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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  Daily life in Buenos Aires, Argentina.(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Daily life in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Daily life in residential area of La Boca in Buenos Aires, Argentina. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Daily life in residential area of La Boca in Buenos Aires, Argentina. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Daily life in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: A man looks out the window while sitting on a bus in Buenos Aires, July 26, 2001. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: A man stands outside a market where flowers sold in a  Buenos Aires  market July 27, 2001. (Photo by Ami Vitale)BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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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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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  A couple sit in a cafe in Buenos Aires. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  Images hang on a wall in the the residental area of  La Boca in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The area of La Boca is known for it's European influence. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina is the city's most significant square from a historical perspective which dates back to the 16th century. Plaza de Mayo is the centre of political affairs within Buenos Aires and the home to a series of buildings each serving as physical reminder of a different era in the city's history..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: A man read the newspaper while on the bus in Buenos Aires, Argentina. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  The tombstone of Mari?a Eva Duarte de Pero?n, better known as Eva Peron in La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires. Peron died in July 26, 1952 after battling cancer. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  Women pass by a local pastry shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  A woman passes by a local pastry shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  Waitresses talk during their shift at a a local diner in Buenos Aires, Argentina. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  Men and women wait to cross the street at a busy cross walk in Buenos Aires, Argentina.(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen haul in a pirogue after they returned from a full night of fishing in the Atlantic  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Senegalese traders wait for the local fishermen to bring in the days harvest from their small pirogues in the West Arican city of  Ziguinchor, Senegal located in the troubled Casamance region.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Mauritanian and Senegalese traders wait for the local fishermen to bring in the days harvest  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Senegalesetraders prepare for the days harvest of fish to be brought  by local fishermen in the town of St. Louis in Senegal.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest  near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese traders wait for fishermen to bring in the days harvest near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest to local traders who wait on the beach near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A boy using a donkey to transport fish to the local markets is splashed by a motorbike on the coast of Mauritania where local fishermen struggle to compete with the huge tankers and trawlers used by the foreign fleets. West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  A man flips through literature while shopping at a book store in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  A woman stands with pigeons in Buenos Aires, Argentina. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Senegalese traders feed their horses at sunrise before the local fishermen have brought in the days harvest  in the town of St. Louis in Senegal.  West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets, with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas.  In the last 45 years, foreign vessels,   caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller..(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Andarge Adiyo harvests coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Andarge Adiyo harvests coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Andarge Adiyo harvests coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Admasu Ayele harvests coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds—the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable—most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Bezabih Bayu harvests coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds?the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable?most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds—the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable—most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds—the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable—most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • A child of a mahout, tries to touch an elephant that is used for tourists in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. A mahout is a person who drives an elephant.  Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the 'family business' when he is assigned an elephant early in its life and they would be attached to each other throughout the elephant's life. The Indian Elephant  is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, and native to mainland Asia. Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 60–75 years. The species is pre-eminently threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation.
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  • Mikeke Bezebih sorts coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds—the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable—most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Ethiopians harvest coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds—the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable—most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Jamila Abamacha harvests coffee on the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia. It is one of Ethiopia's largest plantations where Starbucks buys much of its coffee from Ethiopia.Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. Families prepare it in the living room using a pan to roast over coals, a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. The coffee ceremony is at once a social tradition, a celebration of the virtuous properties of coffee, and an opportunity for contemplation and reflection. Coffee is served over a period of time in three individual rounds—the Abol, Tona, and Baraka, each of which has its specific significance. Life without coffee is almost unimaginable—most people drink it in the morning, the afternoon, the evening, and sometimes late into the night. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Born into the Samburu tribe of northern Kenya, Tom Lalampaa could have ended up following the traditional pastoral lifestyle of his people – had his brother made a different choice. When Tom was a child, his father called his sons to him and said, “I’d like one of you to go to school and the other to remain here and help take care of the cattle.” The decision fell to Tom’s brother, as the eldest. He opted for the cattle, and Tom was sent to school. Ultimately – with the support of the entire community – he went on to complete a BA in social work and an MBA in strategic management at the University of Nairobi. His brother’s choice wound up changing not only Tom’s life but also that of the Samburu community and the land they call home. As community development manager for the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), Tom is now a key player in efforts to protect Kenyan wildlife and improve the lives of his people and others who inhabit this beautiful but often unforgiving place.The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy serves as a refuge for e(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Daily life in Kabul, Afghanistan  August  08, 2002.    (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Money changers and life in the central market  in Kabul, Afghanistan August 5, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Money changers and life in the central market  in Kabul, Afghanistan August 5, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: Life in Kabul. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Awol Abagojam and his son Isaac pick cherries from what is beleived to be the original ancestral coffee tree in the village Choche, in Jimma, (once the capital of the region known as Kaffa) . Legend says that  a goat herder named Khalad noticed his goats "dancing" after eating the red cherries and he took the cherries to a local monastery. The monks proclaimed it must be the work of the devil and threw the beans into a fire but soon became excited by the lovely aroma the roasting beans gave off. They then decided it might be nice to try consuming the beans and this is how coffee began.  Ethiopia boasts the most ancient and compelling traditions for coffee consumption that the world has ever seen. Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life and it unites the country. It binds the many different ethnic groups together, Christian or Muslim, rich or poor. An elaborate extension to Ethiopia's warm sense of hospitality, the coffee ceremony is a daily social ritual to honour the importance of the bean, and strengthen human bonds.
