Customers at Claerchen's Ballhaus. This old East Berlin ballroom has long been popular among the local working class residents but is in an area now under threat of redevelopment by incoming middle cl...

A waiter carries a tray of glasses across a crowded dance floor at Claerchen's Ballhaus. This old East Berlin ballroom has long been popular among the local working class residents but is in an area n...

A middle class family outside a shopping centre in Khartoum. The husband, Isam M Ali works for an insurance company.

A tented settlement in the shadow of one of the ultra-modern buildings that make up the Infosys complex in Bangalore. Infosys Technologies Ltd. is an Indian company which provides consulting and IT se...

A young man blows bubbles on Juhu Beach in the upscale Bandra area of Mumbai, a popular walking spot among the middle class.

A lower middle class suburban residential block with washing lines, seen through a Moghul-era archway.

Michelle Ossiya lies on a couch in her home in Kampala. She is part of a middle class family, her mother works for Shell and her father is a lawyer.

Josephine Ossiya talks to her daughter Michelle in their home in Kampala. They are a middle class family, Josephine works for Shell and her husband works as a lawyer.

The Ossiya family outside their home in Kampala. They are a middle class family, Josephine works for Shell and her husband is a lawyer.

Josephine Ossiya talks to her daughter Michelle in their home in Kampala. They are a middle class family, Josephine works for Shell and her husband works as a lawyer.

A cook making fresh noodles from dough in front of middle class Chinese customers dining in a restaurant.

A cook making fresh noodles from dough in front of middle class Chinese customers dining in a restaurant.

In a small slum in Calcutta, a woman washes dishes in a swamp water puddle that is a good breeding site for malaria mosquitoes. In the background, "New India" middle class modern housing.

Middle class woman using her mobile phone, her silk scarf caught in a breeze.

Young middle class friends enjoying a meal out.

Bedouin women in an adult literacy class in the unrecognised Bedouin village of Al Zarnock in the Negev desert. Around 75,000 Bedouin people who live in this region are in unrecognised villages. The v...

Crowded area of working class housing in Trabzon.

A young girl sits outside her family home in a working class neighbourhood of Trabzon.

Lobby of a middle class restaurant in Shanghai.

Crowded area of working class housing in Trabzon.

Densely crowded area of working class housing in Trabzon.

A computer class at a middle school in central Havana. Computers are starting to become available in some Cuban schools - especially in Havana. These students are practicing word processing and other...

An aspiring hip hop star Daniel, who performs under the name Blacktribe drives home to the middle class neighbourhood of Festac.

Contestants dance to hip hop music at an open mic and dance contest at a nightclub in the middle class Ikeja neighbourhood.

A man competes at a hip hop open mic and dance contest at a nightclub in the middle class Ikeja neighbourhood.

The Palms shopping mall is the first of its kind in Nigeria, with big box retailers, a cinema, supermarket and food court. It is built along the Lekki Expressway which leads to a mostly new area of ga...

Waitresses watch an open mic and dance contest at a nightclub in the middle class Ikeja neighbourhood.

People bowl at The Palms shopping mall, the first of its kind in Nigeria, with big box retailers, a cinema, supermarket and food court. Bowling, a staple of the middle class in many places, is new to...

People bowl at The Palms shopping mall, the first of its kind in Nigeria, with big box retailers, a cinema, supermarket and food court. Bowling, a staple of the middle class in many places, is new to...

People bowl at The Palms shopping mall, the first of its kind in Nigeria, with big box retailers, a cinema, supermarket and food court. Bowling, a staple of the middle class in many places, is new to...

People bowl at The Palms shopping mall, the first of its kind in Nigeria, with big box retailers, a cinema, supermarket and food court. Bowling, a staple of the middle class in many places, is new to...

People bowl at The Palms shopping mall, the first of its kind in Nigeria, with big box retailers, a cinema, supermarket and food court. Bowling, a staple of the middle class in many places, is new to...

People bowl at The Palms shopping mall, the first of its kind in Nigeria, with big box retailers, a cinema, supermarket and food court. Bowling, a staple of the middle class in many places, is new to...

A Volkswagen (VW) Beetle belonging to a driving school in the middle class Suralere neighbourhood.

Young middle class girls walking along a crowded main street in central Mumbai.

Young middle class couple walking in the streets of central Mumbai.

A group of middle class youths on Marine Drive waterfront at dusk.

Middle class friends taking photos with a mobile telephone on Marine Drive waterfront at the weekend.

Middle class couple having their photo taken by a friend using a mobile telephone on Marine Drive.

Middle class woman using her mobile phone.

Middle class dancers in a nightclub.

Middle class dancers in a nightclub.

Middle class dancers in a nightclub.

Middle class dancers in a nightclub.

Middle class dancers in a nightclub.

Middle class teenage girls.

Young middle class women walking in front of the exclusive shopping mall, 'Atria Mumbai, The Millennium Mall'.

Middle class women in front of the exclusive shopping mall, 'Atria Mumbai, The Millennium Mall'.

