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1194-1837 - Cambodia girl washing clothes, phnom penh.
1194-2199 - Fiji paulini mateyawa, 23, in kitchen, qelena village, taveuni photo by sean sprague
1194-1942 - Honduras children at a free feeding program. slum barrio of chamelecon, pedro sula
1194-1309 - Ghana farmer holding a hoe for digging bongo, bolgatanga (north ghana)
1194-1263 - Guatemala girls drawing water standpipe at a resettlement project in the peten
1194-2120 - Myanmar avocado seller in market at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border
1194-2115 - Myanmar bride groom cutting cake, catholic wedding of tribal kachins at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border
1194-1120 - Zambia kaunga mashi village, shangombo district (near the angolan border). Seed distribution project by catholic relief services. Face of farmer waiting to receive free seeds to grow crops. This follows 2 years of serious famine in the region
1194-689 - Tanzanian women collecting unsafe and dirty drinking water from a water hole at kansay, near ngorongoro. They will carry the bucket of water upto 3 miles each way to and from their homes.They And their families suffer from parasites and intestinal complaints because of the contaminated water
1194-1100 - Uzbekistan women in the market at shakhrisabz
1194-8 - CAMBODIA Boy scavenging for recyclable garbage on rubbish dump of Mean Caeay, Phnom Penh
1194-1096 - Uzbekistan detail of tilework at shah-i-zinda necropolis of mausolea, samarkand
1194-10 - CAMBODIA Scavenger Soun Srey Thouch searching for recyclable materials on Phnom Penh's Mean Caeay garbage dump, with sons Khoeun Sovan (8) and Khoeun Sanja (10)
1194-718 - Guatemala doctor will van wisse examining a child at the santa clara la laguna clinic
1194-403 - Colombia in the slums of los altos de cazuca, bogota
1194-200 - Watatulu tribals at catholic mass, tanzania. - with father dan ohman in a hut in mwankale
1195-40 - Eyl is a town in somalias puntland state. The prominent clan in eyl district are yonis idiris, a sub-clan of isse mahamud, which in turn is a sub-clan of majeerteen. Eyl is near the hafun peninsula, the location of most of somalias casualties from the 2004 indian ocean tsunami., the tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated
1194-56 - BOLIVIA Plant for processing medicinal and aromatic herbs, Chizchipani, Caranavi. The project of FUNDAWI. Cleaning and drying Salvia, a medicinal plant used for coughs and stomach problems
1194-1277 - Ghana children eating luncg supplied by crs bolgatanga
1194-705 - Tanzanian women pounding cassava and dried banana in a wooden mortar and pestle in the traditional way. Kighare, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro
1194-11 - CAMBODIA Scavenger Soun Srey with sons Khoeun Sovan (8) and Khoeun Sanja (10), near Phnom Penh's Mean Caeay garbage dump
1194-2483 - South sudan lutaya primary school, constructed and financed by jesuit refugee services since 2005, yei. lesson taking place in one of the classrooms. some classes have over 100 children. most classes do not have desks or seats. children often bring their own stools to sit on
1194-743 - Honduras woman breastfeeding her baby. Marcala
1194-199 - Watatulu tribals at catholic mass, tanzania. - with father dan ohman in a hut at mwankale
1194-2606 - Guatemala catholic first communion and mass at remate, el peten. girl waiting to give first confession
1194-1234 - South sudan mother & child, toposa at nanyangacor
1194-1328 - Ghana woman feeding twins bongo, bolgatanga
1194-1787 - Bangladesh mixing fish roe with fish sperm to produce fingerlings, at a fish hatchery in haluaghat, mymensingh region
1194-733 - Honduras local community members working on a new water system for their village. Agua caliente, near copan
1194-2196 - Fiji grandmother and baby, qeleni village, taveuni photo by sean sprague
1194-1138 - Zambia jack beans, soil fertilizer and base for paint making
1194-790 - Cambodia girls fishing in village pond, kampong cham
1194-2381 - Kenya. Christ the king catholic secondary school, kibera, a slum of nairobi
1194-1104 - Uzbekistan man at home, table laid with tea, bread, sweets and nuts. Samarkand
1194-1168 - India - environment: children carrying firewood. Mattappatty village, tamil nadu
1194-1109 - Uzbekistan door of the bolo hauz mosque, bukhara
1194-342 - Colombia woman breast feeding her baby beside the rio magdalena, barrancabermeja. Fishermen go passed in a dug our canoe
1194-2067 - Indonesia growth monitoring (baby weighing) at a posyandu, or mother-child temporary health post in village of paya lumpat. 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
1194-1777 - Bangladesh alpona ritchil, a woman of the garo tribal minority chops onions and garlic, ready for cooking, haluaghat, mymensingh region
1195-42 - Eyl is a town in somalias puntland state. The prominent clan in eyl district are yonis idiris, a sub-clan of isse mahamud, which in turn is a sub-clan of majeerteen. Eyl is near the hafun peninsula, the location of most of somalias casualties from the 2004 indian ocean tsunami., the tsunami resulted in the death of some 300 people and extensive destruction of shelters, houses and water sources as well as fishing gear. The livelihoods of many people residing in towns and small villages along the somali indian ocean coastline, particularly in the northern regions, were devastated
1191-27 - Ruins, namibia. Elizabeth bay. Remains of diamond mining settlement
1196-115 - Kalchakra initiation. holiness 14th dalai lama conferring giving kalachakra initiation in bodgaya, india. Because of profundity, kalachakra initiation be bestowed only by most realized of tibets lamas. Rays of light at heart of lama-inseparable from kalachakra-draw in. Entering mouth pass through center of body, through vajra path enter mothers lotus, melting into a luminous drop which dissolves into emptiness. From within emptiness arises a jewel from which arise as a deity embraced by consort mamaki. -instructions visualization in kalachakra tantra
1194-343 - Colombia woman breast feeding her baby beside the rio magdalena, barrancabermeja. Fishermen go passed in a dug our canoe
1194-637 - Venezuela girl making hammock, barquisimeto
1194-625 - Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi
1194-1847 - China old man of dali town, yunnan province.
