These Images of Poverty are part of a Lesson Plan on Poverty, Inequality and Income Distribution.

A farmer and his oxen plough the land. © Photolibrary Group

Shanty town houses stand on flooded land. © Photolibrary Group

Girls collect water from an open well. © Photolibrary Group

Sorting the useful from the waste. People of all ages trawl through the refuse. © Photolibrary Group

The Countryside Alliance in the UK is pressing for action to help the economy of country areas, highlighting issues such as rural unemployment, poverty and crime. © Photolibrary Group

Family living in desert. © iStock.com

Boarded-up shops in Nationalist area of Belfast, N. Ireland. © Paul Savage, Stock.Xchng