Stacks of skins are processed and stored at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned, the h...

A huge pile of dead animals at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned, the hides being pr...

Plastics bags full of dead lambs, dogs and cats at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned...

Two butchers skin a pig at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned, the hides being proces...

The cadaver of a skinned calf at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned, the hides being...

Two butchers skin a calf at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned, the hides being proce...

Stacks of skins are processed and stored at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned, the h...

A cow's head sits on the floor in a corner at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmetics, organic c...

A truck delivers a load of dead poultry to the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmetics, organic cook...

Workers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant separate date expired eggs from their packaging. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmeti...

A machine separates expired dairy produce from its packaging at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. Various food stuffs and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosme...

Workers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant separate foodstuffs from packaging. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmetics, organic c...

Workers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant separate foodstuffs from packaging. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmetics, organic c...

Workers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant separate foodstuffs from packaging. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmetics, organic c...

A worker moves containers full of inedible food stuffs in a cold store at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. Various food stuffs and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertili...

Veterinarians inspect dead animals for signs of disease before they are processed at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and c...

The cadavers of cattle at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned, the hides being process...

The cadavers of cattle at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The facility processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned, the hides being process...

Tanks for the storage of animal fat which is obtained from the processing of animal cadavers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. The animal fat is used for the production of bio-diesel which powers th...

A peephole into the incinerator at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant that processes dead animals: cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, dogs and cats. The dead livestock is skinned, the hides being process...

The air purifier installation, at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant, that effectively reduces emissions of fine dust from the incineration of animal cadavers. The plant operates using a number of enviro...

Containers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant full of old meat products that are no longer edible. Various food stuffs and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cos...

A container full of packaging from dairy products that have passed their expiry dates stored at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. Various food stuffs and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle...

Workers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant separate foodstuffs from packaging. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmetics, organic c...

Workers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant separate foodstuffs from packaging. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmetics, organic c...

Workers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant facilty separate foodstuffs from packaging. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmetics, o...

Workers at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant separate foodstuffs from packaging. The various waste food and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer, cosmetics, organic c...

A forklift driver moves containers, at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant, that are full of old fish and meat that is no longer edible. Various food stuffs and packaging will be processed into dog and ca...

A container at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant full of old fish and seafood that is no longer edible. Various food stuffs and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food, organic fertilizer,...

A container full of packaging from dairy products that have passed their expiry dates at the Abapor-ETSA recycling plant. Various food stuffs and packaging will be processed into dog and cattle food,...

One of the paved main streets in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

Busy and chaotic traffic gets stuck in a tunnel.

A vast bicycle storage area on a square near the Hoog Catharijne shopping centre.

A wind turbine near the harbour basin of the Oosterschelde with a sailing yacht navigating to the open North Sea at sunset.

The renowned Dutch photojournalist Ad van Denderen.

Bookseller Ton Schimmelpennink in his shop at the Weteringschans.

The fortified city of Valenca near the River Minho which is also the border with Spain. The fort dates from 1217.

Son Walter caresses the hand of his mother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. She would die soon afterwards.

The huge vessel Sea Installer moored in the harbour. It is an offshore jack-up vessel for the installation of wind turbines in the North Sea.

A protest by around 1,000 motorbike owners converge on Largo do Rato as they head towards the parliament building to protest against the government plans to introduce mandatory inspection. Inumerous b...

A Belle Epoque villa sandwiched between two modern apartment buildings.

The tower of the cathedral in dense mist in the early morning.

Barnacles and weed cling to the harbour quay at low tide.

A plaque depicting a sailing vessel on a wall in the Moorish quarter of Alfama.

The anchoring of point for the cables that support the '25 de Abril' suspension bridge which links the two margins of the River Tagus. The bridge has a total length of 2278 metres and a height of 190...

A mooring and a boat in the misty harbour basin.

Beach huts with colourful stripes on the English Channel seafront.

Sunset over the city and the River Tagus estuary.

The sunsets over the harbour basin at low tide.

An old caravan serves as a makeshift ticket office for a car park.

A rainbow appears above the River Douro and the hillside vineyards.

