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Uzbekistan’s Zaynitdin Tadjiyev96 viewsUzbekistan’s Zaynitdin Tadjiyev, foreground, reacted after his team’s missed goal attempt Wednesday during their 2010 FIFA World Cup Asia Group 1 qualifying soccer match in Riffa, Bahrain. Bahrain won 1-0.( Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)
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Marine tenderness by Anastasia G.710 views
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We make it sexy ... by Anastasia G.619 views
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Sopernica? ... Where are they? by Anastasia G.586 views
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Asian Model by Stuck in Customs458 views
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HYDRAULIC DRILLING STATION IN A VILLAGE NEAR DOROPO, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. By Yann Arthus Bertrand73 views
Throughout Africa the task of collecting water is assigned to women, as seen here near the regions of Doropo and Bouna, in northern Côte d’Ivoire. Hydraulic drilling stations, equipped with pumps that are usually manual, are gradually replacing the traditional village wells, and containers of plastic, enameled metal, or aluminum are supplanting canaris (large terra-cotta jugs) and gourds for transporting the precious resource. The water of these pits is more sanitary than that of traditional wells, 70 percent of which is un?t for drinking. Today 20 percent of the world population is without drinkable water. In Africa this is true for two out of ?ve people, but more than half of the population in rural areas have no access to clean water. Illnesses from unhealthy water are the major cause of infant mortality in developing nations: diarrhea kills 2.2 million children below the age of ?ve. In Africa and Asia improved access to clean drinking water will be one of the major challenges of the coming decades, as their populations grow.
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“TREE OF LIFE”, Tsavo National Park, Kenya. By Yann Arthus Bertrand34 viewsThis acacia is a symbol of life in vast expanses of thorny savanna, where wild animals come to take advantage of its leaves or its shade. Tsavo National Park in southeastern Kenya, crossed by the Nairobi–Mombasa road and railway axis, is the country’s largest protected area (8,200 square miles, or 21,000 km2) and was declared a national park in 1948. Tsavo was already famous for its many elephants when, in the 1970s, more pachyderms fleeing drought entered the park. Consuming more than 440 pounds (200 kg) of vegetation daily, they seriously damaged the natural environment. Controversy surrounded the question of whether selective slaughter was necessary, but poachers put an end to the debate by exterminating more than 80 percent of the 36,000 elephants in the park. Tsavo’s rhinoceroses, sought after for their horns (considered aphrodisiacs in Asia), suffered the same fate. The prohibition of international trading in ivory and rhino horns has enabled certain wild animal populations to increase in number. However, poaching and disappearing natural habitats remain disturbing threats. World trade in wild flora and fauna provide 14 billion dollars in revenues each year.
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PATCHWORK OF CARPETS IN MARRAKECH, Morocco. By Yann Arthus Bertrand71 viewsIn addition to the countries of central Asia and certain countries in South America, major centers of carpet production are found in northern Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco). Morocco has succeeded in maintaining a tradition of manufacture within family units and cooperative craft workshops, although most productions is now automated. Carpets are traditionally woven of linen, a symbol of protection and happiness, with silk, cotton, and sometimes camel or goat hair. The colors and designs are characteristic of the production regions, and the High Atlas mountains, where Marrakech is located, offers the warmest hues, mainly red, orange, and yellow. Ninety percent of the High Atlas carpets are created in the cities of Tazenakht and Amerzgane, primarily by women workers. The Moroccan carpet, once reserved entirely for domestic local use, has gained a worldwide reputation and today enjoys a flourishing export trade.
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EARTHQUAKE AT GÖLCÜK, ON THE COAST OF THE SEA OF MARMARA,68 viewsThe earthquake that struck the region of Izmit on August 17, 1999, at 3:02 a.m., registered 7.4 on the Richter scale (9 is the maximum). Its epicenter was at Gölcük, an industrial city with a population of 65,000. The quake had an official death toll of at least 20,000 people, many buried in rubble while they slept. The partial or total collapse of 50,000 buildings led to enormous public outrage against building contractors, who were accused of disregarding earthquake-proof construction codes. Southern and northern Turkey are sliding along the North Anatolian fault at an average relative speed of 1 inch (2.5 cm) per year, but the movement actually occurs quite abruptly, in the form of earthquakes—the Earth moved nearly 10 feet (3 m) in less than a minute during the Izmit earthquake. Regions bordering tectonic plates, such as the trans-Asian zone running from the Azores to Indonesia by way of Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iran, are particularly exposed to the risk of seismic activity. Inhabitants of this zone account for 90 percent of earthquake-related deaths since 1990. The tsunami caused by an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in December 2004 was responsible for the deaths of 295,000 people in Southeast Asia, more than the earthquake death toll worldwide over the previous decade.
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SEBJET ARIDAL, near Boujdour, Western Sahara, Morocco. By Yann Arthus Bertrand31 viewsThe waters of the Lemnaider oued (an irregular river), which feed this sebjet (temporary salt lake) during periods of rain, have retreated, digging channels in the sand that fill up with salt deposits. Characteristic of arid zones of the Maghreb, the sebjet is located in southern Morocco in the heart of Western Sahara. This portion of desert, which spreads out for 1,500 miles (2,500 km) along the Atlantic Ocean and covers 100,000 square miles (252,000 km2), was formerly a Spanish colony but was reclaimed by Morocco upon the departure of the Spanish in 1975. However, the Polisario Front (the popular front for the liberation of Saguia al-Hamra and Río de Oro in Western Sahara), supported by Algeria, proclaimed the independence of Western Sahara and took up arms. A democratic republic, the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), was created and admitted to the Organization of African Unity (OAU); although recognized by more than seventy African and Asian nations, SADR is still not considered the official administrator of this territory by the United States and European countries.
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Asian girl with donkeys by Hiro105 views
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