Libyan Conflict Tunisian Refugee Camp,
His name is the Great One, he is 30 Years old, he was arrested in Bengasi then sent to a prison in Tripoli as an illegal immigrant. He was freed a month and a half ago when Coronal Gaddafi release all of the Libyan prisoners. He was then arrested for the second time by the Libyan Army but the UN stepped in and he was sent to the Tunisian Refugee camp. He is suffering from severe depression and believes his family in libya may all be dead. The Great One is pictured here wearing the clothes he had on in prison. At the time it was reported that Gaddafi hired many sub-Saharan African prisoners to fight as mercenaries against the rebels. This lead to wide spread fear in lybia and thousands of workers from sub-Saharan Africa are feared dead, and hundreds are in hiding, and thousands have fled to seek refuge in neighbouring counties as angry mobs of anti-government protesters hunted down “black African mercenaries,”. .

Libyan Conflict Tunisian Refugee Camp
His name is Ali he is eleven years old and was born in Chad he fled lybia 30 days ago.

Libyan Conflict Tunisian Refugee Camp
It is was reported there are 13,500 Bangladeshi citizens in the Tunisian camp , waiting to be assisted back to their country. They are pictured here protesting to get back their government to ship them back to Bangladesh.

Libyan Conflict Tunisian Refugee Camp
Celestine 31 is year old. He was born in Nigeria and like many others went to Libya to find work. Although Islam is Libya’s majority religion Catholics are “free” to worship and celebrate Mass in the very few churches located in the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi. Celestine is a gospel singer and used to sing in St Francis Catholic church in Tripoli.

Libyan Conflict Tunisian Refugee Camp
Family in the newly formed transit camp.

Libyan Conflict Tunisian Refugee Camp
One of the few that may get to leave soon.

The English Defense League
The EDL are a far-right single-issue political organization formed in 2009. Its stated aim is to oppose what it considers as the spread of Islamism, Sharia law and Islamic extremism in England.
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The English Defense League

Hmong Animism
Today animal sacrifices are conducted underground and are still practiced at large by the animist community. In Laos, many families had their own animals to sacrifice. This Animal Sacrifice is a Shamans attempt to heal illnesses through offerings to the spirits, using several cows. In Hmong culture, the souls of sacrificial animals are connected to human souls. Therefore a shaman uses an animal's soul to support or protect his patient's soul. Often healing rituals are capped by a communion meal, where everyone attending the ritual partakes of the sacrificed animal who has been prepared into a meal. The event is then ended with the communal sharing of a life that has been sacrificed to mend a lost soul. Visit www.pbs.org

Hmong Animism

Parliament Square protesters
Royal wedding planners powerless to evict Parliament Square protesters

The Temples of Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Burma (Myanmar)
This shot was taken just before tens of thousands of monks and civilians around Burma held the biggest protest marches against the military junta in 2007

Burma (Myanmar)

The Maratha caste in India
The Maratha caste in India consists mainly of warriors, landowners, savakars. They primarily reside in states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka & Tamilnadu". quote from: A History of the Mahrattas, 3 vols. London, Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green (1826)