CaptionFamily and neighbors mourn the death of Elshani Nashim (27), killed during a protest against the Yugoslavian government's decision to abolish the autonomy of Kosovo.
CaptionUnfiltered lampblack is emitted into the air. The filters of the lampblack factory have not been repaired for 15 years, exposing the town's people to a deadly cocktail of lead, tin and sulfuric acid. The plant belches sooty smoke straight into the atmosphere, creating a blackened area visible from space.
CaptionDavid Kirby (32) succumbs to Aids after a three-year struggle against the disease and its social stigmas, as his father, sister and niece stand by. Kirby founded the Stafford Ohio Aids Foundation, with the aim of educating people about Aids prevention and working for the rights of those with Aids. He spent the last two months of his life at Pater Noster House, an alternative community home in Columbus, for people with Aids.
CaptionFamily and neighbors mourn the death of Elshani Nashim (27), killed during a protest against the Yugoslavian government's decision to abolish the autonomy of Kosovo.
CaptionMay-July. Refugees climb on trucks to leave the warzone, 20 km from Monrovia. Founded as a haven for freed American slaves, present-day Liberia is torn by civil war as rebel groups fight each other and the government for power, victimizing the population in the process.
CaptionUS troops from the first Cavalary Division move out, after being addressed by Secretary of State James Baker. About 4,200 troops were addressed by Baker, on a seven nation tour to lay the foundation for military action if economic pressure against Iraq fails.
CaptionA rebel loyal to Prince Johnson executes a soldier of President Doe's army. The soldier was stopped by the rebels at a checkpoint, beaten up, and then shot.
CaptionA woman holds her dead grandson. In the night of June 20-21 a severe earthquake hit the fertile northern Iranian provinces of Zanjan and Gilan, leaving over 50,000 dead and 500,000 homeless.
CaptionA member of the riot police leads a demonstrator away from a burning Trafalgar Square. A rally against the Poll Tax, introduced by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, developed into what were arguably the worst riots in the centre of London for a century. What began peacefully, soon escalated into a violent confrontation between riot police and demonstrators who used all they could lay their hands on, but to no avail - the community tax remained in force. The battle lasted several hours with casualties on both sides.
CaptionViolent clashes between ethnic minorities in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan. When a state of emergency was declared and the Red Army went in to restore order in the capital Baku, 49 people were killed. Nationalist feelings were inflamed and over a million people gathered to attend the mass funeral. Thousands of Azerbaijani communists publicly destroyed their membership cards in protest against Societ intervention.
CaptionA woman with her dead grandson. In the night of 20-21 June a severe earthquake hit the fertile northern Iranian provinces of Zanjan and Gilan, leaving over 50,000 dead and 500,000 homeless.
CaptionMourners return to the scene of the massacre to demonstrate their grief. When Palestinians gathered on October 8 to worship at Temple Mount in Jerusalem, an area off-limits to them, a confrontation with Israeli soldiers resulted in 21 Palestinian casualties.
CaptionMay-July. Refugees climb on trucks to leave the warzone, 20 km from Monrovia. Founded as a haven for freed American slaves, present-day Liberia is torn by civil war as rebel groups fight each other and the government for power, victimizing the population in the process.
CaptionAn abandoned child ravaged by Aids. Over a quarter of the children in Romanian orphanages are infected with Aids. The cause is a lack of clean needles and the practice of giving under-nourished children transfusions of blood untested for Aids contamination.
CaptionDavid Kirby (32) succumbs to Aids after a three-year struggle against the disease and its social stigmas, as his father, sister and niece stand by. Kirby founded the Stafford Ohio Aids Foundation, with the aim of educating people about Aids prevention and working for the rights of those with Aids. He spent the last two months of his life at Pater Noster House, an alternative community home in Columbus, for people with Aids.
CaptionA Romanian soldier gets a warm greeting when he comes home after a long spell of uninterrupted duty in Bucharest, the scene of mass demonstrations and angry confrontations between political parties fighting for power after the revolution.
CaptionA seven-ton statue of Lenin is being removed. It took three days using cranes, blow torches and pneumatic drills, before the symbol of Russion repression was taken away to be melted down for making church bells.
CaptionThousands of destitute youths roam the streets in gangs. With no prospects and driven by poverty they deal in drugs, steal and murder for their gangs. At the same time they have to be on their guard against the police and the army who massacre them to avenge murdered colleagues.
CaptionA child ravaged by Aids in the Victor Babès Hospital. In Ceaucescu's Romania procreation was stimulated and abortion and birth control forbidden. Unwanted babies often ended up in orphanages where, for want of a better method, they received blood transfusions to build them up.
CaptionThe new Nazis of former East Germany. Bavaria (Germany), where Hitler's birthday is celebrated, and Vienna (Austria), home of the party's unofficial international headquarters: Veterans, young Nazis and a Hitler look-alike attend the annual nationalist gathering.
CaptionA boy doesn't want to have a shower. A Lebanese camp for the education and military training of five to 17-year-old destitute children. The Social Nationalist Party takes charge of the children and submits them to tough discipline in mountain camps near the Syrian border. There is never any doubt about who has the last word; the children's fate is in the trainer's hands.
CaptionLong queues of Kuwait refugees stretch across the deserts as they wait for water and food. Saddam Hussein's occupation of Kuwait sent thousands of refugees, including Egyptians and Bangladeshis, fleeing into the desert to escape the atrocities of Iraqi troops.
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CaptionUS President George Bush throws souvenir tie clips to the troops. The start of the gulf crisis gave President Bush the opportunity to demonstrate his prowess as a world leader.
CaptionPresident Daniel Ortega is certain of his success at the last Sandinista rally before the elections in February. But his words, "We have already won", came too soon. It was Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, leader of the opposition party UNO, who became president in a sensational victory.
CaptionGerman Chancellor Helmut Kohl with his wife Hannelore, Foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher (left) and President Von Weiszäcker (right) at the reunification party in the Reichstag. At midnight on 3 October 1990 East and West Germany were reunified after 45 years of separation.
CaptionLech Walesa campaigns before Poland's presidential elections. Walesa won the election after receiving the support of the Catholic church and of his main rival Premier Mazowiecki.
CaptionThe Freedom Fighters of Liberia are known for their get-up. They're armed to the teeth, but also wear kaolin masks, amulets and clothes of victims to ward off enemy bullets.
CaptionJune-July. Cameroon football players do a two-tier leap into each other's arms to celebrate Roger Milla scoring a penalty against England in the World Cup.
CaptionThe national sport of boxing is taken very seriously in Thailand, where it is considered the best in the world. To prove it, they often invite exponents of martial arts from abroad to pit their strength against national champions. The Thais invariably win. A boxer's career starts at the tender age of six, ending about 20 years later. He receives board, lodging and clothing and 30 per cent of the prize money if he wins. Though matches consist of only five three-minute rounds with two-minute intervals, they are extremely intense, with betting on the outcome reaching equally heated levels. Training is tough. A boxer's day starts at 4 a.m. with the same program year in, year out.
CaptionFilmstars and film makers at the Cannes Film Festival: David Lynch presents his movie 'Young at heart' at the Cannes Film Festival, for which he received a Golden Palm.
