Anup Shah / Western chimpanzees female 'Jire' aged 52 and her daughter 'Joya' aged 6 years and son 'Jeje' aged 13 years feeding on palm oil fruits stored by villagers, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mot...

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe {Giraffa camelopardis peralta} poached by local people. Sahel, Niger.

Juergen Freund / A sing-sing performance, known as laklakau in the Tigak language, by Enuk villagers. Villagers sing and dance to show off their traditional rituals and identity. The sing-sing is performed as a celebr...

Tim Laman / Large school of Trevally (Caranx) shelter beneath the jetty at Arborek Village. Many village docks in this area act as shelter for these fish, which provide a handy source of protein for villagers in...

David Woodfall / Villagers living in former river bed now dry due to siltation, complex effects of climate change, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

Dario Novellino / Villagers with honeycomb, Palawan, Philippines

Fiona Rogers / Western chimpanzee, male 'Tua' aged 53 years curious about a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves (Pan troglodytes verus). Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. Jan...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years stealing pineapple from villagers fields, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzees female 'Jire' aged 52 and her daughter 'Joya' aged 6 years feeding on palm oil fruits stored by villagers, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzees female 'Jire' aged 52 and her daughter 'Joya' aged 6 years and son 'Jeje' aged 13 years feeding on palm oil fruits stored by villagers, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years playing with a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mother 'Fa...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years stealing pineapple from villagers fields, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years stealing pineapple from villagers fields, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mot...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mot...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves, whilst his mother usin...

Fiona Rogers / Western chimpazee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years stealing and eating pineapple from villagers fields. Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Fiona Rogers / Western chimpazee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years feeding on pineapple he has stolen from villagers fields, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Fiona Rogers / Western chimpazee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves, with mother nearby, Bosso...

Christophe Courteau / Harvested millet stowage at end of rainy season. Essential food source to locals, Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe {Giraffa camelopardis peralta} poached by local people. Sahel, Niger. Anti-poaching unit investigates carcass; meat will be donated to villagers

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / A cow grazes on the banks of one of the Delta's many fresh water ways, Tana River Delta, Orma pastoralist tribe living in area, Kenya, East Africa 2010

Tim Laman / Arrival of Foja Mountains RAP expedition team at Kwerba Village. Kris Helgen greets villagers. This village was the staging area from which the expedition helicoptered into the Foja Mountains. Foja Mo...

Tim Laman / Villagers of Papasena dance to celebrate arrival of Bruce Beehler and team. June 2007.

Tim Laman / Papasena villagers welcome expedition members upon arrival by Cesna. June 2007.

Sandesh Kadur / Man handling a 12-foot long King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) watched by villagers in the Western Ghats of southern India, March

Juergen Freund / Villagers with freshly harvested seaweed, readying it for drying. Green Island, Palawan, Philippines, April 2009.

Juergen Freund / A sing-sing performance, known as laklakau in the Tigak language, by Enuk villagers.The sing-sing is performed as a celebration on many occasions, including at the end of a school year, as thanksgivin...

Juergen Freund / Man applying lime paste to the face of a boy for a sing-sing performance, known as laklakau in the Tigak language, by Enuk villagers. Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, June 2010.

David Woodfall / Community peasant agriculture, villagers picking grapes (Vitis sp) for wine production. Romania, October 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Memorial for villagers of Pogost who lost their lives in Russia's Great Patriotic War (1941-45). Ryazan Province, Russia, 2006. Editorial use only.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Villagers walking along Uelen's only street after winter storm. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon villagers breaking up soil before planting crop of millet in the village of Tireli. Mali, W.Africa, 1981.

Jeff Wilson / Portrait of Huli tribesman, and villagers, who helped film crew film Birds of Paradise, Papua New Guinea. Filming for BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Portrait of Huli tribesman, and villagers, who helped film crew film Birds of Paradise, Papua New Guinea. Filming for BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Tim Laman / Villagers at Malapascua Island meet returning fishing boats at dawn and help collect the tiny fish from the nets. This seems to be all the fisherman are catching in this heavily overfished area. Vis...

David Woodfall / Woman carrying water home from well, walking past shrimp aquacultures, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, July 2008 Shrimp aquaculture has led to increased salinity in the local wells. Villagers now have to t...

