Erosion helps form stunning formations in the red rocks of the Coloured Canyon, Sinai South, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Erosion helps form stunning geological formations in the Coloured Canyon in the Sinai Desert, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Olivier Berrouet, Oenologist, helps sort grapes by hand at famous Chateau Petrus wine estate at Pomerol in Bordeaux, France

Olivier Berrouet, Oenologist, helps sort grapes by hand at famous Chateau Petrus wine estate at Pomerol in Bordeaux, France

Philippino Hilot Massage, heated banana leaf strip helps to identify the trouble spots in the muscles, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Olivier Berrouet, Oenologist, helps sort grapes by hand at famous Chateau Petrus wine estate at Pomerol in Bordeaux, France

A young girl helps to weed the field of cabbages on her family farm, Ethiopia, Africa

Erosion helps form stunning formations in the rocks of the Coloured Canyon, Sinai South, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Fifth Station of the Cross, Simon helps Jesus to carry the cross, St. John the Baptist's Church, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France, Europe

Malaga-Spain - Easter Week (Semana Santa) - A blindfolded member of a brotherhood helps to carry a float during a procession on Palm Sunday

Indonesia laboratory testing drinking water. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour. terchnician : every house well gets tested. Unicef originally helped up to support other ngos in area, helps staff salaries provides us with equipment. coordinates activities with local government. water in local wells is quite contaminated, especially with arsenic, as well as nitrates, nitrites, iron, manganese fluoride. water became salinated after tsunami. We test here both water from shallow deep wells

Food, ethiopia. Saint mary’s catholic school, addis ababa. A mainstream elementary and secondary school, it has a small wing for special needs children, which is featured here. Betty and her mother feleku (on left) who helps with preparing food at the center. Other parents participate in rotation

Disability, ethiopia. Urban development project of the daughters of charity, kabille 18, addis ababa. The project helps poor people with disabilities and health problems. Father and son at the center

One of the largest fountains in the world, the Jet d'Eau is one of Geneva's most famous landmarks. The small Zodiac boat in the foreground helps illustrate the size of the water jet. Geneva, Switzerland

The young caterpillars once hatched make silk compounds within which they start their growing process which takes about two weeks. The silk enclosure helps to protect them against potential predators. . Isle of White, UK. Isle of White, UK

Moorea, French Polynesia, Society Islands, South Pacific. On a surface of about 280m² with vanilla plants grown on artificial guardians. This type of culture helps protect it from the assaults of the sun, birds and all kinds of pests

A young Chinese girl wearing a princess dress helps her father plant rice in a rice paddy in China.

A young Chinese girl wearing a princess dress helps her father plant rice in a rice paddy in China.

A young Chinese girl wearing a princess dress helps her father plant rice in a rice paddy in China.

Kathiana helps prepare natural cacao drink at Bribri tribe house, A day with the Bribri, indigenous people in Lim?n Province of Costa Rica,

Kathiana helps prepare natural cacao drink at Bribri tribe house, A day with the Bribri, indigenous people in Lim?n Province of Costa Rica,

Kathiana helps prepare natural cacao drink at Bribri tribe house, A day with the Bribri, indigenous people in Lim?n Province of Costa Rica,

Doctor Helps Patient With Hearing Problem

Rescue helicopter Christoph1 in action, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Rescue helicopter Christoph1 in action, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Monks and novices begging for their daily food in Luang Prabang, Laos

Rescue helicopter Christoph1 in action, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Indo-German-Changar-Eco-Development-Project, Annu Methe showing her cow in Gadjara, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Indo-German-Changar-Eco-Development-Project, Sawjo is taking hay to her animals, Nahalna, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Indo-German-Changar-Eco-Development-Project, Ms Jalang with firewood and rice on the project area, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Family with cow, Matiyama, Himachal Pradesh, India

Indo-German-Changar-Eco-Development-Project, Gardiara at her house near Dhandol, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Poster as part of an HIV awareness campaign, HIV prevention, Garoua, Cameroon, Africa

