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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:  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:  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:  Women pass 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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 woman passes by a local pastry shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina..(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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Daily life in Kabul, Afghanistan  August  08, 2002.    (photo by 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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  • Daily life in the most remote village called Mahalchu of the Gash Barka August 25, 2006.
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  • Daily life in Kabul, Afghanistan  August  08, 2002.    (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Daily life in Kabul, Afghanistan  August  08, 2002.    (photo by 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • a coffee monument adorns one of the few paved roads in Jimma, (once the capital of the region known as Kaffa) in Ethiopia. Jimma is beleived to be the original birthplace of coffee.  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 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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  • Amlel Ambaye prepares a coffee ceremony inside her 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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  • Amlel Ambaye prepares a coffee ceremony inside her 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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  • Massilimani and his wife Punitha put up photographs of their children and relatives who died in the tsunami inside the temporary shelter where they sleep. They wanted to move back to Arynatu beach but are afraid to after a man said he saw ghosts.  Life goes on inside the temporary shelters despite the searing temperatures and daily struggles as families try to  recover from the deadly tsunami in  Nagapattinum district in Tamil Nadu, India August  13, 2005. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Coffee permeates the cultural fabric of Ethiopian life, and is celebrated daily in coffee ceremonies. A clay pot is used to boil and brew the coffee. Ethiopia is one of only two producing countries that drink more than half of what they grow.
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  • Amlel Ambaye prepares a coffee ceremony inside her 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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