A Thai jockey takes a break between races. They need to be quite focused, since races require a lot of technique and strength.
A jockey covers his head of the rain during a break between races. The Thai riders eagerly wait this annual event, where they will compete to have the fastest buffalo.
A jockey assistant takes care of a buffalo before a race. Riders are usually assisted by a team to help them focus exclusively on the races.
A jockey uses bandage to cover his injured ankle after being kicked off his buffalo.
Riders speed up with their buffaloes. The races have taken place in Chonburi province for more than 140 years.
A Thai rider looks after his buffalo before the race. Competition is spread throughout the day in the intense heat.
Thai farmers ride on buffaloes during the traditional buffalo race. The races test not only the speed of the buffaloes, also their agility, balance and strength.
Jockeys try to stop their buffaloes. Thai riders must jump off their buffaloes in order to stop them.
A rider falls off his buffalo. Races require a lot of technique and strength, and getting kicked off could result in serious injury.
The big beasts stampede on the 100-metre track guided by jockeys during the traditional buffalo race.
A jockey jumps off his buffalo to stop it at the finish line.
A Thai rider try to slow down their buffaloes as they arrive to the finish line. The thai jockeys should jump out of their buffaloes without release them in order to stop them.
A Thai farmer ride on buffaloes during the traditional buffalo race. The races test not only the speed of the buffaloes, also their agility, balance and strength.
04.06.2014 - Beirut, Lebanon. A girl texts during a roof-top party. The night-life scene in Beirut is one of the most important in the world, with record-breaking sound systems and growing interests for clubbing among youngsters
All the contestants show off their bodies; only wearing jeans, a tie and cowboy hats at Rastriya Nach Ghar.
Group is lining up topless letting the crowd and jury see them at Rastriya Nach Ghar.
Facing difficult daily lives, increasing social needs along with a desire to help others by providing care and services, young people are volunteering with the Revolutionary Civic Council in Moaret Mesrin to implement a new campaign called "Beautify Moaret Mesrin."
The "Beautify Moaret Mesrin" campaign is raising awareness among people about the importance of maintaining hygiene in neighborhoods where destruction of city infrastructure has led to an absence of basic services. According to an Idleb Press reporter, quoting a volunteer, "It has to be different leadership or another organized system that takes care of social needs and civic services, instead of government systems."
The campaign will run three days a week and volunteers will help to reduce the prevalence of disease caused by the accumulation of garbage in the streets, broken sewer systems and the spread of insects in the city. Not just cleaning streets and filling holes, the volunteers will also create beauty in paintings and murals, trying to raise the spirits of the Moaret Mesrin community.
Idleb Press, the Media Office and media group of Moaret Mesren
Facing difficult daily lives, increasing social needs along with a desire to help others by providing care and services, young people are volunteering with the Revolutionary Civic Council in Moaret Mesrin to implement a new campaign called "Beautify Moaret Mesrin."
The "Beautify Moaret Mesrin" campaign is raising awareness among people about the importance of maintaining hygiene in neighborhoods where destruction of city infrastructure has led to an absence of basic services. According to an Idleb Press reporter, quoting a volunteer, "It has to be different leadership or another organized system that takes care of social needs and civic services, instead of government systems."
The campaign will run three days a week and volunteers will help to reduce the prevalence of disease caused by the accumulation of garbage in the streets, broken sewer systems and the spread of insects in the city. Not just cleaning streets and filling holes, the volunteers will also create beauty in paintings and murals, trying to raise the spirits of the Moaret Mesrin community.
Idleb Press, the Media Office and media group of Moaret Mesren
Facing difficult daily lives, increasing social needs along with a desire to help others by providing care and services, young people are volunteering with the Revolutionary Civic Council in Moaret Mesrin to implement a new campaign called "Beautify Moaret Mesrin."
The "Beautify Moaret Mesrin" campaign is raising awareness among people about the importance of maintaining hygiene in neighborhoods where destruction of city infrastructure has led to an absence of basic services. According to an Idleb Press reporter, quoting a volunteer, "It has to be different leadership or another organized system that takes care of social needs and civic services, instead of government systems."
The campaign will run three days a week and volunteers will help to reduce the prevalence of disease caused by the accumulation of garbage in the streets, broken sewer systems and the spread of insects in the city. Not just cleaning streets and filling holes, the volunteers will also create beauty in paintings and murals, trying to raise the spirits of the Moaret Mesrin community.
Idleb Press, the Media Office and media group of Moaret Mesren
Dans le sud du Maroc, une coopérative féminine de l’ethnie Amazigh lutte chaque jour pour faire valoir les droits des femmes et protéger l’Arganier, arbre sacré du Maroc.
According to the Venezuelan Observatory of Violence, 24.980 people were killed in 2014 in Venezuela. Ex Miss Venezuela Monica Spear was among those victims. Modeling offers an chance to leave one of most dangerous countries in the world where unemployment and a strict currency control make it difficult to look for opportunities abroad.
The Pearl-Qatar, a mixed-use, man-made, island development in the Qatari capital Doha.
Protesters gather outside US Embassy in Doha, Qatar, to condemn the Anti-Islam movie
Modeling events are a key element in the preparation of these young girls. The empowerment of Miss Venezuela and the success that comes with it make girls pursue their dreams at an early age.
Girls practice for the "Miss Girl Venezuela" contest. Venezuela has hundreds of beauty contest that can take place anywhere: neighborhoods; schools; malls and even prisons.
Plastic surgery ads are part of Caracas's urban landscape.
A girl practices for the "Miss Girl Venezuela" contest while her teacher supervises her in the back.
Women suffer severe pain in the injected area, reaching a point where they can't sit for more than 30 minutes.
Besides catwalk and photo shoot lessons, students have to learn other skills such as make up, diction, oratory or protocol.
Make up class underway for aspiring beauty queens.
Venezuelan women are very sophisticated consumers of cosmetics and fashion, spending more on cosmetics that any other Latin American country.
Venezuela's endless pursuit of perfection has brought severe health issues such has side effects of biopolymers, a very popular injected substance aimed at increasing the volume of the gluteus that turned out to cause necrosis among other symptoms.
A runway show is about to begin in Caracas. For many women, modeling also offers a chance to leave one of most dangerous countries in the world - where unemployment and a strict currency control make it difficult to look for opportunities abroad.
Backstage during a modeling event in Caracas.
A modeling event is underway in Caracas.
Backstage during a modeling event in Caracas. Modeling school becomes another extracurricular activity, just like ballet or theatre, making experience crucial to success in the business.
These events give an opportunity for the girls to apply what they have learned and to feel what is like to be on a catwalk.
Backstage during a modeling event in Caracas.
Backstage during a modeling event in Caracas. Modeling school becomes another extracurricular activity, just like ballet or theatre, making experience crucial to success in the business.
These events attract not only family and friends but also talent scouts and promoters.