Elderly women beg for money in a pedestrian underpass.

Begging in Kiev under an advert for the launch issue of one of the many new glossy magazines being published in Ukraine. Since independence the living standards of some of the population has improved,...

Hazara children play on a hill in Bamiyan province. Their father worked in Iran for a number of years but was deported because he was an illegal immigrant. The family now lives in a cave near the site...

A woman holding a child begging outside the Anar restaurant.

A camp for displaced people who came from Helmand 20 years ago. Only 17 families have returned, the rest cannot go back as their houses have been destroyed and their land taken by local chiefs.

Mr Habibullah and his family, Hazaras deported from Iran two years ago. He says that since the Taliban took power it is harder economically and there is no work.

Cave dwellings in a cliff inhabited by Hazaras deported from Iran.

Women gather for bread at a distribution point where the Yesevi Social Central Association provides food aid to people in need.

Women gather for bread at a distribution point where the Yesevi Social Central Association provides food aid to people in need.

Women and children gather to beg at the door of the Slice coffee shop.

Twaos Khan (squatting at left), the manager of a camp for displaced people who came from Helmand 20 years ago, breaks bread at his home. Only 17 families have returned to Helmand from the camp, the re...

Twaos Khan, the manager of a camp for displaced people who came from Helmand 20 years ago, breaks bread at his home. Only 17 families have returned to Helmand from the camp, the rest cannot go back as...

A camp for displaced people who came from Helmand 20 years ago. Only 17 families have returned, the rest cannot go back as their houses have been destroyed and their land taken by local chiefs.

Women and children begging outside a bakery.

Children begging on the street