Leticia Aguilar (83) resting at her home. She is one of the eldest Kanaris indigenous women in the Gullanzhapa community who is still talking native Lenguaje 'Kichwa'. Her fragile health forces her t...

Participants in the 'National March for Democracy' eat dinner at the Pachakutik party's headquarters in Quito. The march left Loja (in the south of the country) on 17 February 2021 and arrived in the...

Indigenous communities from the southern Ecuadorian mountains located near to the Kimsacocha moor. The majority of these communities are defenders of water because their territories are highly-affecte...

Madimatle, meaning 'beautiful blood', is a holy mountain and cave that has been a site of spiritual practice for centuries. In recent years, it became the site of a dispute over a mining claim. Among...

Boegoeberg is a revered spiritual site for the once nomadic Nama people. Historically, communities stayed here on their travels south and north for summer and winter grazing. Today, the Boegoeberg is...

Inside the Wadeye police station and courthouse, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAJA) lawyers, Holly Fitzsimmons and Kate Ballard, discuss upcoming cases at the back of the room. Norther...

People alight from a council bus that serves the satellite communities on the edges of Wadeye town, helping residents to shop, attend school and access services found in the town. Due to tensions betw...

A Catholic shrine outside a home in Wadeye, the largest Aboriginal town in the Northern Territory. Wadeye is the largest Aboriginal town in the Northern Territory. Its seven different tribes were di...

Children play outside their homes. Wadeye residents spend a lot of time outside their homes, cooking and playing as temperatures inside can become very hot and access to air-conditioning is limited.

Children play outside their homes. Wadeye residents spend a lot of time outside their homes, cooking and playing as temperatures inside can become very hot and access to air-conditioning is limited.

A couple with their child outside their home. Wadeye residents spend a lot of time outside their homes, cooking and playing as temperatures inside can become very hot and access to air-conditioning is...

Wadeye police station and courthouse positioned on the main road in the middle of town. The area on the main road around the police station and courthouse has been the location of much of the town's v...

Wadeye police station and courthouse positioned on the main road in the middle of town. The area on the main road around the police station and courthouse has been the location of much of the town's v...

People alight from a council bus that serves the satellite communities on the edges of Wadeye town, helping residents to shop, attend school and access services found in the town. Due to tensions betw...

Clients (defendants and witnesses) and supporting family members try and find shade, while waiting in the courtyard of the Wadeye police station and courthouse. Northern Territory (NT) Local Circuit...

Wadeye Aboriginal community.

Wadeye Aboriginal community.

Paul Jones, sergeant at the Wadeye Police Station, looks through a selection of court documents representing individual cases, 90 of which are sheduled to be held at a 'bush court' during the followin...

A car that has broken down on the outskirts of Wadeye Aboriginal community. During the wet season, for four or five months each year, the town can only be accessed by plane or by boat, in the drier mo...

Paul Jones, sergeant at the Wadeye Police Station, talks with a group of Aboriginal elders as he walks around the Wadeye. In a town where very little traditional policing occurs (many of the cases are...

People walk through the security gate at the entrance of Wadeye police station and courthouse. Northern Territory (NT) Local Circuit Courts, or 'bush courts', operate in 30 remote Aboriginal communi...

Clare Jongmin (3rd from the right) prepares flowers and other memorial objects with her family, at the Wadeye women's centre, before the funeral of a relative. Clare Jongmin's nephew was shot and kill...

Aboriginal Elders gather at the home of Maree Klesch, an educator who promotes Aboriginal language maintenance, revival and education, to listen to old cultural recordings.

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Lawyer (NAJA) Holly Fitzsimmons, speaks with Brenda Melpi (36) in the Wadeye police station and courthouse courtyard. Melpi was due to attend court on a viol...

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Lawyer (NAJA) John Blackley walks through the entrance of the Wadeye police station and courthouse, past a group of women and children sitting outside. Nort...

Aboriginal elders gather at the home of Maree Klesch to listen to old cultural recordings.

People gather at the entrance the Murrinhpatha Nimmipa Store, the town's only supermarket. The area around the supermarket has been the location of much of the town's violent crimes. Police have insta...

People gather at the entrance the Murrinhpatha Nimmipa Store, the town's only supermarket. The area around the supermarket has been the location of much of the town's violent crimes. Police have insta...

Wadeye residents line up early in the morning on pay day to check money from the basics card, a type of government welfare card only issued to Aboriginal communities, limiting the holder to certain ty...

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAJA) client support officer Caitlin Shepherd (not pictured) talks to a man outside his home to inform him that he is required to attend court the following...

An elderly man prepares a magpie goose, a game bird shot close by to town, while the family watch on. Wadeye residents spend a lot of time outside their homes, cooking and playing as temperatures insi...

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAJA) staff, LR: Kate Ballard, Caitlin Shepherd, John Blackley, and Holly Fitzsimmons head back yo Wadeye after visiting a beach prior to the week's hearing...

