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  • Elephants are pictured crossing the Ewaso Nyiro river in Samburu game reserve on May 8, 2013.

    Elephants are pictured crossing the Ewaso Nyiro river in Samburu game reserve on May 8, 2013.
    | AFP

  • A picture taken on November 10, 2012 shows a nomadic camp in M'hamid El Ghizlane near the Moroccan city of Zagora

    A picture taken on November 10, 2012 shows a nomadic camp in M'hamid El Ghizlane near the Moroccan city of Zagora
    | AFP PHOTO/STR

  • A man digs raised beds for crops planted close to the waters of Lake Tanganyika. The beds need to be raised to prevent water saturation of cereal crops roots GUY OLIVER |IRIN

    A man digs raised beds for crops planted close to the waters of Lake Tanganyika. The beds need to be raised to prevent water saturation of cereal crops roots GUY OLIVER |IRIN
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  • The Olkaria geothermal power plant in Rift Valley Province of Kenya ZHAO YINGQUAN

    The Olkaria geothermal power plant in Rift Valley Province of Kenya ZHAO YINGQUAN
    | XINHUA

  • A man carts a precious drum of water through a sandstorm in Tillaberi region in southwestern Niger JASPREET KINDRA

    A man carts a precious drum of water through a sandstorm in Tillaberi region in southwestern Niger JASPREET KINDRA
    | IRIN

  • Children bathe at the edge of a flooded road in the town of Mopeia, Zambezia province EMILY WITT

    Children bathe at the edge of a flooded road in the town of Mopeia, Zambezia province EMILY WITT
    | IRIN

  • Poachers continue to illegally remove thousands of turtle species from their natural habitat in Madagascar

    Poachers continue to illegally remove thousands of turtle species from their natural habitat in Madagascar
    | NATION MEDIA GROUP

  • Too much land in the agro-pastoral zone of Mopti region, reaching up to Timbuktu, Mali, is fallow this year due to a lack of seeds IRIN

    Too much land in the agro-pastoral zone of Mopti region, reaching up to Timbuktu, Mali, is fallow this year due to a lack of seeds IRIN
    | IRIN

  • As Lake Chilwa’s water levels continue to drop, fishermen have flocked to Kachula Harbour, one of the few remaining viable fishing spots |IRIN

    As Lake Chilwa’s water levels continue to drop, fishermen have flocked to Kachula Harbour, one of the few remaining viable fishing spots |IRIN
    | IRIN

  • Waste management is becoming a major problem causing marine and land based degradation in Mauritius. |LINLEY BIGNOUX

    Waste management is becoming a major problem causing marine and land based degradation in Mauritius. |LINLEY BIGNOUX
    | NATION MEDIA GROUP

  • A fisherman in Madagascar’s southeastern port town of Tolagnaro, previously known as Fort Dauphin, fixes his net.

    A fisherman in Madagascar’s southeastern port town of Tolagnaro, previously known as Fort Dauphin, fixes his net.
    | IRIN

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  • A Somali man stands on a road near an Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Mogadishu on May 3, 2013. TOBIN JONES

    A Somali man stands on a road near an Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Mogadishu on May 3, 2013. TOBIN JONES
    | AFP PHOTO / AU-UN IST

  • A woman sweeping the floor at a makeshift medical clinic in the city of Belet Weyne, Somalia on March 30, 2013.

    A woman sweeping the floor at a makeshift medical clinic in the city of Belet Weyne, Somalia on March 30, 2013.
    | AFP / AU-UN IST / TOBIN JONES

  • Sudanese women from Jebel Saiey in North Darfur, carrying plastic jerry cans full of water at the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in El-Fasher, on March 19, 2013.

    Sudanese women from Jebel Saiey in North Darfur, carrying plastic jerry cans full of water at the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in El-Fasher, on March 19, 2013.
    | AFP PHOTO/UNAMID/ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN

  • A Zimbabwean makes a basket on March 17, 2013 with packaging straps in Mbare. Small ones are sold for 4 US dollars and the large ones cost 8 US dollars.

    A Zimbabwean makes a basket on March 17, 2013 with packaging straps in Mbare. Small ones are sold for 4 US dollars and the large ones cost 8 US dollars.
    | AFP

  • A Malian girl carries a water can she just partially filled at a water pump on February 18, 2013 in northern Mali's city of Gao.

    A Malian girl carries a water can she just partially filled at a water pump on February 18, 2013 in northern Mali's city of Gao.
    | AFP

  • A Central African Republic soldier prays on January 1, 2013 at the Bangui's cathedral during a mass for peace by Bangui's bishop Nzapalainga Dieudonne

    A Central African Republic soldier prays on January 1, 2013 at the Bangui's cathedral during a mass for peace by Bangui's bishop Nzapalainga Dieudonne
    | AFP PHOTO

  • Abdul Abdullah, a 27-year-old asylum seeker from Somalia, in his shop in Zandspruit, an informal settlement outside Johannesburg MUJAHID SAFODIEN

    Abdul Abdullah, a 27-year-old asylum seeker from Somalia, in his shop in Zandspruit, an informal settlement outside Johannesburg MUJAHID SAFODIEN
    | IRIN

  • People celebrate as Congolese government army (FARDC) soldiers arrive back in Goma eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on December 3, 2012

