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  • An old man pushes a cart loaded with rubbish bags through the streets of Central, the business district of Hong Kong. Many old people have to work as rubbish collectors to survive.  Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies.  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team in teh Peak District, UK.
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  • Street cleaners at work in Central, the business district of Hong Kong. Many old people have to work as rubbish collectors to survive.  Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres along side London and New York, it has one of the highest income per capita in the world as well the moste severe income inequality amongst advanced economies.  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • People rush to work in Central district, a man with a green bag and a cigaret.7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • People rush to work in Central district, a man with a green bag and a cigaret.7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Commuters rush along in the sun and shadow on a fly-over in Central on their way to work.  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Street cleaner at work in Central. The streets of Hong Kong are kept clean by an army of street cleaners, many elderly men and women. 7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Climb training with Mark Wright and the Greenpeace elite climb team.
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  • Commuters rush along in the sun and shadow on a fly-over in Central on their way to work.  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Street cleaner at work in Central. The streets of Hong Kong are kept clean by an army of street cleaners, many elderly men and women. 7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • In Dowe district. Helema, Sheik Mohammad,and Ali Sultaan all advocates for stopping FGM. Helema sits on the community council with Sultaan and is head of Women and Children's office in Dowe. She is unmarried. Ali has three daughters, the oldest was cut but he has since change his mind an  d his two younger ones are not. The Sheik is  a scholar of the Quran and works with AISDA to tell people that FGM is NOT a part Islam and that no other Muslim communities perform FGM.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • AISDA District Level Conference on the FGM programme.The programme has been running for 3 months out of 12 and its time to evaluated the progress and discuss any issues. Health workers have come around the district to give their opinions and to exchange experiences.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • It is Tuesday and market day in Delafagi. People travel from far to sell their goods, to stock-up and to socialise. Hasna is 19 years old and part time health worker trained by AISDA. She spends the morning in the market to advocate stopping the FGM practise, a practice she as a young woman only knows too well the consequences of. She uses a megaphone and she does not mince her words, when she proclaims that 'salot', the Afar word for mutilation of the female genitals is bad and a wrong practice and must be stopped.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.megaphone and she does not mince her words, when she proclaims that 'salot', the Afar word for mutilation of the female genitals is bad and a wrong practice and must be stopped.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been fou
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  • Big brother, 16 year old Muhammed and his siblings Hussein and Rabia head off to rejoin with their mother and the heard of goats. They have been to drink water and water their goats from water in a hole dug into a dried up river bed. It's dry season in Afar and water is hard to come by. Both animals and humans suffer in the dry season and travel long distances to find water and grassing.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old. with their mother and the heard of goats. They have been to drink water and water their goats from water in a hole dug into a dried up river bed. It's dry season in Afar and water is hard to come by. Both animals and humans suffer in the dry season and travel long distances to find water and grassing.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, t
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  • Masresha Andage ED address the gathered health workers at the AISDA District Level Conference. The men and women all work on the FGM programme . The programme has been running for 3 months out of 12 and its time to evaluated the progress and discuss any issues.   Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • In Dowe district. Mothers and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA). The three small girls have not been cut and Waliadoud, woman in blue, has got three daughters all not cut. Waliadoud lost her first baby girl due to FGM and has since stopped the practice. They are all advocates of stopping the FGM practice and the TBA's have stopped provided the service to women whom they help giving birth. Often its the TBA who will perform the FGM as well as act as midwife.. Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • It is Tuesday and market day in Delafagi. People travel from far to sell their goods, to stock-up and to socialise. Hasna is 19 years old and part time health worker trained by AISDA. She spends the morning in the market to advocate stopping the FGM practise, a practice she as a young woman only knows too well the consequences of. She uses a megaphone and she does not mince her words, when she proclaims that 'salot', the Afar word for mutilation of the female genitals is bad and a wrong practice and must be stopped.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.megaphone and she does not mince her words, when she proclaims that 'salot', the Afar word for mutilation of the female genitals is bad and a wrong practice and must be stopped.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been fou
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  • In Dowe district. Mothers and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA). The three small girls have not been cut and Waliadoud, woman in blue, has got three daughters all not cut. Waliadoud lost her first baby girl due to FGM and has since stopped the practice. They are all advocates of stopping the FGM practice and the TBA's have stopped provided the service to women whom they help giving birth. Often its the TBA who will perform the FGM as well as act as midwife.. Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • It is Tuesday and market day in Delafagi. People travel from far to sell their goods, to stock-up and to socialise. Hasna is 19 years old and part time health worker trained by AISDA. She spends the morning in the market to advocate stopping the FGM practise, a practice she as a young woman only knows too well the consequences of. She uses a megaphone and she does not mince her words, when she proclaims that 'salot', the Afar word for mutilation of the female genitals is bad and a wrong practice and must be stopped.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.megaphone and she does not mince her words, when she proclaims that 'salot', the Afar word for mutilation of the female genitals is bad and a wrong practice and must be stopped.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been fou
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  • Food distribution in the Bacolod district of Manila. All the women have been to a workshop in the dangers of human trafficking first and now receive a basic food parcel with rice, dry soup, sweets and juice. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.Bacolod district of Manila. All the women have been to a workshop in the dangers of human trafficking first and now receive a basic food parcel with rice, dry soup, sweets and juice. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • The view from a walkway in Central, the finance district of Hong Kong, of tall buildings made of glass and steel.
