A man carrying logs on the back of his motorcycle. One of the highest population growth rates in the world means tremendous demand for wood for construction and cooking fuel. Combined with increasing...

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...

Men repair a house destroyed in the Soviet-Afghan War.

Sisters Amina (right) and Mohinta Sha'ana watch as a team of Shiite Muslim Shabak workers continue with the rebuilding of their house in a Christian area of Bartella. Prior to being overrun by ISIS...

Sisters Amina (right) and Mohinta Sha'ana watch as a team of Shiite Muslim Shabak workers continue with the rebuilding of their house in a Christian area of Bartella. Prior to being overrun by ISIS...

An advertisment reads: 'Coole Apartments' on the side of a newly built apartment block on Heidestrasse. The project is part of the 'Wasserstadt Mitte' (Water City Central) development by Adler Real Es...

An advertisment reads: 'Coole Apartments' on the side of a newly built apartment block on Heidestrasse. The project is part of the 'Wasserstadt Mitte' (Water City Central) development by Adler Real Es...

An advertisment reads: 'Now For Rent' ('Jetzt Mieten') on the side of a newly built apartment block on Heidestrasse. The project is part of the 'Wasserstadt Mitte' (Water City Central) development by...

A banner covering the entire side of a building promoting Verdi ('ver.di'), the United Services Trade Union.

An advertisment reads: 'Coole Apartments' on the side of a newly built apartment block on Heidestrasse. The project is part of the 'Wasserstadt Mitte' (Water City Central) development by Adler Real Es...

Builders working on the construction of an apartment block on Heidestrasse. The project is part of the 'Wasserstadt Mitte' (Water City Central) development by Adler Real Estate.

An advertisment reads: 'Now For Rent' ('Jetzt Mieten') on the side of a newly built apartment block on Heidestrasse. The project is part of the 'Wasserstadt Mitte' (Water City Central) development by...

Cranes tower over the construction site for a residential estate on Heidestrasse. The project is part of the 'Wasserstadt Mitte' (Water City Central) development by Adler Real Estate.

Cranes tower over the construction site for a residential estate on Heidestrasse. The project is part of the 'Wasserstadt Mitte' (Water City Central) development by Adler Real Estate.

Cranes tower over the construction site for a residential estate on Heidestrasse. The project is part of the 'Wasserstadt Mitte' (Water City Central) development by Adler Real Estate.

A resident of Altamira's stilt houses who was forced to relocate because of the construction of Belo Monte dam, dismantles his house to reuse this material to build a new home or to expand the footpri...

A newly arrived Belo Monte dam construction worker observes a busy street in Altamira.

An aerial view of the construction of the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River. More than 80% of the river's waters has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of the biggest man-made interv...

The construction of the bypass channel for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. More than 80% of the water in the Xingu River has been diverted from its natural course, making it one of the largest man-m...

An island in the middle of the Tapajos River near Itaituba. There is an expectation that after the construction of the Belo Monte dam, the next hydroelectric dam on the Amazon will be built on the Tap...

A fight between two women after a party held on the Belo Monte dam construction workers day off. At the peak of the construction for the plant at the end of 2014/beginning of 2015, the sites housed mo...

A party for the workers of Belo Monte dam on the river bank in Altamira. On the last weekend of the month, when the workers receive their salary, Altamira became a chaotic mess. With thousands of drun...

Settlers build a house on a newly deforested plot of land alongside the BR-319 road near the village of Realidade. The highway, inaugurated in 1976, which is not yet completely paved, is the only land...

A resident of one of Altamira's stilt houses, who was forced to relocate because of the construction of Belo Monte dam, dismantles a house to reuse the material to build a new home or to expand the fo...

Workers from the Belo Monte dam, bathe in the waters of the Xingu River on a Sunday afternoon. At the peak of the construction of the plant at the end of 2014/beginning of 2015, the sites housed more...

A destroyed shack close to the Igarape (creek), Altamira that was once home to a family since removed to a new settlement built to relocate the population dislodged as a result of the Belo Monte hydro...

A migrant family who have travelled from Maranhao State arrive at a train station in Parauapebas on their way to Altamira. The construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam created the greatest wav...

A notice offering work to construction workers and labourers on a fence surrounding the construction site of Peninsula Yangon, a 130 million USD development that was, according to past media reports,...

