Daily life at the special needs school SPED, the only Special Needs school in northern Cebu, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Panjakent, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. August 18, 2021. Boys and a dog looking over the city of Panjakent. Editorial Use Only

These reindeer peoples' entire existence is based around their herds of reindeer, which provide milk, skins for clothes, horn for carving and medicine, transport and occasionally, meat. the tsaatan are part of the tuvan ethnic group, which inhabits the tuvan republic of russia. there are only about 200 tsaatan in total, spread over 100,000 sq km of northern mongolia. they are nomadic, often moving their small encampments every three to four weeks, searching for special types of grass and moss loved by the reindeer. the tsaatan are strong practitioners of shamanism. west taiga, northern mongolia

Margib, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. August 15, 2021. Children on a platform bed in a mountain village. Editorial Use Only

Shagmon, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. August 12, 2021. Farm workers loading a truck during harvest. Editorial Use Only

Haft Kul, Sughd Province, Tajikistan. August 17, 2021. A woman with her two children in the mountains of Tajikistan. Editorial Use Only

Shagmon, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. August 12, 2021. Farm worker hand starting a truck during harvest. Editorial Use Only

Child working in the distribution of water in Containers, Morondava, Madagascar

Boys rowing in the harbour in the evening, Portrush, County Antrim, Ireland, Europe

Two boys lying in snow, Gargellen, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria

Inside the Ballinstadt Museum, Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany

Mountain festival, Kraxnbichl, Neufahrn, Egling, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Smiling Cowboy