Four-wheel drive jeep booged down while crossing a river, teamwork, Botswana, Africa

Baby hatch at the children's clinic Kemperhof, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Employees of the ADAC automobile club helping with car troubles, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Collision of two cars and a motorcycle, one person was killed, B327 federal highway near Waldesch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Construction of brick houses for families whose homes were destroyed during the flood catastrophe of 2010, Lashari Wala village near Muzaffaragarh, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Firefighters extinguishing the fire of two burned-out trucks on the A8 motorway, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Volunteers at dawn at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, waiting for the start of the immature Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) capture event in order to ring them, Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Shadows of hands

Volunteers from Ford Motor Co. plant an educational garden of native plants at the entry to Humbug Marsh, part of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, at right Detroit Edison's Trenton Channel Power Plant, Trenton, Michigan, USA

Firefighters fight a blazing fire at a gym and a restaurant in the suburb Arzheim, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Ladybugs walk over an ear of gold corn / A man helps a ladybug to arrive over an ear of gold corn, Italy, Europe

Ladybugs walk over an ear of gold corn / A man helps a ladybug to arrive over an ear of gold corn, Italy, Europe

Members of the Saugatuck Rowing Club in Westport, Connecticut show how they can coordinate their rowing efforts to drive their scull upriver on a sunny June morning. The coxswain seated in the stern of the boat helps the team time their oar strokes and gives them words of encouragement.

Ester Hodari, age 22 years old, cooks dinner using the traditional three-rock cook stove with a fire in the middle. These cookstoves use a lot of fuel, firewood, and produce a lot of smoke. Ester told us that cooking with this type of stove made her eyes turn red and she often had a chest cough. Her children, ages 5, 2 and 3 months are often with her when she is cooking. Her sister-in-law, Shadya Jumanne, age 11, helps her cook as well. Not long ago Ester’s 3 month-old developed a cough, It kept getting worse and so they took her by motorcycle to the hospital at night. Ester started really worrying about this. After this Ester and her husband agreed that they needed to buy a clean cookstove and started saving. The girl helping Ester cook in some of the images is her sister-in-law Shadya Jumanne, age 11. Ester met Solar Sister entrepreneur Fatma Mziray when she married her husband and moved to this village, Mforo near Moshi, Tanzania. Ester said that Fatma is like a mother to her in the village. When Fatma showed Ester the new wood stove she saw that is used less wood and produced less smoke.

Mforo, Tanzania a village near Moshi, Tanzania. Solar Sister entrepreneur Fatma Mziray and her eldest daughter Zainabu Ramadhani, 19 cook lunch in her kitchen house using both a clean cookstove using wood and one using coal. One of her younger daughters, Nasma Ramadhani, age 5 helps out. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

A boy helps crush stones in a special stone mill in Sudan. Illegal gold-mining in the region of the fourth cataract of the Nile in northern Sudan. People from the nearby villages work in shallow shafts in the desert. The rocks containing gold are crushed in a special mill. Some of the material is washed with water on the spot but the major part of it is taken to a village. 12/01/2007

Mina Liasa, 24, flew 190 miles to deliver her second child. Here she sees the baby for the first time. Leanne Tyler, an outpost nursing student helps. Baby boy is named Jerry.

Two young boys fish at Nantucket's Brant Point Lighthouse. In the background is Nantucket's Lightship which also helps steer boats safely into and out of Nantucket's harbor.

An able bodied golfer teams up with a disabled golfer using a specialized powered golf wheelchair and helps him to line up his putt on a golf green at a golf course, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Paraplegic man with forearm crutches gets his service dog to retrieve his fallen crutch from the ground in a parking lot, Boynton Beach, Florida, United States of America

Mid-Aged Man Helping Daughter Tie Climbing Rope At Base Of Cliff, Near Rexford, Montana, Usa

A Father Helps His Small Daughter

Jesus Helps A Young Girl

A Woman Helps Dress A Bride On Her Wedding Day, Ontario, Canada

Woman dressed in mourning helps carry the anda (float) of the sorrowful Virgin Mary during a Good Friday Procession in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala