A rare demonstration in Hanoi near the Chinese embassy. There is growing tension between China and Vietnam over the Spratley Islands.Vietnam claimed that China had harassed a seismic survey boat, damaging a research cable trailing behind it, and China demanded that Vietnam halt oil-exploration activities in the area.

His work has often proven controversial; his 1987 film The Story of Kindness or How to Behave, which dealt with the legacy of the Vietnam War and the suffering of the Vietnamese and American people in that conflict, was banned for a time by the Vietnamese government. Nonetheless, his reputation as a gifted filmmaker resulted in the Vietnamese government commissioning him a decade later to create a followup to the film, The Sound of the Violin in My Lai.

This is one of a series of portraits I'm working on at the moment in Hanoi, Vietman.

All of the these picture were taken during a recent trip to the States.

The preparation for this festival is very elaborate. Fighting buffaloes must be carefully selected, well fed, and trained. These buffaloes must be between 4 and 5 years old, with a good appearance, a wide chest, a big groin, a long neck, an acute bottom, and bow shaped horns. The fighting buffaloes are fed in separate cages to keep them from contact with common buffaloes.

This is the third demonstration in Dublin, Ireland regarding the killing of Turkish human rights activists in international waters.

This the second of a series of demonstrations in Dublin, Ireland looking at the reaction of people as regards to the killing of Turkish human rights activists.

Protest in Dublin, Ireland after the killing of 19 people on boats in international waters.-Dublin 31/5/2010

Rigth to work Protest outside the Dail 18/05/2010

Here' s the second in the series of  landscapes dealing with colour. I took the snow that fell over Ireland this January to work with white. I hope you enjoy them.

In Lyon, France Handicap international teaches the handicapped how to use new technology. The Icom center gives computer learning workshops free of charge.

Police fired teargas at rioters who threw rocks and firecrackers in central Athens as thousands gathered to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager. Clashes broke out as about 3,000 people, mostly students, anarchists and leftists, began a march to parliament. More protests were expected tomorrow. An evening memorial service was planned in the Exarchia district, where 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot dead.

Then I found myself crawling on the ground out through the circle of anti riot police. Then the blood came. It was warm. Putting my hand to my head I could feel the liquid. It was night by now.

A change of direction with these landscapes. I've mixed pictures taken around central Athens and Palini just outside of the city. Last summer forest fires took Greece by storm yet again. A lot of Greek people who I've met said that the fires were started on purpose. Palini was one of the areas hit by these "accidental fires". There is a colour that runs through all the pictures and it is of course black.

They follow you everywhere when you're in Syntagma square in the heart of Athens. They look at you with these sad eyes and you can't help but fell sorry for these street creatures. Loved by one and all, here's a look at what may cross your path if you take a stroll in downtown Athens in Greece.

This is the lastest landscape project from Ireland. I've included some people in the pictures which I consider part of a landscape. 

Siam Reap, reaps of temples and tourists. As you walk into Angkor Wat you are challenged by young kind faces asking if you'd like to buy water, books on Cambodian temples, and post cards. Waves of Japanese, Europeans and other nationalities I've never heard of walk the long path way to the temple. The sun was melting. The temple was melting. The tourists were melting. I wiped the sweat from my eyes. As I tried to take a picture the image filled with water.

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Former three-time Vietnamese football national team coach and just departed  Haiphong Football Club coach Alfred Riedl has worked in almost a dozen countries over three continents. Story by Felix Lill.

HANOI, Vietnam -- Thousands of people attended funeral services Thursday 26/2/2009 for Cardinal Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung, the retired archbishop of Hanoi and advocate for restoring ties between Vietnam and the Vatican.

Lao Buddhist are very devout and almost every Lao man joins a monastery, or temple, for at least a short period of time. Many men also become monks for the rest of their lives. Most people donate food to the monks to gain merit and improve their karma. The temples of Laos were once seen as "Universities" for monks. Lao monks are highly respected and revered in Lao communities.

Here are the latest landscapes from around Vietnam. I've also included a travel piece by writer Peter Gamble entitled Chua Thay.

