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  • Women in Gujarat India collect lillies in the early morning to sell at a market. They are working with the Self Employed Women's Association, an organisation of poor, self-employed women workers. These are women who  do not obtain regular salaried employment with welfare benefits  and are the unprotected against big corporations. Of the female labour force in India, more than 94% are in the unorganised sector. However their work is often not counted and they are trying to get more protection through SEWA.
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  • BIHAR, INDIA: AUGUST 13: Villagers cross a river to get to Lalita's village after  she made a visit to her village of Koprah,  60 kilometers from Sitamarhi in northern Bihar, India August 13, 2003. Lalita was visiting after an eight month training course at a MSK and 4 months of teaching karate in another district in Bihar. She has overcome great barriers in a society that regards her as the most disadvantaged since she is a female in one of  the lowest castes in India, the "Musahar "caste which means rat eaters. This tenacious young woman attended,  Mahila Shikshan Kendra, a Women's Education Center,  depsite her father's protests and learned how to read, write and defend herself in a community which frequently abuses women. Now she is teaching karate to other young women in a MSK in Amos block. Bihar is the poorest state in India and women suffer  greatly because of the poverty, lack of education and opportunities. Most of the girls who are attending the eight month course have had to overcome tremendous resistance from families and a society entrenched in the  weight of a caste system which discourages those from the lower castes to be educated, especially women. The 10 centers with 40 students in each are being funded by the World Bank although it was initially started by Unicef . .(Ami Vitale)
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  • BIHAR, INDIA: AUGUST 14: Lalita'gathers water at a pump in her village of Koprah,  60 kilometers from Sitamarhi in northern Bihar, India August 14, 2003. She was visiting after an eight month training course at a MSK and 4 months of teaching karate in another district in Bihar. She has overcome great barriers in a society that regards her as the most disadvantaged since she is a female in one of  the lowest castes in India, the "Musahar "caste which means rat eaters. This tenacious young woman attended,  Mahila Shikshan Kendra, a Women's Education Center,  depsite her father's protests and learned how to read, write and defend herself in a community which frequently abuses women. Now she is teaching karate to other young women in a MSK in Amos block. Bihar is the poorest state in India and women suffer  greatly because of the poverty, lack of education and opportunities. Most of the girls who are attending the eight month course have had to overcome tremendous resistance from families and a society entrenched in the  weight of a caste system which discourages those from the lower castes to be educated, especially women. The 10 centers with 40 students in each are being funded by the World Bank although it was initially started by Unicef . .(Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India: Dalit women come together for a conference led by the women's group Vanangana in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India February 12, 2006.  Chitrakoot district has a high level of poverty, feudalism, violence. Some of the women are a part of a group that brought out a newspaper in the local dialect for a rural audience, and to create awareness. Khabar Lahariya, is a fortnightly rural newspaper produced by the group of seven, predominantly dalit and kol women. The publication began in May 2002 and presently has a print run of 1500.  In Chitrakoot district, as in other parts of India, mainstream newspapers do not reach large sections of the rural population nor do they meet their local news and information needs. Khabar Lahariya provides a mix of news, information and entertainment. Khabar Lahariya's hallmark is the local. Its strength is credible investigative reportage. It covers current political news, stories on the functioning of panchayats, the bureaucracy, schools, hospitals and reports atrocities on women and marginalized sections of society.(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Bhutanse women harvest rice paddy in the fields of Karmeling Hotel owner Richin Wangmo in Trashi Yangtse village in Eastern Bhutan October 15, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • A women dressed in a burqua begs for money in  Srinagar, the summer capital of the state of Kashmir and Jammu, November 8, 2001.  Many women are afraid to go outside without a full veil after an unknown organization declared that acid would be thrown on their face if they walked outside uncovered.
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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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  • Paula Swearengin gets her head shaved by the late Larry Gibson, founder of the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation. On Memorial Day 2012, Swearengin and Gibson joined more than a dozen women (and a few men) on the steps of the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston to have their heads shaved to protest 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. "Watch out, King Coal," Swearengin said, "because here come the Queens of Appalachia." © Ami Vitale
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  • Somoe Mohamed, left, the mother of Hassan Dadi, who lost his arm after a lion ripped it off, gathers water at sunset in the village of Usuru, Tanzania. Sunrise and sunset are very dangerous times for the women to be outside because of the lion attacks. Ami Vitale
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  • Afghan girls wait to be visited by a doctor  at the Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan August 4, 2002. Afghanistan has a shortage of female doctors whihc makes women and children even more vulnerable. (Photo  by 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 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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  • Women pray at the Sufi mausoleum Nizamuddin Dargah in New Delhi, India. This is the  mausoleum of one of the world's most famous Sufi saints, Nizamuddin Auliya. It is visited by thousands of Muslims every week, and sees a fair share of Hindus, Christians and people from other religions.
