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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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On the street where you live: readers' urban life photos – in pictures

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