Rabaul, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Tavurvur volcano erupts sending ash and rocks over the already devastated city of Rabaul on New Britain Island in Papua New...
Goroka, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Irene Gashu of Japan wears a kimono to the 50th Goroka singsing in what is believed to be the largest gathering of...
Goroka, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: A Waikondo warrior from Simbu glistens with sweat during the 50th Goroka singsing in what is believed to be the largest...
Rabaul, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: A coconut palm plantation in the shadow of Tuvurvur and Turangunan volcanoes lies buried beneath ash and mud on the...
Wara Sua boys from Simbu whirl their heads to melodic chants during the Goroka singsing in the Southern Highlands, 17 September 2005. Over 60 tribes...
Krugelu Korepuge dancers from Simbu chat during the Goroka singsing in the Southern Highlands, 16 September 2005. Over 60 tribes from all over Papua...
Motu Koitabu girl from the Gulf of Papua performs a Hiri Hanenamo dance on Ela Beach during the Hiri Moale festival in Port Moresby, 15 September...
Simbu women form a circle at the start of the slaughtering the pigs dance during rehearsals for the independence day celebrations in Port Moresby, 14...
Displaced fishing boat lies in front of a house in Balik Pulau, several hundred meters from the waterfront, at one of the hardest hit areas of...
In this picture taken 17 August 2004, Senior Constable Alex Orovea patrols the Highland Highway, considered the economic lifeline of Papua New...
Sheriff' Sarufa uses crutches, having had his left leg shot off by police, to get to the feared Kaboni "raskol" gang's safehouse in the ramshackle...
Aiaa "The Ghost" and Josh keep watch at the feared Koboni "raskol" gang's safehouse in the squalid shanty town of Kaugere in Port Moresby, 19 August...
Relatives and clan members caress the face of Turi Wad as he dies of hepatitis cross infection in the decrepid Tininga AIDS ward of Mount Hagen...
Mindima mud men from Simbu sport horticultural underwear while peforming at the annual sing-sing cultural festival in Mount Hagen, 15 August 2004....
Western Highlands warriors adorned in kina shells and traditional face paint watch over the annual sing-sing cultural festival in Mount Hagen, 14...
Police brandish M-16 automatic weapons as they patrol the streets of the frontier town of Mount Hagen for marauding "raskol" gangs, 12 August 2004....
New Zealand Defence Force personnel perform a traditional Maori haka during a ceremony in Arawa marking the withdrawal of peacekeepers from the...