Libya, Sirte, September 2016~Dead bodies often have bomb vests strapped to them. The Red Crescent workers pick up the bodies after the area is reconquered on Islamic State (Daesh). ~Photo: Jeroen Oerl...

Muslim people celebrating the Maulid festival, Lamu County, Lamu, Kenya. Photography by Eric Lafforgue / Hans Lucas

Muslim people celebrating the Maulid festival, Lamu County, Lamu, Kenya. Photography by Eric Lafforgue / Hans Lucas

Muslim people celebrating the Maulid festival, Lamu County, Lamu, Kenya. Photography by Eric Lafforgue / Hans Lucas

Muslim people celebrating the Maulid festival, Lamu County, Lamu, Kenya. Photography by Eric Lafforgue / Hans Lucas

Muslim people celebrating the Maulid festival, Lamu County, Lamu, Kenya. Photography by Eric Lafforgue / Hans Lucas

A shipbuilder on the beach, Lamu County, Lamu, Kenya. Photography by Eric Lafforgue / Hans Lucas

Turkije, Istanbul, 26 december 2009 Een man met zijn dochter staat met zijn auto op de Galata brug en blaast een rode ballon op met een witte wassende maan en een ster, de nationale vlag van Turkije....

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 1 OKTOBER 2009 A woman and her daughter stand before a billboard advertising the use of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LINN's). Malaria is one of the leading causes o...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 1 OKTOBER 2009 A seal of a mosquito net, part of the waste that piles up in the river that crosses the Kroobay area in Freetown. The lack of hydrological regime and proper san...

SIERRA LEONE, KISSYTOWN, 1 OKTOBER 2009 A woman inspects the net that has just been hung up in her house by Red Cross Volunteers. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 1 OKTOBER 2009 The Kroobay area in Freetown. The lack of hydrological regime and proper sanitation in this very poor part of the city make for an ideal breeding ground for mos...

SIERRA LEONE, KISSYTOWN, 1 OKTOBER 2009 A woman inspects the net that has just been hung up in her house by Red Cross Volunteers. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 1 OKTOBER 2009 The Kroobay area in Freetown. The lack of hydrological regime and proper sanitation in this very poor part of the city make for an ideal breeding ground for mos...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 1 OKTOBER 2009 Breeding mosquitos in a puddle in the Kroobay area in Freetown. The lack of hydrological regime and proper sanitation in this very poor part of the city make fo...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 1 OKTOBER 2009 Inhabitants of the Kroobay area in Freetown. Isatu Kargbo (40), the woman on the right, and her daughter and neighbours fall ill with malaria all the time. Henc...

SIERRA LEONE, KISSYTOWN, 30 SEPTEMBER 2009 A boy in front of a net that has just been handed out and has to air for at least a day. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra...

SIERRA LEONE, KISSYTOWN, 30 SEPTEMBER 2009 A woman carries on her head the net that she has just received for free at a Red Cross distribution site. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness an...

SIERRA LEONE, KISSY TOWN, 30 SEPTEMBER 2009 A man prepares traditional medecine against malaria, made of fragments of wood. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra Leone....

SIERRA LEONE, KISSY TOWN, 30 SEPTEMBER 2009 Traditional medecine against malaria, made of fragments of wood. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra Leone. The disease is...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 30 SEPTEMBER 2009 Traditional medecine used to cure malaria. Bits of wood on water make for a still widely used elixer. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and dea...

SIERRA LEONE, KISSYTOWN, 30 SEPTEMBER 2009 An old mosquito net in a rural house. Some 5 people have to sleep under the holes-filled net. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in S...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 30 SEPTEMBER 2009 Local Red Cross volunteers hang new nets in the houses of people who just received a free mosquito net. The hang up is part of an awareness program that goes...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 29 SEPTEMBER 2009 A mother tends her child at Freetown's Children Hospital. Almost all of the children there have malaria. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and...

SIERRA LEONE, MASANTIKI, 29 SEPTEMBER 2009 A man has fallen ill with malaria. His eyes are slightly yellowish. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra Leone. The disease...

SIERRA LEONE, MASANTIKI, 29 SEPTEMBER 2009 A family has just received free mosquito nets. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra Leone. The disease is responsible for 47...

SIERRA LEONE, MASANTIKI, 29 SEPTEMBER 2009 A girl walks away with the free net she has just received. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra Leone. The disease is respon...

SIERRA LEONE, MASANTIKI, 29 SEPTEMBER 2009 A local Red Cross volunteer at adistribution site takes a nap under the net that has been hung out as a demonstration model. Malaria is one of the leading c...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 28 SEPTEMBER 2009 A demonstration doll under a net at the Waterloo Health Center distribution site for free nets. LLITN stand for long-lasting insecticide-treated net. Malaria...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 28 SEPTEMBER 2009 Waterloo Health Centre; A woman has a blood sample taken from her to test for malaria. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra L...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 28 SEPTEMBER 2009 A red Cross distribution site where people can collect free mosquito nets. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra Leone. The di...

