By Cynthia Marcopulos. Homelessness passed by in San Francisco, USPhotograph: FlickrBy secondfloor (AKA CiniK). One of the many rush hours each day in Old Delhi, IndiaPhotograph: FlickrBy shackdwellersinternational. Riding pillion through the vast, sprawling slum of Dharavi in Mumbai, IndiaPhotograph: FlickrBy Hope Lauren. The church of St Simeon Stylites sits in the shadow of two Soviet tower blocks on Povarskaya Street, Moscow, RussiaPhotograph: FlickrBy futurehealthsys. View overlooking Kabul, AfghanistanPhotograph: FlickrBy shackdwellersinternational. After the rain in Kisenyi slum, Kampala, UgandaPhotograph: FlickrBy futurehealthsys. Staff from NGO Médecins du Monde (aka Doctors of the World), gather up used syringes in Kabul, AfghanistanPhotograph: FlickrBy Berfu Kiziltan, who says: 'I'm from Turkey and have lived here [in Istanbul] for more than 22 years' Photograph: FlickrBy tamerdurak. Night lights in Istiklal street, Istanbul, TurkeyPhotograph: FlickrBy shackdwellersinternational. Livestock gather on the banks of the polluted Korle lagoon bordering the Old Fadama slum community in Accra, GhanaPhotograph: FlickrBy Christian Aid. Former Soviet apartments in Dushanbe, Tajikistan – most are now privatised, but not everyone can afford to live in themPhotograph: FlickrBy Sean Hawkey. Kibera in Nairobi is one of the largest slums in Africa, with around 1 million inhabitantsPhotograph: FlickrBy Development planning unit, University College London/Department of architecture, Brac University, Bangladesh. Aerial view of Korail slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh Photograph: FlickrBy Gemma McNeil-Walsh. Children in Freetown, Sierra LeonePhotograph: FlickrBy Eric Hilaire. Bus stop on Rosebery Avenue, London Photograph: Flickr
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