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Oventic, Chiapas, Mexico - August 18, 2012: A woman, with face covered, passes by a mural painting in the Oventic village, run by Zapatistas. Many areas of Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico, are under control of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), a leftist armed militant group that is trying to alleviate the suffering of the people in these poor underdeveloped lands. The group's name comes from Emiliano Zapata, one of the main leader of the Mexican Revolution of 1920-30.

Amazon River, Brazil - February 18, 2012: An indigenous family living in a hut by the Amazon River. The deforestation, often illegal, of the Amazon rainforest is threatening the existence of the indigenous communities.

Medellin, Colombia - April 4, 2012 : Bare brick houses clumped together in a suburb of Medellin. The Colombian city was considered during the '90 the most violent city in the world, due to the drug wars of the "Cartello of Medellin". Today it is relatively safe, but the endemic problems of the outskirts of South American metropolises persist, with high unemployment and petty crime.

Face of a monkey in Sri Lanka.

Yangon, Myanmar - March 26, 2016: Burmese children on the relatives' shoulders in a Buddhist ceremony at Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon. Decades of political isolation from the rest of the world helped to preserve ancient Burmese traditions.

In Myanmar, former Burma, the contrasts between the Buddhist majority and the Muslim minority in the Rakhine State are increasing, with widespread violence that is worrying the International Community.

A little goat behind a tree.

An antelope in Swaziland, Africa

Havana, Cuba - August 22, 2012: A typical Cuban 50s Chevrolet is parked in an almost desolate Old Havana street at night. Decades of economic and financial embargo have strongly isolated the Communist Caribbean Island but the recent dead of Fidel Castro and a new agreement with USA will probably lead to steep changes in the next years.

A lonely sunny beach on a Caribbean island