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Picture: Jesus Thaddeus de Guzman
According to the UN, there are some 100 million homeless people around the world.
However, the last time the UN attempted to a global survey was in 2005, and since then, a world-wide refugee crisis will have pushed that figure much higher.
Photocrowd ran a competition for World Homelessness Day in an effort to raise awareness about the issue.
After hundreds of entries, here are the highest ranked photos:
1. Manila, Philippines
‘Abandoned’
Picture: Jesus Thaddeus de Guzman/Photocrowd.com
2. Harar, Eastern Ethiopia
‘On the street’
Picture: Trevor Cole /Photocrowd.com
3. Lisbon, Portugal
‘The beggar’
Picture: Carlos Andre Viana / Photocrowd.com
4. Paris, France
‘The bird friend’
Picture: Gilbert Claes / Photocrowd.com
5. Kingston upon Hull, England
‘Gentleman of the road’
Picture: Philip Joyce / Photocrowd.com
6. New York, US
‘New York Contrast’
Picture: Philip King / Photocrowd.com
7. Bristol, England
‘Bristol Waste’
Picture: Sophie Merlo / Photocrowd.com
8. Prague, Czech Republic
‘Night in Prague’
Picture: Harald Sejersted / Photocrowd.com
9. Haridwar, India
‘Desperate Future’
Picture: Menmo Lammerts van Bueren / Photocrowd.com
10. Prague, Czech Republic
‘Waste Life’
Picture: Nina Flynn / Photocrowd.com
11. Baguio City, Philippines
'Alms'
Picture: Arman Barbuco / Photocrowd.com
12. Udaipur, India
'Homeless dogs'
Picture: Hana Peskova / Photocrowd.com
13. Kolkata, India
'Fight for survival'
Picture: Abhijt Chatterjee / Photocrowd.com
14. Varanasi, India
'Worlds apart'
Picture: Udayan Sankar Pal / Photocrowd.com
15. Tokyo, Japan
'Gap'
Picture: Masayuki Yamashita / Photocrowd.com
16. Yogyakarta, Indonesia
'Nomaden'
Picture: rovitavare / Photocrowd.com
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