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  • Excessive alcohol consumption is a social and economic problem.
  • Women demonstrate in Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, as they embark on a massive information campaign called "Intersection between violence against women and HIV/AIDS".
  • Polio vaccination, Juba, Sudan, 27 March 2007.
  • Polio vaccination, Juba, Sudan, 27 March 2007.
  • United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes (second from left) in his first field mission since taking up his post less than a month ago, Juba, southern Sudan, 23 March 2007. Following his r
  • A van carrying inmates enters the gate ofLebanon's Roumieh prison.
  • A young girl among many selling fruit by the roadside, Zambia, March 2007. Zambia has a high rate of child labour. More than 90 percent of child labourers earn as little as US$3 per month.
  • A vegetable seller carries her baby while balancing a pumpkin on her head, Zambia, March 2007. Privatisation of the public and commercial sector has led to widespread unemployment in the country.
  • Women fetch water from a natural source in the ground, Zambia, March 2007. Many women spend as much as six hours a day fetching water, often walking long distances from their homes.
  • A woman fetches water from a natural source on the ground, Zambia, March 2007. The fact that 75 percent of the earth is covered by water does not mean that every source of water is fit for human consumption, moreover humans need enough, safe and clean wat
  • A woman pours out water to wash dirty dishes, Zambia, March 2007. Water is a commodity that many of us take for granted; however, when our wells run dry or the taps fail to produce a single drop of water, we panic.
  • An elderly woman smokes tobacco with a water pipe made of a pumpkin in southern Zambia, February 2007. Medical research has determined that chronic tobacco smoking is a major contributing factor towards many health problems, particularly lung cancer, emph
    An elderly woman smokes tobacco with a water pipe made of a pumpkin in southern Zambia
  • An elderly woman smokes tobacco with a water pipe made of a pumpkin in southern Zambia, February 2007. Medical research has determined that chronic tobacco smoking is a major contributing factor towards many health problems, particularly lung cancer, emph
  • A mother with her child on her back, sit on a bench awaiting medical care, Zambia, March 2007. Zambia was once one of the wealthiest countries in sub-Saharan Africa. With deteriorating economic conditions, the inefficient, publicly financed healthcare sys
  • Fishmongers selling fish by the roadside, Zambia, March 2007. Privatisation of the public and commercial sector has led to widespread unemployment in Zambia.
  • Children sell fruit at a roadside, Zambia, March 2007. In research conducted in the country, one-third had lost one or both parents, a sizeable proportion of this group were engaged in prostitution and many also involved in other forms of child labour. M
  • Children removing sand from the banks of the Nile, Malakal, Sudan, 16 February 2007. Many children do this kind of work to pay for school fees or to buy food and clothes.
    Children removing sand from the banks of the Nile, Malakal, Sudan
  • A mother feeds her baby, Zambia, March 2007. Evidence suggests that, barring certain health issues, breast milk provides the optimal nutrition source for human infants. There is disagreement, however, among experts regarding the optimal duration of breast
  • Mother and child, Zambia, March 2007. An education crisis is gripping Zambia, with HIV/AIDS killing almost half the newly trained teachers each year. Classrooms are left empty and children go without lessons, as the government struggles to replace the tea
    Mother and child, Zambia
  • A young prostitute holding her child poses next to a client in a bar, 26 March 2007. Alcohol and drug use can lower inhibitions, increasing the risk of HIV infection. However, some groups are especially vulnerable - most notably young women. The impact of
    Bar stars: Alcohol and drug-use can lower inhibitions, increasing the risk of HIV infection
  • Yves Habonimana, Burundi, 25 March 2007.
  • A hospital on the outskirts of Maputo, hit by a rocket from after a munitions dump exploded.
  • Nanda Devi Bohara, 18, almost lost her 2-month old son who was suffering from pneumonia. She managed to reach the hospital after nearly two days of walk from her village in Accham district.
  • An unidentified woman in Maputo weeps in the aftermath of the armoury explosion, which killed more than 100 people.
  • Young girls sell fruit at roadside, Zambia, March 2007. In research conducted in the country, one-third had lost one or both parents, a sizeable proportion of this group were engaged in prostitution and many also involved in other forms of child labour. M
  • Young girls sell fruit at roadside, Zambia, March 2007. In research conducted in the country, one-third had lost one or both parents, a sizeable proportion of this group were engaged in prostitution and many also involved in other forms of child labour. M
    Girls sell fruit at a roadside, Zambia
  • School-children take a rest, Zambia, March 2007. An education crisis is gripping Zambia, with HIV/AIDS killing almost half the newly trained teachers each year. Classrooms are left empty and children go without lessons, as the government struggles to repl
  • A woman near the market talks into her mobile phone, Zambia, March 2007. "The impact that mobile phones have on the developing world is as revolutionary as roads, railways and ports, increasing social cohesion and releasing the entrepreneurial spirit that
  • Children near a market try their hand at acrobatics, Zambia, March 2007. An education crisis is gripping Zambia, with HIV/AIDS killing almost half the newly trained teachers each year. Classrooms are left empty and children go without lessons, as the gove
  • Residents standing near a baobab tree, Zambia, March 2007. The baobab is found in the savannas of African and India, mostly around the equator. It can grow up to 25 metres tall and can live for several thousand years.
  • Conditions are getting worse in Damascus for Ahlam al-Mulla (left), her husband and their two remaining children.
  • Fae’ek Ahmed, 30 continues to help displaced families despite death threats.

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