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  • The village Choche, in Jimma, (once the capital of the region known as Kaffa)  is beleived to be the original birthplace of coffee. Legend says that  a goat herder named Khalad noticed his goats "dancing" after eating the red cherries and he took the cherries to a local monastery. The monks proclaimed it must be the work of the devil and threw the beans into a fire but soon became excited by the lovely aroma the roasting beans gave off. They then decided it might be nice to try consuming the beans and this is how coffee began.  Ethiopia boasts the most ancient and compelling traditions for coffee consumption that the world has ever seen. Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life and it unites the country. It binds the many different ethnic groups together, Christian or Muslim, rich or poor. An elaborate extension to Ethiopia's warm sense of hospitality, the coffee ceremony is a daily social ritual to honour the importance of the bean, and strengthen human bonds.
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  • Awol Abagojam, his son Isaac and his neighbor Ramla and her daughter Siam pick cherries from what is beleived to be the original ancestral coffee tree in the village Choche, in Jimma, (once the capital of the region known as Kaffa) .  Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life and it unites the country. It binds the many different ethnic groups together, Christian or Muslim, rich or poor. An elaborate extension to Ethiopia's warm sense of hospitality, the coffee ceremony is a daily social ritual to honour the importance of the bean, and strengthen human bonds.
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  • Ramla (wearing black headscarf) helps a neighbor with her donkey loaded with coffeee cherries in the village of Choche. Choche is beleived to be the original ancestral birthplace of coffee in the region of Jimma, Ethiopia (Jimma was once the capital of the region known as Kaffa) .     Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life and it unites the country. It binds the many different ethnic groups together, Christian or Muslim, rich or poor. An elaborate extension to Ethiopia's warm sense of hospitality, the coffee ceremony is a daily social ritual to honour the importance of the bean, and strengthen human bonds.
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  • Dene First Nation youth Shonto Catholique, 21, back and Amber Lynn Powder, 20 paddle down the Thelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • Joseph Catholique, right, Richard Jeo, middle and Sanjayan Muttulingam look for wildlife on a break  down the Thelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • Dene First Nation youth Shonto Catholique, 21, back and Amber Lynn Powder, 20 paddle down the Thelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • Richard Jeo, a scientist with the Nature Conservancy, far left, relaxes by a fire to keep the mosquitoes at bay near the Thelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • The Thelon is the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, which almost no one has heard of.  For the Akaitcho Dene, the Upper Thelon River is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The Thelon is the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, which almost no one has heard of.  For the Akaitcho Dene, the Upper Thelon River is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The Thelon is the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, which almost no one has heard of.  For the Akaitcho Dene, the Upper Thelon River is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Brendan Felix Head, 14, relaxes after cutting wood for a campsite as First Nation Dene youth finish their trip from the Upper Thelon River, where their ancestors believe is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Brendan Felix Head, 14, relaxes after cutting wood for a campsite as First Nation Dene youth finish their trip from the Upper Thelon River, where their ancestors believe is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Brendan Felix Head, 14, cuts wood for a campsite as First Nation Dene youth finish their trip from the Upper Thelon River, where their ancestors believe is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Dene First Nation Youth Damian Kailek, left,  and Brendan Felix Head, eat the last scraps of food on the final day of a journey  to the Upper Thelon River, where their ancestors believe is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Joseph Catholique looks for wildlife at a campsite as Dene First Nation youth made a trip along the Thelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • Sanjayan Muttulingam, a scientist with the Nature Conservancy, far left, relaxes by a fire to keep the mosquitoes at bay near the Thelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • The small group of Dene First Nation try to dry off their soaked sleeping bags and clothes after days of rain while paddling down the Thelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • The small group of Dene First Nation try to dry off their soaked sleeping bags and clothes after days of rain while paddling down the Thelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • The small group of Dene First Nation try to dry off their soaked sleeping bags and clothes after days of rain while paddling down the Thelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • Moose swim in theThelon river In the middle of the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, in the Northwest Territories, just south of the Arctic Circle. Its fate now hangs in the balance, protected on paper, but with little management, no money, and no voice for the Dene, its most ardent advocate for protection, while mining (for diamonds, gold, and uranium) threats, buoyed by recent prices, loom.  Dene youth have rarely been deep into the Thelon, yet the caribou is still their life blood, reverentially important.  These Dene are amongst the last hunter/gatherers in the Northern Hemisphere.   (Photo by Ami vitale)
