A homeless woman living in a tent in Aguas Claras, an upscale district of Brasilia, characterised by gated high-rise residential buildings.

Homeless men in the Aguas Claras, an upscale district of Brasilia, characterised by gated high-rise residential buildings.

Elaborate tombs are built to house the remains of wealthy farmers. Their herd is slaughtered after their death, helping to fuel a cycle of poverty. The tombs are often more elaborate than the houses t...

The National Gallery (The Kinsky Palace), a Rococo building on the Old Town Square which features rich stucco and sculptural decoration. has been witness to many historical events.

Shoppers outside a newly opened branch of luxury perfumier Lancome. Mikhail Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika policies allowed western brands such as Lancome and others to begin doing business in S...

Shoppers outside a newly opened branch of luxury perfumier Lancome. Mikhail Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika policies allowed western brands such as Lancome and others to begin doing business in S...

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,...

The reception desk in the lobby of the luxury St. Regis Almasa Hotel in Egypt's New Administrative Capital. Following persistent problems of overpopulation, pollution and traffic congestion, the const...

An ostentatious wedding hall.

Aerial view (Google earth) of the Witanhurst Mansion, London's largest and most expensive private residence, valued at around 450 million pounds. Its current owner kept his identity secret for a numbe...

A woman looking at Rene Magritte's L'empire des lumieres, among the art on display at Sotheby's auctioneers.

A homeless man begging for money sits outside in front of a window displaying Beluga caviar at The Cavier House shop in central London.

Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1960, part of The Macklowe Collection, among the art on display at Sotheby's auctioneers.

Garrowby Hill, a 1998 painting by David Hockney of the Yorkshire-landmark of the same name, among the art on display at Sotheby's auctioneers.

Tents belonging to homeless people outside a sports shop in central London.

A Russian flag flies over the Trade Delegation of Russia. Its stated aim is to promote the economic interests of the Russian Federation but, during periods of increased tension between Russia and the...

A Russian flag flies over the Trade Delegation of Russian in the UK. Its stated aim is to promote the economic interests of the Russian Federation but, during periods of increased tension between Russ...

The City of London, the UK's financial hub and centre for global banking and wealth management, as seen from Hampstead Heath.

A Russian flag flies over the Trade Delegation of Russian in the UK. Its stated aim is to promote the economic interests of the Russian Federation but, during periods of increased tension between Russ...

Volunteers fill disposable foil dishes with spicy south east Asian foods that are rich in protein and carbohydrate at the Food vs Marketing army meals project.

Volunteers fill disposable foil dishes with spicy south east Asian foods that are rich in protein and carbohydrate at the Food vs Marketing army meals project.

Volunteers fill disposable foil dishes with spicy south east Asian foods that are rich in protein and carbohydrate at the Food vs Marketing army meals project.

Volunteers fill disposable foil dishes with spicy south east Asian foods that are rich in protein and carbohydrate at the Food vs Marketing army meals project.

Students play at James Cook International School. The school is the first private school in New Caledonia and is named after the British explorer who was the first European to discover New Caledonia i...

Students play at James Cook International School. The school is the first private school in New Caledonia and is named after the British explorer who was the first European to discover New Caledonia i...

Students play at James Cook International School. The school is the first private school in New Caledonia and is named after the British explorer who was the first European to discover New Caledonia i...

People cross a beach road in a wealthy neighbourhood popular with 'Metros', newly migrated metropolitan French citizens, and tourists.

Main street of Eshowe.

A farmer wears sandals with the Apple and Nike logos.

Security checking invitations to the opening of a new Dolce and Gabbana fashion boutique.

Party people at the opening of a new Dolce and Gabbana fashion boutique.

People drinking champagne at the opening of a new de Grisogono designer jewelry store in an affluent Moscow suburb.

A woman looks at diamond jewelry on display at the opening of a new de Grisogono designer jewelry store.

Party people enjoy themselves at the opening of a new Dolce and Gabbana fashion boutique.

People in a restaurant in the Royal Address Complex in affluent northern Tehran.

A barista pours coffee for a customer in the Hestooran Restaurant in the Royal Address Complex in affluent northern Tehran.

Women look at jewellery in the gold bazaar.

A woman looks at jewellery in the gold bazaar.

A group of young middle class friends meet over bubble tea in the trendy Sam Cafe.

A member of staff stands beside an ornate clock displayed in a case in the Nayeb restaurant.

The ornately painted ceiling in the Nayeb restaurant.

The Hestooran Restaurant in the Royal Address Complex in affluent northern Tehran.

High rise buildings in affluent northern Tehran.

A receptionist in the Hestooran Restaurant in the Royal Address Complex in affluent northern Tehran.

Wealthy customers are served drinks of the terrace of a high rise building.

A group of young middle class friends meet over bubble tea in the trendy Sam Cafe.

High rise buildings in affluent northern Tehran.

Melville Koppies, one of the few rich prehistoric sites that were left in Johannesburg after the development of gold mines. Today, various spiritual practices of ancestral worship and Zion church serv...

Dried black soldier fly larvae at the Maltento insect farm in Cape Town. The larvae, which are rich in protein and fats, have a wide range of uses, from aquaculture feed to palatants to add to pet foo...

Dried black soldier fly larvae at the Maltento insect farm in Cape Town. The larvae, which are rich in protein and fats, have a wide range of uses, from aquaculture feed to palatants to add to pet foo...

Dried black soldier fly larvae at the Maltento insect farm in Cape Town. The larvae, which are rich in protein and fats, have a wide range of uses, from aquaculture feed to palatants to add to pet foo...

