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Kabul, Afghanistan
Bibi Aisha, 18, was disfigured as retribution for fleeing her husband’s house in Oruzgan province, in the center of Afghanistan. Read more...
A man and boy walk through floodwaters in the village of Baseera, near Muzaffargarh. Read more...
Juveniles Behind Bars in Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone Pademba Road Prison, in Freetown, Sierra Leone was built to accommodate around 300 prisoners, but now holds more than 1,100, including many juveniles. Read more...
Freetown, Sierra Leone Pademba Road Prison, in Freetown, Sierra Leone was built to accommodate around 300 prisoners, but now holds more than 1,100, including many juveniles. Read more...
Dhaka, Bangladesh
An overcrowded train approaches a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as more passengers wait to board. Read more...
An overcrowded train approaches a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as more passengers wait to board. Read more...
Poor Choices - Ongata Rongai, Kenya
A doctor uses MVA (manual vacuum aspiration) to perform an abortion on a 29-year-old single mother. Abortion is a crime in Kenya, unless the life of the mother is in danger. Each year, at least 2,600 Kenyan women die after illegal abortions and 21,000 are hospitalized with complications from unsafe procedures. Read more...
A doctor uses MVA (manual vacuum aspiration) to perform an abortion on a 29-year-old single mother. Abortion is a crime in Kenya, unless the life of the mother is in danger. Each year, at least 2,600 Kenyan women die after illegal abortions and 21,000 are hospitalized with complications from unsafe procedures. Read more...
Malgas Island, South Africa A Cape gannet comes in to land during the summer nesting season. Malgas Island, off the west coast of South Africa, is an important seabird breeding ground.
Oil on Water - Gulf of Mexico
Pools of crude oil float to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico at the site of the sunken Deepwater Horizon drill. Read more...
Pools of crude oil float to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico at the site of the sunken Deepwater Horizon drill. Read more...
The Last Colony - Smara Refugee Camp, Algeria
Ali Salem Salma, aged 41, with his wife Nabba and son Khadda. The Saharawi people of Western Sahara have been involved in a decades-long dispute for independence, in land controlled by Morocco along the border with Algeria. Read more...
Ali Salem Salma, aged 41, with his wife Nabba and son Khadda. The Saharawi people of Western Sahara have been involved in a decades-long dispute for independence, in land controlled by Morocco along the border with Algeria. Read more...
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