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  • The fresh meat section of the weekly market in Hargesia, the capital of Somaliland. Despite the chronically chaotic political situation, people still try to go about their ordinary lives whenever they can, in this case buying and selling beef, mutton, and camel meat. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 17). Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war. March 1992.
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  • A pilgrim feeds a sacred cow in the street left over chapattis. Every 12 years, millions of devout Hindus celebrate the month-long festival of Kumbh Mela by bathing in the holy waters of the Ganges at Hardiwar, India. Hundreds of ashrams set up dusty, sprawling camps that stretch for miles. Under the watchful eye of police and lifeguards, the faithful throng to bathe in the river.
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  • Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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  • Pedestrians on the Charles Bridge. Prague, Czech Republic.
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  • Woodstock Rock Festival fans in the rain wait on the muddy hillside above the stage for the next act to play at the Woodstock rock festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm, in the rural town of Bethel, NY, on the weekend of August 16-18, 1969..
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  • Visitors at Beaubourg Museum at the Georges Pompidou Center, overlooking the surrounding city, Paris, France.
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  • Livestock market with camels, cattle and goats in Hargeisa, Somaliland, an unrecognized breakaway Republic of Somalia. Livestock is the main source of income in Somaliland.  March 1992.
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  • Rock Festival fans at the Woodstock rock festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm, in the rural town of Bethel, NY, on the weekend of August 16-18, 1969..
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  • Woodstock Rock Festival fans at the edge of the littered field near the stage at the Woodstock rock festival at Max Yasgur's 600 acre farm, in the rural town of Bethel, NY, on the weekend of August 16-18, 1969..
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  • A procession leaving the cathedral during holy week in Seville, Spain. Street processions are organized in most Spanish towns each evening, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. People carry statues of saints on floats or wooden platforms, and an atmosphere of mourning can seem quite oppressive to onlookers.
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  • Florida Street, Buenos Aires. McDonalds fast food restaurant
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  • New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia, USA. BASE jumper in mid-parachute seen below the 900-foot bridge. BASE jumping is the sport of using a parachute to jump from fixed objects. "BASE" is an acronym that stands for the four categories of objects from which one can jump; (B)uilding, (A)ntenna (an uninhabited tower such as an aerial mast), (S)pan (a bridge, arch or dome), and (E)arth (a cliff or other natural formation). BASE jumping is much more dangerous than skydiving from aircraft and is currently regarded as a fringe extreme sport. -from Wikipedia.
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  • Dancing La Sardana (Catalan folk dance) in front of the Gothic Cathedral (built 13th to 15th Century) in Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Dancing La Sardana (Catalan folk dance) in front of the Gothic Cathedral (built 13th to 15th Century) in Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Winter street scene with bundled shoppers near Red Square, Moscow, USSR. 1987.
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  • Security at the Paris Air Show, at Le Bourget Airport, France. Held every other year, the event is one of the world's biggest international trade fairs for the aerospace business.
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  • Getting water from Eeika Biiyaha, a mineral water factory tank in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • Hooded penitents in a night-time procession during Holy week in Seville, Spain. Street processions are organized in most Spanish towns each evening, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. People carry statues of saints on floats or wooden platforms, and an atmosphere of mourning can seem quite oppressive to onlookers.
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  • A procession leaving the cathedral during holy week in Seville, Spain. Street processions are organized in most Spanish towns each evening, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. People carry statues of saints on floats or wooden platforms, and an atmosphere of mourning can seem quite oppressive to onlookers.
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  • Aerial photograph of the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon festival, the world's largest an annual event hot air balloon event. New Mexico.
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  • Dancing La Sardana (Catalan folk dance) in front of the Gothic Cathedral (built 13th to 15th Century) in Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Dancing La Sardana (Catalan folk dance) in front of the Gothic Cathedral (built 13th to 15th Century) in Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Some of the American companies booths inside the main hall at the Paris Air Show, at Le Bourget Airport, France. Held every other year, the event is one of the world's biggest international trade fairs for the aerospace business.
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  • Livestock market with goats and camels in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Livestock is the main source of income in Somaliland. Somaliland is the breakaway republic in northern Somalia that declared independence in 1991 after 50,000 died in civil war. March 1992.
