Children play and swim in pools of water that have formed after the rains in the Mathare.

A boy plants a flower after taking a swim in pools formed by rain water in Mathare.

This photograph won first prize in a competition conducted by Friends of the Earth International. More details on the news page.

A man who lost one of his leg during post election violence recovers at the hospital in Nyanza provincial hospital. Relative calm has returned to most parts of the country as peace talks on ending the post election crisis are on going.

A victim of the post election violence recovers at a hospital bed in Nyanza provincial hospital. Relative calm has returned to most parts of the country as peace talks on ending the post election crisis are on going.

Demonstrators throw a canister of tear gas back towards riot police. Graffiti on the wall reads “No Raila. No Peace.”

A demonstrator is hit in the back of the head by a stone thrown during a clash of rival political party supporters.

A pregnant woman runs past burning shacks in Nairobi’s Mathare slum during post-election violence.

Just outside Mathare a local bus is set ablaze by demonstrators who are against the ruling government. Post election violence has erupted in Kenya following the announcement of the poll results by the Electoral Commission naming president Mwai Kibaki as the winner.

A woman preaches in front of anti riot police sent to quell the skirmishes that had hit the Mathare slum in Nairobi. Post election violence has erupted in Kenya following the announcement of the poll results by the Electoral Commission naming president Mwai Kibaki as the winner.

The mother is accompanied by her daughter into her work place of washing clothes for people in order to meet their daily needs. She decides to work with the child to avoid loneliness.