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  • Angolans walk past one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Huambo in Angola. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Children play on the beach across the bay where all nearly of their homes and boats were destroyed  after the deadly tsunami hit last December 26 in the village of Muzuku Thurai near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, India August 26, 2005. Aid agencies  are providing entertainment for children in an effort to help them recover from the severe psycho-social health problems endemic to a catastrophe of this scale. Recovery is slow eight months after the deadly tsunami killed thousands, destroyed homes and livelihoods. The situation is still grim for many who suffer from poor living conditions, depression and many have taken up  alcohol as a means to escape.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Fishermen take their fibre glass boats out in the bay where all nearly of their homes and boats were destroyed  after the deadly tsunami hit last December 26 in the village of Muzuku Thurai near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, India August 26, 2005.  Recovery is slow eight months after the deadly tsunami killed thousands, destroyed homes and livelihoods. The situation is still grim for many who suffer from poor living conditions, depression and many have taken up alcohol as a means to escape.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children watch a puppet show performed by Unicef workers across the bay where all nearly of their homes and boats were destroyed  after the deadly tsunami hit last December 26 in the village of Muzuku Thurai near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, India August 26, 2005. Aid agencies  are providing entertainment for children in an effort to help them recover from the severe psycho-social health problems endemic to a catastrophe of this scale. Recovery is slow eight months after the deadly tsunami killed thousands, destroyed homes and livelihoods. The situation is still grim for many who suffer from poor living conditions, depression and many have taken up  alcohol as a means to escape.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Angolan children play in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Not only has Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war destroyed much of the country's infrastructure but it has displaced around two million people. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • SALYAN DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 23, 2004: An Army hospital and barracks destroyed by Maoists two years ago in Bagchaur village in Salyan district sits empty April 23, 2004. Maoist insurgents have been looting banks, barracks, destroying health facilities, jails and torching government office buildings as they attempt to build their own autonomous state, to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Fishermen bring in their nets on the beach across the bay from where all nearly of their homes and boats were destroyed  after the deadly tsunami hit last December 26 in the village of Muzuku Thurai near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, India August 26, 2005. Families are slowly recovering eight months after the deadly tsunami killed thousands but the process is slow and the situation still grim for many of the worlds poorest who were most affected by the deadly wave.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002: Ali Juma and a relative carry wood on donkeys that will be used to rebuild their destroyed home in the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002: Ali Juma and a relative carry wood on donkeys that will be used to rebuild their destroyed home in the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002: Qubra, 12 sits inside her home that was destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 in Anbar Somuch, Afghanistan, August 1, 2002. MOre than 100 fmailies have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002: Qubra, 12 sits inside her home that was destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 in Anbar Somuch, Afghanistan, August 1, 2002. MOre than 100 fmailies have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002: Ali Juma attempts to wake up two of his 8 children Eqillah, 3, right and Qamilla, 2,  in  thier destroyed home in the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, August 1, 2002. More than 100 fmailies have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 31,2002: Afghans from the Bamiyan district herd their livestock along a road past the site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002: Ali Juma and a relative carry wood on donkeys that will be used to rebuild their destroyed home in the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Fishermen bring in their nets on the beach across the bay from where all nearly of their homes and boats were destroyed  after the deadly tsunami hit last December 26 in the village of Muzuku Thurai near Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, India August 26, 2005. Families are slowly recovering eight months after the deadly tsunami killed thousands but the process is slow and the situation still grim for many of the worlds poorest who were most affected by the deadly wave.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 31,2002: Afghans from the Bamiyan district herd their livestock along a road past the site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 31,2002: Afghans from the Bamiyan district herd their livestock along a road past the site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BAMIYAN,AFGHANISTAN-July 30,2002: Site of ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • NABLUS, ISRAEL, JAN. 29,2003: A section of the old city of Nablus that was destroyed by Israeli helicopters is January 31, 2003 in the West Bank city of Nablus. A British non-governmental agency recently reported that Palestinians are currently living in a state of extreme, worsening poverty and fear for their future.  