View of the Santa Marta favela (slum community) showing the funicular railway, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

View over the slums of Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa

View of Rocinha favela (slum) (shanty town), Corcovado mountain and the statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

View over the shantytown of West Point, Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, Africa

Shanty houses of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

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

Slum washing ghats surrounded by expensive residential developments, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India, Asia

The brightly painted Warna-warni kampong or shanty town (slum), Malang, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

The brightly painted Warna-warni kampong or shanty town (slum), Malang, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

The brightly painted Warna-warni kampong or shanty town (slum), Malang, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Slum washing ghats, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India, Asia

Essar House office development for Essar Group by slums in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India shows contrast of rich and poor

Essar House office development for Essar Group by slums in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India shows contrast of rich and poor

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

Afghan kids watching TV in a slum in Kabul

Afghan kids watching TV in a slum in Kabul

Woman pressing cow dung to dry on the wall of a house, Shibpur district, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia

Neighbors from the traditional Afro-Colombian community meet to make music, Bajamar slum, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, South America

Old man, Afro-Colombians, playing a barrel drum, Bajamar slum, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, South America

Neighbors from the traditional Afro-Colombian community meet to make music, Bajamar slum, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, South America

Traditional district, slum with stilt houses on the mangrove banks of the Pacific coast at high tide, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, South America

The View From Santa Teresa Looking Towards Sugarloaf Mountain With A Favela In The Foreground, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Electric cables in the favelas, Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Favelas, Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PERU Juliaca Passing through the town during Puno to Cusco Perurail train journey. Cuzco Travel Tourism Holiday Vacation Explore Recreation Leisure Sightseeing Tourist Attraction Tour Destination Juliaca Cuzco Peru Peruvian South Southern America Latin Busy Culture Cultural Traditional Tradition People Visitors Locals Railway Railways Track Lines Line Rails Several Many Numerous Journey Market Marketplace Stalls Customers Stallholders Ramshackle Untidy Messy Ethnic Native Indigenous Unusual Different Danger Dangerous Beside Health Safety Vivid Vibrant Homes Residence Houses Abode Dwellings Housing Apartments Accommodation Slums Telegraph Wires Community Town Township Neighbourhood Residents Inhabitants Buildings Dilapidated Shopping Shoppers Poor Poverty Needy Deprived Deprivation Impoverished Hardship Calendar American South America

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

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Coral Sea