An estimated 250,000 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo fled their homes and are living in desperate conditions following an outbreak of violence in the eastern part of the country.

An indigenous woman resists the advance of Amazonas state policemen who eventually expelled 200 members of the Landless Movement from a privately-owned tract of land on the outskirts of Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.

Rising food prices made basic staples like rice, corn and cooking oil unaffordable for many people all over the world. Fears of a global food shortage saw some rioting and unrest. Here in Lahore, Pakistan, people struggle in an attempt to get bread.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that the British mission in Iraq will end no later than 31 May, 2009, but US forces look set to stay until 2011. Here two US soldiers help a man who was wounded when he ran from a patrol in Baghdad.