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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Pope's visit to France. A nun and a young novice in the crowd listening to the Pope. 150,000 people gather at an open air mass at St Anne D'Auray. September 19996, France
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • A view of Bucharest's central Square surrounded by tanks and bombed out buldings after the Romanian revolution ousted the dictator Ceucescu from power over Christmas of 1989.
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  • A young women cries at her brother's funeral, one of the numerous heroes of the Romanian revolution that swept the dictator Ceucescu from power over Christmas of 1989, Bucharest, Romania
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  • Gauchos galloping on ranch heading out to heard cattle on Argentina's vast grasslands, known as the Pampa.
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  • Mu Ze Latso, 22, shares a joke and an intimate moment with her mother Mu Ze Namu, they belong to the Mo Suo minority / tribe from Lugu Lake, northwest Yunnan province.<br />
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Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room that is called “Flower room”.<br />
Logically, she is allowed to take her boyfriend, since Mo Su family carries on by the mother's name, the son and the daughter stay with mother their whole lifes.<br />
When they are adults, the girl chooses her boyfriend. The boyfriend come to sleep in her room in the evening and leave for his mother's home in the morning. He belongs to his mother's family. She belongs to her mother's family, her children will be taken care of by her family: her mother, uncle, aunts, or sisters and brothers. Her children do not belongs to the boyfriend's family.<br />
Normally, the mother will pass her "power" to her eldest daughter when she is old and thus perpetuate the Mo Suo traditions.<br />
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Mo Suo people live along LuGu lake, northwest  Yunnan province. Since the population is not big enough, the Chinese government did not assign them as an independent minority. Mo Suo people belongs to the NaXi minority of LiJiang region. Mo Suo people have their own distinctive culture, religion and customs. Most significantly: Mo Suo people do not have a marriage System. Locally, they call their relationships a "walking marriage". <br />
A girl has her ADULT ceremony when she is 14, then she can start to wear the Mo Su costume and the family will give her a room
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  • Chen Yi He, Chinese Herbalist, attends to patients in his herbal acupuncure and cupping, (traditional Chinese medicine ) clinic in Xiao Meng Yang town, Yunnan, province, China
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  • Grasshopper in cage. Guan Yuan Shichang Market, central Beijing.
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  • Residents go about their business inside rubbish / trash infested Kibera Slum,  Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
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  • A young boy walks across the rail tracks covered by rotting rubish / trash inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
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  • Woman with her child inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
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  • Residents go about their business watched over by an armed soldier inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
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  • A Sikh man goes to sleep after a day's work inside the Golden Temple's Langar, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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  • Sikh pilgrim in prayer and meditation at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India
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  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her hands shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • Ganga Thampi, applies make up to her face shortly before taking the staring role of Sita in the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both a teacher and one of the stars of  the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school for the arts, Chennai. The school was founded in 1936 and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's formost classical dance academy of this ancient cultural art heritage that is informally known as "temple dancing" and that dates back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that lays down the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Tamil Nadu, India.
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  • Babi Baldo and Conrado Barrera sing “my way” and other songs at Boyet’s Karaoke bar with children and adults looking on in the small fishing village of Busok Busok, Aurora, Philippines
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • Members of  brotherhoods from 54 churches in Seville, Spain, parade through the streets leading effigies of Christ and the Virgin through tens of thousands of people lining the routes. Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
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  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • On May 13th, 1917, three shepherd children had a vision from the Virgin, saying tht if her requests were granted there would be peace on earth. On the 13th of each month between May and October they hd visions culminating in the miracle of the 3th October when 70,000 people witnessed a "dancing sun". The faithful make their way to the shrine of the Virgin. Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Children taking part in The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • Children taking part in The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • Children taking part in The Festival of the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when MikoÅ‚aj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • A woman confessing, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • 2 girls holding wreaths at the procession marking the Assumption, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • A pilgrim on her knees, Kalwaria Paclawska, Poland. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, informally known as The Assumption, according to the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when MikoÅ‚aj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • Pilgrimage to Kalwaria Zebrzdowska, Festival of the Assumption. August 15th, 1997. Poland. The origins of the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska go back to 1601, when MikoÅ‚aj Zebrzydowski, erected a chapel dedicated to the Crucifixion of Christ, following a model in chalk of the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem.
