Photos & images

Adrian Arbib is a human rights and environment photographer who has covered events and issues in Kenya, India, Mongolia, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan and the UK. He has a special interest in tribal land rights.

Exile Images is an online photo agency and library of twelve photojournalists who have documented refugees, asylum, conflict, protest and stories from the majority world.

©Angelo Doto/UNEP/Still Pictures

Focus on Your World is a collection of images, taken by photographers worldwide, which represent the concerns of ordinary people rather than those of environmental experts. The collection began as a result of three competitions organised by the United Nations Environment Programme in the 1990s called Focus on Your World.

©J Hill / IWPR

The Institute for War and Peace Reporting has launched a project to highlight the human cost of conflict through striking images by leading photojournalists. The project is open to local and international photographers. The focus is on portfolios rather than individual photos.

Children playing on an anti-aircraft gun in Iraq ©Sean Sutton/MAG

The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) publishes videos and photos covering its work and focusing on problems faced by communities and individuals in post-conflict situations.

Women reading the WSF programme ©Michael York/NI

Michael York of the New Internationalist (NI) covers the World Social Forum 2004. The NI reports on issues of world poverty and inequality, and focuses attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless in both rich and poor nations.

©Mikkel Ostergaard

Panos Pictures is a London-based independent photo agency representing photojournalists worldwide. Panos photographers document issues and geographical areas, which are under reported, misrepresented or ignored.

© Nancy Durrell McKenna

Pictures from the People & the Planet photo gallery can be downloaded for educational purposes. Any other use of the images requires the prior written permission of the photographer/photolibrary concerned.

PhotoVoice is a non-profit organisation based in the UK providing training in photography and documentary for groups of people around the world who have little chance of representing themselves.

©Mark Edwards/Still Pictures

Still Pictures is the founding partner of the Whole Earth Alliance - a worldwide network of specialist, independent photo agencies. Its photographers cover the third world, environmental, social and economic issues, as well as science, nature and wildlife.