Old Delhi, Daryagang fruit and vegetable market - ginger on sale, India

Gate at Cabramatta, a western suburb know for its largely Asian population, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Crowd of people gather for festival in Cameroon, Africa

Solar panels on rooftops of apartment blocks in Xian seen from the Dayan Pagoda, China

Tyn Church, City Hall and Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, formerly Czechoslovakia

Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600

The idea of the interconnectedness of all things is central to the tribal way of looking at the world. practical knowledge of the environment, of crops and medicines, of hunting and fishing, is a byproduct of it. the makuna believe that human beings, animals, and all of nature are parts of the same one. animals and fish live in their own communities, which are just like human communities, with their chiefs, their shamans, their dance houses, their songs, and their material possessions. when human peoples dance in this world, the shaman invites the animal people to dance in theirs. if humans do not dance and shamans do not offer spirit food to the animal people, the animals will die out and there will be no more game left in the world. for the makuna the radical disjunction so characteristic of western thought between nature and culture, men and animals, dissolves. eastern colombia amazon, vaupes region, population: 600

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, it has been heavily deforested. The deforestation has been to clear land for an expanding population to have access to land to grow subsistence crops and also to make charcoal, which is the main cooking fuel in Malawi. This shot shows men working barefoot and moving massive tree trunks by hand in a logging camp on the Zomba Plateau.

Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world, it has been heavily deforested. The deforestation has been to clear land for an expanding population to have access to land to grow subsistence crops and also to make charcoal, which is the main cooking fuel in Malawi. This shot shows a logging camp on the Zomba Plateau.

SYRIA Maalula, the last remaining village in Syria where Aramaic is still spoken. This is not part of Wadi al-Nasarah, being a 150 kilometers to the south, but is nevertheless interesting as the majority of the population are Christians, who enjoy the Convent and shrine of saint Tecla being in their midst

A farmstead on the zomba plateau which has been heavily deforested to provide a rapidly increasing population with land.

Mongolian-russian mining venture on outskirts of erdenet city, population of 80,000 dictates work as well as life in soviet -style city. 5,200 employees work at this site excavating up to 25.2 million tons of iron year

Vietnam street scene in hanoi with heavy traffic, especially bicycles and motorcycles

Italy the funeral of pope john paul ii at the vatican in rome, 8th april 2005. Crowd at the funeral in saint peters square

Gambia children of kabekel village

European Chub (Squalius or Leuciscus cephalus) shoal in the clear water of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. MORE INFO: Chub traditionally inhabit more lowland waters in Croatia, but they have proliferated since being introduced to Plitvice Lakes, which are warmer than in the past due to climate change, and they have reduced native trout populations considerably by predating their eggs.

Kigali, population 965,398 (2009), is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is situated near the geographic centre of the nation, and has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda since it became capital at independence in 1962. Government/Administrative sector is located away from the City Centre. Kigali, Rwanda, East Africa

Like a patchwork quilt covering many of the steep hills of Kigali, this housing in some of the poorer areas of Kigali house a high proportion of the population and are commonplace throughout the Capitol City. Kigali, Rwanda, East Africa

Village woman walking past wild population of Demoiselle cranes (Anthropoides virgo), Keechen, Rajasthan, India

Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) leaping, Mediterranean species listed as vulnerable, this individual is from the rare and isolated population of this species found in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece.

1000s of white dolls hung grotesquely on a canon ball tree for fertility, in the Janardhana swamy Hindu temple in Varkala,Kerala, India. more info: We need to question our need to reproduce more and more of us. As over population is the root of most of our problems.

03/04/2009. Tarrafal bay Town Beach. Children and teenagers enjoy their local beach in the mid day. The Cape Verde islands have a large population percentage of youths. . Praia, Tarrafal , Sao Tiago Island. Cape Verde

Adult Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) in the Falkland Islands. This is the smallest yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin in the genus Eudyptes. It reaches a length of 45-58 cm (18-23 in) and typically weighs 2-3.4 kg (4.4-7.5 lb), although there are records of exceptionally large rockhoppers weighing 5 kg (11 lbs). Their common name refers to the fact that unlike many other penguins which negotiate obstacles by sliding on their bellies or by awkward climbing using their flipper-like wings as aid, Rockhoppers will try to jump over boulders and across cracks. This behavior is by no means unique to this species however - at least the other "crested" penguins of the genus Eudyptes hop around rocks too. Southern Rockhopper Penguins have a global population of roughly 1 million pairs, perhaps a bit more. About two-thirds of the global population belongs to E. c. chrysocome which breeds on the Falkland Islands and on islands off Argentina and southern Chile. The Southern Rockhopper Penguin is classified as Vulnerable species by the IUCN.