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  • At the end of the dry season the river outside Delafagi has almost dried up and its one of the only water sources left at this time of the year.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • On-lookers enjoying the burning beacon. One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • Halima,Zahara,Mairam and Mumina, young unmarried girls who work for AISDA to build stone walls on the hillside above Delafagi. The stone wall project is to prevent precious top soil to be washed away when the rain does come and AISDA employ locals to build walls running across the hill side.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Bra shopping in Glamour in Hamra district on her way to work. Dima, former dancer from Damascus now working in Mezzian in Beirut. She came 15 months ago fleeing threats to kill and rape her from the Ghosts - Assad regime fanatics. She has not danced since but misses it a lot.
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  • Dima, former dancer from Damascus, Syria, works in the bar and restaurant Mezzian in Hamra district of Beirut. She came to Beirut in January 2012 fleeing threats to kill and rape her from the Ghosts - Assad regime fanatics. Her sister was politically active and had to flee the country and eventually so did Dima. Working in the Mezzian as their head chef is how she makes a living but she really wants to get back into dancing again. She dreams about joining her sister in Norway and to continue her dance career there, away from the neighbouring war in Syria. Before taking up dancing she was twice Syrian national champion in Thai-boxing.
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  • Des Voeux Road and traffic in morning sun in Central district. Busses, trams and cars. 7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Des Voeux Road and traffic in morning sun in Central district. Busses, trams and cars. 7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Des Voeux Road and traffic in morning sun in Central district. Pedestrians cross the road between tall buildings with trams and busses waiting at red lights. 7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Morning traffic in Central district.  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • A man with a severe disability begs on a fly-over in Central, Hong Kong's business district, with commuters rushing by on the way to work.  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • A man with a severe disability begs on a fly-over in Central, Hong Kong's business district, with commuters rushing by on the way to work.  7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • A Jehovah witness member hands out the Jehovah magazine 'Awake' to rush hour commuters in Central district.
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  • A mirror disco ball lies broken in the road in Central district.
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  • A women with face mask waits next to a taxi in Central district.
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  • Metal stumps prevent people from sitting down or sleep rough on a ledge in the shopping district of Kowloon. Posters with young women advertise club nights and parties around Christmas time in Hong Kong.
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  • People rush to work in the early morning sun in Central, the finance district of Hong Kong. 7 million people live on 1,104km square, making it Hong Kong the most vertical city in the world.
