Selection of photos 2009

31-12-2009 Photo gallery

- Barda, Azerbaijan. People seeking information on the fate of their relatives, who disappeared in connection with the Nagorny Karabakh conflict, rely on the ICRC to help obtain such information.
  © ICRC / T. Babayev / AZ-E-00279
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- Burundian peacekeepers preparing for deployment in Somalia attend a session organized in Bujumbura by the ICRC to raise their awareness of international humanitarian law.
  © ICRC / P. Yazdi / BI-E-00073
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- Goma, North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A young man, separated from his family by the fighting in his province, is reunited with his aunt thanks to the ICRC family reunification programme.
  © ICRC / P. Yazdi / CD-E-01040
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- This woman had fled her home in North Kivu Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, because of the fighting. Using seed she received from the ICRC when she returned home, she was able to resume farming.
  © ICRC / P. Yazdi / CD-E-01041
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- Through play, children in Tolima Department, Colombia, learn how to stay safe in areas contaminated with landmines and explosive remnants of war.
  © ICRC / J. Borrero / CO-E-00684
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- With the help of community members, ICRC staff unload goods from a boat for distribution to displaced people in Colombia’s Nariño Department.
  © ICRC / Ch. Von Toggenburg / CO-E-00770
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- Bolívar Department, in Colombia. A woman receives news, delivered by the ICRC, from her brother, long given up for dead.
  © ICRC / Ch. Von Toggenburg / CO-E-00781
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- ICRC delegates assess the damage inflicted on houses in Gaza during Israel’s military operation from December 2008 to January 2009.
  © ICRC / IL-E-01600
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- During the fighting that took place in northern Sri Lanka from February to May 2009, the ICRC evacuated around 14,000 wounded and sick people and relatives accompanying them by ferry-boat from Puttumatalan to Trincomalee.
  © ICRC / Z. Burduli / LK-E-00429
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- June 2009, Swat Valley, Pakistan. Many people lost contact with their families after they fled armed combat. The ICRC offered hundreds of people the chance to make phone calls in order to restore family links.
  © ICRC / M. Von Bergen / PK-E-00759
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- ICRC personnel acquaint displaced people in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province with basic humanitarian principles and the organization’s mission and activities.
  © ICRC / Ph. Fichard / PK-E-00910
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- The ICRC visits 14 prisons in Rwanda, including the Kigali Central Prison, which holds over 4,300 detainees, to monitor detainees’ living conditions and the manner in which they are treated.
  © ICRC / T. Babayev / AZ-E-00279
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- Gereida IDP camp, Sudan. Dr Mohammad Amiri examines a child at a nutrition centre run jointly by the Australian and British Red Cross Societies and the ICRC.
  © ICRC / Y. Pedram / sd-e-02404
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- Children in Dakar, Senegal, learn about IHL during the launch of the Our World. Your Move. campaign.
  © ICRC / N. Bloudin / SN-E-00140
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.
- N'Djamena, Chad. An ICRC delegate acquaints Chadian security personnel with the code of conduct concerning the treatment of detainees.
  © ICRC / M. Succi / TD-E-00580
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This gallery contains a selection of photos from the ICRC’s photo library illustrating ICRC activities around the world in 2009.
The media is welcome to use these images, which can be downloaded at high resolution.
NOTE - Professional utilization of these photos:
- The high resolution images in ZIP format can be downloaded for professional reproduction.
- These photos are offered for press use in publications and other media.
- All ICRC photos must be accompanied by the mention "© ICRC" and the name of the photographer.

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