Makoko is a neighbourhood across the 3rd Mainland Bridge located on the coast of mainland Lagos. A third of the community is built on stilts along the lagoon and the rest is on the land. The waterfront part of the community is largely harboured by the Egunpeople who migrated from Badagary and Republic of Benin and whose main occupation is fishing. In July 2012, the Lagos State government ordered that some of the stilts beyond the power-lines be brought down without proper notice. This led to the destruction of several stilts on the Iwaya/ Makoko waterfront and many families were rendered homeless.
The Rinconada goldmine lies in the city of La Rinconada, Peru. At 16,732 ft above sea level, it claims the title of the highest city in the world. The economy of La Rinconada revolves around the mine, as gold is the main (pretty much only) resource the city has. In fact, the mine is the only reason anyone is even there-and they all seemed to come at the same time. After three miles of climbing, treacherous roads that can only be navigated by truck, what was meant to serve as a temporary mining settlement has burst into a ramshackle city in record time. When word got out that gold (and plenty of it) was found, tens of thousands of prospectors poured into the remote location, emigrating in droves to find fortune working for the mining companies. In many ways, La Rinconada is a forgotten town. Waste comes in frozen tides down its slopes, collecting in massive, fetid piles, choking the barren landscape. The government in Lima exerts no control here and does not support basic services.
The Manila North Cemetery was formerly part of La Loma Cemetery but was separated as an exclusively Catholic burial ground. The cemetery formerly known as Cemeterio del Norte was laid out in 1904. Some of the people living here are interested in the cemetery. People who live in grave houses and there is no healthy electricity and water. They are complaining about their government because they don't give any help. Glistening skyscrapers and Spanish colonial architecture merge in the Philippine capital of Manila. Tucked away in a corner of this overcrowded coastal metropolis, the Manila North Cemetery has stood for more than 100 years. The cemetery's stacked tombs house around a million of the dead. And ten thousand of the living.
Oymyakon is known as "The Pole of Cold." A small town of 500 located in the Republic of Sakha in northeast Russia, it's widely regarded as the coldest inhabited town on Earth. Temperatures there average around -58° F during the winter months. Oymyakon has two main valleys beside it. These valleys trap wind inside the town and create a colder climate. However, children are still allowed to go to school if it is warmer than -55.0 °C (-67.0 °F). Some years the temperature drops below 0 °C (32 °F) in late September and may remain below freezing until mid-May. In Oymyakon sometimes the average minimum temperature for January, February, and December remains below -50 °C (-58 °F). Sometimes summer months can also be quite cold, but June and July are the only months where the temperature has never dropped below -10 °C (14 °F).
Dharavi is a locality in Mumbai, India, considered to be one of the world's largest slums. Dharavi has an area of just over 2.1 square kilometers and a population of about 700,000. Dharavi is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. The Dharavi slum was founded in 1884 during the British colonial era and grew in part because of an expulsion of factories and residents from the peninsular city center by the colonial government, and from the migration of poor rural Indians into urban Mumbai. For this reason, Dharavi is currently a highly multi-religious, multi-ethnic, and diverse settlement. Dharavi has an active informal economy in which numerous household enterprises employ many of the slum residents leather, textiles, and pottery products are among the goods made inside Dharavi.