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Paulo Santos / Reuters
Roman Catholic pilgrims press together while following the
image of the local saint, Our Lady of Nazareth, as it is paraded Oct. 11,
2009, during the annual Cirio de Nazare procession, the country's biggest
religious festival, in Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon River. More than 1
million Catholics, many from communities along the Amazon River's
tributaries, converged on Our Lady of Nazareth basilica to participate in
the event.
(Khách hành hương Công giáo La Mã dồn ép trong khi theo sau
hình ảnh của vị Thánh tại đây, Nữ Vương Nazareth, khi diễn hành ngày 11
tháng 10 năm 2009, trong thời gian hàng năm Cirio de Nazare diễn hành, lễ
hội tôn giáo lớn nhất trong nước, ở Belem, tại cửa sông Amazon. Hơn 1 triệu
người Công giáo, nhiều người từ các cộng đồng dọc theo nhánh sông Amazon,
hội tụ trên vương cung thánh đường Nữ Vương Nazareth để tham gia sự kiện
này)
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A swimming pool full of human urine.
Reuters
People crowd in a swimming pool full of human urine to
escape a summer heat wave July 4, 2010, in Suining, China.
As the world population explodes, so does the growth of
cities, especially in Asia and Africa.
Globally, one in two people lives in an urban area, a
milestone reached in 2007, says the United Nations Population Fund, the
agency that predicts world population will reach 7 billion on Oct. 31.
In about 35 years, two out of three people will live in
cities and towns, the agency predicts.
Nicky Loh / Reuters
Motorists crowd at a junction during rush hour in Taipei on
Oct. 29, 2009. There are around 8.8 million motorcycles and 4.8 million
cars on Taiwan's roads. Nearly all motor vehicles and inhabitants are squeezed
into a third of the island's area, resulting in high concentrations of
polluting emissions in the places where people live and work, according to
official reports.
Morris Macmatzen / Reuters
Sunbathers and roofed wicker beach chairs line up along the
beach on the bay of Travemuende, a popular holiday resort at the Baltic sea
near the northern German city of Luebeck, on Aug. 5, 2007.
The fastest growth is seen in sub-Saharan Africa, which has
the world's highest birthrates and deepest poverty. The regional population
of nearly 900 million could reach 2 billion in 40 years.
"Most of that growth will be in Africa's cities, and in
those cities it will almost all be in slums where living conditions are
horrible," said John Bongaarts of the Population Council, a New
York-based research organization.
Akintunde Akinleye / Reuters
A man walks on a pedestrian bridge overlooking traffic in
Lagos, Nigeria, on Sept. 18, 2006.
Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, with an estimated 15
million people and a 6 percent growth rate, is expected to overtake Cairo
soon as Africa's largest city. Problems with traffic congestion, sanitation
and water supplies are staggering; a recent article in UN-Habitat said
two-thirds of the residents live in poverty.
India is Asia’s second-largest country with 1.2 billion
people, but by 2030 it may surpass No. 1 China, now with 1.34 billion
people.
Reuters
A view of a residential building in Shanghai on March 18,
2009
Reuters
Job-seekers crowd a job fair in Wuhan, China, on March 17,
2007. Unemployment could be long-term trouble for China, with the number of
jobless urban residents alone exceeding 15 million, the China Information
News quoted a senior official as saying, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Across India, teeming slums, congested streets, and crowded
trains and trams are testimony to the country's burgeoning population.
At 6 p.m. on a typical evening in Mumbai, India's financial
hub, 7 million commuters swarm out of their offices and head to railway
stations for rides home on an overtaxed suburban rail network. Every few
minutes, as a train enters the station, the crowd surges forward.
Every ride is a scramble. Each car is jam-packed; sometimes,
riders die when they lose their foothold while clinging to the doors.
K.K. Arora / Reuters
Hindu devotees travel on a crowded passenger train to take
part in the "Guru Purnima" festival near Mathura, India on July
24, 2010.
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