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  • Supporters of a protest against coal mining on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol sit and watch as people shave their heads. The shaving of their heads was symbolic of the mountains that have been stripped of all of the living things on them. It was also symbolic of the many people who are sick or dying as the result of Mountaintop Removal. Mountaintop Removal is a method of surface mining that literally removes the tops of mountains to get to the coal seams beneath. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. Many argue that they have brought wage-paying jobs and modern amenities to Appalachia, but others say they have only demolished an estimated 1.4 million acres of forested hills, buried an estimated 2,000 miles of streams, poisoned drinking water, and wiped whole towns from the map. © Ami Vitale
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  • Las Vegas at night. Sierra Club is working with the Moapa Band of Paiutes to transition NV Energy away from the Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant -- which sits only 45 miles from Las Vegas and a short walk from community housing at the Moapa River Indian Reservation. The Reid Gardner coal plant is literally spewing out tons of airborne pollutants such as mercury, nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide, and greenhouse gases. This has resulted in substantial health impacts on the Moapa community, with a majority of tribal members reporting a sinus or respiratory ailment.
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  • Jordan Beverly, 12, Robert Conner 3rd, 13, Rasheed  Campbell, 11 and Gatson Campbell, 9, run during football practice in River Rouge, Detroit,  August 15, 2012.   Many of his kids have asthma and the coach has to constantly monitor and ask them if they need inhalers during practice.
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  • Jordan Beverly, 12  right, and Robert Conner 3rd, 13 watch football practice in River Rouge, Detroit,  August 15, 2012.  They both suffer from asthma and were sidelined for not getting their physical examination before practice. Many of his kids have asthma and the coach has to constantly monitor and ask them if they need inhalers during practice.
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  • Jordan Beverly, 12  right, and Robert Conner 3rd, 13 watch football practice in River Rouge, Detroit,  August 15, 2012.  They both suffer from asthma and were sidelined for not getting their physical examination before practice. Many of his kids have asthma and the coach has to constantly monitor and ask them if they need inhalers during practice.
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  • Marathon plant in Detroit.
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  • Dte Plant in Detroit.
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  • Stacks in Detroit.
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  • Detroit pollution
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  • The Detroit Pistons ball Aliysha speaks about in her interview.
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  • DTE coal plant in River Rouge, a part of Detroit.
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  • Coal outside the DTE coal plant in Detroit.
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  • DTE coal plant in Detroit.
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  • Coal outside the DTE coal plant in Detroit.
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  • Coal outside the DTE coal plant in Detroit.
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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:  Daily life in Buenos Aires, Argentina.(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: Daily life 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: Locals sit under the afternoon sun at a park in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA:  Locals stand outside a fruit shop in Buenos Aries, Argentina. (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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  • Protesters who included celebrities like Jane Fonda, Susan Saranda, Tim Robbins and Sean Penn, as well as politicians rallied in Washington DC, in the United States, Saturday January 27, 2007 to press their cause with a Congress about to make a decision whether to increase troops in the ongoing war in Iraq. United for Peace and Justice, a coalition group sponsoring the protest, had hoped 100,000 would come but it was estimated to be smaller than 100,000.(Ami Vitale)
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  • Iraq Veterans Against the War along with other protesters who included celebrities like Jane Fonda, Susan Saranda, Tim Robbins and Sean Penn, as well as politicians rallied in Washington DC, in the United States, Saturday January 27, 2007 to press their cause with a Congress about to make a decision whether to increase troops in the ongoing war in Iraq. United for Peace and Justice, a coalition group sponsoring the protest, had hoped 100,000 would come but it was estimated to be smaller than 100,000.(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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  • 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:  Locals walk the streets at dusk in Buenos Aires, Argentia. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Charlie and Donna Branham met in high school and married shortly thereafter. Donna Branham shaved her head on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol with a group of women in protest to mountaintop-removal mining. The shaving of their heads was symbolic of the mountains that have been stripped of all of the living things on them. It was also symbolic of the many people who are sick or dying as the result of Mountaintop Removal. Mountaintop Removal is a method of surface mining that literally removes the tops of mountains to get to the coal seams beneath. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. Many argue that they have brought wage-paying jobs and modern amenities to Appalachia, but others say they have only demolished an estimated 1.4 million acres of forested hills, buried an estimated 2,000 miles of streams, poisoned drinking water, and wiped whole towns from the map. "People don't know how hard it is on the Appalachian people," Branham said of mountaintop-removal mining. "They have no idea. And they don't want to know. As long as they don't have to look at it, they can ignore it." © Ami Vitale
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  • Donna Branham poses in her home in Lenore, West Virginia after shaving her head on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol with a group of women in protest to mountaintop-removal mining. The shaving of their heads was symbolic of the mountains that have been stripped of all of the living things on them. It was also symbolic of the many people who are sick or dying as the result of Mountaintop Removal. Mountaintop Removal is a method of surface mining that literally removes the tops of mountains to get to the coal seams beneath. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. Many argue that they have brought wage-paying jobs and modern amenities to Appalachia, but others say they have only demolished an estimated 1.4 million acres of forested hills, buried an estimated 2,000 miles of streams, poisoned drinking water, and wiped whole towns from the map. "People don't know how hard it is on the Appalachian people," Branham said of mountaintop-removal mining. "They have no idea. And they don't want to know. As long as they don't have to look at it, they can ignore it." © Ami Vitale
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  • Charlie Branham, a former coal miner, poses with his wife Donna outside their home in Lenore, West Virginia. Donna Branham shaved her head on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol with a group of women in protest to mountaintop-removal mining. The shaving of their heads was symbolic of the mountains that have been stripped of all of the living things on them. It was also symbolic of the many people who are sick or dying as the result of Mountaintop Removal. Mountaintop Removal is a method of surface mining that literally removes the tops of mountains to get to the coal seams beneath. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. Many argue that they have brought wage-paying jobs and modern amenities to Appalachia, but others say they have only demolished an estimated 1.4 million acres of forested hills, buried an estimated 2,000 miles of streams, poisoned drinking water, and wiped whole towns from the map. "People don't know how hard it is on the Appalachian people," Branham said of mountaintop-removal mining. "They have no idea. And they don't want to know. As long as they don't have to look at it, they can ignore it." © Ami Vitale
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  • Donna Branham of Lenore, West Virginia, poses after shaving her head on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol with a group of women in protest to mountaintop-removal mining. The shaving of their heads was symbolic of the mountains that have been stripped of all of the living things on them. It was also symbolic of the many people who are sick or dying as the result of Mountaintop Removal. Mountaintop Removal is a method of surface mining that literally removes the tops of mountains to get to the coal seams beneath. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. Many argue that they have brought wage-paying jobs and modern amenities to Appalachia, but others say they have only demolished an estimated 1.4 million acres of forested hills, buried an estimated 2,000 miles of streams, poisoned drinking water, and wiped whole towns from the map. "People don't know how hard it is on the Appalachian people," Branham said of mountaintop-removal mining. "They have no idea. And they don't want to know. As long as they don't have to look at it, they can ignore it." © Ami Vitale
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  • Donna Branham of Lenore, West Virginia, hugs her friend on the steps of the West Virginia Capitol, just minutes before they both shave their heads in protest to mountaintop-removal mining. The shaving of their heads was symbolic of the mountains that have been stripped of all of the living things on them. It was also symbolic of the many people who are sick or dying as the result of Mountaintop Removal. Mountaintop Removal is a method of surface mining that literally removes the tops of mountains to get to the coal seams beneath. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. It is the most profitable mining technique available because it is performed quickly, cheaply and comes with hefty economic benefits for the mining companies, most of which are located out of state. Many argue that they have brought wage-paying jobs and modern amenities to Appalachia, but others say they have only demolished an estimated 1.4 million acres of forested hills, buried an estimated 2,000 miles of streams, poisoned drinking water, and wiped whole towns from the map. "People don't know how hard it is on the Appalachian people," Branham said of mountaintop-removal mining. "They have no idea. And they don't want to know. As long as they don't have to look at it, they can ignore it." © 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Akuguk Roman Cholkovich (74) and  his wife Raisa Romanovna (79), indigenous Chukchu tribals rest after a 16 hour day of catching salmon that they filet and dry at their summer fishing camp along the river Vyvenka in Khailino, Kamchatka July 15, 2007. Most indigenous people rely on the salmon harvested in the summer for the whole year. They dry it and feed it to themselves and their dogs that they use to get around on sleds in the harsh winter months. Because the area is so remote and no longer subsidized by the Russian or Soviet government of the past goods and gasoline are extremely expensive. The economy is struggling and the only way for most people to survive is through poaching and fishing in the short summer months. So now the fish population is rapidly declining as poachers collect the eggs and don't allow the salmon to spawn for the next generations.
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: People gather to grieve at a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia April 17, 2007. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identified as the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • People  displaced  by the tsunamis that ravaged the coast of India and Asia live in tents and rely on aid for their surivival in a seaside village of Mudtukadu outside of Chennai, India  January 4, 2005 in the hard hit state of Tamil Nadu. Around 15,000 people died in India alone and hundreds of thousands are homeless and displaced. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Relics from a  puja ceremony to Hindu Gods including Ganesh, the half human-half elephant God sit on the banks of a river in Tezpur, in Assam, eastern India December 25, 2003. 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 but still people revere the elephants. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Villagers who lost their homes to elephants wake up on the floor of a neighbors house  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale)

