Earthquake damage, downtown Port au Prince, Haiti.
Zimbabwean exiles in South Africa hold a pre-election rally.
George Square, Glasgow was renamed by ‘yes’ campaigners the day of the referendum.
Red Cross manager Erin Grinnell tours an earthquake-destroyed village near Leogane, Haiti
A woman walks to the market in Wajir, Kenya
Graffiti in Bogota, Colombia.
A ‘no’ campaigner makes his case on Buchanan Street in downtown Glasgow the day before the Scottish referendum.
War in the Democratic Republic of Congo forced hundreds of thousands to flee the countryside for larger centres like Goma.
Haiti’s poorest citizens struggled in the aftermath of the earthquake.
A woman blows up ‘yes’ campaign balloons in central Glasgow on the eve of the Scottish referendum.
A man washes a car in Port au Prince, Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated much of the country.
Dublin Ireland was consumed by riots as republicans protested the visit of the unionist Victims of Republican Violence.
Rwandan soldiers in North Kivu.
A child playfully brandishes a machete in Western Kenya at the height of the country’s post-election violence.
Refugees fled the conflict in the DRC in to neighbouring Uganda.
Supporters cheer on protesters in Montreal by Quebec students in 2012.
A woman and her child sit in a tent in a Congolese displacement camp. The mother and her child had been separated for weeks after fleeing fight in North Kivu. They were re-united by a UNICEF program.
Montreal saw marches every night for 50 days during the Printemps Erable.
A ‘yes’ supporter crowdsurfing in George Square, Glasgow as Scots awaited results on referendum night.
Rwandan soldiers parade through North Kivu. Rwanda has invaded its larger neighbour several times since the 1994 genocide.
Kenyans congregate in a makeshift refugee camp near Kisumu, Kenya. Hundreds of thousands of people ended up in the camps after violence swept the country after disputed elections.
Chalk messages reflecting the disappointment of the ‘yes’ campaign adorn George Square, Glasgow the morning following the referendum.
Cholera spread quickly in Haiti, mostly due to much of the country relying on sub-standard water resources.
Downtown Port au Prince, election day.
A police staging area in Montreal. Nightly protests in the Eastern Canadian city made headlines around the world.
A protester washes chemical gas from his eyes during student protests in Montreal.
Rwandan troops leave Eastern DRC weeks after launching a surprise operation in Eastern Congo.
A child carries a bed-roll through the Kibati II refugee camp in Eastern Congo.
Protesters rally in Rio in support of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.
The main pier in Utila, Honduras.
A woman holds a candle during the aftermath of a shooting in Montreal.
Downtown Glasgow on the eve of the referendum.
Exiled Zimbabweans protest outside the country’s consulate in Pretoria, South Africa
Many people supported the protests in Montreal.
UN peacekeepers on patrol on election day in Cite Soleil, an impoverished Port au Prince neighbourhood.
A ‘yes’ supporter on referendum night in George Square, Glasgow.
Congolese IDPs in Eastern DRC
Champs de Mars, Port au Prince. A refugee camp sprung up in the shadow of Haiti’s destroyed Palais Nationale.
Referendum night, George Square, Glasgow.
A young girl waves the Scottish flag on referendum day in George Square, Glasgow.
Casseroles. Supporters of striking students took to banging pots and pans to show their support.
A protester kicks a police officer during student protests in Montreal.
Unionists, reportedly angry about the media attention given to ‘yes’ campaigners in George Square, arrive en masse to occupy the park.
A Scottish veteran in George Square, Glasgow.
A child gets a first look at his family’s rebuilt house. Much of Haiti was displaced in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.
A wall in Port au Prince Haiti was all that remained of a home.
Police stand watch in Montreal during the student protests that consumed the city for months.
A Congolese entertainer at a rebel integration ceremony in North Kivu.
Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland on the 12th of July.
Police regroup in an alley in downtown Montreal at the height of protests against a Quebec government attempt to raise tuition rates.
Graffiti artists, Montreal.
A woman looks over a collapsed house. Much of Haiti was destroyed by the 2010 earthquake.
A woman walks though a dried up lake bed along the Kenya-Somalia border. Severe drought has affected the area for years.
James Stairs 