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  • Stock Exchange.  Warsaw, Poland.
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  • Stock Exchange.  Warsaw, Poland.
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  • Warsaw stock exchange trader. Warsaw, Poland.
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  • Doctors working on an injured man, a gunshot victim, at Keysany Hospital, ICRC, in Mogadishu, the war torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • Aerial of Quito, Ecuador.
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  • Aerial of Quito, Ecuador.
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  • Aerial of Quito, Ecuador.
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  • Flying with Benny (Bjorn) Thoroddsen in a Pitts Special over Hafnarfjordur, near Reykjavik, Iceland.
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  • Flying with Benny Thoroddsen in a Pitts Special over Reykjavik, Iceland.
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  • Cairo, Egypt. Neighborhood bordering the city of the dead. Note blue cemetery monuments in the center.
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  • Old Islamic section of Cairo, Egypt, including part of the city of the dead.
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  • Old Islamic section of Cairo, Egypt, including part of the city of the dead.
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  • Cairo, Egypt.
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  • City of the dead in the old part of Islamic Cairo, Egypt.
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  • The Canadian Parliament building and Alexendra Bridge over the Ottawa River in Ottawa, Canada. This is near the home of Coco Simone Fincken, the veggie-teen featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.
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  • Colonial architecture in old Havana, Cuba.
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  • Aerial of Quito, Ecuador.
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  • Cairo, Egypt. Neighborhood bordering the city of the dead. Note blue cemetery monuments in the center.
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  • City of the dead in the old part of Islamic Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Apartments buildings and skyline, Cairo, Egypt.
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  • An aerial view of the city of Reykjavik, Iceland from a Pitts Special biplane.
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  • View of Trashi Chhoe Dzong in Bhutan's capital city of Thimphu. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001. The Dzong?or fortress?is one of many in the country that historically provided sanctuary for the country's people during war and strife. Trashi Chhoe Dzong was rebuilt when the country capital was moved to Thimphu in the early 1960's. Architecture. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • An Indian family visiting the temple at Halebid, South India. The ancient capital of the Hoysalas, Halebid was then known as Dwarasamudram. The great city of Dwarasamudra flourished as a Capital of the Hoysala Empire during the 12th & 13th centuries.
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  • Carving on the temple wall at Halebid, South India. The ancient capital of the Hoysalas, Halebid was then known as Dwarasamudram. The great city of Dwarasamudra flourished as a Capital of the Hoysala Empire during the 12th & 13th centuries.
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  • Carvings on the temple wall at Halebid, South India. The ancient capital of the Hoysalas, Halebid was then known as Dwarasamudram. The city of Dwarasamudra flourished as a Capital of the Hoysala Empire during the 12th & 13th centuries..
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  • Jantar Mantar Observatory, a collection of architectural astronomical instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II at his then new capital of Jaipur between 1727 and 1733 in New Delhi, India.
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  • Vientiane, Laos. That Dam, the Black Stupa, one of the oldest monuments, 15th C, in the capital city of Vientiane.
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  • Gers and hand built homes without water or plumbing sprang up on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as more and more of Mongolia's rural population moved to the capital city to find work.  Russian style apartment buildings mark the edge of the established city, and the growing suburban ger settlements stretch into the surrounding hills. (Gers are circular tent-like dwellings with a collapsible wooden frame covered in animal skins, felt, and/or canvas. It serves as a home for shepherds and families alike. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Truck accident. There is no room for mistakes on the winding narrow one lane "highway" that traverses the Himalayan country of Bhutan. It is used most frequently by large trucks hauling goods and people. The driver here was fortunate that the truck didn't plunge down the mountainside from this section of road between the airport town of Paro and the national capital Thimphu. From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Bhutan, 2001.
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  • Indianapolis, Indiana. State capital building.
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  • Local children playing a gamve with stones and sticks at Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • Group of monks gather at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor...
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  • Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • Ruins at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • Angkor Wat temple seen in the reflection of the moat. Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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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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  • Dr. Chris Giannou of the International Committee of the Red Cross with a patient who is recovering from a landmine blast. In the ICRC hospital in Hargeisa, capital of 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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  • USC fighter for General Aidid with his girlfriend and a watermelon in Mogadishu, war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A camel slaughter at dawn in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A camel slaughter at dawn in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • Doctors working on an injured man, a gunshot victim, at Keysany Hospital, ICRC, in Mogadishu, the war torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • Decomposing body in the streets of Mogadishu, war-torn capital of Somalia, where 30,000 died between November 1991 and March 1992.
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  • A teenage shelling victim in a "Villa Hospital", a private home turned into a hospital in the north sector (Ali Mahdi controlled sector), in Mogadishu, war-torn capital of Somalia where 30,000 died between November 1991 and March 1992. March 1992.