MIddle class women in front of the exclusive shopping mall, 'Atria Mumbai, The Millennium Mall'.

24 year old Larissa Kezze is a second year medical student from a middle class family with seven brothers and seven sisters. Her father is a parliamentarian and her mother is a business woman. Larissa...

Young middle class woman consulting her mobile phone as a shop assistant pushes a loaded shopping trolley at a shopping mall in a former textile mill.

Young middle class women going to the High Street Phoenix shopping mall in a former textile mill.

24 year old Larissa Kezze is a second year medical student from a middle class family with seven brothers and seven sisters. Her father is a parliamentarian and her mother is a business woman. Larissa...

Middle class youths at High Street Phoenix, a shopping mall on the site of a former textile mill, now being massively expanded.

Middle class shopper at High Street Phoenix, a shopping mall in a former textile mill.

13 year old Hussein Zourayk in class at the Tanshiah school. Hussein lost his leg in April 2008 when a cluster sub-munition exploded in a field near his home. There remain hundreds of thousands of ite...

A man sings hip hop as he competes at an open mic and dance contest at a nightclub in the middle class Ikeja neighbourhood.

Contestants dance to hip hop music at an open mic and dance contest held at a nightclub in the middle class Ikeja neighbourhood.

A DJ at a hip hop open mic and dance contest at a nightclub in the middle class Ikeja neighbourhood.

Aspiring hip hop star Daniel, who performs under the name Blacktribe (left), with friends in the bathroom of a nightclub in a middle class neighbourhood called Festac.

Girl beggar on the Marine Drive waterfront by a middle class couple enjoying the dusk.

Young girl begging from middle class youths enjoying the dusk on Marine Drive.

Wang Jinghui, aunt of 15 year old He Xue, holds a picture of her niece. She was killed by the Sichuan earthquake. Mrs Wang tells of how Mr He Shicai, grandfather of He Xue, died of grief when he heard...

Yang Pingxiu, mother of 14 year old Zhangfeng, holds a photograph of her daughter. She was killed by the Sichuan earthquake. She speaks in the present tense about her daughter, as if she were still al...

Middle class Indian men, one on a mobile phone, walking along one of the main streets/bazaars in the Old City area.

Middle class Indian on a mobile phone along one of the main streets/bazaars in the Old City area.

Middle class dog with classy underwear, out shopping with the family. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Wealthy Armenians on the streets of the nation's capital. Although the national income has climbed back to where it was in the Soviet era, the distribution of wealth is now wildly uneven and there is...

Puppies for sale at at a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Each with a single dog to sell, vendors on a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

A Shar Pei puppy for sale as a pet on a street corner close to where dogs used to sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Potential buyer examining a puppy dog for sale on a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Woman examining a Chihuahua puppy for sale on a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Puppies for sale on a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Young urban couple looking at puppies for sale on a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Puppies for sale at at a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Woman with her pet dog, which she is carrying with her on a trip to buy dog food at a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more pop...

Puppies are sold from a recycled cat food box on a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Couple examing a dalmation puddy that they are thinking about buying on a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst...

Man with a Dalmation puppy for sale as a pet on a street corner close to where dogs used to be sold for food in Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst China's middle class.

Man squatting over the sleeping dog he is hoping to sell as a pet, close to where only a few years ago dogs were being sold for food at Qingping Market. Pets are becoming more and more popular amongst...

Muqaddas Bashir, left, and Shahid Bakshi eat Indian fast food called Paranthas at the PVR Spice Mall. As new processed foods have become available to wealthy and upper middle class Indians obesity rat...

Raman Verma, right, eats brunch with his wife Payal and son Shaurya at their house. Raman attended a cooking class the day before in an effort to improve the family's nutrition which depends heavily o...

Raman Verma talks to his pet dog as he eats brunch with his family. Raman attended a cooking class the day before in an effort to improve his family's nutrition which depends heavily on take-out, frie...

Piyali Mukherjee cooks lunch on the stove. Her family are members of India's new middle class. As new processed foods have become available in India to the wealthy and upper middle classes obesity rat...

Muqaddas Bashir, left, and Shahid Bakshi eat Indian fast food called Paranthas at the PVR Spice Mall. As new processed foods have become available to wealthy and upper middle class Indians obesity rat...

Raman Verma, middle, eats brunch with his wife Payal and son Shaurya at their house. Raman attended a cooking class the day before in an effort to improve the family's nutrition which depends heavily...

Menus are posted on the refrigerator at Raman Verma's house. The menus include instructions from his son's school on what to provide for lunch, excluding junk food, as well as menus for Raman himself...

Women attend a cooking class at the Saltz restaurant. The class focuses on healthier recipes. As new processed foods have become available in India to the wealthy and upper middle classes, obesity rat...

Women attend a cooking class at the Saltz restaurant. The class focuses on healthier recipes. As new processed foods have become available in India to the wealthy and upper middle classes, obesity rat...