Dinh Khac Tiep has been working as a sculptor for the past few years and has filled his café on Truc Bach Lake with hundreds of different pieces. What marks this fascinating private gallery out as different from so many others around the city is the unique and original nature of the artwork on display. Story by Steven Port in the gallery section. 

I can’t help but notice a man slumped over a small table with a glass of tea in front of him. Light dances in front of me as I frame the picture. He looks exhausted. I ask myself what must he have been doing to get so tired. See full story in the gallery section.

Motorbikes are wall-to-wall on Ba Trieu Street, pedestrians clambering up onto shop steps to avoid the crush. In the middle of the street, cars and 4X4s sit like islands in this ocean of red flags, hats and banners. Story by Steven Port

At night outside Vincom Towers there is a hive of activity. Santa balloons are everywhere. The huge snowman in front of the towers is advertising a well known western beer. Digital cameras are everywhere. Youngsters are thrown in front of the polystyrene monster, smiles everywhere, flashes everywhere, peace signs everywhere.

It all made for a scene from the provinces, in the heart of Hanoi.  Only the wrecked B-52 fuselage jutting out of the lake marked this place as peculiar; that, and the small plaque on a nearby wall, proclaiming victory in ‘Dien Bien Phu in the Air’. Story by Alex Sheal. See full story in the gallery section.

Modern water puppetry is performed in a pool of water with the water's surface as the stage. The puppeteers stand behind a screen and control the puppets using long bamboo rods and string mechanisms hidden underwater.  The puppets are carved out of wood and often weigh up to 15 kg.  A traditional Vietnamese orchestra provides background music accompaniment.  Singers of Cheo, a form of opera originating in northern Vietnam, sing songs that tell the story acted out by the puppets

The Asiatic elephants , manacled to one spot in a shed, swung their trunks in autistic circles. The monkeys gazed mournfully out through their bars, occasionally summoning the energy for a listless swing around the cage. Story by Alex Sheal . See full story in the gallery section.

Heavy rain in November 2008 left Hanoi under water. Most of the lakes came out of their beds and young men were fishing in the streets. As buses charged through the water to try to get their passengers home and dry, they created waves that knocked people off their motorbikes and clattered the walls of nearby shops.

The tourists looked out of place and they smiled as she glanced while walking. Her man looked a bit nervous. The photographers looked hassled. This is a normal day at the Ethnological Museum in Hanoi . It is quite popular with tourists and wedding photographers.

The paddy fields were very green and brown which indicated that the rice was ready for harvesting. All around small clusters of people could be seen in the fields cutting, talking, laughing, working, sleeping and working out the shaft from the rice. A young H’mong woman looked on as another let the rice fall gracefully to the plastic sheet that had covered the ground where the rice was falling. The wind took the shaft away as if it was taking food for itself.

Here is the second of my series of landscapes around Vietnam. Again, I am trying to find the very ordinary and blend it into the countryside. Some of them were taken while I was on my bike. For me, a landscape is like filling empty space with life. It is like the camera has a transparent canvas when you look through the viewfinder, and the user has to fill that space, a bit like a painter.  

A typhoon was howling across the Gulf of Tonkin, so Cat Ba harbour had crammed with hundreds of colourful fishing boats, anchored and huddled together. Story by Alex Sheal .See full story in the Gallery section.

We are in the old part of Hanoi. A million eyes watch as you walk the streets of Hanoi and a million eyes smile back at you. The old quarter is intense.

This is the first of a series of landscapes around Vietnam. What I am trying to do is find the very ordinary, such as people on bikes, bill boards in the middle of a field and make them blend into the countryside and give you an impression that they have been there for a thousand years or more. All I can say now is that I hope you enjoy them.

This reportage is about the Open Swim Season in the Dublin bay area. They gather at certain points around Dublin bay such as Dollymount Strand and Howth Harbour. The race is handicapped so the fastest swimmers leave last.

Teeth. As a kid growing up in Dublin in the late seventies and eighties, one of the strongest images which has plagued my mind for years is that of my father's teeth or the lack of them.