Kyrgyzstan Djalalabad Region A woman works at the Mailuu Suu factory. During Soviet times, most of the electric lightbulbs of the USSR were made here. Today, only one third of the factory is still working and many workers haven't been paid for months.
Kyrgyz Men take part in a demonstration against President Kurmanbek Bakiyev in Bishkek, on the 27th of march 2009.
Traffic jam in Osh, south Kyrgyzstan.
Daniok (24, an ethnic Uzbek) lost 7 members of his family when their house was set on fire by ethnic Kyrgyz. His family members had been hiding in the basement because of ethnic clashes. Daniok tried to rescue them but received severe burns and was unable to reach them.Fighting between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan left, observers say, up to 2,000 people and 400,000 displaced.
Ethnic Uzbek women and children who fled their homes in Osh and are now staying in a house close to the Uzbekistan border, to protect themselves and in the hope of crossing. Fighting between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan left, observers say, up to 2,000 people and 400,000 displaced.
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek The home of a poor internal migrant family living on the outskirts of Bishkek.
Haiti Port-au-Prince Two weeks after an earthquake hit the city, men retrieve the dead body of a relative and place it in a coffin for burial.
Haiti Leogane A truck transporting food aid is scaled before reaching its destination by desperate people in Leogane, near the epicentre of the earthquake that struck sixteen days earlier.
Syria, Homs A boy walks amidst destruction in the district of Babr Amr in Homs.
A road in southern Mali
Central African Republic Bangui A man prepares a body for funeral at the morgue surrounded by Some of the dozens of bodies of Christians presumably killed by Seleka militia in revenge for attacks by Christian Anti Balaka militia on Bangui.
Bangui. A FACA soldier (Central African Republic army forces - the national army) wounded during fighting with Muslims wait to be treated at the community hospital in Bangui.
Bangui Army soldiers cry the death of colleague who was shot dead by Seleka members the night before. The rebel group that took power in March 2013 carries out numerous exactions such as murder, kidnapping, and torture.
Bangui Demonstrators gather on a street in Bangui, the capital, to call for the resignation of interim president Michel Djotodia following the murder of Judge Modeste Martineau Bria by members of the Seleka. 30 minutes after this picture was taken, Seleka militia shot into the crowd, killing two and wounding another.
Bangui A Christian man is destroying burn out cars in rage, next to a looted mosque that was set on fire earlier, in the capital Bangui.