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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan bride prepares for wedding photos as her sister gestures to  stop so she can look in the mirror first during a wedding ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. In Afghan weddings, the bride will first wear a green dress and laer change into a white dress. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan child sleeps before the bride and groom take over the wedding coach built on a stage where they will sit beofre their guests during a wedding ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan wedding party heads to their family's wedding ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • NABLUS, ISRAEL, JAN. 31,2003: A young teenage Palestinian couple defy a curfew and celbrate their wedding, 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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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29:  Afghan women talk around their dinner table as a baby sits cradled next the the silverware before the food is brought out during a wedding ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan woman prepares to leave a beauty salon after getting her hair and face made up in preparation for her wedding ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan bride cries and kisses a relative goodbye at the end of her wedding ceremony inside a hotel, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan bride cries and kisses a relative goodbye at the end of her wedding ceremony inside a hotel, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan celebrate their wedding ceremony in a hotel, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan woman has her face made up in a beauty salon so she can be beautiful for her son's wedding engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan woman puts her burka on after getting her hair and face made up in a beauty salon and waits for the cars to take her and the rest of her female relatives to their house for a wedding ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • NABLUS, ISRAEL, JAN. 31,2003: A young teenage Palestinian couple defy a curfew and dance together during their wedding ceremony 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..
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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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  • 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 - AUGUST 29:  Afghan boys mimic Michael Jackson while they dance during an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan bride's   grandmother and husband put on rings during an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The bride is given earrings, a necklace, rings and other gold jewelry along with new clothes and shoes during the ceremony.  Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan bride's dowry is displayed for all the guests to see during an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan cride and groom wait fro jewelry to be brought out which will ceremoniously be put on her by her fiance, father, mother and grandmother during an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan bride's mother and grandmother put in an earring during an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The bride is given earrings, a necklace, rings and other gold jewelry along with new clothes and shoes during the ceremony.  Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan bride leaves her house with the Holy Koran carried over her head during an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29:  Afghan women who were sitting inside with their children, watch family members dance at an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29:  Afghan women who were sitting inside with their children, watch family members dance at an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan couple sits in front of a fan and their guests at an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. After they cut the cake, the dowry is shown to the entire family. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan couple sits in front of a fan and their guests at an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. After they cut the cake, the dowry is shown to the entire family. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29: An Afghan bride waits for her family to pick her up after getting her hair and face made up in a beauty salon, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Henna is applied to the hands and feet of a bride before her engagement ceremony in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir.
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  • Gowindra, 19, has the "thali" a necklance symbolizing her marriage tied around her neck by her husband during the wedding in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India  eight months since the deadly tsunami killed thousands August  29, 2005. Both she and her husband's family both lost relatives, their homes and livelihoods in the wave and must live in the temporary shelters after the ceremony. Hundreds of "tsunami weddings" have taken place since December as families received huge amounts of money for their deceased relatives and wished to make allegiances with other families who received money. In India, the girls family must pay a dowry and Gowindra had to pay a staggering 200,000 rupees, nearly $5000 in a community that survives off an average $1 per day. Elaborate and ostentatious wedding functions have become normal fare for those victims of the tsunami who suddenly were given the huge sums of money and alcohol sales have jumped 300 percent.  The recovery 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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  • Gowindra, 19, prepares for her wedding in Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India  eight months since the deadly tsunami killed thousands August  29, 2005. Both she and her husband's family both lost relatives, their homes and livelihoods in the wave and must live in the temporary shelters after the ceremony. Hundreds of "tsunami weddings" have taken place since December as families received huge amounts of money for their deceased relatives and wished to make allegiances with other families who received money. In India, the girls family must pay a dowry and Gowindra had to pay a staggering 200,000 rupees, nealry $5000 in a community that survives off an average $1 per day.  The recovery 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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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: A wedding party leqaves a scenic point in  Kabul, Afghanistan July 29, 2002. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: A wedding party leqaves a scenic point in  Kabul, Afghanistan July 29, 2002. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Nepali flute players lead a wedding in Kathmandu, Nepal Fberuary 19, 2005 as people try to carry on with celebrations despite emergency rule, telephones cut and streets flooded with security forces because the country.  (Ami Vitale)
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