Caucasus Mountains, Russia. View of Mt. Elbrus, published in The Los Angeles Times travel section index.html?autoload=caucasus caucasus Tbilisi, Georgia. With the aid of 200 U.S. military advisors, 4th Lt. David Pompalashuili trains special operations troops for anti-terrorist operations in the Pankisi Gorge where Chechen rebels are based. Los Angeles Times. index.html?autoload=georgia_military georgia_military Traders on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Stock Exchange using hand signals and yelling to trade commodities. index.html?autoload=chicago_mercantile1 chicago_mercantile1 An elderly man watches a wealthy Russian step into his Rolls Royce in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia. index.html?autoload=New_Russians New_Russians Actor Ralph Fiennes during the filming of 'Eugene Onegin' in St. Petersburg, Russia. index.html?autoload=Ralph_Fiennes Ralph_Fiennes A view of the Anichkov Bridge spanning the Fontanka River in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia. index.html?autoload=anichkov_bridge anichkov_bridge A ballerina backstage at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia. index.html?autoload=mariinsky mariinsky Andrei Kuzmin braving the icy waters of the Neva River in mid-January. Published in The St. Petersburg Times. index.html?autoload=neva_river neva_river Zugdidi, Georgia. Georgian guerillas passing around assault rifles near the Georgia/Abkhazia border. Published in The San Francisco Chronicle. index.html?autoload=partisans partisans Nikolsky Island, part of the Valaam monastery located on an island on Lake Ladoga in Northern Russia. index.html?autoload=valaam_water valaam_water An aerial view of the Valaam monastery, built on an island in Northern Russia. index.html?autoload=aerial_valaam aerial_valaam Valaam Monastery. Monks awaiting a helicopter carrying supplies from St. Petersburg for the remote island monastery. index.html?autoload=valaam_monks valaam_monks A monk from the remote island monastery Valaam aboard a helicopter bound for St. Petersburg. index.html?autoload=Valaam_helicopter Valaam_helicopter Monks walking in a procession around the monastery cathedrial during the religious holiday of Apostles Peter and Paul. index.html?autoload=valaam_easter valaam_easter Morning sunlight illuminates the face of this pilgrim near the end of an all-night Easter service at the monastery's cathedral. index.html?autoload=valaam_pilgrim valaam_pilgrim View of the closing ceremonies of the all-night Easter service at the Valaam monastery. index.html?autoload=Valaam_Easter_mass Valaam_Easter_mass Andrei and Alexei take a rowboat to the farm that provides food for the Valaam monastery. Both intend to become monks and await the blessing of the abbot. index.html?autoload=valaam_boat valaam_boat Father Seraphim has lived alone for over five years on Nikitsky Island, far from the main monastery. Pilgrims are allowed to visit him only on special holy days. index.html?autoload=hermit hermit Monks from the Valaam monastery gathering for the annual group portrait outside the cathedral. index.html?autoload=valaam_faces valaam_faces Monks from the Valaam monastery ringing the cathedral bell on Easter morning. index.html?autoload=Valaam_bell Valaam_bell The Valaam monastery, first built in the 14th century, was ravaged by the Swedes in 1611 and rebuilt in 1715 under orders of Tsar Peter I. After the fall of communism, the monastery was bequeathed back to the Orthodox Church in 1989. Here the main cathedral is re-painted. index.html?autoload=_Valaam_renovation _Valaam_renovation Father Boris walking over Lake Ladoga, frozen over during the winter months. index.html?autoload=Valaam_FatherBoris Valaam_FatherBoris Santa Cruz, California. Scott, a 19 year old heroin addict, shooting up in his apartment. index.html?autoload=heroin heroin Oksana Belayeva riding the metro to an all-night rave party. Part of a feature about Moscow nightlife for Maxim magazine. index.html?autoload=olga_moscow_subway olga_moscow_subway St. Petersburg, Russia. Anna Kuznetsova playing her accordian at the Baltisky train station to augment her monthly pension of 800 rubles (23 dollars) per month. index.html?autoload=st.petersburg_accordian_ st.petersburg_accordian_ Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia. Ballet production Red Giselle by choreographer Boris Eifmann. index.html?autoload=red_giselle red_giselle Jefferson 'Scrappy' Haile showing off his gun collection at his 33rd birthday. Part of a series on guns in America. index.html?autoload=guns guns St. Petersburg, Russia A homeless boy climbing out of his underground hiding place. He and other homeless kids sleep on top of the hot water pipes under the street on the outskirts of the city. Almost all the kids are addicted to sniffing glue. index.html?autoload=Russia_homeless_kids Russia_homeless_kids Moscow, Russia. Kursky train station .Kiril Glagolov, 10, (center) inhaling glue inside the train station. He and the other kids are homeless and addicted to glue. index.html?autoload=Kursk_kids_2 Kursk_kids_2 A punk band playing at the TamTam club in St. Petersburg, Russia. index.html?autoload=tamtam_club tamtam_club Performers at the club Ministry from a feature about Moscow nightlife for Maxim magazine. index.html?autoload=Ministry Ministry Mariinsk, Russia. An inmate is tested for tuberculosis at the #33 Prison Colony where over 100,000 prisoners are treated by the French charity organization Medecins Sans Frontieres. index.html?autoload=TB_prison_2 TB_prison_2 A nurse from the #33 Mariinsk prison colony who was infected with tuberculosis working there with infected inmates. index.html?autoload=tuberculosis_nurse tuberculosis_nurse Actors dangling over the Neva river in St. Petersburg during the making of the Hungarian film A Tale of Two Thieves. index.html?autoload=film_hungarian film_hungarian January 30, 2010. Cyclist Kenny Burns wading across Austin Creek in Cazadero during the 'Grasshopper Adventure Series,' an informal bike race combining dirt and road racing. index.html?autoload=grasshopper_bicycle grasshopper_bicycle Gordon Moore, the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation photographed at the Intel Museum in Santa Clara, California. index.html?autoload=GordonMoore_ GordonMoore_