March 2006, Jakarta, Indonesia

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A Papuan man protesting against the Freeport McMoran company prepares to smash a police riot shield during a clash with the police.

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Tuesday October 14, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal speaks with a reporter on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Conference.

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October 2003, Putrajaya, Malaysia

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Malaysian VIP's in traditional dress attend the opening if the Organization of the Islamic Conference held at a new conference facility with an ornately designed ceiling.

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April 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Nepalese policemen try to drag away Tibetan monks who were demonstrating in front of the Chinese embassy.

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February 2008, Dili, East Timor

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Supporters of rebel commander Reinado Alfredo attend his funeral after he was killed during an assassination attempt on East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta.

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Friday January 11, 2008, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Members of a Pakistani women's political group mourn in front of a poster of Benazir Bhutto who had been assassinated a couple of weeks earlier.

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Friday January 4, 2008, Lahore, Pakistan

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Pakistanis leave a shrine after prayers.

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Wednesday January 2, 2008, Lahore, Pakistan

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A Pakistani youth pats a poster of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who had been assassinated several days earlier.

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January 2008, Lahore, Pakistan

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A Pakistani Lawyer cries out during a demonstration in support of the jailed chief judge of Pakistan's Supreme Court.

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June 2007, Dili, East Timor

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East Timorese men look warily as a rival political group begins to heckle East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao (holding microphone in background).

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May 2007, Jakarta, Indonesia

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An Indonesian man installs windows in a luxury shopping mall.

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April 2007, Dili, East Timor

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A Timorese boy flys a kite from atop a wall of one of the many houses destroyed or left abandoned by violence.

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October 2006, Jakarta, Indonesia

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Indonesian men crowd onto a train to get to their home villages in time to celebrate Eid al Fitr.

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September 2002, Kandahar, Afghanistan

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An Afghan man tries to calm a youth who had fainted at the funeral of a close friend who had been killed during an assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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June 2006, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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The Merapi volcano emits lava and hot gases at dawn June 2006.

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February 2004, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

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Acehnese men search through a three story shopping center completely flattened by the 2004 Asian tsunami.

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June 2006, Dili, East Timor

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An Australian soldier runs after gang members who had been burning down houses.

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June 2006, Dili, East Timor

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East Timorese youths, painted white to symbolize the ghosts of people killed during East Timor's violent past, dance in celebration after the unpopular Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri announced he would resign.

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May 2006, Dili, East Timor

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A catholic priest calls out for calm as terrified residents of a neighborhood under attack by gangs cling to him for safety.

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Wednesday July 17, 2002, Singapore, Singapore

A model demonstrates a "wired" jacket during a high tech fashion show.

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December 2007, Lahore, Pakistan

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Pakistani women weep over a portrait of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who had been assassinated a few days earlier.

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Wednesday March 3, 2004, Kabul, Afghanistan

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A member of Afghanistan's first National Army rests in between trainings in his barrack outside Kabul.

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February 2004, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

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An Acehnese youth walks through a neighborhood completely crushed by the 2004 Asian tsunami.

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April 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Tibetan monks in Nepal perform their morning prayers.

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September 2002, Kandahar, Afghanistan

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Afghan Men watch intently as the price for a day's labor is negotiated.

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September 2002, Kandahar, Afghanistan

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Afghan Men sit in a tea house during a dust storm.

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August 2002, Kandahar, Afghanistan

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Guards come down from the main gate to Kandahar City in Afghanistan during a dust storm.

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Thursday November 29, 2001, Uss Theodore Roosevelt, Xse

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A Navy pilot who asked to be known only as Mitch talks to a crew of mechanics, reflected in his helmet, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt after returning from a sortie over Afghanistan.

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November 1999, Jakarta, Indonesia

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An Indonesian woman is comforted by friends at the funeral of her son who had been shot dead by police during a massive demonstration November 1999.

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Ed Wray

Ed Wray holds a degree in International Relations from Boston University, a background which gave him a special interest in understanding how the news of the day becomes history. For the past ten years, Ed has been based in several capitals of Southeast Asia, most recently in Jakarta. During that time he has covered many of the most interesting stories in Asia from Afghanistan to Fiji: coups, people's power movements, armed conflict, natural disasters, and the ordinary lives of people living in these rapidly changing times. He approaches his work with a keen eye toward transformational situations - "in between" states where people are affected by the energies that change a situation from what was to what will be. As accelerating shifts occur in the global economic, environmental and political spheres, there is surely a lot to keep an eye on.