An IDP camp (internally displaced people) in Te-Tugu district of Northern Uganda has been created to accommodate the mass of Ugandan refugees fleeing the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) who are fighting the Ugandan government and its people. With population sizes equivalent to small towns, this camp has a real community spirit. Te-Tugu, Uganda, East Africa

03/04/2009. Tarrafal bay Town Beach. Children and teenagers enjoy their local beach in the mid day. The Cape Verde islands have a large population percentage of youths. . Praia, Tarrafal , Sao Tiago Island. Cape Verde

Town Beach, 03/04/2009. Tarrafal bay Town Beach. Children and teenagers enjoy their local beach in the mid day. The Cape Verde islands have a large population percentage of youths. Praia, Tarrafal , Sao Tiago Island. Cape Verde

Spanning several Hills, Kigali, the capital City of Rwanda. Here you can see the City Centre with the Adjacent hills filling up with housing for the ever increasing population. Kigali, Rwanda, East Africa

The white bodies of a group of Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) breaking the surface of the calm water. These beluga whales that live in the St. Lawrence, Canada, year-round belong to the furthest southerly population of this arctic whale species.

A koala bear in the Barmah Forest near Echuca, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

03/04/2009. Tarrafal bay Town Beach. Children and teenagers enjoy their local beach in the mid day. The Cape Verde islands have a large population percentage of youths. . Praia, Tarrafal , Sao Tiago Island. Cape Verde

A dead Loggerhead turtle - possibly caught as by-catch- washed up dead on the beach. Loggerhead populations are in decline in the North Pacific Ocean.

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) fluking whilst being monitored by the "Greek Sperm Whale Research Program". The Mediterranean population is considered Endangered. SW Cretan Sea, Greece.

Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) leaping alongside boat, although the most abundant dolphin species in pelagic waters of the Mediterranean Sea the population is listed as vulnerable, North Aegean Sea, Greece. (RR)

Crowds of people on the street in Hong Kong, China, Asia

A dead Loggerhead turtle - possibly caught as by-catch - washed up dead on the beach. Loggerhead populations are in deline in the North Pacific Ocean.

Crowds of people on the street in Hong Kong, China, Asia

Strawberry Poison Frog (Dendrobates pumilio), adult, Bastimentos National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama. The strawberry poison frog or strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio or Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small amphibian poison dart frog found in Central America. It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. The species is often found in humid lowlands and premontane forest, but large populations are also found in disturbed areas such as plantations. The strawberry poison frog is perhaps most famous for its widespread variation in coloration, comprising approximately 15���30 color morphs, most of which are presumed to be true-breeding. O. pumilio, while not the most poisonous of the dendrobatids, is the most toxic member of its genus. The species is most diverse in Panama with varieties in vivid shades of all red, orange, blue, yellow or green, green and yellow, white with red, orange or black and spotted varieties. The most colorful mix is found in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park though not all in one place. Colors vary by location. A beach on the north side of the island is named after the species. Two of Southern Explorations' Panama tours visit red frog habitat. Both the eight-day Panama Adventure trip and eleven-day Panama Highlights trip spend time in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park and the former also goes to Red Frog Beach. The red frog is not as poisonous as some of its cousins and is not a threat to humans. It subsists on a diet of ants that dine on poisonous plants, providing the red frog its protective skin toxin. Males attract females with a loud quick chirp. To hear the distinctive sound before you depart on your Panama tours, go to the University of Michigan Museum's biodiversity website (www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.) After birth, the tadpoles climb aboard the mother who deposits them in different protected areas where she retu