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  • A young shelling victim in a "Villa Hospital", a private home turned into a hospital in the north sector (Ali Mahdi controlled sector), in Mogadishu, war-torn capital of Somalia where 30,000 died between November 1991 and March 1992. March 1992.
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  • A woman carrying her listless child in a refugee camp near Merca, 100 km. south of Mogadishu, Somalia, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A sick, starving man in a refugee camp near Merca, 100 km. South of Mogadishu, war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A woman at a refugee camp near Merca, 100 km. south of Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • Men looting copper phone wires. The scrap copper sells for $1.25 a kilo. This photo was taken at the front lines on the north side of Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A weapons and ammunition vendor at the Bekara market, the main public outdoor market in the South sector of Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • International Red Cross run Keysaney Hospital in Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • One of General Aidid's tanks captured and disabled in a battle for Keysaney Hospital. Mogadishu, war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • A young man with a gun overlooks the old port area destroyed by fighting in the old Arab quarter in Mogadishu, war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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  • Low tide in Frobisher Bay near Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, Canada. Iqaluit, with a population of 6,000, is the largest community in Nunavut as well as the capital city, is located in the southeast part of Baffin Island. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, it is at the mouth of the bay of that name, overlooking Koojesse Inlet. "Iqaluit" means 'place of many fish'.
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  • A cemetery in Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, Canada. With a population of 6,000, Iqaluit is the largest community in Nunavut as well as the capital city, located in the southeast part of Baffin Island. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, it is at the mouth of the bay of that name, overlooking Koojesse Inlet. "Iqaluit" means 'place of many fish'.
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  • The town of Iqaluit in Nunavut territory, Canada. With a population of 6,000 Iqaluit is the largest community in Nunavut as well as the capital city. It is located in the southeast part of Baffin Island, Canada. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, it is at the mouth of the bay of that name, overlooking Koojesse Inlet. "Iqaluit" means 'place of many fish'.
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  • A woman sells fish and other seafood delicacies at the Central Market in Latvia's capital, Riga. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Established in 1201, Riga is one of Europe's largest and most ancient markets.
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  • A vendor arranges vegetables on her stall at the Central Market in Riga, the capital of Latvia. Riga's Central Market, established in 1201, is one of Europe's largest and most ancient markets.
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  • Fish for sale at the Central Market in Riga, the capital of Latvia.  Riga's Central Market, established in 1201, is one of Europe's largest and most ancient markets.
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  • An view of the city of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. The National Cathedral dominates the skyline.
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  •  Katherine Navas, a high school student  (behind counter in shop on right), tends to a customer behind the counter of her stepfather's Internet and copy shop in Caracus, Venezuela. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Bars on all the windows, doors, and balconies signal that security is a major concern in this neighborhood. Caracas was the murder capital of the world in 2008; 50 murders in one weekend is not unheard of. Local gangs are viciously territorial and ruthless in their victimization of the hardworking, law-abiding majority. Noemi Hurtado, an 83-year-old who has lived a stone's throw from Katherine's house for the past 51 years, has never once crossed into the barrio of La Silsa. ?It's too dangerous,? she says. ?I would never go there.? When Noemi moved to western Caracas, the La Silsa barrio didn't yet exist; the hills surrounding the valley were forested and, she remembers, there were waterfalls
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  • Lan Guihua (right), a widowed farmer, and her neighbor bleed a freshly killed chicken at her home in Ganjiagou Village, Sichuan Province, China. (She is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets). The caloric value of her day's worth of food on a typical day in June was 1900 kcals. She is 68 years of age; 5 feet, 3 inches tall; and 121 pounds. Her farmhouse is tucked into a bamboo-forested hillside beneath her husband's grave, and the courtyard opens onto a view of citrus groves and vegetable fields. Chickens and dogs roam freely in the packed-earth courtyard, and firewood and brush for her kitchen wok are stacked under the eaves. Although homegrown vegetables and rice are her staples, chicken feathers and a bowl that held scalding water for easier feather plucking are clues to the meat course of a special meal for visitors. In this region, each rural family is its own little food factory and benefits from thousands of years of agricultural knowledge passed down from generation to generation.  She lives in the area of Production Team 7 of Ganjiagou Village, 1.5 hours south of the provincial capital of Sichuan Province?Chengdu.
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  • Women wearing burqas walk on a street in the newer section of Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Most Yemeni women cover themselves for modesty, in accordance with tradition.
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  • At dusk, the skyline of Sanaa, Yemen's capital, is a rough blend of the old and the new, with satellite dishes perched on the roofs of ancient buildings.
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  • A man chews qat at an afternoon qat chewing session at Karim's house in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Qat chewing is a popular diversion for many Yemenis.
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  • The view from the roof of an 8 story hotel in old Sanaa, Yemen's capital, is a rough blend of the old and the new, with satellite dishes perched on the roofs of ancient buildings.