1194-1741 - Cambodia kreung tribal woman and child, malik village, ratanakiri
1188-457 - Street kitchen, pakistan. Making pokharas (fried chappatis) at a food stall
1188-421 - Bostwana, hiv-aids awareness billboard. Gaborone.
1196-108 - Dakini painting. Without a consort, a partner of skillful means, there is no that experience mysteries of tantra. -padmasambhava to yeshe tsogya
1196-239 - A solitary mask dancer appears wearing a frightening mask and silk brocade. they circle the courtyard with sprightly leaps. called protectors of faith, or dharmapdla, the origins of figures like these can be traced back to the pre-aryan peoples of india. originally known as yaksas (literally, a wondrous thing), they were tree spirits, who were accepted by the buddhists as defenders of the faith. in nepal and tibet, as in india, local deities were converted into protectors. a devotee of an alien sect devised a means to humiliate the buddha and his disciples. the buddha discovered it and succeeded in converting him to his teaching. due to lack of wisdom, the buddha remarked, some could not realize the goodness of his disciples and he compared the ignorant to the blind and the wise to those who have eyes.nobody is condemned in buddhism, for greatness is latent even in the seemingly lowliest just as lotuses spring from muddy ponds. -the dhammapada. solu khumbu, nepal
1198-729 - Eland (taurotragus oryx) bull, showing dewlap, eastern cape, south africa
1198-662 - Red,breasted toucan (ramphastos dicolorus) close,up showing head and beak, captive, brazil.
1198-717 - Verreauxs (black) eagle (aquila verreauxii) portrait, captive, south africa
1196-124 - Purchang (cremation palace) of h.h. Dilgo khyenste. Bhutan. H.h. Dilgo khyentse rinpoche (1910-1991), tutor to present dalai lama revered as of greatest exponents of dzogchen- teachings of great perfection. Khyentse rinpoche®s purchang (cremation palace), satsam chorten, below paro takstang, bhutan, november 4, 1992 never forget swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or wave of a hand. that have opportunity to practice dharma, do waste a single moment on anything else, practice with your energy.oe h.h. Dilgo khyenste rinpoche, heart treasure of enlightened ones my delight in death is, greater than delight of traders at making vast fortunes at, or of lords of gods vaunt their victory in battle or of those sages have entered rapture of perfect meditative absorbtion. So just as a traveler sets on road when time come to go, i will remain in this world no longer, will dwell in stronghold of great bliss of deathlessness. -longchenpa, fourteenth- century dzogchen master
1198-611 - Straw-coloured fruit bat (eidolon helvum) kasanka park, zambia, group roosting in swamp forest.
1196-147 - Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna closeup, makuna workin
1194-51 - BOLIVIA Shamanist ceremony by Calixto Quispe performed at the Mission Institute of Cochabamba
1194-402 - Colombia sprawling slum development at altos de cazuca, bogota
1194-2256 - 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
1194-1768 - South sudan community celebration at toposa tribal village of naboliyatom, nanyangacor.
1194-2235 - Bolivia. Shop selling ponchos and other weavings, of la paz. 2007
1196-118 - Aside from a life of simplicity focus on divine, many sadhus engage in a diverse array of practices both internal external in order to attain higher states of awareness consciousness. This sadhu chosen hatha yoga shows results--a well-disciplined, strong body--while holding kukkuta asana, or cock posture. India
1196-75 - Sadhus rally initiation at ujjain kumbh mela, indi
1196-194 - 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
1198-505 - Toco toucan (ramphastos toco) close,up of head showing colours and blue eyering, captive, brazil.
1196-87 - Colombian shaman, , amazon, makuna indians, makuna closeup, makuna workin
1194-463 - Ethiopia catholic elementary school at adaga, irop, tigray
1194-2271 - India kottakavu church, one of the eight founded by thomas, showing the new church, completed in 1938, in gothic style. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad. photo (c) sean spragu
1188-174 - China migrant workers from the countryside waiting outside guangzhou train station, guangdong province
1196-32 - Xavante warriors prepare to wrestle wooden poles, a of taming or harnessing dark jungle forests. Brazil
1194-2535 - 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
1194-1192 - India - food: man and woman grinding herbs, pinkulam village, kerala
1194-502 - Ethiopia the maryam feast, feast of mary, at axum. Ethiopian cross and the stela of king ezana
1194-1217 - India - religion - christian bishop geevarghese athanasius, head of martomite syrian-protestant church, kottayam, kerala
1194-744 - Honduras children eating tortillas, beans and vegetables, marcala
1194-624 - Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi
1194-2380 - Kenya. Primary school children of christ the king catholic school, kibera, a slum of nairobi
1194-1115 - Zambia girls hoeing field together. Kaunga mashi, shangombo district. The area had suffered drought and severe food shortages during the previous 2 years
1196-142 - A traditional tent camp springs up around a site where ordinary mongolians exploring gold. Ninjas have been mining gold past 10 years, exhausting 10-hour days norm here. Sarangol valley, northwest of capital city ulan bator, mongolia
1194-2182 - Fiji atanasio dianiroue, 24, cultivating yaqona, the plant which produces kava, taveuni photo by sean sprague