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What Life Is Like For 1 in 6 People On The Planet

By Holly.Davis
Created 12/17/2009 - 12:50
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The number of people living out their days in the squalor of a slum is almost one billion, the United Nations says - one-sixth of the world's population

By 2050, the UN [2] says, there may be 3.5billion [3] slumdwellers, out of a total urban population of about six billion

Photo: Holly Davis at the Home Grown Story of UK Hip Hop exhibition in Manchester [4]

The number of people living out their days in the squalor of a slum is almost one billion, the United Nations says - one-sixth of the world's populationBy 2050, the UN says, there may be 3.5billion slumdwellers, out of a total urban population of about six billionPicture taken by Holly Davis at the Home Grown: Story of UK Hip Hop exhibition in Manchester

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[1] https://ctrlaltshift.co.uk/sites/default/files/photo/image/Slums 001.jpg
[2] http://www.un.org
[3] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3161812.stm
[4] http://www.urbis.org.uk/page.asp?id=3340