Salvadorans deported from the U.S. wait in the immigration office at Comalapa International Airport, 27 miles south of San Salvador, upon their arrival on Feb. 1.

Deportees are taken into an immigration office at Comalapa International Airport, upon their arrival in El Salvador on Feb. 1.

A Salvadoran immigration officer provides information to deportees about the check-in process at Comalapa International Airport, on Feb. 1.

A Salvadoran deported from the US is vaccinated at the immigration office in Comalapa International Airport, upon her arrival in El Salvador on Feb. 1.

Salvadorans wait for their loved ones -- some deported from the US -- at Comalapa International Airport, 27 miles south of San Salvador, on Feb. 1.

Accompanied by family members, deported Salvadorans leave Comalapa International Airport, 27 miles south of San Salvador, moments after arriving in El Salvador on Feb. 1.

Inmates stand by a door at La Esperaza Jail in San Salvador.

Inmates walk out of their cells after the morning counting at La Esperaza.

Inmates walk in line at La Esperaza Jail in San Salvador.

Inmates participate in a religious service at La Esperaza Jail.

An inmate carries tortillas for breakfast at La Esperaza Jail.

Inmates wash themselves at La Esperaza Jail in San Salvador.

Handcuffs hang from a wire netting at La Esperaza Jail in San Salvador.

Carmen Elena Rosales, 26, Irving Ernesto Rosales, 23, Nancy Jasmin Rosales, 15, and their father Ernesto Rosales Guillen, 47, at home in the community of Iberia in El Salvador's capital San Salvador.

Sonia Vanegas Munoz is a domestic worker in Beverly Hills. She earns $10 per hour. Vanegas Munoz hasn't seen her husband and children in six years.

The gate of the home where Munoz works in Beverly Hills. She left El Salvador in 2005 because her family wasn't making ends meet.

A San Salvador government worker fumigates houses in the northern area of the capital city, to eliminate mosquitos, transmitters of the dengue disease in San Salvador, El Salvador, Aug. 17, 2012.

Catholic priest Fabio Colindres speaks with a member of Mara Salvatrucha gang during a mass at the prison of Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador on Tuesday, June 19, 2012.

A member of Mara Salvatrucha gang poses at the prison of Ciudad Barrios on Tuesday.

Mara Salvatrucha gang members attend a mass at the prison on Tuesday.

Garbage dumps like this one in New Delhi, India, are often ways for the poorest to scrounge a living by recycling material. In one way those jobs are part of the "green economy" celebrated by the U.N. on June 5, World Environment Day. But those jobs usually don't translate into better lives in the long run.

An Ibis flies over a nest site at the La Barra bird reserve in Metapan, El Salvador, on June 5. Eco-tourism is one tried-and-true way to green an economy, especially in poorer countries.

Victoria Memorial Hall, an icon in Calcutta, India, is lit up in green on June 5 to commemorate World Environment Day.

A Blue Jeans Dart Frog rests on a leaf at the Braullio Carrillo National Park, 31 miles east of San Jose on June 5. According to a recent poll, Costa Ricans would agree to pay higher taxes if it is used for actions to promote the environment, according to local media. Costa Rica, with more than 30% of its territories held in national parks, celebrates World Environment Day today.

Mara Salvatrucha gang member Noelio Calderon is attended by a technician to repair his prosthesis in a non profit organization on San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 29. Four imprisoned gang members are having their prosthesis repaired in order to imporve their quality of life as part of the benefits of the truce between gangs and the government.

Shackled inmate Noelio Calderon, a member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, adjusts his old prosthetic leg at a clinic where he is getting measured for a new one in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Jailed member of street gang Mara Salvatrucha, Santos Benitez Sanchez, 44, who lost his left leg during a fight against a rival gang, waits to be fitted with a prosthetic leg at the clinic of the Salvadoran Handicapped Organization in San Salvador on May 29.

Mara Salvatrucha gang member Santos Benito Sanchez is attended by a technician to repair his prosthesis in a non profit organization on San Salvador.

Maria Ponce, 78, waves to passersby as she stands in the doorway of her home that is constructed from recycled plastic bottles, near El Transito, El Salvador, Thursday Dec. 29, 2011. Ponce, who did not have money to build a traditional house, says in 2005 a dream revealed to her to fashion a home from plastic bottles, which took 3 months. Ponce and her 102-year-old companion survive on about 10 dollars a week which they make from their corn crop and donations from tourists making the journey to see "La Casita Encantada," or "The Enchanted Cottage."

Prudencio Amaya, 102, and his companion Maria Ponce, 78, stand in front of their home's facade, constructed from recycled plastic bottles, near El Transito, El Salvador, Thursday Dec. 29, 2011.

A pilgrim carries a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Monday Dec. 12, 2011. Thousands of people from all over the country converge on the basilica bringing images to be blessed on the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Pilgrims sleep at Basilica's square during the celebration of Virgin of Guadalupe's Day in Mexico city on Monday.

A pilgrim carries a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe during the celebration of Virgin of Guadalupe Day at Basilica's square in Mexico city on Monday.

Dancers march toward a mass for the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. The dancers were celebrating the end of a torch relay from Mexico City to New York that honors the Virgin of Guadalupe, a popular Roman Catholic icon throughout Latin America. The torch relay is also a symbolic gesture of solidarity with immigrants that enter the United States from Mexico.

A woman attends to the Guadalupe basilica during the commemoration of Virgin of Guadalupe day in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Monday.

Young revellers take part in a parade called "La Calabiuza" in Tonacatepeque, near San Salvador, El Salvador, on November 1. During the celebration, the residents of Tonacatepeque, originally an indigeneus community, recall the characters of the mithology of Cuzcatlan --pre-Columbian west and central regions of El Salvador -- and their dead relatives.

Musicians and a balloon vendor walk in the Nueva Esperanza cemetery -- one of the biggest in Latin America -- during All Saints' Day celebrations on the outskirts of Villa Maria del Triunfo, southern Lima, Peru, on November 1.

A boy flies a kite in the cemetery on Day of the Dead in Zunil, Guatemala, on November 1. Because Mayans believe the dead are allowed to visit their families on earth for one day, family members fly kites to guide their departed relatives to their earthly homes.