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  • A child sits next to a field with a tool that women use to pound maize into flour  near sunset in the village of Navanga. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • Bhutanse women harvest rice paddy in the fields of Karmeling Hotel owner Richin Wangmo in Trashi Yangtse village in Eastern Bhutan October 15, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Women stone workers crush stone in the Chitrakoot District of Uttar Pradesh, India.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Women stone workers crush stone in the Chitrakoot District of Uttar Pradesh, India.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Women stone workers crush stone in the Chitrakoot District of Uttar Pradesh, India.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29:  Afghan women talk around their dinner table as a baby sits cradled next the the silverware before the food is brought out during a wedding ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Bhutanse women harvest rice paddy in the fields of Karmeling Hotel owner Richin Wangmo in Trashi Yangtse village in Eastern Bhutan October 15, 2005. (Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Women use their heads to carry wood back to their villages in the Chitrakoot District of Uttar Pradesh. In India woman are responsible for carrying out many hard labored tasks.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29:  Afghan women who were sitting inside with their children, watch family members dance at an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 29:  Afghan women who were sitting inside with their children, watch family members dance at an engagement ceremony, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with  brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Portrait of a woman worker from the Chitrakoot District in Uttar Pradesh, India.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Children play near dung piles while woman work to create dung patties using a mixture of cow dung and straw. In India, dung patties are used for fuel in heating homes and cooking food. Dung is renewable energy source and relatively inexpensive.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Woman create dung patties  using a mixture of cow dung and straw. In India, dung patties are used for fuel in heating homes and cooking food. Dung is renewable energy source and relatively inexpensive.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Woman create dung patties  using a mixture of cow dung and straw. In India, dung patties are used for fuel in heating homes and cooking food. Dung is renewable energy source and relatively inexpensive.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Woman create dung patties  using a mixture of cow dung and straw. In India, dung patties are used for fuel in heating homes and cooking food. Dung is renewable energy source and relatively inexpensive.  (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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  • 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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  • On the steps of the West Virginia State Capitol, Paula Swearengin shaves the head of Tori Wong of Virginia. 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. "Watch out, King Coal," Swearengin said, "because here come the Queens of Appalachia." © 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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  • On the steps of the West Virginia State Capitol, Paula Swearengin shaves the head of Tori Wong of Virginia. 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. "Watch out, King Coal," Swearengin said, "because here come the Queens of Appalachia." © Ami Vitale
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  • A camel trader smokes a pipe at the world's largest annual cattle fair in the desert town of Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Every year thousands of camel herders from the semi-nomadic Rabari tribe, who make a living rearing animals, travel for two to three weeks across 500 kilometers to set up camp in the desert dunes near Pushkar to sell their livestock. The herders sell more than 20,000 camels, horses and other animals at the annual cattle fair.
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  • Camel traders  collect water for their livestock at the world's largest annual cattle fair in the desert town of Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Every year thousands of camel herders from the semi-nomadic Rabari tribe, who make a living rearing animals, travel for two to three weeks across 500 kilometers to set up camp in the desert dunes near Pushkar to sell their livestock. The herders sell more than 20,000 camels, horses and other animals at the annual cattle fair.
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  • Camel traders  collect water for their livestock at the world's largest annual cattle fair in the desert town of Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Every year thousands of camel herders from the semi-nomadic Rabari tribe, who make a living rearing animals, travel for two to three weeks across 500 kilometers to set up camp in the desert dunes near Pushkar to sell their livestock. The herders sell more than 20,000 camels, horses and other animals at the annual cattle fair.
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  • A camel trader makes tea at the world's largest annual cattle fair in the desert town of Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Every year thousands of camel herders from the semi-nomadic Rabari tribe, who make a living rearing animals, travel for two to three weeks across 500 kilometers to set up camp in the desert dunes near Pushkar to sell their livestock. The herders sell more than 20,000 camels, horses and other animals at the annual cattle fair.
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  • Camel traders  collect water for their livestock at the world's largest annual cattle fair in the desert town of Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Every year thousands of camel herders from the semi-nomadic Rabari tribe, who make a living rearing animals, travel for two to three weeks across 500 kilometers to set up camp in the desert dunes near Pushkar to sell their livestock. The herders sell more than 20,000 camels, horses and other animals at the annual cattle fair.
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  • Camel traders  collect water for their livestock at the world's largest annual cattle fair in the desert town of Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Every year thousands of camel herders from the semi-nomadic Rabari tribe, who make a living rearing animals, travel for two to three weeks across 500 kilometers to set up camp in the desert dunes near Pushkar to sell their livestock. The herders sell more than 20,000 camels, horses and other animals at the annual cattle fair.
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  • Camel traders  collect water for their livestock at the world's largest annual cattle fair in the desert town of Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Every year thousands of camel herders from the semi-nomadic Rabari tribe, who make a living rearing animals, travel for two to three weeks across 500 kilometers to set up camp in the desert dunes near Pushkar to sell their livestock. The herders sell more than 20,000 camels, horses and other animals at the annual cattle fair.
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  • Traders bargain at Kroo Bay market in Freetown, Sierra Leone March 30, 2010.
