Coal (charcoal), Eastern Central African Republic

Fish for sale at the early morning fish market, Fort Kochi, Kerala, India

Watermelon harvest on lands bought or rented by China for Chinese market, Nong Khiaw area, northern Laos

With such demands for Lake Victoria's Nile perch, the value of the fishery has risen considerably. Labour inflows into the fishery have increased along with growing demand. In 2004, there were 51,712, boats on the lake and 153,066 fishermen. All along the lakeshore, G®?boom townsG®ö have developed in response to the demands of fishing crews with money to spend from a dayG®ös fishing. These towns resemble shanties and have little in the way of services. Jinja, Uganda, East Africa

With such demands for Lake Victoria's Nile perch, the value of the fishery has risen considerably. Labour inflows into the fishery have increased along with growing demand. In 2004, there were 51,712, boats on the lake and 153,066 fishermen. Jinja, Uganda, East Africa

With such demands for Lake Victoria's Nile perch, the value of the fishery has risen considerably. Labour inflows into the fishery have increased along with growing demand. In 2004, there were 51,712, boats on the lake and 153,066 fishermen. Jinja, Uganda, East Africa

Adult Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) chased by its chick in demand for food. Paulet Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Car transporters loaded with new cars fuel China's ever increasing demand for vehicles, China, Asia

A new highway marches across Inner Mongolia as the demand for cars is ever increasing in China, Asia

Pinboard: "Same wage for same work".

The Patriot Coal Corporation's Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Samples mine has been temporarily closed due to declining de

Anti nuclear power demonstration at the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant, the most powerful German nuclear power plant, Gundremmingen in Guenzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Demonstration of snowmen against climate change on the Schlossplatz in Berlin, Germany, Europe

Demonstration of snowmen against climate change on the Schlossplatz in Berlin, Germany, Europe

Police officer with a traffic paddle

Anti nuclear power demonstration at the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant, the most powerful German nuclear power plant, Gundremmingen in Guenzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe