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Coventry 12.10.97

copyright © 1997 Chris Chennell




EL-WTA Ilyushin IL-76TD Ghostbusters

Coventry 12.10.97

copyright © 1997 Chris Chennell




EL-WTA Ilyushin IL-76TD Ghostbusters

Coventry 12.10.97

copyright © 1997 Chris Chennell




EL-WTA Ilyushin IL-76TD Ghostbusters

Coventry 12.10.97

copyright © 1997 Chris Chennell




EL-WTA Ilyushin IL-76TD Ghostbusters

Coventry 12.10.97

copyright © 1997 Chris Chennell




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Point Four Beach near the Port of Monrovia.

The gathered women come from surrounding towns and villages with their containers ready to fill with fish to take to the markets. Within minutes the sales are complete and the women start the long walk back down the road. It’s five kilometres to the main road, and then a long taxi ride into Monrovia. Despite the bad conditions fishing communities will continue what they do. Local fish seller Prince Browne is committed to his work. “We live on the seaside, we believe in the fishing business,” he says.




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Liberian and Ghanain fishermen on a Fanti fishing boat searching the waters around Monrovia, Liberia for any sign of a school of fish. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipt and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.




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Liberia's Sapo National Park

Woman leaving home a sunrise to collect wood for cooking and work on her nearby farm plot on Monday, July 16,2007. Local farms and other business projects outside the park are encouraged by envirnomental NGOs as a economic alternative to hunting and mining in the park. Jalay's town is the gateway and headquarters of Sapo National Park. The park is located in the southern county of Sinoe near the city of Greenville. The park represents the largest remaining section of primary rainforest in West Africa.




Liberia's Sapo National Park

Group of children walking through the forest on Monday, July 16,2007.Jalay's town is the gateway and headquarters of Sapo National Park. The park is located in the southern county of Sinoe near the city of Greenville. The park represents the largest remaining section of primary rainforest in West Africa.




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Kwame Atta in the black Eminem shirt with his fellow Liberian and Ghanain fishermen on a Fanti fishing boat searching the waters around Monrovia, Liberia for any sign of a school of fish. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipt and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.




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Liberian and Ghanain fishermen on a Fanti fishing boat searching the waters around Monrovia, Liberia for any sign of a school of fish. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipt and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.




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Sapo National Park

SAPO NATIONAL PARK, SINOE COUNTY, LIBERIA - JULY 2007: Woman collecting water from a stream in the forest. The town does not contain a working water pump for public use and as a result she says that drinking the creek water results in the stomach problems. Jalay's town is the gateway and headquarters of Sapo National Park. The park is located in the southern county of Sinoe near the city of Greenville. The park represents the largest remaining section of primary rainforest in West Africa. (Photo by Christopher Herwig/Aurora)




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Two young boys looking out of the water at the foot of a collapsed bridge in Monrovia, Liberia.




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Young man studying by street light in Monrovia. Most Liberians still live without electricty and some take advantage of the few street lights in the city.




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MONROVIA - LIBERIA , MARCH 1 2007 : Football (soccer) games in the Monrovian community of Westpoint, organized by NGO Right to Play. (Photos by : Christopher Herwig )




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Liberian and Ghanain fishermen on a Fanti fishing boat searching the waters around Monrovia, Liberia for any sign of a school of fish. The fishing industry is an important source of employment and food for Liberians and is increasingly under threat by better equipt and unregulated foreign vessels over fishing in its unprotected waters.




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Downtown street traffic in Liberia's capital city Monrovia.





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