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Excessive water hyacinth growth and fish cage farms on this large lake that suffers from pollutants, climate change heating and reduced oxygen, Lake Tondano, Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Bamboo and net fish cage farming on this large lake that suffers from climate change heat, pollutants and reduced oxygen, Lake Tondano, Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

A penitent suffers to prove his faith during a Tamil religious procession, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Vietnam yen mo tu commune primary school, ninh binh province. this is one of several schools in this region of northern vietnam where crs in cooperation with the local education authorities has implemented inclusive education practices, whereby children with mental or physical disabilities are integrated into the normal primary schools. crs provides special training for the teachers to help them. the image shows 13-year-old pham thi bich ngoc (in pink jacket) who suffers from cerebral palsy and is intergrated into a class of 11-year-olds. her teacher nguyen thi mund is seen here helping her with an alphabet exercise

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

Tanzanian line of buckets waiting to be filled by a slow tap at a water distribution point in 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

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

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

UGANDA The work of Comboni Samaritans, Gulu. Visiting Atoo Alice, 48, who has AIDS and suffers from depression. She lives with her 52-year-old sister Ventorina Ayo who is her primary care giver, and with her husband Michael. Michael and Ventorina are very loving and slo look after Alice's two children, Geoffrey and Enice, both of whom are epileptic. They have taken on a huge committment, and are helped by the Combonis who bring supplioes and food. Ventorina washing and dressing Alice. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

UGANDA The work of Comboni Samaritans, Gulu. Home based care from a volunteer with the Combonis. Ojok Andrew, 36, visiting Lalam Grace, 35, who has AIDS and suffers severe leg pain. He puts on rubber gloves and gives her a massage. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

Water bottle at storage depot, Majorca, Spain. *Highlighting the huge water shortage that Majorca suffers from*

Beaked Whale stranded on coral reef during low tide, Mesoplodon sp., Mili, Marshall Islands (N. Pacific)..

Especially the children suffer from the constant ash fall, Tavurvur Volcano, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Pacific

Young woman receiving acupuncture treatment on her back

Young woman being massaged on the back with a spikey rubber massage ball

Young woman receiving an oil massage

Camp fence with barbed wire at Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Ead of a fantasy figure with bandaged nose and tongue hanging out, caricature made of paper mache , monday before lent parade, Duesseldorf, NRW, Germany

Lonely man in front of a distorted face, depression

Child looks sadly through window pane

Young woman suffering from headache sitting sofa

Young woman receiving acupuncture treatment on her back

Monrovia, Liberia - September 19, 2007: Children selling snack food on the beach in the the fishing community of West Point in the Liberian capital of Monrovia which is one of the poorest slums in West Africa and suffers from overcrowding, lack of facilities, unemployment and garbage. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipped and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.

Joshua Nkrumah Asante, a wealthy child from Accra Ghana attends a private school at the University of Ghana where he and his sister are driven to and from school by the families driver. Joshua does not suffer from helminth infections but does suffer from hayfever. Joshua is one of the many children in Gahna participating in a study by Dr. Daniel Boakye at the University of Ghana attempting to better understand the connection between high rates of helminth infections and protection from allergies and asthma.

Zadok Agbeko is a poor child from the small village of Akramaman who walks 5km every day to the Ayikai Doblo public primary school with his older brothers. Zadok, along with many of the children in his socio economic background suffers from helminth infections and have tested negative for allergies. Zadok is one of the many children in Gahna participating in a study by Dr. Daniel Boakye at the University of Ghana attempting to better understand the connection between high rates of helminth infections and protection from allergies and asthma.