Group of young Iranian women seated in front of ceramic tiles, Golestan Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle East

Women and young boy in hut built over the water by Bajau fishermen, who live there for three months, Togian Islands, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Youngsters at a Bicentennial parade in Sydney, Australia

Young girls at the Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Young woman torn between her mobile and her religious reading, Aramgah-e Shah-e Cheragh (Mausoleum of the King of Light), Shiraz, Iran, Middle East

A young girl runs through a field of cabbages, Ethiopia, Africa

Young women in costumes, Lao New Year, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young Thai woman at Loi Krathong festival, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young Pa-O tribe woman wearing traditional Thanaka sun block paste, Thaung Tho tribal market, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Young girl carrying firewood on her head, Datcha-Attikpaye, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Young Hmong women in traditional dress, Lao New Year festival, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young novice monks collecting alms at Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

A young girl helping her mother cook at their home in Tinguri, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Young woman cycling by Helsinki Train Station in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland, Europe

Young Muslim boy and his mother, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young people sitting at Sus Etz Cafe in the trendy Sheinkin street, Tel Aviv, Israel, Middle East

Training workshop for young women run by JARC (Jeunes Adultes Ruraux Catholiques) a Catholic NGO in Dapaong, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Young Thai woman at Loi Krathong festival, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ellery Creek Big Hole, Red Centre, Northern Territory, Australia

Two young women admire the Water-lilies by Claude Monet, Musee de L'Orangerie Museum, Paris, France, Europe

A young girl waters a field of cabbages using a watering can, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of a young woman shopkeeper wearing black sleeveless dress, in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Europe

Rickshaw driver and two young Japanese women in rickshaw with red blanket waving at camera, Maruyama park, Higashiyama neighbourhood, Kyoto, Kansai, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Young girls at the Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Young girl in front of a traditional house, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agadez, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Training workshop for young women run by JARC (Jeunes Adultes Ruraux Catholiques) a Catholic NGO in Dapaong, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Young Chinese model at Wanchun Pavilion (All Time Spring Pavilion) in Jingshan Park, Beijing, China, Asia

Portrait of a young Laotian woman smiling and looking at the camera, selling food in a street market in Luang Prabang in Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women braiding young girl's hair, Mayreau Island, the Grenadines, Windward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Young girls selling food, Gerewol festival, courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people, Niger, West Africa, Africa

A young girl smiling and looking off to the right, Lesotho, Africa

Young women eating sate at a stall in the eating area of this huge old market, Central Market, city centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women buying young chickens at the animal market, Otavalo, Ecuador, South America

Portrait of young Vietnamese girl, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A young tourist walks on the Via Crucis, Arco di Trento, Trento province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Young Mexican woman in traditional dress, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

Young Egyptian girls, Ramadi village, Nile Valley between Luxor and Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Portrait of a young woman, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Detail of a young woman's body in a bikini

Young people wearing ikat designs, Sumba, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young arab women take part in an anniversary parade, Abu Dhabi

Young women parking bicycle in crowded bicycle park, Beijing, China

Young friendly Tibetan woman, Southern Tibet, China, Asia

Young tourists in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young women walking round a corner on a street in Galle, Sri Lanka, Asia

Young Thai woman at Loi Krathong festival, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young woman carrying her baby, Garage-Bentenier, Thies, Senegal, West Africa, Africa

A teacher helping a young student at a school, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Young people sitting in a bar located on an urban staircase in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe

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

Young woman in folk dress, New Fairs, Ponte de Lima, Minho, Portugal, Europe

Young Indians in an autorickshaw near Dediapada, Gujarat, India, Asia

Young visitors in the Lille Fine Art Museum, Lille, Nord, France, Europe

Young girls walking on the beach, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, Asia

Young woman at the Christmas fair looking at Christmas decoration, Esslingen am Neckar, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Young woman peparing rice noodles at home, Yae Saing Kone village, Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Young woman having a lymphatic massage

A young woman walks her dog at Arrifana beach, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Young woman applying coconut oil

Young girl with villagers at beer festival in the village of Klais in Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Young woman eating a cake

Portrait of a young woman, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Lady preparing fish for meal with young girl, Talpia, Zambia, Africa

Young woman with cucumber facial

Young woman enjoying bathing in hot spring, Blue Lagoon, Iceland, Polar Regions

Calle Heredia, young women, School of Rumba dance, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Central America

Calle Heredia, young women, School of Rumba dance, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Central America

Applying a design to a young woman's hand, Fez, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Young Himba woman wearing wedding finery, near to the Epupa falls on the border with Angola, Namibia, Africa

A young Himba woman covering her body with a mix of clay and resin for protection against the sun and insects, and as body decoration, near the Kunene River, Namibia, Africa

Young Himba woman wearing wedding finery, near to the Epupa falls on the border with Angola, Namibia, Africa

Young woman Himba in the area of Kunene river, on the border with Angola, Namibia, Africa

Two young women wearing lace headdresses (coiffes) and Breton traditional dress, Brittany, France, Europe

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

Drugs, bulgaria teenagers at drug awareness program in high school no. 35, sofia

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital .malnourrish child

Jamaica. Young women of seaford town

Nomad birth. Today i born into family of buddhas; a child of buddhas i’ve become today. -santideva. Tibet

Zambia young women harvesting mangoes. Mongu

Australia. Young girl at home with mother, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

Morocco, South, Ouarzazate Region, Young Berber Girls Fetching Wood For Cooking

Young Himba woman from the Kunene River, on the border with Angola, Namibia, Africa

Young woman on floral float, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Vietnam anti trafficking project at tra on in vinh long province in the mekong delta region of vietnam. many young people have succumbed to bein. for marriage or work in neighboring countries, and this project addresses the problem. in this image the vice-principal of tra on high school, ngoc bich, talks to a group of 12th graders about the problem

Young woman on a floral float, Flower Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of young dancing girl in costume, Phuket, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Portrait of a young woman in traditional Thai dress, Chiang Mai Flower Festival, Chiangmai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

India queens garments, a project for poor women run by the congregation of the mother of carmel (cmc) sisters, kottayam, kerala. The young women serving and eating lunch, which they prepare themselves.

India queens garments, a project for poor women run by the congregation of the mother of carmel (cmc) sisters, kottayam, kerala. The young women serving and eating lunch, which they prepare themselves.

Young woman on floral float, Chiang Mai Flower Festival Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Youth training center, phnom penh

Young woman praying, Longhua temple, Shanghai, China, Asia

Indonesia, Bali Island, Legong Dance At Night Perdformed By Young Women

Young ladies wearing kimono on the Ginza during the New Year, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

India queens garments, a project for poor women run by the congregation of the mother of carmel (cmc) sisters, kottayam, kerala. The young women serving and eating lunch, which they prepare themselves.

Young women in Jogjakarta, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young Tamils and priest during a procession in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

A young woman cooking in the village of Kompong Phluk, on the Tonle Sap lake, close to Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A young Tuvaluan couple on a jetty on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Pacific

A party of young people having a barbeque on the beach at Teesmouth near Hartlepool, with the Redcar steel works in the background, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe