Daily life in Liberia - in pictures

A young girl holds her parasol as she walks through a slum area in Monrovia. Fresh rain water causes the slums to quickly flood, compounding sanitation problems. Photograph: Kieran Doherty

Two girls play in the rainwater as it floods central Monrovia Photograph: Kieran Doherty

Rainwater floods into a slum area of Monrovia Photograph: Kieran Doherty

Raw sewage is swept in by the rising tide from the beach in a slum area of Monrovia Photograph: Kieran Doherty

People walk through Fishtown in early morning light in River Gee county Photograph: Kieran Doherty

Young boys stand on the main road covered in clay in Grand Gedeh county Photograph: Kieran Doherty

Young people play football on the beach in Monrovia Photograph: Kieran Doherty

A teenager jumps into the river next to a communal latrine in the Carterton slum area of Monrovia Photograph: Kieran Doherty

A child with a football stands outside a sports academy in the Carterton slum Photograph: Kieran Doherty

John T Shibo, 42 stands in his rice field in the Zleh Town area of Grand Gedeh county Photograph: Kieran Doherty

A woman carries her washing through Fishtown in early morning light in River Gee county Photograph: Kieran Doherty

Clothes are hung out to dry in Carterton Photograph: Kieran Doherty

A communal latrine charging 10 Liberian dollars per use is situated above the river in the Fiamah community slum area Photograph: Kieran Doherty

Construction takes place outside the West Point slum area Photograph: Kieran Doherty