A man walking beside the Adriatic Sea coast with a tattoo on his back that reads: 'Get rich or die tryin'.

Two women are taking photographs at Tivat's new yacht marina in the Bay of Kotor (Boka Kotorska), a winding bay on the Adriatic Sea, sometimes called Europe's southernmost fjord.

All terrain vehicles, popular with drug traffickers, for sale at 'Crazy Motors'.

The village of Charmouth, which sits on some of the most fossil rich rock in the country. Charmouth has been the scene of many significant palaeolontological discoveries, including a rare scelidosauru...

Sand slowly overwhelming an old abandoned house. Kolmanskop, an old diamond mining town 10 km outside Luderitz, is slowly being drowned by sand dunes from the surrounding desert. The diamond rich sand...

Sand slowly overwhelming an old abandoned house. Kolmanskop, an old diamond mining town 10 km outside Luderitz, is slowly being drowned by sand dunes from the surrounding desert. The diamond rich sand...

Sand slowly overwhelming an old abandoned house. Kolmanskop, an old diamond mining town 10 km outside Luderitz, is slowly being drowned by sand dunes from the surrounding desert. The diamond rich sand...

Sand slowly overwhelming an old abandoned house. Kolmanskop, an old diamond mining town 10 km outside Luderitz, is slowly being drowned by sand dunes from the surrounding desert. The diamond rich sand...

A team of men who are mining a claim by hand for saphires. The discovery of one saphire under a road bridge led to an influx of prospectors and the growth of a village to support saphire mining in the...

A team of men digging a claim by hand in a saphire mine. The discovery of one saphire under a road bridge led to an influx of prospectors and the growth of a village to support saphire mining in the a...

A homeless woman with her belongings, seeking a place to pass the night, walks along the Rue du Rhone, one of Geneva's principal luxury shopping streets. The temperature is approx -4C and snow remains...

A gold trader who buys gold from the various artisanal gold mines that operate in the Sahara Desert in the north of the country, holds an ingot which will be sold in Dubai or India.

Ingots at a gold trader's workshop. Traders buy gold from the various artisanal gold mines that operate in the Sahara Desert in the north of the country and sell it in Dubai or India.

A blue Porche drives by the Hard Rock Cafe on the Corniche on the Mediterranean coast.

Tourists visit Chen Ching-lan's Mansion, which was built in 1921. Chen made his money in Singapore and Belitung (an island rich in tin ore) in Indonesia. In 1922 Chen established the first steamship s...

A sports car crosses a bridge over the Arve River with the RTS tower, the headquarters of the French language version of the Swiss national broadacaster, SSR, behind.

Dawn breaks over the headquarters of watch brand Rolex in the Acasias district.

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...

A woman wearing a fur coat passing advertsing for a luxury brand, including a fur coat, on the Rue du Rhone.

An Azeri policeman in Fuzuli, a region of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia in 1988 which was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Fuzuli was once a rich agricultural land but w...

Fuzuli, a region of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia in 1988 which was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Fuzuli was once a rich agricultural land but was left in ruin after...

The ruined town of Fizuli in the Fizuli region of Azerbaijan which was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Fuzuli was once a rich agricul...

The ruined town of Fizuli in the Fizuli region of Azerbaijan which was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Fuzuli was once a rich agricul...

The ruined town of Fizuli in the Fizuli region of Azerbaijan which was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Fuzuli was once a rich agricul...

The ruined town of Fizuli in the Fizuli region of Azerbaijan which was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Fuzuli was once a rich agricul...

The ruined town of Fizuli in the Fizuli region of Azerbaijan which was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Fuzuli was once a rich agricul...

Fuzuli, a region of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia in 1988 which was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Fuzuli was once a rich agricultural land but was left in ruin after...

Fuzuli, a region of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia in 1988 which was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Fuzuli was once a rich agricultural land but was left in ruin after...

Azerbaijani soldiers and police man a checkpoint on a road outside the recently recaptured town of Fuzuli. Once rich agricultural land it was left in ruin after nearly 30 years of neglect under Armeni...

Azerbaijani soldiers and police man a checkpoint on a road outside the recently recaptured town of Fuzuli. Once rich agricultural land it was left in ruin after nearly 30 years of neglect under Armeni...

The destroyed and abandoned town of Fuzuli, once home to more than 26,000 people. The Fizuli region of Azerbaijan was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagor...

Azerbaijani soldiers and police man a checkpoint on a road outside the recently recaptured town of Fuzuli. Once rich agricultural land it was left in ruin after nearly 30 years of neglect under Armeni...

The destroyed and abandoned town of Fuzuli, once home to more than 26,000 people. The Fizuli region of Azerbaijan was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagor...

Azerbaijani police walk through the destroyed and abandoned town of Fuzuli, once home to more than 26,000 people. The Fizuli region of Azerbaijan was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by...

An Azerbaijani military vehicle drives past a destroyed village in the Fizuli region. Once rich agricultural land it was left in ruin after nearly 30 years of neglect under Armenian control. 130,000 m...

The destroyed and abandoned town of Fuzuli, once home to more than 26,000 people. The Fizuli region of Azerbaijan was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagor...

Azerbaijani police walk through the destroyed and abandoned town of Fuzuli, once home to more than 26,000 people. The Fizuli region of Azerbaijan was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by...

The destroyed and abandoned town of Fuzuli, once home to more than 26,000 people. The Fizuli region of Azerbaijan was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by the Azeris during the 2020 Nagor...

Azerbaijani police walk through the destroyed and abandoned town of Fuzuli, once home to more than 26,000 people. The Fizuli region of Azerbaijan was occupied by Armenia in 1988 and was recaptured by...