Skyline, Fez. Morocco

Chefchaouen. Morocco

Fez. Morocco

New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

Mohammed V avenue, Rabat. Morocco

Roofs of the medina, Fez. Morocco

Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site,Tetouan, Morocco

Junction, Sirat Expy expressway at Chalerm Maha Nakhon Expy expressway, Bangkok, Thailand

Mohammed V avenue, Rabat. Morocco

Junction, Sirat Expy expressway at Chalerm Maha Nakhon Expy expressway, Bangkok, Thailand

In the foreground the medina, and in background the Ville Nouvell or new city, Tetouan. Morocco

Skyline and Chao phraya River at night, downtown, Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok, night, Skyline, Downtown, Thailand

In the foreground the medina, and in background the Ville Nouvell or new city, Tetouan. Morocco

Chalerm Maha Nakhon Expy expressway, Bangkok, Thailand

Skyline at night, downtown, Bangkok, Thailand

African Elephant

Skyline Sao Paulo Brazil

Florence Italy

Metro Mover Shuttle Miami FL

Angola; southern part of Namibe Province; Muhimba woman with traditional hair styling; Strands of hair stuck together with red earth and fluffy fur

Angola; Huila Province; small village near Chibia; Muhila woman with traditional head and neck jewelry; ornate pearl jewelry in the hair; massive choker made of pearls and earth

Angola; western part of the province of Cunene; young woman from the Mucohona ethnic group; with typical head and neck jewelry

Natives cooking with Lovo Oven, Makogai, Lomaviti, Fiji

Zebu carts near Tulear, Madagascar, Africa

Sales booth for souvenirs on the road to Fort Dauphin, Southern Madagascar, Africa

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Ethiopia; Southern Nations Region; Kolcho village; on the Omo River; Omo Valley; Woman from the ethnic group of the Karo; dressed in a typical leather apron; Head and neck jewelry made from multicolored pearl necklaces

Farmer plows rice field with zebus west of Antananarivo, highlands, Madagascar, Africa

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

The city of potters: Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia.

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Madagascar carries firewood, near Tulear, Madagascar, Africa

Sisal harvest, sisal agaves, Agave sisalana, Berenty Reserve, Southern Madagascar, Africa

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Ox cart near Morondava, Baobabs, Adansonia grandidieri, Madagascar

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Evening carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Kippel, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Market on Tanna, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Oceania

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Ethiopia; Afar region; Danakil Desert; Danakil Depression; Workers on the salt pans; loosening and processing the salt plates in laborious manual work; mostly in oppressive heat; Salt plates are tied into packages for transport

Zebra cart, Bemaraha, Western Madagascar, Africa

Ethiopia; Afar region; Danakil Desert; Danakil Depression; Workers on the salt pans; loosening and processing the salt plates in laborious manual work; rectangular salt plates are tied into packages

Ethiopia; Southern Nations Region; southern Ethiopian highlands; Mago National Park; lower Omo River; young Mursi woman with traditional lip dish and face-painting; Terracotta lip plate with painted and incised patterns

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Completely restored after the earthquake: Durbar Square in Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia.

Gambia; Central River Region; Shop in Janjanbureh; formerly Georgetown

Man transports poultry by bicycle, tribe of the Betsileo, Ambalavao, Fianarantsoa Region, Madagascar, Africa

Malagasy people push cart, Madagascar, Africa

Farmer plows rice field near Morondava, baobabs, Adansonia grandidieri, Madagascar, Africa

Tschäggättä mask, carnival custom in Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

A young Malaysian boy looking into the camear from his turqoise boat, shot from above in Borneo, malaysia.

Ethiopia; Southern Nations Region; Kolcho village; on the Omo River; two boys with body paint; Ethnic group of the Karo

Children come from fetching water, at Ampefy, Merina tribe, highlands, Madagascar, Africa

Carnival parade of the Tschäggättä in Wiler, Lötschental, Valais, Switzerland.

Ethiopia; Southern Nations Region; southern Ethiopian highlands; Mago National Park; lower Omo River; elderly Mursi woman with headdress and face and body painting;

Nepalese woman in front of Annapurna, Pokhara, Nepal, Himalaya, Asia.

Angola; western part of the province of Cunene; young girl from the Mucohona ethnic group; with typical head and neck jewelry