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  • Lan Guihua, a widowed farmer, oversees the cooking of lunch for guests and neighbors at her home in Ganjiagou Village, Sichuan Province, China. (She is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets). The caloric value of her day's worth of food on a typical day in June was 1900 kcals. She is 68 years of age; 5 feet, 3 inches tall; and 121 pounds. Her farmhouse is tucked into a bamboo-forested hillside beneath her husband's grave, and the courtyard opens onto a view of citrus groves and vegetable fields. Chickens and dogs roam freely in the packed-earth courtyard, and firewood and brush for her kitchen wok are stacked under the eaves. Although homegrown vegetables and rice are her staples, chicken feathers and a bowl that held scalding water for easier feather plucking are clues to the meat course of a special meal for visitors. In this region, each rural family is its own little food factory and benefits from thousands of years of agricultural knowledge passed down from generation to generation.  She lives in the area of Production Team 7 of Ganjiagou Village, 1.5 hours south of the provincial capital of Sichuan Province?Chengdu.
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  • Tables of beef viscera for sale in a market in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad. Although meat in the United States and Europe mainly comes from factory farms and is sold in shrink-wrapped packages, most animal products elsewhere (as these photographs demonstrate)come from small-scale producers and are sold by butchers.
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  • Silicon Valley, California; Tim Draper, venture capitalist, takes Airpower Communications Execs on his boat for a meeting near his office. Tim Draper, a partner in Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson, one of the leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms. Draper has been very successful lately with Internet start-up companies that have gone public. He says he was responsible for Netscape's free hotmail idea that helped the company be bought by Microsoft for several billion dollars. (1999).
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  • North of Thailand's capital city of Bangkok, at the temple complex of Wat Chae Wattanaram, rows of stone Buddhas (a common image in this overwhelmingly Buddhist nation) testify to his enlightenment, Wat Chae Wattanaram, Thailand. Material World Project.
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  • In late September, a family assembles a ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) in a squatter settlement on the hillsides of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They have been herding animals in the countryside for the summer and are now moving back into the city for the winter. Despite the popular image of Mongolians as nomadic herders, it is an increasingly urbanized country. More than one quarter of Mongolians live in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar. Material World Project.
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  • Grain and sundries shop in the Bhutanese capital of Thimphu. There are no western-style supermarkets in the country. This store is about as big as they come, and most all of the packaged goods come in overland from India. Bhutan. From Peter Menzel's Material World Project.
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  • Barges in the bay, which has 30-foot tides, unload from ships in Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, Canada. Nearly all supplies come by ship, only during the ice-free spring, summer, and early fall months. Iqaluit, with population of 6,000, is the largest community in Nunavut as well as the capital city. It is located in the southeast part of Baffin Island. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, it is at the mouth of the bay of that name, overlooking Koojesse Inlet. "Iqaluit" means 'place of many fish'. The image is part of a collection of images and documentation for Hungry Planet 2, a continuation of work done after publication of the book project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel & Faith D'Aluisio.
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  • Inukshuk (stone marker) above the town of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Iqaluit, with population of 6,000, is the largest community in Nunavut as well as the capital city. It is located in the southeast part of Baffin Island. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, it is at the mouth of the bay of that name, overlooking Koojesse Inlet. "Iqaluit" means 'place of many fish'. The image is part of a collection of images and documentation for Hungry Planet 2, a continuation of work done after publication of the book project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel & Faith D'Aluisio.
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  • The town of Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, Canada after a light snowfall in early October. Iqaluit, with a population of 6,000, is the largest community in Nunavut as well as the capital city. It is located in the southeast part of Baffin Island. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, the town is at the mouth of the bay of that name, overlooking Koojesse Inlet. "Iqaluit" means 'place of many fish'. The image is part of a collection of images and documentation for Hungry Planet 2, a continuation of work done after publication of the book project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel & Faith D'Aluisio.
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  • The Melanson family boys at home after school in their living room in Iqualuit, Canada. Iqaluit, with a population of 6,000, is the largest community in Nunavut as well as the capital city. It is located in the southeast part of Baffin Island. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, the town is at the mouth of the bay of that name, overlooking Koojesse Inlet. "Iqaluit" means 'place of many fish'. Canada. The image is part of a collection of images and documentation for Hungry Planet 2, a continuation of work done after publication of the book project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel & Faith D'Aluisio.
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  • Pauline Melanson, a Royal Mounted Canadian Police officer, shops for her family's groceries in Iqualuit. Iqaluit, with a population of 6,000, is the largest community in Nunavut as well as the capital city. It is located in the southeast part of Baffin Island. The image is part of a collection of images and documentation for Hungry Planet 2, a continuation of work done after publication of the book project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel & Faith D'Aluisio.
