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  • Mona monkey at the Baobeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary, Ghana, West Africa.
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  • Mona monkey at the Baobeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary, Ghana, West Africa.
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  • Black and white colobus monkey at the Baobeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary, Ghana, West Africa.
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  • Black and white colobus monkey at the Baobeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary, Ghana, West Africa.
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  • Mona monkeys at the Baobeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary, Ghana, West Africa.
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  • Mona monkey at the Baobeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary, Ghana, West Africa.
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  • Burkinabe camel herder preparing his camels for travel in the Sahel outside Gorom Gorom, Northeastern Burkina Faso..
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  • Mona monkey at the Baobeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary, Ghana, West Africa.
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  • Giraffe, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Flock of birds flying about Sommet de Pique Poque near Mount Cagire, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • View of the Pyrenees from Mount Cagire.
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  • View on the Pyrenees from a ridge near Col du Pas de l'Ane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • Gentiana alpina growing on rocks, Haute-Garonne, Pyrenees.
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  • View of Mount Valier from the east near Col de Pause, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • View of Mount Valier from the east near Col de Pause, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • Bull lying in a field near Vinales, Cuba on Wednesday August 6, 2008.
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  • Baby zebra, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Zebra, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Pink flamingos flying at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Velvet monkey on tree, Masai Mara, Kenya.
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  • Lion cub lying in grass, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • Young lion rolling in grass, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • Hippo bathing in river, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • Thompson gazelle, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • Buffalo, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • Japanese tourists taking pictures from roof of safari vehicle. Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • African elephant, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • Zebra walking across a road, Kenya
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  • Two zebras resting heads on each other's back, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • Burkinabe camel herder preparing his camels for travel in the Sahel outside Gorom Gorom, Northeastern Burkina Faso.
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  • View of the Refuge de Larreix, near Mount Cagire, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees.
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  • View of the Pyrenees from near Refuge de Larreix, Haute-Garonne, France.
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  • View of the Pyrenees and cloud formations from Mount Cagire, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • View of the Pyrenees from Mount Cagire, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • Clearing and deciduous forest seen from summit of Mount Cagire.
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  • Cross near the summit of Mount Cagire, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • View of Sommet de Pique Poque during climb to Mount Cagire
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  • View of the Pyrenees from a ridge near Col du Pas de l'Ane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • View of the Pyrenees from a ridge near Col du Pas de l'Ane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
    FRA12.0601.CAGIRE0048.JPG
  • View of the Mount Valier massif from a ridge near Col du Pas de l'Ane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • view of mountain ridge near Col du Pas de l'Ane, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • Bird perched on a stone near Col de Mente, Haute Garonne, France.
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  • View of the Luchonais massif from near Col de Mente, Haute-Garonne, France.
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  • Imitation of an ancient cave drawing on a stone at the Loango granite sanctuary near the town of Ziniare, Burkina Faso, West Africa..
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  • Pig walking around town in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • Black rhino, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Black rhino, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Safari minibus near giraffes, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Giraffe, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Giraffe, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Giraffes, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Giraffe, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Giraffe, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Giraffe, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Giraffe, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Group of giraffes walking through savannah, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Group of giraffes walking through savannah, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Group of giraffes walking through savannah, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Giraffe standing among trees, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • Flamingos at dawn in Lake Nakuru, Kenya
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  • Zebra, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Zebras grazing at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Zebra grazing at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Buffalo, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Zebras grazing at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Pink flamingos on lake shore at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Pink flamingos on lake shore at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Pink flamingos on lake shore at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Pink flamingos on lake shore at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Velvet monkey on tree, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
    KEN07.0501.NAKURU033.jpg
  • Female lion yawning, Masai Mara, Kenya
    KEN07.0430.MASAIMARA480.jpg
  • Hippos bathing in river, Masai Mara, Kenya
    KEN07.0430.MASAIMARA309.jpg
  • Cheetah lying in tall grass, Masai Mara, Kenya
    KEN07.0430.MASAIMARA446.jpg
  • Buffalo, Masai Mara, Kenya
    KEN07.0430.MASAIMARA214.jpg
  • Buffalos in tall grass, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • African elephant eating branches, Masai Mara, Kenya
    KEN07.0430.MASAIMARA167.jpg
  • Group of buffalos, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • African elephants, Masai Mara
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  • Two giraffes standing in savannah, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • Burkinabe camel herder preparing his camels for travel in the Sahel outside Gorom Gorom, Northeastern Burkina Faso.
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  • Dead chicken sacrificed during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Both chickens lay on their left side, indicating that the shrine servant is free to go. One or both of the chickens laying on their right side would mean the servant needs to spend another three months at the shrine. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Head priest about to sacrifice a chicken during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
    GHA05AflaoShrine0009.jpg
  • Head priest about to sacrifice a chicken during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
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  • Horse and cattle grazing near the Col de l'herbe Soulette, at the base of Pic de la Calabasse near Saint-Lary, Ariege, Midi-Pyrenees, France.
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  • Pink flamingos on lake shore at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
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  • Velvet monkeys on fence, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
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  • African elephants in savannah, Masai Mara, Kenya
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  • Zebra showing teeth, Kenya
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  • Head priest about to sacrifice a chicken during a "coming out" ceremony at a fetish shrine in Aflao, Volta Region, Eastern Ghana. A woman was released after spending three months in a small, dark room, hoping that she'd then be able to find a husband. Despite most Ghanaians being adamant followers of christianism or islam, many of them still maintain traditional beliefs. When facing a problem of any nature, some people will visit a local fetish shrine, looking for help. The main priest will consult the oracles and tell the person in need what has to be done for the problem to go away. People will typically be asked to "serve" the shrine for weeks, sometimes months, as their families pay the priest for their upkeep.
    GHA05AflaoShrine0008.jpg
  • Sheep grazing near a stone barn near Alos, Ariege, Pyrenees, France.
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  • Birds of prey rest on a dry tree branch on Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba Friday July 18, 2008.
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  • Boy holding bird, hunting, sling shot, cruelty
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  • Sheep grazing near Alos, Ariege, Pyrenees, France..
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  • Sheep for sale on the street in 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 />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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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  • 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. Fish is a staple in the diet of most Ghanaians: it is estimated that up to 60% of animal protein nationwide is derived from fish products.
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