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  • Mestilde Shigwedha, a diamond polisher, examines a gem as she prepares to polish it at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. (Mestilde Shigwedha was featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many. "Mesti," as she is called, grew up in the north of Namibia near the Angola border in a mud and stick house that she helped cement with dung. She now rents a room in a house in Windhoek and supports family members and herself on her small income from Namcot.  MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A diamond polisher works on a gem in a diamond polishing factory at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • A diamond polisher examines a gem in a polishing factory at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • Diamond polishers speak to their supervisors at Namcot Diamonds, a diamond cutting and polishing company in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • Diamond polishers work on their gems in a diamond polishing factory at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • Diamond polishers work on their gems in a diamond polishing factory at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • A diamond polisher works on a gem in a diamond polishing factory at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • Diamond polishers work on their gems in a diamond polishing factory at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • A supervisor inspects a gem in a diamond polishing factory at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • Supervisors coordinate operations in a diamond polishing  factory at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • On Green Island, a former prison island off the coast of SE Taiwan where political prisoners were incarcerated and re-educated during the unnervingly recent White Terror. There's actually still a high-security prison on the island, but it only holds 200 inmates (actual felons, not polital prisoners), as opposed to the couple thousand of earlier decades..Now it's mostly a tourist destination. We visited in the off season in March, thereby avoiding the 5,000-10,000 tourists that inundate the little place daily, though, being the off season, we had to contend instead with intermittent cold rain and high winds.
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  • On Green Island, a former prison island off the coast of SE Taiwan where political prisoners were incarcerated and re-educated during the unnervingly recent White Terror. There's actually still a high-security prison on the island, but it only holds 200 inmates (actual felons, not polital prisoners), as opposed to the couple thousand of earlier decades..Now it's mostly a tourist destination. We visited in the off season in March, thereby avoiding the 5,000-10,000 tourists that inundate the little place daily, though, being the off season, we had to contend instead with intermittent cold rain and high winds.
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  • USA_SFOL_15_xs.The annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco's South of Market district is is held on the last Sunday in September and caps San Francisco's Leather Pride Week. It was started in 1984 for gays and lesbians, and other practitioners of alternative lifestyles. California, USA. ..
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  • Keogh Hot Springs on Route 395: Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
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  • Mestilde Shigwedha, a diamond polisher for NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia with her day's worth of food. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Napa Valley, California. Businessman Donald Hess, owner of The Hess Collection Winery in the Mt. Veeder region of Napa Valley. Mr. Hess is a collector of modern art. He displays a portion of his collection for the public at his winery in Napa.  Photographed in front of "Crowda" by Polish artist, Magdalena Abakamowicz. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE) The Sobczynscy family in the main room of their apartment in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland, outside Warsaw; with a week's worth of food. Marzena Sobczynska, and Hubert Sobczynski stand in the rear; with Marzena's parents; Jan Boimski, and Anna Boimska; to their right and their daughter Klaudia on the couch. (Polish surnames are gender-based and can change when speaking of the family as a whole. "Sobscynscy" is plural). The Sobczynscy family is one of the thirty families featured in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 246).
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  • Mestilde Shigwedha, a diamond polisher for NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia, drinks tea with a colleague during a break in the company cafeteria.  Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
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  • Mestilde Shigwedha, a diamond polisher for NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia, in the kitchen of her rented house after a busy day at the factory. (Mestilde Shigwedha was featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Mestilde Shigwedha, a diamond polisher for NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia, in her bedroom after a work day at the factory. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A security guard checks diamond polisher Mestilde Shigwedha's grocery items against her receipt at a supermarket in Windhoek, Namibia. Guards check the groceries of all shoppers to prevent shoplifting.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). At home in San Antonio, Texas, 5-year-old Brian Fernandez polishes off a soda from the fast-food chain, Whataburger. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Joachim Rösch, a brewmaster at the Ganter Brewery in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany conducts a routine check of the factory.  (Joachim Rösch is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80  Diets.)   The caloric value of his day's worth of food in March was 2700 kcals. He is 44 years of age; 6 feet, 2 inches tall; and 207 pounds. The brewery's main hall showcases old polished copper vats, but Ganter now also uses stainless steel tanks with computerized controls in a blend of traditional and modern beer making. Joachim's job requires him to taste beer a number of times during the week, and unlike in wine tasting, he can't just taste then spit it out: "Once you've got the bitter on the back of your tongue, you automatically get the swallow reflex, so down the chute you go," he says. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Diamond polisher Mestilde's Shigwedha's netball team (outside the court on left) waits their turn to play in a city tournament in Windhoek, Namibia. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The team is sponsored by Mesti's employer, NamCot Diamonds, which is part of the Steinmetz Group.
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  • Mestilde Shigwedha, a diamond polisher for NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia, in her bedroom after a hard day at the factory. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A section of the Katutura suburb in Windhoek, Namibia, near the rented house of Mestilde Shigwedha, a diamond polisher for NamCot Diamonds.
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  • Diamond polishers play a game of dominoes during a break at NamCot Diamonds, a diamond cutting and polishing company in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
    NAM_090306_065_xw.jpg
  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). At home in San Antonio, Texas, 5-year-old Brian Fernandez polishes off a cheeseburger from the fast-food chain, Whataburger. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). At home in San Antonio, Texas, 5-year-old Brian Fernandez polishes off a cheeseburger from the fast-food chain, Whataburger. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 275).
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  • A diamond polisher works on a gem in a diamond polishing factory at NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia. Diamonds are one of Namibia's major exports, and  while conflict diamonds grab the headlines, the fact is that the industry does provide a fairly decent living for many.
    NAM_090306_254_xw.jpg
  • Mestilde Shigwedha, a diamond polisher for NamCot Diamonds in Windhoek, Namibia, shops for groceries at a supermarket near her home.  (Mestilde Shigwedha is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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