Hillside favela, La Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

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

View of poor housing in the favela (slum), Cantagalo near Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Tabajaras-Cabritos favela slum, impoverished community with poor housing, Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Detailed view of poor housing in the Pavao Pavaozinhao favela slum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

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

Slum housing in Ahmedabad; India;

Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Favellas (Illegal Slums Built On Dangerous Hill Slopes)

Slum dwellings in Suihua, Heilongjiang Province pumping out coal smoke into an already highly polluted atmosphere, China, Asia

Slum dwellings in Suihua, Heilongjiang Province pump out coal smoke into an already highly polluted atmosphere, China, Asia

The polluted back streets of Suihua in Heilongjiang Province, China, Asia

New apartment block replaces old slum dwellings, all with solar water heaters on the roof, in Heilongjiang province, Northern China, Asia

Slum dwellings in Suihua, Heilongjiang Province pump out coal smoke into an already highly polluted atmosphere, China, Asia

A rundown area of Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Coal fired power station in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, Asia

demolition in old town, Lao Xi Men, redevelopment area, living amongst demolished houses, migrant worker, living in demolished houses and self built shacks, slum, Living amongst ruins, playing majong

Favela, shanty town in front of Sugarloaf Mountain, Pao de Acucar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Poor dwellings, stilt houses, mangrove area in the estuary of the Rio Anchicaya river in the Pacific, Bajamar slum, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, South America

Favelas, Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

JAMAICA Montego Bay Norwood Overcrowded slum area shanty housing on hillside with corrugated tin rooves.

BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro Favela or slum on hillside above Copacabana neighbourhood, bedcovers and washing hanging on lines unplastered red brick houses greenery and TV antenna

BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro Favela or slum on hillside above Copacabana neighbourhood, red brick houses greenery and TV dish antenna

BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro Saude downmarket neighbourhood traditional clay tile roofs and washing hung out of windows palm trees and favela or slum on the hillside

BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro Rooftops of Saude neighbourhood with a hillside favela or slum and the statue of Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovada mountain traditional tile roofs and palm trees