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  • A map of Afghanistan highlighting Uruzgan Province.
  • A displaced woman in Chekhcheran, capital city of Ghor Province, whose family fled Dawlatyar District because of food shortages.
  • Rubbish in Nouakchott causes sickness. Respiratory infections are common when the filth mixes with sand and blows around.
  • Mauritania's capital Nouakchott is strewn with waste.
  • Street sweepers setting about implementing Nouakchott's first anti-litter campaign.
  • A map highlighting areas where Kurdish PKK rebels have attacked Turkish troops.
  • Abdi Ali Salad holds his young son as they are besieged by flash floods from nearby river Shabelle in Beledweyne’s sprawling Dhagah-jebis neighborhood in this September 2007. These floods come at a time when the Deyr seasonal rains are yet to start.
  • Rural roads like this in quake-affected northern Pakistan are vital to rebuilding efforts on the ground. In the aftermatch of the October 2005 quake, many residents moved out due to lack of access. The restoration of road links has allowed many to return
  • As part of WFP's food-for-work programme, residents in Mara Mangran work to re-establish a rural road to their mountain village in quake-affected Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
  • Travelling along rural roads of quake-affected northern Pakistan can be hazardous to your health. Much of the road network collapsed in the aftermath of the October 2005 quake - and huge challenges remain, particularly amongst smaller, secondary roads con
  • Reoccuring landslides and avalanches have resulted in routine clean up operations along rural roads in northern Pakistan - two years since the 8 October 2005 quake. Such roads are critical in terms of access. The vast majority of the population live in ru
  • Thanks to the refurbishing of rural roads in quake-affected northern Pakistan, building supplies can now be transported more easily. Rising transport costs have hampered building efforts in the area.
  • A young woman carrying her baby walks her livestock on a reconstructed rural road outside the village of Saidpur, Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Thousands of villages were cut off from the outside world after the October 2005 quake when much of the area'
  • 75-year-old Muhammad Zaman recalls how the road behind him collapsed after the October 2005 earthquake - leaving the village of Saidpur and its 1,800 residents cut off from the outside world. Thousands of people in quake-affected Pakistani-administered Ka
  • Undocumented migrants about to be deported leaving South Africa's Lindela Repatriation Centre.
  • Undocumented migrants about to be deported leaving South Africa's Lindela Repatriation Centre.
  • Postcard.
    Preconceito é parte da amarga rotina de seropositivas guineenses que deram a cara
  • A young girl smiles to the camera at a primary school outside of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
  • The Banari Multilateral School in Tongibari sub-district was devoured by the erosion of the river Padma during the floods. Local volunteers saved these benches and furnitures, and dumped them on the courtyard of another school. This year's floods affecte
  • Extreme poverty especially among large family household like this one often forces children to head to the capital where they end up homeless and more impoverished.
  • A young primary school student outside Dhaka smiles to the camera.
  • Undocumented migrants about to be deported leaving South Africa's Lindela Repatriation Centre.
    Undocumented migrants about to be transported to the border for deportation
  • Glue sniffing is a serious health threat to hundreds of street children who take the glue to reduce their hunger.
  • A map of Pakistan and the surrounding region highlighting North Waziristan and the town of Mir Ali.
  • A disabled Afghan man begging on a street in conflict-affected Helmand Province.
  • The 3,000 Somali refugees living in the open at al-Basateen, a poor neighbourhood in the southern port city of Aden, drink from a small well that belongs to an Aden citizen.
  • One of some 3,000 Somali refugees who recently fled to Yemen sleeps under a tree in refuge in al-Basateen, a poor neighbourhood in the southern port city of Aden.
  • Some 3,000 new Somali arrivals to Yemen face health risks living in the open in al-Basateen, a poor neighbourhood in the southern port city of Aden.
  • Abu Bakr Hussein, 39, said he has hardly eaten since living in the open area of al-Basateen, a poor neighbourhood in the southern port city of Aden.
  • Recent fighting has added to the tough lives of the people of Pakistan's Waziristan agency. Recent fighting may have resulted in upwards of 80,000 to flee the area.
  • Black diamonds - young empowered urban South Africans.
    Can the party last?
  • Black diamonds - young empowered urban South Africans.

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