A woman is followed by children as she carries fuel wood out of a patch of forest that is being cleared for agriculture. The practice of shifting cultivation in the area results in rapid deforestation...

A ruined children's paddling pool and holiday chalets along the Congo River on the grounds of the Yangambi research station, built for colonial researchers.

Children atop gateposts at Place de Martyrs (Martyrs' Place) in Yangambi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which commemorates Congolese employees of INERA (Institut National des Etudes et Recherche...

Nafihati Mahamoud crosses the Cowe River carrying a sack of ylang ylang flowers and fodder for her family's cow, having brought both down from steep and muddy slopes above Moya on the island of Anjoua...

Alhassan Anko being watched by his son, Abdul Mum, as he seals sacks of rice bran at Tamanaa Rice Processing Factory. Tamanaa is supported by the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI), which aims...

A family belonging to the Celestial Church of Christ worshipping on the beach. Founded in Benin in 1947, the church forbids idolatory, fetish ceremonies, cult membership, sorcery or amulets and charms...

A family belonging to the Celestial Church of Christ worshipping on the beach. Founded in Benin in 1947, the church forbids idolatory, fetish ceremonies, cult membership, sorcery or amulets and charms...

Beninese conservationist Yves Olatoundji showing a children's puzzle at a conservation education centre in the village of Gbineji along the Oueme River. Using a combination of methods including reinfo...

A child in a tree in the village of Koko.

Vincent (14, left) and Noah Oletey (12), together with boat pilot Jonas Asideka, setting fish traps in Lake Volta an hour offshore of the village of Kpando Torkor. Brothers Vincent and Noah spend up...

Vincent Oletey bails water from a fishing canoe on Lake Volta while working as boat crew with his brother Noah. Vincent (14) and Noah (12), spend up to six nights a week working on fishing canoes on...

Vincent Oletey hauls up fish traps while working as boat crew on Lake Volta. Vincent (14) and his brother, Noah (12), spend up to six nights a week working on fishing canoes on Lake Volta. Rising at...

Vincent Oletey stunning a fish with a club during a fishing trip on Lake Volta. Boat crew Vincent (14) and his brother Noah Oletey (12) spend up to six nights a week working on fishing canoes on Lake...

Jonas Asideka, a boat pilot, an hour offshore during a fishing trip on Lake Volta.

Noah Oletey stunning a fish with a club to stop it jumping out of the canoe during a fishing voyage on Lake Volta. Boat crew Vincent (14) and his brother Noah Oletey (12) spend up to six nights a wee...