A police patrol in the Wadeye community where due to distrust between the Aboriginal community and police many of the roads have been blocked by large trees and other material to discourage police pat...

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAJA) client support officer Caitlin Shepherd visits the town's barge landing to look for crocodiles shortly after finishing her rounds looking for clients...

Children throw rocks and other objects aiming to knock down mangoes. Wadeye residents spend a lot of time outside their homes, cooking and playing as temperatures inside can become very hot and access...

Paul Jones, sergeant at the Wadeye Police Station, talks with a group of Aboriginal elders as he walks around the Wadeye. In a town where very little traditional policing occurs (many of the cases are...

A police patrol in the Wadeye community where due to distrust between the Aboriginal community and police many of the roads have been blocked by large trees and other material to discourage police pat...

Children play in the Thamarrurr youth centre during the school holidays.

Children cool off in an backyard pool. Wadeye is very hot most of the year with most days registering over 30 degrees Celsius with very high humidity especially in summer.

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Lawyer (NAJA) John Blackley talks with clients in the courtyard of the Wadeye police station and courthouse. The courtyard is often filled with family of cli...

Thamarrurr youth leaders cook a barbeque for children visiting the Thamarrurr youth centre during the school holidays.

An elder sits at the entrance the Murrinhpatha Nimmipa Store, the town's only supermarket, welcoming morning shoppers. The area around the supermarket has been the location of much of the town's viole...

Wadeye's only local Aboriginal police liaison officer Greg Munur waits out the front of Wadeye police station. The area on the main road around the police station and courthouse has been the location...

Family members wait for the release of Issac Nandu from Wadeye police station. He was due to be freed under strict conditions that he must go back to his outstation and stay away from Wadeye township....

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Lawyers (NAJA) John Blackley (L), Caitlin Shepherd (centre) and Kate Ballard (R) relax and watch sunset on a beach near Wadeye prior to the week's hearings a...

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAJA) staff, LR: Caitlin Shepherd, John Blackley, Holly Fitzsimmons and Kate Ballard relax and watch sunset on a beach near Wadeye prior to the week's heari...

The sun sets over a beach on the Timor Sea.

Family members wait for the release of Issac Nandu from Wadeye police station. He was due to be freed under strict conditions that he must go back to his outstation and stay away from Wadeye township....

Children carry a blow up swimming pool to a neighbouring house. Wadeye is very hot most of the year with most days registering over 30 degrees Celsius with very high humidity especially in summer.

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAJA) staff, Caitlin Shepherd (client support officer, left) and lawyers Holly Fitzsimmons (centre) and Kate Ballard (right), leave their secure accommodati...

Children cool off in an backyard pool. Wadeye is very hot most of the year with most days registering over 30 degrees Celsius with very high humidity especially in summer.

People on a council bus that serves the satellite communities on the edges of Wadeye town, helping residents to shop, attend school and access services found in the town. Due to tensions between triba...

People on a council bus that serves the satellite communities on the edges of Wadeye town, helping residents to shop, attend school and access services found in the town. Due to tensions between triba...

People walk past the the entrance of Wadeye police station and courthouse. Northern Territory (NT) Local Circuit Courts, or 'bush courts', operate in 30 remote Aboriginal communities. The judge and...

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Lawyers (NAJA) John Blackley (L), Kate Ballard (centre) and Holly Fitzsimmons (R) prepare, from their temporary accommodation, for the week's hearings at the...

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAJA) lawyers Holly Fitzsimmons (centre) addresses Judge Therese Austin who presides over the Wadeye Local Circuit Court at Wadeye police station and courth...

Judge Therese Austin presides over the Wadeye Local Circuit Court at Wadeye police station and courthouse. Northern Territory (NT) Local Circuit Courts, or 'bush courts', operate in 30 remote Aborig...

Angel (6) and a friend ride their bikes home from school in Ayahualtempa where murderous attacks by the drug cartel Los Ardillos have left residents of the town, and near by communities, isolated and...

A view over Ayahualtempa where murderous attacks by the drug cartel Los Ardillos have left residents of the town, and near by communities, isolated and unable to safely travel outside of their village...

Berli Perez (right), 28, born in Chiapas, Mexico, while people from the 15 de Octubre La Trinidad community were there as war refugees, buys bread for dinner from salesman who bakes the bread in the t...

Enner Vidal Lorenzo, 24, member of the community security committee of La Trinidad, poses for a photo during a security round as the Fuego volcano looms in the background. While most of the 235 famili...

Celestino Montejo (left), 43, and Estuardo Lorenzo, 37, members of the community security committee of La Trinidad, take a break at the main outpost in between evening security rounds. While most of t...

Celestino Montejo, 43, member of the community security committee of La Trinidad, takes a break from doing security rounds in the main outpost. While most of the 235 families remain in shelters after...

