René Clement

Early morning prayers at the Chipakata Children’s Academy in Zambia, Africa.

The Chipakata Children’s Academy in Zambia, Africa, provides a comprehensive primary school education.

At the Chipakata Children’s Academy in Zambia, children show of their dance moves.

Redcar is a small seaside resort ( Population 35,692 ) in the North East of England. Main industry was the steel production, which began in 1917. It had the second largest blast furnace of Europe. On 12 October 2015 the factory was closed. Retired steelworkers are playing golf next to the steel plant.

The seaside town gets only a small number of visiting tourists.

laid off steel workers on bingo night in a Workmen's Club. In the front Paul Cassidy lost his job in October.

Tehran, Iran. Two Iranians, ( they are brother and sister ) he lives in Boston/USA, she in Italy, are filming a promotion video at Azadi Tower to invite American tourists to visit Iran.

Anti American graffiti on the wall outside the former American Embassy.

A portrait of a martyr of the Iran - Iraq war of the 80's hangs inside the Tehran Bazaar.

The small streets behind the Tehran Bazaar are a kind of free zone for drug addicts. A man smokes heroin.Iran has one of the highest number of people addicted to drugs, an estimated 2 million. With the production of opium at an all-time high in neighboring country Afghanistan. High unemployment, aggravated by the USA and European sanctions, the Islamic stigma against drinking alcohol, have helped to turn ever more Iranians to hard drugs.

A luxury car dealership in the center of Tehran has Maserati cars in the showroom, but sells also high end Mercedes Benz and Porsche Carrera. The high tax on these cars make 2 to 3 times more expensive in most other countries.

Tabiat Bridge ( Nature Bridge) is the largest pedestrian overpass built in Tehran, Iran. The 270-metre (890 ft) bridge connects two public parks—Taleghani Park and Abo-Atash Park—by spanning the Shahid Modarres, one of the main highways in northern Tehran.

Syrian refugees at the the Amel clinic in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon.

Syrian refugees at a tent camp in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon.

A collective taxi on the Paseo del Prado, the dividing street between Old Havana and Central Havana, Cuba.

Every morning school children gather in front of schools to sing the national anthem and salute the Cuban flag.

Young people hang out on the street of downtown Havana, Cuba.

Tourists on a sightseeing bus tour visit Plaza de la Revolution with giant murals of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.

Lucha Libre ( free fight ) in Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city on the border with the US. Hijo del Santo is a famous fighter and son of the legendary El Santo.

Lucha Libre or free fight is very popular in Mexico, especially by the low income class. The sports halls fill up every Saturday night. It's all game and show, although the violence looks and feels very realistic.

During a demonstration in 2004 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, people show their support for president Aristide.

Supporters for president Aristide hold up their hands as a sign for five more years of Aristide as president.

A woman lay dead in the street. The capital was in chaos after president Aristide was forced to step down and was taken on a plane out of the country and before rebel soldiers of commander Guy Philippe secured the streets. 

A rebel soldier during the victory parade through the capital. The coup against president Aristide was supported by the USA.

A man lay dead in the street of the capital.

In the center of Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican city on the border with the US, more than 600 lampposts are painted with  crosses to raise awareness about the killings of large numbers of women in this city.

'Bar Ocho' is hang-out for men drinking tequila and smoking cigars with pinups covering the walls and ceiling.

Captano Guerrero Hernandos talks to a drunk man. In the front a prostitute who high on drugs.

The man was arrested for beating up his wife and child, he was high on pills and drunk.

Zapatista rebels in the Lacadona jungle in Chiapas, South of Mexico.

Sub-commandant Marcos of the Zapatista rebel movement.

Kids waving a Islamic flag towards the Israeli army during the daily riots in front of the Palestinian Governments building in Ramallah, West Bank.

Sarajevo in Bosnia during the war.

A mental hospital in Tusla saw its number of patients grow three fold during the war in Bosnia. Many suffered from PTSD or war trauma. A number of patients came from other hospitals which were closed by the Serbian army to use as military barraks.

A refugee camp in Croatia during the war.

A park ranger in the Hindu Kush mountain range between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Afghanistan during the war in 1993. A food convoy on road to the capital Kabul.

After the fall of the communist government of Najibullah in 1993. Men look at poster of war lords in Kabul.

Mujahideen greet each other after the victory against the communist government of Najibulla.