A portrait series on homeless children living under the famous 2nd Hoogly Bridge of Calcutta, India. Education is yet to reach them. Healthcare facilities are inaccessible. Calcutta, In...
Activists conduct a solemn mock funeral procession for homeless Yohanes Berko who froze during the night of January 21st in Tel-Aviv, marching from PM Netanyahu’s private apartment to t...
Volunteers provide nourishment to the needy as part of the Belarusian Red Cross Society's operation 'Protecting the homeless from the frost in Belarus,' a program launche...
The Arizona StandDown is a three day event, bringing vets in need together with those who can help them move their lives forward. Veterans from the Korean conflict to the Afghanistan wa...
Extreme temperatures as low as -35 °C continue to plague Ukraine. Over 70 people have died in the last few days. Most of these are homeless people found frozen on the street. Kiev, Ukra...
Homeless dogs were forced to brave the extreme cold with sub-zero temperatures plumetting as low as between -20 to - 30 degrees Celsius. Ukraine. 2nd February 2012
Homeless people could be seen sleeping rough on benches in the central parks and squares of the city. Their individual predicaments were not known but some are thought to be suffering f...
The death toll due to the cold has increased by 20 people in past 24 hours. In whole, during the period of bitter frosts, 63 people have died. In particular, 8 people died in hospitals ...
Forty-three people have died in the Ukraine since the cold snap began last week, the Emergency Situations Ministry in Kiev said. Many of them had died after drinking alcohol, then faili...
Due to a European cold snap, 1500 heating points for the poor were opened in the Ukraine in the last week to provide warmth to those living on the streets. Kiev. 30th January 2012
A homeless man washes his belongings in the street water. Poverty and development of favelas is currently one of the critical problems of Sao Paulo.
Brazil. 29th January 2012
Animal activists, human rights activists, pet owners and several dogs picketed the Cabinet of Ministers in protest of the government's killing of stray animals in preparation for E...
A "Stop it!" rally organised by Ukrainian animal rights activists in front of the Cabinet Ministers' building in Kiev. The main premise was the highlight the plight of ho...
The Emmaus and Abbey Pierre organizations fighting against poverty and homelessness gather to protest against municipal anti-begging policies. Marseilles, France, 22nd January 2012
Uneducated children sell roses and books on the street as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her government has undertaken necessary plans to free the country of illiteracy by 2014. Dhak...
About 20 people protest in Athens due to the Municipality not deciding to open the sports stadium Rouf, where hospitality was offered to the homeless because of the cold. Athens, Greece...
Thousands of Ethiopians and supporters join Mulet Hararo, who set out on a 70Km 3-day trek to Jerusalem from his home in Kiryat Malachi, at the Wohl Rose Garden opposite the Knesset pro...
Residents of a recently evicted homeless encampment join with Occupy Philadelphia to clean out and re-purpose a blighted lot in North Philadelphia for a future community garden. 16th Ja...
Protest group "Occupy Belfast" take over former Bank of Ireland in protest against bank repossessions and homelessness. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 16th January 2012
A tribute to Ben Hana (aka Blanket Man) sprung up on Courtenay Place, where he spent most of his days. Hana, a homeless person, who turned to a life on the street in the late 1990s, die...
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