Railway equipment at a railway station on the Sabor railway line, once an economically important railroad between the iron mines and the Douro railway to the sea. It was closed in 1988.

A man sits in the almost empty Gesu Nuovo church.

The former five star Hotel Eremo in the National Vesuvio Park now fallen into decay.

A view from the city of the Bay of Naples, the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Vesuvio volcano, covered in heavy clouds.

Evening sunlight falls on the Colli di Fontanelle mountain range behind a church in Sorrento.

A view from the Royal Palace of the Piazza del Plebiscito on rainy day.

The Tyrrhenian Sea near the spectacular Amalfi coast.

Pedestrians protect themselves with umbrellas against the steady rainfall in a small street in the Spagnoli neighbourhood.

A traditional grocery store in the Spagnoli neighbourhood.

Customers in the Bierzo Enxebre bar and restaurant.

A man kneels to make a confession in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

A tourist takes a photo at sunset of the illuninated Christmas tree in the Praca do Comercio with the River Tagus in the background.

Christmas decorations above the busy Rua Augusta, a pedestrian street in the Baixa, downtown Lisbon.

A large group of tourists visits the Praza do Obradoiro (Square of the Workshop).

An escalator hall in the Toledo metro station designed by the Spanish architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca.

Pedestrians with umbrellas defy the steady rainfall as they pass in front of a shop selling children's clothing for festive events.

A mechanic busy with the maintenance of a scooter in his tiny workshop.

Colourful fishing-nets on the quay of the local port with fishing boats in the background.

The view from the terrace of the Abbey de San Michele over the Tyrrhenian Sea towards the city of Naples and the Vesuvio volcano.

The entrance to the former five star Hotel Eremo disfigured by graffiti, a waste container and litter.

A relief depicting a horse on the ceiling of the Roman bath-house in ancient Pompeii.

A girl from the village of Lemberem.

A store of harvested cork bark ready for transport to factories. Portugal is the world's biggest exporter of cork with a yearly production of 340,000 tonnes.

A railway worker waits till his meal has been warmed up on a fire under a derelict steam engine in the workshops of the Caminhos de Ferro de Mocambique (CFM), the National Railways of Mozambique.

People take part in the candle procession, considered one the highlights of a Fatima pilgrimage. On 12 and 13 of May 2017 the shrine of Fatima celebrated the centenary of the appearence of (six in tot...

People take part in the candle procession, considered one the highlights of a Fatima pilgrimage. On 12 and 13 of May 2017 the shrine of Fatima celebrated the centenary of the appearence of (six in tot...

A group of women catching fish with traditional nets in a tributary of the River Cumbija.

A woman, accompanied by her family carrying large votice candles, crawls on her knees, in pennance, towards the chapel in the square of the Sanctuary of Fatima. On 13 May 2017 Pope Francis will attend...

A man takes a bath in a spring in the Gorongosa mountains.

Pilgrims, part of a group of 300, having walked approximately 200 km as part of a five day-pilgrimage, arrive at the shrine of Fatima. Every year, thousands of people make the pilgrimage by foot to Fa...

Statuettes of Our Lady of Fatima for sale in a souvenir shop at the place of pilgrimage for Nossa Senhora de Aires.

Pilgrims, part of a group of 300, having walked approximately 200 km as part of a five day-pilgrimage, arrive at the shrine of Fatima. Every year, thousands of people make the pilgrimage by foot to Fa...

A group of women in traditional dresses stand under palm trees at a local celebration.

Two women, their babies strapped on their backs, collect silt from the land near the Cacheu River that was once the site of fertile rice fields. The cultivation of rice, the most important staple food...

A man crosses a river bank with his day's catch, three large fish carried on a paddle.

The aged Maria de Lurdes Branco sits in the open air in front of her home and works on her needle-lace.

A crowd listens to the speech by Pope Francis during his visit to the shrine of Fatima for its 100th anniversary celebrations. On 12 and 13 of May 2017 the shrine of Fatima celebrated the centenary o...

Young men listen to music in a market stall stuffed with radios and electronics.

A herd of elephants crosses the River Chobe to an island to graze.