An illegal Mexican migrant worker takes a bus to fields where she'll work 10 hours a day picking vegetables.

Student butlers James (USA), Adone (Italy) and Nina (Germany) hug at the end of their graduation ceremony at the International Butler Academy. After eight weeks of intensive training and at a cost o...

Name: Erika Lleborne-Berube. Age: 25. Country: Switzerland. Profession: Nurse. "I am delighted to be here and provide a little humanity and care to the people but I am ashamed that we need to. Europe...

Name: Heidi Wyle. Age: 50s. Country: USA. Profession: Biotechnology Executive. "These refugees are demonised but they are people, mothers, children, middle-class decent folk, trying to keep their chil...

Name: Betty Marton (left). Age: 62. Country: USA. Profession: Journalist. "We came to bear witness, lend a hand, and help others understand." Name: Carol Marton (centre). Age: 55. Country: USA. "For...

Name: Sara Owens. Age: 26. Country: USA. Profession: Social worker. "Strange place with lovely people but their stories are laced with tragedies. My heart is warm and full from the love these people h...

Name: Larry Stanton. Age: 58. Country: USA. Profession: Missionary. "I am a follower of Jesus so I try to help people in need and show his love.

Name: Evadne Cokeh. Age: 30. Country: USA. Profession: Student. "I am thankful for the opportunity to better understand the refugee crisis. It has been a mix of sad, humbling and inspiring to be here....

Mexican illegal immigrants hide their faces as they travel on a bus in California. It is estimated that there are around 6.3 million Mexicans living and working illegally in the United States, and alt...

Illegal Mexican workers at the Armstrong Flower Company, in Oceanside, California. It is estimated that there are around 6.3 million Mexicans living and working illegally in the United States, and alt...

A view over the New Mexico desert. In the last 10 years or so 3,500 illegal immigrants have died trying to cross into the US, the majority of which happen in the desert.

A migrant sleeps on the Playas de Tijuana which separates Mexico and the USA.

A group of US border patrol agents on manoeuvres in California near the Tijuana mountains. As of October 2006 twice as many border patrol agents have been working the border close to Tijuana.

Repatriation of illegal inmigrants captured the night before and delivered to Mexican police in Tijuana border pass. Every day more than 400 people are repatriated in Tijuana.

Graffiti written in one of the railings which separates Mexico and the USA in Playas de Tijuana: This Way to Paradise.

Competitors gear up for Burning Man's annual female cycle race. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an experiment in community,...

Art pieces stand in Nevada's Black Rock Desert as part of the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an expe...

An art piece stands in Nevada's Black Rock Dessert as part of the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an...

Aerial view of Black Rock City, the temporary city constructed by visitors to the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers...

Competitors gear up for Burning Man's annual female cycle race. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an experiment in community,...

A couple in pink pose in Nevada's Black Rock Desert as part of the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an...

A sandstorm sweeps through the temporary city constructed by visitors to the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers desc...

A desolate figure walks across the Nevada desert as a sandstorm approaches during the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organi...

A couple dressed up in unique, fantastical costumes pose for a picture during the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organiser...

People relax at the centre for massage and meditation at Nevada's Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an...

A view of Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, at the border between Mexico and the USA.

Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert for the Burning Man Festival, to take part in what organisers describe as an experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radi...

Dancing in the desert. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert for the Burning Man Festival, to take part in what organisers describe as an experiment in community, radical se...

The culmination of the Burning Man Festival sees the highly symbolic burning of the man. It is followed by the firedance, where the entire community of festival goers congregate and dance through the...

An art piece stands in Nevada's Black Rock Dessert as part of the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an...

People shelter and dance in the central tent during a sandstorm. The Black Rock desert, where the Burning Man Festival is held, experiences extreme temperature shifts between night and day leading to...

People take shelter in the central tent during a sandstorm. The Black Rock desert, where the Burning Man Festival is held, experiences extreme temperature shifts between night and day leading to sudde...

Amidst an encroaching sandstorm, competitors gear up for Burning Man's annual female cycle race. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers descri...

People in elaborate costumes make their way towards the Dream Temple for a wedding ceremony during the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take pa...

Showering after a sandstorm. The Black Rock desert, whre the Burning Man Festival is held, experiences extreme temperature shifts between night and day leading to sudden sandstorms. Each year tens of...

Stilt artists in Nevada's Black Rock Desert as part of the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an experim...

People at the Burning Man Festival gather around the Dream Temple constructed by Mark Grieve, where many come at sunset to celebrate weddings. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada...

The culmination of the Burning Man Festival sees the highly symbolic burning of the man. It is followed by the firedance, where the entire community of festival goers congregate and dance through the...

The final night of the Burning Man Festival sees the symbolic act of burning the man. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an ex...

Every night of the Burning Man Festival, the "Mad Max" community open their dome fights to anybody who wants to participate. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take pa...

An art installation is burnt at the end of the Burning Man Festival. Each year tens of thousands of people amass in the Nevada desert to take part in what organisers describe as an experiment in commu...

Female police officers Reyes and Curtin patrol Venice Beach. They are on a yearly salary of $45,000.

Illegal Mexican workers pick lettuces and load them onto a harvesting vehicle. The hourly wage for the work is around 7 US dollars, the equivalent of £4.