.
  • The remains of a home in a village of Senegal's southern Casamance region.
  • The remains of a home in a village of Senegal's southern Casamance region. Abandoned for up to 15 years, entire villages have been swallowed up in dense bush, with wells, houses and other buildings left in ruins.
  • The remains of a school in Barakabounaou, a village in Senegal's southern Casamance region.
  • The streets of Lesotho's capital, Maseru, are lined with storefront shops run by Chinese businessowners. Many Basotho blame Chinese immigrants for squeezing them out of business.
  • Makeshift shelters put up by families returning to villages they abandoned years ago, in Senegal's southern Casamance region. In many areas there is no water - essential not only for drinking and sanitation but also for rebuilding homes.
  • Crumbling concrete that was once a home in a village in Senegal's southern Casamance region. Many villages in the region have been abandoned for 15 years.
  • Children in many camps are not in school and so perform household chores or look after younger siblings, Ololulunga IDP camp, South Narok District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
  • Clothes dealer John Mbugua, 27, lost his business when his stall in the Nairobi slum of Kibera was torched during post-election violence.
  • School children attend class under a tree in Mulot IDP Camp in South Narok District.
  • Seven months after the cyclone struck, fishing boats are back out on the sea in Balochistan. The province was ravaged by Cyclone Yemyin in June 2007 - which killed almost 300 people and affected more than 2 million more.
  • Military and police in front of the UN office in Colombo just before the People's Liberation Front protested there against the latest statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on 23 January 2008.
  • Supporters of the People's Liberation Front, including parliamentarians, protested on 23 January in front of UN headquarters against UN High Commissioner for Human Right's Louise Arbour's latest statements on the need for human rights oversight.
  • UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour addresses a joint press conference in Colombo with Sri Lankan Minister for Human Rights and Disaster Management Mahinda Samarasinghe on 13 October 2007.
  • Mohter and baby, Ganta, Liberia.
  • Men and birds at a Dhaka chicken market spend hours in the same place. When asked, they said they were not aware of any danger of mixing with birds, even at a time when bird flu had affected almost half of the country.
  • Bird flu awareness is low amongst producers, sellers and consumers of poultry in Bangladesh. Shahadat Ali Akhand, one chicken seller at Dhaka's Mohammadpur Town Hall market, doesn't know that those who handle chicken need to protect themselves.
  • Backyard poultry occupies more than half of Bangladesh's poultry market. Farm grown and home grown chickens have separate markets. This is a home grown chicken market in the capital, Dhaka.
  • A map showing Lake Nasr and the River Nile's passage through Egypt.
  • A study has indicated that water quality in the River Nile has improved considerably.
  • The Nile as it passes through Luxor in southern Egypt.
  • A panoramic view of the Aswan High Dam.
  • USAID, Hazrat Bahar.
  • Some of the Mathare residents move out of the slums following the post election skirmishes, Nairobi, Kenya. January 2008. Most of the necessities like water have become very scarce in the slum.
  • A woman fetches water in one of the burst pipes in Mathare slums, Nairobi, Kenya. January 2008. Most of the necessities like water have become very scarce in the slum.
  • Victims of the post election skirmishes nurse their wounds at the Masaba hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. January 2008.
  • A body of a victim of the post election skirmishes lies on Juja Road next to Mathare slums, Nairobi, Kenya. January 2008. Relative calm has returned in most parts of the country.
    A body of a victim of the post election skirmishes lies on Juja Road, Mathare

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