Vorberg's prison guards are instructed in conflict resolution by Victoria Maloka. Photo by Uli Reinhardt.

The tug-of-war event at the 2004 Twic Olympics in southern Sudan. Photo by Christoph Püschner.

These refugees from Kosovo have found temporary shelter in a camp in Macedonia. Photo by Frank Schultze

Mali: On land now covered with dust and stones, crops will sprout next year with water pumped from the Niger. Photo by Uli Reinhardt

Baidoa, Somalia: Starving children wear ID bracelets from aid organizations. Photo by Uli Reinhardt

So close, so alien. Distrust everywhere you look. A German paratrooper patrols Kabul with an Afghan police officer. Photo by Rainer Kwiotek

The cooling pond of the coke oven of the "Zeche Zollverein" in Essen, Germany. At twilight the lights come on, immersing the former steel plant in a crimson glow. Photo by Frank Schultze

Albania, 1999: Women on the run have at last found a place to sit down. Photo by Ivo Saglietti

A young Aymara couple tryst above La Paz. Photo by Lukas Coch.

New York: A passenger in an Orion hybrid bus gazes out at Times Square. Photo by Lukas Coch.