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  • Red Square with crowds and a McDonald's sign. Moscow, Russia.
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  • Crowds gather to listen to President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, during a  demonstration in favor of proposed constitutional reforms giving him more power in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007.
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  • President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, addresses crowds at a demonstration in favor of proposed constitutional reforms giving him more power in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007.
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  • President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, addresses crowds at a demonstration in favor of proposed constitutional reforms giving him more power in Caracas, Venezuela in November 2007.
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, sells two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of  Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family. (He is not visible in this photo of the crowd.) (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, sells two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of  Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family. (He is not visible in this photo of the crowd.) (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • A crowd gathers before dawn on a bridge over the Shipra River which flows through the holy city of Ujjain, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh during the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela. Every 12 years, millions of devout Hindus celebrate the month-long festival of Kumbh Mela by bathing in the Shipras holy waters. Hundreds of ashrams set up dusty, sprawling camps that stretch for miles. Under the watchful eye of police and lifeguards, the Patkar family of Ujjain, India join the faithful throng in the cool of the evening and bathe in the river, too. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 169).
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  • Crowd gathering in Starometske Namesti (old town square) to watch hourly church steeple clock figures. Prague, Czech Republic.
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  • Travelers crowd on top of a train at the main train station in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Travelers crowd onto ferries at the Sadarghat dock on the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The river acts as both a highway and a sewer, with 80 percent of the city's raw sewage draining into it from different parts of the city.
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  • Crowd watches snow bathers at the yearly Winter Carnival. Quebec, Canada.
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  • Travelers crowd onto ferries at the Sadarghat dock on the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The river acts as both a highway and a sewer, with 80 percent of the city's raw sewage draining into it from different parts of the city.
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  • A crowd gathers before dawn on a bridge over the Shipra River which flows through the holy city of Ujjain, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh during the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela. Every 12 years, millions of devout Hindus celebrate the month-long festival of Kumbh Mela by bathing in the Shipra's holy waters. Hundreds of ashrams set up dusty, sprawling camps that stretch for miles.
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  • Travelers crowd onto ferries at the Sadarghat dock on the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The river acts as both a highway and a sewer, with 80 percent of the city's raw sewage draining into the river.
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  • A crowd gathers before dawn on a bridge over the Shipra River which flows through the holy city of Ujjain, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh during the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela. Every 12 years, millions of devout Hindus celebrate the month-long festival of Kumbh Mela by bathing in the Shipras holy waters. Hundreds of ashrams set up dusty, sprawling camps that stretch for miles. Under the watchful eye of police and lifeguards, the Patkar family of Ujjain, India join the faithful throng in the cool of the evening and bathe in the river, too. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 169).
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  • Crowded street in the market section of Islamic section of Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Crowded street in Islamic section of Cairo, Egypt.
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  • The crowded Ujjain train station during Kumbh Mela festival, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. The Kumbh Mela festival is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage held 4 times every 12 years, cycling between the cities of Allahabad, Nasik, Ujjain and Hardiwar.  Participants of the Mela gather to cleanse themselves spiritually by bathing in the waters of India's sacred rivers.
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  • Decorated cemetery crowded with people in the distance, on the Day of the Dead, in  Todos Santos de Cuchumatan, Guatemala.
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  • A busy street in Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan. Shibuya district serves as the administrative and commercial center of Tokyo.
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  • Sitarani Tyaagi, an ascetic Hindu priest, with his typical day's worth of food at an ashram in Ujjain, India. (From the book What I Eat; Around the World in 80  Diets.)  The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food in the month of April was 1000 kcals. He is 70 years of age; 5 feet, 6 inches tall; and 103 pounds. Sitarani Tyaagi is one of thousands of ascetic Hindu priests?called Sadhus?that walk the country of India and receive food from observant Hindus. Generally, he eats one meal per day and has water for the other two meals. He has a small pot that he carries with him for water. Offer him more food than a plateful, and he will kindly say, "no thanks."  MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Thousands of pilgrims enjoy free meals of vegetarian curry and dal served by volunteers at Sri Swami Santdas Udaasin Ashram during the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, in Ujjain, India.  (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Nagas (Hindu ascetics who are followers of Sadhus) congregate to bathe in the Shipra River during the Kumbh Mela festival, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. The Kumbh Mela festival is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage held 4 times every 12 years, cycling between the cities of Allahabad, Nasik, Ujjain and Hardiwar.  Participants of the Mela gather to cleanse themselves spiritually by bathing in the waters of India's sacred rivers.  Kumbh Mela is one of the largest religious festivals on earth, attracting millions from all over India and the world.  Past Melas have attracted up to 70 million visitors..
