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  • A young girl carries a bag of recyclable items she has found while rummaging through piles of rubbish in the neighborhood of Manchiat Nasser, Cairo, Egypt, March 2007. Manchiat Nasser has long been a low income area inhabited by families who make their l
    A girl carries a bag of recyclable items she has found while rummaging through piles of rubbish, Cairo
  • The flood of sewage devastated the Bedouin village of Umm Nasser, destroying shacks and flooding streets in the built-up area, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. An earth embankment around a cesspool suddenly collapsed Tuesday, spewing a river of sewage and
  • The evacuated families have set up a small pen for their surviving animals, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Several major sewage treatment projects funded by foreign donors, including one in Umm Naser, were frozen after Hamas won elections last year.
    The evacuated families have set up a small pen for their surviving animals, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Several major sewage treatment projects funded by foreign donors, including one in Umm Naser, were frozen after Hamas won elections last year
  • The entrance to this house in Umm Nasser has been buried under sand carried into the village by the flood of sewage, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. At least 25 houses were completely submerged.
    The entrance to this house in Umm Nasser has been buried under sand carried into the village by the flood of sewage, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. At least 25 houses were completely submerged
  • Rows of UN tents cover the ground after a sewage basin burst its bank and flooded a Bedouin village, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Poor infrastructure in Gaza is being blamed for the accident.
    Rows of UN tents cover the ground after a sewage basin burst its bank and flooded a Bedouin village, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Poor infrastructure in Gaza is being blamed for the accident
  • Caged chickens for purchase in a poultry shop, Cairo, Egypt, 16 February 2007. Egypt is a major route for migratory birds and is one of the countries worst hit by the bird flu virus outside Asia.
  • Inside the Palestinian Red Crescent medical tent, set up to help Umm Nasser residents as they adapt to life in tents, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. The residents of Umm Nasser have been forced to live in tents due to the sewage flooding.
    Inside the Palestinian Red Crescent medical tent, set up to help Umm Nasser residents as they adapt to life in tents, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. The residents of Umm Nasser have been forced to live in tents due to the sewage flooding
  • A girl looks down from a building in an illegal neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, 3 April 2007. Up to 40% of all building work in the city is illegal, either built without planning permission as an extension to an existing structure, or on vacant land with
  • Children stand in front of a wall bearing the slogan 'Are we being asked to die?', sprayed on after the flood in Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. An earth embankment around a cesspool suddenly collapsed Tuesday, spewing a river of sewage and mud that kille
  • A boy returns to his tent after a day at school, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Life in Umm Nasser goes on despite the havoc caused by the sewage flooding the town.
    A boy returns to his tent after a day at school, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Life in Umm Nasser goes on despite the havoc caused by the sewage flooding the town
  • View of Damascus, Syria, 3 April 2007. Between four to five million people live in Damascus and its surrounding countryside, including over half a million Palestinian and Iraqi refugees, making it by far the most inhabited region in the country.
  • A boy looks at an improvised grave marker for the 'family of martyrs' where 65-year-old Fatma Abu Safra and two-year-old Jamal Abu Safra died in the flood, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Thousands of tons of sewage surged into the village of Umm Nasser c
  • View of an illegal neighborhood on the north-east edge of Damascus, Syria, 3 April 2007. Between four to five million people live in Damascus and its surrounding countryside, including over half a million Palestinian and Iraqi refugees, making it by far t
    A neighborhood on the north-east edge of Damascus, Syria
  • Two local boys stand on top of wreckage, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. The street was wrecked by the flood of sewage and was left under tons of sand. The house bears the phrase, 'Yesterday we had a house’.
    Two local boys stand on top of wreckage, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. The street was wrecked by the flood of sewage and was left under tons of sand. The house bears the phrase, 'Yesterday we had a house’
  • A Bedouin man in a small enclosure erected around his UN tent, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Several major sewage treatment projects funded by foreign donors, including one in Umm Naser, were frozen after Hamas won elections last year.
    A Bedouin man in a small enclosure erected around his UN tent, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Several major sewage treatment projects funded by foreign donors, including one in Umm Naser, were frozen after Hamas won elections last year
  • A view of the collapsed earth bank looking into the sewage basin, Umm Nasser, Gaza, 7 April 2007. Thousands of tons of sewage surged into the village of Umm Nasser. The level of sewage in the pool had increased, creeping up the earth embankments around th
  • Saleh Rabia’a, 34, is at his wit's end because all three of his children have been killed in seperate war-related incidents and his wife is in a mental hospital as a result.
  • Conditions in the al-Basateen area of Aden province, Yemen, are said to be miserable.
  • A Somali refugee child suffers the miserable conditions of the al-Basateen area of Aden province, Yemen.
  • Habibah Hassan says conditions in the Somali-dominated al-Basateen area of Aden province, Yemen are miserable.
  • A water tanker delivers much needed water to IDPs to the south of Mogadishu the water was delivered by the Local Civil Society groups, Mogadishu, Somalia, 9 April 2007.
    A water tanker delivers much needed water to IDPs to the south of Mogadishu the water was delivered by the Local Civil Society groups, Mogadishu, Somalia, 9 April 2007
  • IDPs sheltering under a tree after fleeing their homes in Mogadishu, Somalia, 12 April 2007.
    IDPs sheltering under a tree after fleeing their homes in Mogadishu, Somalia, 12 April 2007
  • Civil Society Tasks force member Madina Muhammad Ilmi distributing mats to IDPs, Mogadishu, Somalia, 12 April 2007.
    Civil Society Tasks force member Madina Muhammad Ilmi distributing mats to IDPs, Mogadishu, Somalia, 12 April 2007
  • An Israeli man leaves the Petach Tikva distribution centre with his food supplies.
  • A small girl watches as her mother picks up food from an NGO that she needs to feed her family.
  • A street wrecked by a flood of sewage and left under tons of sand. The house bears the phrase 'Yesterday we had a house'.
  • A flood of sewage devastated the Bedouin village of Umm Nasser, destroying shacks and flooding streets in the built-up area.
  • Khalil Ajami stands by the ruins of his four-apartment family home in Bint Jbeil.
  • More than 15,000 Somali refugees live in squalid conditions in the al-Basateen area of Aden province.
  • Julius Mwelu, founder of the Mwelu Foundation in Mathare slums, Nairobi, Kenya, 10 April 2007. The Mwelu Foundation is making a considerable difference among the youth in Mathare slums.
    Julius Mwelu, founder of the Mwelu Foundation in Mathare slums, Nairobi, Kenya, 10 April 2007. The Mwelu Foundation is making a considerable difference among the youth in Mathare slums
  • A UNEP press conference held at Norfolk Hotel, Nairobi, 10 April 2007. The conference was about Africa and climate change.
    A UNEP press conference held at Norfolk Hotel, Nairobi, 10 April 2007. The conference was about Africa and climate change
  • Locals dig for tin by hand, Nigeria, 4 April 2007. With the tin mine closed, and massive corruption diverting what resources the state government gets from the federal government, Muslims and Christians mostly blame each other for their collective poverty

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