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  • Peter Melanson and son Shane at a Beaver Scout meeting in the local elementary school gym, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Iqaluit, with a population of 6,000, is the largest community in Nunavut as well as the capital city. It is located in the southeast part of Baffin Island. Formerly known as Frobisher Bay, the town is at the mouth of the bay of that name, overlooking Koojesse Inlet. "Iqaluit" means 'place of many fish'. The image is part of a collection of images and documentation for Hungry Planet 2, a continuation of work done after publication of the book project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, by Peter Menzel & Faith D'Aluisio.
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  • A drive-through McDonald's restaurant in downtown Kuwait City, Kuwait. The affluent Kuwaiti capital is peppered with U.S. fast-food chains and franchised restaurants. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Chinese cities are among the world capitals of street food, with stands selling an extraordinary variety of treats. In central Beijing, the Enrong Roasted Meat Store offers "Brazilian roasted meat" (left foreground, the vertical, rotating stack of meat), "fresh-boiled" and "honey-roasted" corn on the cob, "Mongolian grasslands roasted meat," dry, tire-black "stinky tofu," and a rack of skewered scorpions (under salesman's outstretched arm). Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 77). This image is featured alongside the Dong family images in Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Gers and hand built homes without water or plumbing sprang up on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as more and more of Mongolia's rural population moved to the capital city to find work. (Gers are circular tent-like dwellings with a collapsible wooden frame covered in animal skins, felt, and/or canvas. It serves as a home for shepherds and families alike. Traditionally, the structures fit the lifestyle of the largely nomadic Mongols. As the population became more stationary, the ger continued to be used as animal skins and wool felt were, and are, easier to procure while more western style building materials were expensive and scarce.) From coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mongolia, 2001.
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  • Luca Ferrero and Arturo Artom (with beard) at Stanford University, Stanford, California. The two Italian entrepreneurs had just received venture capital money for a company called Your Truman Show, which is a website for sharing personal videoblogs. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • The town cemetery of Ushuaia, the provincial capital of Tierra del Fuego, with sailboats moored in the distance. Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
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  • The World, a luxury floating condo ship at the Port of Ushuaia, the provincial capital of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
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  • Nuclear weapons billboard on I-25. Santa Fe, New Mexico. The signs reads "New Mexico, World Capital of Weapons of Mass Destruction. USA. www.lasg.org."
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  • Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavik, Iceland, the world's most northern capital.
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  • Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavik, Iceland, the world's most northern capital.
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  • Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavik, Iceland, the world's northern-most capital.
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  • Ta Prohm:. A very large temple complex enclosed by a moat and one of the most beautiful of the Khmer temples as it has not been restored, but has been left surrounded by jungle. It was built by Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Faith D'Aluisio looks at the tree that has grown up to encase part of the temple.
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  • A giant stone face in the Bayon Temple in Angkor, Cambodia. A temple-mountain complex containing 200 gigantic faces. The Banyon is a massive temple complex built by Jayavarman VII between 1181 and 1220. It features 3,936 feet of superb bas-relief carving and mysterious Buddha faces carved on the towers of the third level. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. .
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  • Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia. The temples at Angkor are spread out over some 40 miles around the village of Siem Reap, about 192 miles from the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. They were built between the eighth and 13th centuries and range from single towers made of bricks to vast stone temple complexes. Regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Khmer architecture, it is a huge pyramid temple built by Suryavarman II between 1113 and 1150. It is surrounded by a moat 570 feet wide and about four miles long. The bas-relief carvings are of the highest quality and the most beautifully executed in Angkor..
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  • Camel auction at the livestock market (main source of income). Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland, (the Breakaway Republic of Somalia).
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  • A Somalian child recovering in the hospital after being blinded and injured while playing with a landmine in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland. The three leading causes of death in Somalia are gastro-enteritis, T.B. and trauma, mostly from land mines, gun shots, and car accidents. 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 young Somalian girl recovering the hospital after losing her leg to a landmine in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland, an unrecognized breakaway Republic of Somalia. The three leading causes of death in Somalia are gastro-enteritis, T.B. and trauma, mostly from land mines, gun shots, and car accidents. March 1992.
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  • General Mohamed Farrah Aidid, leader of USC Forces in South Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia. Photographed at his headquarter in March 1992. On October 3, 1993 US soldiers were sent on a mission to capture Aidid and his lieutenants.
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  • Graves surround a private "villa" hospital in the north sector of Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia where 30,000 people were killed between November 1991 and March 1992. March 1992.
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  • Wounded boy with his father at the "Villa Hospital", a private home turned into a hospital in the north sector (Ali Mahdi controlled sector) of Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia where 30,000 died between November 1991 and March 1992.
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  • An old woman shows scavenged lentils in her hand in a refugee camp near Merca, 100 km. south of Mogadishu, war-torn capital of Somalia. March 1992.
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