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  • Worshippers eating at Sri Swami Santdas Udaasin Ashram, in Ujjain, India.
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, (wearing a red poncho), bargains with a vendor of flour and beans before he buys some. He sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family.(Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • A cheerleader pats the stomach and applies olive oil to one of the contestants in the Famous Famiglia world championship pizza eating contest in New York City's Times Square, where Joey Chestnut won the $5,000 first prize by eating 45 slices of cheese pizza in 10 minutes.  (Joey Chestnut is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Each slice weighed 109 grams (3.84 ounces) and contained 260 calories. In ten minutes Joey consumed 10.81 pounds (4.9 kilograms) of pizza and drank a gallon of water. The pizza contained 11,700 calories.
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  • Ruma Akhter (far left) with her neighbors outside her family home in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • The Holy Land Experience is a Christian theme park in Orlando, Florida. The theme park recreates the architecture and themes of the ancient city of Jerusalem in 1st century Israel. The Holy Land Experience was founded and built by Marvin Rosenthal, a Jewish born Baptist minister but is now owned by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Rosenthal is also the chief executive of a ministry devoted to 'reaching the Jewish people for the Messiah' called Zion's Hope. Beside the theme park architectural recreations, there are church services and live presentations of biblical stories, most notably a big stage production featuring the life of Jesus. There are several restaurants and gift shops in the theme park. The staff dresses in biblical costumes. Admission is $40 for adults and $25 for youths, aged 6-18.
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  • One of Ralph Rohrer's turkey houses on his turkey farm in Dayton, Virginia supplying Cargill. 11,000 turkeys in a building 600 feet long.
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  • One of Ralph Rohrer's turkey houses on his turkey farm in Dayton, Virginia supplying Cargill. 11,000 turkeys in a building 600 feet long.
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  • One of Ralph Rohrer's turkey houses on his turkey farm in Dayton, Virginia supplying Cargill. 11,000 turkeys in a building 600 feet long.
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  • One of Ralph Rohrer's turkey houses on his turkey farm in Dayton, Virginia supplying Cargill. 11,000 turkeys in a building 600 feet long.
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  • One of Ralph Rohrer's turkey houses on his turkey farm in Dayton, Virginia supplying Cargill. 11,000 turkeys in a building 600 feet long.
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  • Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam
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  • Taipei, Taiwan morning rush hour commute, with thousands of commuters on motor scooters and motorcycles.
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  • Taipei, Taiwan. Night market.
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  • Sea Lions at Pier 39, San Francisco, California
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  • Sea Lions at Pier 39, San Francisco, California
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  • Sea Lions at Pier 39, San Francisco, California
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  • Sea Lions at Pier 39, San Francisco, California
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  • Sea Lions at Pier 39, San Francisco, California
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  • Florida Street, Buenos Aires
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, (wearing a red poncho), buys a big sack of rice from a  vendor in a truck. He sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family. His wife Ermalinda and youngest son watch. He bought "broken" rice because it is cheaper than the whole grain rice. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE)
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, (wearing a red poncho), pays for some flour he bought from a vendor in the weekly market in Simiatug (his wife, Ermalinda is by his side on the right, also with red poncho. His youngest son is on his wife's back and Alvarito, 4 is in the blue sweater eating an orange.) He sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family. ((Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • An intersection roundabout with a traffic cop in the perpetually busy and noisy streets of Varanasi, India have all kinds of transport. Cows also wander through the city. Varanasi, India..
