Two little girls on a makeshift swing on the beach at Nungwi, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

A makeshift small traditional Christmas tree and Santa Claus hat planted on the sand at Leblon Beach with a defocused crowd in the background, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

A girl on a makeshift swing on the beach at Nungwi, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Young smiling village boy with wheeled toy vehicle pulled on piece of wire, in a village street, rural West Bengal, India, Asia

Hundreds of makeshift homes, Darwanaji Refugee Camp, Ethiopia, Africa

Woman cleans pots and pans at her makeshift homeon the street in Delhi, India.

Creperie in market square, Brignogan, Brittany France

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Young Xhosa boys playing football on the hills near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Young Xhosa boys playing football on a hill near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Young Xhosa boys playing football on a hill near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Young Xhosa boys playing football on the hills near Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Hope Bay hut. Hope Bay was discovered in 1902 by the Swedish expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld. He named it Hope Bay, after three of his party inadvertently wintered there during 1903; they were dropped off not long before their ship, Antarctic, sank and the sound beyond the bay bears the name of their doomed vessel. Their makeshift stone hut stands near the dock – it was largely rebuilt over the summer season of 1966-67. Hope Bay, Antarctic Sound, Weddell Sea

A makeshift shelter for salt miners in the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Primitively constructed huts near Erta Ale Volcano, a continuously active basaltic shield volcano and lava lake in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

Two men set up cots in a salt miner camp in the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Shelters and cots at a salt miner campsite in the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Temporary shelters within the refugee camps of the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia. Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Houses of the Afar people in the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

A close up of a cot on a campsite in the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia

Self made hut on the Sumida River banks, Tokyo, Japan

Homeless shelter in back lane, Shibuya, Tokyo

Makeshift mirror and lighting, bathroom

Temporary camp set up on a former football field, for refugees of the earthquake in January 2010, Port au Prince, Haiti, Central America

A truck drives over a makeshift bridge supported by ruined tanks on the road north of the Salang Tunnel in Baghlan province, August 31, 2002. High in the mountains of the Hindu Kush, the road was destroyed several years ago by a flood from raging mountain rivers. The road was improved by the Soviets after their 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, and was a crucial link for troops and supplies coming from the Soviet Union. The mountain road is in terrible condition, and its repair is crucially important for the reconstruction of the country

Men from the village of Gangwal, which was devastated in the 2005 earthquake, show makeshift shelters that villagers constructed themselves after the quake, in the upper Allai Valley, NWFP, Pakistan. Most of the villagers fled to tent camps at lower elevations to spend the winter, leaving just a handful of families to look after livestock and possessions. The people of this remote area are Pashtun and until the earthquake, neither the government nor the military had much presence or influence in the region.

Rear view shot of farmer carrying sack while working at farm, Vinales, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Campers playing badminton next to their camper van at a campsite just outside of the city center of a beautiful medieval city in South Bohemian Region; Cesky Krumlov, Bohemia, Czech Republic

Flood victim and child in makeshift shelter, Asia