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  • [Liberia] Market trader in Ganta. [Date picture taken: November/2006]
    A market trader in Ganta
  • [South Africa] Mandisa Cakwe and Clive Mavimbela in the ACHWRP office in Newcastle. [Date picture taken: November 2006]
    Mandisa Cakwe and Clive Mavimbela in the ACHWRP office in Newcastle
  • The 2006 Human Development Report. The cover design captures the idea that millions of the world’s people lack access to safe water not because of scarcity, but because they are locked out by poverty, inequality, and government failures. Tackling these
  • [Zambia] Women in Kabwe 'mining' zinc in the rubble of what was once Africa's biggest lead mine. [Date picture taken: 05/02/2005]
    Women in Kabwe 'mining' zinc in the rubble of what was once Africa's biggest lead mine.
  • [Israel] Widowed Palestinian women are often find themselves in a desperate situation. [Date picture taken: 11/07/2006]
    Widowed Palestinian women often find themselves in a desperate situation.
  • [Africa] More than 300 million Africans do not have access to clean drinking water.
    More than 300 million Africans do not have access to clean drinking water
  • [Lebanon] Cluster bombs gathered to be destroyed by mine sweepers in the suburbs of Tyre city in southern Lebanon, 6 October 2006. Unexploded ordnance in southern Lebanon continues to pose great risks to civilians returning to their villages, according to
    Up to a million cluster bombs lie scattered in the fields of southern Lebanon.
  • [Lebanon] A scout boy parades in ruins caused by Israeli bombing in the south of Beirut to commemorate ‘Jerusalem day’, 6 October 2006. Up to 200,000 people could still be displaced in Lebanon nearly three months after the Israel-Hezbollah conflict en
    A boy scout in a parade in Lebanon
  • [Lebanon] Scouts gather in the ruins caused by Israel bombardment in southern Beirut to commemorate ‘Jerusalem Day’, 6 October 2006. The month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah reduced villages and towns in the south to a wasteland.
  • [Lebanon] A young crowd marches during a rally in the ruins caused by Israeli bombardment in southern Beirut, to commemorate ‘Jerusalem day’, 6 October 2006. The month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah reduced villages and towns in the south to a
    A young crowd marches during a rally in the ruins caused by Israeli bombardment in southern Beirut, to commemorate ‘Jerusalem day’
  • [Lebanon] Rainbow over Beirut, from the hills to the road to Bekka valley, Lebanon, 6 October 2006. Lebanon is a small and beautiful country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
  • [Lebanon] A general view of the ruins caused by Israeli bombing in the southern suburb of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Lebanon, 6 October 2006. The month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah reduced villages and towns in the south to a wasteland.
  • [Ethiopia] FGM is practiced predominantly in Africa, 28 out of 53 countries carry out FGM although 16 countries have passed national laws prohibiting FGM.
    These girls dance in the initiation ceremony that leads to their circumcision. If they refuse FGM they will be discriminated against or ostracized from their community
  • [Lebanon] A general view of the ruins caused by Israeli bombing in the southern suburb of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, Lebanon, 6 October 2006. The month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah reduced villages and towns in the south to a wasteland.
    A general view of the destruction caused by Israeli bombing in the southern suburb of Beirut in Lebanon
  • [Lebanon] Belgian UN peace keepers patrol in Jabal El Botm village, southern Lebanon, 6 October 2006. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was created to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore international peace and security, an
    UNIFIL was created to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore international peace and security, and help the government of Lebanon restore its effective authority in the area
  • [Sudan] From North to South: Sudan's Displaced Head Home.
When Sudan's warring factions signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in January 2005, millions of southerners displaced by the war started to plan their long journey home. But a stark reality aw
  • [Tanzania] Mererani in northern Tanzania is the only place on earth where the precious stone tanzanite is mined. Although the industry is worth $300 million a year, the town's residents live in desperate poverty, with children bearing the heaviest load. E
  • [CAR] Older AIDS orphans take care of younger ones in Bangui. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
  • [Namibia] Local fishermen prefer to visit the shebeens in Kuisebmond. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
  • [Namibia] Foreign fishermen know little about HIV/AIDS. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
    Foreign fishermen are not properly informed about HIV/AIDS
  • [DRC] In 1998 war broke out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Within weeks six other countries had been drawn into the conflict and scores of militias had sprung up in a battle for resources and regional power. [Date picture taken: 07/2006]
  • [Africa] Malaria claims three million lives every year worldwide, most of them in the countries south of the Sahara. [Date picture taken: 10/30/2005]
    Malaria claims three million lives every year worldwide, most of them in the countries south of the Sahara
  • [DRC] A vote of hope in South Kivu - massacre survivor. [Date picture taken: 07/2006]
    A voter in South Kivu casting his ballot during the recent polls
  • [Mozambique] Fish market - Maputo. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
  • [Mozambique] Fishermen bring in their catch - Maputo. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
    Fishermen in Maputo, the Mozambican capital, bring in their catch
  • [Mozambique] Maputo skyline. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
  • [Mozambique] Charcoal salesman in Chimuara. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
    Making charcoal out of firewood is an all too present practice in parts of Africa today
  • [Mozambique] Children in Chimuara. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
  • [Mozambique] A warning to truck drivers - HIV/AIDS signs line the road through Chimuara. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
    A warning to truck drivers - HIV/AIDS signs line the road through Chimuara
  • [Mozambique] Mozambican law demands logging conssesions have their own saw mill. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
  • [Mozambique] Parts of trains destroyed during the war still line the tracks. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
  • [Mozambique] Charcoal sold by the side of the road. [Date picture taken: 10/2006]
    Charcoal sales

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