Father Jan Polansky, an Orthodox priest, blessing the worshipers during Easter Saturday mass. 

Orthodox priest Jan Polansky says prayers during the Holy Saturday Easter service at a church of St. Ann.

Easter baskets left to be blessed by Orthodox priest Jan Polansky during Orthodox Easter in St. Ann's Church.

Priest Jan Polansky waves an incense censer over Easter baskets during Orthodox Good Friday at St. Ann's Church.

A woman carries an Easter basket containing Easter bread (Paskha), painted eggs and sausages that were blessed by Orthodox priest Jan Polansky during Orthodox Easter.

A woman carries an Easter basket containing Easter bread (Paskha), painted eggs and sausages that were blessed by Orthodox priest Jan Polansky during Orthodox Easter.

Mama-G, the owner of an informal palm wine bar pours out measures of the alcoholic drink made from the sap of palm trees into empty mayonnaise jars for her customers.

Mama-G, the owner of an informal palm wine bar pours out measures of the alcoholic drink made from the sap of palm trees into empty mayonnaise jars for her customers.

Women selling snacks outside the Friends of Alabama Poyo Bar in eastern Freetown. 'Poyo' bars, selling palm wine, are often little more than shacks of tarpaulin and sticks, but they play an important...

An ice cream advertisement in the field at the side of a road.

A woman stops to take a picture of a 'Welcome to Scotland' sign on the Scotland/England border. If Scotland pushes for independence and EU membership, the border will take on huge significance as an i...

A patient looks through a door made of wooden bars in a room at the Jesus Divine Temple. Staff there say they stopped using chains to restrain people with mental health conditions two years ago and so...

Patients whose ankles are shackled sit in a small dark cell eating food from plastic containers at the Emmanuel Rehabilitation Centre for Mentally Ill People which is run by Miss Mojisola Adeniyi. The...

A patient whose has had his ankles shackled sits in a small dark cell eating food from a plastic container at the Emmanuel Rehabilitation Centre for Mentally Ill People which is run by Miss Mojisola A...

A US Marine gives a bar of chocolate to a boy during a security patrol.

Beehives in a clearing in the Tobe protected forest. Some 350 hectares in area, the forest had been severely degraded by agriculture. Over the last 35 years it has been restored thanks to a partnershi...

Afsatou Irokou Worou at her cooking fires in the village of Kikele. This homestead happens to belong to a forest guard who protects a small 13.4ha sacred forest on the edge of the village that is home...

A pot on a cooking fire in the village of Kikele. This fireplace happens to be at the home of a forest guard who protects a small 13.4ha sacred forest on the edge of the village that is home to a troo...

Two men drinking tea in a cafe.

Desire Segla mooring a pirogue in a wetland conservation area established by the NGO GRABE Benin (Groupe de Recherche et d'Action pour le Bien-Etre/ Research and Action Group for Well-Being) in the vi...

Papa Abdoulaye Bah pours out glasses of hibiscus tea, known locally as bissap, at his home in the village of Keur Matar Gueye.

Papa Abdoulaye Bah pours out glasses of hibiscus tea, known locally as bissap, at his home in the village of Keur Matar Gueye.

A woman holds a glass of hot hibiscus tea. The infusion, known as bissap, is one of the country's most popular drinks.

A glass of chilled hibiscus tea, or bissap, at an upscale restaurant in central Dakar.

A US marine on patrol passes a butcher's shop displaying chickens.

Other than to shout to his mother for food, Baba Agunua doesn't speak. His mother doesn't know his age, she says he's between 20 and 30. He lives with a serious mental health condition and has been ch...

Other than to shout to his mother for food, Baba Agunua doesn't speak. His mother doesn't know his age, she says he's between 20 and 30. He lives with a serious mental health condition and has been ch...

Other than to shout to his mother for food, Baba Agunua doesn't speak. His mother doesn't know his age, she says he's between 20 and 30. He lives with a serious mental health condition and has been ch...

Two boys walk through food flood water in the Shuwari camp, home for some of the thousands of IDPs that are struggling to exist after fleeing from their homes due to the actions of Boko Haram.

Men gather in a 'chai khana', tea house-restaurant.

Shoppers and traders in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). The market is among the largest in Africa, with more than 10,000 stalls selling virtually everything imaginable.

Shoppers and traders in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). The market is among the largest in Africa, with more than 10,000 stalls selling virtually everything imaginable.

