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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • UMUTARA, RWANDA, OCTOBER 9, 2003: Rwandans gather to see their President Kagame speak in a village near Umutara, Rwanda, October 9, 2003. (Phot by Ami Vitale)
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  • CYENBOGO II, RWANDA, OCTOBER 11,2003: Village of Cyenbogo II, Rwanda near the town of Kagatumba that borders Uganda October 11, 2003. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Masai study in  an adult literacy training program funded by Oxfam GB at the Endulen Primary school in Ngornogoro District in Tanzania September 29, 2003.  The Masai were thrown out of the Crater in 1972 and struggle to hang onto the lands they live on now because of increasing pressure from conservationists. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Margaret teaches class 3 at the Endulen Primary school in Ngornogoro District in Tanzania September 29, 2003. She is the only Masai teacher in the school. The Masai were thrown out of the Crater in 1972 and struggle to hang onto the lands they live on now because of increasing pressure from conservationists. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children wait in line to be fed lunch at the Endolin Primary school in Ngornogoro District in Tanzania September 29, 2003. The Masai were thrown out of the Crater in 1972 and struggle to hang onto the lands they live on now because of increasing pressure from conservationists. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Pastoral community of Masai who are under threat of losing their lands because of the tourism industry in Ngorogoro in Tanzania September 30, 2003 (Ami Vitale)
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  • Children  study at the Endulen Primary school in Ngornogoro District in Tanzania September 30, 2003.  The Masai were thrown out of the Crater in 1972 and struggle to hang onto the lands they live on now because of increasing pressure from conservationists. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Pastoral community of Masai who are under threat of losing their lands because of the tourism industry in Ngorogoro in Tanzania September 30, 2003 (Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • UMUTARA, RWANDA, OCTOBER 9, 2003: Rwandans gather to see their President Kagame speak in a village near Umutara, Rwanda, October 9, 2003. (Phot by Ami Vitale)
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  • CYENBOGO II, RWANDA, OCTOBER 11,2003: Village of Cyenbogo II, Rwanda near the town of Kagatumba that borders Uganda October 11, 2003. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • CYENBOGO II, RWANDA, OCTOBER 11,2003: Village of Cyenbogo II, Rwanda near the town of Kagatumba that borders Uganda October 11, 2003. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • CYENBOGO II, RWANDA, OCTOBER 11,2003: Village of Cyenbogo II, Rwanda near the town of Kagatumba that borders Uganda October 11, 2003. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • CYENBOGO II, RWANDA, OCTOBER 11,2003: Village of Cyenbogo II, Rwanda near the town of Kagatumba that borders Uganda October 11, 2003. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Pastoral community of Masai in Ngorogoro in Tanzania September 29, 2003 (Ami Vitale)
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  • Pastoral community of Masai who are under threat of losing their lands because of the tourism industry in Ngorogoro in Tanzania September 30, 2003 (Ami Vitale)
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  • Masai collect water  in Ngornogoro District in Tanzania September 30, 2003.  The Masai were thrown out of the Crater in 1972 and struggle to hang onto the lands they live on now because of increasing pressure from conservationists. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 2, 2003: Children study at Waleza Primary school  October 02, 2003 in Shinyanga District, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shinyanga, Tanzania, October 4, 2003: Girls who have just finished exams for 7th Standard, Eunice Sospeter, left and her friend Helena Simon sit in a window October 04, 2003 in Shinyanga, Tanzania. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • UMUTARA, RWANDA, OCTOBER 9, 2003: Rwandans gather to see their President Kagame speak in a village near Umutara, Rwanda, October 9, 2003. (Phot by Ami Vitale)
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  • UMUTARA, RWANDA, OCTOBER 9, 2003: Rwandans gather to see their President Kagame speak in a village near Umutara, Rwanda, October 9, 2003. (Phot by Ami Vitale)
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  • CYENBOGO II, RWANDA, OCTOBER 11,2003: Village of Cyenbogo II, Rwanda near the town of Kagatumba that borders Uganda October 11, 2003. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • CYENBOGO II, RWANDA, OCTOBER 11,2003: Village of Cyenbogo II, Rwanda near the town of Kagatumba that borders Uganda October 11, 2003. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans use dirty stream water to bath and wash their clothes in central Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghan refugees  returning from Iran stop in a transit camp set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on the edge of Kabul, Afghanistan where they recieve medical and monetary assistance   before they return home  August 10, 2002. Children were being vaccinated for measels and adults were given $10 to complete their long journey home. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghan refugees  returning from Iran stop in a transit camp set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on the edge of Kabul, Afghanistan where they recieve medical and monetary assistance   before they return home  August 10, 2002. Children were being vaccinated for measels and adults were given $10 to complete their long journey home. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002:   Afghan women and their children wait to be seen by a doctor  from the non-governmental aid agency Medicine San Frontiers near the village of Anbar Somuch in the Bamiyan district of Afghanistan July 31, 2002.  USA. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • French ISAF or International Security and Assistance Force soldiers and an Afghan soldier explore the ruins of the former Presidential palace in in Kabul, Afghanistan  August  11, 2002.    (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Children study at the Qabel Bai School set up by Unicef  in Kabul, Afghanistan  August  08, 2002.    (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Children study at the Qabel Bai School set up by Unicef  in Kabul, Afghanistan  August  08, 2002.    (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans do physical training to make using their  prosethetic limbs easier at the International Committee for the  Red Cross hospital August 6, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Most of the Afghans had lost a limb due to landmines and unexploded ordinances that litter the countryside of  this war torn country. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002:Girls learn sewing in a school that was rebuilt in the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, August 1, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002:Girls learn sewing in a school that was rebuilt in the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, August 1, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002:Girls learn sewing in a school that was rebuilt in the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, August 1, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002:   Qubra sits in a window in the home which she and her family fled last year after Taliban forces raided the village of Anbar Somuch, Afghanistan, August 1, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002:   Qubra sits in a window in the home which she and her family fled last year after Taliban forces raided the village of Anbar Somuch, Afghanistan, August 1, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002: Rozima, 10, right, plays with Shukria, 7,  and Subira, 5, left,  in Anbar Somuch, Afghanistan, August 1, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 1, 2002:   Afghan women and their children wait to be seen by a doctor  from the non-governmental aid agency Medicine San Frontiers near the village of Anbar Somuch in the Bamiyan district of Afghanistan July 31, 2002.  USA. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans do physical training to make using their  prosethetic limbs easier at the International Committee for the  Red Cross hospital August 6, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Most of the Afghans had lost a limb due to landmines and unexploded ordinances that litter the countryside of  this war torn country. (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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  • Money changers and life in the central market  in Kabul, Afghanistan August 5, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Doctors and nurses attend patients at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. There is a severe shortage of female doctors in Afghanistan making it difficult for women and children to get adequate health care. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Doctors and nurses attend patients at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. There is a severe shortage of female doctors in Afghanistan making it difficult for women and children to get adequate health care. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Doctors and nurses attend patients at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. There is a severe shortage of female doctors in Afghanistan making it difficult for women and children to get adequate health care. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shafika Abbasi, 20, left, who was living in Burke, Va. for the last four years and a relative, Belquis Azizyar, right, visits her cousin Nafisa Arifi after she gave birth to a baby girl  at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shafika Abbasi, 20, left, who was living in Burke, Va. for the last four years and a relative, Belquis Azizyar, right, visits her cousin Nafisa Arifi after she gave birth to a baby girl  at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Shafika Abbasi, 20, left, who was living in Burke, Va. for the last four years and a relative, Belquis Azizyar, right, visits her cousin Nafisa Arifi after she gave birth to a baby girl  at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Patients at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. There is a severe shortage of female doctors in Afghanistan making it difficult for women and children to get adequate health care. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Patients at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. There is a severe shortage of female doctors in Afghanistan making it difficult for women and children to get adequate health care. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Patients at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. There is a severe shortage of female doctors in Afghanistan making it difficult for women and children to get adequate health care. Infant mortality in Afghanistan in 2000 was 165 per 1,000. live births - one of the highest figures in the world, according to the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). More than one if four children die before age 5. The U.S. infant mortality rate is 7 per 1,000. Half Afghanistan's children suffer from malnutrition. (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 4, 2002:   Afghans who were trained for the close protection team by Italian paratroopers working as part of the International Security and Assistance Force  in Afghanistan hold a ceremony marking their completion of the training August 4, 2002 in Kabul.(Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans recent returnees live in the ruins of a bombed out building with no running water  or access to health care in central Kabul, Afghanistan August 3, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans recent returnees live in the ruins of a bombed out building with no running water  or access to health care in central Kabul, Afghanistan August 3, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans recent returnees live in the ruins of a bombed out building with no running water  or access to health care in central Kabul, Afghanistan August 3, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans recent returnees live in the ruins of a bombed out building with no running water  or access to health care in central Kabul, Afghanistan August 3, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • The road from Bamiya to Kabul, Afghanistan August 2, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans harvest wheat in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the site of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban August 1, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, JULY 31, 2002:  the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, JULY 31, 2002:  the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN, JULY 31, 2002:  the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: Children attend a newly rebuilt school in the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: Children attend a newly rebuilt school in the village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan... More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • ANBAR SOMUCH, AFGHANISTAN,  JULY 31, 2002: The village of Anbar Somuch,  Afghanistan, July 31, 2002. More than 100 families have returned to their village after the fall of the Taliban and they are rushing to rebuild their homes before the brutal winter sets in. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, July 29, 2002: Life in Kabul. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A remote area inside an Assamese national park and reserved land that has been encroached on is shown December 28, 2003 The encroachers are causing tremendous deforestation as they sell the wood and clear the land for agriculture. Forsetry officials chase them off the land but they come back almost immediately after the clearing operation and continue to live in this protected area. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Villagers, many of whom lost their homes, crops, and even a man who was killed by elephants perform a "puja" or holy ceremony to the Hindu God Lord Ganesha who is half human and half elephant to ask him to protect the village from real elephants coming back and causing more destruction  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)

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  • Hundreds, perhaps thousands of villagers, forest rangers, police and wildlife experts attempt to drive a herd of elephants from a village on the outskirts of Tezpur, Assam in Eastern India December 22, 2003.  India and its sacred elephants are threatened by poaching, deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result of the loss of land, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. During this drive, a baby elephant, only days old was seperating from his mother and faces probable death without her. He is now at a rescue center in Kaziranga. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Wildlife graze inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, eastern India where thousands of tourists visit each year January 6, 2004. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by deforestation and encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Indian Forest rangers take a man accused of murder and illegal logging back to the murder scene in Sonitpur district in Assam, eastern India  December 29,2003.   India and its elephants are threatened by deforestation because of encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Money changers and life in the central market  in Kabul, Afghanistan August 5, 2002.  (Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghans make wheel chairs and plastic limbs for patients at the orthopedic center set up by the International Committee for the Red Cross 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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  • Afghan women visit the non-governmental organization Marie Stopes which gives medical help to women and their children August 6, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.    (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, AUGUST 4, 2002:   Afghans who were trained for the close protection team by Italian paratroopers working as part of the International Security and Assistance Force  in Afghanistan hold a ceremony marking their completion of the training August 4, 2002 in Kabul.(Photo  by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghan refugees  returning from Iran stop in a transit camp set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on the edge of Kabul, Afghanistan where they recieve medical and monetary assistance   before they return home  August 10, 2002. Children were being vaccinated for measels and adults were given $10 to complete their long journey home. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghan refugees  returning from Iran stop in a transit camp set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on the edge of Kabul, Afghanistan where they recieve medical and monetary assistance   before they return home  August 10, 2002. Children were being vaccinated for measels and adults were given $10 to complete their long journey home. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghan refugees  returning from Iran stop in a transit camp set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on the edge of Kabul, Afghanistan where they recieve medical and monetary assistance   before they return home  August 10, 2002. Children were being vaccinated for measels and adults were given $10 to complete their long journey home. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghan refugees  returning from Iran stop in a transit camp set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on the edge of Kabul, Afghanistan where they recieve medical and monetary assistance   before they return home  August 10, 2002. Children were being vaccinated for measels and adults were given $10 to complete their long journey home. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Afghan refugees  returning from Iran stop in a transit camp set up by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on the edge of Kabul, Afghanistan where they recieve medical and monetary assistance   before they return home  August 10, 2002. Children were being vaccinated for measels and adults were given $10 to complete their long journey home. (photo by Ami Vitale)
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