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  • A woman collects the maize seeds dropped during the food distribution in Jowhar, September 2007. One million people now need food aid around Jowhar.
  • Internally displaced people carrying sacks of food, Jowhar, Somalia, September 2007. Conflict in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has forced people to take refuge in Jowhar, 90km to the north.
  • During floods in Bla in July, concrete structures fared much better than mud brick ones.
  • Displaced people receiving food distributed by the UN World Food Programme in Jowhar, Somalia, September 2007. Thousands of Somalis, who fled the violence in the capital, are facing yet another humanitarian crisis, this time a debilitating food shortage a
  • Bla in western Mali was hit hard by floods in late July. Houses made of concrete survived, while the mud brick houses the poorest people live in were washed away.
  • Souleymane Diallo stands in what used to be his bedroom, destroyed by floods in Bla, western Mali, on 26 July.
  • A young boy at the Thoori displaced persons camp in Muzaffarabad. Many camp residents claim to have lost their land in the October 2005 quake and have no where else to go.
  • Once covered in greenary, huge tracts of land like this disappeared in seconds in the 8 October 2005 quake.
  • Liaquot Ali lost his house, as well as the land it sat on, in the October 2005 quake in northern Pakistan. Residents of the Thoori displaced persons camp in Muzaffarabad for the past two years, Liaquot and his wife hope to rebuild if they qualify for the
  • While Hezbollah celebrated a 'divine victory' over Israel, Lebanese political divisions deepened.
  • After resigning from cabinet, Hezbollah and allies launched an ongoing demonstration calling for the collapse of the government.
  • Lebanese political divisions deepened in the aftermath of last summer's war between Hezbollah and Israel.
  • Internally displaced people waiting for food being distributed by the UN World Food Programme in Jowhar, Somalia, September 2007. Thousands of Somalis, who fled the violence in the capital, are facing yet another humanitarian crisis, this time a debilitat
    IDPs at a WFP food distribution point in Jowhar, Somalia. September 2007
  • A group of young people site by a wall with anti violence graffiti’s in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya 2006.Many houses in the slum are covered in graffiti written by various groups and gangs. They write their motto as a way of marking their territory.
    A group of young people sit by a wall with anti violence graffiti in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Children, especially the poor ones, are allowed to move freely in most parts of Bangladesh. Their parents spend most of their time eking out a living for the family and therefore do not have time for attending to their kids.Munshiganj,Bangladesh,Sepetmber
  • Playing on the guarders of a concrete bridge. A freefall into the river below may cause both of these children to die. A passing bus or truck may also kill them.Bangladesh,September 2007.
  • A young boy swims alone in flood waters in the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh,September 2007. Drowning remains a major killer of children in the country.
  • Palestinians looking for re-usable materials, especially metals, at the Psagot landfill near Ramallah.
  • A Palestinian child carries metal scraps to a pile he has collected from sifting through garbage at the Psagot landfill. He also saves plastic chairs and used toys.
  • A map of Iraq highlighting Bashmakh border crossing, the most important of five crossings with Iran that were closed on 24 September 2007.
  • Anti- Corruption Commission logo.
  • Sao Tomé and Príncipe has a rich diversity of plants, which are turned into traditional medicines.
  • Prison official, Jakarta Indonesia.
  • Roy, 29, HIV-positive and an addict for 13 years - Jakarta, Indonesia.
    Roy, 29, used putau for 13 years
  • Amâncio Valentim is the traditional healer in Sao Tomé who claims to have discovered the cure for Aids.
  • Recovering drug addict, Jakarta Indonesia.
    Off the needle - recovering IDU enrolled on methadone programme
  • A traditional healer in Sao Tomé and Príncipe announced to have found the cure for Aids.
  • Caring for terminally ill patients can be emotionally taxing. Nairobi, Kenya. September 2007.
  • A child suffering for malnutrition at Sheihk Omar IDP camp in Jowhar, Somalia, September 2007.The UN has warned of rising malnutrition rates in Somalia where it plans to assist more than 1m people.
  • Childrens waiting for food at Sheikh Omar IDP camp in Jowhar, Somalia, September 2007.Tens of thousands of Somalis who fled the violence in the capital are facing yet another humanitarian crisis, a debilitating food shortage after poor rains
  • Children receive donated food at Sheikh Omar IDP camp in Jowhar, Somalia. September 2007. Tens of thousands of Somalis who fled the violence in their conflict-wrecked capital are facing yet another humanitarian crisis, a debilitating food shortage after p
  • A girl cooking outside Sheikh Omar IDP camp in Jowhar, Somalia, September 2007.Hundreds of thousands of people are on the verge of starvation

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