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  • Villagers mourn the death of five people who were killed along with  48 who were injured, when a grenade exploded in the hands of a man who was seeking to extort money from a family in Badgam district of Kashmir, March 10, 2004.   Locals said the man was a former militant who was extorting money from villagers and thousands came out to mourn the deaths. Tens of thousands of people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian revolt in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll at between 80,000 and 100,000.
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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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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES:People sign a  memorial  April 18, 2007 for victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES:People sign a  memorial  April 18, 2007 for victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: The campus of Virginia Tech is quiet as people mourn April 17, 2007 for victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Villagers who lost their homes to elephants wake up on the floor of a neighbors house  near Tezpur in Assam, eastern India January 6, 2004.  Villagers have been forced to stay up lighting fires, banging tin cans, throwing firecrackers to keep elephants from destroying their crops, homes and somtimes killing people. India and its sacred elephants are threatened by the deforestation caused by encroachment of the reserved land and natural forests.  As a result, wild elephants are rampaging through villages, killing people and destroying their homes and crops. (Ami Vitale) 

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

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  • Villagers fetch water from a polluted hole in the village of Dambas, 80 kilometers outside of Wajir, in northern Kenya May 10, 2006. Many people are suffering from diarrhoea, cholera, malaria and are even more vulnerable to diseases because of their weakened state.  The number of people who are at risk in the Horn of Africa is estimated to be around 15 million of which more than 8 million have been identified as being in need of urgent emergency assistance. Though the rains have come and turned the land green, the problems facing the pastoralists still persist after 3 years of drought that resulted in severe livelihood stress, food insecurity, livestock deaths and high rates of malnutrition. (Ami Vitale)
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