'Traveling kids’ — communities of young nomadic individuals — cross the US by hopping freight trains and hitchhiking for months or years at a time. They live off the waste and kindness of American society and hail from a variety of backgrounds.

Angela lives on the outskirts of Rome. The ‘garden’ of her house is a small swamp created by the Aniene River.

The whisperers of Podlasie in eastern Poland believe they possess a gift from God, giving them the power to heal all kinds of diseases and physical pain.

Ciudad Juárez, in Chihuahua, Mexico, is a city that is notorious for its violence, much of it linked to organized crime, illegal migration and drug trafficking.

Palestinian relatives of Qassim al-Shinbari, a militant from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), mourn during his funeral in the town of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza Strip 22 July 2010.