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A view of the Amazon Rainforest during the burning season when large sections are torched by farmers to be cleared for soy farming or cattle ranches, near Claudia in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Sept. 17, 2007.

The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. with more than 5,000 tree species found there. Threatened by deforestation, it's giving way to soy fields, cattle farming and big infrastructure projects. The dry season in the…

A river is diverted for gold mining at a prospectors' camp near Alta Floresta in Para State, Brazil, Aug. 25, 2007. These prospectors use mercury in the mining process, which pollutes the environment and affects the health of the local population.

A man watches a young woman as she waits for her bus to arrive.

Edgar Alvarez Cruz, a Mexican, has been named as a suspect in the unsolved killings of as many as eight women in Ciudad Juarez. He was interviewed by Stern Magazine reporter Jan Wiechmann.

PM is the daily newspaper of Juarez. Every day, the photos of sex and murder grace the front page.

Workers at the Plexus electronics assembly plant (maquiladora) Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Women ride a city bus.

A lone women crosses the street to hop on the bus.

Workers on a company bus, on their way home from work at the Maquiladoras.