Almost three-quarters of Palestinians now live on less than US$2 a day Ñ below the United Nations  poverty line..(Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates.  .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Valentina Cayovo, 38, stands on her crutches inside her home which she rebuilt after guerrilla UNITA forces destroyed it. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan soldier known as "Bernardo" walks through the destroyed town of Kuito as a man who lost his leg to a landmine walks on crutches behind him.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 12:  Two Afghan soldiers hold hands as the sun sets near the destroyed Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan September 12,2002. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 11: Afghan children who recently returned from Pakistan look for water and materials to rebuild their home inside a destroyed neighborhood of  Kabul, Afghanistan September 11,2002.  (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • LEH, LADAKH, AUGUST 19: Ladakhi Buddhist monks .construct a mandala with sand and the dust of precious stones inside the Thiksay monastery, 17 kilometers outside of Leh, the capital of Ladakh, India August 19, 2003. . After the festival the mandala will be destroyed, thus expressing the impermanence of visible forms.  Nestled high in the Himalayas , the isolated area of Ladakh first opened to tourists in 1974, and is the home to one of the last surviving authentic Tibetan Buddhist cultures.  Leh is situated at a height of 3505 meters and once was part of the silk route of central Asia. Traders from exotic and far-flung lands have long spoken of the beauties of these lands. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • LEH, LADAKH, AUGUST 19: Ladakhi Buddhist monks .construct a mandala with sand and the dust of precious stones inside the Thiksay monastery, 17 kilometers outside of Leh, the capital of Ladakh, India August 19, 2003. . After the festival the mandala will be destroyed, thus expressing the impermanence of visible forms.  Nestled high in the Himalayas , the isolated area of Ladakh first opened to tourists in 1974, and is the home to one of the last surviving authentic Tibetan Buddhist cultures.  Leh is situated at a height of 3505 meters and once was part of the silk route of central Asia. Traders from exotic and far-flung lands have long spoken of the beauties of these lands. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Shaikh Kulsumbibi, 37, a Muslim whose village of Sardarpur was destroyed in a gruesome vengeance attack weeps as she seeks refuge in another village in India, March 3, 2002.  Hindus came in the middle of the night and massacred nearly every one of her neighbors and family living there in a strategically designed plan which involved flooding the exit and then electrocuting those who were not first killed by the firebombs and kerosene.
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Valentina Cayovo, 38, stands on her crutches inside her home which she rebuilt after guerrilla UNITA forces destroyed it. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan soldier known as "Bernardo" walks through the destroyed town of Kuito as a man who lost his leg to a landmine walks on crutches behind him.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan construction worker walks among the debris littering the Presidential palace, August 29, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The palace was destroyed by the Taliban and now that Mohammad Zaher Shah has moved back in, it is being reconstructed. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 11: An Afghan girl recently returned from Pakistan runs through a destroyed neighborhood her family is finding refuge in Kabul, Afghanistan September 11,2002. While Americans are remembering the attack on the World Trade Center  one year ago today, most Afghans are trying to forget the decades old war which killed more than a million people here in Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • An Angolan child stands in one of the many destroyed buildings in the town of Kuito in the Bie Province of Angola, Friday March 3, 2000. Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Elephants roam inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. They are often atttracted by the rice farms and in one night can destroy an entire villages' crop. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Villagers, many of whom lost their homes, crops, and even a man who was killed by elephants perform a "puja" or holy ceremony to the Hindu God Lord Ganesha who is half human and half elephant to ask him to protect the village from real elephants coming back and causing more destruction  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)

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  • Villagers who lost their homes to elephants wake up on the floor of a neighbors house  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)

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  • Villagers who lost their homes to elephants wake up on the floor of a neighbors house  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale) 

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  • Villagers who lost their homes to elephants wake up on the floor of a neighbors house  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)