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  • Pope's visit to France, September 1996. A nun prays while holding a crucifix. 200,000 people attend an open air mass at Reims
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  • Pope's visit to France, September 1996. A nun looks at the Pope through binoculars. 200,000 people attend an open air mass at Reims
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  • On the 15th of August, The Feast of the Assumption, small harmless snakes appear in the village church. The snakes with the markings of a cross on their heads are believed by some to be an incarnation of the Virgin and are believed to have healing powers. The nakes disapear after the 15th. Markopoulo, Kephalonia, Greece, August 1996.
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  • Pilgrims congregate at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Bishops in all their finery during the celebrations at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Child is baptised in the holy waters of the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrim is dragged on his back to the shrine in the hope of blessings and miracles. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims in t he church at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims crawl on their hands and knees to the shrine in the hope of miracles and blessings. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims congregate at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Pilgrims congregate at the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • The holy icon, the Megalokhari, is carried through the streets over the heads of pilgrims. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Girl silhouetted in archway as pilgrim sits by steps of the shrine. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • A procession of priests and bishops. Tinos, Greece. The complex is built around a miraculous icon which according to tradition was found after the Virgin appeared to the nun St. Pelagia and revealed to her the place where the icon was buried. The icon is widely believed to be the source of numerous miracles. The icon was found on the very first days after the creation of the modern Greek State, henceforth Our Lady of Tinos was declared the patron saint of the Greek nation. The church is officially dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The major feast of the church, however, is on 15 August when the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church
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  • Weaving wool in a small family run cooperative, Hue city, Vietnam
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  • A poor hillside slumb in Caracas city, Venezuela
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  • A family have lunch on their front lawn in America's Corn belt state of Illinois, USA.
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  • A farmer taking on a mobile phone as he oversees the loading of Corn in America's Corn belt of Illinois state, USA.
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  • A farmer oversees the loading of Corn in America's Corn belt of Illinois state, USA.
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  • Two farmers take a break from work, drinking beers on the porch of home, Illinois, USA
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  • Black youth walk by the derelict and burned out remains of several buildings in a Washington DC impoverished neighbourhood, a city with a very high crime rate, USA.
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  • A group of young juvenile (criminal)  offenders participate in an "open prison" rehabilitation programme designed to build self esteem, courage, purposeful lives, seen here on horse back  and wagon's crossing a Nevada landscape. They are known as "Buffalo soldiers" and use the same clothing as Gral Custer and his cavalry used in the American civil war. Most of  the offenders are black, USA. This programme runs by the name of Vision Quest's Wagon Train.
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  • A group of young juvenile (criminal)  offenders participate in an "open prison" rehabilitation programme designed to build self esteem, courage, purposeful lives, seen here seen saluting early in the morning before beginning the day's activities. They are known as "Buffalo soldiers" and use the same clothing as Gral Custer and his cavalry used in the American civil war. Most of  the offenders are black, USA. This programme runs by the name of Vision Quest's Wagon Train.
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  • A group of young juvenile (criminal)  offenders participate in an "open prison" rehabilitation programme designed to build self esteem, courage, purposeful lives, seen here on horse back crossing a Nevada landscape. They are known as "Buffalo soldiers" and use the same clothing as Gral Custer and his cavalry used in the American civil war. Most of  the offenders are black, USA. This programme runs by th e name of Vision Quest's Wagon Train.
