In Liberia, the sun sets on one of the last significant areas of the remaining tropical rainforest. Liberian children play on a fallen tree branch outside of the leprosy camp they live in. A woman waits at a Liberian hospital with her child, hoping that he won't become a statistic in a country that has the fifth-highest under-five mortality rate worldwide. On a train in Thailand, a girl watches the track ahead expectantly, while Inside the car, a woman hawks cold drinks and snacks down the aisle. Two young monks walk through a white-washed monestary in the small city of Lopburi, Thailand. In Thailand, a baby monkey ventures away from its mother slowly. An old man, still dressed in the clothing of the Chinese Communist era takes his birds out for a walk in the park. Three women walking down a path in Berlin, Germany seem to be lead through the aging process by the dog pulling the leash. Members turn to hear an announcement from a member of the congregation at morning service at Central Baptist Chruch in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Young Russian girls share a laugh and an afternoon snack together. Men seem lost in thier minds or memories as the pause for a smoke in the middle part of Russia. A woman prays with great fervor at a morning service at Central Baptist Chruch in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. In Nigeria, a young girl sits outside by an egg bar. A women once isolated from food preperation for many years by an embarassing medical issue, joyfully sifts millet for dinner now that she has been healed and reaccepted to her village in Nigeria. Another woman in Nigeria who suffered from the same isolating medical issue, works happily cleaning dishes to be used in cooking with her child and sisters by her side. A street performer spins fire in a dance in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. This scratched negative from a film image taken in 2004 shows the Dujiangyan Irrigation System in Sichuan Province. This ancient technological wonder of China built in 256 BC was seriously damaged in the 2008 earthquake. The small town inhabited by rice farmers at the end of the road was completely destroyed. In China, a young boy and his father walk through an old temple. A rustic cabin in the Four Sisters Mountain area of the Sichuan Province in China. A cheerful boatman ferries people across a small river in Western China.