SIERRA LEONE, FREETOWN, 28 SEPTEMBER 2009 Red Cross volunteers distribute free nets at a distribution site. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra Leone. The disease is...

SIERRA LEONE, KISSY TOWN, 28 SEPTEMBER 2009 A toy bear under a musquito net for demonstration at a Red Cross distribution site. Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness and death in Sierra Leo...

PAKISTAN, PESHAWAR, 31 MEI 2009 Een door een granaatscherf zwaargewonde man wordt geopereerd in de OK van het ICRC Surgical Hospital for Weapon Wounded in Peshawar. A man, critically wounded by a pi...

PAKISTAN, SWABI, 30 MEI 2009 Een vluchtelinge uit Mingora, de grootste stad in de Swat-vallei, in het ICRC Swabi-kamp. A refugee from Mingora, swat, in the Swabi Refugee camp. The camp is run by ICR...

PAKISTAN, SWABI, 30 MEI 2009 Gevluchte vrouwen uit de Swat-vallei staan met hun kroost voor hun tent in het ICRC Swabi-kamp. Refugees from Swat have found shelter in the Swab refugeecamp, run by ICR...

PAKISTAN, SWABI, 30 MEI 2009 Swabi-kamp; pakketten met voedsel, kleren en huisgerei staan klaar voor distributie onder vluchtelingen uit de Swat-vallei. Swabi refugee camp; food aid is laid out for...

PAKISTAN, SWABI, 30 MEI 2009 Swabi-kamp; vluchtelingetjes uit de Swat-vallei spelen in een speeltuin op het kamp. A playground in Swabi refugee camp; at present the camp harbours about 18.000 refuge...

PAKISTAN, SWABI, 30 MEI 2009 Swabi-kamp; vluchtelingen uit de Swat-vallei wachten op medicijnen bij een eerste hulp-post van de Rode Halve Maan. Swabi camp; refugees from the Swat valley at the medi...

PAKISTAN, SWABI, 30 MEI 2009 Swabi-kamp; vluchtelingen uit de Swat-vallei krijgen medische zorg in een eerste hulp-post van de Rode Halve Maan. Swabi camp; refugees from Swat receive medical care fr...

PAKISTAN, SWABI, 30 MEI 2009 Swabi-kamp; een bord dat toont dat wapens verboden zijn wordt ingegraven in het kamp. Swabi refugee camp; a sign saying weapons are prohibited in the camp is dug in. Ph...

PAKISTAN, SWABI, 30 MAY 2009 The Swabi refugee camp, run by ICRC/Red Crescent. Het door ICRC (Rode Kruis) en Red Crescent (Rode Halve Maan) opgezette Swabi-vluchtelingenkamp. Photo: Jeroen Oerleman...

AN AMBULANCE DRIVER FROM THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY MAKES A TELEPHONE CALL TO WARN THE BESIEGED OF HIS IMMINENT ARRIVAL, ALONE AT THE WHEEL OF AN AMBULANCE FULL OF FOOD SUPPLIES WHILE HE IS...

ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) EMPLOYEES FILL AN AMBULANCE OF THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT WITH BAGS OF BREAD SO THAT THESE SUPPLIES CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE INHABITANTS STILL PRESEN...

GAZA-GAZA CITY-25062007-Families Of Palestinian Prisoners Protest On Anniversary Of Gilad Shalit Capture. Palestinian women and children attend a protest in the courtyard of the International Red Cros...

GAZA STRIP-GAZA CITY-25062007-Families Of Palestinian Prisoners Protest On Anniversary Of Gilad Shalit Capture. Palestinian women and children attend a protest in the courtyard of the International Re...

GAZA-GAZA CITY-25062007-Families Of Palestinian Prisoners Protest On Anniversary Of Gilad Shalit Capture. Palestinian women and children attend a protest in the courtyard of the International Red Cros...

GAZA-GAZA CITY-25062007-Families Of Palestinian Prisoners Protest On Anniversary Of Gilad Shalit Capture. Palestinian women and children attend a protest in the courtyard of the International Red Cros...

Indonesie, Indonesia, Atjeh, Banda Aceh, 12 Feb 2005 Bijna 2 maanden na de tsunami waarbij alleen al in Atjeh meer dan 200000 mensen omkwamen. Nearly 2 months after the tsunami, which killed more than...

Grozny, Chechnya, 1995. Red Half Crescent employees give bread to the people of Grozny. Grosny, Tschetschenien, 1995. Mitarbeiter des Roten Halbmondes teilen Brot an die Bevïlkerung von Gr...

Grosny, Tschetschenien, 1995. Mitarbeiter des Roten Halbmondes werden von der russischen Spezialeinheit (OMON) durchsucht. Grozny, Chechnya, 1995. Employees of the Red Half Crescent are be...