A notice offering work to construction workers and labourers on a fence surrounding the construction site of Peninsula Yangon, a 130 million USD development that was, according to past media reports,...

Doctors and nurses attend to Ko Chan Thar (25), a construction worker from Hlaingtharyar, who was shot in the neck during anti-coup protests the previous day in Hlaingtharyar. Volunteer medical worker...

Doctors and nurses attend to Ko Chan Thar (25), a construction worker from Hlaingtharyar, who was shot in the neck during anti-coup protests the previous day in Hlaingtharyar. Volunteer medical worker...

Doctors and nurses attend to Ko Chan Thar (25), a construction worker from Hlaingtharyar, who was shot in the neck during anti-coup protests the previous day in Hlaingtharyar. Volunteer medical worker...

A construction site near the train station, where new houses are being built only four km from the nuclear plant. The entire population of Futaba was evacuated en masse after the Fukushima Daiichi nu...

An advertising board for a construction company aiming to build the foundations for the future new town. The catch phrase reads: 'From the first steps to the future'. The entire population of Futaba...

Friends and relatives carry the coffin of Zwe Htet Soe (26), at his funeral. The construction worker was shot and killed when the military and police joint security forces used live fire on anti-coup...

Shwe Yote Hlwar holds a portrait of her father as she weeps with her mother, Thet Htar, during the funeral of her father Zwe Htet Soe (26), a construction worker who was shot and killed when the milit...

Shwe Yote Hlwar holds a portrait of her father as she weeps with her mother, Thet Htar, during the funeral of her father Zwe Htet Soe (26), a construction worker who was shot and killed when the milit...

Shwe Yote Hlwar, the five year old daughter of Zwe Htet Soe (26), is held by her mother, Thet Htar, as she weeps while standing by the body of her father, a construction worker who was shot and killed...

Shwe Yote Hlwar, the five year old daughter of Zwe Htet Soe (26), clings to her mother, Thet Htar, and weeps as she looks at the dead body of her father, a construction worker who was shot and killed...

Shwe Yote Hlwar clings to her mother, Thet Htar, during the funeral of her father Zwe Htet Soe (26), a construction worker who was shot and killed when the military and police joint security forces us...

Shwe Yote Hlwar, the five year old daughter of Zwe Htet Soe (26), clings to her mother, Thet Htar, and weeps as she looks at the dead body of her father, a construction worker who was shot and killed...

Shwe Yote Hlwar holds a portrait of her father as she sits with her mother, Thet Htar, during the funeral of her father Zwe Htet Soe (26), a construction worker who was shot and killed when the milita...

Distraught Friends and relatives of Zwe Htet Soe (26) mourn beside the coffin containing the body of the construction worker who was shot and killed when military and police joint security forces used...

Distraught family members of Zwe Htet Soe (26), including five year old daughter Shwe Yote Hlwar and his wife Thet Htar, offer prayers at the funeral of the construction worker who was shot and killed...

New houses, built only seven kilometres away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, ready for returnees to the town. Okuma was totally evacuated in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuc...

New houses, built only seven kilometres away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, ready for returnees to the town. Okuma was totally evacuated in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuc...

Mr Hideo Endo and Mrs Kazuko Endo in their new house built only seven kilometres away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. One of several houses in an estate built for returnees to the town...

Decontamination work in progress, trees are cut down and a house dismantled. The entire population of Futaba was evacuated en masse after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Since 2013, only 4...

A construction site in the town of Futaba which has been abandoned since March 2011 due to elevated radiation levels. The entire population of Futaba was evacuated en masse after the Fukushima Daiich...

A house undergoes repairs on Wennington Road.

Tourist souvenirs displayed for sale on a car parked at the roadside.

A flag featuring a portrait of Yasser Arafat flies over a former children's playground, surrounded by war-damaged buildings and construction sites near the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in West Bei...

A vacant plot of land and a new building in th ecity centre. The reconstruction of downtown Beirut has been largely driven by Solidere, a development company established in 1994 by Rafik Hariri.

A group of protestors singing anti-military songs and dancing on a truck pass the construction site of a shopping mall and hotels where work is currently suspended.

Construction trucks drive in convoy through the city centre as they show support for democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) and to protest the 1 February 2021 military...

A woman carries a large bag of goods on her head along an almost deserted street.

