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  • Men stand containers at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Worker sitting at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Men stand containers at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Trucks and containers at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Men stand near a truck carrying a container at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Boats in the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Boats in the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Containers are loaded aboard a truck at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Containers getting loaded aboard a large freighter at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • A tractor carries containers to be loaded aboard a cargo boat at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Containers at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • A man directs a tractor that carries containers to be loaded aboard a ship at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Workers stand by as a tractor carries containers at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • A worker flips through paperwork as he looks at containers at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • A man rides a bicycle past stacks of containers at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • A man rides a motorcycle past a truck at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Worker sitting on a tractor at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Worker sitting on a tractor at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • A tractor carries containers to be loaded aboard a cargo boat at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • A tractor carries containers to be loaded aboard a cargo boat at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • A worker stands by a large cargo boat at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • A man rides a bicycle past cargo containers at the sea port in Lome, Togo on Friday October 3, 2008.
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  • Cargo plane and cargo on tarmac, Accra, Ghana.
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  • A woman helps young men cover themselves with talcum powder as they prepare for wrestling matches during the yearly evala festival in the town of Houde, northern Togo, on Thursday July 12, 2007. The powder, fighters say, makes it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp.<br />
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During the week-long tourney, young men wrestle against peers from their own and other villages. The evala festival is not only a sporting event, but also part of the rites of passage young men from the KabyŽ ethnic group will complete as they become full-grown men. The fighters, called evalo, will wrestle on three consecutive years to show their strength and their worth as they become full members of the community. <br />
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Wrestlers cover themselves with talcum powder to allegedly make it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp. Rubbing hands with dirt is also a popular technique which many believe helps counter the slippery effect of talcum powder. On the eve of the first day of fighting, the father of each evalo will buy a dog for his son to eat. It is believed that the meat of the animal will endow the young man with the strength and courage characteristic to the animal.<br />
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While the wrestling is reserved to young men in their early to mid-twenties, younger boys also take part in unofficial matches as they prepare to become the next evalo. Even though supporters often become infuriated when their fighter is denied the victory they think he deserves, the outcome of the wrestling matches has little importance. Winners celebrate alongside those who are defeated and more than anything else, the evala festival is a social gathering where KabyŽs come to meet each other. Many KabyŽs in the diaspora even come home to attend the event. <br />
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The first day of fighting pits evalos from two halves of a same village against each other. On the next day, fighters from an entire village wrestle against their peers from a neighbor settlement before joining them and facing together a similar gr
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  • Young men covered with talcum powder (used to make it more difficult for opponents to get a firm grasp) wait for wrestling matches to start during the yearly evala festival in the town of Houde, northern Togo, on Thursday July 12, 2007.<br />
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During the week-long tourney, young men wrestle against peers from their own and other villages. The evala festival is not only a sporting event, but also part of the rites of passage young men from the KabyŽ ethnic group will complete as they become full-grown men. The fighters, called evalo, will wrestle on three consecutive years to show their strength and their worth as they become full members of the community. <br />
<br />
Wrestlers cover themselves with talcum powder to allegedly make it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp. Rubbing hands with dirt is also a popular technique which many believe helps counter the slippery effect of talcum powder. On the eve of the first day of fighting, the father of each evalo will buy a dog for his son to eat. It is believed that the meat of the animal will endow the young man with the strength and courage characteristic to the animal.<br />
<br />
While the wrestling is reserved to young men in their early to mid-twenties, younger boys also take part in unofficial matches as they prepare to become the next evalo. Even though supporters often become infuriated when their fighter is denied the victory they think he deserves, the outcome of the wrestling matches has little importance. Winners celebrate alongside those who are defeated and more than anything else, the evala festival is a social gathering where KabyŽs come to meet each other. Many KabyŽs in the diaspora even come home to attend the event. <br />
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The first day of fighting pits evalos from two halves of a same village against each other. On the next day, fighters from an entire village wrestle against their peers from a neighbor settlement before joining them and facing together a similar group on the third day of the event. After one day
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  • Bamakan Souko and her newborn girl take part in a kangaroo mother care demonstration during a training for health workers at the Kita reference health center in the town of Kita, Mali on Friday August 27, 2010. Skin-to-skin contact is recommended as part of the Kangaroo mother care practice, a universally available and biologically sound method of care for all newborns, particularly important for premature or under weight babies..