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  • A Tanzanian rides their bike home near sunset in the village of Mnolela. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey. Ami Vitale
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  • Ahmad Libanda talks about his son Hasan Ahmad who was killed by a lion in their corn field in Nkung'uni village. Ami Vitale
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  • Dairen Simpson begins to set up traps near the village of Simana, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: A woman stone worker, crushes stone in the Chitrakoot District of Uttar Pradesh, India.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: A portrait of a stone worker int the Chitrakoot District of Uttar Pradesh, India.  (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Children attend school in the  Chitrakoot District of Uttar Pradesh. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, India: Portriat of India woman after working in the fields in th Chitrakoot District of Uttar Pradesh. In India woman are responsible for carrying out many hard labored tasks. (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A Tanzanian woman walks through the tall grass with her child near sunset in the village of Simana. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking fo prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • A Tanzanian woman walks through the tall grass near sunset in the village of Simana. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking fo prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • Quss M. Bani talks about his sister Somoe Linyambe, 40 who was the last victim of a lion attack outbreak that occurred in Nachunyu village in May 2004. Ami Vitale
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  • Hassan Dadi, who lost his arm after a lion ripped it off plays with his friends near a swimming hole inthe village of Usuru, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • Children pretend they are lions waiting to eat a villager in the village of Simana, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • Dairen Simpson prepares to check the traps at sunrise near the villae of Mnolela, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • A Tanzanian walks from his field near sunset in the village of Simana. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • A Tanzanian walks from his field near sunset in the village of Simana. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • Dairen Simpson, also known as "Bwana Simba" or "Mr. Lion"drags a goat through the bush to attract lions  to his scent for his traps near Simana, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • The village leader of Navunga watches as Dairen Simpson lays a trap near Baghdad, the place of Osama in Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers carry a goat that will be used as bait to try and trap a lion as Dairen Simpson walks behind them on the way to a place they call "Baghdad" because of the dangerous lions that are known to live there.
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  • Dairen Simpson talks to villagers about lions that were walking around the village the night before in the villages of Navanga and Simana in Tanzania. He must carry a gun while he checks traps he has layed for the lions but most villagers have never seen a gun even though they are quite vulnerable ot the frequent lion attacks. Ami Vitale
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  • Ahmad Libanda stands in the corn field where his son Hasan Ahmad was killed by a lion in Nkung'uni  village. Ami Vitale
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  • A fresh lion print outside the village of Simana. Ami Vitale
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  • Dairen Simpson begins to set up traps near the village of Simana, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • Quss M. Bani talks about his sister Somoe Linyambe, 40 who was the last victim of a lion attack outbreak that occurred in Nachunyu village in May 2004. Ami Vitale
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  • Villagers watch as lion researcher Dennis Ikanda and trapper Dairen Simpson look for lion prints in Navanga, Tanzania. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • A Tanzanian walks from her field near sunset in the village of Mnolela. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • Dairen Simpson examines a lion print outside a hut in the village of Navanga, Tanzania. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • Dairen Simpson examines a lion print outside a hut in the village of Navanga, Tanzania. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • Cosmos Mbawala stands with his wife Halima Salumu inside their hut where they stood when they heard the screams of their son, Cosmos Chakoma, 12, after he was killed by a lion in Hingawali village near Lindi, Tanzania. Cosmos, 12,  had just gone to see a lion that was killed in a nearby village that villagers had thought was responsible for killing others earlier in the month when he was attacked by this lion.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Ahmad Libanda talks about his son Hasan Ahmad who was killed by a lion in their corn field in Nkung'uni  village. Ami Vitale
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  • Cosmos Mbawala stands with his wife Halima inside their hut where they stood when they heard the screams of their son, Cosmos Chakoma, 12, after he was killed by a lion in Hingawali village near Lindi, Tanzania. Cosmos, 12,  had just gone to see a lion that was killed in a nearby village that villagers had thought was responsible for killing others earlier in the month when he was attacked by this lion.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Dairen Simpson is blessed by a local bush doctor as villagers look on in Simana, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • A villager near Navanga describes seeing lions roaming around the area. Ami Vitale
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  • A Tanzanian rides their bike home near sunset in the village of Mnolela. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • Hassan Dadi, who lost his arm after a lion ripped it off plays with his friends near a swimming hole inthe village of Usuru, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • Hassan Dadi, who lost his arm after a lion ripped it off plays with his friends near a swimming hole inthe village of Usuru, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • Hassan Dadi, 10,  who lost his arm after a lion ripped it off goes fishing with his friends near a swimming hole in the village of Usuru, Tanzania. Ami Vitale
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  • Mwanahamisi Hatibu works in her rice field near sunset in the village of Usuru near Lindi, Tanzania. The dense forest and tall grasses make villagers vulnerable to lion attacks. They have to stay late in the evening in their fields to protect their crops from rampaging monkeys who like to eat the rice and corn, forcing them to walk at sunset, the time of day when lions are out looking for prey.  Ami Vitale
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  • Tanzania: A villager sits outside his hut in Simana village, close to Baghdad, where lions have terrorized the communities.
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