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  • Men are finishing off a deal, buying and selling camels in the Delafagi market. The market is on every Tuesday and people travel from far to sell their goods, to stock up and to socialise.  A strong camel costs 8,000.00 birr( $450.00) and is only bought or sold with the agreement of the entire clan. An AK47 machine gun costs 20,000.00  ($1,100.00) and is shared between the young men of the clan.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Mothers and kids are heading off after a Mother Support Group session where breast feeding mothers with 4 months plus babies learn about food supplements. Food workshop Billum Hatu, hamlet of Madabenu. Aidiu district..Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Food workshop Billum Hatu, hamlet of Madabenu. Aidiu district..Food Demonstration..Food is prepared for a Mother Support Group session where breast feeding mothers with 4 months plus babies learn about food supplements. Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding til at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetabels and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Children are registered before having their HIV test. The children are all particular vulnerable, either single or double orphans or from families suffering fro terminal illnesses such as HIV. They come from the surrounding rural district near Makurdi. That day 120 children were tested, all negative. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria...Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Food is served for a Mother Support Group session where breast feeding mothers with 4 months plus babies learn about food supplements.Food workshop Billum Hatu, hamlet of Madabenu. Aidiu district..Food Demonstration.. Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Kids are having a late breakfast after having finished their morning chores. The Afar diet is mainly milk with some rice or bread. The rice and flour is import to the region so its not every day they can eat that.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • All girls go through FGM in Afar, a practise AISDA seek to eradicate. Hawa and Sabira milk a goat to get milk for breakfast. The Afar diet is mainly milk with some rice or bread. The rice and flour is import to the region so its not every day they can eat that.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • All girls go through FGM in Afar, a practise AISDA seek to eradicate. Hawa and Sabira milk a goat to get milk for breakfast. The Afar diet is mainly milk with some rice or bread. The rice and flour is import to the region so its not every day they can eat that.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Asia's family outside their home, a bender made of wood and odd materials. The family move with the animals and travel long distances over the year, especially in the dry season when water and food is scarce.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Asia's family outside their home, a bender made of wood and odd materials. The family move with the animals and travel long distances over the year, especially in the dry season when water and food is scarce.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Asia and her brothers Hammed,Kamil and Ibrahim tend to their heard of goats. They live with their family in a small compound in the countryside outside Delafagi town.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Asia tend to her herd of goats. She lives with her family in a small compound in the countryside outside Delafagi town.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Rabia and Hassan climb up  from the dried up river bed and head off to rejoin with their mother and their herd of goats. It's dry season in Afar and water is hard to come by. A hole has been dug into the river bed to be able to find something to drink. Both animals and humans suffer in the dry season and travel long distances to find water and grassing.  Rabia and her family are pastoralists and have come to water their goats. Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Hussein is heading back to his family and the goats with his brother Muhammed behind him. It's dry season in Afar and water is hard to come by. Here a hole has been dug into the river bed to be able to find something to drink. Both animals and humans suffer in the dry season and travel long distances to find water and grassing.  Hussein and his family are pastoralists and have come to water their goats. Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Dad Muhammed, Hassan,Hussein,Muhammed,Abdo and Rabia have all come to drink. The mother Hawa is heading off with the goats in back ground. It's dry season in Afar and water is hard to come by. Here a hole has been dug into the river bed to be able to find something to drink. Both animals and humans suffer in the dry season and travel long distances to find water and grassing.  Rabia and her family are pastoralists and have come to water their goats. Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • The men and women all work on the FGM programme. The programme has been running for 3 months out of 12 and its time to evaluated the progress and discuss any issues. The TBA and health worker explains that because of the ongoing draught people move a lot to find food for their animals so its very difficult to find and engage with them on a regular basis. The pastoralist way of living is an ongoing problem for AISDA and the distances they have to travel are huge, mostly by foot.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • The men and women all work on the FGM programme. The programme has been running for 3 months out of 12 and its time to evaluated the progress and discuss any issues.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Halima,Zahara,Mairam and Mumina, young unmarried girls who work for AISDA to build stone walls on the hillside above Delafagi. The stone wall project is to prevent precious top soil to be washed away when the rain does come and AISDA employ locals to build walls running across the hill side.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • The stone wall project is to prevent precious top soil to be washed away when the rain does come and AISDA employ locals to build walls running across the hill side.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Halima,Zahara,Mairam and Mumina, young unmarried girls who work for AISDA to build stone walls on the hillside above Delafagi. The stone wall project is to prevent precious top soil to be washed away when the rain does come and AISDA employ locals to build walls running across the hill side.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • In Dowe. Helema sits on the community council with Sultaan and is head of Women and Children's office in Dowe. She is unmarried. She works with AISDA advocating stopping FGM. Being a woman in Afar Helema knows all about the consequences FGM has on girls and women.   Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • It is Tuesday and market day in Delafagi. People travel from far to sell their goods, to stock-up and to socialise. Hasna is 19 years old and part time health worker trained by AISDA. She spends the morning in the market to advocate stopping the FGM practise, a practice she as a young woman only knows too well the consequences of. She uses a megaphone and she does not mince her words, when she proclaims that 'salot', the Afar word for mutilation of the female genitals is bad and a wrong practice and must be stopped.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Men are finishing off a deal, buying and selling camels in the Delafagi market. The market is on every Tuesday and people travel from far to sell their goods, to stock up and to socialise.  A strong camel costs 8,000.00 birr( $450.00) and is only bought or sold with the agreement of the entire clan. An AK47 machine gun costs 20,000.00  ($1,100.00) and is shared between the young men of the clan.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • It is Tuesday and market day in Delafagi. People travel from far to sell their goods, to stock-up and to socialise. Hasna is 19 years old and part time health worker trained by AISDA. She spends the morning in the market to advocate stopping the FGM practise, a practice she as a young woman only knows too well the consequences of. She uses a megaphone and she does not mince her words, when she proclaims that 'salot', the Afar word for mutilation of the female genitals is bad and a wrong practice and must be stopped.  Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA) work in the AFAR region of Eastern Ethiopia, based in Delafagi. The Afars practise an old tradition of Female Genital Mutilation where the baby girls has her clitoris and labia cut away and her vagina sewn up. The day before her wedding day the girl is un-stiched ready for marriage. Its a brutal and barbaric tradition which AISDA is challenging with great effect, now more than a hundred girls in Dowe district have been saved from the knife and AISDA is now rolling out the scheme in Delafagi. Delafagi is where the oldest ever human remains have been found, the found is thought to be 4.5 mill years old.
