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Woman carrying baskets from terrace fields of Longsheng by mountian village of Ping An, Guilin, China

Man and boy working at metal recycling steel, loading a wooden cart, in Dazu County, Chongqing, China

Ifugao man carrying a bundle of Rattan that he has cut from the mountainside, Banaue, Luzon,Philippines.

Nepalese goatherd leading his goats through the town of Bhaktapur, Nepal. The large satellite dish on the roof makes a contrast of old and new with the traditional dwellings and other buildings.

A local woman walking while carrying a can on her head and a pot in her hand, Corfu Island, Greek Islands

Men at work at an outdoor Barbers' Shop in Old Peking (Beijing), China. One is using a shaving brush with foam and the other is cutting a young boy's hair watched by a mother and child.

Muslim and Hindus in crowded street scene during holy Festival of Shivaratri in city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Women selling flowers and herbs for temple offerings by The Golden Temple during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Atumashi Kyaung (Incomparable Monastery) orginally built by King Mindun in 1857, gutted by fire in 1880 and rebuilt by convict labour, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Man building a dry stone wall using Cotswolds stones and traditional skills (without using cement) in the Cotswolds, England

Economic growth in India - new luxury international hotel, Hotel Kariya Ji, being constructed near Varanasi Airport, Benares, India

Woman selling flowers and herbs for temple offerings by The Golden Temple during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India

Indian women looking in shop window of jewellery shop in the city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Scalloway Castle built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Scalloway, ancient capital of Shetland, and Scalloway Castle built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Scalloway Castle built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Mosaic from Labour of Hercules House, Volubilis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

The road, for the most part, is a painstakingly handmade affair built and maintained by labourers from bihar state of india. They are subjected to excruciating and extremely dangerous working conditions. The workers are woefully ill-equipped and under-dressed and although the army purports to lend them winter clothing suitable for the extremity of the weather at these altitudes, many of the workers were visibly suffering from the cold. Ladkha, india

BOLIVIA ECOTOPS projects in Alto Beni. ECOTOPS technician Fortunato Velasquez Marca examining bananas at a farm in Communidad Los Palmeroa

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. Here she is showing a basket made from recycled paper

Fiji atanasio dianiroue, 24, cultivating yaqona, the plant which produces kava, taveuni photo by sean sprague

Bangladesh fish caught at a fish hatchery employing scientific methods at haluaghat, mymensingh region

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

Bangladesh worker feeding fish with cow dung. Fish hatchery employing scientific methods at haluaghat, mymensingh region

Indonesia laboratory testing drinking water. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour. terchnician : every house well gets tested. Unicef originally helped up to support other ngos in area, helps staff salaries provides us with equipment. coordinates activities with local government. water in local wells is quite contaminated, especially with arsenic, as well as nitrates, nitrites, iron, manganese fluoride. water became salinated after tsunami. We test here both water from shallow deep wells

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

Cutting and harvesting sugar cane in the Fall at plantation along the Mississippi at Baldwin, Louisiana, USA

Cutting and harvesting sugarcane in the Fall at plantation along the Mississippi at Baldwin, Louisiana, USA

Sugarcane production factory St Mary Sugar Cooperative Sugar Mill processing raw sugar at Jeanerette, Louisiana, USA

Sugarcane production factory St Mary Sugar Cooperative Sugar Mill processing raw sugar at Jeanerette, Louisiana, USA

Indonesia government health clinic (pos kesmas) at cot seumereng, desa pucoh leung. consultation. clinic supported by crs. meulaboh, aceh

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

Burundi agakura, a youth agricultural project in gitera. Group of farmers who are associated with agakura doing communal work on farmland.

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

Bangladesh family buying fish fingedrlings for stocking the pond on the farm, at a hatchery in haluaghat, mymensingh region. They are members of the garo tribal minority. Adding oxygen to the plastic bag of fish so they will survive longer in transit.

Burundi nduwamahoro, active non,violence peace building project, supported by sciaf. In the home of grandmother ntezahorigwa pelagie, 60. The family preparing food: taking beans from their pods, cleaning peas and peeling cassava, their staple diet.

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

Bangladesh man carrying boxed net, fish hatchery employing scientific methods at haluaghat, mymensingh region

BOLIVIA Visiting the farm of Wilfredo Castro, his wife Vicencia Choque and uncle Manuel Villalobes in Colonia 7 Estrellas, near Caranavi. They are exemplary benefeciaries of the FUNDAWI project, gropwing many kinds of aromatic and medicinal herbs, as well as the usual food crops such as maize, beans, fruit and vegetables, ertc. Their cash crop is coffee. Originally from La Paz and the Alti Plano, they have lived in the yngas for over 20 years as successful farmers. Daniel Tarqui (red and blue shirt), FUNDAWI technician, and Delia Cruz Condori (left) giving advice