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  • Bamakan Souko and her newborn girl take part in a kangaroo mother care demonstration during a training for health workers at the Kita reference health center in the town of Kita, Mali on Friday August 27, 2010. Skin-to-skin contact is recommended as part of the Kangaroo mother care practice, a universally available and biologically sound method of care for all newborns, particularly important for premature or under weight babies..
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  • Mariatou Dansira, 24, lies skin to skin with her newborn girl at the Kita reference health center in the town of Kita, Mali on Friday August 27, 2010. Skin-to-skin contact is recommended as part of the Kangaroo mother care practice, a universally available and biologically sound method of care for all newborns, particularly important for premature or under weight babies.
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  • Pregnant women listen to MCH aide in charge Safie Lusine speak about the importance of HIV screening during a prenatal clinic at the Mattru Jong PHU in the town of Mattru Jong, Sierra Leone on Friday April 23, 2010.
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  • Community volunteer explaining the importance of using a treated mosquito net to villagers. Northern Ghana, Thursday November 13, 2008.
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  • Community volunteer explaining the importance of using a treated mosquito net to villagers. Northern Ghana, Thursday November 13, 2008.
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  • Coffin maker Adjei Dennis carves the nose of a tiger-shaped coffin, ordered for an important head of family, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
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  • Coffin maker Adjei Dennis carves the nose of a tiger-shaped coffin, ordered for an important head of family, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
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  • Coffin makers Dennis Adjei (in green) and Daniel Kofi work on a tiger-shaped coffin, ordered for an important head of family, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
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  • Coffin maker Adjei Dennis carves the nose of a tiger-shaped coffin, ordered for an important head of family, at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008.
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Unlike traditional fishing boats, industrial trawlers are required by law to operate in waters deeper than 30 meters. However, local fishermen frequently report that foreign vessels come much closer to the coast, often destroying their nets and causing important damage to the ocean floor by dragging their nets to maximize their catch.
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  • Members of the Harmony Community Centre perform a sketch on the importance of education in front of other members at the Buduburam refugee settlement, roughly 20 km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Friday April 13, 2007. The Buduburam refugee settlement is still home over 30,000 Liberians, most of which have mixed feelings about returning to Liberia. The Harmony Community Centre is aimed at helping people with mental and physical disabilities integrate with the community through art, music and theater performances..
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  • Members of the Harmony Community Centre perform a sketch on the importance of education in front of other members at the Buduburam refugee settlement, roughly 20 km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Friday April 13, 2007. The Buduburam refugee settlement is still home over 30,000 Liberians, most of which have mixed feelings about returning to Liberia. The Harmony Community Centre is aimed at helping people with mental and physical disabilities integrate with the community through art, music and theater performances..
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  • Members of the Harmony Community Centre perform a sketch on the importance of education in front of other members at the Buduburam refugee settlement, roughly 20 km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Friday April 13, 2007. The Buduburam refugee settlement is still home over 30,000 Liberians, most of which have mixed feelings about returning to Liberia. The Harmony Community Centre is aimed at helping people with mental and physical disabilities integrate with the community through art, music and theater performances..
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  • Members of the Harmony Community Centre perform a sketch on the importance of education in front of other members at the Buduburam refugee settlement, roughly 20 km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Friday April 13, 2007. The Buduburam refugee settlement is still home over 30,000 Liberians, most of which have mixed feelings about returning to Liberia. The Harmony Community Centre is aimed at helping people with mental and physical disabilities integrate with the community through art, music and theater performances..
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