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  • Domingos Embana, a rice farmer in front to his harvest, ready to start thrashing the rice  between the towns of Bafata and Bissau, Guinea Bissau, 26 January 2007
    Domingos Embana, a rice farmer in front to his harvest, ready to start thrashing the rice between the towns of Bafata and Bissau, Guinea Bissau, 26 January 2007
  • Zaid Abdullah al-Taweeli, 11, started working as a labourer a year ago
  • With cashew buyers not buying Guinea Bissau’s 2006 crop, tens of thousands of tons sit piled up in warehouses and much of the harvest is now rotting, Buba, capital of Quinara Region in southern Guinea Bissau, 26 Jan 2007
    With cashew buyers not buying Guinea Bissau’s 2006 crop, tens of thousands of tons sit piled up in warehouses and much of the harvest is now rotting, Buba, capital of Quinara Region in southern Guinea Bissau, 26 Jan 2007
  • Eric Ndjango being led to a military tribunal in Bunia, Ituri District, Orientale Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 19 February 2007. He was one of four militiamen sentenced later that day to life imprisonment for killing two United Nat
    Eric Ndjango being led to a military tribunal in Bunia, Ituri District, Orientale Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 19 February 2007
  • An AK-47 assault rifle
  • Condom applicator.
    Condom Applicator: Passion filler, not passion killer
  • [Iraq] An Iraqi Shiite woman sells cigarettes in downtown Amman.
  • [Nepal] Anil Mangal, a 15-year-old Rickshaw puller, toils day and night to save enough money to store food supplies for many weeks.
  • [Nepal] Civilians in the remote villages of southeastern Terai fear they will suffer more hardship if violence recurs in the region.
  • The woman who tells the story of her sister in law on maternal mortality from Wakhan explains to  IRIN,  16 February 2006, North East,  Afghanistan
    The woman who tells the story of her sister in law on maternal mortality
  • [Kenya] sex worker (Lillian Baraza) in Kibera standing next to the door of her house. She is 17 years old and men come to her house for sex so she sits all day as men walk in and out. [Date picture taken: 02/04/2007]
    Trabalhadora do sexo em Kibera, favela de Nairóbi
  • The man from Wakhan who has not been able to get married for the last 6 years  after his wife died explains the story on maternal mortality to IRN, 16 February 2006, North East,  Afghanistan
    The man from Wakhan who has not been able to get married for the last 6 years after his wife died
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] A young 'Fesciste' at Abidjan University campus. Many students believe that the FESCI is nothing more than a government militia disguised as student association.
    A young 'Fesciste' at Abidjan University campus. Many students believe that the FESCI is nothing more than a government militia disguised as student association
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Students demonstrating at the University of Abidjan. Since the outbreak of the civil conflict in 1999, a culture of violence has developed in the university campus, mirroring the civil struggle that ravaged the country in recent years
    Students demonstrating at the University of Abidjan. Since the outbreak of the civil conflict in 1999, a culture of violence has developed in the university campus, mirroring the civil struggle that ravaged the country in recent years
  • Toor Jan, a 32-year old Afghan refugee in Quetta is just one of scores of victims of landmines along the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
    A 32-year old Afghan refugee, a victim of landmine in Pakistan
  • The Headquarters of the Civil Admin in Beit El.
  • [Israel - oPt] Dalia Bassa, Health Coordinator for the West Bank.
  • Policeman walks past posters for Abdoulaye Wade in Dakar. Locals are worried the polls will be violent.
  • [Liberia] Amarah S, 45, is a former colonel with the Armed Forces of Liberia who fled his country to Israel seven months ago.
  • [Rwanda] Gervais, a young genocide survivor. Many young people lost their family during the genocide, and have struggled to cope with caring for themselves and their siblings. [Date picture taken: 11/28/2006]
    Gervais, a young genocide survivor. Many young people lost their family during the genocide, and have struggled to cope with caring for themselves and their siblings
  • [Rwanda] Young 'tigiste' at Mageragere camp, Kigali. The prospects for them are not very bright: without education, all they can aspire to is a job in the construction industry. [Date picture taken: 11/27/2006]
  • [Rwanda] Young people taking part in voluntary activities in Kigali. Twelve years after the genocide, young Rwandans are eager to rebuild their society. [Date picture taken: 11/25/2007]
  • [DRC] Dunia Bakuluea, head of the North Kivu Division for Youth, Goma: "Youth are still enrolling en-masse in the ranks of armed militia." [Date picture taken: 12/01/2006]
    Dunia Bakuluea, head of the North Kivu Division for Youth, Goma: According to some sources the youth are still enrolling in the ranks of armed militia
  • [DRC] Construction apprentice, Don Bosco Centre, Goma. Vocational training programmes provide young people with skills that help them find a job after being demobilised. [Date picture taken: 11/30/2006]
    Construction apprentice, Don Bosco Centre, Goma. Vocational training programmes provide young people with skills that help them find a job after being demobilised
  • [DRC] Rumangabo military centre. Ex-militiamen waiting to be demobilised or integrated into the FARDC. Civilian life doesn't appeal to many ex-combatants, who feel they would not be able to adapt and find a job. [Date picture taken: 12/01/2006]
    Rumangabo military centre. Ex-militiamen waiting to be demobilised or integrated into the FARDC. Civilian life doesn't appeal to many ex-combatants, who feel they would not be able to adapt and find a job
  • [Angola] Male wooden penises used for HIV/AIDS prevention, Red Cross, Cabinda. [Date picture taken: 11/2006]
  • There are 250,000- 300,000 children living and working on the street
  • Sayed and his friend working in a tyre-repair shop in Kabul city
    [Afghanistan] Sayed and his friend working in a tyre-repair shop in Kabul city. Young Afghans are struggling with poverty, unemployment and limited social protection. [Date picture taken: 02/24/2006]
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Temporary employment agency in Abidjan. The retrenchment of the public sector left many young educated people without job opportunities.
    Temporary employment agency in Abidjan. The retrenchment of the public sector left many young educated people without job opportunities that match their skills. Even the educated ones struggle to find jobs
  • [Afghanistan] Impoverished children on a pile of waste in Kabul city. Poverty is a major recruiter for radical Islamist groups. [Date picture taken: 02/24/2006]
    Impoverished children on a pile of waste in Kabul city. Poverty is a major recruiter for radical Islamist groups
  • [Afghanistan] Sayed and his friend working in a tyre-repair shop in Kabul city. Young Afghans are struggling with poverty, unemployment and limited social protection. [Date picture taken: 02/24/2006]
    Sayed and his friend working in a tyre-repair shop in Kabul city. Young Afghans are struggling with poverty, unemployment and limited social protection
  • [Iraq] Former Iraqi vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan.  [Date picture taken: 02/14/2007]
    Former Iraqi vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan

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