David Woodfall / Villagers outside home threatened by rising sea level, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

David Woodfall / Villagers shrimp fishing on coastal margin land that was damaged by typhoon Sidr in November 2007, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, October 2008

Jeff Rotman / Villagers washing Olive Ridley Turtle eggs (Lepidochelys olivacea) harvested in first two days of Arribada "Arrival". This is the only place in the world where it is legal to harvest turtle eggs. This...

Jeff Rotman / Villagers collecting and harvesting Olive Ridley Turtle eggs (Lepidochelys olivacea) during the first morning of Arribada "Arrival". This is the only place in the world where it is legal to harvest tu...

Patricio Robles Gil / Once a month local villagers are permitted to take natural resources, such as firewood and elephant grass, out of the Park, here woman carry heavy loads of grass across the river, Chitwas NP, Nepal, D...

Patricio Robles Gil / Once a month local villagers are permitted to take natural resources, such as firewood and elephant grass, out of the Park, here a woman carries a heavy load of grass across the river, Chitwas NP, Nep...

Doug Allan / Villagers washing clothes in stream, Rombuk village, Ladakh, India, August 2003

Vivek Menon / King cobra {Ophiophagus hannah} killed by villagers, Rajaji NP, Uttar Pradesh, India

Tim Laman / Villagers from Nolian Village watching our boat and waving to us, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / Family in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed...

Tim Laman / Man repairing home in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts tha...

Tim Laman / Villagers in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are was...

Tim Laman / Villagers in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are was...

Tim Laman / Traditional houses in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts tha...

Tim Laman / Village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed away by high...

Tim Laman / Villagers in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are was...

Tim Laman / Village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed away by high...

Tim Laman / Village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed away by high...

Tim Laman / Village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed away by high...

Tim Laman / Two women in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are was...

Tim Laman / Villagers the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed...

Tim Laman / Woman thatching a roof in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts...

Tim Laman / Village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed away by high...

Tim Laman / Village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed away by high...

Tim Laman / Village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that are washed away by high...

Tim Laman / Woman and chicken in the village of Chandpai on the Passur River, where shrimp fry fishing to supply shrimp for the shrimp ponds is the main industry. Villagers live in simple mud and thatch huts that...

Tim Laman / Villagers paddling dugout canoes along the Karawari River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, August 2005

Kevin Schafer / Villagers catching fish in flooded forest, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditional costume at Payakona Village singsing ceremony. Mount Hagen vicinity in the Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditional feathered headdress with painted faces at Goroka Cultural Show in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditionl costume at Payakona Village singsing ceremony. Mount Hagen vicinity in the Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditional costume at Payakona Village singsing ceremony. Mount Hagen vicinity in the Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditional costume at Payakona Village singsing ceremony. Mount Hagen vicinity in the Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditional costume at Payakona Village singsing ceremony. Mount Hagen vicinity in the Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditional feathered headdress at Payakona Village singsing ceremony. Mount Hagen vicinity in the Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditional costume and feather headdress at Goroka Cultural Show in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditional costume at Payakona Village singsing ceremony. Mount Hagen vicinity in the Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Tim Laman / Villagers in traditional costume at Goroka Cultural Show in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. September 2004

Michele Westmorland / Villagers greet tourists with traditional dance performance at Nembao Village, Utupua Island, Solomon Islands May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Villagers greet tourists at village tour and dance performance, Nembao Village, Utupua Island, Solomon Islands May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers in beautiful full masks, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Ambrym is famous for its tamtams (slit gong drums). It has also been called Black Island because of its dark volcanic so...

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers in full masks, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Ambrym is famous for its tamtams (slit gong drums). It has also been called Black Island because of its dark volcanic soils. May 2...

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers in full masks, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Ambrym is famous for its tamtams (slit gong drums). It has also been called Black Island because of its dark volcanic soils. May 2...

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers in full masks, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu. Ambrym is famous for its tamtams (slit gong drums). It has also been called Black Island because of its dark volcanic soils. May 2...

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Houng girl in traditional dress. Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Houng girl in traditional dress. Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Houng girl in traditional dress. Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Houng girl portrait at dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Houng girl in traditional dress. Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Young boy in traditional dress. Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Toddler (boy) trying to dance like the adults. Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008

Michele Westmorland / Dance performance by villagers of Bodaluna Island (also known as Budi Budi) in Woodlark / Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea May 2008