Weighing potatoes in Mrauk U vegetable market, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Woman sorting through fresh catch of fish, Vung Tau fish market, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a young Tibetan family, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Tirta Empul temple, Ubud region, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ribbons tied for children, money or personal object offered, Kunya Urgench, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia

Portrait of a tea plucker, Sri Lanka, Asia

Portrait of a young woman in national dress, Otoraigur, near Balikchi, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Asia

Girl, Tala, Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

A woman collects tea leaves on a Puer tea estate in Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Portrait of an Indian woman, Fort Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India, Asia

Dancer in the Gong of Angklung Kocok, Ubud region, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Water ladles, shaku, Nishiki Tenmangu shrine, Kyoto city, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Woman in kimono, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Ngada woman weaving ikat cloth, Bena Village, Flores, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Shee Neelchala Seva Sangha temple, Delhi, India, Asia

Food stall at market, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Innovative rug factories have brought small-scale factories to rural Bangladesh, Asia

Weaving on a loom, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Traditional dressed dancer, Shuri Castle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Asia

Woman buying scarves at Siem Reap market, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Les Artisans d'Angkor silk workshop, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fresh vegetables at market stall, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young tourists in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Traditional dress, tribal ethnic group, Sarawak, island of Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tirta Empul temple, Ubud region, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mother and child, Shey, Ladakh, India, Asia

Drying washing with Ahilya Fort behind, now a heritage hotel, on the banks of the Narmada River, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Girls in traditional dress walking past the cherry blossom at Sensi-ji Temple at night, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Traditional dressed dancer, Shuri Castle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Asia

Traditional dressed dancer, Shuri Castle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Asia

Food vendor, Mahamuni Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Krupuk (Kroepoek) production, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Hsipaw market, portrait of a woman peeling onions, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A woman collects tea leaves on a Puer tea estate in Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Commuters waiting for buses, Shanghai, China, Asia

Fresh vegetables at market stall, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Backwaters near Alleppey (Alappuzha), Kerala, India, Asia

Woman wearing traditional hat and selling fresh cut flowers, Dong Xuan market, Hanoi, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Performers of Phare Ponleu Selpak circus preparing for a show in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a Thai woman vendor in straw hat with a basket of limes, on boat in canal at the Damnoen Saduak floating market, Ratchaburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Market, Heho, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Woman twisting hemp, North Guangxi, China, Asia

A woman weaving at one of the cooperatives in an area that is famous for its saris, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Woman giving offerings at a shrine, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Khmer woman praying in a temple, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist worshipper with incense sticks, Khanh Van Nam Vien Taoist pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of children of the village, Mabul, Mabul Island, east coast, Sabah, island of Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of two Chinese kids, Beijing, China, Asia

Girl with thanaka make-up, Mount Popa, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Les Artisans d'Angkor silk workshop, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Flower market, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Woman walking through village streets, Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China, Asia

A woman spinning at one of the cooperatives in an area that is famous for its saris, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

Two ladies in traditional dress in a street market in the city of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Woman carrying palm fronds, standing in rice field, Refina, Flores, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

A Tibetan women from Mount Siguniang in Sichuan Province, China, Asia

Rantepao market, Toraja area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman taking picture with a smartphone, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Street market, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Little girl outside yurt, Altyn-Arashan near Kara-Kol, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

Temple mural of maiden, Citadel of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Asia

Uzbek girl, guest at a wedding, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

Victoria Railway Terminus (station), Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India, Asia

O-mikuji, fortune telling papers, Sapporo Shrine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia

Kalash woman, Rites of Spring, Joshi, Bumburet (Bumboret) Valley, Pakistan, Asia

Anuradha Koirala, proclaimed winner of CNN Hero of the Year 2010, warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Anuradha Koirala holds up her CNN Hero of the Year 2010 award as she is warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

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

Vietnam community water purifying project in village of tam phu, tam pinh district in vinh long province. previously the community would take water directly from a canal, for drinking. thanks to this project, they now have safe drining water. fran thi bich ngoc and her child vo truong vy, taking safe drinking water from a faucet in their home

Cambodia kreung mother breastfeeding her child, malik village, ratanakiri

India. Girls working in vegetable plot. 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

India. Dancing girls. 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

Uzbekistan old lady of samarkand

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister bincy joseph.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

India - women - labour: woman grinding chillis, tamil nadu

Indonesia mother child built in banda aceh by. Baby receiving immunization shot. 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

A WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. Prior to this project the subsistence farmers had no access to electricity. The project involves charging large batteries from solar panels. Each villager collects a battery to run household lighting, and returns to the recharging station once a week to recharge their battery. This shot shows women carrying the heavy batteries (20Kg) from the charging station.

A WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. Prior to this project the subsistence farmers had no access to electricity. The project involves charging large batteries from solar panels. Each villager collects a battery to run household lighting, and returns to the recharging station once a week to recharge their battery. This shot shows women carrying the heavy batteries (20Kg) from the charging station.

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

India - food: man and woman grinding herbs, pinkulam village, kerala

Women constructing solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. The use of the cookers, vastly reduces the amount of fire wood women have to go out and collect from the forest.

Women welding joints during the construction of solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Solar cookers save women having to walk to the froest to cut down wood for cooking, thus saving the forests, and a daily chore for woman.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

Women on a solar workshop, learning how to make solar lanters at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people. Many of the women are iliterate or semi literate. They are trained from countries all over the world, so that they can take their skills back and cascade the learning.

A disabled women making nappies at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

Women building solar cookers at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

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

CAMBODIA Khoun Sokhoun, 44, former garbage scavenger, now maker of hats from recycled plastic bags and other items from recycled paper, benefciary of project run by local NGO CSARO which works with waste collectors in Phnom Penh. Seen here with her sons and orphaned nephews

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister jane thennattil (director).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

India - farming: winnowing rice, andhra pradesh

Thailand mother & baby, chiang dao village, near chiang mai

India - health: saint josephs hospice for cancer patients, kottayam, kerala

Korea - kimchee on sale at karakan wholesale food market, seoul

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

India - health: caritas hospital, kottayam, kerala

Myanmar sunday mass in catholic church at myitkyina, a largely kachin, catholic, community in north burma near chinese border. Girls singing hymns

Korea - shrimps on sale at karakan wholesale food market, seoul

CAMBODIA Women trained by CSARO to make handicrafts from recycled materials. Some are former waste pickers whose lives have been improved by the project. Kim Savoeun, 49, is the mother of 2 of the girls working here. The settlement slum of San Sok, 10 kilometres outsdie Phnom Penh

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