The construction site, where work is currently suspended, of what is to become one of the largest hotel and shopping mall complexes in Yangon.

People pass by the construction site, where work is currently suspended, of what is to become one of the largest hotel and shopping mall complexes in Yangon.

Congolese soliders digging a defensive postion in newly formed base over looking the village of Monyi lies in a remote area about 15 km north-east of Minembwe on the Haut Plateau.

An elderly man looks at a construction site as he walks past.

Volunteer Michael Rafael Mtombeni helps build a new aviary at SANCCOB (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds) seabird hospital, after the abandonment of almost 2,000 endang...

Cattle graze near the off-ramp of a soon-to-be completed road bridge that will connect Kinmen's main island with Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Followin...

Cattle graze near the off-ramp of a soon-to-be completed road bridge that will connect Kinmen's main island with Xiao (Little) Kinmen Island, just a mile or two from the Chinese mainland. Followin...

Workmen on a scaffold at the Conservatoire de musique de Geneve.

Restoration work going on at one of the traditional Fujianese-style old residencies in Husia Village. Increasingly the families that own such properties are moving out to modern apartments on the outs...

The Hans-Wilsdorf bridge over the Arve River, leading to the Rolex headquarters (the foundation owning the luxury watch brand financed the bridge's construction, which is named for the company's found...

Workmen carrying out restoration work at one of the traditional Fujianese-style old residencies in Husia Village. Increasingly the families that own such properties are moving out to modern apartments...

Workmen carrying out restoration work at one of the traditional Fujianese-style old residencies in Husia Village. Increasingly the families that own such properties are moving out to modern apartments...

Protesters against the extension of the M11 motorway in London occupy the site of the new road.

Protesters occupy a crane to mark the first anniversary of the start of construction work on the Newbury Bypass.

Contractors fix razor-wire on top of fencing erected around the Capitol building to protect the 20 January 2021 inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden, following the violent invasion by pro-Trump s...

A woman uses a temporary wooden bridge to cross over a concrete culvert at the side of a road under construction in the Gassi district of the capital.

Students leaving college cross a road under construction in the Gassi district of the capital.

Labourers, watched by a foreman, lay tarmac on a road in the Gawi district of the capital.

Labourers working at the construction site for the gigantic Hospital for the Mother and the Child (Maternity and Paediatrics) and of the Faculty of Medicine, close to the main market in the Gardole di...

Labourers pour concrete while constructing the roof of the gigantic Hospital for the Mother and the Child (Maternity and Paediatrics) and of the Faculty of Medicine, close to the main market in the Ga...

Workers enter the concrete tanks that will form the base for a 12 metre high equestrian statue and fountain.

Newly arrived South Sudanese refugees construct their new home at the Nyumanzi settlement. Sheperds in South Sudan, the Dinkas (main tribe amongst the refugees) do not cope well with the construction...

A woman sits on a bed inside an old wooden and plaster building in Angaysky, a former barracks inhabited by prisoners incarcerated at the '503 construction site' (GULAG). The buildings are still inhab...

A woman carries a water basin inside an old wooden and plaster building in Angaysky, a former barracks inhabited by prisoners incarcerated at the '503 construction site' (GULAG). The buildings are sti...

The interior of an old wooden and plaster building in Angaysky, a former barracks inhabited by prisoners incarcerated at the '503 construction site' (GULAG). The buildings are still inhabited but have...

Old wooden and plaster buildings in Angaysky the former barracks inhabited by prisoners incarcerated at the '503 construction site' (GULAG). The buildings are still inhabited but have few utility serv...

Workers from the Belo Monte dam, bathe in the waters of the Xingu River on a Sunday afternoon. At the peak of the construction of the plant at the end of 2014/beginning of 2015, the sites housed more...

A newly arrived Belo Monte dam construction worker observes a busy street in Altamira.

The main powerhouse of Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River.

A new settlement built in the outskirts of Altamira for families displaced because of the construction of Belo Monte dam.

A brick maker prepares the firing of a batch in an artisan pottery on Altamira's outskirts.This site was flooded after the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam and all the workers who depe...

A fight between two women after a party held on the Belo Monte construction workers day off.

A party for the workers of Belo Monte dam on the river bank in Altamira. On the last weekend of the month, when the workers receive their salary, Altamira became a chaotic mess. With thousands of drun...