Yams are unloaded from trucks at Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market).

Dried fish for sale at Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market).

Butchers sell beef at Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market).

A youth preparing kebabs in a 'tchairana', tea house.

Karina Pantoja makes tamales with her mother, Ruth, sister-in-law, Yuliana and niece, Yanelle at her parents' apartment in Whittier. Ruth was teaching them how to make tamales in the traditional way a...

Cristian Valentin, 26, feeding his daughter. He used to work at an Asian market in West Covina until leaving due to COVID-19 safety fears. He was in charge of stocking products, running inventories, a...

Teissy Angel takes her client Yvonne Garcia, 52, who has intellectual disabilities, shopping. Some of Teissy's duties are to make sure all Garcia's medical records are updated, assisting her with budg...

Teissy Angel works at the home she lives in with her boyfriend juggling full time work and school. Teissy Angel, 25, was born in Oaxaca, Mexico. Her parents brought her and her identical twin to the...

Gloria Itzel Montiela, 33, (yellow dress) stands at the border of Mexico and the United States with other Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients in a trip she organised to San Ysidro...

Rosa Barrientos and her family celebrate 4th of July with a barbecue. Rosa Barrientos, 26, migrated with her family from Guanajuato, Mexico to the U.S. when she was four years old. She never talked w...

Teissy Angel dyes her client Yvonne Garcia's hair. Garcia, 52, who has intellectual disabilities. Some of Teissy's duties are to make sure all her medical records are updated, assisting her with money...

Teissy Angel plans doctor visits for her client Yvonne Garcia, 52, who lives with her daughter Marie, 37, both have intellectual disabilities. Some of Teissy's duties are to make sure all Garcia's med...

Teissy Angel plans doctor visits for her client Yvonne Garcia, 52, who lives with her daughter Marie, 37, both have intellectual disabilities. Some of Teissy's duties are to make sure all Garcia's med...

Jonathan Suarez, 33, eats Menudo, a traditional Mexican soup made with cow's tripe, at a Mexican restaurant called, Taqueria Los Compadres, after dropping his son off with his mother. Jonathan is a D...

Jonathan Suarez, 33, eats Menudo, a traditional Mexican soup made with cow's tripe, at a Mexican restaurant called, Taqueria Los Compadres, after dropping his son off with his mother. Jonathan is a D...

Norma, Ozzy's mother, makes guacamole for a Fourth of July celebration. Ozzy and his parents took in his three nephews and niece when his sister was deported. He works with them to foster their cre...

Marivic Danino Grijalva delivers food to residents at the MonteCedro Retirement Community in Altadena where she works in the dining department and since the pandemic started, has been in charge of bri...

Marivic Danino Grijalva is seen through a window working at MonteCedro Retirement Community in Altadena. She works in the dining department and since the pandemic started, is in charge of bringing mea...

Teissy Angel takes out the rubbish for her client Yvonne Garcia, 52, who has intellectual disabilities. Some of Teissy's duties are to make sure all her medical records are updated, assisting her with...

Teissy Angel waits in line at a food bank to get food for her client Yvonne Garcia. That day she went to two different food banks to make sure Mrs Garcia had enough food for the weekend. Teissy Ange...

Gloria Itzel Montiel accepts a bag from her grandmother after delivering food to her with her brother, Israel, while assisting families in need during the pandemic in Santa Ana. The bag from her grand...

A member of 'Los Viagras', an armed vigilante group that call themselves 'grupos de autodefensas', self-defence militias. The controversial vigilante organisation began as a reaction to the insecurity...

Monks eat in the refectory of the Carthusian Certosa monastery which is only used on Sundays for a meal in fellowship with all the monks, but a meal in silence, while reading sacred texts.

Monks eat in the refectory of the Carthusian Certosa monastery which is only used on Sundays for a meal in fellowship with all the monks, but a meal in silence, while reading sacred texts.

A stew that includes bananas is cooked for staff working at Foncho's finca, a plantation producing Fair Trade bananas.

A market vendors selling lettuce in the central market. Prior to being overrun by ISIS in August 2014 the town was majority Christian but following its liberation, on 20 October 2016 by Iraqi Specia...

Turkish-backed Syrian security forces on guard beside a fish stall in the heavily-secured market area of downtown Afrin.

Men gather inside and outside at a cafe in the Karada neighbourhood. Despite COVID-19 still being present in the country, government restrictions remain loose and many people appear unafraid to crowd...