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  • Hawke Ellis Williams, 4, plays at a campsite in the Thelon, the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, which almost no one has heard of.  For the Akaitcho Dene, the Upper Thelon River is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The Thelon is the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, which almost no one has heard of.  For the Akaitcho Dene, the Upper Thelon River is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Dene First Nation Youth take a break from canoing on their trip to the Upper Thelon River, where their ancestors believe is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Dene First Nation youth watch the last float plane leave before they begin to their journey along the Thelon, the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, which almost no one has heard of.  For the Akaitcho Dene, the Upper Thelon River is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The Thelon is the largest and most remote game sanctuary in North America, which almost no one has heard of.  For the Akaitcho Dene, the Upper Thelon River is "the place where God began."  Sparsely populated, today few make it into the Thelon. Distances are simply too far, modern vehicles too expensive and unreliable. For the Dene youth, faced with the pressures of a western world, the ties that bind the people and their way of life to the land are even more tenuous. Every impending mine, road, and dam construction threatens to sever these connections. In July and August, 2011 a group of youth paddled to their ancestral hunting ground and spiritual abode.  this next generation of young leaders will be the ones who will need to speak for the Thelon the loudest. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The band from Punahou School in Hawaii, where President Obama attended stay warm as they wait to march in the parade after the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness a young black man take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • The band from Punahou School in Hawaii, where President Obama attended stay warm as they wait to march in the parade after the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness a young black man take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Daily life in the most remote village called Mahalchu of the Gash Barka August 25, 2006.
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  • Born into the Samburu tribe of northern Kenya, Tom Lalampaa could have ended up following the traditional pastoral lifestyle of his people – had his brother made a different choice. When Tom was a child, his father called his sons to him and said, “I’d like one of you to go to school and the other to remain here and help take care of the cattle.” The decision fell to Tom’s brother, as the eldest. He opted for the cattle, and Tom was sent to school. Ultimately – with the support of the entire community – he went on to complete a BA in social work and an MBA in strategic management at the University of Nairobi. His brother’s choice wound up changing not only Tom’s life but also that of the Samburu community and the land they call home. As community development manager for the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), Tom is now a key player in efforts to protect Kenyan wildlife and improve the lives of his people and others who inhabit this beautiful but often unforgiving place.The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy serves as a refuge for e(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Born into the Samburu tribe of northern Kenya, Tom Lalampaa could have ended up following the traditional pastoral lifestyle of his people – had his brother made a different choice. When Tom was a child, his father called his sons to him and said, “I’d like one of you to go to school and the other to remain here and help take care of the cattle.” The decision fell to Tom’s brother, as the eldest. He opted for the cattle, and Tom was sent to school. Ultimately – with the support of the entire community – he went on to complete a BA in social work and an MBA in strategic management at the University of Nairobi. His brother’s choice wound up changing not only Tom’s life but also that of the Samburu community and the land they call home. As community development manager for the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), Tom is now a key player in efforts to protect Kenyan wildlife and improve the lives of his people and others who inhabit this beautiful but often unforgiving place.The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy serves as a refuge for e(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Born into the Samburu tribe of northern Kenya, Tom Lalampaa could have ended up following the traditional pastoral lifestyle of his people – had his brother made a different choice. When Tom was a child, his father called his sons to him and said, “I’d like one of you to go to school and the other to remain here and help take care of the cattle.” The decision fell to Tom’s brother, as the eldest. He opted for the cattle, and Tom was sent to school. Ultimately – with the support of the entire community – he went on to complete a BA in social work and an MBA in strategic management at the University of Nairobi. His brother’s choice wound up changing not only Tom’s life but also that of the Samburu community and the land they call home. As community development manager for the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), Tom is now a key player in efforts to protect Kenyan wildlife and improve the lives of his people and others who inhabit this beautiful but often unforgiving place.The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy serves as a refuge for e(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Money changers and life in the central market  in Kabul, Afghanistan August 5, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • City life of Kabul, Afghanistan  August 7, 2002 .    (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Money changers and life in the central market  in Kabul, Afghanistan August 5, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Money changers and life in the central market  in Kabul, Afghanistan August 5, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: Life in Kabul. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: Life in Kabul. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: Life in Kabul. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: Life in Kabul. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: Life in Kabul. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: Life in Kabul. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Neighbors gather to drink coffee that Amlel Ambaye  and Zeritu Makonen prepared for a coffee ceremony inside their family home near the Teppi plantation in the Kaffa region of Ethiopia.  Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. First she roasts the coffee beans over coals, then takes a mortar and pestle to grind, and a clay pot to boil and brew. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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