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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 22, 2004:  Maoist insurgents celebrate in Rukum district April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the district headquarters, looting a bank, destroying the jail and torching government office buildings. The government said that 32 security personnel died in the clash and 37 were kidnapped. The clash was one of the deadliest since 1996 when fighting began to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 22, 2004: Villagers watch as Maoist insurgents celebrate in Rukum district April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the district headquarters, looting a bank, destroying the jail and torching government office buildings. The government said that 32 security personnel died in the clash and 37 were kidnapped. The clash was one of the deadliest since 1996 when fighting began to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 22, 2004:  Maoist insurgents celebrate in Rukum district April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the district headquarters, looting a bank, destroying the jail and torching government office buildings. The government said that 32 security personnel died in the clash and 37 were kidnapped. The clash was one of the deadliest since 1996 when fighting began to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 22, 2004:  Maoist insurgents celebrate in Rukum district April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the district headquarters, looting a bank, destroying the jail and torching government office buildings. The government said that 32 security personnel died in the clash and 37 were kidnapped. The clash was one of the deadliest since 1996 when fighting began to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 22, 2004:  Maoist insurgents celebrate in Rukum district April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the district headquarters, looting a bank, destroying the jail and torching government office buildings. The government said that 32 security personnel died in the clash and 37 were kidnapped. The clash was one of the deadliest since 1996 when fighting began to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 22, 2004:  Maoist insurgents meet in Rukum district April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the district headquarters, looting a bank, destroying the jail and torching government office buildings. The government said that 32 security personnel died in the clash and 37 were kidnapped. The clash was one of the deadliest since 1996 when fighting began to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 22, 2004:  Maoist insurgents celebrate in Rukum district April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the district headquarters, looting a bank, destroying the jail and torching government office buildings. The government said that 32 security personnel died in the clash and 37 were kidnapped. The clash was one of the deadliest since 1996 when fighting began to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 22, 2004:  Maoist insurgents celebrate in Rukum district April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the district headquarters, looting a bank, destroying the jail and torching government office buildings. The government said that 32 security personnel died in the clash and 37 were kidnapped. The clash was one of the deadliest since 1996 when fighting began to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Hundreds, perhaps thousands of villagers, forest rangers, police and wildlife experts attempt to drive a herd of elephants from a village on the outskirts of Tezpur, Assam in Eastern India December 22, 2003.  India and its sacred elephants are threatened by poaching, deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result of the loss of land, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. During this drive, a baby elephant, only days old was seperating from his mother and faces probable death without her. He is now at a rescue center in Kaziranga. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Wildlife graze inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year January 6, 2004. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Indian Forest rangers take a man accused of murder and illegal logging back to the murder scene in Sonitpur district in Assam, eastern India  December 29,2003.   India and its elephants are threatened by deforestation because of encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Charles Bella of Blair, West Virginia plays with his dog outside his home. "I worked on the mountaintop mine," Bella said. "That comes back and haunts me to this day. I was part of destroying my own community." Mountaintop Removal is a method of surface mining that literally removes the tops of mountains to get to the coal seams beneath. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. Many argue that they have brought wage-paying jobs and modern amenities to Appalachia, but others say they have only demolished an estimated 1.4 million acres of forested hills, buried an estimated 2,000 miles of streams, poisoned drinking water, and wiped whole towns from the map. © Ami Vitale
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  • RUKUM DISTRICT, NEPAL, APRIL 22, 2004:  A battalion of Maoist insurgents gather in Rukum district April 22, 2004 weeks after their attack on government troops in Beni when they overran the district headquarters, looting a bank, destroying the jail and torching government office buildings. The government said that 32 security personnel died in the clash and 37 were kidnapped. The clash was one of the deadliest since 1996 when fighting began to topple the constitutional monarchy and install a communist republic. The guerrillas' strength is hard to gauge. Analysts and diplomats estimate there about 15,000-20,000 hard-core fighters, including many women, backed by 50,000 "militia".  In their remote strongholds, they collect taxes and have set up civil administrations, and "people's courts" to settle rows. They also raise money by taxing villagers and foreign trekkers. Though young, they are fearsome fighters and  specialise in night attacks and hit-and-run raids. They are tough in Nepal's rugged terrain, full of thick forests and deep ravines and the 150,000 government soldiers are not enough to combat this growing movement that models itself after the Shining Path of Peru. (Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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