A busy street in the Karada neighbourhood. Despite COVID-19 still being present in the country, government restrictions remain loose and many people appear unafraid to crowd markets and cafes.

A man mops the pavement at a cafe where people are smoking water pipes in the Karada neighbourhood. Despite COVID-19 still being present in the country, government restrictions remain loose and many p...

A snack stall in the Karada neighbourhood. Despite COVID-19 still being present in the country, government restrictions remain loose and many people appear unafraid to crowd markets and cafes.

Waiters wearing face shields and masks wait to serve customers at the Sky Lounge in the newly opened Dawa restaurant in the Jadriyah neighbourhood. Despite COVID-19 still being present in the country,...

A snack stall in the Karada neighbourhood. Despite COVID-19 still being present in the country, government restrictions remain loose and many people appear unafraid to crowd markets and cafes.

Refugees displaced during a 2020 Syrian regime offensive in nearby Idlib now living in a sprawling tented camp on a muddy hill above the city of Afrin.

Staff serve customers at the Sky Lounge in the newly opened Dawa restaurant in the Jadriyah neighbourhood. Despite COVID-19 still being present in the country, government restrictions remain loose and...

Staff serve customers at the Sky Lounge in the newly opened Dawa restaurant in the Jadriyah neighbourhood. Despite COVID-19 still being present in the country, government restrictions remain loose and...

Stall holders and shoppers in the al-Shorja market which remained busy during early 2021 despite COVID-19 still being present in the country. The government's restrictions to control the spread of COV...

A cook prepares food for the school canteen at the Denro associative school is a major element in encouraging parents and pupils to continue their studies. For many families, poor or internally displa...

Staff and customers in the Ridha Alwan cafe in Karada on a busy Sunday evening. The government's restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 are loosely implemented and many people seem unafraid to...

Customers sitting at outside tables at the Ridha Alwan cafe in Karada on a busy Sunday evening. The government's restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 are loosely implemented and many people...

Customers choose produce at a fruit and vegetable shop in the Karada neighbourhood. The government's restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 are loosely implemented and many people seem unafrai...

Roger (13) eats a meal of rice and beans with a fellow apprentice. Roger has been an apprentice bicycle repairer since October 2020. Following the COVID-19 economic crisis, and the closing of the bord...

A stall selling fried snacks in the heavily-secured market area in downtown Afrin.

A stall selling candy floss in the heavily-secured market area in downtown Afrin.

Emilienne (13) has been selling mangos since October 2020. As a result of the economic crisis, linked to COVID-19, her grandmother's business is going badly and of the eight children she supports, six...

Emilienne (13) meets some of her old school friends while out selling mangos which she has been doing since October 2020. As a result of the economic crisis, linked to COVID-19, her grandmother's busi...

Emilienne (13) has been selling mangos since October 2020. As a result of the economic crisis, linked to COVID-19, her grandmother's business is going badly and of the eight children she supports, six...

The school canteen at the Denro associative school is a major element in encouraging parents and pupils to continue their studies. For many families, poor or internally displaced due to armed conflict...

Farides Farid Cantillo Silva shopping for groceries in Cienaga.

Farides Farid Cantillo Silva prepares patacones, fried green bananas or plantains depending on availablity, for lunch at her home in Cienaga.

Farides Farid Cantillo Silva prepares patacones, fried green bananas or plantains depending on availablity, for lunch at her home in Cienaga.

Farides Farid Cantillo Silva prepares patacones, fried green bananas or plantains depending on availablity, for lunch at her home in Cienaga.

Farides Farid Cantillo Silva prepares patacones, fried green bananas or plantains depending on availablity, for lunch at her home in Cienaga.

Farides Farid Cantillo Silva prepares patacones, fried green bananas or plantains depending on availablity, for lunch at her home in Cienaga.

Farides Farid Cantillo Silva prepares patacones, fried green bananas or plantains depending on availablity, for lunch at her home in Cienaga.

Farides Farid Cantillo Silva prepares patacones, fried green bananas or plantains depending on availablity, for lunch at her home in Cienaga.

Bedine (10), a housekeeper for a local family, shells peanuts. Its not unusual for the families of young girls to send them to work to wealthier families, to help with household chores.

Bedine (10), a housekeeper for a local family, shells peanuts. Its not unusual for the families of young girls to send them to work to wealthier families, to help with household chores.