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Ethiopia

22 Stories - 347 Images - 17 Contributors
Makeshift communities who each summer set up home on the dried Dire Dawa river bed are at risk from severe flash floods which occur each year. The ground on the river bed is so dry that it is unable to absorb water, resulting in often fatal floods.

Society

Makeshift community at risk from flash-floods

Makeshift communities who each summer set up home on the dried Dire Dawa river bed are at risk from severe flash floods which occur each year. The...

by Matt Scandrett in Ethiopia on 12/05/2011

Street kids are forced to scavenge and make a living from vast rubbish dumps that surround the walled city of Harar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Society

The street kids of Harar - the other side of the World Heritage Site

Street kids are forced to scavenge and make a living from vast rubbish dumps that surround the walled city of Harar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

by Matt Scandrett in Ethiopia on 11/05/2011

Ethiopia's biggest festival,Timket, is an annual three day festival with the main event falling on the 19th of January. The festival celebrates with great devotion, the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. Gondar, Ethiopia. 19/01/2011

Our World

Ethiopia Celebrates The Epiphany

Ethiopia's biggest festival,Timket, is an annual three day festival with the main event falling on the 19th of January. The festival celebrates...

by Brook Mitchell in Ethiopia on 19/01/2011

12/05/2011 - Makeshift community at risk from flash-floods - Ethiopia - Makeshift communities who each summer...
11/05/2011 - The street kids of Harar - the other side of the World Heritage Site - Ethiopia - Street kids are forced to scavenge and...
19/01/2011 - Ethiopia Celebrates The Epiphany - Ethiopia - Ethiopia's biggest festival,Timket...
13/12/2010 - Portrait of Kassahun - Ethiopia - Ethiopia - A community has built up around the...
16/11/2010 - Eid celebrated in Ethiopia - Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Muslim community...
09/09/2010 - The Ethiopian New Year - Ethiopia - Animals are transported in by humans...
06/09/2010 - Guassa Cottages - Addis Ababa - Ethiopia - Stone cottages found in Guassa,...
02/08/2010 - Jump the Cattle - Ethiopia - Locals performing traditional 'cow...
02/06/2010 - Aged and blind street dwellers of Addis Ababa - Ethiopia - Three aged, blind, homeless but...
30/03/2010 - Preparing for Fasika - the Ethiopian orthodox Easter - Ethiopia - Ethiopian Orthodox Easter (Fasika) is...

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National park tribes of the Omo Valley - Ethiopia

Politics

National park tribes of the Omo Valley - Ethiopia

Modernization efforts in Ethiopia jeopardizes the lives of the tribes that live along the Omo Valley and Omo National Park.
by Marcos Lira, on 25th of October 2010
A journey through Ethiopia's Christian soul

Our World

A journey through Ethiopia's Christian soul

A journey through Ethiopia's Christian soul through it's numerous churches, monasteries, beliefs and legends. An ancient land that keeps it's own script, language. 5th Se...
by eran yardeni, on 5th of September 2010
Timket celebrations in Addis Ababa

Society

Timket celebrations in Addis Ababa

A large crowd singing and chanting while accompanying the Tabot (model of the arc of covenant) from St Michael's church during Timket (baptism) celebrations - commemorating the bap...
by Ethiopiawi Zega, on 21st of January 2008
Makeshift community at risk from flash-floods

Society

Makeshift community at risk from flash-floods

Makeshift communities who each summer set up home on the dried Dire Dawa river bed are at risk from severe flash floods which occur each year. The ground on the river bed is so dry that...
by Matt Scandrett, on 12th of May 2011
The street kids of Harar - the other side of the World Heritage Site

Society

The street kids of Harar - the other side of the World ...

Street kids are forced to scavenge and make a living from vast rubbish dumps that surround the walled city of Harar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
by Matt Scandrett, on 11th of May 2011
Addis Ababa and the World Food Programme in rural Ethiopia

Our World

Addis Ababa and the World Food Programme in rural Ethio...

These images were taken in Addis Ababa and the Southern Nations and Nationalities Peoples' Region, observing several World Food Programme projects approximately 500km away from the...
by Joshua Hergesheimer, on 29th of May 2009
Portrait of Kassahun - Ethiopia

Our World

Portrait of Kassahun - Ethiopia

A community has built up around the site of St Mary’s Church. Hundreds of people have moved there solely to take daily showerings of holy water in the belief that it will cure them. Add...
by Alejandro Zerolo, on 13th of December 2010
Ethiopia Celebrates The Epiphany

Our World

Ethiopia Celebrates The Epiphany

Ethiopia's biggest festival,Timket, is an annual three day festival with the main event falling on the 19th of January. The festival celebrates with great devotion, the baptism of ...
by Brook Mitchell, on 19th of January 2011
Eid celebrated in Ethiopia

Society

Eid celebrated in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Muslim community celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid in the national stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 16/11/2010
by Mohammed Selman, on 16th of November 2010
Guassa Cottages - Addis Ababa

Society

Guassa Cottages - Addis Ababa

Stone cottages found in Guassa, Northern Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 06/09/2010
by Mohammed Selman, on 6th of September 2010
Aged and blind street dwellers of Addis Ababa

Society

Aged and blind street dwellers of Addis Ababa

Three aged, blind, homeless but graceful citizens living on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 02/06/2010
by Mohammed Selman, on 2nd of June 2010
The Ethiopian New Year

Society

The Ethiopian New Year

Animals are transported in by humans before it is slaughtered to mark the Ethiopian New Year. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 09/09/2010
by Mohammed Selman, on 9th of September 2010
Jump the Cattle

Our World

Jump the Cattle

Locals performing traditional 'cow jumping'. It is a key tradition that must be done before a man is permitted to marry. Turmi, Debub Omo Zone, Ethiopia. 02/08/2010.
by Frank Janssens, on 2nd of August 2010
Preparing for Fasika - the Ethiopian orthodox Easter

Society

Preparing for Fasika - the Ethiopian orthodox Easter

Ethiopian Orthodox Easter (Fasika) is celebrated throughout Ethiopia. Few days before Easter Sunday people gather in the holy cities of Axum and Lalibela while prayers and tourists alik...
by Aris (Kyriakos) Chatzistefanou, on 30th of March 2010
Travelling in Ethiopia

Our World

Travelling in Ethiopia

Report in Ethiopia people, landscape and peaceful is base of this lovely country. These shots show daily life, the people and landscapes. Ethiopia, 15/09/09
by Nuno Lobito, on 15th of September 2009
Podoconiosis in Ethiopia

Society

Podoconiosis in Ethiopia

This feature portrays patients in Ethiopia suffering from Podoconiosis and attending the few clinics where they can receive treatment, shoes and advice.
by Clive Chilvers, on 14th of April 2009
Harar: Islam's Holy Site

Arts & Entertainment

Harar: Islam's Holy Site

Harar, the fourth holiest site for Islam, is a tolerant multicultural city in Eastern Ethiopia whose numerous ethnolinguistic groups, Muslims, as well as Christians live under peaceful ...
by Andy Scott Chang, on 19th of September 2007
Sunday morning football

Sports

Sunday morning football

Boys playing football on Sunday morning, Millennium Square, Addis Ababa
by Irene2005, on 7th of July 2008
Timkat festival

Arts & Entertainment

Timkat festival

Scenes of the Timkat festival in Gondar - Ethiopia
by Frank Janssens, on 18th of January 2009

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