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  • A displaced family of four stands outside of their hut in Mugunga Two camp--home to an estimated 20,000 recently displaced Congolese, outside of Goma, North Kivu Province.
  • A displaced woman stands in front of her hut at Mugunga Two camp--home to some 20,000 recently displaced Congolese, outside of Goma, North Kivu Province.
  • A woman re-arranges chickens on top of a truck on the Gulu - Juba road.
  • Ali missed his vein with the heroin-filled syringe, causing a painful infection in Malindi, Kenya, October 2007.
  • The radio is still the most efficient media in Cape Verde - even better than the drums.
  • Some African asylum-seekers in Israel lack proper accommodation.
  • A man sits on top of a Sudan bound truck in Gulu.
    A man sits on top of a Sudan bound truck in Gulu.
  • The shelter where poor refugees live in Tel Aviv.
  • Janvière Congera, 30, returned in July 2006 from a refugee camp in Tanzania. She now lives at Giharo in Rutana Province, saying she fears to return to her native province of Gitega in central Burundi.
  • Widespread illiteracy, poverty and conservative traditions are some of the major factors, which contribute to underage marriages in Afghanistan, experts say.
  • More than half of marriages in Kandahar reportedly involve underage girls, according to AIHRC.
  • The Sri Lankan Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, at a 13 October press briefing at the conclusion of Arbour’s five-day mission to the country.
  • Relatives attend to a woman who fainted while waiting to meet with UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour in front of the UN compound in colombo, Sri lanka, October 2007.
    Relatives attend to a woman who fainted while waiting to meet with UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour in front of the UN compound in colombo, Sri lanka, October 2007
  • Three year old Vidrasha Selvarathnam holds a picture of her missing uncle, Velu Selvarathnam, in front of the UN office in Colombo, Sri lanka, October 2007. Families of abductees waited there for the chance to meet with UN High Commissioner for Human Righ
  • Many poorly built houses like this are vulnerable to earthquakes.
  • Earthquake preparedness plans for schoolschildren are crucial.
  • Children learn by drawing at the Life Makers Team centre in Rafah.
  • Najwa Sheikh Ahmed initiated a project to bring candles into the Gaza Strip to help the poorest during blackouts.
  • Children clean a cemetery in Rafah as part of the "Be helpful to yourself and your society" initiative run by Life Makers Team.
  • Two aging women who have not seen their families in decades travel on a bus from the Golan to Jerusalem. They and about 40 other women travelled over three hours to protest and raise awareness of their plight.
  • Druze women who are disconnected from their families in Syria protest outside the ICRC building in East Jerusalem.
  • Souha Munder, a lawyer representing women disconnected from their families in Syria, protesting outside the ICRC headquarters in East Jerusalem.
  • Noor Taqfiq and her two-year-old daughter Katya. Noor was born in Syria and moved to the Golan four years ago to marry her husband. Katya has never seen her grandmother.
  • Kali Ouest, a small village of subsistence farmers in western Mali, the region where most migrants come from, October 2007. According to Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 2006 four million people (over a third of the country’s 11.7 million) were
  • Suicide attacks killed more than 80 civilians only in afgha, Sepetember 2007.
  • Suicide attack killed more than 80 civilans only in Afgha, September 2007.
  • Clothes drying in the sun in the Hospital Pediátrico David Bernardino.
  • Girl in Safendi, a poor neighborhood in Praia, Cape Verde.
  • Youth photography project in Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2007. Mathare  is one of the biggest slums in Africa and home  to more than 700,000 people, most of whom  depend on small businesses, such as selling fresh produce, labouring and brew
    Youth photography project in Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2007
  • These children queuing for food are fortunate to be at school in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, September 2007. Kibera is one of Africa’s largest slums, with almost one million residents struggling with limited access to clean water, sanitation, healthc
    These children queuing for food are fortunate to be at school in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, September 2007
  • Fish on sale in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2007. Nairobi is a city of well-stocked supermarkets, international restaurants and endless street stalls of fresh fruit. However, proximity to food does not always mean access to food. Quality of die
    Fish on sale in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya
  • An elderly woman in Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2007. Most urban slums are characterised by an exponentially rising cohort of youth - many of whom spend years in insecure, makeshift housing. Many families are caught in the trap of the informal
    An elderly woman in Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya

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