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  • Ain al-Hilweh is the largest and most lawless of the 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Up to 80,000 people are crammed into the camp’s 1.5sqkm.
  • Families are still reluctant to use or purchase iodised salt. Only 17 percent of Pakistan's population uses iodised salt.
  • Sheikh Abu Ayoub is the military commander of Ansar Allah (Followers of God), a Palestinian Islamist group which controls two of Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp’s border checkpoints.
  • Fatah commander Mounir Maqdah says his militant wing is the largest in the camp and has Palestinian consensus to control security inside the official camp boundaries.
  • Traders sell their wares in the Dhaka slums, Bangladesh, July 2007. Dhaka’s urban problems have reached a crisis level. Its poor live in miserable conditions.
  • A girl takes a drink inside her home in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. Slums tend to house domestic migrants, sex workers and transport workers.
  • Slum houses built near the banks of the River Buriganga, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. They are raised above ground level to protect against flooding.
  • A schoolboy wades through the water to reach his family’s boat house in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. 94 percent of slum dwellers in Dhaka are from rural areas.
  • A family washes in the River Buriganga, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. 56 percent of the city’s population live in slums and slum-like conditions.
    A family washes in the River Buriganga, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007
  • A girl living in the slums of Dhaka poses for a photo, Bangladesh, July 2007. Slums tend to house domestic migrants, sex workers and transport workers.
  • A slum resident takes a snap shot with a mobile phone, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. 56 percent of the city’s population live in slums and slum-like conditions.
  • Father and son inside their makeshift boat house on the River Buriganga, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. Slums are growing in Bangladesh. During the past five years, the growth has been five percent per year on average.
  • A woman washes her clothes in the River Buriganga, Dhaka Bangladesh, July 2007. The poor live in miserable conditions, the affluent as well as the poor breathe polluted air, and traffic congestion and poor infrastructure services are choking the city.
  • Kids swim in the dirty River Buriganga, Bangladesh, July 2007. Dhaka’s urban problems have reached a crisis level. Its poor live in miserable conditions. Polluted air, traffic congestion and poor infrastructure are choking the city’s economic growth a
    Kids swim in the dirty River Buriganga, Bangladesh, July 2007
  • The hustle-bustle of a typical street in the slums, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. 94 percent of slum dwellers in Dhaka are from rural areas.
  • Selling food is this man’s livelihood in the Dhaka slums, Bangladesh, July 2007. Dhaka’s urban problems have reached a crisis level. Its poor live in miserable conditions.
    Selling food is this man’s livelihood in the Dhaka slums, Bangladesh
  • A portrait of one of the women living in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. Slums tend to house domestic migrants, sex workers and transport workers.
  • The family meal is prepared using a traditional oven in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. The poor live in miserable conditions, the affluent as well as the poor breathe polluted air, and traffic congestion and poor infrastructure services are ch
  • A man swims in a highly polluted part of the River Buriganga in search of materials for building, such as wood. Dhaka slums, Bangladesh, July 2007. 56 percent of the city’s population live in slums and slum-like conditions.
    A man swims in a highly polluted part of the River Buriganga in search of materials for building, such as wood. Dhaka slums, Bangladesh
  • Two children peep through the walls of a house in the slums of Dhaka city, Bangladesh, July 2007. Slums are growing in Bangladesh. During the past five years, the growth has been five percent per year on average.
    Two children peep through the walls of a house in the slums of Dhaka city, Bangladesh, July 2007
  • Makeshift houses built near the bank of the River Buriganga in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. The houses are above ground level to compensate for floods. Urbanisation is an inevitable and unavoidable feature in the process of development. The
  • A view of Bukavu town, DRC, July 2007.
  • A Dhaka slum family stands outside their home, Bangladesh, July 2007. Millions of people have migrated to the city in hope of work.
    A Dhaka slum family stands outside their home, Bangladesh
  • Children scavenge for useful items in a heap of rubbish next to the polluted Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. 56 percent of the city’s population live in slums and slum-like conditions.
    Children scavenge for useful items in a heap of rubbish next to the polluted Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007
  • A young girl looks at her reflection inside her slum home, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. The slum population in Dhaka has increased from half a million in 1996 to 3.4 million in 2006.
    A young girl looks at her reflection inside her slum home, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007
  • A Dhaka slum family stands outside their home, Bangladesh, July 2007. Millions of people have migrated to the city in hope of work.
    A Dhaka slum family stands outside their home, Bangladesh
  • A boy fetches water from a borehole in one of Dhaka’s many slums, Bangladesh, July 2007. More than 90 percent of slum people live below the poverty line, while nearly 40 percent are below the hard core poverty line.
    A boy fetches water from a borehole in one of Dhaka’s many slums, Bangladesh, July 2007
  • A woman sleeps in her makeshift shelter in one of Dhaka’s slums, Bangladesh, July 2007. 94 % of slum dwellers in Dhaka are from rural areas.
  • A woman washes in the Buriganga River, while a boy heads out in his canoe, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. Slums are growing on average five per cent per year in the country, partly due to the increasing divide between rich and poor.
    A woman washes in the Buriganga River, while a boy heads out in his canoe, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007
  • A young girl studies the Koran during a Muslim madrasa class, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. More than 80 percent of the population is Muslim though there is a Hindu following.
  • Slum dwellers congregate at a borehole to wash and collect water. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. Rapid urban growth causes economic, social and cultural improvements for some people, but deterioration in the overall urban environment and a very low standar
  • High rise buildings tower over the makeshift houses in this slum, near the Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2007. The level of urbanisation in Bangladesh is comparatively low, but the pace is high, ranging from seven to 11 percent in the past five
    High rise buildings tower over the makeshift houses in this slum, near the Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh,

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