Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_005.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_005.jpg 24 July 2007 Virunga Park, Congo EOS-1Ds Mark II; EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Conservation Rangers from an Anti-Poaching unit work with locals to evacuate the bodies of four Mountain Gorillas killed in mysterious circumstances in the park, Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo, 24 July 2007. A Silver-Back Alpha male, the leader of the group was shot, three females were also killed. Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_007.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_007.jpg 21 November 2005 Shebam-Kawbaban, Yemen EOS-1Ds Mark II; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM Two local men stand on the hillside outside their ancient fortress-like city on top of a mountain in Shebam-Kawbaban. Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_006.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_006.jpg 14 August 2006 Sun Valley Idaho, USA EOS-1Ds Mark II; EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Amputee veteran Specialist Andrew W. Soule, 25, looks across at the horse he will be riding from his elevated chair lift position. Andy Soule, 25, is a specialist who was blown out of his vehicle by an IED in Afghanistan. Discovery Communications/Brent Stirton, Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_009.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_009.jpg 17 September 2005 UK EOS-1Ds Mark III; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM Two armed Karo herdsmen are about to wash in the river after a day of guarding their cattle. Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_008.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_008.jpg June 2003 Kono, Sierra Leone EOS-1V; EF85mm f/1.8 USM A young boy sleeps fitfully while fighting off a bout of malaria without access to malarial prophilactics. Malaria is directly linked to mosquito habitats in stagnant water, often the only water source available to Third World inhabitants. Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_001.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_001.jpg August 2004 Pukapuki, Papua New Guinea EOS-1Ds; EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM A local man showers underneath a waterfall in the rainforest close to his village in the mountains of Papua New Guinea. Traditional ways of life are under threat in Papua as villages have very little means of raising money through which to educate their children and pay medical bills. Discovery Communications/Brent Stirton, Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_002.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_002.jpg 14 December 2007 Dus, Omo Valley, Ethiopia EOS-1Ds Mark III; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM Three unmarried Karo maidens in the Omo Valley Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_004.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_004.jpg 13 September 2007 Bungoma, Kenya EOS-1Ds Mark II; EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Dominion Farm is the largest private American investment in Kenya. The farm's owners are staunch Christians but unlike most evangelical movements who come to Africa they do not wish to provide traditional aid, they wish to uplift the people via good sustainable realistic business sense. Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_010.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_010.jpg 11 February 2007 Kisumu, Kenya EOS-1Ds Mark II; EF85mm f/1.2L II USM Kisumu, Kenya, February 2007. A leader from the Church of Israel, a small female led church group in Kenya, poses outside the small Church hut in Kisumu. This is part of a series showing 100 female church-goers in Africa. Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/_medium/caption_011.jpg ./files/ambassadors/brent_stirton/_showcase/caption_011.jpg 14 December 2007 Loryra, Omo Valley, South West Ethiopia EOS-1Ds Mark II; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM An elder of the Dassanech people in the Lower Omo Valley.