In a far country…

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Jashim Salam has spent many years documenting Bangladeshi wharves where ships are taken to be broken up. Jashim Salam

He shows the dangerous and difficult work involved. Salaries are low... Jashim Salam

and regulations lax - or non-existent. About 150,000 people depend on this work for their livelihood. Jashim Salam

Some 30 to 40 per cent of all ships go to Bangladesh to be broken up. Working conditions are very poor... Jashim Salam

and the pay is between one and four dollars a day. Workers are exposed to toxic substances and have little protective clothing. Jashim Salam

Many accidents turn out fatal. The annual turnover at the breakers' yards is put at $700 million. Jashim Salam

Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno: The villagers of Tanguí, Columbia, find refuge in Quibdó after being driven from their homes. Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno

Back home at last, everyone is happy. Ongoing fighting between government troops and Farc guerillas... Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno

led to the compulsory removal of the villlagers. It was promised that they would return, but those from Tanguí were the lucky ones. Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno

A farmer stops for lunch in the middle of the field where he grows potatoes, Latin America's most important food crop. Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno

A child in Bojayá aims a pretend gun. Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno

In their exile, villagers from Tanguí organised washing facilities as best they could. Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno

Emad Mohammed: Palestinian children fly kites on the beach at Gaza, in an event which they hope will enter the Guinness book of records. Emad Mohammed

Men in the Gaza Strip pray after iftar, the evening meal that breaks the Ramadan fast. Emad Mohammed

A mother in Gaza city cooks over a fire; after their house was badly damaged by Israeli rocket fire, the family have been living in a tent thrown together out of wooden poles and cloth. Emad Mohammed

Destroyed houses in the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli invasion that ended in January 2009. Emad Mohammed

Breaking the fast at sunset in Ramadan 2009, next to the ruins of the family's destroyed house in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip. Emad Mohammed

Reflection of a woman doing her laundry in what used to be the courtyard of her house in the northern Gaza Strip. Emad Mohammed

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Aid organisation Helvetas is marking the 40th anniversary of its One World calendar.

An exhibition curated by Nicole Aeby and Silvia Luckner features photos by Jashim Salam from Bangladesh, Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno from Columbia and Eman Mohammed from Palestine, showing the ordinary lives of people in those countries – which are not so ordinary at all.