Slums within a kilometer of the Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Village life, Deogarh, Rajasthan, India

Man preparing breakfast, watched by dogs and a cat, Medina, Venezuela, South America

The blue town of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, The blue houses are those belonging to the Brahmin caste

Main beach, San Juan de las Galdonas, Paria Peninsula, Venezuela, South America

Young nuns with begging bowls, Mandalay, Myanmar, Asia

Decaying house in Panaji formerly known as Panjim, Goa, India

Novice Buddhist monks collecting alms of rice, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Man sleeping, Plaza Viejo, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Old red car, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Street scene with man on horseback, Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Portrait of an old man, Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Mural of Camilo Cienfuegos on the wall of an apartment building, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Mother and daughter on porch of their farm, Vinales, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Three young boys posing against old white American car, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Portrait of an elderly musician, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Boat on the Kinh Ben Nghe, a tributary of the Saigon River, Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, Vietnam, Asia

Narrow street with whitewashed houses, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Shacks, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa

Street scene, Cienfuegos, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Street market in a village near the airport, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

Slums, bangladesh. Dhaka slums. Women and children

China migrant workers from the countryside waiting outside guangzhou train station, guangdong province

India. Fixing matresses in the streets of mumbai.

Bajau family in stilt house over the sea, with fish drying on platform outside, Sabah, island of Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Houses, Soweto, South Africa, Africa

Family at front door of their rag shanty home, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Asia

Stilt house built by Philippino refugees on east coast of Borneo by Bajau people, Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia, island of Borneo, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman at the Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Woman at the Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Food aid for the poor at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Indian beggar at muslim Meena Bazar, in Old Delhi, India

Market, Jinka, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, Africa

Local children near Chenek, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, Africa

Tarahumara Indian child and house, Mexico, North America

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air shows flood waters and farmland destroyed by the floods, with local farmers crossing their devastated fields.

Thailand mother breast feeding baby. Inhabitants of a slum in chiang mai

India. Nuns and girls at prayer. Mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

Kenya anti sexual violence poster. Kibera slum, nairobi

Burundi man drinking water from a standpipe, gitera.

India - women - labour: tamarind processing plant. Women breaking open the pods. Tamil nadu

Cambodia sen sok primary school. anlon knang, a resettlement area outside phnom penh where poor people were moved when their inner city slum was developed

East timor. Camp for internally displaced people (idps) in the old hospital at baucau. Jacinta marques, and old woman and children at the camp

Colombia sprawling slum development at altos de cazuca, bogota

Zambia distribution of american catholic relief services (crs) food aid at a center in mongu, during a time of drought and famine. (2002-3)

Thailand our school muslim school for burmese refugees, mae sot

India. Sister bincy joseph aruviyil serving, during mealtime at the mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

Colombia girls walking home from school in ciudad bolivar, bogota

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

Thailand mother & child, slum dwellers of chiang mai

Thailand steven moses, director of nccm, with burmese refugee children at school, mae sot

Uganda cooking matoke, steamed bananas, the staple diet, on a large open fire for a feast day. kangulumira, kayunga district

Colombia single mother with her children, barrancabermeja. Beautiful people, but they are extremely poor, and the children both suffer from malnutrition and stunted growth. She often does not send them to school becasue they are too hungry

Honduras slum dwellers of tegucigalpa

Russia - soup kitchen run by mother teresas sisters of charity for the poor and elderly, yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east

Mongolia the verbist center for street children and orphans, ulaan baatar

Uganda boys digging a pit latrine, and hauling up the dirt with a winch and small bucket. kayunga district

Tanzanian woman collecting unsafe and dirty drinking water from a water hole at kansay, near ngorongoro. She will carry the bucket of water 3 miles each way to and from her home. She and her family suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

Colombia very poor mother with her two sons, barrancabermeja

Tanzanian women collecting unsafe and dirty drinking water from a water hole at kansay, near ngorongoro. They will carry the bucket of water upto 3 miles each way to and from their homes.They And their families suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water

CAMBODIA Boy scavenging for recyclable garbage on rubbish dump of Mean Caeay, Phnom Penh

CAMBODIA Scavenger Soun Srey Thouch searching for recyclable materials on Phnom Penh's Mean Caeay garbage dump, with sons Khoeun Sovan (8) and Khoeun Sanja (10)

Colombia in the slums of los altos de cazuca, bogota

East timor. Camp for internally displaced people (idps) at the don bosco center in dili. Mother and child

CAMBODIA Scavenger Soun Srey Thouch searching for recyclable materials on Phnom Penh's Mean Caeay garbage dump, with sons Khoeun Sovan (8) and Khoeun Sanja (10)

CAMBODIA Scavenger Soun Srey with sons Khoeun Sovan (8) and Khoeun Sanja (10), near Phnom Penh's Mean Caeay garbage dump

India. Small home of hindu family, omana radhara krishnan (mother) and her daughters rashmi (14) and maya (11). They will soon get a better house thanks to house building project funded by cnewa and implemented by diocese of kottayam social services in villages of wayanad district, kerala. 2007

Kenya. Primary school children of christ the king catholic school, kibera, a slum of nairobi

Thailand burmese muslim refugee school at mae sot

Kenya. Christ the king catholic secondary school, kibera, a slum of nairobi

Thailand our school muslim school for burmese refugees, mae sot

Thailand burmese refugee children at school, mae sot

Thailand muslim school for burmese refugees, mae sot

Thailand refugees crossing river bordering thailand and myanmar at mae sot

Colombia city bus in the slum development at altos de cazuca, bogota

Kenya at a wedding mass, kibera slum, nairobi. Three couples were married at the same time, by american maryknoll priest, father bob jalbert

Thailand child development center for refugee and minority children chiang mai

CAMBODIA Children receiving first aid by an outreach team of CSARO, central Phnom Penh

India. Mealtime at the mary matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

Thailand burmese refugee school at mae sot

Colombia marly juliet, 7, of the slum of altos de cazuca, bogota, doing her homework

Mongolia catholic bishop wens padilla visiting the verbist center for street children and orphans, ulaan baatar

Colombia marly juliet, 7, of the slum of altos de cazuca, bogota, heading off to school

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

Vietnam mother of pearl inlay training workshop, phuxuyen

Russia - soup kitchen run by mother teresas sisters of charity for the poor and elderly, yuzhno sakhalinsk, sakhalin island, russian far east

Vietnam mother of pearl inlay training workshop, phuxuyen

CAMBODI A Children receiving first aid by an outreach team of CSARO, central Phnom Penh

India - water: women taking water from tank. Pinkulam village, tamilnadu

Thailand burmese refugee children wat prok, bangkok

Thailand muslim school for burmese refugees, mae sot

Burundi woman feeding her children, gitera.

Colombia social worker visits slum dwellers, altos de cazuca, bogota

Thailand girl of mae la burmese refugee camp, mae sot

Colombia dirt road and sprawling slum development at altos de cazuca, bogota

Cambodia sen sok primary school. anlon knang, a resettlement area outside phnom penh where poor people were moved when their inner city slum was developed

South sudan student of lutaya primary school walking to school with her books and stool to sit on as there is usually no furniture in the classrooms. yei

Kenya day care center in kibera slum, nairobi

Mongolia the verbist center for street children and orphans, ulaan baatar

Uganda nejjemba teopista, farmer of kayunga and farmers group animator, holding her hoe after working in a communal garden at kangulumira where food is grown to feed the poor and sick. caritas uganda project