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  • Mothers and kids are heading off after a Mother Support Group session where breast feeding mothers with 4 months plus babies learn about food supplements. Food workshop Billum Hatu, hamlet of Madabenu. Aidiu district..Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Food is served for a Mother Support Group session where breast feeding mothers with 4 months plus babies learn about food supplements.Food workshop Billum Hatu, hamlet of Madabenu. Aidiu district..Food Demonstration.. Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Food workshop Billum Hatu, hamlet of Madabenu. Aidiu district..Food Demonstration..Food is prepared for a Mother Support Group session where breast feeding mothers with 4 months plus babies learn about food supplements. Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding til at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetabels and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Food distribution in the Bacolod district of Manila. All the women have been to a workshop in the dangers of human trafficking first and now receive a basic food parcel with rice, dry soup, sweets and juice. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Arianna, 16. (Not her real name). She loves being in the Laura Vicuna home because of the protection the sisters give her because she was at risk of being abused in the streets. She loves reading fairy tales and wants to become a doctor to help others in need. When she was making the mask she was thinking of herself and how she was feeling...Arianna lived for 10 years with her sister Anne and father in the streets in Bacood district of Manila. The two sisters lived in a small cart and their father slept on the floor underneath. He had left his wife and was taking of the kids by collecting and selling junk, - plastic, metal and wood. The girls did not start school till Anne was 8 and they had to share flip-flops and books, going to school in turn. The girls were taken in by the Laura Vicuna sisters after a teacher raised concerns about the girls being abused in the streets.
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  • A couple photgraph each other. The flag is part of the burning the beacon ceremony, with Canary Wharf inthe far back ground.One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • Canary Wharf behing the burning beacon. One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • The moon over Canary Wharf. One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • On-lookers enjoying the burning beacon. One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • On-lookers enjoying the burning beacon. One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • Before the lighting of the beacon two performers showed of their fire juggling skills. One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • Before the lighting of the beacon two performers showed of their fire juggling skills. In the back ground is Canary Wharf.One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • Before the lighting of the beacon two performers showed of their fire juggling skills. In the back ground is Canary Wharf.One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • Before the lighting of the beacon two performers showed of their fire juggling skills. In the back ground is Canary Wharf.One of 4000 beacons lit across the word was lit in Tower Hamlets, London by Mayor Rahman. Tower Hamlet is one of the UK's poorest councils and also home to the financial district Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs.  Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. 60 years as monarch in Britain. Celebrations in London, UK for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.
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  • Demonstrators from Tower Hamlet march through the City of London, London's financial district. Here they pass the Bank of England and the former Stock Exchange. Numerous trade unions in the public sector called for a day of strike and in that connection marched in London against the Government's pension cuts. Most schools in Scotland were shut and more than half of all schools in England were shut for the day . Many nurses, doctors and health workers went on strike in protests against the Government's austerity measures.
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  • Demonstrators from Tower Hamlet march through the City of London, London's financial district. Numerous trade unions in the public sector called for a day of strike and in that connection marched in London against the Government's pension cuts. Most schools in Scotland were shut and more than half of all schools in England were shut for the day . Many nurses, doctors and health workers went on strike in protests against the Government's austerity measures.
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  • Demonstrators from Tower Hamlet march through the City of London, London's financial district. Numerous trade unions in the public sector called for a day of strike and in that connection marched in London against the Government's pension cuts. Most schools in Scotland were shut and more than half of all schools in England were shut for the day . Many nurses, doctors and health workers went on strike in protests against the Government's austerity measures.
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  • School visit in Deurali in Dhading district. Members of the Green Club perform a play about hygiene and health.
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