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  • Cowboys branding cattle on Hathaway Ranch, Montana, USA
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  • Cowboys rounding up cattle and riding through a creek in Cremer Ranch, Melville, Montana, USA
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  • Portrait of a Vermont farmer, USA
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  • The mock wedding between Laura Dickie and Charles Kenyon as part of the festivities of their small rural community in Vermont, USA
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  • Fishermen at work at day break on Lake Rocha, Uruguay
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  • Reknown author Eduardo Galeano in a Montevideo café, Uruguay.  (born September 3, 1940) is a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist. His most well known works are Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire, 1986) and Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) which have since been translated into twenty languages and transcend orthodox genres: combining fiction, journalism, political analysis, and history. The author himself has denied that he is a historian saying, "I'm a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of America above all and above all that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to amnesia."
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  • Portrait of Gauchos at day break as they prepare to sadle up and go into the open "Pampa" grasslands to heard cattle, Vichadero, Uruguay
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  • Portrait of a gaucho on Vista Alegre ranch, Vichadero,northern Uruguay
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  • Bengali youth hang around the streets of Whitechapel with graffitti covered walls, London, UK
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  • A field of Barley is being sprayed with pesticides, Someset, UK.
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  • A young "Glue" sniffer high on solvent. Glue-sniffing<br />
Inhalation of the fumes from organic solvents of the type found in paints, lighter fuel, and glue, for their hallucinatory effects. As well as being addictive, solvents are dangerous for their effects on the user's liver, heart, and lungs. It is believed that solvents produce hallucinations by disrupting the cell membrane of brain cells, thus altering the way the cells conduct electrical impulses, London, UK
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  • The Clapham rail disater  which claimed the lives of  thirty-five people and five hundred injured, making the crash one of the worst in the UK in recent times involving two collisions between three commuter trains at 08:10 on the morning of Monday, 12 December 1988.
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  • Young people drinking and socialising at the "O" Bar in London's Soho district, UK
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  • Students walking to lessons inside the private and exclusive Winchester College one of the country's top schools, Winchester city, UK
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  • Students walking to lessons inside the private and exclusive Winchester College one of the country's top schools, Winchester city, UK
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  • The original Canary Wharf in London's Docklands, just before its redevelopment to become the financial center of Europe, UK.
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  • Scottish fishermen bringing in the nets off the north east coast of Scotland.
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  • Aerial view of Istanbul city scape, with the Suleymanie Mosque ( built AD: 1550-1560) in foreground, the Golden Horn and modern Istanbul in the background, Turkey.
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  • Aerial view of Istanbul city scape, with the Blue Mosque ( built AD:1609-1616) in the foreground and thr Hagia Sophie (built AD 537) in the background with a clear view of the Bosphorous river which divides Asia from Europe, Turkey
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  • A view over the Grand Bazar and central old Istanbul in the depths of winter, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Men relax and bathe in Chemberlitas baths, Instanbul, Turkey.
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  • The red painted doors of private homes with the emblems of the Sun and Moon represent the Dalai and Panchen Lamas.
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  • Monks who live at Tashilunpo Monastery carry water cans for their daily needs, Shigatze city, Tibet
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  • Young prostitutes await business whilst others talk to foreign tourists in the notorious sex industry city of Pattaya, Thailand.
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  • Buddhist priest in Lung Shang Temple, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Once a year in mid July, many of the large and small fishing communities across Spain celebrate the Patron Saint to Fishermen, "Nuestra Señora del Carmen". The Patron saint is loaded onto a boat and a flotilla  of the town's fishing and leisure boats head out to sea with  local dignitaries and  the local priest, Galicia, Spain
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  • Once a year in mid July, many of the large and small fishing communities across Spain celebrate the Patron Saint to Fishermen, "Nuestra Señora del Carmen". The Patron saint is loaded onto a boat and a flotilla  of the town's fishing and leisure boats head out to sea with  local dignitaries and  the local priest. Seen here the fleet returning to harbour, Bueu, Galicia, Spain
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  • Dwarf bullfighter Guillermo Gomez takes on a bull steer in ring. He is part of a troupe  of dwarfs whom travel around Spain with a mission to entertain children and adults alike in the art of bullfighting.
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  • The dwarf troupe of "torero" bullfighter Guillermo Gomez walk through the town of Cienpozuelo  to generate interest in the afternoon bullfights at the local ring, in tow a band of musicians, Spain.
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