    People celebrate as Congolese government army (FARDC) soldiers arrive back in Goma eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on December 3, 2012
    | AFP PHOTO

  • Two Congolese women stand atop a hill above Mushaki, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 29, 2012 PHIL MOORE

    Two Congolese women stand atop a hill above Mushaki, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on November 29, 2012 PHIL MOORE
    | AFP PHOTO

  • Displaced flood victim, 15-year-old mother Gladys Marcus looks at her two-week-old child delivered in a relief camp waits to be evacuated following forceful ejection from the camp by the authorities of Bayelsa State government in the oil-rich Niger Delta region November 15, 2012 PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

    Displaced flood victim, 15-year-old mother Gladys Marcus looks at her two-week-old child delivered in a relief camp waits to be evacuated following forceful ejection from the camp by the authorities of Bayelsa State government in the oil-rich Niger Delta region November 15, 2012 PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
    | AFP PHOTO

  • A nomad rides a camel during the Taragalte music festival in M'hamid El Ghizlane near Zagora in Morocco on November 10, 2012

    A nomad rides a camel during the Taragalte music festival in M'hamid El Ghizlane near Zagora in Morocco on November 10, 2012
    | AFP PHOTO/STR

  • A shop in the poor neighbour of Ambohimanarina in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo GUY OLIVER

    A shop in the poor neighbour of Ambohimanarina in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo GUY OLIVER
    | IRIN

  • A Malian refugee smiles on October 21, 2012 in the Mentao refugee camp, 185 km north of Ouagadougou

    A Malian refugee smiles on October 21, 2012 in the Mentao refugee camp, 185 km north of Ouagadougou
    | AHMED OUOBA

  • Liberian refugee children play on the beach in Tabou TOMMY TRENCHARD

    Liberian refugee children play on the beach in Tabou TOMMY TRENCHARD
    | IRIN

  • A family in Diffa region in southeastern Niger JASPREET KINDRA

    A family in Diffa region in southeastern Niger JASPREET KINDRA
    | IRIN

  • Women from Nadapal in Turkana County, northern Kenya, reroute water from River Turkwel- the only permanent river in the county, to irrigate their farmlands PHOTO

    Women from Nadapal in Turkana County, northern Kenya, reroute water from River Turkwel- the only permanent river in the county, to irrigate their farmlands PHOTO
    | XINHUA

  • The iShack's first resident are Nosango Plaatjia, her husband Ntoya, and their three children which has solar powered lights and a phone charger among other things BILL CORCORAN

    The iShack's first resident are Nosango Plaatjia, her husband Ntoya, and their three children which has solar powered lights and a phone charger among other things BILL CORCORAN
    | IRIN

  • “We cannot… live in a country where our neighbours hate us,” said a Tuareg refugee in Ouagadougou MARC-ANDRE BOISVERT

    “We cannot… live in a country where our neighbours hate us,” said a Tuareg refugee in Ouagadougou MARC-ANDRE BOISVERT
    | IRIN

  • Women learn how to use a low energy stove (provided by UNICEF partner Relief International) in Mogadishu. They were distributed to vulnerable women in Mogadishu IDP camps KATE HOLT

    Women learn how to use a low energy stove (provided by UNICEF partner Relief International) in Mogadishu. They were distributed to vulnerable women in Mogadishu IDP camps KATE HOLT
    | IRIN

  • The women of Ari Hara village in Mauritania's Brakna region with sachets of sweetened drinking yoghurt produced in their cooperative JASPREET KINDRA

    The women of Ari Hara village in Mauritania's Brakna region with sachets of sweetened drinking yoghurt produced in their cooperative JASPREET KINDRA
    | IRIN

  • A Kenyan soldier leads others in prayer after achieving victory in Kismayu PHOTO

    A Kenyan soldier leads others in prayer after achieving victory in Kismayu PHOTO
    | NATION MEDIA GROUP

  • Women fetching firewood in the Borena zone in Ethiopia's Oromiya region JASPREET KINDRA

    Women fetching firewood in the Borena zone in Ethiopia's Oromiya region JASPREET KINDRA
    | IRIN

  • A mother washes her child in Kroo Bay slum in Freetown, where access to basic sanitation is severely limited and cholera outbreaks are regular occurrences 

    A mother washes her child in Kroo Bay slum in Freetown, where access to basic sanitation is severely limited and cholera outbreaks are regular occurrences 
    | IRIN

  • A shortage of trained health workers and a lack of transport into the main towns has contributed to South Sudan having the highest maternal mortality rate in the world.

    A shortage of trained health workers and a lack of transport into the main towns has contributed to South Sudan having the highest maternal mortality rate in the world.
    | IRIN

  • A woman feeds from a metal tin in Turkana, northern Kenya, Sept. 8, 2012.  

    A woman feeds from a metal tin in Turkana, northern Kenya, Sept. 8, 2012.  
    | XINHUA

  • Somali women during celebrations organised to mark International Women`s Day in Somalia`s capital, Mogadishu

    Somali women during celebrations organised to mark International Women`s Day in Somalia`s capital, Mogadishu
    | IRIN

  • A pregnant woman leaves a Juba health clinic after a check up.

    A pregnant woman leaves a Juba health clinic after a check up.
    | IRIN