PHOTO feature: A World of 7 Billion

While labour shortages threaten to stymie the economies of some industrialised countries, unemployed would-be migrants in developing countries are finding more and more national borders closed to them and the expertise they may have to offer.

And while progress is being made in reducing extreme poverty, gaps between rich and poor are widening almost everywhere

PHOTO feature: A World of 7 Billion

PHOTO feature: A World of 7 Billion

PHOTO feature: A World of 7 Billion

PHOTO feature: A World of 7 Billion

PHOTO feature: A World of 7 Billion

PHOTO feature: A World of 7 Billion