Estuardo Lorenzo, 37, member of the community security committee of La Trinidad, drinks coffee at the main outpost during a break. While most of the 235 families remain in shelters after the 3 June 20...

Members of the community security committee of La Trinidad, including Gilberto Camposeco (right), take a break from doing security rounds in the main outpost. While most of the 235 families remain in...

Joel Montejo, 45, member of the community security committee of La Trinidad, takes cover from the rain during a security round. While most of the 235 families remain in shelters after the 3 June 2018...

Jesus Jimenez (right), 22, and Gilberto Camposeco, 48, members of the community security committee of La Trinidad, carry out a security round as the Fuego Volcano looms in the background. While most o...

War survivor Bernanrdo Cruz, 51, stands guard under the Ceiba tree that serves as the community centre in La Trinidad. While most of the 235 families remain in shelters after the 3 June 2018 eruption...

Community members from La Trinidad gather at a hallway inside the Jose Marti Federation school, current shelter for the Fuego Volcano-affected community members since 4 June 2018, a day after the disa...

La Trinidad community member Jose Cruz, 81, sleeps while his wife Candelaria Montejo, 79, checks on their sick granddaughter. Both are war survivors who have now spent over three months at the Jose Ma...

Adilia Diaz, 59, holds her great-granddaughter Abigail, while her daughter Rosalina Montejo Diaz (right) holds the bottle. Adilia and Rosalina are war survivors who have now spent over three months at...

War survivor Roberto Gonzalez, 52, weaves a plastic basket at the Jose Marti Federation school, current shelter for the Fuego Volcano-affected community members from La Trinidad. A local Rotay Club-sp...

Families from La Trinidad are settled in Escuintla city's gym after being evacuated from their community. Originally from Huehuetenango, hundreds of families fled to Mexico in 1982 escaping state-repr...

Community elder Gervasio Lopez, 83, sits on a camp bed as families from La Trinidad are settled in Escuintla city's gym after being evacuated from their community. Originally from Huehuetenango, hundr...

Abi Zoila Hernandez (left), 29, sits inside an army truck along with son Rodrigo, 4, and other community mebers as they evacuate their community of La Trinidad. Originally from Huehuetenango, hundreds...

La Trinidad community elders Gervasio Lopez (left), 83, Jorge Ambrocio Garcia (centre), 63, and Ncolas Ramon Jimenez Montejo, 47, wait for army trucks to evacuate them. Originally from Huehuetenango,...

Families from La Trinidad are settled in Escuintla city's gym after being evacuated from their community. Originally from Huehuetenango, hundreds of families fled to Mexico in 1982 escaping state-repr...

Families from La Trinidad are settled in Escuintla city's gym after being evacuated from their community. Originally from Huehuetenango, hundreds of families fled to Mexico in 1982 escaping state-repr...

Kathy from the Mutijulu community near Uluru breaks out in a spontaneous dance in front of a crowd gathered to admire a car show taking place shortly before the finals of the Yuendumu Australian Rules...

Led by children, the Lajamanu women's Australian Rules Football team team race on to the oval for the women's grandfinal at the Yuendumu Football Carnival. The match was played between Lajamanu and Sa...

Members of the Lajamanu women's Australian Rules Football Team race each other during a warm up session before their gandfinal. This year (2019) eight women's teams entered the carnival, its only the...

Sarah Marks from Lajamanu women's Australian Rules Football team kicks a ball to team mates during a warm up session at the Yuendumu Australian Rules Football Carnival. This year (2019) eight women's...

Red dust covers a spectator during a car show taking place shortly before the finals of the Yuendumu Australian Rules Football Carnival. Cars decorated in their team colours compete for the AUD 500 (G...

Shortly after a game the Lajamanu Australian Rules Football team lines up for a group lunch, served from the back of a car. Once a year Football teams from all over Central Australia travel to part...

The Lajamanu Australian Rules Football team huddles in a tight circle joining hands, taking a moment for a quick prayer and to motivate each other before the beginning of a match. Once a year Foot...

The Lajamanu Australian Rules Football team huddles in a tight circle joining hands, taking a moment for a quick prayer and to motivate each other before the beginning of a match. Once a year Foot...

Shortly after a game the Lajamanu Australian Rules Football team lines up for a group lunch put out on the tailgate of a vehicle Once a year Football teams from all over Central Australia travel...

Red dust covers a vehicle during a car show taking place shortly before the finals of the Yuendumu Australian Rules Football Carnival. Cars decorated in their team colours compete for the AUD 500 (GBP...

Red dust covers spectators during a car show taking place shortly before the finals of the Yuendumu Australian Rules Football Carnival. Cars decorated in their team colours compete for the AUD 500 (GB...

After most of the Lajamanu Australian Rules Football team initially stormed off the field in anger after losing their match during the preliminary finals of the Yuendumu Football Carnival, most eventu...