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  • An intersection roundabout with a traffic cop in the perpetually busy and noisy streets of Varanasi, India have all kinds of transport. Cows also wander through the city. Varanasi, India..
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  • The perpetually busy and noisy streets of Varanasi, India have all kinds of transport. Cows also wander through the city. Varanasi, India.
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  • Colorful and popular Dasasvamedha Ghat gets a lot of attention from religious pilgrims, locals, and tourists alike and is one of the busiest bathing ghats in the city of Varanasi.
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  • Colorful and popular Dasasvamedha Ghat gets a lot of attention from religious pilgrims, locals, and tourists alike and is one of the busiest bathing ghats in the city of Varanasi.
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  • Michael Rae talks about calorie restrictive diets and longevity to the audience at the Idea City Conference in Toronto, Canada. Michael is research assistant to the theoretician and biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey, and they are the coauthors of the book Ending Aging. (Michael Rae is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Fans stand up to catch a better glimpse of professional bullfighter Oscar Higares in action at the annual village festival of San Juan in Campos del Rio, near Murcia in southern Spain. (Oscar Higares is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Traffic swirls around a policeman at a roundabout in the busy and noisy main shopping district of Varanasi in Utta Pradesh province, India. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Apart from keeping his eye on rickshaws, the policeman is watching for bicycles, pedestrians, cars, and the two cows wandering down the street.
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  • Worshipers perform religious rituals at Longshan Temple in Taipei, Taiwan.
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  • Members of the armed forces practice for ceremonies to mark the founding of The Republic of China and New Year's Day at Freedom Plaza, by Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and National Concert Hall and National Theater.
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  • Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City Jerusalem, Israel.
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  • Buckets of food prepared for worshippers at Sri Swami Santdas Udaasin Ashram, in Ujjain, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
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  • The perpetually busy and noisy streets of Varanasi, India have all kinds of transport. Cows also wander aimlessly through the city, foraging for food and water.
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  • Ruma Akhter (far left) with her neighbors outside her family home in Dhaka, Bangladesh.  (Ruma Akhter is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Tourists and Namibians of various tribes, including traditionally dressed Himba women, mingle outside Castle Bar Number 2 in Opuwo, a town well known for cultural tourism in northwestern Namibia.
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  • Tourists and Namibians of various tribes, including traditionally dressed Himba women, mingle outside Castle Bar Number 2 in Opuwo, a town well known for cultural tourism in northwestern Namibia.
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  • Worshipers say their prayers in a building in Cairo, Egypt.
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  • The Sunday market in the village of Menghan in the southwestern province of Jinhong, near Burma, Jinhong, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 102,103)
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  • One of Ralph Rohrer's turkey houses on his turkey farm in Dayton, Virginia supplying Cargill. 11,000 turkeys in a building 600 feet long.
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  • One of Ralph Rohrer's turkey houses on his turkey farm in Dayton, Virginia supplying Cargill. 11,000 turkeys in a building 600 feet long.
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  • One of Ralph Rohrer's turkey houses on his turkey farm in Dayton, Virginia supplying Cargill. 11,000 turkeys in a building 600 feet long.
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  • One of Ralph Rohrer's turkey houses on his turkey farm in Dayton, Virginia supplying Cargill. 11,000 turkeys in a building 600 feet long.
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  • York Beach, Maine. July.
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  • Sea Lions at Pier 39, San Francisco, California
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  • Sea Lions at Pier 39, San Francisco, California
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  • Napa Town and Country Fair. August. Napa Valley, CA
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  • Pedestrians on the Charles Bridge. Prague, Czech Republic.
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  • A pilgrim sleeping near the Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varansi, India.
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  • Colorful and popular Dasasvamedha Ghat gets a lot of attention from religious pilgrims, locals, and tourists alike and is one of the busiest bathing ghats in the city of Varanasi.
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  • A procession marks the beginning of the bullfighting festival in which bull-fighter Oscar Higares performed at Campos del Rio, near Murcia, Spain. (Oscar Higares is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Professional bullfighter Oscar Higares (center) at a bullfighting festival at Campos del Rio, near Murcia, Spain. (Oscar Higares is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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