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A market district in Port-au-Prince smoulders after it was set ablaze in the weeks following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Arsonists retaliating against storeowners who had fought back against looters caused this hellish scene. The two women…

A young woman snips oregano leaves, preparing them for the dryer, after which they will be packaged and sold. She is a participant in a project the Government of Canada and its partners funded to help Bolivian farmers diversity their crops. More than…

Justin Ngendahimana, 13, lives in the small southern town of Butare at the OPDE (Oeuvre humanitaire pour la Protection et le Développement de l'Enfant en difficulté) Centre, an organization that protects vulnerable children, keeps them off the…

Picture of the Year award in 2007 from the News Photographers Association of Canada

Youthful energy and dynamic movement give this picture its splendid charm, echoed by the wall art in the background. The joyful spontaneity seems to spell hope, something people think about often in the context of present-day Afghanistan.
"I took…

Teacher Nasreen Akhtar prepares for class in Lahore, Pakistan, in a calm moment before the rush of students. Throughout the developing world, dedicated teachers such as Nasreen are committed, despite the lack of supplies and learning materials, to…

This image captures an intimate family moment in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, as a daughter helps her father with his prosthesis. His lower leg was amputated after an injury sustained in the 2004 tsunami that devastated parts of Indonesia, killing 128,000…

A mother and child patiently await medical attention at a clinic in rural Tanzania. They are the beneficiaries of the outpatient clinic's prenatal and postnatal care, and vaccination program. The mother looks on quietly, and her child appears…

This photograph of schoolgirls in Kabul is one of many hundreds of early images of Afghanistan that photographer Pedram Pirnia contributed to our photo library. Canada is helping the Government of Afghanistan build, expand, or repair 50 schools in…

The Africa Directions Bauze Community Youth Centre in Lusaka, Zambia, offers the only HIV/AIDS program aimed at youth aged 18-25 in this area. The centre provides recreational facilities and services that include games and sport, voluntary testing…