Essar House office development for Essar Group by slums in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India shows contrast of rich and poor

Essar House office development for Essar Group by slums in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India shows contrast of rich and poor

Slum housing and slum dwellers next to apartment blocks in Bandra area of Mumbai, India from Bandra Worli Sealink Road

Slum housing and slum dwellers in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India

Slum housing and slum dwellers in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India

Mother and children at their traditional wood and straw roofed home in the Solomon Isles.

Two women and a dog at Gillan Harbour, Helford River Estuary, Cornwall, England

Watched by a group of young children a woman washes dishes in a bucket of water at a humble home on the sidewalk in Bombay, India. A little girl has a gleeful expression despite the poverty of the situation.

Cottages in the quaint village of Cadgwith in Cornwall, England

Traditional homestead with mailbox, North Island, New Zealand

Traditional homestead with mailbox, North Island, New Zealand

Man with tented dwelling at Al Ain, Abu Dhabi

Cinder block homes cover the mountainside in Petare, Latin America's largest shanty town, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 23, 2008.