East Timor president

East Timor president

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta gives an interview in Dili, East Timor, on Oct. 10, 2025.

E. Timor election

E. Timor election

DILI, East Timor - Francisco Guterres (R), known as Lu Olo, leader of the opposition Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, or FRETILIN, speaks to his supporters in the suburbs of Dili, East Timor, on March 14, 2012. He is running in the March 17, 2012, presidential election.

(1)East Timorese go to the polls

(1)East Timorese go to the polls

DILI, East Timor - Jose Ramos-Horta, the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who currently handles foreign affairs in East Timor's transitional administration, casts his ballot at a polling station in Dili, East Timor, on Aug. 30 as the voting began to elect an 88-member constituent assembly.

Japanese cameras to capture children's E. Timor

Japanese cameras to capture children's E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Japanese photographer Hikaru Nagatake (far R) explains to children in Dili, East Timor, how to use a disposable Japanese camera on Aug. 16. Nagatake told Kyodo News she plans to hand out 100 cameras to East Timorese kids in various villages as part of a personal project to foster creativity among the territory's young and capture their perspectives on life. She will then collect the cameras and have the film developed in Japan. Copies of the photos will be sent to the children and the best ones will be given awards.

Doctors Without Borders worker examines baby in Dili

Doctors Without Borders worker examines baby in Dili

DILI, East Timor - A female medic from Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans Frontieres), which on Oct. 15 was awarded the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, attends to a baby in Dili, East Timor, on Oct. 16.

Vehicle, house burned by militiamen before ballot in Dili

Vehicle, house burned by militiamen before ballot in Dili

DILI, East Timor - The photo, taken at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 31, shows a vehicle and a house burned by pro-Indonesian militiamen in Gleno, some 60 kilometers southwest of Dili, East Timor, before the Aug. 30 ballot on autonomy within Indonesia or independence.

Refugees receiving food, medical supplies in E. Timor

Refugees receiving food, medical supplies in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - The photo shows refugees receiving food and medical supplies from a volunteer group in Dili, East Timor, on Aug. 28, two days ahead of a referendum determining the territory's future -- independence or the special autonomy status offered by Indonesia.