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  • Two children sit and wait for their parents during the Kenya Red Cross Society food aid distribution in Mayanja, Bungoma, 16 April 2007.
  • Children behind a fence during the food aid distribution by Kenya Red Cross Society in Mayanja, Bungoma, 16 April 2007.
  • Abandoned and burnt houses, in the controversial Chebyuk settlement scheme, Mt. Elgon district, Kenya, 16 April 2007.
  • The labyrinthine streets nestled outside the old city walls are just as ancient and worthy of conservation as those inside, say experts.
  • The coppersmith’s souk is just one area of old Damascus’ ancient suburbs that will disappear in the planned road expansion.
  • Saleh Nizar, 58, says he was tortured in an Iraqi prison after he was arrested and accused of participating in an attack in Baghdad.
  • An estimated 44, 000 new HIV infections occur every year among Kenyans in long-term relationships
  • A man with his family, one of the Sahrawi people, Western Sahara, April 2007. The Sahrawi people are divided by minefields, army outposts and a manmade wall of sand more than 2,400 km long. There has been a long-standing dispute that pits the Moroccan gov
    A man with his family, one of the Sahrawi people, Western Sahara
  • Women in a village near Filingue, east-central Niger.
  • A young Sierra Leonan woman sells cigarettes and candy to make a living as the country struggles with high unemployment.
  • Youths participate in a roadside clean-up as part of the Sierra Leonean government's plan to provide employment. Sierra Leone, 26 April 2007. The United Nations estimates unemployment to be about 65 percent in Sierra Leone. Human rights groups have warne
  • Unemployed youths in Sierra Leone sometimes find work pushing wooden carts for merchants, Sierra Leone, 26 April 2007. The United Nations estimates unemployment to be about 65 percent in the country. Human rights groups have warned of the dangers of un
  • Wilma Maziya, a farmer wants access to markets.
  • A Sahrawi refugee, divided from her family by the dispute, Western Sahara, April 2007. The Sahrawi people are divided by minefields, army outposts and a manmade wall of sand more than 2,400 km long. There has been a long-standing dispute that pits the Mor
    A Sahrawi refugee, divided from her family by dispute, Western Sahara
  • Impoverished IDPs living in desperate situations in the cities still fear to return to their villages.
  • [Nepal] Residents of the Khundunabari Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal's southeastern Jhapa district line up to register. There are an estimated 107,000 Bhutanese refugees in the country. [Date picture taken: 19/04/2007]
  • [Nepal] Young Bhutanese boys outside Nepal’s Khundunabari refugee camp in southeastern Jhapa district, home to an estimated 13,500 residents. There are an estimated 107,000 Bhutanese refugees in the Himalayan nation. [Date picture taken: 19/04/2007]
  • [Nepal] A young girl during the joint excercise by UNHCR and the government of Nepal to register all Bhutanese refugees at the Khundunabari refugee camp in southeastern Jhapa district. There are an estimated 107,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal today. [Dat
  • [Nepal] A mother assists her daughter to be photographed during the Bhutanese registration effort undertaken by UNHCR and the governent of Nepal at the Khundunabari refugee camp in southeastern Jhapa district. There are an estimated 107,000 Bhutanese refu
  • Lawyer Muhammad Shami says he has been targeted by militants so has decided to flee the country before he gets killed.
  • [Nepal] Prem Chhetri, 37, a Bhutanese refugee at the Khundunabari refugee camp in Nepal's southeastern Jhapa district, still dreams of one day returning to his homeland. There are an estimated 107,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal today. [Date picture take
  • Benadiris Yusuf and Kalthoum live with their three children in one small room in Sana'a, Yemen.
  • Flags outside the ICWC conference in Almaty.
  • Women and children walk across Juba, the capital of semi-autonomous Southern Sudan in 'protest' against malaria, one of Africa's biggest killers, April 2007.
  • Polio immunisation campaign underway.
  • A young boy quenches his thirst in the mountain district town of Jumla, Nepal. April 2007. Jumla is one of the most food-insecure areas of the country.
    A young boy quenches his thirst in the town of Jumla, Nepal
  • A young man smokes cannabis in Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya, March 2007. According to the United Nations Centre for Human Settlement (Habitat), Mathare is one of Africa’s largest, most overcrowded slums, with more than half a million people. Most of Mat
  • A man smells fumes emanating from 'Chang’aa', an illicit brew, Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya, April 2007. According to the United Nations Centre for Human Settlement (Habitat), Mathare is one of Africa’s largest, most overcrowded slums, with more than
    A man smells fumes emanating from 'Chang’aa' , an illicit brew, Mathare slum, Nairobi
  • Ethiopian housemaid Muluken Alemu has been suffering in Iraq after being taken there against her will.
  • Ethiopians Muluken and her friend thought they were going to Jordan to work as housekeepers but ended up in Iraq.
  • Violette Nassif still has the 1994 permit from the Syrian prison system that allowed her to visit her son Johnny. She has not seen him since 1996.
  • The families of detainees missing in Syrian prisons gather in front of the United Nations building to protest, Beirut. 24 Apr 2007. They have gathered every day for more than two years.

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